<boardmember id="rmain" type="addin">
	<name>Rich Main</name>
	<title>Director, Java Development Environments at SAS</title>
	<image>rmain.jpg</image>
	<email> rich.main@sas.com </email>
	<phone> 919-531-5594 </phone>
	<contact> <![CDATA[
		SAS Campus Drive <br/>
		R3246 <br/>
		Cary, NC 27513 <br/>
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	</contact>
	<eclipse_affiliation> 
		I have been the SAS representative to Eclipse for the past 3 1/2 years, and participated actively
		in the formulation of the current Eclipse Foundation development process and bylaws, the Eclipse Public License,
		and the IP Policy.  I have been an elected Add-In Provider Member Representative to the Eclipse Foundation
		Board of Directors for the past 2 years.
	</eclipse_affiliation>

	<vision>  <![CDATA[
		At SAS, we see Eclipse as being critical to the long-term viability of Java as a platform for enterprise application 
		development and deployment. As a result, we are committed to working within the Eclipse community to foster an 
		environment that supports continuing innovation while also increasing the end-user focus of the Eclipse development process.
		This is a necessary component of taking Eclipse to the &quot;next level&quot; as it grows from supporting just developers to 
		also supporting end-user consumer organizations. At the same time, the vibrant community that has been such a critical 
		part of Eclipse&rsquo;s success thus far must be preserved and nurtured. This community is the engine that fuels the
		innovation and drives growing adoption of Eclipse across the software industry. In this respect, it is crucially 
		important that the Add-in Provider representatives on the board forge relationships with each of the other Add-in Provider 
		members to understand and represent the full range of Add-in Provider member needs. Finally, we need to work with
		standards organizations to drive adoption of Eclipse based technology as industry standards. This will ensure that 
		Eclipse is everywhere our end-users need to be.  To that end, I would appreciate your vote of support!
	]]>
	</vision>

	<bio> <![CDATA[ 
		I am the Director of Java Development Environments at SAS. In that role, I oversee the development of a
		number of Eclipse based technologies, including SAS AppDev Studio&trade;, an enterprise business intelligence
		application development suite built on top of the Eclipse IDE, and the Eclipse RCP based SAS Rich Client 
		Platform, which serves as the basis for a number of our vertical market business intelligence solutions.  
		In addition to these duties, I work actively within the Java community as a member of organizations such 
		as the Eclipse Foundation and the Java Community Process (JCP) Executive Committee to ensure that the Java 
		platform supports development and deployment of robust enterprise applications.  I graduated from Duke 
		University with a degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and have over 20 years of software
		development experience.
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	</bio>

	<affiliation> <![CDATA[ 
		SAS is the market leader in providing a new generation of business intelligence software and services that create true 
		enterprise intelligence. SAS solutions are used at 40,000 sites &ndash; including 96 of the top 100 companies on the FORTUNE
		Global 500&reg; &ndash; to develop more profitable relationships with customers and suppliers; to enable better, more accurate 
		and informed decisions; and to drive organizations forward. SAS is the only vendor that completely integrates leading 
		data warehousing, analytics and traditional BI applications to create intelligence from massive amounts of data. For 
		nearly three decades, SAS has been giving customers around the world The Power to Know&reg;.
		<br/><br/>
		For more information about SAS, visit us on the web at <a href="http://www.sas.com">http://www.sas.com</a>.
	]]>
	</affiliation>

		
</boardmember>