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| <boardmember id="williams" type="addin"> |
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| <name>Todd Williams</name> |
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| <title>Vice President - Technology</title> |
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| <image>williams.jpg</image> |
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| <email>todd.williams@genuitec.com </email> |
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| <phone>972.691.5717</phone> |
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| <contact> |
| <![CDATA[ |
| Genuitec, LLC<br> |
| 2221 Justin Road #119-340<br> |
| Flower Mound, Texas 75028<br> |
| ]]> |
| </contact> |
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| <eclipse_affiliation> |
| <![CDATA[ |
| <p>I've have been an active board member of the Eclipse Foundation since early |
| 2003, initially as the representative for Genuitec LLC, (a founding member of |
| the Eclipse Foundation) and more recently as an elected Add-in Provider representative. |
| Additionally, I also serve the Foundation as the chairman of the Membership Committee, |
| as a member of the Web Tools Project requirements group, |
| and as a committer on the Phoenix project due to Genuitec's |
| founding role in the EPIC Alliance, which recently |
| donated Eclipse Plug-in Central to the Foundation.</p> |
| |
| <p>For the past five years I've been constantly evangelizing Eclipse |
| technology and providing thought leadership through numerous consulting |
| opportunities, speaking engagements, member recruitment and magazine |
| articles.</p> |
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| <p>Much more detail on my Eclipse activities can be found by Googling: Todd Williams Eclipse</p> |
| ]]> |
| </eclipse_affiliation> |
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| <vision> |
| <![CDATA[ |
| <p>Executive Summary</p> |
| <ul> |
| <li>Emphasize the requirements of the add-in provider community over other ecosystem participants</li> |
| <li>Advocate the commercial interests of add-in providers so Eclipse continues to be a sound investment</li> |
| <li>Provide time to adjust to innovations by promoting managed, predictable development cycles</li> |
| <li>Protect add-in provider value by emphasizing flexible, extensible frameworks over commercially competitive tools</li> |
| <li>Promote the expansion of Eclipse into new and emerging market segments to engender new business opportunities</li> |
| </ul> |
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| <p>The success of Eclipse stems from the unique, managed balance between the needs of its three diverse communities: the committers, |
| the add-in providers, and the end users. To gain critical mass, Eclipse began by catering to the needs of the end users. But, now that there are |
| hundreds of products in the add-in ecosystem and an explosion of interest in the rich client platform, the makeup of the Eclipse community is |
| rapidly changing and its needs will continue to change.</p> |
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| <p>As Eclipse evolves, we must continue to delicately adjust our focus to maintain our community synergy. |
| For example, if we were to cater to the desires of the end users too heavily, |
| we could actually remove the incentive to becoming an add-in provider or adopting Eclipse as a platform entirely. |
| Since the initial investment required to build and market a product is so large, commercial product investment would simply be seen as too |
| risky given that our target markets would quickly be commoditized by our own platform.</p> |
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| <p>To prevent this self-commoditization, we must proactively manage the pace, transparency, and |
| predictability of our innovations in order to give our members time to adjust their business models appropriately. |
| However, to remain viable for any of us in the long-term, we must also continue to increase our efforts around creating |
| commercial opportunity for our members while we foster innovation within the projects, both of which will ensure that |
| the word "Eclipse" will always be perceived as a high-quality ingredient brand.</p> |
| ]]> |
| </vision> |
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| <bio> |
| <![CDATA[ |
| <p>As a co-founder of Genuitec, I run both the R&D Lab and Consulting Practice for Eclipse Technology. These dual roles provide me with a unique |
| perspective on innovation and its commercial applications with Eclipse technology. Additionally, I have over twenty years of experience in |
| the development of computing infrastructures, large scale distributed software architectures, and the optimization of |
| development processes, techniques, and tools.</p> |
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| <p>If interested, a more detailed bio can be found on Genuitec's <a href="http://www.genuitec.com/about/leadership.html">website</a>. </p> |
| ]]> |
| </bio> |
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| <affiliation> |
| <![CDATA[ |
| <p>Genuitec L.L.C. is a leading provider of innovative Eclipse-based technology products, training, and consulting services. |
| Genuitec's flagship product, MyEclipse Enterprise Workbench, is a full-featured Web/J2EE/AJAX IDE that enhances Eclipse with hundreds |
| of additional features that enable highly productive enterprise development.</p> |
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| <p>Genuitec also offers training and expert consulting and development services for the Eclipse SDK and Rich Client Platforms. |
| Genuitec joined the Eclipse Foundation early in 2003 and currently has an employee serving as an elected member of the board |
| of directors where he actively participates in the strategy development and direction of the organization. |
| Genuitec L.L.C. was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Flower Mound, Texas.</p> |
| ]]> |
| </affiliation> |
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| </boardmember> |