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 	<name>Thomas Mäder</name>

 	<title>Dipl. Informatik Ing. ETH</title>

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 	<email>thomas@devotek-it.ch</email>

 	<phone>+41 78 888 30 29</phone>

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 	<contact>
 		Grundgasse 2
 		9500 Wil
 		Switzerland
 	</contact>

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 	<eclipse_affiliation>I'm a committer emeritus of Eclipse IDE and an active committer on the Eclipse Theia and Che projects</eclipse_affiliation>

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 		<p>Dani Megert, who passed away recently, had been my colleague at Object Technology Intl. 20 years ago when we set out to revolutionize the IDE market.
 		The election to replace him as a committer representative on the board of the Eclipse foundation got me thinking that I might well have what it takes
 		to serve in that function.</p>

 		<p>Having been around since the beginning, I understand the ins and outs of Open Source licensing and governance. I know many of the people
 		involved with the foundation, including former board members who I'm sure would be willing to help me navigate the politics of the
 		Eclipse board. But I haven't been involved in Eclipse Foundation administration directly. This means I owe no-one any favours and I have no axes to grind.
 		I work for Red Hat/IBM and I would probably best represent the committers that work for a large corporation, but as they like to say in Twitter bios:
 		"My opinions are my own, not my employers". Ask anyone who knows me. (follow me on twitter, b.t.w.: @tsmaeder)</p>

 		<p>And finally, I am an actual committer on active Eclipse projects, not a "head of" or some manager. I write code and open PR's every day, just like you.</p>

 		<p>The Eclipse Foundation has traditionally been a place for businesses to cooperate more than individual contributors. That is OK. But there are areas
 		where the priorities of the individual contributors are not necessarily the same as those of organisations.</p>

 		<p>We want our individual contributions to be recognized. When I'm in a job interview I want to be able to point to my contributions to an Eclipse project and say:
 		"Look! I did that". When I contribute great value to a project, I expect my role and influence in that project to grow accordingly.

 		<p>We want to write software, not CQs. As a contributor I would want the Eclipse Foundation to make it as simple as possible to run a project, while maintaining
 		the secret "business-friendly" sauce. Recent improvements in tooling allowing projects to self-certify their license compliance are a good step in the direction
 		I mean.</p>

 		<p>As software is eating the world, we are the snout of that particular crocodile. Our work might end up in a pacemaker, it might guide a missile into its target,
 		or it might determine the outcome of an election. Corporations cannot be morally responsible. We as individuals shoulder the moral credit and the blame.
 		Because the structures and rules we give our software development organisation will shape what they will create, we as the creators or that software
 		are entitled to having a voice in making those rules and structures. I am aware this is a difficult topic and don't expect any ready-made recipes
 		from me, but I believe it's something we as an industry need to address.</p>

 		<p>But as a committer representative, my main job would be to listen to you and bring your issues to the board table. Starting now, I would be delighted for any suggestions,
 		complaints or words of encouragement on the above email or @ me on Twitter.</p>

 		]]>
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 	<bio><![CDATA[
 		<p>I am one of the IBM engineers that created the Eclipse IDE before the Eclipse foundation even existed. At IBM's Object Technology Intl.
 		subsidiary, I also contributed to what is the Eclipse Open J9 Java VM today. After having spent some years working in more business-oriented settings
 		and an ill-fated online file storage startup, I am now a principal software engineer at Red Hat and an active committer to the Eclipse Theia
 		and Eclipse Che online IDE projects.</p>
 		<p>Away from work, I enjoy playing golf, ice hockey and tennis. In summer, you'll find me hiking in the mountains. I tinker with software synthesizers
 		in my home studio and I cook a pretty good aloo gobi. I live in Switzerland.
 		</p>
 			]]></bio>

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 	<affiliation>Red Hat</affiliation>

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	<boardmember id="mader" type="committer">

	<name>Thomas Mäder</name>

	<title>Dipl. Informatik Ing. ETH</title>

	<!-- Name of the file containing the image of the candidate; location relative to this file. -->
	<image>mader.jpg</image>

	<!-- eMail address will be modified before it is included on a webpage so that robots will not harvest it. -->
	<email>thomas@devotek-it.ch</email>

	<phone>+41 78 888 30 29</phone>

	<!-- How do we contact you? e.g. postal address -->
	<contact>
	Grundgasse 2
	9500 Wil
	Switzerland
	</contact>

	<!-- What do you do with eclipse? -->
	<eclipse_affiliation>I'm a committer emeritus of Eclipse IDE and an active committer on the Eclipse Theia and Che projects</eclipse_affiliation>

	<!-- Feel free to include html tags and what-not between the CDATA tags. -->
	<vision>
	<![CDATA[
	<p>Dani Megert, who passed away recently, had been my colleague at Object Technology Intl. 20 years ago when we set out to revolutionize the IDE market.
	The election to replace him as a committer representative on the board of the Eclipse foundation got me thinking that I might well have what it takes
	to serve in that function.</p>

	<p>Having been around since the beginning, I understand the ins and outs of Open Source licensing and governance. I know many of the people
	involved with the foundation, including former board members who I'm sure would be willing to help me navigate the politics of the
	Eclipse board. But I haven't been involved in Eclipse Foundation administration directly. This means I owe no-one any favours and I have no axes to grind.
	I work for Red Hat/IBM and I would probably best represent the committers that work for a large corporation, but as they like to say in Twitter bios:
	"My opinions are my own, not my employers". Ask anyone who knows me. (follow me on twitter, b.t.w.: @tsmaeder)</p>

	<p>And finally, I am an actual committer on active Eclipse projects, not a "head of" or some manager. I write code and open PR's every day, just like you.</p>

	<p>The Eclipse Foundation has traditionally been a place for businesses to cooperate more than individual contributors. That is OK. But there are areas
	where the priorities of the individual contributors are not necessarily the same as those of organisations.</p>

	<p>We want our individual contributions to be recognized. When I'm in a job interview I want to be able to point to my contributions to an Eclipse project and say:
	"Look! I did that". When I contribute great value to a project, I expect my role and influence in that project to grow accordingly.

	<p>We want to write software, not CQs. As a contributor I would want the Eclipse Foundation to make it as simple as possible to run a project, while maintaining
	the secret "business-friendly" sauce. Recent improvements in tooling allowing projects to self-certify their license compliance are a good step in the direction
	I mean.</p>

	<p>As software is eating the world, we are the snout of that particular crocodile. Our work might end up in a pacemaker, it might guide a missile into its target,
	or it might determine the outcome of an election. Corporations cannot be morally responsible. We as individuals shoulder the moral credit and the blame.
	Because the structures and rules we give our software development organisation will shape what they will create, we as the creators or that software
	are entitled to having a voice in making those rules and structures. I am aware this is a difficult topic and don't expect any ready-made recipes
	from me, but I believe it's something we as an industry need to address.</p>

	<p>But as a committer representative, my main job would be to listen to you and bring your issues to the board table. Starting now, I would be delighted for any suggestions,
	complaints or words of encouragement on the above email or @ me on Twitter.</p>

	]]>
	</vision>

	<!-- Tell us a little bit about yourself. -->
	<bio><![CDATA[
	<p>I am one of the IBM engineers that created the Eclipse IDE before the Eclipse foundation even existed. At IBM's Object Technology Intl.
	subsidiary, I also contributed to what is the Eclipse Open J9 Java VM today. After having spent some years working in more business-oriented settings
	and an ill-fated online file storage startup, I am now a principal software engineer at Red Hat and an active committer to the Eclipse Theia
	and Eclipse Che online IDE projects.</p>
	<p>Away from work, I enjoy playing golf, ice hockey and tennis. In summer, you'll find me hiking in the mountains. I tinker with software synthesizers
	in my home studio and I cook a pretty good aloo gobi. I live in Switzerland.
	</p>
	]]></bio>

	<!-- Who do you work for? -->
	<affiliation>Red Hat</affiliation>

	</boardmember>