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<name>Emma McGrattan</name> | |
<title>SVP Engineering</title> | |
<image>mcgrattan.jpg</image> | |
<email>emma.mcgrattan@ingres.com</email> | |
<phone>(+1) 631-704-2932</phone> | |
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Ingres Corporation<br> | |
2950 Express Drive South, Suite 106<br> | |
Islandia, NY 11749-1412<br> | |
USA<br> | |
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<eclipse_affiliation> Member Company Representative for Ingres </eclipse_affiliation> | |
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<p>My vision for Eclipse in 2008 is to raise the level of awareness senior IT managment. A recent study by Forrester and | |
1105 Media clearly indicates that Eclipse is enjoying much wider adoption in IT groups of all sizes than Senior IT management | |
is aware of, and it's time to educate these folks on the benefits that the adoption of Eclipse brings to the table. | |
In much the same way that Linux entered the enterprise through the mavericks in IT and was later embraced by management | |
through the concerted efforts of companies like Red Hat, it's time for the Eclipse member companies to step up | |
the evangelist role with the IT decision makers and educate them on the productivity and cost benefits that their companies | |
are either already enjoying, or could enjoy.</p> | |
<p>I would also like to see a broader adoption of Eclipse outside of North America. Ingres has traditionally enjoyed a significant | |
presence in Europe, South America and the Pacific Rim, areas in which Eclipse adoption is low, and I would like to brainstorm | |
with other member companies with a footprint in these geographies to firstly understand their thoughts as to why they haven't yet | |
woken up to Eclipse, and secondly to find ways to raise awareness and adoption.</p> | |
<p>Last year it was my pleasure to introduce the Eclipse community to the Sony Playstation 3 as a platform for Eclipse deployment, | |
and while this was done as a promotional gimmick, I'm looking forward to getting Eclipse onto the Nintendo Wii in 2008 and | |
finding innovative and fun ways to make use of the various Wii controllers with Eclipse.</p> | |
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</vision> | |
<bio> | |
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<p>Emma is the SVP of Engineering responsible for the Emerging Technologies Team at Ingres. Since its formation in 2006, the Ingres | |
Emerging Technologies Team has been responible for a number of leading edge projects including the Icebreaker family of | |
software appliances, the Ingres Eclipse DTP plug-in, improved usability, and most notoriously for using the Sony | |
Playstation 3 as the demonstration platform of choice for Ingres and Eclipse at a number of trade-shows. A leading authority in | |
DBMS technologies, Emma has been instrumental in the ongoing success of the Ingres product line, and is a popular speaker | |
at industry events world-wide.</p> | |
<p>Emma joined Ingres as senior vice president of Engineering from CA where she was responsible for the development, | |
maintenance and QA of the Ingres family of products. Emma started her career with Ingres in 1992 as a desktop porting | |
engineering, and since then has held a variety of senior development and management positions. Never happier than when | |
she is up to her elbows in code, Emma is also responsible for Ingres community engagement.</p> | |
<p>Born in Ireland, Emma earned a bachelor's degree in electronic engineering from Dublin City University. | |
Never at a loss for words, please see Emma's blog, <a href="http://blogs.ingres.com/emmamcgrattan/">"The View from 25B</a>."</p> | |
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Ingres Corporation | |
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