| <boardmember id="ragan" type="addin"> |
| |
| <name>Tracy Ragan</name> |
| |
| <title>Chief Operations Officer</title> |
| |
| <image>ragan.jpg</image> |
| |
| <email>tracy.ragan@openmake.com</email> |
| |
| <phone>505.424.6440</phone> |
| |
| <contact> <![CDATA[ |
| Catalyst Systems Corporation<br> |
| 213 W. Institute Place #404<br> |
| Chicago, IL 60610<br> |
| www.openmake.com ]]> </contact> |
| |
| <eclipse_affiliation> <![CDATA[ |
| <p>In early 2002 Tracy started hearing about the "Eclipse Project" |
| from a few of the Openmake developers. She took a closer look and was immediately |
| surprised by what she found, an open source effort focused around a common IDE |
| platform. By the end of 2002, Tracy had become a "founding steward" of this new and |
| exciting community, and the first women on the board.</p> |
| <p>Tracy has been a very active |
| member of Eclipse always adding her "2 cents" along the way. Some of you may know her |
| from her involvement in early marketing efforts such as the JavaOne show floor games, |
| t-shirts, Eclipse logo designs as well as technical involvement in the |
| heated debates regarding Swing vs. SWT. Others may know Catalyst Systems through their |
| involvement in the ALF project. </p> |
| <p>Tracy's experience working with the Eclipse community |
| for the last 5 years has given her a strong understanding of how an Add-in Provider |
| can benefit by getting involved in this very dynamic organization.</p> |
| ]]> </eclipse_affiliation> |
| |
| <vision> <![CDATA[ |
| <p>Involvement with Eclipse from Add-in Provider companies is a critical |
| component of the overall success of Eclipse. Some Add-in Providers have learned |
| how to stay involved even as Eclipse has grown. I believe there are many more |
| Add-in Providers who want to be active, not passive, members of Eclipse but simply |
| don't know how. Add-in Providers need to be better organized so that they can more |
| easily see how to get involved. This may be done by simply adding an |
| "Add-in Provider Help Wanted" page on the Eclipse web site.</p> |
| <p>In addition, Add-in |
| providers need to be recognized as a core pillar of Eclipse. This can be done |
| through better recognition programs for active Add-in Providers and an increased |
| focus on Add-in Providers through Public Relations contacts. Add-in Provider |
| contribution is important. What we don't want is for the Eclipse organization |
| to evolve to a place where Add-in Providers simply serve as an audience to the |
| Strategic Members. We are the "members at large" and represent one of the core |
| pillars of this organization.</p> |
| ]]> </vision> |
| |
| <bio> <![CDATA[ |
| <p>Tracy has had extensive experience in the development and implementation |
| of business applications. She began her consulting career in 1989 consulting to |
| fortune 500 organizations in the areas of testing, configuration management and |
| build management. It was during her consulting experiences that Tracy recognized |
| the lack of build management procedures for the distributed platform that had |
| long been considered standard on the mainframe. </p> |
| <p>This lead her to co-found Catalyst |
| Systems in 1995 and the creation of Openmake, one of the first commerical enterprise build |
| management tools on the market and the only build management tool that offers developers |
| a reusable solution for scripting builds. Tracy served as the CEO of Catalyst Systems |
| for 12 years.She has a Bachelor of Science Degree from California Polytechnic |
| University, Pomona, CA.</p> |
| ]]> </bio> |
| |
| <affiliation> <![CDATA[ |
| <p>Tracy has many interests outside of the Computer industry. She |
| is involved in animal rescue, rides quarter horses, trains dogs and holds a first degree black |
| belt in ISKF Shotokan Karate.</p> |
| ]]> </affiliation> |
| |
| </boardmember> |