elections/2022/goodchild.xml

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	<name>Mark Goodchild</name>

	<title>Senior Manager, Renesas Electronics</title>

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	<email>mark.goodchild@renesas.com</email>

	<phone>+44 7825451175</phone>

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	<contact>Mark Goodchild, Beech House, Blakes Road, Wargrave, Berks, RG10 8LA, UK</contact>

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	Renesas Electronics are a Contributing Member of the Eclipse Foundation<br>
	Strategic Member Representative for the Eclipse IDE Working Group<br>
	Participant Member Representative for the Eclipse Cloud Tools Working Group - Embedded Tools Special Interest Group
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	<p>At Renesas we use the Eclipse platform and the C/C++ Development Toolkit for our embedded software IDE named <a href="https://www.renesas.com/us/en/software-tool/e-studio" target="_blank">e2 studio</a>. As a company we are very much reliant on the projects and technology that are being developed within the Eclipse projects.</p>
	<p>The Eclipse platform provides us with a superb starting point for our product and looking forward, we want to contribute to the community to maintain and improve this into the future. Joining the Eclipse board would allow me to contribute from a commercial product perspective and ensure I can represent the many companies using Eclipse and the C/C++ Development Toolkit in this way.</p>
	
	<p>I am also a current strategic member representative on the Eclipse IDE Working Group. Participating in this working group has shown me that there is a willing desire to improve the platform now and in the future. Personally, I find this initiative exciting and rewarding and I hope we can see the results of this within the platform and other associated projects. With this in mind I hope joining the Eclipse board would enable me to push forwards the great work of the Eclipse IDE Working group and improve visibility of our efforts in this area.</p>
	
	<p>As a consumer of the platform building a commercial product, I would like to focus on these goals:</p>
<ul>
<li>Ensure the future of the Eclipse IDE is solid and viable - both from a platform and infrastructure viewpoint</li>
<li>Focus on Eclipse user experience - improve the UI and performance of the platform. Enable the Eclipse IDE to compete with other platforms in this space</li>
<li>Help expand the contributing user base to ensure long term success (stimulate the community to create new members and investments)</li>
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	<p>In addition, Renesas also have a long term interest in the Cloud Tools area. We already have requirements in this area and we will look to be a long term partner to these projects. The Eclipse projects are fundamental to our current and future Renesas engineering projects and joining the Eclipse Board is a natural next step to help us achieve our goals.</p>
	
	<p>Finally, Renesas as a company have many different projects focusing on a wide spectrum of domains and technologies, such as IOT, Automotive Computer Vision, A.I, RTOS, etc. I hope the experience, knowledge and expertise we can bring from Renesas can be utilized in many Eclipse projects.</p>
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	<p>My background is as a Software Engineer specialising in the design and development of Embedded Software Tools. I work for Renesas Electronics and I am based in the UK branch located in Bourne End, Buckinghamshire.</p>
	<p>Who are <a href="https://www.renesas.com/us/en" target="_blank">Renesas Electronics</a>? Renesas Electronics Corporation are a global leader in microcontrollers, analog, power, and SoC products. Renesas provides comprehensive solutions for a broad range of automotive, industrial, home electronics, office automation, and information communication technology applications.</p>
	
	<p>I am a Senior Manager within the Software Development Division - Tools Development team. This is located within the IOT and Infrastucture Business Unit. I have over 25 years experience in Embedded Software Tools development specialising in build, code configuration and generation and debugging solutions. Of particular achievement in that time was the migration from the proprietary Renesas IDE development to our current e2 studio product built on the Eclipse platform. :-) I am also proud to be a leader of change within the company and successfully adopted agile software methodologies and improved software development tooling for our developers globally.</p>
	
	<p>Other Contributions</p>
<ul>
<li>Brought Renesas as a sponsor to EclipseCon Europe in 2017 and 2018. We hope to be back soon!</li>
<li>Presented at EclipseCon 2017 - The Importance of Open Source Tooling for ADAS and Automated Driving</li>
<li>Particpated in the CDT Embedded Tools Summits and Eclipse IDE Working Group presentations</li>
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	<affiliation>Renesas Electronics Europe Gmbh.</affiliation>

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