| <boardmember id="rmain" type="addin"> | |
| <name>Rich Main</name> | |
| <title>Director, Java Development Environments at SAS</title> | |
| <image>rmain.jpg</image> | |
| <email> rich.main@sas.com </email> | |
| <phone> 919-531-5594 </phone> | |
| <contact> <![CDATA[ | |
| SAS Campus Drive <br/> | |
| R3246 <br/> | |
| Cary, NC 27513 <br/> | |
| ]]> | |
| </contact> | |
| <eclipse_affiliation> | |
| I have been the SAS representative to Eclipse for the past 3 1/2 years, and participated actively | |
| in the formulation of the current Eclipse Foundation development process and bylaws, the Eclipse Public License, | |
| and the IP Policy. I have been an elected Add-In Provider Member Representative to the Eclipse Foundation | |
| Board of Directors for the past 2 years. | |
| </eclipse_affiliation> | |
| <vision> <![CDATA[ | |
| At SAS, we see Eclipse as being critical to the long-term viability of Java as a platform for enterprise application | |
| development and deployment. As a result, we are committed to working within the Eclipse community to foster an | |
| environment that supports continuing innovation while also increasing the end-user focus of the Eclipse development process. | |
| This is a necessary component of taking Eclipse to the "next level" as it grows from supporting just developers to | |
| also supporting end-user consumer organizations. At the same time, the vibrant community that has been such a critical | |
| part of Eclipse’s success thus far must be preserved and nurtured. This community is the engine that fuels the | |
| innovation and drives growing adoption of Eclipse across the software industry. In this respect, it is crucially | |
| important that the Add-in Provider representatives on the board forge relationships with each of the other Add-in Provider | |
| members to understand and represent the full range of Add-in Provider member needs. Finally, we need to work with | |
| standards organizations to drive adoption of Eclipse based technology as industry standards. This will ensure that | |
| Eclipse is everywhere our end-users need to be. To that end, I would appreciate your vote of support! | |
| ]]> | |
| </vision> | |
| <bio> <![CDATA[ | |
| I am the Director of Java Development Environments at SAS. In that role, I oversee the development of a | |
| number of Eclipse based technologies, including SAS AppDev Studio™, an enterprise business intelligence | |
| application development suite built on top of the Eclipse IDE, and the Eclipse RCP based SAS Rich Client | |
| Platform, which serves as the basis for a number of our vertical market business intelligence solutions. | |
| In addition to these duties, I work actively within the Java community as a member of organizations such | |
| as the Eclipse Foundation and the Java Community Process (JCP) Executive Committee to ensure that the Java | |
| platform supports development and deployment of robust enterprise applications. I graduated from Duke | |
| University with a degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and have over 20 years of software | |
| development experience. | |
| ]]> | |
| </bio> | |
| <affiliation> <![CDATA[ | |
| SAS is the market leader in providing a new generation of business intelligence software and services that create true | |
| enterprise intelligence. SAS solutions are used at 40,000 sites – including 96 of the top 100 companies on the FORTUNE | |
| Global 500® – to develop more profitable relationships with customers and suppliers; to enable better, more accurate | |
| and informed decisions; and to drive organizations forward. SAS is the only vendor that completely integrates leading | |
| data warehousing, analytics and traditional BI applications to create intelligence from massive amounts of data. For | |
| nearly three decades, SAS has been giving customers around the world The Power to Know®. | |
| <br/><br/> | |
| For more information about SAS, visit us on the web at <a href="http://www.sas.com">http://www.sas.com</a>. | |
| ]]> | |
| </affiliation> | |
| </boardmember> |