"Open Source Diva" Danese Cooper Joins REvolution Computing.

Pioneering Open Source Expert at Sun Microsystems and Intel to Spearhead REvCo's Expansion of Predictive Analytics in R

NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- REvolution Computing, a leading provider of open source predictive analytics solutions, announced that Danese Cooper has joined the Company as Open Source Diva. Ms. Cooper will head up REvolution's outreach to communities of developers not yet familiar with the R language and its potential to solve problems and better inform decisions through predictive analytics.

Cooper said, "In a classic pattern of open source adoption and growth, R is being used to expand predictive choices at places like Google, Facebook, Novell, and throughout the life sciences and financial services industries. My role is to build bridges between REvolution Computing and the expanding community of R so that everyone can benefit from a robust exchange of ideas and experimentation."

REvolution Computing CEO Richard Schultz said, "We are really excited to have Danese join our team. She brings a wealth of experience from Sun and Intel, as well as deep knowledge about open source community dynamics...and she likes to drive really fast, which is sort of a pre-requisite around here."

Among her first initiatives at REvolution, Ms. Cooper will work with REvolution's R Director of Community, David M. Smith, to develop a program to better support user groups and to develop new community assets. She will also be expanding REvolution's program of speaking engagements.

Ms. Cooper was most recently senior director, open source strategies at Intel. She serves as an officer on the board of the Open Source Initiative, a non-profit that maintains the Open Source Definition and also approves open source software licenses. She is also a Member of the Apache Software Foundation and serves on a special advisory board for Mozilla.org. Prior to joining Intel, Ms. Cooper was chief open source evangelist at Sun Microsystems where she created and managed the Open Source Programs Office, providing public visibility and oversight on all of Sun's engagements with the Open Source community. Previously, she held various management positions at companies including Apple, Symantec and Microsoft. Ms. Cooper also served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Morocco after earning a B.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles.

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About REvolution Computing

New Haven, Connecticut-based REvolution Computing is the leading commercial provider of software and support for the statistical computing language known as "R." Our products, including REvolution R and REvolution R Enterprise, enable statisticians, scientists and others to create superior predictive models and derive meaning from large sets of mission-critical data in record time. REvolution Computing works closely with the R community to incorporate the latest developments in open source R, and with our clients to support their efforts to produce groundbreaking innovations in life sciences, financial services, defense technology and other industries where high-level analytics are crucial to success. At REvolution Computing, "We do the math."

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