Collab.Net Names Bill Portelli President And CEO.SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 4, 1999-- Collab.Net announced today that Bill Portelli is the Open Source start-up's first President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , effective October 1. Collab.Net provides tools, services, and platforms to facilitate Open Source software development. Founded by Brian Behlendorf Brian Behlendorf (Born March 30, 1973) is a technologist, computer programmer, and an important figure in the open-source software movement. He was a primary developer of the Apache Web server, the most popular web server software on the Internet, and a founding member of the , co-founder of the Apache Software Foundation (open source, body) Apache Software Foundation - (ASF) An umbrella consortium that manages the development of the Apache web server, dozens of XML- and Java-based projects (under the name Jakarta), the Ant build tool, the Geronimo J2EE server, the SpamAssassin anti-SPAM tool, and , and O'Reilly & Associates in July 1999, Collab.Net received initial funding from Benchmark Capital Benchmark Capital is a venture capital firm responsible for the early stage funding of some very successful startups, including eBay. In 1995, the firm invested $6.7 million in eBay, which became worth more than $5 billion by the spring of 1999 and resulted in one of Silicon in August. "Bill has exactly the leadership experience we need to move the company forward quickly," said Behlendorf. "And with his technical and business background, he understands the interests of both developers and corporations who want ttelli is a star that we have tracked for quite aWorldwide Consulting Services. In this role, Portelli had world-wide responsibility for product development, delivery, marketing, sales and all other operational business functions. Prior to running Cadence's Worldwide Consulting Services, he was Vice President and GM of Cadence's Custom Integrated Circuit integrated circuit (IC), electronic circuit built on a semiconductor substrate, usually one of single-crystal silicon. The circuit, often called a chip, is packaged in a hermetically sealed case or a nonhermetic plastic capsule, with leads extending from it for Business Unit. Portelli was Executive Vice President of sales and marketing at Cooper & Chyan Technology (CCT CCT Circuit CCT Commission Canadienne du Tourisme (Canadian Tourism Commission) CCT Correlated Color Temperature CCT Common Customs Tariff (EU) CCT Certificate of Completion of Training ) when it was acquired by Cadence in May 1997. At CCT, where he was also an Officer of the Company, Portelli was directly responsible for acquisitions and the management of all strategic partnerships. Before joining CCT in 1995, Portelli spent 12 years at Zycad Corporation, where he held a number of management positions including Vice President and General Manager of the Rapid Prototyping Building a part one layer at a time using a method of additive fabrication such as 3D printing. Such parts are used for concept modeling to determine if the product design meets the customer's expectations. and Services Division and Vice President of worldwide sales. About Collab.Net Collab.Net provides tools, services, and platforms to facilitate the software development processes used within the Open Source software community. The company's first service, sourceXchange, is a marketplace where open source developers match their expertise to committed buyers with well-defined, financially backed open source projects. sourceXchange also acts as the contractual proxy for the relationships, simplifying the process tremendously. Collab.Net was founded by Brian Behlendorf, co-founder of the Apache Software Foundation, and O'Reilly & Associates in July 1999. For more information, see www.collab.net. |
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