Aaron Fulkerson
Aaron Roe Fulkerson | |
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Born | Orange, CA, United States |
Alma mater | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Occupation | Chief Executive Officer |
Aaron Roe Fulkerson is an information technology businessman and founder of MindTouch, Inc. Fulkerson helped pioneer the open core business model,[1] collaborative networks, and the application of Web Oriented Architecture to enterprise software.[2]
Fulkerson is currently Founder and CEO at MindTouch,[3] a supplier of open source and collaborative network software. Prior to co-founding MindTouch with Steve Bjorg, Aaron was a member of Microsoft’s Advanced Strategies and Policies division and worked on distributed systems research. Previously he owned and operated a successful software and Information Technology consulting firm, Gurion Digital LLP. He won a Jack Kent Cooke Foundation scholarship in 2002.[4] Aaron advises Microsoft on open source practices and is a founding advisory member of the OuterCurve Foundation (formerly known as the CodePlex Foundation).[5] He is also the technical editor to MCGraw Hill's "Implementing Enterprise 2.0." Aaron is a contributing blogger and writer for Forbes,[6] GigaOm OSTATIC,[7] TechWeb Internet Evolution,[8] Fortune Magazine, CNNMoney.com,[9] CMSWire[10] and ReadWriteWeb.[11] In 2008 Aaron was cited one of seven "Leading Corporate Social Media Evangelists" by ReadWriteWeb.[12] Aaron is also a frequent speaker on the topics of enterprise software, Enterprise 2.0, Social CRM (SCRM), open source, education, and entrepreneurship,[13][14][15][16]
In March 2010, he was named on the Mindtouch website as the forty-sixth in the list of "Most Powerful Voices in Open Source".[17]
References
- ↑ Asay, Matt (July 10, 2009). "Trent Reznor: 'So you want to make money on the Web'". News.cnet.com. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
- ↑ Erickson, Jonathan (May 7, 2008). "Web Oriented Architectures | Dr Dobb's". Ddj.com. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
- ↑ "MindTouch News & Events | Social Knowledge Base System – MindTouch, Inc". Mindtouch.com. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
- ↑ "Jack Kent Cooke Foundation – Aaron Fulkerson". Jkcf.org. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
- ↑ "The Outercurve Foundation > About > Board of Directors". Outercurve.org. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
- ↑ Fulkerson, Aaron (2010-08-09). "The Evolution Of User Manuals". Forbes.
- ↑ "The Future of Collaborative Networks". Ostatic.com. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
- ↑ "Aaron Roe Fulkerson – How, and Why, End Users Circumvent IT". Internet Evolution. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
- ↑ "Headphone serenity". CNN.
- ↑ Aaron Roe Fulkerson (@roebot) (August 25, 2010). "The Importance of Context: Why Enterprise 2.0 Still Fails to Deliver Value". Cmswire.com. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
- ↑ Author, Guest (September 30, 2010). "What Do Online Documentation and Museums Have in Common?". Readwriteweb.com. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
- ↑ Kirkpatrick, Marshall (April 11, 2008). "The New Robert Scobles: Seven Leading Corporate Social Media Evangelists Today". Readwriteweb.com. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
- ↑ "Jack Kent Cooke Foundation – 2010 Conference resources". Jkcf.org. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
- ↑ "Enterprise 2.0 Boston 2012 – Conference Overview". E2conf.com. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
- ↑ Events (October 16, 2008). "Who are the best speakers on content technology? (cont. from San Francisco) – Gilbane Group Press Releases and Announcements". Gilbane.com. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
- ↑ "Speaker: Aaron Fulkerson: OSCON 2009 – O'Reilly Conferences, July 20 – 24, 2009, San Jose, CA". Oscon.com. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
- ↑ "MindTouch.com". Archived from the original on March 22, 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-21.
External links
- OSCON Speaker at Oscon 2009
- Google Profile
- Fulkerson Personal Blog
- Open Core Licensing
- WOA Pioneer
- WOA Presentation
- Floss 89: Interview with Aaron Roe Fulkerson about Mindtouch
- Linux Journal video interview with Aaron Fulkerson
- Developer Video
- podcast about Wiki's
- Podcast interview
- Read Write Web
- Fulkerson Interviews