Dave McAllister

Current

• Director of Standards and Open Source at Adobe Systems, PADBU.
• director standards ad open source at Adobe Systems, Inc.
• Owner at OSB Technologies (Sole Proprietorship)

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Past

• SVP Product Marketing, Founder at Cassatt Corporation
• Director of Strategic Technologies at Egenera
• Director of Software at 3ware

• Chief Technology Officer at Maxspeed
• Director of Strategic Technologies at SGI (Silicon Graphics, Inc)
• Director of Strategic TEchnologies at SGI
• Director of Strategic Technologies at Silicon Graphics Inc (SGI)
• Director of Strategic Technologies at Silicon Graphics
• Director of Strategic Technologies, Open Source Evangelist at SGI (Silicon Graphics Computer Systems, Inc.)
• Area consultant at Digital Equipment Corporation
• Senior technology Field Consultant at Digital Equipment Corporation [DEC]

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Industry

Computer Software

Dave McAllister’s Summary

Focus on startups focused on technology changing events and delivering those changes to business. Expert on open source and on technology to solve real world problems. Working with technology companies to move into real world businesses

Dave McAllister’s Specialties:

Technology analysis, Business development, Due Diligence research, Open Source stacks, Evangelism, Product Marketing

Dave McAllister’s Experience

• Director of Standards and Open Source

  Adobe Systems, PADBU.

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; ADBE; Computer Software industry)

  December 2006 — Present (2 years 8 months)

• director standards ad open source

  Adobe Systems, Inc.

  (Public Company; Computer Software industry)

  2006 — Present (3 years)

• Owner

  OSB Technologies (Sole Proprietorship)

  (Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

  January 2003 — Present (6 years 7 months)

  OSB Technologies was formed in 2003 to help companies navigate the murky waters of open source software, to realize value from open source investments. As such OSB Technologies has developed working models for both internal adoption of such technologies, as well as guidelines for the release of formerly proprietary code to open source.
  
  OSB Technologies now advises and delivers on the investment potential for all technologies, focusing on the the ever changing nature of the industry and the market.

• SVP Product Marketing, Founder

  Cassatt Corporation

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

  August 2003 — January 2006 (2 years 6 months)

• Director of Strategic Technologies

  Egenera

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Hardware industry)

  December 2000 — October 2002 (1 year 11 months)

• Director of Software

  3ware

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Hardware industry)

  June 2000 — December 2000 (7 months)

• Chief Technology Officer

  Maxspeed

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Hardware industry)

  January 2000 — June 2000 (6 months)

• Director of Strategic Technologies

  SGI (Silicon Graphics, Inc)

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; sgi; Computer Hardware industry)

  May 1991 — January 2000 (8 years 9 months)

  Everything, but most proud of building and implementing SGI's Linux Strategy and being a world wide advocate/evangelist for Linux

• Director of Strategic TEchnologies

  SGI

  (Computer Software industry)

  1991 — 2000 (9 years)

• Director of Strategic Technologies

  Silicon Graphics Inc (SGI)

  (Public Company; Computer Software industry)

  1991 — 2000 (9 years)

• Director of Strategic Technologies

  Silicon Graphics

  (Computer Software industry)

  1991 — 2000 (9 years)

• Director of Strategic Technologies, Open Source Evangelist

  SGI (Silicon Graphics Computer Systems, Inc.)

  (Public Company; Computer Software industry)

  1991 — 2000 (9 years)

• Area consultant

  Digital Equipment Corporation

  (Computer Software industry)

  1984 — 1999 (15 years)

• Senior technology Field Consultant

  Digital Equipment Corporation [DEC]

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; DEC; Computer Software industry)

  1985 — 1991 (6 years)

  re: Compaq, re HP

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