Derek Collison

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Derek Collison’s Summary

Software Engineer/Architect with over 20 years of experience specializing in high performance distributed systems.

Distributed Systems Architecture, High Performance Messaging Systems, Advanced Visualization, Event-Driven Systems, Grid/Utility Computing.

Office of CTO

VMware

(Public Company; VMW; Computer Software industry)

August 2009 — Present (4 months)
Technical Director

Google Inc.

(Public Company; GOOG; Internet industry)

October 2004 — August 2009 (4 years 11 months)

Currently working on the AJAX API effort at Google.
SVP and Chief Architect

TIBCO Software Inc.

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; TIBX; Computer Software industry)

September 2003 — September 2004 (1 year 1 month)

Responsible for technical and strategic product direction and delivery.
Vice President and Chief Architect

TIBCO Software Inc.

(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; TIBX; Computer Software industry)

1999 — 2003 (4 years )

Responsible for design and implementation of TIBCO's wide range of messaging products, including Rendezvous and the Enterprise Messaging System.
Software Engineer

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab

(Government Agency; 1001-5000 employees; Computer Software industry)

1990 — 1992 (2 years )