Doug Tidwell

Current

• Technology Evangelist at IBM

Past

• Software Engineer at IBM
• Programmer, Technical Writer, Product Planner at IBM

Education

• Vanderbilt University
• The University of Georgia

Connections

45 connections

Industry

Computer Software

Doug Tidwell’s Summary

My primary expertise is as a public speaker, presenting complicated ideas in a clear and compelling way. I have spoken hundreds of times at conferences, technology briefings and universities around the world.

I am also a programmer with 25 years of experience, writing software in many languages for everything from mainframes to palmtops. I have written a best-selling book on XSLT for O'Reilly, have contributed chapters to other books, and have written dozens of articles on the Web.

My main career goal is to continue my job as a public speaker and to constantly enhance my technical skills.

Doug Tidwell’s Specialties:

XSLT, XML, Java, Web services, EJBs, SCA, REST, Web standards

Doug Tidwell’s Experience

• Technology Evangelist

  IBM

  (Public Company; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)

  April 1999 — Present (10 years 8 months)

  For the last decade or so, I have worked at IBM as a technology evangelist. Most of my work has been focused on technologies such as XML, Java, Web services, XForms, Eclipse and SCA. At times I've also been an evangelist for IBM products, particularly WebSphere and Rational.
  
  My role is to help programmers, architects, executives, analysts and the press understand why new technologies matter and will be successful in the marketplace.

• Software Engineer

  IBM

  (Public Company; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)

  June 1994 — April 1999 (4 years 11 months)

  I worked as a developer for several advanced technology efforts. One of my main projects was the TaskGuide, a markup-based framework for creating wizard-style help systems.

• Programmer, Technical Writer, Product Planner

  IBM

  (Public Company; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)

  July 1989 — June 1994 (5 years )

  I held several different positions during my first few years at IBM. I was a technical writer and programmer for a mainframe software product. I also worked as a product planner for a middleware product and as a programmer for Windows- and OS/2-based software.

Doug Tidwell’s Education

• Vanderbilt University

  M.S. , Computer Science , 1988 — 1989

  I studied software engineering under Professor Steven Schach. My Master's Thesis was a study of the use of vectorization for a project that analyzed the affects of marriage patterns on the spread of lethal genetic conditions (e.g., Sickle Cell Anemia, Tay-Sachs disease) in populations of various sizes.

  Activities and Societies:

  ACM

• The University of Georgia

  B.A. , English , 1983 — 1987

  Graduated cum laude

Additional Information

Doug Tidwell’s Groups:

•    Øredev
•    Colorado Software Summit
•    Open Cloud Manifesto

Doug Tidwell’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• expertise requests
• getting back in touch