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San Francisco Bay Area
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- OSI Board Observer at Open Source Initiative
- Founder and Chief Philosophical Officer at RadicalCentrism.org
- Open Source/Web 2.0 Product Manager at Apple
- Education
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- California Institute of Technology
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Ernie Prabhakar’s Summary
As a second-generation immigrant with experience in the nation's leading companies and schools, Dr. Ernie seeks to bring humor, insight, and rigor to help individuals and organizations find creative solutions to their most important problems.
Ernie Prabhakar’s Experience
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OSI Board Observer
Open Source Initiative
(Information Technology and Services industry)
2006 — Present (3 years)
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Founder and Chief Philosophical Officer
RadicalCentrism.org
(Non-Profit; Myself Only; Public Policy industry)
July 2002 — Present (7 years 1 month)
Responsible for defining the core philosophical beliefs and objectives for an emerging political and social movement, as well as instigating articles, activities and alliances to achieve those goals.
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Open Source/Web 2.0 Product Manager
Apple
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; AAPL; Computer Software industry)
June 1997 — Present (12 years 2 months)
I am responsible for initiating, managing, and marketing Apple's Open Source strategy and UNIX positioning, helping establish Mac OS X as the most popular UNIX distribution and Apple as the highest-volume Open Source vendor. I am also working to shape Apple's involvement in Web 2.0, including Atom, iTunes podcasting, and JavaScript development.
Ernie Prabhakar’s Education
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California Institute of Technology
Ph.D. , Physics , 1988 — 1995
- Activities and Societies:
- Caltech Christian Fellowship (IVCF), TACIT: Theatre Arts at Caltech, SPECTRE: The Caltech Science Fiction Club, Editor, Graduate Student Council Newsletter
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
S.B. , Physics , 1984 — 1988
Wrote and ran "Blame It on Rio" Assassin's Guild game.
Third-place in the ESG Punning Bee in Jan 1987.- Activities and Societies:
- United Christian Fellowship, Stained Glass (choir), MIT Science Fiction Society, Assassin's Guild, Athena Student Consultant, Musical Theather Guild
