Stephen Walli

Current

• Independent Consultant at my own Consultancy

Past

• CTO and VP Engineering at an undercover start-up
• Vice-president, Open Source Development Strategy at Optaros, Inc.
• Business Development Mgr at Microsoft Corp

• Vice-president, R&D/Founder at Softway Systems, Inc.
• Consultant at SRW Software
• Software Development Manager at MKS Inc.
• Systems Analyst at EDS Canada, Ltd.
• Programmer Analyst at Sears Canada, Ltd.
• Programmer at Ferrco Engineering, Ltd

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• My Blog

Stephen Walli’s Summary

I have worked in the IT industry since 1980 as both customer and vendor. I currently consult on software business development and open source strategy, often working with partners like Initmarketing and InteropSystems. I organized the agenda, speakers and sponsors for the inaugural Beijing Open Source Software Forum as part of the 2007 Software Innovation Summit in Beijing. The development of the Chinese software market is an area of deep interest for me. I'm a board director at eBox, and an advisor at Bitrock, Continuent, Ohloh, and TargetSource (each of which represents unique opportunities in the FOSS world). I was also the open-source-strategist-in-residence for Open Tuesday in Finland.

I was Vice-president, Open Source Development Strategy at Optaros, Inc. through it's initial 19 months. Prior to that I was a business development manager in the Windows Platform team at Microsoft working on community development, standards, and intellectual property concerns. Before joining the platforms business team, I was a program manager on Rotor. I started at Microsoft as a Product Unit Manager for Interix.

I was executive staff (vice-president, R&D) and a founder at Softway Systems, Inc., a venture backed startup that developed the Interix environment to re-host UNIX applications on Windows NT. The Interix product juggled core Softway developed code, Microsoft licensed code, and a wealth of open source covered by a myriad of licenses. Softway was acquired by Microsoft in 1999.

Before starting Softway Systems, I worked as a consultant for X/Open, Sun, UNISYS (expert witness), and the Canadian government. Going back further, I've been a development manager at Mortice Kern Systems, a systems analyst at Electronic Data Systems and Sears, and a real-time programmer at Ferrco Engineering.

The bio and CV can be found on the blog "about" page, along with publications and papers: http://stephesblog.blogs.com/about.html

Stephen Walli’s Specialties:

Free software, open source software, commercial open source, software standards, software development management, software business, China

Stephen Walli’s Experience

• Independent Consultant

  my own Consultancy

  (Computer Software industry)

  January 2007 — Present (2 years 11 months)

  I consult on software business development and open source strategy, often working with partners like Initmarketing and InteropSystems. Customers include Microsoft, the Eclipse Foundation, the Linux Foundation, and many start-ups. I'm a board director at eBox, and an advisor at Bitrock, Continuent, and TargetSource (each of which represents unique opportunities in the FOSS world). I am also the open-source-strategist-in-residence for Open Tuesday out of Finland. In Spring 2007 I organized the agenda, speakers and sponsors for the inaugural Beijing Open Source Software Forum as part of the 2007 Software Innovation Summit in Beijing.

• CTO and VP Engineering

  an undercover start-up

  (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

  September 2006 — January 2007 (5 months)

• Vice-president, Open Source Development Strategy

  Optaros, Inc.

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  February 2005 — September 2006 (1 year 8 months)

• Business Development Mgr

  Microsoft Corp

  (Public Company; Computer Software industry)

  September 1999 — December 2004 (5 years 4 months)

• Vice-president, R&D/Founder

  Softway Systems, Inc.

  (Computer Software industry)

  September 1995 — September 1999 (4 years 1 month)

• Consultant

  SRW Software

  (Computer Software industry)

  January 1995 — August 1995 (8 months)

• Software Development Manager

  MKS Inc.

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

  November 1991 — December 1994 (3 years 2 months)

• Systems Analyst

  EDS Canada, Ltd.

  (Public Company; Computer Software industry)

  August 1987 — March 1991 (3 years 8 months)

  Systems analysis and applications development and support in the General Motors Truck Assembly Centre.

• Programmer Analyst

  Sears Canada, Ltd.

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

  April 1982 — July 1987 (5 years 4 months)

  Real time programmer supporting warehouse and distribution systems.

• Programmer

  Ferrco Engineering, Ltd

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Industrial Automation industry)

  September 1980 — March 1982 (1 year 7 months)

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• My Blog

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