whurley (William Hurley)

Current

• Director, Board of Directors at Symbiot, Inc.

Past

• Chief Architect, Open Source Strategy at BMC Software
• Advisor/Mentor at Nagios
• Founder at OpenSIMS.org (http://opensims.org)

• Chief Technology Officer at Qlusters, Inc.
• Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at Symbiot, Inc.
• Chief Technology Officer at InvisiSoft/Minato993
• Chief Technology Officer at HireStorm, Inc.
• Master Inventor, Sr. Mgr. Targeted Internet Solutions (Various Other Roles) at IBM, Inc.
• Research and Development (Various Other Roles) at Apple Computer, Inc.

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Education

• My Career

Recommended

16 people have recommended whurley

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Computer Software

whurley (William Hurley)’s Summary

/bio

Turns out you usually sound like an arrogant SOB when you write your own bio. I’m not talking about your full-blown autobiography, but that little tossed-off, two-paragraph snippet you include on your website, or with your resume, or in your byline. So whurley asked me to write one for him, since I generally know whether a word’s a noun or a verb. The fact that I’m sitting here jockeying this keyboard ought to tell you something about him.

I think there’s some truth to what Eric Hoffer said, that “we are what other people say we are.” This is especially true for whurley, given the importance of his reputation and his credibility in the very social business he’s taken up. He’s been called an “open-source expert”, “advocate”, “activist”, and even “evangelist.” I’d say activist is pretty accurate–he’s too level headed and reasonable to be an evangelist. Mark Hinkle called him a “talent versed in the collaborative nature of open source.“ Brian Proffitt called him “a force of energy dressed in black and carrying a very large skateboard,” and added that he’s “a pretty good socializer and could conceivably kill you with his pinkie.”

He’s been called a “visionary systems theorist,” and the “BMC open source guru.” Todd Weiss wrote, “Hurley has a unique MO that makes him as comfortable in the boardroom as he is on the legendary long green skateboard he often uses to commute to work,” LinuxWorld magazine named him one of the “Top Leaders in Open Source Business” in 2008, and the Austin Chronicle named whurley “2008’s Best Evil Genius.”

To read the complete bio written by Heath Huff visit http://whurley.com/bio/

whurley (William Hurley)’s Specialties:

collaboration, open innovation, innovation networks, open source, crowdsourcing, disruptive technology strategies, technology futures, open source strategies, intellectual property strategies, public speaking

whurley (William Hurley)’s Experience

• Director, Board of Directors

  Symbiot, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer & Network Security industry)

  January 2005 — Present (4 years 11 months)

• Chief Architect, Open Source Strategy

  BMC Software

  (Public Company; BMC; Computer Software industry)

  February 2007 — November 2009 (2 years 10 months)

• Advisor/Mentor

  Nagios

  (Computer Software industry)

  January 2007 — November 2009 (2 years 11 months)

• Founder

  OpenSIMS.org (http://opensims.org)

  (Computer & Network Security industry)

  August 2004 — January 2009 (4 years 6 months)

• Chief Technology Officer

  Qlusters, Inc.

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

  October 2005 — January 2007 (1 year 4 months)

• Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer

  Symbiot, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer & Network Security industry)

  October 2003 — October 2005 (2 years 1 month)

• Chief Technology Officer

  InvisiSoft/Minato993

  (Computer Software industry)

  July 2001 — October 2003 (2 years 4 months)

• Chief Technology Officer

  HireStorm, Inc.

  (Computer Software industry)

  April 2000 — July 2001 (1 year 4 months)

• Master Inventor, Sr. Mgr. Targeted Internet Solutions (Various Other Roles)

  IBM, Inc.

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

  February 1997 — April 2000 (3 years 3 months)

• Research and Development (Various Other Roles)

  Apple Computer, Inc.

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

  October 1994 — February 1997 (2 years 5 months)

whurley (William Hurley)’s Education

• My Career

  Life , I was sick of ths showing 85%, not everyone went to college :) , 1990 — 2000

Additional Information

whurley (William Hurley)’s Groups:

Member IEEE, Chairman, Open Management Consortium (http://openmanagement.org)
Founder, openNXT

•    BMC Alumni
•    The Official IEEE Group
•    Austin Technology Council
•    Tivoli Software Alumni (Pre- 2002)
•    Open Source Universe
•    Geek Austin
•    Association of Technology Analysts & Influencers
•    BMC Elite
•    Apple - Current and Former Employees
•    Central Texas Section of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
•    Matter Network
•    Nagios Users
•    Austin IT Security Pros
•    S.P.E.C.T.R.E.
•    Cloud Computing Interoperability Forum (CCIF)
•    Signtific: Forecasting Future Disruptions in Science and Technology
•    Drupal Texas
•    OpenAustin
•    IdeaScale
•    First Night Austin

whurley (William Hurley)’s Honors:

*2006 NetworkWorld "Open Source Company to Watch" (Qlusters)
*2006 RedHerring "20 Hot Open Source Startups" (Qlusters)
*2006 SourceForge.net Project of the Month (openQRM)
*2006 Computer Business Review "Top Project to Watch" (openQRM)
*2006 SourceForge CCA, Finalist Enterprise Category (openQRM)
*2006 SourceForge CCA, Finalist SysAdmin Category (openQRM)
*2006 SourceForge CCA, Finalist Clustering Category (openQRM)
*2004 Apple Design Award (openSIMS)
*IBM Master Inventor
*IBM Pervasive Computing award
*(2) Awards for innovation from Apple Computer

Patent Portfolio

*US06757724.pdf
*US06704797.pdf
*US06686955.pdf
*US06605120.pdf
*US06581109.pdf
*US06539420.pdf
*US06412008.pdf
*US06338059.pdf
*US06308210.pdf
*US06182227.pdf

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