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Director of Ecosystems, [http://eclipse.org/ Eclipse Foundation]
 
Director of Ecosystems, [http://eclipse.org/ Eclipse Foundation]
  
Location: Ottawa, Canada
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Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
  
Andrew Ross is Director of Ecosystems at the Eclipse Foundation, an independent not-for-profit foundation supporting the Eclipse open source community.
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Andrew Ross is Director of Ecosystems at the Eclipse Foundation, an independent not-for-profit foundation supporting a large community of more than 270 open source projects. He is also one of the founders of the [http://wiki.eclipse.org/LocationTech LocationTech working group], a network of business and technology partners focusing on open source location technologies. Andrew is an award winning software architect and technology leader with 20 years experience.
  
  
 
;OSGeo Experience [[File:OSGeo_charter.png|link=OSGeo_Advocate#OSGeo_Charter_Members]]  
 
;OSGeo Experience [[File:OSGeo_charter.png|link=OSGeo_Advocate#OSGeo_Charter_Members]]  
  
:* Led team to develop Ingres' OGC compliant geospatial support, add support for Ingres geospatial in Mapserver, Geoserver, GDAL/OGR, ESRI's ArcGIS
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:* Led team to develop Ingres' OGC compliant geospatial support in the core DBMS
:* Chair for Geocamp 2008, 2009, 2010
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:* Also led team to add support for Ingres geospatial in Mapserver, Geoserver, GDAL/OGR, ESRI's ArcGIS, and other software
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:* Conference Chair for Geocamp 2008, 2009, 2010
 
:* Recorded and hosted videos from [http://www.fosslc.org/drupal/category/event/foss4g2009 FOSS4G 2009], [http://www.fosslc.org/drupal/category/event/foss4g2011 FOSS4G 2011], [http://www.fosslc.org/drupal/category/event/rendez-vous-osgeo-quebec Rendez-Vous OSGeo Quebec]  
 
:* Recorded and hosted videos from [http://www.fosslc.org/drupal/category/event/foss4g2009 FOSS4G 2009], [http://www.fosslc.org/drupal/category/event/foss4g2011 FOSS4G 2011], [http://www.fosslc.org/drupal/category/event/rendez-vous-osgeo-quebec Rendez-Vous OSGeo Quebec]  
 
:* Long time active member in the [[Ottawa]] Local Chapter
 
:* Long time active member in the [[Ottawa]] Local Chapter

Revision as of 11:52, 31 July 2012

Andrew Ross

Andrew Ross

Director of Ecosystems, Eclipse Foundation

Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Andrew Ross is Director of Ecosystems at the Eclipse Foundation, an independent not-for-profit foundation supporting a large community of more than 270 open source projects. He is also one of the founders of the LocationTech working group, a network of business and technology partners focusing on open source location technologies. Andrew is an award winning software architect and technology leader with 20 years experience.


OSGeo Experience OSGeo charter.png
  • Led team to develop Ingres' OGC compliant geospatial support in the core DBMS
  • Also led team to add support for Ingres geospatial in Mapserver, Geoserver, GDAL/OGR, ESRI's ArcGIS, and other software
  • Conference Chair for Geocamp 2008, 2009, 2010
  • Recorded and hosted videos from FOSS4G 2009, FOSS4G 2011, Rendez-Vous OSGeo Quebec
  • Long time active member in the Ottawa Local Chapter


Other relevant experience
Contact
Email: andrew DOT ross AT eclipse DOT org
Twitter: @42aross
LinkedIn: aross
Blog: 42aross
Spoken Languages
English
Profile last updated
31 July 2012