Ian Murdock's resume

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Ian  Murdock  

http://ianmurdock.com/cv

 

 

SUMMARY  

•   Experienced   technology   executive   with   deep   expertise   in   platforms,   developer  

programs  and  communities,  operating  systems,  cloud  computing,  and  SaaS.  

•   Founder   of   Debian,   one   of   the   first   Linux   distributions   with   millions   of   users  

worldwide.   Well-­‐known   and   influential   member   of   the   open   source   developer  

community.  

•   Proven   leadership   skills.   Managed   teams   of   100+   people   across   product  

management,  product  marketing,  engineering,  and  developer  enablement.  

•   Highly   technical   (BS   CS).   Excellent   writer   and   keynote-­‐level   public   speaker   (see  

http://ianmurdock.com/cv

 for  examples  of  writing  and  speaking).  

 

EXPERIENCE  

 

Salesforce  

(via  ExactTarget  

acquisition)  

VP  Platform,  

Marketing  Cloud  (2011-­‐)  

 

•   Responsible   for   ExactTarget

 

platform   strategy,   platform   products,   and   developer  

programs.  Centrally  involved  in  leading  product  &  technology  organization  through  

period  of  rapid  company  growth  culminating  in  IPO  and  acquisition  by  Salesforce  for  

$2.5  billion  (after  which  ExactTarget  was  renamed  the  Salesforce  Marketing  Cloud).  

Established   third-­‐party   marketing   app   platform   with   integrated   marketplace.  

Repositioned   and   open-­‐sourced   internal   app   toolkit.   Launched   online   developer  

community.  

 

Sun  Microsystems  

VP  Emerging  Platforms  

(2009-­‐2010)  

 

•   Member   of   the   senior   leadership   team   of   Sun’s   newly-­‐formed   cloud   computing  

group.  Responsible  for  Sun's  platform-­‐as-­‐a-­‐service  (PaaS)  strategy.  Led  skunkworks  

project  to  extend  Java  EE  to  the  cloud  (“Java-­‐as-­‐a-­‐Service”).  

VP  Developer  and  

Community  Marketing  

(2008-­‐2009)  

•   Responsible   for   worldwide   developer   strategy,   marketing,   and   programs.   Led  

product   management   and   product   marketing   of   Sun’s   developer   products   (Sun  

Studio,   NetBeans,   and   OpenOffice)   as   well   as   the   Sun   Developer   Network   (SDN),  

java.sun.com,  the  Tech  Days  developer  conferences,  and  developer  marketing.  

 

Chief  Strategist,  

Operating  Systems  

(2007-­‐2008)  

•   Chief  architect  of  Project  Indiana,  the  binary  distribution  of  OpenSolaris  designed  to  

lower   barriers   to   adoption   of   the   Solaris   operating   system.   Project   Indiana  

represented  the  most  dramatic  shift  in  Sun’s  OS  strategy  since  the  move  from  SunOS  

to  Solaris  in  the  early  1990s,  and  many  of  its  innovations  (network-­‐based  package  

management,  ZFS  as  the  default  file  system,  etc.)  are  now  prominent  features  of  

Oracle  Solaris  11.  

 

Linux  Foundation  

CTO  (2005-­‐2007)  

•   Responsible  for  coordinating  a  diverse  group  of  Linux  platform  stakeholders  on  Linux  

technology,   outreach,   and   advocacy   initiatives.   Chair   of   the   Linux   Standard   Base  

(LSB),  the  Linux  platform  interoperability  standard.  

 

Progeny  

Cofounder,  Chairman,  and  

CTO  (1999-­‐2005)  

•   Chief   architect   of   the   company's   unique   and   innovative   “customizable   Linux”  

technology   that   helped   organizations   build   highly   customized,   streamlined  

platforms   for   Linux-­‐powered   products.   Raised   $2   million   of   seed   capital,   built  

customer  and  partner  relationships  with  such  companies  as  HP,  Novell,  and  Sun,  and  

achieved  sustained  profitability  in  a  difficult  economic  environment.  

 

Debian  

Founder  and  Leader  (1993-­‐

1996)  

•   Founder   of   Debian,   one   of   the   first   Linux   distributions   and   also   one   of   the   most  

successful   and   influential   open   source   projects   ever   launched.   More   than   1,000  

people  are  currently  involved  in  Debian  development,  and  the  formative  document  

of  the  open  source  movement  itself  (the  Open  Source  Definition)  was  originally  a  

Debian   position   statement.   Debian   is   also   the   basis   of   dozens   of   other   products  

including  Ubuntu  and  the  Linux  Mint  desktop  distribution.  

 

EDUCATION  

•   B.S.,  Computer  Science,  Purdue  University  (1996)  

Outstanding  Alumnus,  Computer  Science,  Purdue  University  (2011)