Dave McAllister
(Director, Standards and Open Source, Core Services group in XTO, Adobe Systems Incorporated)

As director, standards and open source, for Core Services at Adobe Systems, McAllister is focused on the company’s long-term strategic direction as it relates to leveraging standards and open-source technologies to differentiate Adobe. McAllister is Adobe’s representative to Ecma International, Open Ajax Alliance and OASIS. McAllister is also an active member of the W3C eGovernment efforts, Linux Foundation, and other industry associations. McAllister came to Adobe in 2006. Prior to joining Adobe, he created Open Source Business Technologies, a consultancy that helps venture capital firms understand the commercial opportunities created by open-source technologies. Before starting his own firm, McAllister co-founded software maker Cassatt Corp. Earlier in his career, he served as vice president and general manager of NEC’s server business in the U.S, launching NEC into the Linux HPC space in the US. He helped create the blade server market as an early member of Egenera. He spent almost 10 years at Silicon Graphics (SGI) where he started as a kernel engineer. Over his time in SGI, he managed most of the software development products, compilers and tools, and was the principal person that brought Linux and open source into SGI. He also taught computer languages for the University of Houston and helped create the initial Space Shuttle simulations for Singer-Link and Lockheed. He often speaks on topics such as the legal and technical issues associated with open-source software, as well as on virtualization, creating new technology companies. Well versed in trivia, he won a Golden Penguin in 2002. He has held seats on Advisory Boards for Sistina, Woven Systems, Pathworks, and Zetera and ConcreteCMS. He is currently on the Reader Advisory Board for Linux Journal.

Presentations

Big Company, Open Choice: Why Adobe is becoming Open
Time: Oct 10, 9:30 a.m.