Stormy Peters
Stormy Peters | |
|---|---|
| Born | Robyn Peters |
| Occupation(s) | Information technology industry analyst, open source advocate |
| Known for | Co-founder and former executive director of the GNOME Foundation; Director of Microsoft Open Source Programs Office |
| Notable work | Contributions to GNOME Foundation, Mozilla Corporation, Cloud Foundry, Red Hat |
Stormy Peters is a prominent information technology industry analyst and a foremost proponent of free and open source software (FOSS), particularly emphasizing its integration within business environments. She played a pivotal role as co-founder and former executive director of the GNOME Foundation. Throughout her career, Peters has contributed to organizations such as Mozilla Corporation, Cloud Foundry, and Red Hat. In August 2019, she assumed the position of Director at the Open Source Programs Office for Microsoft.
Her given name is Robyn, although she has not used it since early childhood.[1]
Career
Peters holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in computer science from Rice University. Her professional journey began as a software engineer working on Hewlett-Packard’s Unix development team.[2]
By approximately 1999, while overseeing HP-UX desktop development, she became involved with the GNOME project and played a key role in communicating Open Source business strategies and intellectual property concepts to HP leadership. She also established HP’s Open Source Program Office.[3] In 2000, she was appointed to the GNOME Foundation Advisory Board.[4]
In December 2005, Peters took on the role of Director of Product Management at OpenLogic, a company specializing in Open Source services.Cite error: The opening <ref> tag is malformed or has a bad name She transitioned in July 2008 to serve as executive director of the GNOME Foundation, where her responsibilities included managing sponsor relations, driving business growth, and overseeing marketing efforts.[3] Peters left this role in November 2010 to join Mozilla.[5] From July 2011 through June 2012, she was a member of the GNOME Board of Directors.Cite error: The opening <ref> tag is malformed or has a bad name
Peters has been featured as a keynote speaker at significant Open Source events such as the Open Source Business Conference, linux.conf.au, the 2008 and 2009 GNOME.Asia summits held in Beijing and Ho Chi Minh City respectively, as well as the 2010 Ohio Linuxfest.
In August 2019, she was named Director of Microsoft’s Open Source Programs Office.[6]
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