Red Hat Confidential Michael Tiemann,Red Hat CTO Made his first major open source contribution over a decade ago by writing the GNU C++ compiler, the first native-code C++ compiler and debugger. His early work created world-leading technologies and also informed the first open source business model. In 1989, Tiemann co- founded Cygnus Solutions, the first company to provide commercial support for open source software. Tiemann serves on a number of boards, including the Open Source Initiative, the Embedded Linux Consortium, the GNOME Foundation, the Jabber Technical Advisory Board, the Board of Directors of ActiveState Tool Corp and Eclipse.org.

Red Hat Confidential Red Hat, Inc. Red Hat is the leader in building solutions based on the benefits of the open source platform-including the Red Hat Linux operating system for mainframes, servers, workstations and embedded devices, GNUPro tools for developers, database, e- Commerce, secure Web server, high availability server and run-time solutions like eCos and RedBoot. For this platform, Red Hat provides end- to-end professional services including Professional Consulting, Engineering services, Enterprise Support services, and Global Learning services. Red Hat Network is the premier Internet based service that simplifies and integrates the deployment and management of these offerings.

Red Hat Confidential Working with Eclipse.org We are pleased to be taking a leadership position with Eclipse.org, not only to help put better tools in the hands of developers, but to help developers use the open source model to ultimately create better tools.