On 02/16/2016 09:31 AM, Jim Jagielski wrote: > I have an idea... > > Sam Ramji, who is now CEO of Cloud Foundry, might be a good > keynote speaker. Sam was part of the initial, 1st prime > movers inside MS to make them more FOSS friendly; he pushed > for MS to become a platinum sponsor, and had a lot of > influence both internally and externally. He then left MS > and worked @ Apigee and helped w/ the donation of usergrid > and now is part of LF and CF. > > He's had an interesting journey and, I think, some unique views > into how things have changed. He's a very good and engaging speaker > as well. And I know him very, very well. > > Thoughts?
Yes, Sam would make a great keynote at ApacheCon, I'm sure. Could you extend an invitation on our behalf, and make intros to myself and Angela? (Yes, I've met him a number of times, but I don't know that he'd remember me.) --Rich > >> On Feb 16, 2016, at 4:55 AM, Issac Goldstand <mar...@beamartyr.net> wrote: >> >> Hey, if we got Doug Adams, we can get Bill Gates ;) >> >> On 2/15/2016 5:20 PM, Rich Bowen wrote: >>> It's that time again. >>> >>> If you have a suggestion for a keynote for ApacheCon, speak up. And >>> while we'd like to have Neil Armstrong and Bill Gates, please limit >>> yourself to suggestions that 1) we have a chance of securing and 2) >>> preferably, folks that you have actual contact information for. >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >> > -- Rich Bowen - rbo...@rcbowen.com - @rbowen http://apachecon.com/ - @apachecon
