Biography:Allison Randal
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| Occupation | Programmer, Author |
| Employer | SUSE |
| Known for | Perl, Parrot |
Allison Randal is a software developer and author. She was the chief architect of the Parrot virtual machine, a member of the board of directors for The Perl Foundation,[1] a director of the Python Software Foundation from 2010 to 2012,[2] and the chairman of the Parrot Foundation.[3] She is also the lead developer of Punie, the port of Perl 1 to Parrot. She is co-author of Perl 6 and Parrot Essentials and the Synopses of Perl 6. She was employed by O'Reilly Media. From August 2010 till February 2012, Randal was the Technical Architect of Ubuntu at Canonical.[4][5]
In 2009, Randal was chair of O'Reilly's Open Source Convention (OSCON).[6] She was elected a fellow of the Python Software Foundation in 2010.[7]
She is currently a director of the Open Source Initiative[8] and was its president between 2015 and 2017, taking over from and handing back to Simon Phipps.[9][10] She also serves on the OpenStack Foundation board of directors.[11]
References
- ↑ "The Perl Foundation". http://www.perlfoundation.org/who_s_who.
- ↑ "History of PSF Officers and Directors" (in en). https://www.python.org/psf/records/board/history/#allison-randal.
- ↑ "Foundation - Parrot VM". http://www.parrot.org/foundation.
- ↑ "New Job, New Blog". 20 August 2010. http://allisonrandal.com/2010/08/20/ubuntu-ta-intro/.
- ↑ Randal, Allison. "Allison Randal: Open Source Strategist". LinkedIn. http://www.linkedin.com/in/allisonrandal.
- ↑ "Allison Randal". http://radar.oreilly.com/allison.
- ↑ "PSF Membership Roster" (in en). https://www.python.org/psf/members/#fellows.
- ↑ "OSI Board Changes 2014". 2014-04-09. http://opensource.org/node/705.
- ↑ Phipps, Simon. "Handing On The Baton". http://opensource.org/node/747.
- ↑ Randal, Allison. "Transitions in Leadership". https://opensource.org/node/902.
- ↑ "Board of Directors" (in en). https://www.openstack.org/foundation/board-of-directors/.
External links
- "here be unicorns", Allison Randal's blog
- An Interview with Allison Randal by Simon Cozens of perl.com
- Interview with Allison Randal by The Perl Review
- The Perl Programming Language
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