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Aaron Fulkerson

Aaron Roe Fulkerson is an American information technology businessman and founder of MindTouch, Inc. Fulkerson helped pioneer the open core business model,[citation needed] collaborative networks, and the application of Web Oriented Architecture to enterprise software.[1]

Aaron Roe Fulkerson
Born
Orange, CA, United States
Alma materUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
OccupationChief Executive Officer

Fulkerson is founder and board member at MindTouch,[2] a supplier of open source and collaborative network software. Prior to co-founding MindTouch with Steve Bjorg, Aaron was a member of Microsoft’s Advanced Strategies and Policies division, and worked on distributed systems research. Previously, he owned and operated a successful software and Information Technology consulting firm, Gurion Digital LLP. He won a Jack Kent Cooke Foundation scholarship in 2002.[3]

Aaron advises Microsoft on open source practices, and is a founding advisory member of the OuterCurve Foundation (formerly known as the CodePlex Foundation).[4] He is also the technical editor to MCGraw Hill's "Implementing Enterprise 2.0." Aaron is a contributing blogger and writer for Forbes,[5] GigaOm OSTATIC,[6] TechWeb Internet Evolution,[7] Fortune Magazine, CNNMoney.com,[8] CMSWire[9] and ReadWriteWeb.[10]

In 2008, Aaron was cited one of seven "Leading Corporate Social Media Evangelists" by ReadWriteWeb.[11] Aaron is also a frequent speaker on the topics of enterprise software, Enterprise 2.0, Social CRM (SCRM), open source, education, and entrepreneurship,[12][13][14][15]

In March 2010, he was named on the Mindtouch website as the forty-sixth in the list of "Most Powerful Voices in Open Source".[16]

References edit

  1. ^ Erickson, Jonathan (May 7, 2008). "Web Oriented Architectures | Dr Dobb's". Ddj.com. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
  2. ^ "Aaron Fulkerson". LinkedIn.com. Retrieved November 15, 2018.
  3. ^ "Jack Kent Cooke Foundation – Aaron Fulkerson". Jkcf.org. Archived from the original on October 22, 2011. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
  4. ^ "The Outercurve Foundation > About > Board of Directors". Outercurve.org. Archived from the original on February 26, 2014. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
  5. ^ Fulkerson, Aaron (August 9, 2010). "The Evolution Of User Manuals". Forbes.
  6. ^ "The Future of Collaborative Networks". Ostatic.com. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
  7. ^ "Aaron Roe Fulkerson – How, and Why, End Users Circumvent IT". Internet Evolution. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
  8. ^ "Headphone serenity". CNN.
  9. ^ Aaron Roe Fulkerson (@roebot) (August 25, 2010). "The Importance of Context: Why Enterprise 2.0 Still Fails to Deliver Value". Cmswire.com. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
  10. ^ "What Do Online Documentation and Museums Have in Common?". Readwriteweb.com. September 30, 2010. Archived from the original on November 3, 2011. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
  11. ^ Kirkpatrick, Marshall (April 11, 2008). "The New Robert Scobles: Seven Leading Corporate Social Media Evangelists Today". Readwriteweb.com. Archived from the original on November 16, 2011. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
  12. ^ "Jack Kent Cooke Foundation – 2010 Conference resources". Jkcf.org. Archived from the original on October 5, 2011. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
  13. ^ "Enterprise 2.0 Boston 2012 – Conference Overview". E2conf.com. Archived from the original on March 13, 2010. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
  14. ^ "Who are the best speakers on content technology? (cont. from San Francisco) – Gilbane Group Press Releases and Announcements". Gilbane.com. October 16, 2008. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
  15. ^ "Speaker: Aaron Fulkerson: OSCON 2009 – O'Reilly Conferences, July 20 – 24, 2009, San Jose, CA". Oscon.com. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
  16. ^ "MindTouch.com". Archived from the original on March 22, 2010. Retrieved March 21, 2010.

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