Bio

Omar is currently Director of Evangelism for Middleware and Tools and Chief Open Source Evangelist with Oracle where he is responsible for Open Source strategy as well as evangelism focusing on SOA. Prior to joining Oracle, Omar was the CEO of Orbeon where he successfully implemented a business model based on professional services using Open Source Software donated by Orbeon to the community.

Prior to stepping into the entrepreneurial world, Omar has held several senior management positions in high tech companies located in Silicon Valley including Symantec, Oracle, and WebGain. In 2001, Omar was an active member of the Java Community Process (JCP) Executive Committee. He is also a regular speaker at IT events such as JavaOne, Gartner Summit, Sun Tech Days, BEA eWorld, EclipseWorld, OSCON and ApacheCon.

Before crossing the Atlantic, Omar has held several research and teaching positions at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, specializing in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Object Oriented Programming (OOP). He holds an M.S. in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering.

Presenting

• Oracle keynote on Wednesday December 13th