Allison Randal
American computer scientist
Allison Randal | |
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| Occupation(s) | 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". www.perlfoundation.org. Archived from the original on 2011-05-01. Retrieved 2008-12-02.
- ^ "History of PSF Officers and Directors". Python Software Foundation. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ "Foundation - Parrot VM". www.parrot.org.
- ^ "New Job, New Blog". allisonrandal.com. 20 August 2010.
- ^ Randal, Allison. "Allison Randal: Open Source Strategist". LinkedIn. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
- ^ "Allison Randal". O'Reilly Radar. Archived from the original on 2016-04-27. Retrieved 2013-02-23.
- ^ "PSF Membership Roster". Python Software Foundation. Archived from the original on 24 April 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ "OSI Board Changes 2014". 2014-04-09. Archived from the original on 2014-04-13. Retrieved 2014-04-09.
- ^ Phipps, Simon. "Handing On The Baton". Archived from the original on 21 November 2015. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
- ^ Randal, Allison. "Transitions in Leadership". Open Source Initiative. Archived from the original on 1 October 2017. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
- ^ "Board of Directors". OpenStack Open Source Cloud Computing Software. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
External links
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- "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
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