FYI, ReadWriteWeb picked up the announcement: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/openid_foundation_executive_director_thibeau.php
Chris On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 8:30 PM, Johannes Ernst <jernst+openid.net@ netmesh.us> wrote: > Congratulations! This is very good news. > Welcome, Don!! > > > On Feb 19, 2009, at 18:05, David Recordon wrote: > > From the blog: > http://openid.net/2009/02/20/introducing-don-thibeau-the-openid-foundations-new-executive-director/ > > Introducing Don Thibeau: the OpenID Foundation's new executive > director<http://openid.net/2009/02/20/introducing-don-thibeau-the-openid-foundations-new-executive-director/> > <http://openid.net> OpenID <http://openid.net> 2/20/09 2:58 PM Chris > Messina Foundation News > Comments<http://openid.net/2009/02/20/introducing-don-thibeau-the-openid-foundations-new-executive-director/#comments> > > The OpenID Foundation is happy to introduce Don > Thibeau<http://www.linkedin.com/pub/dir/don/thibeau> > as our new executive director. Don is taking over from Bill Washburn who > helped get the Foundation off the ground. > > Even with the substantial momentum<http://openid.net/2009/01/15/momentum/> > that OpenID has gained already in 2009, Don has his work cut out for him > beyond our two main priorities of improving user experience and security > along with increasing our outreach to and engagement of website operators > and end users. To get a sense for his priorities and anticipated plans for > the Foundation, I asked him some introductory questions: > > 1. *Q: How did you first learn about OpenID and what interests you in > the technology?* > A: I have been working with web transactions, privacy policy and > identity validation for a while now. So I've been watching OpenID from the > sidelines. I've wanted to take a deeper dive in how social networks > overlays > those issues. The Foundation is at the intersection of those issues and > more. There's no better place to be. > 2. *Q: What challenges do you think OpenID faces that it must confront > in 2009?* > A: First and always, continue to balance the interests and be > responsive to all stakeholders, community members, and corporate sponsors, > etc. > > Second, to deal effectively with success. That means to make sure the > Foundation can responsibly sustain and accelerate the momentum now > underway. > 3. *Q: What technologies or services suggest where you think the web > will go over the next several years?* > A: I know we at the beginning of the era of social networking. But I'm > not smart enough to know where the web will go. That's one of the things I > like about this space. > > I do know the OpenID can be a "Front Door" for the web experience for > people, for users, for members across the board. > 4. *Q: What experience do you have that you intend to bring to the > OIDF?* > A: I have a career-long interest in identity authentication and a > personal passion for protecting individual privacy. It is a painful irony > that is seems our physical identity is more protected than our digital > identities. > > I come from the content creation and online transactions world. I have > the benefit of learning from naive and failed attempts at walled gardens — > proprietary plays and the like. So collaboration is more than a mantra: > it's > the only way this work gets done on a corporate, community and personal > level. > 5. *Q: As ED, what will be your top three priorities?* > A: My short-term priorities are to build a foundation for growth. It's > not sexy but "plumbing" is important. So my immediate focus will be on > making sure the Foundations' finances and governance issues are solid. The > third priority is to begin planning for a major OIDF event later in the > year. > 6. *Q: What are you most looking forward to with regards to OpenID in > 2009?* > A: I am blown away by with the level of engagement from all > stakeholders. The make-up of the new board reflects how articulate, diverse > and committed the community is. A physics professor of mine pointed out the > high correlation between passion and success. The OIDF seems to have both > in > abundance. > > If you'd like to reach out to Don and welcome him, you can contact him via > email at [email protected] or leave a comment right here. > > _______________________________________________ > board mailing list > [email protected] > http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/board > > > > > Johannes Ernst > NetMesh Inc. > > http://netmesh.info/jernst > > > > _______________________________________________ > general mailing list > [email protected] > http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/general > > -- Chris Messina Citizen-Participant & Open Web Advocate-at-Large factoryjoe.com # diso-project.org citizenagency.com # vidoop.com This email is: [ ] bloggable [X] ask first [ ] private
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