I Just Got Grilled By ComputerWorld!
What I look like in print; not too shabby.
Several people asked me to post something about it but as most of you know I haven’t been doing to well with the whole ‘blogging’ thing lately. So, here’s my mediocre attempt to share. If you want to read the entire story, it’s available online but here’s the basic overview:
At 36 years old, William Hurley has been involved in IT for more than half his life, starting after a car accident that left him badly injured. While recovering, he began hacking X-objects for MacroMind and later Macromedia Director in the open-source multimedia community, then went to work at Apple Inc. and IBM, where he was a master inventor and senior manager of targeted Internet applications. Later, he joined a string of start-ups, including Qlusters Inc., where he was chief technology officer; Symbiot Inc., where he was a co-founder and CTO; and HireStorm Inc., where he was the founder and CTO. He has combined his love for open source with his longtime work in IT systems management, which he has pursued at BMC since joining the company in February. Hurley has a unique MO that makes him as comfortable in the boardroom as he is on the legendary long green skateboard he often uses to commute to work — and to get around at open-source conferences.
Hurley, better known in the open-source community as “whurley,” talked recently about his background, his enthusiasm for open source — and his skateboard. Excerpts from that interview follow.
Thanks to Todd Weiss for putting up with my schedule and the delays in my infrequent replies. He is the man imho.
