Brian Gentile is an open source community advocate with c-suite experience. His rich history in building developer communities at Apple and Sun Microsystems has resulted in his firm belief that open source collaboration is the essential ingredient for today's software economy.

A self-proclaimed "energetic believer" in the power of open source, he is committed to restoring quality and invigorating innovation across the software community. This personal commitment is evident in his dedication to the CEO post at Jaspersoft where he is focused on facilitating collaboration among the business intelligence (BI) ecosystem to deliver new levels of functionality, value and support to customers who are tired of heavyweight solutions from tired incumbents.

Brian has shared his knowledge on developing communities that support some of the best software in the world at events such as the Apple Worldwide Developer Conference, Java One, Brio's Worldwide Customer Conference, Informatica's Woldwide Customer Conference, and the 2007 Software Development Expo.