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MATTHEW C. MULLENWEG

Matthew Charles Mullenweg

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INNOVATOR AWARD

Matthew C. Mullenweg is an entrepreneur who is the founding developer of WordPress, the blogging software that is used by thousands of bloggers and read by millions around the world. Mullenweg is also the founder, primary developer, and Chief BBQ Taste Tester of Automattic, a privately held firm that is responsible for WordPress.com, Akismet, an anti spam service, and other tools.

Previously, Mullenweg worked at CNET on blogs and new media offerings. WordPress was started in 2003, and since then Mullenweg has worked on developing the open source software and several related tools. He also co-founded the Global Multimedia Protocols Group, which was an effort to represent human relationships on the web. Later, he co-wrote Ping-O-Matic, a blog notification tool. More recently, he worked on releasing Akismet, a distributed anti spam service.

Mullenweg is frequently cited by the media on Web 2.0 and the open source movement and is a frequent speaker at conferences. He was one of the keynote speakers at BlogWorld Expo 2007. In March 2007, Mullenweg was named #16 of the 50 Most Important People on the Web by PC World. He also serves as an advisor to Sphere and WeGame. Mullenweg is an avid Jazz musician, photographer, and of course blogger.

EIGHTH ANNUAL IT AWARDS

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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INNOVATOR AWARD RECIPIENTS

DR. BARBARA “BOBBI” KURSHAN
JOHN K. COLLIER
JAMES RHEE
NED MOORE
ROBERT MOORE
JEFF MANGO
MATTHEW GILLIN

ALEEM WALJI
K. VENKATESH PRASAD
KURT HOLSTEIN
ANNE MULLINS
JONATHAN A. BRASSINGTON
MATTHEW C. MULLENWEG
FRANK R. SANCHEZ

JEFFREY CITRON
NIRAJ PATEL
PAUL H. RUSSELL
JAMES SHEWARD
MATTHEW S. PITTINSKY
JOSHUA KOPELMAN


INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LEADER AWARD RECIPIENTS

GREGORY S. MEYERS
ANGELA HEISE
JOHN TURNER
MICHAEL BRADSHAW
LINDA DILLMAN
GEORGE LLADO
JOHN T. MARCANTE

SUJA CHANDRASEKARAN
ADRIAN R. GARDNER
JOSEPH C. SPAGNOLETTI
J. CHRIS SCALET
BILL McDERMOTT
CRISTOBAL I. CONDE
DOREEN A. WRIGHT

SUSAN J. UNGER
FORD CALHOUN
GEORGE C. NOLEN
ANDREA ANANIA
BRUCE FADEM
KENT SEINFELD


INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AWARD FOR DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI RECIPIENTS

KARTHIK K. SRIDHARAN
HIMESH BHISE
DAVE KOTCH
SATBIR BEDI
RICH BRENNEN
DINESH R. DESAI

LINDA DESCANO
ATISH BANERJEA
MARC E. SNYDER
JOHN H. SHAIN
RICHARD I. COHEN

PHILIP P. JAURIGUE
JOE WEISS
DANIEL T. GARRETT
BEN-SABA HASAN
SONDRA L. BARBOUR


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