Bill Vass

William (Bill) Vass is the President and COO of Sun Microsystems Federal (a Sun Microsystems subsidiary focusing on business with government organizations).He is married to Shari Steele, the Executive Director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. [ [http://blogs.sun.com/BVass/entry/meet_my_wife_shari_steele "Meet My Wife...Shari Steele" by Vass, Bill (March 27, 2008)] . Accessed on April 15, 2008]

Vass joined Sun in 2000. Prior to his current role, he held positions including VP of corporate software services, Chief Security Officer for Sun IT, and Chief Information Officer (CIO). His background has a significant military and government presence, including a stint as an oversight CIO ref|Babcock working underneath the Department of Defense's overall CIO. Prior to that, he was the CTO and Technical Lead for the U.S. Army's personnel systems.

Vass is a proponent of corporate executives writing a blog, stating [ [http://www.cio-today.com/story.xhtml?story_id=02300000IIJE "Corporate Blogging and the CIO", by Shaw, Rochelle (August 2005)] . Accessed on September 9, 2005] in August of 2005 that blogging "allows them to communicate in an unfiltered way." He is also supportive of [ [http://www.informationweek.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=45100005 "Riding Open Source To CIO Spot", by Babcock, Charles (August 2004)] . Accessed on September 9, 2005] the open source and Linux communities, having utilized both throughout his career.

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* [http://blogs.sun.com/BVass/ Bill Vass' weblog]
* [http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/media/ceo/bio.jsp?name=Bill%20Vass Sun Microsystems's official William (Bill) Vass bio]