Andi Gutmans

Andi Gutmans ( _he. אנדי גוטמנס) is an Israeli programmer with Swiss roots, PHP developer and co-founder of Zend Technologies.cite web
date = 2008
title = Andi Gutmans Zend corporate biography
url = http://www.zend.com/en/company/management#andi
accessdate = 7-Oct-2008] A graduate of the Technion, the Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, Gutmans and fellow student Zeev Suraski created PHP 3 in 1997. In 1999 they wrote the Zend Engine, the core of PHP 4, and founded Zend Technologies, which has since overseen PHP advances, including the current PHP 5 release.cite web
date = 2008
title = Andi & Zeev Creators of PHP 5
url = http://www.php.net/credits.php
accessdate = 2-Jul-2008] The name Zend is a portmanteau of their forenames, Zeev and Andi.cite web
date = 2008
title = Andi & Zeev PHP History
url = http://www.php.net/history
accessdate = 2-Jul-2008]

Gutmans currently leads R&D and strategic alliances at Zend Technologies including development of all Zend products and Zend's contributions to the open-source Zend Framework and PHP Development Tools projects. He has participated at Zend in its corporate financing and also owns alliances with vendors like Adobe, IBM, Microsoft, and Oracle.

Gutmans is also a board member of the Eclipse Foundation cite web
date = 2008
title = Andi Gutmans Eclipse Foundation Board Member
url = http://www.eclipse.org/org/foundation/directors.php
accessdate = 2-Jul-2008] (which he joined in October 2005),cite web
date = 2008
title = Andi Gutmans Joined Eclipse Foundation as Board Member
url = http://www.eclipse.org/org/press-release/20051021zendcb.html
accessdate = 2-Jul-2008] cite web
date = 2008
title = Andi Gutmans Joined Eclipse Foundation Board Member 2nd Ref
url = http://www.zend.com/news/zendpr.php?ozid=109
accessdate = 2-Jul-2008] an emeritus member of the Apache Software Foundation, cite web
date = 2008
title = Andi Gutmans Apache Software Foundation Emeritus Member
url = http://www.apache.org/foundation/members.html
accessdate = 2-Jul-2008] and was nominated for the FSF Award for the Advancement of Free Softwarecite web
date = 2008
title = Andi Gutmans Free Software Foundation Award Nominee
url = http://www.gnu.org/award/fsfawardlist.html
accessdate = 2-Jul-2008] in 1999.

In 2004 he wrote a book called "PHP 5 Power Programming" cite web
date = 2008
title = PHP 5 Power Programming book at Amazon
url = http://www.amazon.com/Power-Programming-Bruce-Perens-Source/dp/013147149X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1215023886&sr=1-1
accessdate = 2-Jul-2008] together with Stig Bakken and Derick Rethans.

Gutmans was recognized by ComputerWorld magazine in July 2007 cite web
date = 2008
title = ComputerWorld Article Andi Gutmans
url = http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9026370&pageNumber=16
accessdate = 2-Jul-2008] cite web
date = 2008
title = ComputerWorld Article Full Profile of Andi Gutmans
url = http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleTOC&articleId=9023123
accessdate = 2-Jul-2008] in their article “40 Under 40: 40 Innovative IT People to Watch, Under the Age of 40.” cite web
date = 2008
title = ComputerWorld Article 40 Under 40
url = http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleTOC&articleId=295891
accessdate = 2-Jul-2008]

References

External links

* [http://andigutmans.blogspot.com/ Blog by Andi Gutmans]
* [http://www.php.net/history History of PHP and related projects]