<s>
Keith	O
Packard	O
(	O
born	O
April	O
16	O
,	O
1963	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
software	B-Application
developer	I-Application
,	O
best	O
known	O
for	O
his	O
work	O
on	O
the	O
X	B-Operating_System
Window	I-Operating_System
System	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Packard	O
is	O
responsible	O
for	O
many	O
X	B-Operating_System
extensions	O
and	O
technical	O
papers	O
on	O
X	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
has	O
been	O
heavily	O
involved	O
in	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
X	B-Operating_System
since	O
the	O
late	O
1980s	O
as	O
a	O
member	O
of	O
the	O
MIT	O
X	B-Operating_System
Consortium	O
,	O
XFree86	B-Device
and	O
the	O
X.Org	B-Application
Foundation	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
worked	O
at	O
Tektronix	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
in	O
Wilsonville	O
,	O
Oregon	O
designing	O
X	B-Protocol
terminals	I-Protocol
and	O
Unix	B-Device
workstations	I-Device
from	O
1983	O
until	O
1988	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
then	O
moved	O
to	O
Cambridge	O
,	O
Massachusetts	O
to	O
work	O
at	O
the	O
Massachusetts	O
Institute	O
of	O
Technology	O
X	B-Operating_System
Consortium	O
from	O
1988	O
to	O
1992	O
,	O
developing	O
the	O
X	B-Operating_System
Window	I-Operating_System
System	I-Operating_System
reference	O
implementation	O
and	O
standards	O
as	O
the	O
senior	O
member	O
of	O
a	O
small	O
team	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
was	O
responsible	O
for	O
X	B-Operating_System
releases	O
at	O
this	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1992	O
he	O
returned	O
to	O
Portland	O
,	O
Oregon	O
to	O
work	O
for	O
Network	O
Computing	O
Devices	O
on	O
X	B-Protocol
terminals	I-Protocol
and	O
computer	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
1999	O
he	O
worked	O
for	O
SuSE	O
from	O
his	O
home	O
in	O
Portland	O
,	O
Oregon	O
on	O
the	O
XFree86	B-Device
implementation	O
of	O
X	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2003	O
he	O
was	O
ejected	O
from	O
XFree86	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
led	O
to	O
the	O
formation	O
of	O
the	O
successful	O
X.Org	B-Operating_System
Server	I-Operating_System
fork	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
is	O
now	O
project	O
lead	O
on	O
the	O
X.org	B-Operating_System
project	O
,	O
the	O
official	O
reference	O
implementation	O
of	O
the	O
X	B-Operating_System
Window	I-Operating_System
System	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Packard	O
became	O
a	O
Debian	O
Developer	B-Application
in	O
2004	O
,	O
maintaining	O
font-config	B-Device
(	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
being	O
the	O
upstream	O
maintainer	O
)	O
and	O
other	O
packages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Packard	O
left	O
HP	O
Labs	O
to	O
join	O
SiFive	O
in	O
July	O
2019	O
,	O
working	O
on	O
free	O
software	O
for	O
RISC-V-based	O
processors	O
,	O
among	O
other	O
tasks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Packard	O
joined	O
Amazon	B-Application
in	O
May	O
2021	O
.	O
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