<s>
Simon	B-Language
Phipps	I-Language
is	O
a	O
computer	O
scientist	O
and	O
web	O
and	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
advocate	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Phipps	O
was	O
instrumental	O
in	O
IBM	O
's	O
involvement	O
in	O
the	O
Java	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
,	O
founding	O
IBM	O
's	O
Java	B-Device
Technology	I-Device
Center	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
left	O
IBM	O
for	O
Sun	O
Microsystems	O
in	O
2000	O
,	O
taking	O
leadership	O
of	O
Sun	O
's	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
programme	O
from	O
Danese	O
Cooper	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Under	O
Phipps	O
,	O
most	O
of	O
Sun	O
's	O
core	O
software	O
was	O
released	O
under	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
licenses	O
,	O
including	O
Solaris	B-Application
and	O
Java	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Phipps	O
was	O
not	O
hired	O
into	O
Oracle	B-Application
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
acquisition	O
of	O
Sun	O
Microsystems	O
and	O
his	O
final	O
day	O
was	O
March	O
8	O
,	O
2010	O
when	O
the	O
two	O
entities	O
combined	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
he	O
briefly	O
joined	O
Wipro	O
Technologies	O
as	O
director	O
of	O
their	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
advisory	O
practice	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Phipps	O
was	O
President	O
of	O
the	O
Open	B-Application
Source	I-Application
Initiative	O
until	O
2015	O
when	O
he	O
stepped	O
down	O
in	O
preparation	O
for	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
his	O
Board	O
term	O
in	O
2016	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
re-elected	O
in	O
2017	O
and	O
re-appointed	O
President	O
by	O
the	O
Board	O
in	O
September	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
is	O
also	O
currently	O
a	O
board	O
member	O
of	O
the	O
Open	O
Rights	O
Group	O
and	O
The	B-Operating_System
Document	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
and	O
on	O
the	O
advisory	O
board	O
of	O
Open	B-Application
Source	I-Application
for	O
America	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
has	O
served	O
on	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
advisory	O
boards	O
for	O
other	O
projects	O
,	O
including	O
as	O
CEO	O
of	O
the	O
MariaDB	O
Foundation	O
,	O
and	O
at	O
the	O
GNOME	B-Language
Foundation	I-Language
,	O
OpenSolaris	B-Operating_System
,	O
OpenJDK	B-Language
,	O
and	O
OpenSPARC	B-Device
and	O
most	O
recently	O
the	O
AlmaLinux	O
OS	O
Foundation	O
.	O
</s>
