Tim O'Reilly
Founder and Chief Executive Officer of O'Reilly Media
Tim O’Reilly is the founder and CEO of O'Reilly Media, and a partner at early stage venture firm O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures (OATV).<br /> <br /> Tim has a history of convening conversations that reshape the computer industry.<br /> In 1998, he organized the meeting where the term "open source software" was agreed on, and helped the business world understand its importance.<br /> In 2004, with the Web 2.0 Summit, he defined how "Web 2.0" represented a new model for the computer industry, based on big data, collective intelligence, and the internet as a platform.<br /> In 2009, with his "Gov 2.0 Summit," he framed a conversation about the modernization of government technology that has shaped policy and spawned initiatives at the Federal, State, and local level, and around the world. <br /> <br /> He has now turned his attention to implications of the on-demand economy and other technologies that are transforming the nature of work and the future shape of the business world.
