Andi Gutmans


Andi Gutmans () is an Israeli programmer with Swiss roots, PHP developer and co-founder of Zend Technologies.(1) 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.(2) The name Zend is a portmanteau of their forenames, Zeev and Andi.(3)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. (4) (which he joined in October 2005),(5) (6) an emeritus member of the Apache Software Foundation, (7) and was nominated for the FSF Award for the Advancement of Free Software(8) in 1999.In 2004 he wrote a book called "PHP 5 Power Programming" (9) together with Stig Bakken and Derick Rethans.Gutmans was recognized by ComputerWorld magazine in July 2007 (10) (11) in their article “40 Under 40: 40 Innovative IT People to Watch, Under the Age of 40.” (12)

References

1. WEB, 2008, Andi Gutmans Zend corporate biography,weblink 2008-10-07,



2. WEB, 2008, Andi & Zeev Creators of PHP 5,weblink 2008-07-02,



3. WEB, 2008, Andi & Zeev PHP History,weblink 2008-07-02,



4. Gutmans is also a board member of the Eclipse Foundation WEB, 2008, Andi Gutmans Eclipse Foundation Board Member,weblink 2008-07-02,



5. WEB, 2008, Andi Gutmans Joined Eclipse Foundation as Board Member,weblink 2008-07-02,



6. WEB, 2008, Andi Gutmans Joined Eclipse Foundation Board Member 2nd Ref,weblink 2008-07-02,



7. WEB, 2008, Andi Gutmans Apache Software Foundation Emeritus Member,weblink 2008-07-02,



8. WEB, 2008, Andi Gutmans Free Software Foundation Award Nominee,weblink 2008-07-02,



9. WEB, 2008, PHP 5 Power Programming book at Amazon,weblink 2008-07-02,



10. WEB, 2008, ComputerWorld Article Andi Gutmans,weblink 2008-07-02,



11. WEB, 2008, ComputerWorld Article Full Profile of Andi Gutmans,weblink 2008-07-02,



12. WEB, 2008, ComputerWorld Article 40 Under 40,weblink 2008-07-02,

External links

• Blog by Andi Gutmans
• History of PHP and related projects

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