Jason Shao
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | OpenSource Director, CampusEAI Consortium |
| Location | Piscataway, NJ, United States |
| Introduction | I am currently the Director of Open Source Solutions at the CampusEAI Consortium where I lead consortium efforts to assist member institutions roll out services based on open source, and also have responsibility for efforts to develop Portlets focused on higher education. My group provides a wide range of services including advice, project management, implementation assistance, development, hosting, and support.As part of this role I get the opportunity to speak with individuals from countless campuses and different situations. I currently serve on the JA-SIG Board of Directors. In the past I've also served as committer, development wcoordinator, conference committee chair, newsletter editor, and general busy-body You can generally find me hanging out on ##uportal. I am also actively involved in the Sakai Project, collaborating with developers from many institutions and affiliates to develop an open source Collaboration and Learning Environment (CLE). One of my keen areas of interest is Portal-LMS integration, and emerging practices in bridging between, and sharing within the 2 environments. |
| Interests | J2EE, Spring Framework, Portlets, Portals, XSLT, Web 2.0, Wikis, Blogs, computers, intellectual property, structured information, tennis, swimming, raquetball, investing |
| Favorite movies | Princess Bride, Lord of the Rings, Shrek 2, Finding Nemo, Gladiator, Saving Private Ryan, 12 O'Clock High, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Lawrence of Arabia, Crash |
| Favorite music | Billy Joel, Bruce Springstein, Elton John, Norah Jones, Outkast, DiBS, Fountains of Wayne, Hoobastank, Jars of Clay |
| Favorite books | Stranger in a Strange Land, Starship Troopers, the Bible, Count of Monte Cristo, Sherlock Holmes, Jurassic Park, Lois McMaster Bujold |
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