Greg Olson Email & Phone Number

San Francisco Bay Area

In support of our mission to promote the use of open source technology, the Linux Foundation has created an open source consulting and training program to assist Foundation members and others to bring Professional Open Source Management to their critical uses of open source technology and accompanying business models. We believe that this program will both.

San Mateo, CA

Olliance Group, LCC was acquired by Black Duck Software on December 31, 2010. The Olliance Group mission remains the same, but as part of Black Duck we have far more resources to deliver our solutions worldwide.

Palo Alto, CA

• As a Senior Consultant and Partner at Olliance Group managed and contributed to the successful delivery of open source software strategy, business development and IP management engagements for over 100 clients ranging.
• Created the Open Source Governance Practice to help clients gain the most advantage in using open source while effectively managing the legal and operational risks. This practice was key to the acquisition of Olliance.

• Executive sponsor and negotiator for large Sendmail accounts that require out-of-the-box structures, such as Credit Suisse, Vodafone, Johnson & Johnson, Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan Chase, Wachovia, resulting in millions.
• Directly managed a turn-around of Sendmail’s European operations resulting in over 200% achievement of targets.
• Closed Intel and Dell as OEM customers of Sendmail technology.
• Developed and managed strategic partnerships with IBM and Hewlett Packard

• Created one of the first hybrid business models incorporating Open Source with market positioning and licensing models that have become archetypes for open source business.• Raised over $60million of investment capital to realize this new model as a high-growth technology business.• Built the company to a recognized leading vendor in Internet email with.

• Repositioned this vendor of embedded systems tools and components into a recognized leading integrated solutions supplier.

• Lead creation of Sybase’s industry leading Internet strategy in 1995, development of targeted messages for the industry analysts, sales force and customers, and personally conducted the European roll-out• Lead ongoing development of a complete and coherent product strategy for Sybase including over 100 strategic customers in the process on a continuing.

• Lead sales campaign that resulted in acquisition of Sharebase by Teradata Corporation

• Built a services business that became the most profitable part of the corporation in less than a year.

• Lead a joint development program with Britton-Lee and Nichimen Corporation, Japan that delivered the first Japanese language relational database product.• Lead the development of the first commercial client/server architecture.

• Developed subsystems of an early Ethernet-based distributed operating system and lead the integration project.