Sun Learning Services WEB2.0 Goes to Russia
In my role as CTO for Sun Learning Services I cover a lot of ground....our organization covers all audiences for SUN....we call the scope of our audiences CPEC - Customers , Partners, Employees, And Comunities...so in my role I own the architecture, strategy and vision for all the technology and systems required to deliver to the diverse audience of CPEC. We do a considerable amount of training.....in fact we are the 3rd or 4th largest training organization in the world by volume and revenue. This presents many challenges..like managing 56 e-Commerce websites worldwide...remote labs on multiple continents...worldwide classrooms...pod-cast delivery...Sun certifications....etc..you get the picture....
But I did not take this new role to just be an IT person...true to my background..I want to innovate. I want to explore and help drive the next revolution in Learning....which I believe will be driven by the paradigm shift of Web2.0. So while I deal with the present technology, systems, and business requirements a large part of my role is to drive innovation and the next generation of learning platforms.
In my previous role as Chief Architect for Sun's Java tools I turned to the brilliant engineers in Russia to design and build the new generation of SOA tools for our SeeBeyond acquisition which are now incorporated in NetBeans...in fact our Russian engineering team was instrumental in driving the integration/implementation of all Sun's Java Tools into NetBeans. So it was natural for me as I looked for a team of brilliant software engineers to innovate on the new WEB2.0 Learning Platform to look to Russia.
We have spun the team up and I want to introduce you to them (picture below)..the whole team is not in this picture...some are on vacation...traveling...and just joining...but I wanted to share them with you..because I am very impressed and excited with the new team....and I want you to stay tuned for the very cool things we are working on...hint...hint...did I say Ruby..did I say One Box...did I say informal learning?
Pictured below - Ivan Manida, Alexander Polovjan, Alexander Finn, Anna Yarmolenko, Sergey Gershun, Victor Kuriashkin, Alexey Serba, Dmitry Markovski
(missing - Vladislav Chetyrkin, Kiril Kostrov, Dmitry Riachtchentsev, Josef Holy (Prague), and of course the Leader - my buddy Mike Frisino )
BTW..this team is located in the beautiful city of Saint Petersburg...can you say White Nights!
