Allison Randal
      
Allison Randal is a software developer and author.  She was the chief architect of the Parrot virtual machine, a member of the board of directors for The Perl Foundation,[1] a member of the board of directors for the Python Software Foundation
,[2] and a Chairman of the Parrot Foundation.[3]  She is also the lead developer of Punie, the port of Perl 1 to Parrot. She is co-author of Perl 6 and Parrot Essentials and the Synopses of Perl 6.  She was employed by O'Reilly Media. From August 2010 till February 2012, Randal was the Technical Architect of Ubuntu at Canonical.[4][5] She is currently a director of the Open Source Initiative[6] and since May 2015 has been its President.[7]
In 2009, Randal was chair of O'Reilly's Open Source Convention (OSCON).[8]
 References 
- ↑  Perl Foundation's Who's Who list
- ↑  PSF Membership Roster
- ↑  Parrot Foundation
- ↑  New Job, New Blog by Allison Randal Aug. 20, 2010
- ↑  Randal, Allison. "Allison Randal: Open Source Strategist". LinkedIn. Retrieved 23 February 2013. 
- ↑  "OSI Board Changes 2014". 2014-04-09. Retrieved 2014-04-09. 
- ↑  Phipps, Simon. "Handing On The Baton". Retrieved 20 November 2015. 
- ↑  Allison Randal - O'Reilly Radar
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