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About George Grey

Prior to joining Linaro George led software and hardware technology companies for over 25 years, gaining wide ranging expertise in business strategy, product development, sales and marketing. Early in his career he spent 12 years as founder and then CEO of Tadpole Technology plc, a developer of advanced mobile workstations. More recently at SavaJe, a pioneer of Smartphone operating systems, he developed a deep understanding of advanced software technologies, and worked with partners and customers across the entire mobile industry. George has built a reputation for leading and growing technology companies, and brings to Linaro extensive experience in creating innovative products and solutions for global markets.

September CEO Report

Posted on October 4, 2011 by

Differentiation and a Single ARM Linux Kernel This note was inspired by our current roadmap discussions within Linaro. A view was offered that a single ARM binary kernel wasn’t that important in the embedded world. This led to thinking more … Continue reading →

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August CEO report

Posted on September 7, 2011 by

This month the mobile market outlook significantly changed over the course of a single week with Google’s acquisition of Motorola Mobile, and HP’s exit from the Web-OS device market. The most likely scenarios moving forward appear to be, first, despite … Continue reading →

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July CEO Report

Posted on August 15, 2011 by

Last month I discussed how Linaro’s working groups deliver technology to kernel.org and other upstreams. Over time, open source distributions including Google’s Android utilize this work in their latest releases, benefiting Linaro’s ARM SoC members by accelerating their time to … Continue reading →

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June CEO Report

Posted on July 18, 2011 by

Linaro exists because our members understood that working together on common non-differentiating problems was far more cost effective than each working to solve those problems again and again. This month I describe how the”engine” of Linaro, our Working Groups and … Continue reading →

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May CEO Report

Posted on June 7, 2011 by

Earlier this month we held our Developer Summit in Budapest, alongside the Ubuntu Developer Summit.  This was our biggest event yet, with around 200 Linaro-affiliated attendees. Thank you to everyone who participated. One purpose of the summit is to take … Continue reading →

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