Wayne Franklin Application 2014

My name is Wayne Franklin [xmpp:wayne.franklin@jabber.org xmpp:wayne.franklin@jabber.org]. I live in North Carolina and work for Trident Systems, Inc. I am applying for membership in XSF. My email address is [mailto:wayne.franklin@tridsys.com mailto:wayne.franklin@tridsys.com].

History
I have a BS in Computational Mathematics from Rochester Institute of Technology. I worked for 13 years at IBM and then for several startups before landing at Trident Systems, Inc. in 2006. My primary programming language is Java.

XMPP Projects
My primary XMPP project is Tactical Chat Server, which is an Openfire 3.7.1 server that has been modified to meet some specific requirements of our government customers. I also work on Collaboration Gateway, which is an XMPP solution for people with a need to collaborate across different security domains.

XMPP - Why I like it
I like the philosophy of defining an extensible protocol that allows anyone to create their own client and server programs and having them interoperate. I think that everyone in the world should dump AIM, Yahoo! Messenger and MSN and hop on XMPP (even if it's Google).

Community Involvement
I participated in the XMPP Summit in February 2011 and again in 2013. Had a fantastic time. Learned a lot and met some great people. I've also contributed to the Openfire community.

Plans As a Member

 * Provide input into the distributed MUC XEP(s)
 * Participate in the XMPP Summits
 * Convert the non-believers
 * Help out where asked