%0 Journal Article %J Open Source Business Resource %D 2008 %T TIM Lecture Series: The State of Open Source Software and Corporate Software %A Doug Levin %X On April 16, Doug Levin, CEO of Black Duck Software, gave a presentation entitled The State of Open Source Software and Corporate Software Development. This conference report presents the key messages and insights from the three sections discussed during the presentation. %B Open Source Business Resource %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %8 05/2008 %G eng %U http://timreview.ca/article/139 %N May 2008 %9 Articles %1 Black Duck Software Doug Levin is president and CEO of Black Duck Software. Prior to founding Black Duck in 2002, Levin served as CEO of MessageMachines (acquired by NMS Communications in 2002) and X-Collaboration Software Corporation (acquired by Progress Software in 2000). From 1995 to 1999, he worked as an interim executive or consultant to a range of software companies, including CMGI Direct, IBM/Lotus Development Corporation, Oracle Software Corporation, Solbright Software, Mosaic Telecommunications, Bright Tiger Technologies and Best!Software. From 1987 to 1995, Levin held various senior management positions with Microsoft Corporation, including heading up worldwide licensing for corporate purchases of non-OEM Microsoft software products. He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and holds a certificate in international economics from the College d'Europe in Bruges, Belgium.