Introduction from Justyna Horwat

[Justyna Horwat <ho...@horwat.com>]

Hi everyone,

I'm a software engineer currently working at Apple on the iTunes  
Music Store. I've been doing Java development since around 1997 and  
have a great deal of experience working on many Java web-tier projects.

My previous job at Sun Microsystems gave me the opportunity to work  
on the reference implementations of various J2EE specifications. I  
was mostly interested in web related technologies and focused on that  
area.

It all started with my curiosity about how the Java Web Server  
worked. This lead me to a position at Sun in the J2EE group working  
on the JSP compiler and Servlet implementation. This project was open  
sourced at Apache and is now known as Tomcat. I also got a chance to  
work on the JSP Standard Taglibs implementation which is also  
available at Apache.

My work in supporting Apache infrastructure as well as my committer  
participation lead me to be elected as a member of the ASF a couple  
of years ago.

I've really enjoyed my work at the ASF. Though my current job at  
Apple has many benefits one of the downsides is that I no longer get  
the same community support and networking opportunities that I had  
when I worked actively on open standards.

I hope that this group will give me the opportunity to keep growing  
my network as well as help me give back in whatever way possible.

Thanks,

Justyna

Re: Introduction from Justyna Horwat

[Justyna Horwat <ho...@horwat.com>]

Hi Danese!

Actually I didn't mention that I was first in anything but now that  
you mentioned it...yes I was the first female engineer elected to the  
ASF for doing technical work. I'm also the first female engineer  
doing development on the server-side of the iTunes Music Store  :)

Justyna

On Aug 24, 2005, at 5:51 PM, Danese Cooper wrote:

> Justy isn't saying that she was the first woman to become a member  
> of Apache for technical work.  Sally Khundairi was the first woman  
> officer, I believe (please correct me if I'm wrong on either point).
>
> Danese
>
> On Aug 24, 2005, at 5:45 PM, Justyna Horwat wrote:
>
>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I'm a software engineer currently working at Apple on the iTunes  
>> Music Store. I've been doing Java development since around 1997  
>> and have a great deal of experience working on many Java web-tier  
>> projects.
>>
>> My previous job at Sun Microsystems gave me the opportunity to  
>> work on the reference implementations of various J2EE  
>> specifications. I was mostly interested in web related  
>> technologies and focused on that area.
>>
>> It all started with my curiosity about how the Java Web Server  
>> worked. This lead me to a position at Sun in the J2EE group  
>> working on the JSP compiler and Servlet implementation. This  
>> project was open sourced at Apache and is now known as Tomcat. I  
>> also got a chance to work on the JSP Standard Taglibs  
>> implementation which is also available at Apache.
>>
>> My work in supporting Apache infrastructure as well as my  
>> committer participation lead me to be elected as a member of the  
>> ASF a couple of years ago.
>>
>> I've really enjoyed my work at the ASF. Though my current job at  
>> Apple has many benefits one of the downsides is that I no longer  
>> get the same community support and networking opportunities that I  
>> had when I worked actively on open standards.
>>
>> I hope that this group will give me the opportunity to keep  
>> growing my network as well as help me give back in whatever way  
>> possible.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Justyna
>>
>>
>
>

Re: Introduction from Justyna Horwat

[Danese Cooper <da...@gmail.com>]

Justy isn't saying that she was the first woman to become a member of  
Apache for technical work.  Sally Khundairi was the first woman  
officer, I believe (please correct me if I'm wrong on either point).

Danese

On Aug 24, 2005, at 5:45 PM, Justyna Horwat wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm a software engineer currently working at Apple on the iTunes  
> Music Store. I've been doing Java development since around 1997 and  
> have a great deal of experience working on many Java web-tier  
> projects.
>
> My previous job at Sun Microsystems gave me the opportunity to work  
> on the reference implementations of various J2EE specifications. I  
> was mostly interested in web related technologies and focused on  
> that area.
>
> It all started with my curiosity about how the Java Web Server  
> worked. This lead me to a position at Sun in the J2EE group working  
> on the JSP compiler and Servlet implementation. This project was  
> open sourced at Apache and is now known as Tomcat. I also got a  
> chance to work on the JSP Standard Taglibs implementation which is  
> also available at Apache.
>
> My work in supporting Apache infrastructure as well as my committer  
> participation lead me to be elected as a member of the ASF a couple  
> of years ago.
>
> I've really enjoyed my work at the ASF. Though my current job at  
> Apple has many benefits one of the downsides is that I no longer  
> get the same community support and networking opportunities that I  
> had when I worked actively on open standards.
>
> I hope that this group will give me the opportunity to keep growing  
> my network as well as help me give back in whatever way possible.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Justyna
>