User:Thedaveshields

Hi,

I am David "Dave" Shields. My name/brand on the web is "daveshields."

There are many Dave Shields's on the web, and to disambiguate myself I refer to myself as "Jikes Dave."

I do that because Philippe Charles and I are the co-authors of Jikes, IBM's first open-source project.

I am now an independent computer software professional.

I work as an Open Source Software Consultant (OSSC). I offer my services for free to any individual, project, or organization that works in the open-source area and has committed to take no unfair advantage of another member of the open-source community.

I am also a social entrepreneur, and as such am the founder of the Delites US project. The mission of the project is to: DEL iver I nternet T echnology to E ducators and S tudents in the U nited S tates.

thanks, dave