JP Rangaswami

JP Rangaswami has been Chief Scientist, Salesforce.com since October 2010. Prior to that he was Chief Scientist and Managing Director, BT, joining there from Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein where he served as Global CIO. he is known for demonstrating recognised market leadership in the use of innovative tools and techniques. He is a compelling advocate for community-based "opensource" development methods and practices. Rangaswami is a blogger (www.confusedofcalcutta.com), tweeter (www.twitter.com/jobsworth) and a regular speaker at industry events, particularly on innovation and opensource, and was asked to contribute to the 10th anniversary edition of The Cluetrain Manifesto. He is a Fellow of the British Computer Society (BCS) and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (RSA).