Jim Parkinson

Who is Jim Parkinson?

As Vice President of Collaboration Engineering at Sun, Jim is

responsible for the growth and technical development Network.com,

StarOffice, OpenOffice.org and the Java Communications Suite. Jim

oversees the development of these key collaboration products, world

wide: Network.com represents the deployment of the world's first true

compute utility.

Most recently Jim served as the US Vice President of Client Solutions,

where he built an organization to provide customers a better focus on

business solutions. He has also served as Vice President of Technology

and Solutions and was responsible for leading the team that supported

the US sales force and Sun's US customer base.

Prior to joining Sun, Jim held positions with Computervision

Corporation as a Development Engineer. He is, in part, responsible for

the historic port of CADDS4 to the then startup Sun Microsystems. Jim

worked as a design engineer in the automotive and heavy equipment

business, where he pioneered the use of CAD/CAM Systems in the design

and analysis of Mechanical Systems.

Jim is a recipient of the 2005 Sun Leadership Award, which was

presented to him to acknowledge his leadership skills in the creation,

development and management of the Client Solutions Organization.