Mark Spencer
Organization founder
1977 –
Who is Mark Spencer?
Mark Spencer is an American computer engineer and is the original author of the GTK+-based instant messaging client Gaim, the L2TP daemon l2tpd and the Cheops Network User Interface.
Mark Spencer is also the creator of Asterisk, a Linux-based open-sourced PBX in software. He is the founder, chairman and CTO of Digium, an open-source telecommunications supplier most notable for its development and sponsorship of Asterisk. Spencer shifted from CEO to Chairman and CTO in early 2007.
While attending Auburn University, Spencer co-oped at Adtran when he wrote l2tpd. He went on to start a Linux technical support business. Spencer did not have enough money to buy a PBX for his company so he decided to write Asterisk and later founded Digium.
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- Born
- Apr 8, 1977
Alabama - Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- Auburn University
- Employment
- Chief Technology Officer, Digium
- Lived in
- Huntsville
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on July 23, 2013
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