TECHNOLOGY ADVISORY BOARD MEETING

Date: 09/12/2022

Meeting Attendance:

Name Title Attended
Chris Gill Professor, Computer Science & Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis ✓
David (DJ) James Tech Director for Software, DRS Land Systems ✓
Andrew Job Founder and CEO, Plotlogic ✓
Adam Mitz OpenDDS Product Lead and Distinguished Engineer, Object Computing ✓
Matt Mueller Enterprise Operations Branch Head, United States Navy ✓
Marc Neeley VP of Architecture, Object Computing X
Jason Schindler 2GM Managing Director, Object Computing ✓
Johnny Willemsen CTO, Remedy IT ✓
Justin Wilson Principal Software Engineer, Object Computing ✓
Jen Wiese OpenDDS Community Engagement Manager, Object Computing X
Geetika Sharma OpenDDS Area Project Manager, Object Computing ✓

The Meeting Was Led By: Adam Mitz

Agenda

  • Welcome & Introductions
  • Updates Since Last Meeting
  • Case Study: AXCIOMA - Johnny Willemsen (Remedy IT)
  • Foundation Sponsorship
  • Website Refresh
  • Open Discussion
  • Agenda for Next Meeting

Updates Since Last Meeting (AM)

  • OpenDDS 3.21 (released June 24)
  • Webinars delivered
    • Getting started as an open source contributor
    • Using OpenDDS’s RtpsRelay to Connect IoT/IIoT Applications
  • Articles published
    • Bridging OpenDDS and MQTT
    • Converting A Restful WebService To OpenDDS: Security
  • 15th Anniversary of OpenDDS 1.0 (July 9, 2007)! Celebrations held at OCI

Case Study Presentation: AXCIOMA

Foundation Sponsorships (Geetika)

  • https://opendds.org/foundation/sponsorship.html
  • Corporate and Community Sponsorship options available
  • Currently have one corporate sponsor: Object Computing, Inc
  • Informed the group of the sponsorships available and to reach out if they or their organization is keen to become a sponsor
  • Also asked for recommendations on organizations that may be a good candidate for us to talk to about sponsorship.

Website Refresh (Adam)

  • Work is ongoing towards updating the opendds.org website
  • The goal is to update the site to clearly explain the technology, services offered, and show why OpenDDS differentiators make it the superior DDS solution.
  • The desired outcomes are
    • Raise awareness
    • Support the user community
    • Encourage adoption of OpenDDS
    • Forms to get contact info from users
  • What are our differentiators
    • Open Source
    • Superior Support
    • Always Innovating
  • Our target audience
    • 29-54, male
  • User stories supported
    • Business decision makers under Learn more
    • Technologists and technology influencers under Get started
    • Existing OpenDDS users under Get Support and Get Involved

Open Discussion / Qs and As (All)

Agenda for Next Meeting (All)

Date: December 12th 2022 Afternoon

Note: we are alternating mornings and afternoons Central Time to accommodate timezones for all TAB members

  • Topics
    • Next Case Study Presentation: TBD

MINUTES ARCHIVE