Fields Computer Scientist | Name Sanjiva Weerawarana | |
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Institutions Purdue UniversityIBMWSO2 Alma mater Royal College, ColomboKent State UniversityPurdue University Known for Apache Software Foundation, Web Services Description Language, WSO2 | ||
Notable awards Red Hat Summit Award |
Dr sanjiva weerawarana shares thoughts about wso2 con 2014 happening in colombo sri lanka
Sanjiva Weerawarana is a CEO, software developer and open source evangelist. He is known for:
Contents
- Dr sanjiva weerawarana shares thoughts about wso2 con 2014 happening in colombo sri lanka
- Sanjiva weerawarana wso2 hackathon 2014
- Background
- Open Source
- Publications
- Books
- References

He is currently Chairman and CEO of WSO2 Inc. He lives in Colombo, Sri Lanka. He is a visiting professor and lecturer at the University of Moratuwa and a board alumnus of the Open Source Initiative.

Sanjiva weerawarana wso2 hackathon 2014
Background

Weerawarana attended Kent State University, majoring in applied mathematics / computer science, before completing a PhD at Purdue University. He then joined IBM Research working in Hawthorne, New York, until he left to found the startup WSO2. He currently lives in Colombo.
Open Source

Weerawarana has been involved with the Apache Software Foundation since 2000 when he worked on the original Apache SOAP project. Weerawarana is an elected Member of the Foundation and is a committer on several projects. A complete and current listing of Apache projects in which he is involved is available here: Apache Committers.
In 2004 he founded the Lanka Software Foundation to encourage involvement in Open Source from Sri Lankans. And he is a director there.
Publications
Weerawarana has many research publications. A full list is available here: [1] Notable research publications include: