openpower.foundation/content/blog/advancing-the-openpower-vision.md

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title: "Advancing the OpenPOWER vision"
date: "2015-01-16"
categories: 
  - "blogs"
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### Abstract

It’s been nearly a year since the public launch of OpenPower and the community of technology leaders that make up our community have made significant progress towards our original goals. While growth of the membership is a critical factor, our success will come from the technology provided through the ‘open model’ and the ‘value’ solutions that are enabled by leveraging that technology. Please join us as we highlight the key components that our member community have contributed to that ‘open model’ and spotlight some examples of high value solutions enabled through members leveraging our combined capabilities and strengths.

### Speaker

[Gordon MacKean](https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=1547172&authType=NAME_SEARCH&authToken=PNgl&locale=en_US&trk=tyah2&trkInfo=tarId%3A1421437126543%2Ctas%3AGordon%20McKean%2Cidx%3A1-1-1) is a Sr. Director with the Hardware Platforms team at Google. He leads the team responsible for the design and development of the server and storage products used to power Google data centers. Prior to Google, Gordon held management and design roles at several networking companies including Matisse Networks, Extreme Networks, and Nortel Networks. Gordon is a founder of OpenPOWER Foundation and serves as the Chairman of the Board of Directors. Gordon holds a Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering from Carleton University.

### Presentation

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