We are very excited to announce that open source industry veteran Matt Asay has joined MindTouch’s board of advisers. Matt will work with MindTouch on business development, marketing and strategic issues to help MindTouch accelerate its growth and extend its leadership in the rapidly growing collaboration, online community and web publishing markets.

Matt brings a decade of in-the-trenches open-source business and legal experience to MindTouch, with an emphasis on emerging open-source business strategies and opportunities. Matt is general manager of the Americas division and vice president of business development at Alfresco, the leader in open-source content management software. Matt is also an adviser to several other leading open source companies and a prolific blogger on the open source industry with a wide following.

“We are very excited to have Matt help us in building up our company based on its market momentum, superior technology and a vibrant global community,” said Ken Liu, MindTouch CEO. “We are confident that by adding Matt’s insights and connections in the open source industry to our core strengths, we will reach the next level of success rapidly.”

“MindTouch basically came out of nowhere and is taking the wiki market by storm with an amazing adoption rate in the past 6 months that’s driven almost entirely by its vibrant community worldwide and word of mouth,” said Matt. “This is very intriguing and telling, and has all the signs of a successful company. That’s why I want to be a part of it and contribute to its growth.

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