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Jean-Georges Perrin
Jean-Georges Perrin at IOD (IBM Information On Demand Conference, now IBM Think) in 2013
Born
Jean-Georges Perrin

(1971-10-05) 5 October 1971 (age 53)
Strasbourg, France
NationalityFrench & American
Other namesjgp
Alma materESIG (Strasbourg), IUT Robert Schuman, part of University of Strasbourg (Strasbourg)
Occupation(s)Software engineer, Serial entrepreneur, Businessman
Years active1995–present
Awards
  • IBM Champion (2009-2024)
  • Lifetime IBM Champion (2021)
  • PayPal Champion (2024)
Websitehttp://www.jgp.ai

Jean-Georges Perrin (born 1971) is an IT serial-entrepreneur from Alsace, France. First French citizen to become an IBM Champion in 2009,[1] along with Jean-Marc Blaise.,[2], he is now one of the 30 Lifetime IBM Champions.[3] Perrin is a recognized author (self-published, Manning, and O'Reilly).

Career

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Perrin is an IT software engineer, lecturer, and serial entrepreneur. In 1995, he took part in the creation of Pandemonium, one of France's first commercial ISP to be located outside of the Paris area,[4] later acquired by ISION.[5] In 2002, he co-founded Awoma, an ISV specialized in making Java development easier. In 2006, he founded GreenIvory, a pioneer in Content Marketing tools. GreenIvory France and GreenIvory Luxembourg closed in January 2014,[6] GreenIvory America closed a little later. In 2015, Perrin joined 2CRSI Corporation as Chief Operations Officer (COO).,[7][8] Since 2016, Perrin is consulting in software engineering, big data, and Apache Spark.[9] In 2021, Perrin joined PayPal and since then focuses on data mesh.[10]

IBM and IIUG

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Perrin was elected at the Board of Directors of IIUG in 2002.[11]. Until 2017, we was the longest standing elected board member of IIUG after Stuart Litel and the first non-US citizen elected to this board.

In January 2024, his IBM Champion title was renewed for the 16th consecutive time.[12][13][14][15][16]

Bitol and The Linux Foundation

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In November 2023, Perrin contributes Bitol to The Linux Foundation.[17] The mission is to foster a set of standards to define data contracts, data products, and more in order to tackle multiple data engineering challenges, such as data normalization, ensuring the relevance of documentation, establishing service-level expectations, simplifying data and tool integration, and promoting a data product-oriented approach.[18] The first project issued from Bitol is an open standard for data contracts called Open Data Contract Standard (ODCS).

Publications and conferences

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Perrin has contributed to the defunct DB2 Magazine, to The Futurist magazine[19] co-author with Elizabeth D. Leone. Perrin co-authored with Frederic Collet-Hahn a book on the C programming language in August 1992,[20][21] while a student at the now-Université de Strasbourg. More recently, he authored two ebooks on Informix.[22][23] In 2020, he published Spark in Action, second edition covering data engineering with Spark and Java, Python, and Scala through Manning, the foreword was written by IBM’s Rob D. Thomas.[24][25] In 2023, he published a book for kids titled Data Mesh for all ages focusing on data mesh for a vast audience.[26] The book has been translated in several languages.[27] In January 2024, Perrin contributes to Nick Tunes's Architecture Modernization[28] at Manning Publications Co. In September 2024, he publishes with Eric Broda Implementing Data Mesh[29] at O'Reilly. During 2024, Perrin also self-published Data Contract for all ages and Data Products for all ages.

Perrin participates in numerous conferences[30] and lectures at various schools and universities, including the Université de Strasbourg, Spark Summit.,[31] and more. Perrin is a regular speaker at All Things Open in Raleigh, NC.[32][33][34]

Other recognitions

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In 2012, Perrin was selected as one of 60 Alsatian entrepreneurs whose profiles were published in the Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of ADIRA, an agency that supports business in Alsace.[35][36][4]

In 2024, after leaving PayPal in 2023, Perrin was named a PayPal Champion.[37][38]

References

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  1. ^ "Jean Georges Perrin (jgp)". IBM. 2014-06-05. Retrieved 2014-06-05.
  2. ^ "Jean-Marc BLAISE (jmblaise)". IBM. 2014-06-05. Retrieved 2014-06-05.
  3. ^ "Lifetime IBM Champions for 2021". IBM. 2021-07-26. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
  4. ^ a b "Jean-Georges Perrin à l'heure transatlantique" (PDF). 2012-04-03. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-06-06.
  5. ^ "PANDEMONIUM IS 80%-ACQUIRED BY ISION INTERNET". 2000-03-23. Retrieved 2014-06-05.
  6. ^ "Présentation de la société GREENIVORY". 2014-02-14. Retrieved 2014-06-05.
  7. ^ "2CRSI Expands to North America; Perrin Named COO". 2015-05-29. Archived from the original on 2016-03-20. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
  8. ^ "French server firm picks Chapel Hill for new North American HQ". 2015-05-29. Retrieved 2017-08-22.
  9. ^ "Oplo's team". Archived from the original on 2017-08-23. Retrieved 2017-08-22.
  10. ^ "The next generation of Data Platforms is the Data Mesh". 2022-08-03. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
  11. ^ "Profiling Jean Georges Perrin, IIUG Board Member". 2002-11-02. Retrieved 2014-06-05.
  12. ^ "2014 IBM Champions for Information Management". IBM. 2014-06-16. Retrieved 2014-06-16.
  13. ^ "Introducing the 2017 IBM Champions for Analytics!". IBM. 2017-02-08. Retrieved 2017-08-22.
  14. ^ "2018 IBM Champions - Championing Digital Transformation". IBM. 2018-01-31. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
  15. ^ "IBM Champions unlock the power of IBM". 2020-01-29. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
  16. ^ "Welcome IBM Champions class of 2023". 2023-01-18. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
  17. ^ "Bitol Joins LF AI & Data as New Sandbox Project". Retrieved 17 January 2025.
  18. ^ "Bitol". Retrieved 17 January 2025.
  19. ^ "Bad Mood Is History: A Scenario". 2013-09-01. Archived from the original on 2014-06-06. Retrieved 2014-06-05.
  20. ^ "Publications". 2014-06-05. Retrieved 2014-06-05.
  21. ^ "Profile de Frédéric Collet-Hahn". 2014-06-05. Retrieved 2014-06-05.
  22. ^ Informix 12.10 on Mac 10.12 with a dash of Java 8: The Tale of the Apple, the Coffee, and a Great Database. 2017-04-22. Retrieved 2017-08-22.
  23. ^ Development Tools in 2006: any Room for a 4GL-style Language?: An independent study by Jean Georges Perrin, IIUG Board Member. December 2006. Retrieved 2017-08-22.
  24. ^ "Apache Spark with Java". 2018-03-14. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
  25. ^ "Spark in Action, second edition". 2020-05-15. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
  26. ^ "Data Mesh for all ages". 2023-01-20. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
  27. ^ "Shop for Data Mesh for all ages". 2023-01-20. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
  28. ^ "Architecture Modernization". Manning Publications Co. {{cite web}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)
  29. ^ Perrin, Jean-Georges; Broda, Eric. "Implementing Data Mesh". O'Reilly Media. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
  30. ^ "Conference". 2014-06-05. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
  31. ^ "Speaker: Jean-Georges Perrin". 2017-06-06. Retrieved 2017-08-22.
  32. ^ "Session: Big Data made easy with a Spark (3.0)". 2020-10-19. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
  33. ^ "Session: The Lay of the Land for Data in 2021". 2021-10-17. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
  34. ^ "Session: Building a Data Mesh With Open Source Technologies". 2022-10-30. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
  35. ^ "Soixante entrepreneurs qui font la région NR.29. Jean Georges Perrin à l'heure transatlantique". 2012-04-03. Retrieved 2014-06-09.
  36. ^ "Pour nos 60 ans : 60 portraits d'Alsaciens connus". 2012-04-03. Archived from the original on 2014-07-09. Retrieved 2014-06-06.
  37. ^ "PayPal Champions". 2024-01-21. Archived from the original on 2024-03-23. Retrieved 2024-03-23.
  38. ^ "Champions Profile Jean-Georges Perrin, United States". 2024-01-21. Archived from the original on 2024-03-23. Retrieved 2024-03-23.
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