Tim O'Reilly

Founder, chairman and CEO

1983 - Current

Strategic direction, articulation of vision and direction, advocacy and outreach on industry issues, "buck stops here" decisions, coordination of the band of geniuses who do all the real work while I get an unfair share of the credit.

Board Member

2010

Code for America is a non-profit that brings together teams of talented developers to help city governments become more transparent, accountable, participatory, and efficient.

Partner

2008

An early stage venture investor focused on emerging technologies. I provide strategic direction and lead flow, and evaluate investments.

Board Member

2012 - 2019

We spun Maker Media out of O'Reilly Media at the end of 2012. I am a board member and a minority shareholder.

Board Member

2001 - 2014

co-founder, board member

1994 - 2009

With my brother James, created the concept of story anthology as travel guidebook -- "go before you go" through the stories of others if you want to understand what matters about a country you're going to visit. TT has many times won the Lowell Thomas Award for best travel book of the year.

Board Member

2006 - 2008

Member of the Board of Directors

Partner

2000 - 2008

Early stage investor in new technologies related to O'Reilly's core business, where O'Reilly's involvement can help bring companies to the next level of business or funding.

Board member

2003 - 2005

Bringing Macromedia the open systems/open source perspective; on the other end, learning about the differences between public and private companies!

Member, board of directors

2002 - 2005

Adviser on open source and other technology issues.