Jean-Georges Perrin Explained

Birth Name:Jean-Georges Perrin
Other Names:jgp
Birth Date:1971 10, df=y
Birth Place:Strasbourg, France
Occupation:Software engineer, Serial entrepreneur, Businessman
Nationality:French & American
Years Active:1995–present
Alma Mater:ESIG (Strasbourg), IUT Robert Schuman, part of University of Strasbourg (Strasbourg)
Website:http://www.jgp.ai

Jean-Georges Perrin (born 1971) is an IT serial-entrepreneur from Alsace, France. He was the longest standing elected board member of IIUG after Stuart Litel, the first non-US citizen elected to this board, and the first French IBM Champion, first French citizen to become an IBM Champion in 2009,[1] along with Jean-Marc Blaise.,[2] and one of the 30 Lifetime IBM Champion.[3]

IBM and IIUG

Perrin was elected at the Board of Directors of IIUG in 2002.[4] Perrin has been the first In January 2023, his IBM Champion title was renewed for the 15th consecutive time.[5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

Career

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, later acquired by ISION.[10] 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,[11] GreenIvory America closed a little later. In 2015, Perrin joined 2CRSI Corporation as Chief Operations Officer (COO).,[12] [13] Since 2016, Perrin is consulting in software engineering, big data, and Apache Spark.[14] In 2021, Perrin joined PayPal and since then focuses on data mesh.[15]

Publications and conferences

Perrin has contributed to the defunct DB2 Magazine, to The Futurist magazine[16] co-author with Elizabeth D. Leone. Perrin co-authored with Frederic Collet-Hahn a book on the C programming language in August 1992,[17] [18] while a student at the now-Université de Strasbourg. More recently, he authored two ebooks on Informix.[19] [20] 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.[21] [22] In 2023, he published a book for kids titled Data Mesh for all ages focusing on data mesh for a vast audience.[23] The book has been translated in several languages.[24]

Perrin participates in numerous conferences[25] and lectures at various schools and universities, including the Université de Strasbourg, Spark Summit.,[26] and more. Perrin is a regular speaker at All Things Open in Raleigh, NC.[27] [28] [29]

Other recognitions

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.[30] [31] [32]

In 2024, after leaving PayPal in 2023, Perrin was named a PayPal Champion.[33] [34]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jean Georges Perrin (jgp). . . 2014-06-05 . 2014-06-05.
  2. Web site: Jean-Marc BLAISE (jmblaise). . . 2014-06-05 . 2014-06-05.
  3. Web site: Lifetime IBM Champions for 2021. . . 2021-07-26 . 2023-04-24.
  4. Web site: Profiling Jean Georges Perrin, IIUG Board Member. . 2002-11-02 . 2014-06-05.
  5. Web site: 2014 IBM Champions for Information Management . . 2014-06-16 . 2014-06-16.
  6. Web site: Introducing the 2017 IBM Champions for Analytics! . . 2017-02-08 . 2017-08-22.
  7. Web site: 2018 IBM Champions - Championing Digital Transformation . . 2018-01-31 . 2018-03-26.
  8. Web site: IBM Champions unlock the power of IBM . 2020-01-29 . 2020-09-15.
  9. Web site: Welcome IBM Champions class of 2023 . 2023-01-18 . 2023-04-24.
  10. Web site: PANDEMONIUM IS 80%-ACQUIRED BY ISION INTERNET. . 2000-03-23 . 2014-06-05.
  11. Web site: Présentation de la société GREENIVORY. . 2014-02-14 . 2014-06-05.
  12. Web site: 2CRSI Expands to North America; Perrin Named COO. . 2015-05-29 . 2016-02-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160320135934/http://2crsi.com/2015/05/29/2crsi-expands-to-north-america-perrin-named-coo/ . 2016-03-20 . dead .
  13. Web site: French server firm picks Chapel Hill for new North American HQ . 2015-05-29 . 2017-08-22.
  14. Web site: Oplo's team . 2017-08-22 . 2017-08-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170823073329/http://www.oplo.io/team/ . dead .
  15. Web site: The next generation of Data Platforms is the Data Mesh . 2022-08-03 . 2023-04-24.
  16. Web site: Bad Mood Is History: A Scenario. . 2013-09-01 . 2014-06-05 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140606215737/http://www.wfs.org/futurist/2013-issues-futurist/september-october-2013-vol-47-no-5/top-10-disappearing-futures/disap-6 . 2014-06-06 .
  17. Web site: Publications. . 2014-06-05 . 2014-06-05.
  18. Web site: Profile de Frédéric Collet-Hahn. . 2014-06-05 . 2014-06-05.
  19. Book: 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 . 2017-08-22.
  20. Book: Development Tools in 2006: any Room for a 4GL-style Language?: An independent study by Jean Georges Perrin, IIUG Board Member . December 2006. 2017-08-22.
  21. Web site: Apache Spark with Java . 2018-03-14 . 2018-03-22.
  22. Web site: Spark in Action, second edition . 2020-05-15 . 2020-09-15.
  23. Web site: Data Mesh for all ages . 2023-01-20 . 2023-04-24.
  24. Web site: Shop for Data Mesh for all ages . 2023-01-20 . 2023-04-24.
  25. Web site: Conference. . 2014-06-05 . 2020-09-15.
  26. Web site: Speaker: Jean-Georges Perrin . 2017-06-06 . 2017-08-22.
  27. Web site: Session: Big Data made easy with a Spark (3.0) . 2020-10-19 . 2023-04-24.
  28. Web site: Session: The Lay of the Land for Data in 2021 . 2021-10-17 . 2023-04-24.
  29. Web site: Session: Building a Data Mesh With Open Source Technologies . 2022-10-30 . 2023-04-24.
  30. Web site: Soixante entrepreneurs qui font la région NR.29. Jean Georges Perrin à l'heure transatlantique . 2012-04-03 . 2014-06-09 .
  31. Web site: Pour nos 60 ans : 60 portraits d'Alsaciens connus . 2012-04-03 . 2014-06-06 . 2014-07-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140709015357/http://www.adira.com/entreprises/60-portraits-d-alsaciens-connus.html . dead .
  32. Web site: Jean-Georges Perrin à l'heure transatlantique . 2012-04-03 . 2014-06-06 . 2014-07-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714163130/http://www.adira.com/upload/documents/ADIRA/60_portraits/J.G._Perrin_-_DNA_-_3.04.2012.pdf . dead .
  33. Web site: PayPal Champions . 2024-01-21 . 2024-03-23 .
  34. Web site: Champions Profile Jean-Georges Perrin, United States . 2024-01-21 . 2024-03-23 .