Joel West, Ph.D.

Industry Experience

In addition to academic credentials as a researcher and teacher, Joel can draw on more than 20 years’ experience in the I.T. industries. This experience is highlighted below.

Consulting

• 2002-present: Principal, OpenITStrategies.com. Strategy consulting to IT firms, with an emphasis on business models and intellectual property.
• 1986-1987: Consultant. For CACI, designed ModSim object-oriented simulation language, basis for its subsequent ModSim II and ModSim III products.

Employment

• 1987-2004: Chairman (2002-2004) and President (1987-2002), Palomar Software, Inc.: Oceanside, Calif.: As president and co-founder of this Macintosh software developer, variously did industrial marketing, strategic planning, public relations and engineering management.
• 1983-1986: Technical Product Manager, CACI, Inc. - Federal: La Jolla, Calif. Enhanced existing SIMSCRIPT II.5 simulation software products and led new development projects for this government contractor.
• 1981-1983: Government Reporter, Vista Press: Vista, Calif.
• 1979-1981: Systems Programmer, CACI, Inc. - Federal: Los Angeles
• 1974-1976: Systems Programmer, Computer Timesharing Corp.: San Diego

Conference Speaking

• Keynote speaker, Conference on “Open Innovation – Enterprise Transformation,” Center for Paper Business & Industry Studies Sloan Foundation Industry Center, Georgia Institute of Technology, September 19, 2005.
• Moderator, “Unveiling the True Value of Open Source,” Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) 2005 Enterprise Software Summit, Universal City, Calif., May 25, 2005.
• Session chairman, “Eclipse in the Enterprise,” EclipseCon 2005, Burlingame, Calif., March 1, 2005.
• Session chairman and panelist, “Open Source Adoption: Trends and Obstacles,” Open Source Business Conference (OSBC 2004), San Francisco, March 17, 2004.
• Moderator, “Collaboration with Open Source Projects,” SDForum Open Source Summit and Expo, Burlingame, Calif., Dec. 11, 2003.
• Conference speaker and moderator, Macworld Expo, 1988-1998.
• Panelist, Macworld Technology & Issues, 1991, 1993.

Service

• Co-founder, Executive Committee member, corporate secretary and member of the Board of Directors, VistA Software Alliance, 2004-2005
• Organized and sponsored volunteers for NetDay96 activities at Oceanside schools, 1996
• V.P. Communications and member of organizing committee, San Diego Software Industry Council, 1993-1994
• Founding newsletter editor, San Diego Macintosh User Group, 1984