Cheers!
> Thanks Chris! > > Here's a quick intro: > > I now work at IBM, who has (generously: thank you!) sponsored my > contributions to Lucene/Solr for a long time now (like 5 years, wow!). > > Before that I was co-founder of a startup called iPhrase Technologies, > selling enterprise search software; we didn't use Lucene but wanted > to. And we would have used Tika in a heartbeat if it had been around > back then! > > Before that, long ago, in a galaxy far away, I got a PhD at MIT > (Computer science). > > I've been impressed by Tika for quite some time, watching it from a > distance, using it here and there. I love how simple its API is, and > that basic usage can simply invoke the command-line tool. And > it's solving an incredibly important problem -- unlocking the text > inside the zillions of document formats we all use now. > > Writing the Tika chapter in Lucene in Action 2nd Edition (replacing > the previous custom framework that was used for the first edition) was > great fun. > > I'm happy to be on board and I'm looking forward to improving Tika. > It's all still very new to me so I will tread lightly... > > Mike McCandless > > http://blog.mikemccandless.com > > On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 10:48 AM, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Folks, > > > > The Tika PMC just elected Mike McCandless as a Tika PMC member and > > committer. Mike's made a number of valuable contributions to Tika over > > the years and is a longtime contributor to the Apache Lucene project. > > > > Mike, feel free to say a bit about yourself and welcome aboard! > > > > Cheers, > > Chris > > (on behalf of the Tika PMC) > > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Chris Mattmann, Ph.D. > > Senior Computer Scientist > > NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA 91109 USA > > Office: 171-266B, Mailstop: 171-246 > > Email: [email protected] > > WWW: http://sunset.usc.edu/~mattmann/ > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Adjunct Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department > > University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
