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Jun 08, 2011, 09:34 CDT

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James McKeown
Member Type(s): Expert
Title:Founder
Organization:TopCoder, Inc.
Area of Expertise:Open Innovation, Crowdsourcing, Software
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My Expertise

Area(s) of expertise: Open Innovation, Crowdsourcing, Software

Summary of expertise:
Founder and Chairman of TopCoder, Inc. Jack Hughes is a pioneer and expert in the field of open innovation and its application to the discipline of software development. He is an authority on competitive collaboration in transparent enterprise systems amongst global virtual communities.

Blog/Web site: www.topcoder.com

White paper/research:

Designing your Open Strategy: Building Communities or Markets of External Innovators? | TopCoder: Developing Software Through Outsourcing

Awards/associations/memberships:
http://www.topcoder.com/tc?module=Static&d1=pressroom&d2=pr_111010

Educational background:
Hughes holds a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science from Boston College. He is Chairman of the Board for the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation.