| At the helm of Red Hat, Matthew Szulik is quickly building a next-generation open source software company with solutions spanning from powerful enterprise servers to handheld devices. Matthew has more than 20 years of experience in the technology industry, and in March 2002, was named chairman of the Red Hat board. Matthew's extensive experience and his passion and commitment to open source have been driving factors in the continued success of Red Hat. Early in his career, Szulik worked with emerging technology companies such as Interleaf and MapInfo. In the mid-1990's he relocated to Research Triangle Park, N.C. where he was employed by Sapiens International, a leading custom software developer. Most recently, Szulik was president of Relatively Software in Cary, N.C. where he was responsible for making it a leading global enterprise software development company. As president and chairman of Red Hat, Matthew's mission is to build a world-class software company dedicated to supporting and expanding the acceptance and adoption of open source software. | 
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