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As Vice President of Sun's Enterprise Java Platforms group, Karen Tegan Padir leads a global organization which is focused on the delivery of the Java Enterprise System core products, platforms and technologies. This includes the Java Enterprise Edition Platform. Identity Management Suite, Application Platform Suite and Web Infrastructure Suite and all of their component products. The Sun Java Enterprise System is a revolutionary approach to infrastructure software delivering the largest free, open, pre-tested and pre-integrated middleware software on the planet.Karen rejoined Sun after spending a year at Red Hat Inc., where she was Vice President of Engineering for Infrastructure Technologies responsible for Red Hat Identity Management products including Directory and Certificate server products, as well as Quality and Release Engineering of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux bundle.As one of the founding members of the J2EE organization at Sun, Karen managed the creation of specifications, compatibility test suites, blueprints and guided implementations of Java in the enterprise. Under her leadership, J2EE captured over 96 percent market share in the application server market, which represents the fastest Java technology adoption in its history.Karen has been with Sun for 12 years, prior to that she was with Stratus Computer Inc. She holds a Masters Degree in Business Administration and a Bachelors of Science Degree in Computer Science from Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
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