When I thought of the idea to start an "Unsung Heroes of Open Source" series, I actually had one person in mind: Tara Spalding of SugarCRM. Tara joined SugarCRM very early in its corporate existence (Employee #4), and has been the face of the SugarCRM company at tradeshows and elsewhere. She's such a good person that you immediately like her, and such a good employee that you immediately respect her. I wanted her to go first in this series.
When I reached out to her to see if she'd participate, I was surprised to find that she's no longer "unsung." She's a VP now! I'm not sure how long ago this happened, but had I known...I would have sung her praises, anyway. The focus of this series is on director-level open sourcerors and "below," but I'm making an exception in Tara's case because she's been a manager or director since I've known her. Anyway, don't hold it against her that SugarCRM figured out what a gem she is before I was able to profile her.
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Tara Spalding, VP Corporate Marketing, SugarCRM. I run the lead generation/ nurturing, publicity, website, events, corporate branding, sports marketing and the commuter cycling program at SugarCRM.
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