itemis AG gains Ed Merks for Eclipse Modeling
itemis receives reinforcement
Abstract
itemis AG won Ed Merks as a development manager for Eclipse Modeling. With this new addition, itemis, a strategic member of the Eclipse Foundation committed to the Eclipse Modeling Project with its own developer team, reinforces its activities for the community and significantly enhances its profile.
Merks has extensive Eclipse Modeling expertise. The itemis AG team of developers will now together with Merks expand on this knowledge and continue to further develop the Eclipse Modeling Project.
Merks comes from IBM, where he last worked in the IBM Rational Toronto Lab. He leads the Eclipse Modeling Project and the Eclipse Modeling Framework and will work for itemis AG from Canada. Merks graduated from Simon Fraser University and holds a Ph.D. in Computing Science.
More information about Ed Merks and his reaction to the cooperation with itemis AG can be found on his blog at: http://ed-merks.blogspot.com/.