J. J. Allaire | |
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![]() Allaire presenting at the
Web 2.0 Conference in 2005 | |
Born | Joseph J. Allaire September 27, 1969
South Bend, Indiana, U.S. |
Alma mater | Macalester College |
Occupation(s) | Entrepreneur, software engineer, inventor |
Known for | ColdFusion, Allaire Corporation, Macromedia, Windows Live Writer, LoseIt!, RStudio |
Title | Creator of ColdFusion, Founder of Allaire Corporation, Founder of Onfolio, Creator of Windows Live Writer, Founder of FitNow, Creator of Lose It!, Founder of Posit (formerly RStudio) |
Relatives | Jeremy Allaire (brother) |
Website |
github |
Joseph J. Allaire (born 1969), [1] better known professionally as J. J. Allaire, is an American-born software engineer and Internet entrepreneur. He created the ColdFusion programming language and web application server, [2] [3] [4] founded Allaire Corporation, OnFolio, [5] FitNow, [6] and RStudio, and created LoseIt! and Windows Live Writer. Allaire is currently the founder and CEO of statistical computing company Posit (formerly RStudio Inc).
Joseph J Allaire received his bachelor's degree from Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1991. [7] [1]
In 1995, Allaire created ColdFusion. [3] [2] [4] [8] The same year, Allaire founded Allaire Corporation in Minneapolis, Minnesota. [3]
Allaire moved the company to Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1996 with his brother and founding team member, Jeremy Allaire. [9] Allaire served as the Chairman and CEO of Allaire Corporation, then as its Executive Vice President of Products after hiring David Orfao as the company's CEO. [1]
Allaire Corporation had an initial public offering in 1999. [3] [10] In 2001, Allaire Corporation was acquired by Macromedia. [11]
In 2002, Allaire co-founded Onfolio with Adam Berrey [5] and Charles Teague [12] and led the development of its suite of tools for web research and publishing, [13] released in 2004. Onfolio was acquired by Microsoft in 2006. [14] At Microsoft, Allaire created a blog publishing product called Windows Live Writer, initially released in 2007. [15] [16] Windows Live Writer was distributed by Microsoft as part of Windows Essentials, until it was discontinued in 2015 and forked into an open-source version called Open Live Writer. [17]
In 2008, Allaire, Paul DiCristina and Charles Teague co-founded FitNow, a company dedicated to mobile health and fitness applications, and created Lose It!, a mobile weight loss application with over 17 million users. [6] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22]
In 2009, Allaire founded RStudio, a company that builds tools for the R statistical computing environment. Allaire created the company's flagship product RStudio, a 2015 InfoWorld Technology of the Year Award recipient. [23]
Beginning in 2013, Allaire worked on the R Markdown ecosystem of scientific publishing packages, including R Markdown, Distill for R, and Flexdashboard. [24] [25] [26] [27] From 2018 through 2020, Allaire worked on R interfaces to Python, and R versions of the TensorFlow and Keras Python packages. [28] [29] [30]
In 2021, Allaire and Charles Teague created Quarto, a Jupyter-based scientific publishing system. [31] Quarto was publicly announced in 2022. [32]
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J. J. Allaire | |
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![]() Allaire presenting at the
Web 2.0 Conference in 2005 | |
Born | Joseph J. Allaire September 27, 1969
South Bend, Indiana, U.S. |
Alma mater | Macalester College |
Occupation(s) | Entrepreneur, software engineer, inventor |
Known for | ColdFusion, Allaire Corporation, Macromedia, Windows Live Writer, LoseIt!, RStudio |
Title | Creator of ColdFusion, Founder of Allaire Corporation, Founder of Onfolio, Creator of Windows Live Writer, Founder of FitNow, Creator of Lose It!, Founder of Posit (formerly RStudio) |
Relatives | Jeremy Allaire (brother) |
Website |
github |
Joseph J. Allaire (born 1969), [1] better known professionally as J. J. Allaire, is an American-born software engineer and Internet entrepreneur. He created the ColdFusion programming language and web application server, [2] [3] [4] founded Allaire Corporation, OnFolio, [5] FitNow, [6] and RStudio, and created LoseIt! and Windows Live Writer. Allaire is currently the founder and CEO of statistical computing company Posit (formerly RStudio Inc).
Joseph J Allaire received his bachelor's degree from Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1991. [7] [1]
In 1995, Allaire created ColdFusion. [3] [2] [4] [8] The same year, Allaire founded Allaire Corporation in Minneapolis, Minnesota. [3]
Allaire moved the company to Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1996 with his brother and founding team member, Jeremy Allaire. [9] Allaire served as the Chairman and CEO of Allaire Corporation, then as its Executive Vice President of Products after hiring David Orfao as the company's CEO. [1]
Allaire Corporation had an initial public offering in 1999. [3] [10] In 2001, Allaire Corporation was acquired by Macromedia. [11]
In 2002, Allaire co-founded Onfolio with Adam Berrey [5] and Charles Teague [12] and led the development of its suite of tools for web research and publishing, [13] released in 2004. Onfolio was acquired by Microsoft in 2006. [14] At Microsoft, Allaire created a blog publishing product called Windows Live Writer, initially released in 2007. [15] [16] Windows Live Writer was distributed by Microsoft as part of Windows Essentials, until it was discontinued in 2015 and forked into an open-source version called Open Live Writer. [17]
In 2008, Allaire, Paul DiCristina and Charles Teague co-founded FitNow, a company dedicated to mobile health and fitness applications, and created Lose It!, a mobile weight loss application with over 17 million users. [6] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22]
In 2009, Allaire founded RStudio, a company that builds tools for the R statistical computing environment. Allaire created the company's flagship product RStudio, a 2015 InfoWorld Technology of the Year Award recipient. [23]
Beginning in 2013, Allaire worked on the R Markdown ecosystem of scientific publishing packages, including R Markdown, Distill for R, and Flexdashboard. [24] [25] [26] [27] From 2018 through 2020, Allaire worked on R interfaces to Python, and R versions of the TensorFlow and Keras Python packages. [28] [29] [30]
In 2021, Allaire and Charles Teague created Quarto, a Jupyter-based scientific publishing system. [31] Quarto was publicly announced in 2022. [32]
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