The OpenMP Architecture Review Board (ARB) has appointed Michael Wong of IBM Canada as CEO of the OpenMP organisation, with Matthijs van Waveren appointed marketing coordinator.
Wong has extensive leadership experience at IBM in various compiler projects and standards body experience with the ISO C++ committee. He has a particular passion for connecting users with language designers and hopes to bring that energy to OpenMP. van Waveren has several years' experience as marketing coordinator at Fujitsu and has been involved with OpenMP since 2000.