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'''Jane Silber''' is currently Chief Operations Officer at [[Canonical_Ltd|Canonical Ltd.]] In March 2010 she will become Canonical's CEO, replacing [[Mark Shuttleworth]].<ref>http://blog.canonical.com/?p=307</ref>
| name = Jane Silber
| image = Silber 2010 colour.jpg
| alt = Photograph of Jane Silber
| caption = Jane Silber, 2010
| nationality = American
| other_names =
| occupation = Board member, [[Canonical Ltd.]]
| years_active =
| known_for = CEO, Canonical Ltd, 2010–2017
| notable_works =
}}
 
'''Jane Silber''' is a board member of [[Canonical Ltd.]] and was its chief executive officer from 2010 to 2017.<ref name=mgmt-changes /><ref name = "new-vantage" />
Silber joined Canonical in July 2004<ref>http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/110860/Q_A_Canonical_146_s_Jane_Silber_says_upcoming_Ubuntu_Linux_to_be_enterprise_ready?taxonomyId=122&pageNumber=3</ref> as COO. Her work at Canonical has included leading the Ubuntu One project and ensuring that large organizations find Ubuntu "enterprise-ready".<ref>http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/110860/Q_A_Canonical_146_s_Jane_Silber_says_upcoming_Ubuntu_Linux_to_be_enterprise_ready?taxonomyId=122</ref> She has degrees from Vanderbilt University, the University of Oxford, and Haverford College<ref>http://www.canonical.com/aboutus/team</ref>.
Silber is also the chair of the board of The Sensible Code Company (whose products include [[QuickCode]].<ref name=prweb /><ref name=sensible-about />) and [[Diffblue]]<ref name=diffblue-about /> (whose products include Cover, an AI-driven unit test-writing tool).
 
Silber joined Canonical in July 2004, where her work has included leading the Ubuntu One project and ensuring that large organizations find Ubuntu "enterprise-ready".<ref name="ubuntu-enterprise-ready" />
== References ==
She partially attributes the increasing attention to user research and design in open source since 2009 to Canonical's leadership in this area.<ref name=linux-user />
{{Reflist}}
Silber announced her transition out of the CEO role in April 2017, with Canonical founder [[Mark Shuttleworth]] resuming the position from July 2017.<ref name="new-vantage" />
 
Silber's earlier roles include Vice President of Interactive Television Company and Vice President of [[General Dynamics C4 Systems]]. She has also worked in Japan for [[Teijin]] Ltd conducting artificial intelligence research and product development, and in the US at General Health, a health risk assessment firm.
 
She holds an MBA degree from [[Oxford University]]'s [[Saïd Business School]], an MSc degree in Management of Technology from [[Vanderbilt University]], where she concentrated on [[machine learning]] and artificial intelligence work,<ref name=haverford-news />
and a BSc degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from [[Haverford College]].<ref name=canonical-mgmt-team />
 
==References==
{{Reflist
|refs=
 
<ref name = "new-vantage">{{citation
|url = https://insights.ubuntu.com/?p=66110
|title = A new vantage point
|last = Silber
|first = Jane
|date = 12 April 2017
|access-date = 10 August 2017
|work = Ubuntu Insights
|publisher = Canonical Ltd
|url-status = dead
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170517015021/https://insights.ubuntu.com/?p=66110
|archive-date = 17 May 2017
}}</ref>
 
<ref name = mgmt-changes>{{citation
|last = Carr
|first = Gerry
|title = Management changes at Canonical
|url = http://blog.canonical.com/2009/12/17/management-changes-at-canonical/
|work = Canonical Blog
|publisher = Canonical Ltd.
|access-date = 7 May 2013
|date = 17 December 2009}}</ref>
 
<ref name=prweb>{{cite news
|title = Ubuntu CEO Joins Board of 'data hub' Startup ScraperWiki
|url = http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/2/prweb9149117.htm
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120204135701/http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/2/prweb9149117.htm
|url-status = dead
|archive-date = February 4, 2012
|access-date = 7 May 2013
|newspaper = PRWeb
|date = 2 February 2012}}</ref>
 
<ref name = sensible-about>{{cite web
|title = The Sensible Code Company
|url = http://sensiblecode.io/
|publisher = The Sensible Code Company
|access-date = 8 Oct 2017}}</ref>
<ref name = diffblue-about>{{cite web
|title = Diffblue Ltd
|url = https://www.diffblue.com/
|publisher = Diffblue Ltd
|access-date = 27 Oct 2020}}</ref>
 
<ref name = "ubuntu-enterprise-ready">{{cite web
|last = Lai
|first = Eric
|title = Q&A: Canonical's Jane Silber says upcoming Ubuntu Linux to be enterprise-ready
|date = 25 April 2006
|url = http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/110860/Q_A_Canonical_146_s_Jane_Silber_says_upcoming_Ubuntu_Linux_to_be_enterprise_ready?taxonomyId=122
|publisher = Computerworld
|access-date = 21 January 2013
|archive-date = 26 July 2014
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140726013502/http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/110860/Q_A_Canonical_146_s_Jane_Silber_says_upcoming_Ubuntu_Linux_to_be_enterprise_ready?taxonomyId=122
|url-status = dead
}}</ref>
 
<ref name = linux-user>{{cite news
|last = MacDonald
|first = Rory
|title = Ubuntu 12.04 – Jane Silber talks Unity, community and 'continuous computing'
|url = http://www.linuxuser.co.uk/features/ubuntu-12-04-jane-silber-talks-unity-community-and-continuous-computing
|access-date = 7 May 2013
|newspaper = Linux User & Developer
|date = 24 April 2012}}</ref>
 
<ref name = "haverford-news">{{cite news
|last = Greene
|first = Erica
|title = Haverford Conversation: Jane Silber '85
|url = http://www.haverford.edu/news/stories/34361/51
|access-date = 7 May 2013
|newspaper = Haverford News
|date = 21 January 2010}}</ref>
 
<ref name = "canonical-mgmt-team">{{cite web
|title = What we do: Management team
|url = http://www.canonical.com/about-canonical/overview/management-team
|publisher = Canonical Ltd.
|access-date = 7 May 2013
|archive-date = 1 May 2013
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130501032453/http://www.canonical.com/about-canonical/overview/management-team
|url-status = dead
}}</ref>
}}
 
==External links==
* [http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/295 Mark Shuttleworth's blog announcement]
* [httphttps://web.archive.org/web/20070129115931/http://behindubuntu.org/interviews/JaneSilber/ August 2006 interview with Silber]
 
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[[Category:Vanderbilt University alumni]]
[[Category:Haverford College alumni]]
[[Category:Alumni of Saïd Business School]]
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