Mik Kersten

Mik Kersten is a Polish- Canadian computer specialist who created and leads the open-source Eclipse Mylyn project.[1][2] Kersten invented the Task-Focused Interface technology underlying Mylyn while working on his PhD at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.[1][3][4] While completing his PhD, Kersten and his PhD supervisor, Gail C. Murphy, founded Tasktop Technologies, which provided productivity software built on the Mylyn technology,[5] but now focuses on providing Value stream management software around Mik's book Project to Product.

Mik Kersten
Born
Warsaw, Poland
Alma materUniversity of British Columbia
Known forcreated Task-Focused Interface and Mylyn, major contributor to AspectJ and Aspect-Oriented Programming, Eclipse (software), Flow Framework
Scientific career
FieldsComputer Science
InstitutionsTasktop Technologies, Xerox PARC
Doctoral advisorGail C. Murphy
InfluencesGail C. Murphy, Gregor Kiczales, Charles Simonyi, Jim Hugunin Rod Johnson (programmer)

References
  1. "Kersten develops Mylar". 2008. Retrieved 25 Sep 2008.
  2. "Kersten Leads Mylar". 2008. Retrieved 25 Sep 2008.
  3. "Tasktop Team". 2008. Retrieved 25 Sep 2008.
  4. "Mik Kersten Thesis" (PDF). 2008. Retrieved 25 Sep 2008.
  5. "Tasktop About". 2008. Retrieved 25 Sep 2008.


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