Eclipse Project PMC

Who's running this project?

This page lists the people that are currently playing the PMC and subproject leadership roles described in the project charter. You will notice that there are many IBM people listed... it's not because we want to do all the work (believe us!) - its just because we built the first release of Eclipse before it became an open source project, and others haven't had enough time yet to get involved in key roles. We welcome new people who want to get involved and can make a contribution. The Eclipse Project is a meritocracy. The more you contribute the more responsibility you will earn.

We ask that you do not email us directly. Instead - use the mailing lists. Mailing lists have been set up for each area of work, and are the best way to get involved.

The Eclipse Project is managed by a small group known as the Eclipse Project Management Committee (PMC). The work of the Project is organized into subprojects. Each subproject has a leader who has overall responsibility for its success. Large subprojects are further divided into component teams, each of who has a leader that is responsible for its overall success. We have listed just the PMC and subproject leaders here but you will encounter many dedicated Eclipse project committers and developers in the newsgroup and mailing lists.

Project Management Committee Members

  • Jeff McAffer, Code 9
    Jeff McAffer leads the Eclipse Equinox OSGi, RCP and Orbit teams and is the Founder of Code 9. He is one of the architects of the Eclipse Platform and a co-author of The Eclipse Rich Client Platform (Addison-Wesley). He is a member of the Eclipse Project PMC, the Tools Project PMC and the Eclipse Foundation Board of Directors. Jeff is currently interested all aspects of Eclipse componentry from developing and building bundles to deploying, installing and ultimately running them. Previous lives include being a Senior Technical Staff Member at IBM and work in distributed/parallel OO computing (Server Smalltalk, massively parallel Smalltalk, etc) as well as expert systems, meta-level architectures and a PhD at the University of Tokyo.
  • Philippe Mulet, IBM Saint-Nazaire
    Philippe is the overall lead for the Eclipse Project. Prior to Eclipse, Philippe was responsible for the compiler and codeassist in IBM VA/Java and VA/Micro Edition. Philippe is a member of the expert group on compiler API (JSR199), representing IBM. His main interests are in compilation, performance, scalability and meta-level architectures. Philippe leads the Eclipse Project as well as the JDT subproject.
  • Steve Northover, IBM Ottawa
    Steve Northover is the father of SWT (the Standard Widget Toolkit). Prior to working on Eclipse, he worked on IBM Smalltalk, VA/Java, VA/Micro Edition. His interests include programming languages, API design, operating systems, user intefaces and code optimization. Steve is a member of the Eclipse Project PMC and team lead for SWT.
  • Mike ("McQ") Wilson, IBM Ottawa
    McQ is a senior architect of the Eclipse SDK, a member of the Eclipse Architecture Council and one of the original Eclipse Founders. He is currently leading the Platform Workspace, UI and UA teams. He was one of the original members of OTI. His interests include computer language design and implementation, semantic content publishing, web development, and playing the cello. Mike is a member of the Eclipse Project PMC and leads the Platform and Eclipse Project Incubator subprojects.
Subproject Leads