OSDL Names Former Credit Suisse First Boston Managing Director and Global CIO Frank J. Fanzilli Jr. to Board of Directors

BEAVERTON, Ore., March 28 /PRNewswire/ -- The Open Source Development Labs (OSDL), a global consortium dedicated to accelerating the adoption of Linux(R), today announced the appointment of Frank J. Fanzilli Jr. to the Lab's board of directors. As the former managing director and Global CIO of Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB), Fanzilli brings Wall Street, venture capital and global IT enterprise expertise to help OSDL drive Linux initiatives around the world.

Fanzilli retired from CSFB in 2002 after 18 years of service. He remains very active in the technology industry, serving on the board of public software company Interwoven and on the boards of two private companies, CommVault and nLayers. In addition, Fanzilli was a PeopleSoft board member. He also serves as a venture advisor to several venture capital firms, including Allegis Capital, FOCUS Ventures and Partech International.

"Frank brings invaluable enterprise customer experience to our board and he was also a pioneering champion for Linux at CSFB, overseeing the deployment of one of the first production Linux systems on Wall Street," said Stuart Cohen, CEO of OSDL. "His understanding of IT organizations as well as his strategic technology and business relationships will be enormously helpful to the board as OSDL works to advance Linux in the enterprise."

At CSFB, Fanzilli presided over information technology at the global investment bank during the firm's most significant expansion, defining the bank's technology architecture. He led an IT organization of more than 4,000 people with an annual budget approaching $2 billion at its peak. In addition to his role as Global CIO, Fanzilli also served as CIO of Europe for CSFB, head of Global Applications Development, and was a member of the bank's IT Executive Board in Zurich. Prior to CSFB, Fanzilli began his career at IBM where he managed systems engineering and software development for Fortune 50 accounts.

"As a former CIO, Frank brings important end user expertise and key insights to the OSDL Board," said Ross Mauri, OSDL Chairman and general manager of e-business on demand at IBM. "We look forward to his contribution to OSDL's mission as a board member and advisor."

"We saw the promise of Linux early at CSFB, so I am excited to be able to make a personal contribution to help drive this disruptive technology by participating on OSDL's board of directors," Fanzilli said. "I welcome the opportunity to work with customers, vendors and the development community on initiatives to strengthen Linux."

Fanzilli holds a B.S. degree in Management from Fairfield University, Fairfield, Connecticut, and an M.B.A. in Finance from New York University, New York, NY, where he was the Marcus Nadler Scholar. About Open Source Development Labs (OSDL)

OSDL - home to Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux - is dedicated to accelerating the growth and adoption of Linux. Founded in 2000 by CA, Fujitsu, Hitachi, HP, IBM, Intel and NEC, OSDL is a non-profit organization at the center of Linux supported by a global consortium of more than 60 of the world's largest Linux customers and IT industry leaders. OSDL sponsors industry-wide initiatives around Linux in telecommunications, in the enterprise data center and on corporate desktops. The Lab also provides Linux expertise and computing and test facilities in the United States and Japan available to developers around the world. Visit OSDL on the Web at http://www.osdl.org/ .

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