The Eclipse Foundation announced today that Ralph Mueller has joined the Eclipse Foundation as Director, Eclipse Ecosystem - Europe.

Beginning this month, Ralph will work to support the European Eclipse Eco-System, with a special interest in the Automotive and Embedded industry.

Ralph has worked in the software industry as a computer scientist for over 20 years. After working for Object Technology International, Ralph's last position was with IBM where he spent 5 years as Solutions Architect for the European Automotive industry.

Ralph lives close to Darmstadt, Germany.

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