The C++ Alliance promotes and supports the C++ language community.
The organization achieves its mission through these means:
- Fund open source libraries
- Organize and attend C++ conferences
- Participate and attend WG21 proceedings
- Provide C++ education
Mankind has become increasingly reliant on software for all aspects of life including commerce, industry, recreation, transportation, communication, and more. We believe that the best software solutions are written using the C++ programming language. We believe that software and knowledge are best developed and published using the "open source" model: software for which the original source code is made freely available and may be redistributed and modified without restriction.
Our organization is dedicated to helping C++ evolve not only through the language specification but also through the ecosystem of open source libraries and talented individuals who make open source contributions.
Vinnie Falco
With 35 years of programming experience (25 years with C++), and 10 years experience with managing technology startups, Vinnie provides a strong vision and technical leadership to the organization. His open source accomplishments include Boost.Beast, NuDB, DSPFilters, and extensive contribution to Ripple. He is also known for authoring the BearShare file sharing application in 2001.
Louis Tatta
Louis Tatta serves as the Vice-Chairman of C++ Alliance and is responsible for the day-to-day operation and general management of the company. Prior to joining, Mr. Tatta served as Chief Operating Officer, where he managed operations of a technology startup, lead all business operations, new business development, product development, purchasing/procurement, and infrastructure development. Manage key account relationships and executed strategic marketing plans with advertising partners. Previous to this, Mr. Tatta held various positions in the financial service industry.
René Rivera
René Rivera is a contributor to the Boost C++ Libraries and was part of the Release Team, was Testing Manager, and is the author of Boost Predef and Boost Build. He has worked in the game development field since 1998 and has been doing C++ since 1987. He is a co-organizer for the Chicago C/C++ Users Group. Currently he is a Lead Programmer at Disbelief LLC doing contracting for companies doing AAA games and virtual reality development.
Jens Weller
Jens Weller is the organizer and founder of Meeting C++. Doing C++ since 1998, he is an active member of the C++ Community. From being a moderator at c-plusplus.de and organizer of his own C++ User Group since 2011 in Düsseldorf, his roots are in the C++ Community. Today his main work is running the Meeting C++ Platform (conference, website, social media and recruiting). His main role has become being a C++ evangelist, as this he speaks and travels to other conferences and user groups around the world.
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October 20, 2017 René Rivera joins as Advisor
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October 16, 2017 Jens Weller joins as Advisor
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October 1, 2017 Louis Tatta joins as Vice-Chairman
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July 7, 2017 Beast is accepted into Boost