21 May 2012: Michael Williams appointed as a member of the Erlang Solutions board

Michael Williams appointed as a member of the Erlang Solutions board

One of the inventors of Erlang, Michael Williams (pictured) has been appointed as a member of the Erlang Solutions board.

Erlang   Solutions’ Chief Executive, Stuart Whitfield, said: “We are delighted   to welcome Mike Williams, who brings with him a wealth of expertise in   enterprise-grade use of Erlang in telecoms and large scale software   development. He is one of the inventors of Erlang, as well as a   long-time advocate of the language, so it is only fitting that he should   become a member of the board. ”

Mike   initially joined Ericsson as a Hardware Designer in 1970 before   founding the Ericsson Computer Science Laboratory in 1980 with Bjarne   Däcker. It was within this lab that Erlang was born. Mike’s role was to   develop the first Erlang virtual machine; he worked out the primitives   for fault handling and dynamic code replacement. In the 1990s Mr   Williams became a General Manager, running a number of large wire line   and radio division projects within Ericsson.

Francesco   Cesarini, Technical Director added: “Mike has been an excellent mentor   to Erlang Solutions and we are pleased that he has agreed to take on   this important role. We very much look forward to working with him in   his new capacity and can think of no-one better to advise Erlang   Solutions during its next phase of expansion.”
 
Speaking   on his appointment to the board, Mr Williams, said: “I am thrilled and   honoured to take up the post at a time when the Erlang Solutions is at   its most progressive. During the years that I have worked within the   Erlang world, I have got to know the team well and know them to be   highly professional and totally dedicated to their task.”

About Erlang Solutions Ltd
Erlang   Solutions specialises in supporting businesses with the creation,  integration, delivery and lifetime support of products and services   based on the Erlang programming language, from individual developers to   Fortune 500 corporations. Erlang Solutions is the only company of its   kind totally focused on Erlang and the Erlang community, offering   industry-leading consultancy, research, development, training and   worldwide support for businesses using Erlang. Erlang Solutions helps   its customers to realise the potential of Erlang-based solutions, with   all the inherent benefits of low lifetime cost, extreme reliability and   scalability, which Erlang offers. Erlang Solutions has offices in   London, Stockholm and Krakow. For further information please visit   www.erlang-solutions.com

About Erlang, the programming language
Erlang   is a programming language developed specifically for systems requiring   extremely high levels of reliability and scalability. Erlang is ideally suited to use in systems with a high degree of concurrency,  such as telecoms, banking, automotive, instant messaging and social networks.  Erlang Solutions was founded in 1998 by several of the original creators of the Erlang language. Erlang is an Open Source language with an active and growing global community of developers and programmers.

For more information please contact:
Erlang Solutions
Annabel Tucker
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