Matt Flaherty
Mary Ruddy
Matt Flaherty is a Project Lead for security on Lotus Notes, and the lead on the Equinox incubator security project. He has 10 years of experience working on security development and architecture across several product in the Lotus portfolio, including both the Notes client and the Domino server. His interests include security, identity management, and open source as it relates to both development processes and business models. He holds a BS in Computer Science from Syracuse University, and is currently working towards an MS in Engineering and Management from MIT. Contact info on Linkedin profile
Mary serves as the Higgins project co-lead. Through her work in business development and software for CRM, e-commerce and PLM she has come to see the need for open, user-centric systems that enable people to manage their own profile and relationship information; and is assembling the organizations and individuals to bring this vision to reality. Mary is the founder of Meristic, Inc. and co-founder of socialphysics.org. Previously Mary was a VP at Parity Communications, Inc. Prior to that, she was VP Strategic Marketing at PTC and VP Advanced Products at Pegasystems. Mary has a degree in Mathematics from Smith College and a MSM from MIT.