Martin Fink is HP's Linux Vice-President.
Martin is responsible for leading the overall Linux and Open Source strategy across HP and has been involved in the Linux movement since 1998. He joined HP in 1985 and spent his first 10 years in field operations in Canada. Martin held a variety of positions in hardware and software support, consulting and telecom sales. In 1995, Martin moved to HP's Ft. Collins, Colorado, site to work in HP OpenView telecom, where he managed small business startup activities. He was the R&D Manager for the Verifone Software Business, then held the position of R&D lab manager in the Customer Solutions Organization, with responsibility for HP-UX kernel development, Linux and the patch program.
Martin is the Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Open Source Development Lab (OSDL) , a global consortium of industry leaders dedicated to enabling Linux and Linux-based programming for enterprise and carrier-class functionality worldwide. He is co-inventor on a patent related to online E-Commerce. Martin is also the author of "The Business and Economics of Linux and Open Source", published by Prentice Hall. He graduated from electronics engineering at Loyalist College in Ontario, Canada.