Jeff Mackanic

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Raleigh, NC

Jeff Mackanic has been at Red Hat for more than nine years and is currently responsible for the creative services team at Red Hat. After several stints with varying levels of success at many e-commerce companies, Jeff became one of the original employees at Akopia, which delivered ecommerce solutions based on the Interchange platform. After Red Hat acquired Akopia, Jeff spent several years in Red Hat Consulting. Jeff has also worked in IT and marketing during his tenure at Red Hat.

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Authored Content

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Agile and related methodologies have been praised for improving communication and increasing efficiency. But are they truly benefiting everyone on the team?

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2019 Opensource.com summer reading list

13 books to inform and entertain you during the long, lazy days of summer.

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A summer reading list for open organization enthusiasts

The books on this year's open organization reading list crystallize so much of what makes "open" work: Honesty, authenticity, trust, and the courage to question those status…

Authored Comments

mackanic

24 Aug 2018

What was the most important moment in the history of Linux?

I would have voted for the 2.4.x series

mackanic

8 Feb 2016

6 steps to running the perfect 30-minute meeting

Hi Jimmy - a couple things that we do to address this. We always send out out an agenda ahead of time so everyone knows what will be discussed. Second we send out a summary after the meeting - highlighting any decisions that were made and soliciting additional feedback if required. So far so good. We are learning as we go.