Editing Matthew Szulik (section)

{{Short description|American businessman}}
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| name               = Matthew J. Szulik
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| nationality        = American
| alma_mater         = [[Saint Anselm College]]
| title              = Former President and CEO, [[Red Hat]]
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'''Matthew J. Szulik'''  is an American businessman. He is the former [[chairman]] of [[Red Hat]], leader of some other technology companies, such as [[Interleaf]] and [[MapInfo Corporation|MapInfo]] for more than 20 years. Szulik had also held the titles of [[chief executive officer]] and [[president (corporate title)|president]] of [[Red Hat]], and after over nine years, resigned from these positions on December 20, 2007, citing personal reasons.<ref>[https://www.redhat.com/en/about/blog/a-message-from-matthew/ A message from Matthew] at Red Hat News</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.computerworld.com/article/2538273/update--szulik-resigns-at-red-hat--former-delta-exec-tapped-as-ceo.html|title=Update: Szulik resigns at Red Hat; former Delta exec tapped as CEO|website=Computer World|date=20 December 2007 |access-date=2020-02-29}}</ref>

Szulik is a spokesperson to industry, government, and education leaders on open source computing.{{Citation needed|date=May 2008}}

Szulik is the chairman of the Science and Technology Board for State of [[North Carolina]]'s [[Economic Development Board]]. He is past chairman and an [[executive director]] of the North Carolina Electronics and Information Technologies Association.

Szulik is a graduate of [[Saint Anselm College]] in [[New Hampshire]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB912464699171670000|title=In Industry Where Loyalty Means Little, It Often Pays to Get Around|website=WSJ|date=December 1, 1998|access-date=2020-02-29}}</ref>

In 2002, Szulik was recognized by ''[[CIO (magazine)|CIO]]'' magazine with its 20/20 Vision Award.<ref>[https://www.cio.com/article/2440539/innovation/the-cio-20-20-vision-awards.html The CIO 20 20 Vision Awards]</ref>

Szulik been awarded overall national winner for Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/szulik|title=Ernst & Young Names Red Hat's Matthew Szulik Overall National Winner for Entrepreneur Of The Year 2008 Award {{!}} Red Hat|website=www.redhat.com|access-date=2016-05-27}}</ref>