Markus Rex

Markus Rex serves as Acting Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Novell Open Platform Solutions business unit. He is responsible for the development of all products that comprise Novell open source and open platform technologies, including SUSE Linux Enterprise. Mr. Rex is also a member of the Novell Worldwide Management Committee.

Most recently, Mr. Rex held the position of Chief Technology Officer for the Linux Foundation, where he led all technical initiatives for the Linux Foundation, including oversight of the Linux Standard Base and other workgroups, such as Open Printing. He was also the primary technical interface to Linux Foundation members and the Linux Foundation's Technical Advisory Board, which represents the kernel community. With 10 years of experience in the Linux industry—first with SUSE Linux, then with Novell—Mr. Rex has been heavily involved in nearly all critical areas of Linux development, including engineering, product development, management and marketing, and executive leadership. Before joining SUSE, Mr. Rex worked in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Erlangen and as an IT consultant at Philips Kommunikations Industrie AG in Prague.

Mr. Rex is a graduate of the Harvard Business School General Management Program.