Summary: For the 75th episode we wanted to do something special to mark the occasion so for this very special episode we are very happy to have Brad Pedersen, Chief Architect and Senior Fellow at Citrix on the show to discuss the past 20 years! Brad is also one the first Citrix employees and one of the guys who came from IBM with Citrix's Founder, Ed Iacobucci. That being said, it only made sense to have Brad take us down memory lane and chat about the early days at Citrix, the Citrix IPO, the early dealing with Microsoft, and to basically tell us his story which is more or less the store of Citrix from birth to today. (as much of it as we could fit in to an hour and fifteen minute podcast ;) Brad was also very kind to share the very interesting and downright funny story about the "Ritual of the Monkey" that the Citrix engineering team celebrates before every product launch. I won't tell you more but I will say, they have "backup monkeys"... This one you just have to hear for yourself. Brad was also very nice to share a picture of the Citrix Monkey with us all! I hope you will enjoy this episode as much as I did as for a long time "Citrix guy" it was a true honor to talk with Brad! Oh, did I mention Brad is guy that basically wrote ICA? He is the guy that holds most of the Citrix patents and the key ones around ICA. WOW! Enjoy the episode and thanks for listening to the first 75! About Brad Pedersen Brad Pedersen is Chief Architect and Senior Fellow at Citrix, a position he has held since 1993. Brad joined Citrix in 1989 as a senior software engineer, and was an original member of the company’s software design and development team. In fact, Brad was employee number 7 at Citrix! He holds eighteen issued patents, including several on the design of the Citrix Independent Computing Architecture (ICA) protocol. As Chief Architect, Brad is responsible for overseeing the architecture and design of all Citrix technology, including ICA, XenApp and XenDesktop. Brad has over 29 years’ experience in software development. Before joining Citrix, he was senior architect at IBM, and prior to that, he worked for Harris Computer Systems as a senior engineer. Brad earned his Bachelor of Computer Science degree at the University of Minnesota in 1982. And when he’s not hard at work, Brad loves photography, biking and running.
