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{{short description|Canadian software developer researcher and entrepreneur}}
{{Distinguish|Dave Thomas (programmer)}}
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'''David A. Thomas,''' sometimes known as '''"Big" Dave Thomas''' is a software developer, researcher and entrepreneur. He was founder and CEO of [[Object Technology International]], which created the products that became [[IBM VisualAge]] and eventually [[Eclipse (software)|Eclipse]].
He has taught and researched at universities in Canada and Australia, and advises R&D teams in [[big data]] and fast data, [[agile software development]], and [[object technology]]. Thomas
== Career ==
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=== Agile, Big Data, Fast Data ===
Thomas has guided several startups in Big Data and Fast Data, including [https://kx.com kx]. His own R&D operation in Ottawa, Bedarra Labs, is now the R&D arm of First Derivatives plc, kx's parent company.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bedarra.com/company_release.html |title=Bedarra Research Labs Company Overview |publisher=Bedarra.com |date= |accessdate=2020-01-30 |archive-date=2017-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510230634/http://www.bedarra.com/company_release.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
=== YOW conferences ===
Thomas was part of the organizing committees for [[OOPSLA]], [[ECOOP]], and the Danish Java and Object Oriented (JAOO) conferences for many years.
In 2008, he brought a conference much like JAOO to Australia. English speakers tended to spell out the acronym, while Danes and Germans pronounced the name "Yow". As the conference became less Java-oriented, the decision was made to remove all doubt and call it simply
There are now Yow conferences and other events every year in several Australian and Asian cities. The business was sold to Skills Matter in 2020, and then in 2022 YOW was acquired by Trifork, the organiser of the GOTO conferences in Europe.<ref>{{cite web |title=Trifork takes over YOW brand |url=https://trifork.com/2022/09/trifork-takes-over-yow-brand/ |website=trifork.com |publisher=Trifork |access-date=2024-01-29}}</ref>
== Awards ==
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