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Chris Montgomery

b. 1972

American software developer

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About Chris Montgomery

Born 1972. Chris Montgomery is an American software developer and engineer.

Christopher "Monty" Montgomery (born June 6, 1972 ) is an American programmer and engineer. He is the original creator of the Ogg Free Software container format and the Vorbis audio codec and others, and the founder of The Xiph.Org Foundation, which promotes public domain multimedia codecs. He uses xiphmont as an online pseudonym.

He holds a B.S. in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a M.Eng. degree in computer engineering from the Tokyo Institute of Technology.

A multimedia programmer, free software advocate and musician, Monty resides in the Boston area. He previously worked for Red Hat on improving the quality of the Ogg Theora format and decoders. In October 2013, he announced his almost immediate switch to Mozilla. Work on Daala will be an important part of his work there.

Montgomery was the evening keynote at the Ohio LinuxFest in September 2010.

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Important facts

Born
6 June 1972
Birth century
20th century
Occupation
Software developer, engineer
Nationality
United States
Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Edinburgh
Employers
Red Hat

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Chris Montgomery?

American software developer

When was Chris Montgomery born?

Chris Montgomery was born on 6 June 1972.

What is Chris Montgomery's occupation?

Chris Montgomery is a software developer and engineer.

What nationality is Chris Montgomery?

Chris Montgomery is American.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Chris Montgomery

· Wikidata: Q1086856

· DBpedia: Chris Montgomery

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