Maciej Stachowiak

Maciej Stachowiak
Maciej Stachowiak in Boston, 2009
Maciej Stachowiak in Boston, 2009
Born (1976-06-06) June 6, 1976 (age 48)
NationalityPolish
CitizenshipAmerican
EducationMIT Course 6 - Electrical Engineering and Computer Science S.B. and M.Eng. Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
OccupationEngineer
Parent(s)Grzegorz and Anna Stachowiak
Engineering career
DisciplineHTML Standards
Employer(s)Apple Inc.
ProjectsNautilus, GNOME, Safari / WebKit
Significant designHTML 5, Webkit

Maciej Stachowiak (/ˈmæ stəˈhvi.æk/ ; born June 6, 1976) is a Polish American software developer currently employed by Apple Inc., where he is a leader of the development team responsible for the WebKit Framework. A longtime proponent of open source software, Stachowiak was involved with the SCWM, GNOME and Nautilus projects for Linux before joining Apple. He is actively involved the development of web standards, served as a co-chair of the World Wide Web Consortium's HTML 5 working group and was a member of the Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group steering committee.