Mike Milinkovich is the current Executive Director of the Eclipse Foundation . Since April 1, 2012, he serves on the board of the Open Source Initiative . He is a former Vice President for Oracle as well as WebGain. In the past, he served as the Strategy Manager for IBM's Visual Age IDE . Visual Age is the ancestor of Eclipse. Milinkovich is known for advocating OSGi as a solution for modularity in the Java programming language . Milinkovich is a highly recognized figure in the Java community and is a nominee for Top Java Ambassador . He is also known for advocacy against software patents .