Recognition awards history
Please find below the full list of the Ecma recognition award recipients with the description of the role of each awarded individual and the award date.
Ecma recognition award
The Ecma recognition award recognizes individuals for their dedication and support of Ecma.
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For contributions as
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Taku Hoshizawa
Ecma TC31 chair and editor of ECMA-119, ECMA-413 and ECMA TR/111 from Hitachi
2023
Myles Borins
Ecma Vice-President, member of the ExeCom and TC39 co-chair from Microsoft/GitHub
2023
Shane F. Carr
Ecma TC39-TG2 convenor and major contributor from Google
2023
Mark Miller
Major contributor to Ecma TC39 & TC53 from Agoric Systems
2023
Olaf Wilke
Major contributor to Ecma TC38 from Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM)
2023
Rex Jaeschke
Ecma TC45 & TC46 chair and editor of ECMA-376 from Microsoft
2022
Isabelle Valet-Harper
Ecma President and member of the ExeCom from Microsoft
2022
Koji Fusa
Ecma member of the ExeCom from GVE Ltd.
2022
Joel Marcey
Ecma Vice-President and TC49 chair from Meta
2022
Aki Rose Braun
Ecma TC39 co-chair from PayPal
2021
André Bargull
Ecma TC39 major contributor from Mozilla
2021
Carol Eidt
Ecma TC49 chair from Microsoft
2021
Jordan Harband
Ecma TC39 editor of ECMA-262 from Coinbase
2021
Toyoshige Nohnishi
Ecma TC46 vice-chair from Konica Minolta
2021
Robert Hellweg
Ecma TC26 secretary from Hellweg Acoustics
2020
Shouichi Nakano
Ecma TC38-TG1 convenor from Konica Minolta
2020
Charles Oppenheimer
Ecma TC26 chair (formerly from HP)
2020
Caroline Arms
Active participant to the development of ECMA‑376 from the US Library of Congress
2020
Leonardo Balter
Ecma TC39 editor of ECMA-402 from Salesforce.com
2020
Yulia Startsev
Ecma TC39 co-chair from Mozilla Foundation
2019
Masakazu Ito
Ecma TC51 editor from Hitachi
2019
Yoshinobu Mitsuhashi
Major contributor to Ecma TC31 from the Archive Disc Test Center
2019
Jory Burson
Major contributor to Ecma TC39 from Bocoup
2019
Daniel Ehrenberg
Ecma TC39 vice-chair from Igalia
2019
Rex Jaeschke
Ecma TC39 chair from Ecma International
2018
Reinhard Meindl
Ecma TC47 chair from NXP and long-term contributor to Ecma
2018
Anders Sandholm
Ecma TC52 chair from Google
2018
Kei Yamashita
Ecma President and TC31 & TC51 chair from Hitachi
2017
Michael Heckmann
Ecma TC20 editor from HPE
2017
Caridy Patiño
Ecma TC39 editor from Salesforce.com
2017
Gilad Bracha
Ecma TC52 editor from Google
2016
Jean-Luc Detrez
Ecma TC20 chair from Intel
2016
Hans Wendschlag
Ecma TC38-TG3 vice-convenor from HP
2016
Osamu Namikawa
Ecma TC38 chair from Hitachi
2016
Brian Terlson
Ecma TC39 editor from Microsoft
2016
Rick Waldron
Ecma TC39 editor from jQuery
2016
Onno Elzinga
Ecma Chief Technical Officer
2015
Reinhard Meindl
Ecma TC47 editor from NXP and international project editor of NFC in JTC 1/SC 06
2015
Christer Persson
Ecma TC38-TG3 convenor from Canon and leader of The Eco Declaration (TED) editions
2015
Allen Wirfs-Brock
Ecma TC39 editor from jQuery
2015
Hu Yanan
Ecma TC47 editor from China IWNCOMM
2015
Karl Brooks
Ecma Co-ordinating Committee member
2014
Brendan Eich
Ecma TC39 editor from the Mozilla Foundation
2014
Dr Waldemar Horwat
Ecma TC39 editor from Google
2014
Dave McAllister
Ecma Treasurer and Co-ordinating Committee member
2014
Josée Auber
Ecma President (2011-2012)
2013
Gabriel Barta
Ecma liaison officer from the International Electrotechnical Commission
2013
Jeff Dyer
Ecma TC39 editor from Adobe
2013
Dave Fugate
Ecma TC39 editor from Microsoft
2013
Rainer Gehrmann
Ecma TC20 expert from HP
2013
Prof. Mitsuru Irie
Ecma TC31 editor from the Osaka Sangyo University
2013
Akira Ishii
Ecma TC12 expert from Ricoh
2013
Pratap Lakshman
Ecma TC39 expert from Microsoft
2013
Anne Lehouck
Ecma liaison officer from the European Commission
2013
Norbert Lindenberg
Ecma TC39 editor from the Mozilla Foundation
2013
John Neumann
Ecma TC31 chair and Ecma President (2007-2008)
2013
Rich Nute
Ecma TC12 expert from IEEE
2013
Koichi Sato
Ecma TC12 expert from IBM
2013
Prof. Toshihiro Sugaya
Major contributor to Ecma TC31 from University of Electro-Communications
2013
Harald Theis
Ecma President (2005-2006)
2013
Isabelle Valet-Harper
Ecma Co-ordinating Committee Chair (2009-2010)
2013
Dr Paul Weijenbergh
Ecma TC31 chair from Philips
2013
Allen Wirfs-Brock
Ecma TC39 editor from the Mozilla Foundation
2013
Kei Yamashita
Ecma TC51 chair from Hitachi
2013
Dr Eric Baugh
Ecma TC26 chair and editor from Intel
2013
Ikuo Kimizuka
Ecma TC26 vice-chair and editor from IBM
2013
Dr Matthew Nobile
Ecma TC26 editor from IBM
2013
Dr Egons Dunens
Ecma TC26 chair from Compaq/HP
2012