Aaron Roe Fulkerson is an American information technology businessman and founder of MindTouch, Inc. Fulkerson helped pioneer the open core business model,[citation needed] collaborative networks, and the application of Web Oriented Architecture to enterprise software.

[1] Fulkerson is founder and board member at MindTouch,[2] a supplier of open source and collaborative network software.

Prior to co-founding MindTouch with Steve Bjorg, Aaron was a member of Microsoft’s Advanced Strategies and Policies division, and worked on distributed systems research.

Previously, he owned and operated a successful software and Information Technology consulting firm, Gurion Digital LLP.

Aaron is a contributing blogger and writer for Forbes,[5] GigaOm OSTATIC,[6] TechWeb Internet Evolution,[7] Fortune Magazine, CNNMoney.com,[8] CMSWire[9] and ReadWriteWeb.