Yes, I am leaving Zend. I felt that it was time for me to move on. It's been a great place to work. I learned new skills there, met wonderful people, and did some things that I'm very proud of. I wish everyone there the best, especially the professional services team that I am leaving.

As this leaves a hole to fill at Zend, they're already actively looking for others to come work there (see this post from John Coggeshall for more information on that).

As Andi Gutmans sent to the Framework's mailing list:

The rest of the Zend Framework team (Darby, Gavin and others) will continue to move forward and review proposals, and will also soon publish a plan for 1.0 for the community to review and provide feedback on, and find owners for pieces for which we'd be seeking community contributions.

There's been some very good progress in the past few days on finalizing and accepting proposals and some new contributions coming in. We will make sure to ramp up as the roadmap gets clarified so that we're all working towards the same goal!

Our condolences go out to Jayson and best wishes on a speedy recovery time. It's good to hear that the team he's headed up will be able to carry on with the work he's set forth.

If you'd like to leave a note - appreciation, well-wishes, etc - for Jayson on this posting, those comments will be passed along as soon as possible.