Peter Zaitsev Entrepreneur and co-founder of Percona Peter Zaitsev is an entrepreneur and co-founder of Percona. As one of the leading experts in Open Source strategy and database optimization, Peter has used his technical vision and entrepreneurial skills to grow Percona from a two-person store into one of the most respected open source companies in […]
Dr. Rebecca Rumbul Executive Director & CEO, Rust Foundation Rebecca is the Executive Director and CEO of the Rust Foundation, a global non-profit stewarding the Rust language, supporting maintainers, and ensuring that Rust is safe, secure, and sustainable for the future. She holds a PhD in Politics and Governance, and has worked as a consultant
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David Aronchick CEO, Expanso David is the CEO of Expanso. Previously, he led Compute over Data at Protocol Labs, Open Source Machine Learning Strategy at Azure, product management for Kubernetes on behalf of Google, launched Google Kubernetes Engine, and co-founded the Kubeflow (https://kubeflow.org/) project and the SAME (https://sameproject.ai/) project. He has also worked at Amazon,
Tandy Nicole Tandy Nicole is a passionate advocate for women in tech and EDI, a powerhouse a who is on a mission to change the world. She is currently working as a Software Product Owner at Planet DDS, a leading provider of cloud-based dental software solutions serving practices in North America. Tandy founded Womennetic in
Sian Basker Dama UK committee member and Co-CEO of Data Orchard Sian has spent over 30 years exploring new frontiers in data and digital technology and bringing the benefits to the nonprofit sector. She is a Dama UK committee member and Co-CEO of Data Orchard, an award-winning UK social enterprise focused on helping organisations get
Steven De Costa Co-Steward of CKAN Project and Executive Director of Link Digital. Steven has worked in the internet and multimedia industry since 1997, founding Link Digital in 2001. He has been providing leadership from his extensive experiences in all areas of digital operations, including technical direction, management, governance, and strategy. As the owner and
Lisa Allen Director of Data, UK Pensions Regulator Lisa is the incoming Director of Data for the UK Pensions Regulator. She is a data professional and has led many data teams in the public sector in the UK. She has experience across various data disciplines, including open data, data protection, data transformation, and developing data
Sami Atabani Sami Atabani is an IP and Technology licensing expert with extensive experience in closed and open source licensing. He started his career as CPU design engineer at Arm before transitioning into the IP licensing team at Arm driving technology licensing in Japan, Korea, Taiwan and China in the early two thousands. He was
Rebecca Taylor Rebecca Taylor is a Sociologist of work and organisations at the University of Southampton and co-director of the Work futures Research Centre. Her research interests are in unpaid work, digital labour and public service delivery with a focus on policy and practice. A central strand of this work is on open source labour
Rob Taylor Rob is driven by his passion for empowering individuals to unleash their creativity, believing this will enable new products and business models that we can’t yet imagine. With over 20 years of commercialising Open Source Software, and two previous successful exits (rev £10m), he combines startup leadership experience with deep technical knowledge to
