Shane Miller CEO Sensory Bionics Bio Shane Miller is the CEO and founder of Sensory Bionics. She is a 5x startup founder, including 2 nonprofits. She was also the founding leader of emerging tech organizations inside Amazon Web Services (AWS) and GEICO. Shane has extensive experience advising U.S. policymakers on technology and fundraising, and she […]
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Sarah Novotny Open Source Wonk Klever Co. Bio Sarah Novotny has long been an Open Source champion leading in projects such as Kubernetes, OpenTelemetry, NGINX and MySQL. She has previously led an Open Source Ecosystem team from the Microsoft Azure Office of the CTO, an Open Source Strategy group at Google and represented both Microsoft
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Ron Efroni Rotman CEO & Co-Founder Flox & NixOS Bio Ron is the CEO and co-founder at Flox and President at the NixOS Foundation, bringing Nix to the world. Ron’s journey began as a software engineer and later leading the development of large-scale field-operated products. A repeat founder, Ron dove into the world of developer
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Rohit Ghumare Creator @ CreateMVP | Head of DevRel @ motia.dev Motia.dev Bio Rohit Ghumare is a recognized Open Source champion, serving as a CNCF Ambassador (Marketing Chair 2025), Google Developer Expert Cloud/AI and Docker Captain. He is a passionate AI & DevOps Advocate and true Community Evangelist, leading multiple communities and fostering AI, DevOps,
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Robin Ginn Executive Director OpenJS Foundation Bio Robin Bender Ginn is the Executive Director of the OpenJS Foundation. Hosted by the Linux Foundation, OpenJS is the neutral home to grow and sustain the JavaScript and web ecosystem with 30 projects including Node.js, deck.gl, Electron, Express, Jest, jQuery, and webpack. Previously, Robin was at the forefront
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Peter Farkas CEO Percona Bio Peter Farkas is the CEO of Percona and CEO and co-founder of FerretDB, an open-source MongoDB alternative launched in 2021. With over 15 years in open-source database leadership, he previously held senior roles at Percona and Cloudera, specializing in distributed teams and service monetization 1310. His career began at age
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Natalie Vlatko Open Source Lead Architect CISCO Bio Natali Vlatko (she/her) is an Open Source Architect and OSPO Lead at Cisco, specializing in open software, policy, and governance. She is a SIG Docs Co-Chair for Kubernetes and a member of the TODO Group Steering Committee. She plays on the fun computer in her spare time.
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Michael Schwartz Founder / CEO Gluu, Inc. Bio Mike is the Founder of Gluu, a cybersecurity infrastructure software vendor. He is the founder and BD of the Janssen Project, a self-funded Linux Foundation project to provide a home for open source identity and access management infrastructure. He hosts the “Identerati Office Hours” Livestream twice a
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Marko Bevc Principal Solutions Engineer, Kosli Bio Marko is a Principal Solutions Engineer at Kosli, based in the UK. He has worked in the IT industry for more than two decades and engaged with many different technologies. He currently leads innovation, strategic projects, steers company’s technical direction and helps customers to build and scale their
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Louisa Seers Product Manager / Galasa Chairperson IBM and Open Mainframe Project Bio Louisa’s an experienced professional within IBM with 10 years’ spanning diverse roles across consulting, software development and acquisitions. In addition, Louisa has just finished a Degree Apprenticeship to support her role in business leadership. Louisa is the chairperson of the open-source project
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