Richard Sikang Bian Head of Open Source, Ant Group Bio Richard led Ant Group Open Source initiative from day 1 and developed the initiative from a single person effort to a cross-functional OSPO team covering governance, strategy, developer experience, product development, growth and internationalization efforts. The team collaborates closely with 20+ internal open source projects […]
2025 – Richard Sikang Bian Read More »
Martin Hickey IBM, Senior Technical Staff Member Bio Martin Hickey is an IBM Senior Technical Staff Member and an open source strategic leader who drives the development of open source software leveraged by IBM. Currently, Martin is primarily focused on developing AI and cloud applications. He has been contributing to various Open Source projects, most
2025 – Martin Hickey Read More »
Paul Graham Oracle , Technical Consuling Manager Bio Paul has 30 years of experience in Telecommunications, having been part of the start-up eServGlobal. He was in the monetizaion division when it was acquired by Oracle in 2010 – leading to the development of the Oracle NCC product. He is currently a Technical Consulting Manager in
Magdalena Rzaca Senior GDPR & IPR Legal Advisor, GEANT Association Bio Magdalena Rzaca- a passionate Data Protection & Intellectual Property, Security professional with more than 15 years of experience in privacy (CIPP/E, CIPM, FIP), speaking English, Spanish, Polish, Italian and French. Currently working as Senior GDPR & IPR Legal Advisor at GÉANT Association, where she
2025 – Magdalena Rzaca Read More »
Brian Osborn CEO and Publisher, Linux New Media Bio Brian is CEO and Publisher at Linux New Media, a leader in Linux, Open Source, and technical IT content. Linux New Media’s global brands include Open Source JobHub, Linux Magazine, ADMIN Network & Security, and FOSSlife. Brian has been involved with Open Source and related media
2025 – Brian Osborn Read More »
Rohit Ghumare Founder @ DevRelAsService, Principal Product Evangelist @ Taikun, Bio I am a passionate DevOps Advocate and a dedicated Community Evangelist. I lead and nurture multiple communities across diverse platforms, fostering DevOps and Developer Relations awareness. My commitment to the open-source ecosystem is demonstrated through delivering presentations, crafting documentation and blogs, and contributing code.
2025 – Rohit Ghumare Read More »
Ed Shee CTO, Ignitus Bio Ed has over a decade of experience working at the intersection of Cloud Computing and Machine Learning. Ed has worked at both large enterprises and high growth startups and is now co-founder of an AI EdTech company that helps people to build fulfilling careers and love what they do. As
Aarushi Kansal AutoGPT, AI Engineer Bio Aarushi is a passionate and seasoned AI engineer, currently working at AutoGPT – one of the most popular projects on GitHub aiming to democratize AI. She is the author of Building AI powered apps: A hands on guide for developers. She is passionate about diversity in tech. aarushi.kansal@agpt.com
2025 – Aarushi Kansal Read More »
Emily Omier Positioning Consultant, Emily Omier Consulting Bio Emily is a consultant who helps open source startups accelerate revenue growth with killer positioning. She works with companies to manage the tension between project and product, ensure the project is contributing to business outcomes and get alignment between engineering, product, sales and marketing. She also writes
2025 – Emily Omier Read More »
Dawn Foster Director of Data Science, CHAOSS Project Bio Dawn is Director of Open Source Community Strategy within VMware’s OSPO. She is a Governing Board member / maintainer for CHAOSS, co-chair of the CNCF Contributor Strategy TAG, and OpenUK board member. She has 20+ years of experience at companies like Intel and Puppet with expertise
2025 – Dawn Foster Read More »
