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
Tara Stella Tara is a computer enthusiast with a passion for IT infrastructure and telecommunications. She has been pursuing her love for technology since she was just 7 years old. Currently, Tara is a Distinguished System & Cloud Architect at DeNexus, a San Francisco-based security company. With over 25 years of international experience in IT
Emily Omier 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 about entrepreneurship for engineers for The
Brian Douglas Founder & CEO, Open Sauced Brian Douglas is the founder and CEO of Open Sauced where he works on increasing the knowledge and insights of open-source communities. In the past he’s lead Developer Advocacy at GitHub by fostering a community of early adopters through content creation showcasing the newest Github features. Brian has
