Moderator info

Brian Proffitt
Vice President
The Apache Software Foundation
Brian is Vice President of Marketing and Publicity at The Apache Software Foundation. Brian is also Senior Manager, Community Outreach within Red Hat's Open Source Program Office, focusing on enablement, community metrics and foundation and trade organization relationships. Brian's experience with community management includes knowledge of community onboarding, community health and business alignment. Prior to joining Red Hat in 2013, he was a technology journalist with a focus on Linux and open source, and the author of 22 consumer technology books.