Kris Freedain
Kris Freedain (he/him) is an OpenSearch Ambassador, Senior Community Manager for the OpenSearch Project & OpenSearch Software Foundation technical steering committee, and serves on the OpenSearch Software Foundation Marketing Committee. He has decades of experience in tech, but finds connecting people to be the most fulfilling part of being a community professional. Kris is also a Fediverse admin for the Fosstodon instance and serves as a Fosstodon Foundation Board Member. His hobbies include gardening, garage gym powerlifting, and meditation.
OpenSearch
Session
In this presentation, we will talk through moving a major open source project into a foundation and the benefits of open governance, and a vendor-neutral home has proven through a sustained growth in community contributions.