As an Open Source veteran who've been working on secure container technology (Kata Containers), the speaker has been crafting Open Source governance and strategies for projects for years.
The team joined Ant Group 5 years ago and was continuously focusing on Cloud Native and Trust technologies.
In 2023, the speaker was appointed to assume the role of Vice President of Open Source Technical Oversight Committee for Ant Group.The TOC job requires setting up open source strategy and growth tactics, but now for a company with 25K employees and 13K engineers.
It turned out that the experience leading a top level project was immensely valuable for the new position. In this session, we'll share first hand experiences for a tech leader to wear multiple hats of tech director, open source leader, and the go-to person for OSS strategies for a large corporation, and the learnings / reflections coming from the new challenges.