Brian Behlendorf
General Manager
Brian is General Manager of the OpenSSF and has dedicated his career to connecting and empowering the Free Software and Open Source community to solve hard technology problems and have a positive societal impact.
Brian is General Manager of the OpenSSF. He has dedicated his career to connecting and empowering the Free Software and Open Source community to solve hard technology problems and have a positive societal impact. Throughout his career, he has worn many different hats – as a startup company founder, as an advisor to the U.S. government, as a board member at various non-profits and consortia, as a YGL and employee of the World Economic Forum, and as an investor.
David A. Wheeler
Director of Open Source Supply Chain Security
Dr. David A. Wheeler is an expert on developing secure software and on open source software (OSS) development and is the Director of Open Source Supply Chain Security at the Linux Foundation.
Dr. David A. Wheeler is an expert on developing secure software and on open source software (OSS) development. He wrote the book “Secure Programming HOWTO” on how to develop secure software, and his work on countering malicious tools (“Fully Countering Trusting Trust through Diverse Double-Compiling (DDC)”) is widely cited. He is the Director of Open Source Supply Chain Security at the Linux Foundation, and teaches graduate courses in developing secure software at George Mason University (GMU). He is also the lead for the Linux Foundation’s OpenSSF Best Practices badge project. Dr. Wheeler has a PhD in Information Technology, a Master’s in Computer Science, a certificate in Information Security, and a B.S. in Electronics Engineering, all from George Mason University (GMU). He is also a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
Donald Liu
Regional Tech Evangelist, Asia Pacific
Donald Liu is a Regional Tech Evangelist, for OpenSSF in the Asia Pacific region, helping companies and members to take part in the OpenSSF, The Linux Foundation, and the bigger open source community.
Donald Liu is a Regional Tech Evangelist, for OpenSSF in the Asia Pacific region, helping companies and members to take part in the OpenSSF, The Linux Foundation, and the bigger open source community.
Jenn Bonner
Senior Program Manager
Jenn Bonner leads core business operations for OpenSSF, driving communications with internal and external partners and has more than 17 years of experience supporting the growth of technology ecosystems.
Jenn leads core business operations for OpenSSF, driving communications with internal and external partners. Jenn has more than 17 years of experience supporting the growth of technology ecosystems including Open Security & Safety Alliance, Zigbee Alliance, LoRa Alliance, and many more. Jenn holds a Graduate Certificate in Business Management from Indiana University, Kelley School of Business, a BA in Communications from UC Davis, and a Certified Meeting Planner (CMP) ® designation.
Jennifer Bly
Senior Marketing & Communications Manager
Jennifer Bly leads marketing and communications for the OpenSSF by developing and executing strategies that encompass integrated campaigns with an emphasis on marketing, PR, comms, social media engagement, and brand storytelling.
Jennifer Bly leads marketing and communications for the OpenSSF as Senior Marketing and Communications Manager. She develops marketing strategies that encompass integrated campaigns with an emphasis on public relations, communications, social media engagement, content development, brand storytelling and more. Jennifer has a knack for making complex technical issues easy to understand in ways that motivate people to pay attention and take action. Before joining the Linux Foundation she was the External Relations Manager at the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN), where she led the outreach team to increase the organization’s visibility in the internet community and develop strategic relationships that build customer growth and engagement. Jennifer earned her MA in Mass Communication from the University of Florida and Accreditation in Public Relations (APR) from the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA). She is passionate about creating a better internet and enjoys getting the word out about people doing great work in the open source community.
Jonathan Leitschuh
Senior Software Security Researcher
Jonathan Leitschuh is a Senior Software Security Researcher currently working for the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF). He is responsible for thousands of automatically generated pull requests, fixing vulnerabilities across OSS.
Jonathan Leitschuh is a Senior Software Security Researcher currently working for the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF). He is responsible for thousands of automatically generated pull requests, fixing vulnerabilities across OSS. He was the first Dan Kaminsky Fellow and former Software Engineer. Jonathan is best known for his July 2019 bombshell Zoom 0-day vulnerability disclosure. He is amongst the most prolific OSS researchers on GitHub by advisory credit. He’s both a GitHub Star and GitHub Security Ambassador. In 2019 he championed an industry-wide initiative to get all major artifact servers in the JVM ecosystem to formally decommission the support of HTTP in favor of HTTPS only. He has spoken at many conferences from BSides, ShmooCon, Sec-T, & GitHub Universe, to Black Hat, & DEFCON.
Jory Burson
Program Director
Jory is the Program Director for OpenSSF, focusing her time and attention on initiatives that serve and grow the projects, working groups, and their communities; coordinating program management activities across the OpenSSF team.
Jory is the Program Director for OpenSSF, focusing her time and attention on initiatives that serve and grow the projects, working groups, and their communities. Jory coordinates program management activities across the OpenSSF team. She is a veteran open source and standards professional, having served high-profile projects in the JavaScript and web technology ecosystems. Prior to joining OpenSSF, Jory ran open source consulting firms Bocoup and Working Directory.
Julian Gordon
VP Asia Pacific
Julian Gordon is Vice President Asia Pacific for the OpenSSF, developing, supporting and empowering the open source community across the region and helping them connect with the OpenSSF ecosystem globally.
Julian Gordon is Vice President Asia Pacific for the OpenSSF, developing, supporting and empowering the open source community across the region and helping them connect with the OpenSSF ecosystem globally.
Khahil White
Program Manager
Khahil White serves OpenSSF by executing special programs and projects that serve our communities and is especially critical to project events, promotions, and other dev-community facing benefits.
Khahil serves OpenSSF by executing special programs and projects that serve our communities. Khahil is especially critical to project events, promotions, and other dev-community facing benefits. Khahil’s work on events and projects have taken him all over the US and abroad. For more than a decade, he has worked on events of all scales across various industries, from brand-based pop up events, to managing the largest consumer video game event in the US.
Randi Armour
Membership Solutions
Randi leads the membership solutions for OpenSSF, connecting with organizations to share the benefits of formally joining the ecosystem of industry experts working together to secure the OS supply chain.
Randi leads the membership solutions for OpenSSF, connecting with organizations to share the benefits of formally joining the ecosystem of industry experts working together to secure the OS supply chain. She is focused on ensuring long term project health and ability to execute the Mobilization Plan by increasing budget resources through membership, community growth, and awareness of the initiative.
Community and resource building along with collaboration are her passion. She has a MSW with an emphasis on Management and Community Practice from the University of Tennessee, BSW from Belmont University and is a Certified Salesforce Admin. She brings 10 years experience working in fast paced and solutions oriented environments including tech, nonprofit, entertainment and events.
Yang Hin
Director, China at Linux Foundation Asia Pacific
Yang Hin is Director, China at Linux Foundation Asia Pacific
Yang Hin is Director, China at Linux Foundation Asia Pacific
Yesenia Yser
Senior Software Security Engineer
Yesenia is a Senior Software Security Engineer for the Alpha-Omega OpenSSF project. She has dedicated her career to being a servant leader to the software engineer and cybersecurity realm and a cyber big sister.
Yesenia is a Senior Software Security Engineer for the Alpha-Omega OpenSSF project. She has dedicated her career to being a servant leader to the software engineer and cybersecurity realm and a cyber big sister by empowering and building security programs and executing the never-done. She is also a Brazilian jiu jitsu instructor in her free time.