Personal information
open source, linux
United Kingdom
Biography
Dr. Dawn Foster works as the Director of Data Science for the CHAOSS project where she is also a board member and maintainer. She is an OpenUK board member and co-chair of the CNCF Contributor Strategy Technical Advisory Group. She has 20+ years of experience at companies like VMware and Intel with expertise in community building, strategy, open source, governance, metrics, and more. She has spoken at over 100 industry events and has a BS in computer science, an MBA, and a PhD. Her PhD dissertation is "Understanding Collaboration in Fluid Organizations, a Proximity Approach" with the Linux Kernel as the empirical setting. In her spare time she enjoys reading science fiction, running, and traveling.
Activities
Employment (2)
2023-06-01
to
present
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Director of Data Science
Employment
Source:
Dawn Foster
2018-10-18
to
2023-07-01
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Director Open Source Community Strategy
(Open Source Program Office, Office of the CTO)
Employment
Source:
Dawn Foster
Education and qualifications (1)
2015-01-11
to
2018-11-21
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PhD
(Department of Economics and International Business)
Education
Source:
Dawn Foster
Funding (1)
2023-04
to
present
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Grant
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
(New York City, US)
Source:
Dawn Foster
Works (3)
OpenForum Academy Symposium
2024-11-14
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Conference paper
Contributors:
Dawn Foster
Source:
Dawn Foster
OpenForum Academy Symposium
2024-11-13
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Conference paper
Contributors:
Cailean Osborne;
Paul Sharratt;
Dawn Foster;
Mirko Boehm
Source:
Dawn Foster
R&D Management
2024-03
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Journal article
Contributors:
Guido Conaldi;
Riccardo De Vita;
Stefano Ghinoi;
Dawn Marie Foster
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