Georg’s mission is to make open source more professional by using community metrics and analytics. Georg cofounded the CHAOSS Project to advance analytics and metrics for open source project health. Georg is an active contributor to several projects and often presents on open source topics. Georg has an MBA and a Ph.D. in Information Technology. As the Open Source Strategist and Director of Sales at Bitergia, Georg helps organizations and communities adopt metrics and make open source more sustainable.

Presentations

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Building and Supporting Open Source Communities Through Metrics: Reviewing OpenInfra Community Metrics

In this talk, we will explore what metrics are available to look at communities. By leveraging these metrics, participants will gain insights into community health, engagement levels, and the overall effectiveness of support strategies. Join us to discover how data-driven approaches can enhance our efforts in building and sustaining vibrant open-source ecosystems. We will take a look at metrics from the OpenInfra communities and have an open conversation with the audience about what we’re seeing. We will field questions live and dive into the data together.

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Shining Light on the Open Source Supply Chain: The Risk in Community Health

Organizations rely on open-source software to accelerate development and reduce costs. However, the health of the communities behind these projects is often overlooked, posing significant risks to the overall supply chain. This talk introduces a risk model implemented in the open source GrimoireLab tool to analyze open source software dependencies at scale.

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