About

Roberto is a computer industry insider of 18+ years standing. Up until 1994 Roberto had never heard of Linux, until he chanced to lead a group of geeks in starting up a mobile ISP with just a bunch of old PCs. Since then Roberto has worked in such hands-on roles as programmer and systems analyst, eventually founding an open source firm in 2001, and an open source consortium in 2004.

Roberto has taken an active interest in several free/open source software organizations, and since 2003 has researched the economics of OSS . He currently serves on the Advisory Board of SourceForge and acts as the Institutional Relationship Manager for the OpenOffice.org Italian Association.

Roberto consults to companies and organizations from all over the world to design and implement their open source strategies, focusing on commercial and strategic development. Roberto among his customers counts IBM, Microsoft, Novell and Poste Italiane.

Contacts:

email:       roberto.galoppini < at > gmail.com
skype:      r.galoppini
linkedin:   http://linkedin.com/galoppini
twitter:    http://twitter.com/galoppini

About the Editor

Roberto Galoppini on Open Source Software
Roberto Galoppini is a specialist in Commercial Open Source Software, consulting to companies, vendors and public administrations.

Roberto organizes also roundtables, participates in panels and gives presentations and keynotes on the following topics: open source, innovation, cloud computing and open standards.