Biography and contacts

Roberto is a computer industry insider of 20 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, researched the economics of OSS and serves on some advisory boards.

For years Roberto has been consulting to companies from all over the world to design and implement their open source strategies, focusing on commercial and strategic development. Roberto among his customers counted companies like GroundWork, IBM, Microsoft, Novell, Oracle, Poste Italiane, Red Hat, Telecom Italia, Xwiki and Zenoss.

Since September 2011 Roberto works at SourceForge, as its Senior Director of Business Development.

Contacts:

email:      info< at > robertogaloppini.net
skype:      r.galoppini
linkedin:  http://linkedin.com/in/galoppini
twitter:    http://twitter.com/galoppini
www:        http://sosopensource.com

About the Editor

Roberto Galoppini on Open Source Software
Roberto has over 20 years experience in the computer industry, and has spent the last 10 years working in the intersection of open source software and business development. Roberto has taken an active interest in different open source projects and organizations, he also served on some advisory boards, and helped large IT vendors, open source vendors and customers to design and deploy their open source strategies. He works at SourceForge, and opinions expressed here don't necessarily represent employer's positions, strategies, or opinion.