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Ross Turk
Director of Community, SourceForge, Inc.

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Ross Turk has been with the OSTG family since 2000, and has served in multiple capacities during his tenure. Most recently, as the Engineering Manager for SourceForge.net, he spearheaded efforts to improve to the world’s largest destination for open source, including the new Software Map and Search and major navigation and aesthetic overhauls. In his current role, Ross is responsible for communicating with the SourceForge.net community and responding to their needs. During his twelve-year career, he has focused on assessing and optimizing the business and engineering processes of a wide variety of engineering organizations, always with a passion for Open Source methodologies.

Sessions

10:45am Thursday, 07/24/2008

The Evolution of Community

Administration, Emerging Topics, Linux, Programming
Location: Portland 255

Joe Brockmeier (Citrix), Ross Turk (SourceForge, Inc.), Jono Bacon (Canonical Ltd), John Mark Walker (Gluster), Jeremy Hogan (Hyperic, Inc.) Moderated by: Joe Brockmeier

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Over the past ten years nothing has impacted business more than community. Whether through the openness of software development spurred by Linux or the dismantling of media empires through blogging, the rise of communities has been the driving force in how we work and live today. For open source developers, what has to happen to maintain and grow the communities they've built? Read more.