David Boswell
Berkeley, United States
Senior Director of Community Architecture at The Linux Foundation | Senior Director of Community Architecture at The Linux Foundation
Summary
I believe in the power of community and am passionate about enabling people around the world to contribute to a cause that matters to them. I am an expert in helping organizations design for participation so that they can work effectively with enthusiastic supporters, contributors and volunteers to advance their mission. If you are looking for help getting a new community effort started or scaling up an existing effort, please get in touch.
The Linux Foundation
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Senior Director of Community Architecture
1 Oct 2021 - Present
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Director of Ecosystem
1 Jan 2018 - 31 Oct 2021
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Analyzed metrics to assess community growth and health and developed strategy to address any concerns identified in the data. Doubled number of Hyperledger meetup groups, grew number of meetup members to over 75,000 people and increased the number of events being organized. Provided resources and guidance to community members running projects, labs and groups to support their efforts. Collaborated with other staff to remove barriers to contribution from our community infrastructure and optimize the available contribution pathways. Used all of Hyperledger's channels (including social media, lists, websites and newsletters) to promote the activities and accomplishments of community members.
Director of Community
Open Networking Foundation (ONF)
1 Oct 2015 - 31 Jan 2018
2yrs 3mos
Menlo Park, CA
Scaled up the open source ONOS community and doubled the number of active member organizations. Helped launch and rapidly grow the community around the new CORD project. Created a strategy for how to rally and align community members around organizational goals through both online methods and through community events. Introduced numerous best practices and systems to help the ONF be able to leverage the increasing number of active community members. Managed the projects' web sites and used online channels to engage with community. The job was originally with the Open Networking Laboratory and that organization merged with the Open Networking Foundation in 2017.
Community Consultant
UI LABS
1 Aug 2015 - 30 Sept 2015
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Created a community strategy for the Digital Manufacturing Commons (DMC) open source project. This included analyzing possible contribution opportunities, creating a framework for measuring community health, evaluating missing gaps in community infrastructure, auditing open source business models and helping run a community workshop.
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