rgardler

I'm an open innovation guy. I cut my teeth in the music industry where I learned that quality music is the product of being able to (literally) play to one anothers strengths and understanding the audiences needs. After eight years on the road I retrained in computers and became a researcher and educator, focussing on the innovative practices found in the open source software communities where quality is the product of open collaboration between all.

Today I'm vice president of community developmet at The Apache Software Foundation, home of over 100 world leading open source software products. I'm also manager of OSS Watch, an open source advisory service to the UK higher and Further Education sector. I'm also chair of http://transfersummit.com, a conference on open innovation.