Christian PATERSON
A highly respected open source strategy and governance expert with many years international experience working at the intersection of business, marketing and technology.
Before founding Open Up, Christian was head of the Open Source Governance for Orange.
Christian is fluent in English and French.
Founder and president of Open Up
Public positions
2023 - now: OW2 Board, president
2022 - 2023: OW2 Board, vice-president
2019 - 2020: Systematic Hub Open Source, committee member
2018 - 2020: OW2 Board, strategic member
Public projects
2021 - now: Co-creation and run of the OW2 Quick App Initiative
2019 - now: Co-creation and participation to the OW2 Good Governance Initiative
2016 - 2018: Creation and run of the OW2 Open Source Accessibility Initiative (now shuttered)
Editorial contributions
April 2022
contributor: Open Source Good Governance Handbook by the OW2 Good Governance Initiative
co-author: Quick App White Paper
June 2021
July 2019
contributor: Determining the True Openness of Open Source Projects by Ibrahim Haddad