Census III of Free and Open Source Software: Application Libraries

Speakers

Frank Nagle, Assistant Professor, Harvard Business School

Frank Nagle is an assistant professor in the Strategy Unit at Harvard Business School. Professor Nagle studies how competitors can collaborate on the creation of core technologies, while still competing on the products and services built on top of them - especially in the context of artificial intelligence. His research falls into the broader categories of the future of work, the economics of IT, and digital transformation and considers how technology is weakening firm boundaries. His work frequently explores the domains of crowdsourcing, free digital goods, cybersecurity, and generating strategic predictions from unstructured big data. Professor Nagle’s work has been published or is forthcoming in numerous academic journals as well as in practitioner-oriented publications. He has won awards and grants from AOM, NBER, SMS, INFORMS, EURAM, the Sloan Foundation, and the Linux Foundation. Professor Nagle serves on the advisory board at Nexleaf Analytics and Alphamatician and advises other big data analytics startups. He currently advises the OECD Working Party on Innovation and Technology Policy and is on the European Commission/ Open Forum Europe Board of Experts for the Impact of Open Source on Technological Independence, Competitiveness, and Innovation in Europe. He has consulted for The World Bank, the U.S. Treasury Department, the Social Security Administration, and various companies in the technology, defense, and energy sectors. He is currently a Term Member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Frank earned his DBA in Technology and Operations Management from Harvard Business School. He also earned a BS and MS in Computer Science from Georgetown University and an MS in International Business Economics from City University, London.

Richie Zitomer, Predoctoral Fellow, Harvard Business School

Richie is a Predoctoral Fellow at Harvard Business School working with the Strategy Unit. Before joining HBS he was a data scientist, most recently at Reddit and Coursera. He received a Master of Data Science from the University of British Columbia and a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, Politics & Economics from the University of Pennsylvania.

Kate Powell, Program Manager, Laboratory for Innovation Science at Harvard

Kate is the program manager for the Lab for Innovation Science at Harvard, part of the Digital Data Design Institute. She works closely with staff, faculty, and postdoctoral fellows to manage various projects and administrative processes. Before joining LISH, she was a Research Coordinator at Tufts University's Center for Applied Brain and Cognitive Science where she worked with scientists from the U.S. Army's Combat Capabilities Development Command to test the effects of stress on active duty soldiers . She graduated from Harvard Graduate School of Education with an Ed.M. in Human Development and Psychology.

Hilary Carter, SVP of Research and Communications, The Linux Foundation

Hilary Carter is a writer, researcher, and team leader, producing engaging, decision-useful insights that broaden the understanding of open source and emerging technologies and their impact on business, government, and society. She has contributed to books and numerous research reports and speaks publicly on the subjects of innovation, leadership, women in technology, and digital transformation. Hilary is a management graduate of the London School of Economics.

David Wheeler, Director of Open Source Supply Chain Security, The Linux Foundation

Dr. David A. Wheeler is an expert on open source software (OSS) and on developing secure software. His works on developing secure software include the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) Secure Software Development (LFD121) course. He is the Director of Open Source Supply Chain Security at the Linux Foundation and teaches a graduate course in developing secure software at George Mason University (GMU). Dr. Wheeler has a PhD in Information Technology, a Master's in Computer Science, a certificate in Information Security, a certificate in Software Engineering, and a B.S. in Electronics Engineering, all from George Mason University (GMU). He is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). He lives in Northern Virginia.