Tobie Langel

Tobie Langel

Tobie Langel is the founder of UnlockOpen, a boutique consulting firm that helps large organizations build a strong open source culture and leverage it to recruit, retain, and foster top software engineering talent, improve team efficiency, and boost innovation.

His clients include companies such as Google, Microsoft, Intel, Mozilla, or Airtable.

Tobie is the facilitator of AMP’s Advisory Committee, a voting member of the OpenJS Foundation Cross Project Council, and sits on the Advisory Council of OASIS Open Projects.

Previously, he was a member of Facebook’s Open Source and Web Standards team, and was Facebook’s Advisory Committee representative at W3C.

Tobie Langel is known for having co-maintained the Prototype JavaScript Framework. He also edited a number of Web standards, including WebIDL, and led W3C’s Web platform testing effort.

Twitter: @tobie

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/tobielangel

Website: unlockopen.com

Pronouns: he/him

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Sustainability and security: it’s time to connect the dots Upstream June 2022
From Open Governance to Collective Ownership Open edX Conference April 2022
Does open source need its own Priority of Constituencies? FOSS Backstage March 2022
Does open source need its own Priority of Constituencies? SeaGL November 2021
Open source contribution policies that don’t suck All Things Open October 2021
Open source contribution policies that don’t suck OSPOCon September 2021
Open source contribution policies that empower, not stifle Practical Open Source Information September 2021
Towards a sustainable solution to open source sustainability EuroPython July 2021
From laggard to open source powerhouse OW2Con June 2021
What is Open Source? OpenJS World June 2021
Towards a sustainable solution to open source sustainability FOSSASIA Summit 2021 March 2021
Towards a sustainable solution to open source sustainability FOSS Backstage February 2021
Does open source need its own Priority of Constituencies? FOSDEM21 February 2021
Making the business case for contributing to open source KubeCon + CloudNativeCon November 2020
Making the business case for contributing to open source SFScon November 2020
Recruit, retain, foster Online CTO Summit: Onboarding and retention October 2020
A Home for your open source project Open Source Summit Europe October 2020
Towards a sustainable solution to open source sustainability DINAcon October 2020
Making the business case for contributing to open source Open Infrastructure Summit October 2020
Making the business case for contributing to open source AnsibleFest October 2020
Y a-t-il de la place pour l’éthique dans l’open source ? Paris Web October 2020
Does open source need its own Priority of Constituencies? State of the Source Summit September 2020
Towards a sustainable solution to open source sustainability OpenJS World June 2020
Why contribute to open source? Open Source 101 May 2020
Open Source Contribution Policies That Don’t Suck OpenChain Webinar May 2020
Why contribute to open source? All Things Open RTP Meetup April 2020
From laggard to open source power house OpenExpo Europe April 2020
Open Source Contribution Policies That Don’t Suck FINOS Open Source Readiness March 2020
Bringing ethics back to open source FOSDEM February 2020
Build and leverage your open source culture to recruit, retain, and foster top talent FINOS Open Source Readiness January 2020
From laggard to open source power house—a transformative journey to successfully build a strong open source culture Open Source Strategy Forum November 2019
Making the Business Case for Contributing to Open Source All Things Open 2019 October 2019
Governance Update & Next Steps AMP Contributor Summit October 2019
Making the Business Case for Contributing to Open Source OpenExpo Europe June 2019
Making the Business Case for Contributing to Open Source OW2con’19 June 2019
Making the Business Case for Contributing to Open Source InnerSource Commons Spring Summit 2019 April 2019
Towards a sustainable solution to open source sustainability GenevaWeb February 2019
Towards a sustainable solution to open source sustainability FOSDEM February 2019
Making the Business Case for Contributing to Open Source Open Source Strategy Forum November 2018
What Value do Open Source Management Consultants Add? Open Source Strategy Forum November 2018
Open Source Contribution Policies That Don't Suck Open Source Summit Europe October 2018
SDOs as de facto do-ocracies — how standards are really made Decision-making in standard developing organisations for the internet April 2017

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