Theo Wittering
Portfolio Manager Ordina
Abstract of the presentation
Title: An Open Source development architecture
Successful Open Source communities have a management style that is orthogonal to that of a business driven organisation. Namely it is not marketing or financially driven but is driven by a social cohesion of worldwide talent and pride. It is driven by the individual. It is not possible to impact this management style with sponsorship or other more traditional business management concepts. The best way to embrace the community is to exist as part of the community. Ordina earns trust and involvement from these individuals simply because they understand the community dynamics. Theo Wittering Porttfolio Manager at Ordina will explain Ordina’s extention of the traditional Make or Buy paradigm. That is to Make, Buy or Open Source. In this way Ordina are assured of selecting ‘best of breed’ tools and components that are best suited for the job in hand. Further Theo will describe how portfolio and lifecycle management of Open Source products can be used to ‘ manage the value of Open Source’.
Bio:
Theo graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts as a Visual Artist. As a free-lancer Theo has developed wide-ranging experience in people and business development and has been an inspiration to the many companies and bureau’s he has been involved with. During the evolution of the internet in the mid nineties Theo sculpted his management skills by combining his creative talents in the area multi-media with internet technologies. Since then Theo has been instrumental in the management of many complex IT projects in the areas of media, telecom and finance. His energy, creativity and fresh thinking encourage and motivate his peers at all levels of an organisation.
Events: Architecture Compliance