Name: Stories From the Trenches: Effective Collaboration Between OSPOs and R&D Organizations - Georg Kunz & David Östman, Ericsson
Start: 2025-06-24T11:55:00-0600
End: 2025-06-24T12:35:00-0600

June 23 - 25, 2025
Denver, Colorado
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Tuesday June 24, 2025 11:55am - 12:35pm MDT

Bluebird Ballroom 3F

In today's rapidly evolving tech landscape, alignment of open source initiatives and product-focused research & development (R&D) efforts are crucial to achieving strategic business goals. Establishing a dedicated Open Source Program Office (OSPO) plays a critical role in ensuring effective strategy, governance, fostering community engagement, and maximizing the benefits of open source contributions. However, an OSPO must connect these high-level principles with the needs and day-to-day operations of R&D organizations to ensure their effectiveness.

In this presentation, Georg and David will represent the OSPO and R&D at Ericsson. They will share insights into a set of concrete real-world cases and challenges, such as facilitating upstream contributions to the Linux kernel, establishing the Valkey project, and eliminating downstream forks. Based on these examples, they will delve into the intricacies of establishing an effective collaboration between the OSPO and R&D departments, highlighting how to bridge the gap between the needs of product team and the overarching company strategy.

Speakers

Georg Kunz

Open Source Program Manager, Ericsson

Georg is an Open Source advocate and a long-term contributor to a wide range of open source communities and projects, such as OpenStack, LF Networking, and the OpenSSF. He served for multiple terms on the OPNFV and Anuket Technical Steering Committee and currently serves on the Steering... Read More →

David Östman

General Manager Ericsson Software Technology Sweden, Ericsson

David is the General Manager of Ericsson Software Technology (EST) Sweden, leading a dedicated team of engineers developing open source software on projects like Linux, Yocto, and Valkey. With over 25 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, David began his career at... Read More →

Tuesday June 24, 2025 11:55am - 12:35pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 3F

OSPOCon

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Open Source Summit North America 2025

Georg Kunz

David Östman

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