Experience

FOSSASIA

• Singapore
• Information Technology & Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder

  • Jun 2009 - Present

  Founded FOSSASIA in 2009, one of the largest FOSS community in Asia, supporting open tech movement around the the world. Established regional developer meetup groups in Singapore, Vietnam, India, China and UAE. Designed and managed coding programs for education and outreachy, help 1,000+ young developers become Open Source contributors every year. Bootstrapped open hardware project PSlab.io to a production-ready stage. Chair the annual FOSSASIA Summit, an offline exchange platform where… Show more Founded FOSSASIA in 2009, one of the largest FOSS community in Asia, supporting open tech movement around the the world. Established regional developer meetup groups in Singapore, Vietnam, India, China and UAE. Designed and managed coding programs for education and outreachy, help 1,000+ young developers become Open Source contributors every year. Bootstrapped open hardware project PSlab.io to a production-ready stage. Chair the annual FOSSASIA Summit, an offline exchange platform where Open Source projects around the world get together to share and collaborate, build a bridge between East and West. Advise organizations on community building, developer engagement and adopting Open Source best practices internally. Clients and partners have included Daimler AG, Google, Microsoft, UNESCO and others. Show less



Zalando

• Germany
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Principal Product Manager

  • Jul 2023 - Present

  Berlin, Germany Driving developer products in Site Reliability Engineering, responsible for observability tools, focusing on operational excellence and enhancing the reliability of mission-critical systems.

• Senior Product Manager

  • Sep 2021 - Jul 2023

  Rolled out internal tools to measure software delivery performance and improve developer productivity

• Inner Source Manager

  • Aug 2018 - Sep 2021

  Berlin Area, Germany Support engineering teams across departments at Zalando to scale open culture and promote best practices of Open Source development. Develop tooling, documentation and training around Open Source adoption and releases. Work with compliance and legal to optimize tech governance and policy.



OSB Alliance (Open Source Business Alliance - Bundesverband für digitale Souveränität e.V.)

• Germany
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Board Member

  • Nov 2020 - Present

  The Open Source Business Alliance established in 2011 is a German non-profit that operates Europe's biggest network of companies and organizations developing, building and using open source software.



Open Source Committee, IEEE SA OPEN

• Board Member

  • Feb 2021 - Present

  OSCom is a committee authorized by the IEEE Standards Association (IEEE SA) Board of Governors (BOG) to provide guidance, oversight, and life-cycle management support for IEEE Open Source Projects, including IEEE Open Source Projects incorporated into IEEE standards.



OPNTEC GmbH

• Germany
• IT Services and IT Consulting

• Advisor

  • Aug 2018 - Present

  Provide advise to companies on open source strategies, release process, open source onboarding training and community engagement.

• Senior Consultant

  • Apr 2018 - Jul 2018

  Berlin Area, Germany * Leading a team of consultants advising Open Source and InnerSource digital transformation strategies * Conducting developer research and implementing agile software development processes



Open Source Initiative (OSI)

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Board Member

  • Mar 2019 - May 2022



MBM International

• Vietnam
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Project Manager at MBM

  • Jul 2012 - Mar 2015

  Vietnam * Managing a scrum team of 20 software engineers (Android, Java, Web) to deliver Post Solutions * Recruiting software engineers (backend / frontend) * Creating a collaborative working environment for developers * Improving retention rate by introducing peer-to-peer performance appraisal and individual development plan



Hotel Xoai

• Vietnam
• Hospitality
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Partner

  • Mar 2012 - Aug 2014

  Can Tho, Vietnam * Co-founded eco travel company and build eight-storey hotel with solar panels and energy saving PCs in largest city of the Mekong-Delta * Supported design of building and supervised building activity * Set up hotel and tour operations from procurement, accounting and HR to taking responsibility of IT infrastructure and network setup * Coordinating a team of 21 staff members * Introducing IT management tools and implementing digital workflow



Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

• Germany
• International Trade and Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• ICT Consultant

  • Mar 2011 - Jun 2013

  Mekong Delta * Designing and implementing a 2-year ICT plan to integrate Environmental Education Program in schools in the Mekong delta * Partnering with Ministry of Education and Ministry of Information and Communications to roll-out ICT trainings for high school teachers in Vietnam * Organizing online photography contest for social change in Vietnam and Indonesia * Managing project communication channels and website



Phuong Chau International Obstetrics Hospital

• Chief Marketing Manager

  • Dec 2009 - Feb 2011

  Vietnam * Leading a marketing team of four with an annual budget of 100k USD * Building a customer database of more than 10,000 women in the Mekong region within one year * Establishing successful partnerships with more than 200 pharmacies and clinics in 11 provinces within one year



Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin

• United States
• Hospitality
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Customer Service

  • Jan 2008 - May 2008

  Orlando, Florida Area Gathering customers feedback, conducting computerized surveys, developing performance report based on primary data.



FOSS Bridge

• Interpreter

  • Oct 2007 - Nov 2007

  Hanoi Translating and assisting in IT related matchmaking events with EU funded project FOSS Bridge, Vietnamese Institute of IT, InWent Germany and INRIA France.