About
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About me
I’ve spent much of my twenty-plus years in the tech industry leading software development departments and teams, providing technical management and leadership consulting for small and medium businesses, and helping companies understand, use, release, and contribute to free and open source software in a way that’s good for both their bottom line and for the community.
I am the author of two books:
- Forge Your Future with Open Source, the first book to detail how to contribute to free and open source software projects. Think of it as the missing manual of open source contributions and community participation. It’s available as eBook, paper book, and audiobook
- Business Success with Open Source. Free and open source software (FOSS) is the whetstone of the cutting edge. Your company is almost certainly using FOSS right now, whether you know it or not. Discover how to use, contribute to, and release open source projects effectively and strategically for your business with this book.
Both books are published by The Pragmatic Programmers.
Over the years I’ve founded and lead some useful but non-standard free/open source projects, including the FOSS Governance Collection (founder and maintainer), FLOSS Foundations website and directory (admin, moderator, and maintainer), and the Public Speaking Repo. I’m a frequent advisor for FOSS projects and communities, including for national organisations such as OpenUK.
I’m a frequent and popular public speaker and have presented several international keynotes.
Currently I live in lovely Oregon with my amazing cats, Osgood and Basil. I am not interested in relocating.
Bio
VM (aka Vicky) spent most of her twenty-plus years in the tech industry leading software development departments and teams, providing corporate strategy, technical management, and leadership consulting for businesses, helping companies understand, use, release, and contribute to free and open source software in a way that’s good for both their bottom line and for the community.
She is the author of Forge Your Future with Open Source and Business Success with Open Source, both published by Pragmatic Bookshelf.
Really short bio
VM (Vicky) Brasseur is an award-winning free/open source advocate and corporate strategist, international keynote speaker, and writer. She’s the author of Forge Your Future with Open Source and Business Success with Open Source, both published by Pragmatic Bookshelf. Aside from articles in various publications, she also writes about FOSS, business, and their intersection on her blog, {anonymous => ‘hash’};.
Contact
There are innumerable ways to get in touch with me, but the most effective is to send email to contact@ at my domain.tld (vmbrasseur.com).
Zoom, Signal, Facetime, and other contact points available upon request.
I almost never see or respond to Mastodon DMs or Linkedin messages. I am no longer on Twitter. Seriously, just email me.
Stuff I use
I maintain a list of hardware and software that I use over on this page.