Brian Proffitt Email & Phone Number

Wilmington, Delaware, US

Volunteer role with the Apache Software Foundation. Responsible for co-organizing ASF events such as Community Over Code. Reports to ASF President.

Wilmington, Delaware, US

Volunteer role with the Apache Software Foundation. Responsible for managing contractors; amplifying the ASF messaging; and setting and implementing policy around marketing, publicity, and brand. Reports to ASF President.

Raleigh, NC, US

Promote Red Hat’s leadership in open source projects and communities aligned with the company's strategy. Responsible for developing the initiatives to champion Red Hat’s work in open source communities and leading their execution. This includes: turning clear and engaging content into powerful, viral stories on our open source leadership; partnering with.

Raleigh, NC, US

Manager within the Community Outreach team of the Open Source Program Office, focusing on metrics, data analysis, and enablement. Defining and maintaining community metrics using Project CHAOSS tools; speaking at events; managing content; blogging and writing articles for outside media; Manager of Red Hat Community blog. Content contributor for now+Next.

Raleigh, NC, US

Advocating of community outreach for the Open Source and Standards team, which includes speaking at events; managing content; blogging and writing articles for outside media; defining and maintaining community metrics using Project CHAOSS tools; and creating and scheduling social media content. Management of Red Hat Community blog. Content contributor for.

Raleigh, NC, US

Advocating and management of community outreach for the Open Source and Standards team, which includes speaking at events; managing content; blogging and writing articles for outside media; defining and maintaining community metrics using Project CHAOSS tools; and creating and scheduling social media content. Working with Brands team on Community.

Notre Dame, IN, US

Adjunct instructor of the MGT 20600: IT Business Applications class. Topics taught include intermediate to expert knowledge of Excel and Access, as well as integration of technology, including big data and data visualization, into business practices.

Nürnberg, DE

Building social media strategy and implementing it for SUSE, which includes media account management, content creation, and education. Designing new SUSE Conversations content platform, as well as all-new community portal on SUSE.com. Managing day-to-day operations of social media, community portal, and SUSE Conversations. Assisting with video creation of.

San Francisco, CA, US

Managing editorial functions for ReadWrite, a popular technology news and analysis site. Writing enterprise technology and business stories, with a mission to explain the ways technology was not only change the enterprise, but also how enterprise was affecting the rest of the technology sector in terms of innovation and business practices. Editing, story.

Writing the for the popular IT site ReadWrite, as well as the “Open for Discussion” blog for ITworld, plus feature articles for a variety of other publications. Expanded technical knowledge with research on mobile, big data, datacenter, and cloud computing sectors while writing corporate blogs and whitepapers, as well as developing community programs for.

San Francisco, CA, US

Served as a voice in the Linux community through several accomplishments. Rebuilt and redesigned the new Linux.com website, the flagship resource website for the Linux operating system. Nurtured an online community of more than 10,000 users, and promoted the Linux Foundation through social media outlets such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. Assisted with.

Produced, created, and managed the content of five Web sites in the Linux/Open Source channel of JupiterOnlineMedia division: Linux Today, LinuxPlanet, JustLinux, Enterprise Linux Today, AllLinuxDevices, and LinuxPR. Interviewed on Linux by CNN Headline News in October 2000. Wrote articles daily on a variety of business and technical subjects. Hired and.

Denver, Colorado, US

Reorganized QA team to meet demand of AIMCO’s rapid development environment. Planned and implemented the deployment of Rational Software’s SQA TeamTest. Expanded CM role by implementing Platinum’s Harvest. Assumed software configuration management as well as documentation team leader duties. Maintained version and change control for development team’s.

Developed and edited over 50 titles for the Sams Publishing imprint, and spearheaded the creation of the Teach Yourself... in 24 Hours series of books.