Keynote: Drupal and the secret of my success | Steve Francia

Steve Francia, PRODUCT LEAD, GOOGLE

Wednesday, April 11 at 9 a.m.

I’ve had quite an exciting career leading some of the largest open source projects in history including MongoDB, Go, Docker, and Hugo. Throughout it all I’ve observed, admired and learned from the Drupal project. In this keynote, I’ll talk about the role Drupal has played in my career; I’ll share my thoughts on open source patterns within Drupal; lastly, I’ll share my insights from other open source projects.

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Steve Francia (spf13) has the unique distinction of having held leadership roles in five of the largest open source projects in history. He currently works at Google where he leads strategy, operations and developer relations for the Go Language. He also serves as a Director of the Drupal Association. Previously, Steve held executive roles at Docker and MongoDB where he led engineering, product and open source. He is the creator of Hugo, Cobra, Viper, and spf13-vim as well as many other open source projects. He is a published author, speaker, developer, and father of 4. Outside of tech, Steve likes skateboarding, photography, travel, punk rock, and dystopian films.

In this keynote, he’ll talk about the role Drupal has played in his career. He'll share thoughts on open source patterns within Drupal, and insights from other open source projects.