How can large, established organizations move beyond internal processes and become influential leaders in the open source ecosystem? The key lies in transforming legacy governance into a springboard for external engagement. This talk shares the journey of how the Bosch Open Source Program Office (OSPO) was built on top of existing structures to foster a thriving culture of external contribution and knowledge sharing.

We will explore practical strategies for:

• Building a robust external network and positioning your organization as a valuable partner in the OSS community.

• Sharing expertise and best practices to establish thought leadership.

• Empowering and scaling contributions to critical open source projects.

Drawing heavily on our experience at Bosch, this session provides a blueprint for how you can evolve your own legacy OSS processes from a gatekeeper into a powerful enabler for community participation and leadership.

Speakers:

Nikola Babadzhanov: Open Source Consultant

Nikola Babadzhanov joined Bosch in 2022. He is an Open Source Consultant and a member of the Open Source Program Office. He provides Bosch-internal Open Source Services as a member of the Open Source Consulting team.

Nikola is a member of the Center of Excellence Open Source and Inner Source at Bosch; active member of the OpenChain SBOM work group, AI work group and Tooling work group. Nikola is OpenChain Ambassador and committer on the Eclipse Apoapsis project.