Benny Vasquez
Chair Of The Board Of Directors at AlmaLinux
Lansing, Michigan, United States
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RockstarBenny Vasquez is a community-first technology leader with over two decades of experience building teams, programs, and resilient open-source organizations from the ground up. As Chair of the AlmaLinux Board she guided the project through leadership transition and institutionalized community-centric governance for a production-grade RHEL-compatible distribution. Her background spans hands-on technical support, developer relations, and brand management—scaling community engagement programs, live events, and multi-platform support operations. She has repeatedly turned nascent roles into structured teams and measurable outcomes, from launching Slack/Discord communities to managing near-million-dollar budgets with tight fiscal control. Based in Lansing, Michigan, Benny blends operational rigor with evangelism, mentoring the next generation of community builders while driving transparency and contributor-first processes. A practical problem-solver, she pairs deep frontline support experience with strategic board-level stewardship to keep open-source projects both healthy and service-oriented.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
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Github Skills (82)
almalinux10
python10
windows10
ubuntu10
rhel10
rust-language10
rust-lang10
django10
laravel10
dates10
rust10
eol10
mariadb10
java10
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Github contributions (5)
bennyvasquez/almalinux.org
Oct 2021 - Aug 2024
almalinux.org official web site sources.
Contributions:13 pushes, 8 branches in 2 years 10 months
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bennyvasquez/this-week-in-rust
Sep 2022 - Sep 2024
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Contributions:83 pushes, 74 branches in 2 years
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