Brian Proffitt
Senior Manager, Community Outreach at Red Hat
Cary, North Carolina, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBrian Proffitt is a senior manager and open source community strategist with 12 years of experience shaping how organizations engage with Linux, open source software, AI/ML, cloud, and open data. At Red Hat he builds and executes outreach programs, translates technical projects into viral narratives, and operationalizes community metrics using Project CHAOSS to drive decisions. A practiced communicator and public speaker, he also writes and curates technical content, having led Red Hat’s community blog and contributed widely to industry publications. Beyond corporate roles, he volunteers in senior leadership at The Apache Software Foundation, amplifying open source events and marketing at a foundation level. Brian blends hands-on front-end contributions (including updates to Red Hat’s official project site) with program-level budget and team leadership, and he teaches applied IT topics from real-world experience. Based in Cary, NC, he’s known for turning data-driven insights into practical enablement and measurable community outcomes.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
B.A. Physics, B.A. Physics at Manchester University
Github Skills (6)
javascript10
website-development10
front-end-development10
angularjs9
css8
html8
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
RedHatOfficial/RedHatOfficial.github.io
Mar 2018 - Dec 2022
The official Red Hat project page.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:29 reviews, 318 commits, 253 PRs in 4 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Brian primarily focuses on updating and modifying the `main.js` file, which suggests work on the main page of the website. Their commits involve adding, removing, and changing image assets and content displayed. The changes appear to be related to maintaining and updating the front-end components and the data they use. This includes updating images and also reverting changes related to the presentation of content in the main view.
red-hathatproject-page
contributor-link/contributor-link.github.io
Mar 2021 - Nov 2022
Contributions:4 PRs, 78 pushes, 1 comment in 1 year 8 months
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