Brian Warner
VP, Open Source Program Office at Fidelity Investments
Chagrin Falls, Ohio, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBrian Warner is a veteran open source leader and architect who currently serves as VP of the Fidelity Investments Open Source Program Office, guiding policy, license compliance, and developer experience across a large enterprise. With a decade-plus track record spanning The Linux Foundation, Samsung, and IBM, he blends operational program leadership with hands-on engineering and OSPO tooling architecture. He has driven high-impact foundation work (GraphQL, OpenJS, R Consortium and others), led teams that contributed disproportionately upstream at Samsung, and personally improved public projects like the GraphQL documentation site. Holding an MBA and a Master of Legal Studies, he uniquely combines business, legal, and technical fluency to navigate compliance, governance, and community engagement. Known for mentoring program managers and building pragmatic tools, he focuses on making open source collaboration smoother and more sustainable inside large organizations.
10 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Legal Studies, Master of Legal Studies at Cleveland State University College of LawBA Mathematics (Physics minor), BA Mathematics (Physics minor) at Kenyon CollegeMaster of Business Administration - MBA Econ of Tech & Innovation Finance, Master of Business Administration - MBA Econ of Tech & Innovation Finance at Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University
Github Skills (11)
graphql10
javascript10
web-development10
wordpress-graphql10
wpgraphql10
react10
gatsby9
lessc9
css8
html8
documentation7
Programming languages (28)
Github contributions (5)
graphql/graphql.github.io
Nov 2019 - Apr 2022
GraphQL Documentation at graphql.org
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:9 reviews, 78 commits, 44 PRs in 2 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Brian Warner primarily focused on updating the GraphQL documentation website. His contributions included modifying the user's page, adding foundation members' landscape cards, and incorporating foundation-specific pages. He also reorganized the footer, added blog functionalities, and integrated a Twitter card plugin, all while making formatting consistent across the site. Furthermore, he addressed UI/UX improvements, such as moving the Code of Conduct to the footer and updating the header and blog links.
apigraphql-toolsgraphql-apigraphql
brianwarner/facade
Aug 2016 - Oct 2022
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Contributions:2 releases, 245 commits, 10 PRs in 6 years 3 months
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