Daniel Appelquist
Open Source Strategist
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolDaniel Appelquist is an Open Source strategist and web standards leader with 15+ years’ experience shaping the web from browser vendors to global standards bodies. Currently leading open source engagement at Samsung Research, he serves as Co-Chair of the W3C Technical Architecture Group and sits on the OpenSSF Technical Advisory Council, driving policy and security initiatives across the ecosystem. He co-founded Open Web Docs to safeguard web documentation as critical infrastructure and previously led web advocacy and standards strategy at Samsung Internet and Snyk. Daniel combines deep standards diplomacy with hands-on program leadership—organizing long-running community events like Over the Air and shepherding major industry mergers such as the creation of the OpenJS Foundation. Based in London and trained in cognitive science at Carnegie Mellon, he brings a user-centered, ethically minded perspective to technical governance and open collaboration.
16 years of coding experience
26 years of employment as a software developer
Hopkins SchoolBS Cognitive Science, BS Cognitive Science at Carnegie Mellon University
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Github Skills (127)
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Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
w3c-cg/swag
Jul 2024 - Jun 2026
Repository for the SWAG Community Group
Contributions:8 reviews, 5 PRs, 70 pushes in 1 year 11 months
bestpracticeswebdevelopmentwebsecuritywebstandards
w3ctag/design-reviews
Jul 2013 - Dec 2022
W3C specs and API reviews
Contributions:4 reviews, 41 commits, 9 PRs in 9 years 6 months
w3c
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