Summary
Francisco Picolini is an Open Source Innovation Officer and community strategist with over 18 years organizing global events and 11 years focused in technical community and project management. He builds and scales technical communities through hands-on event logistics, content programs, Champions initiatives, and strategic dissemination of R&D outcomes—especially within open source and digital sovereignty ecosystems. At OpenNebula and previously Mozilla and Codemotion he has driven visibility via conferences, webinars, and partnerships while keeping tight budgets and measurable impact. Fluent in cross-cultural coordination (a Madrilenian with an Argentinian accent), he combines communication skills with program metrics, roadmaps and white paper contributions to translate innovation into adoption. He is particularly adept at turning research project results into compelling external narratives and identifying “champion” partners to expand ecosystems. Based in Spain, he advocates for a sovereign European cloud and consistently connects technical audiences with practical integration and collaboration opportunities.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Licenciado en Ciencias de la Comunicación Social Ciencias de la comunicación Social, Licenciado en Ciencias de la Comunicación Social Ciencias de la comunicación Social at University of Buenos Aires
Protocol and Organization of Institutional and Corporate Events Course, Protocol and Organization of Institutional and Corporate Events Course at URJC online
Spanish, English