Henri Yandell
Committer & Member at Apache Software Foundation
United States
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Top SchoolHenri Yandell is a seasoned open source and software leader with over two decades of experience shaping community governance and corporate open source strategy, currently known as a Senior Principal in Amazon’s Open Source Program Office. He has held long-standing leadership roles at the Apache Software Foundation—including board member and multiple VP posts for Jakarta EE and legal affairs—and has represented AWS on influential industry bodies like OpenSSF and the Alpha Omega funding initiative. Henri blends deep technical roots (early Java development, lead roles in startups like Genscape, and personal OSS projects such as osjava) with institutional impact, organizing open source security and funding decisions at scale. Educated in mathematics and computer science in the UK, he pairs analytical rigor with practical engineering judgment and a talent for navigating the intersection of community, governance, and enterprise priorities.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
BSc, Mathematics, BSc, Mathematics at Imperial College LondonMSc, Computer Science, MSc, Computer Science at University of Kent
Github Skills (200)
amazon-kinesis10
cml10
amazon-cognito10
ubuntu10
c9910
aws-serverless10
serverless10
cloud-services10
json10
serializer10
eb-cli10
nodejs10
python10
ruby10
hosting10
Programming languages (35)
Github contributions (5)
awslabs/cloudwatch-logs-customize-alarms
Mar 2018 - Feb 2019
A Lambda function that helps customize alarms from Amazon CloudWatch to fit your specific needs.
Contributions:2 commits, 2 PRs, 1 push in 10 months
lambda-functionserverlessaws-lambdaamazonfit
amazon-archives/samljs-serverless-sample
Jun 2017 - Jun 2019
Sample Lambda code, CloudFormation, SAM templates and Client website for performing SAML auth flows for AWS access in user applications
Contributions:3 commits, 2 PRs, 2 pushes in 2 years
serverless-applicationsflowsserverlessaws-lambdasaml2
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