Summary
Jonathan Baker is a senior open source and developer relations leader with over two decades influencing developer ecosystems and 13 years of formal experience in senior technical roles. He has built and led OSPOs and DevRel teams at companies including Tenstorrent, Uber, SAP, and Hyundai’s Flash Labs, marrying deep technical knowledge across cloud, front-end, databases and full stack with strategic go-to-market influence. A researcher of "Developer Influencers," he focuses on how senior developers drive purchasing decisions and how organizations can reallocate resources to improve pipeline conversion. Comfortable presenting complex ideas to varied audiences, he excels at aligning legal, marketing, and engineering stakeholders to make open source participation a business advantage. Based in Virginia, he combines hands-on technology intuition with a proven track record of turning organic DevRel programs into data-driven, enterprise-grade initiatives.
13 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science & Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science & Engineering at Penn State University