Summary
Jose De La Fuente is a strategic technology leader with 13 years of experience building open source programs, research initiatives, and developer ecosystems across Europe and the U.S. Currently Director of Research & Strategic Initiatives at the Eclipse Foundation, he previously created and led Inditex’s Open Source Program Office and served as CEO of analytics firm Bitergia, blending product, community, and compliance expertise. With a PhD in Computer Science and a background in industrial engineering, he bridges rigorous research with hands-on engineering and program design—especially around OSS governance, innersource, and software development analytics. Based in Sonoma but rooted in Spain, he is an advocate for sustainable open source culture who has advised standards bodies and driven industry-facing innovation labs. An unexpected thread through his career is long-term engagement with mobility and health-tech projects, showing a knack for applying open approaches to diverse domains.
13 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Phd. Computer Science, Phd. Computer Science at Universidad de Oviedo
Spanish, English, German, Italian