Patrick Masson is an experienced technology executive and nonprofit leader with more than 25 years guiding digital strategy, open source communities, and distributed organizations in higher education. As Executive Director of the Apereo Foundation and former GM of the Open Source Initiative, he combines hands-on operational leadership with deep community stewardship to scale collaborative edtech and open-source projects. He has run enterprise e-learning platforms and IT organizations at UMassOnline, SUNY Delhi, and UCLA, and advises initiatives such as NSF’s POSE and university OSPOs. An international speaker and educator, he teaches open source practices and has a track record of fostering incremental, agile innovation across academic and nonprofit ecosystems. Based in Albany, NY, he blends policy and management training with a background in environmental design and medical illustration—an uncommon mix that informs his user-focused, design-aware approach to technology leadership.
11 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Environmental Design, BS, Environmental Design at University of California, Davis
MALS (In-progress), Management and Organizational Policy, MALS (In-progress), Management and Organizational Policy at State University of New York Empire State College
Certificate in Management, Supervisory Skills, Certificate in Management, Supervisory Skills at State University of New York at Delhi
Certificate in Labor Relations, Leadership Development, Certificate in Labor Relations, Leadership Development at Cornell University
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 2 months
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Patrick Masson - Executive Director at Apereo Foundation