CREDIT: Amanda’s photo (with Kitten Dundee) was taken during lockdown as part of
@onthedoorstepcrouchend photography project by Julie Kim Photography, May 2020.
Amanda Brock is CEO of OpenUK (https://openuk.uk), a new non-profit body focused on promoting Open Technology, but this is a recent appointment in a line of influential positions. She has a CV that includes open source advisory work at the United Nations Technology Innovations Labs, being a European rep for Open Invention Network (the largest defensive patent pool in the world) and being on an Open Projects Advisory for the OASIS Standards Body. She also spent five years as General Counsel for Canonical where she set up the legal function.
Part of the reason Amanda is involved in so many projects and initiatives is apparent the moment the VoIP connection kicks in. Even a global pandemic can’t stop Amanda being a connector. She’s someone who enjoys talking to people and pulling others into the world of open source, and given the serendipitous way she caught the open source bug, we’re fortunate Tux tipped the scales of fate in our favour.