About me
Alistair Woodman, High-tech plumber.
I've been doing community/business development work for FOSS projects for the last 15 years. A physicist by education and doer by inclination, I worked in the networking and communications space since the 1980s. Product management jobs at Apple and Cisco kept me busy for over 25 years. Since leaving the corporate work place, I have been an angel investor; startup entrepreneur; as well as providing business development support for several open-source projects: I am very active in the Erlang Ecosystem Foundation (EEF) and FRRouting (FRR) communities.
Since I first became aware of EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) in late 2022, I have been working to strengthen FOSS communities access to security related funding and regulatory access. The 'fun' has however only just started and the advent of AI identified and exploitable security vulnerabilities will require even more infrastructure and funding.
