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Your OpenStack DevOps Team: Encouraging Innovation with Open Source Development

368 views · Published 14 May 2014 · 40:42 · Indexed 27 October 2026

Channel: OpenInfra Foundation · 2014 · Science & Technology

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The cadence of the software development life cycle and operational sustainment within the context of OpenStack development is different than most other models, whether proprietary or open source. This talk features a panel of development and operations leaders who manage teams that contribute to and consume OpenStack within their company. 

Moderated by Rainya Mosher, a Software Development Manager within Rackspace's Public Cloud Infrastructure segment, the panel will discuss the unique opportunities and challenges present when your teams consist of members of the OpenStack Community. We'll share lessons learned and provide insight that will help other teams find their way through the balance of product delivery within an open source community and encourage innovation for all.



Outline of (Possible) Panel Topics Balance
review days / internal development cycles
upstream contributions / production bug fixes
doing it the right way / doing it right now
Delivery
milestone commitments / product delivery dates
community expectations / executive expectations
Engagement
innovation / firefighting
development / sustainment
The (Possible) Panel Speakers Several software development and operations leaders are confirmed to participate in this discussion.
Moderator
Rainya Mosher, Rackspace Dev Manager, Deployment Systems
Panelists
Gabe Westmaas, Rackspace Director of Engineering, Cloud Infrastructure
Toan Nguyen, Rackspace Dev Manager, Cloud Servers (nova)
Uma Goring, Rackspace Dev Manager, Cloud Networks (neutron)
Matt Van Winkle, Rackspace Ops Manager, Cloud Servers
Mike Wilson, Bluehost Sr. Systems Architect

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