Open Source Governance & OSPO / dOSPO Design

Design, build, or refactor open source governance and operating models for scale, safety, and funding durability.

Delivered Outcomes

• OSPO or dOSPO operating model (centralized, federated, or decentralized)

• Governance charters, committee structures, and decision rights

• Contributor, maintainer, and steward role definitions

• Full policy stack: contribution, security, licensing, incident response

• Transition plans from single-vendor to community ownership

Ideal for: Foundations, Web3 ecosystems, AI companies, and enterprises with open source as critical infrastructure.

Executive Advisory: Open Source, AI & Governance

Direct advisory for senior leaders navigating open source and AI as institutional infrastructure. Available on retainer or time-boxed engagement.

Delivered Outcomes

• Strategic positioning of open source within the organization

• Internal alignment between product, legal, security, and community

• Preparation for board, regulator, or public scrutiny

• Narrative reframing from “community cost center” to civic infrastructure

Ecosystem Program Operations & Institutional Build-Out

End-to-end construction and operation of ecosystem-scale programs that must survive politics, budgets, security incidents, and global scrutiny. This is not program design in theory — it is standing up operational infrastructure.

Delivered Outcomes

• Member-based operating models for multi-entity ecosystems

• Committee and working-group systems with real authority

• Budget ownership, renewal criteria, and treasury alignment

• Vendor coordination models across competing stakeholders

• Operational playbooks for day-to-day execution under governance constraints

Proof surface: Built and operated at Cardano ecosystem scale, including governance bodies, funding programs, and lifecycle management across hundreds of repositories.