> David Morin is Executive Director of the Academy Software Foundation. > At the Academy Software Foundation, David works for the Governing Board to develop the use of open source software in the motion picture industry. > David earned a B.Sc.A. in computer science from Laval University (Quebec City, Canada) and has participated in the development of motion capture and 3D software since “Jurassic Park” at companies such as Softimage, Microsoft, Avid Technology, Autodesk and Epic Games.Today he is president of David Morin, LLC, a diversified consultancy specializing in immersive production and open source software. David is also chair of the Joint Technology Committee on Virtual Production of the ASC, and a past co-chair of the Joint Technology Subcommittee on Previsualization. David believes that developing a strong software engineering community is critical to the future of the motion picture industry.

Director of Marketing Communications at The Linux Foundation

John Mertic is a Program Director at the Linux Foundation. Under his leadership, he has helped ASWF, LF AI & Data, LF Energy, ODPi, Open Mainframe Project, and R Consortium accelerate open source innovation and transform industries. John has an open source career spanning two decades, both as a contributor to projects such as SugarCRM and PHP, and in open source leadership roles at SugarCRM, OW2, and OpenSocial. With an extensive open source background, he is a regular speaker at various Linux Foundation and other industry trade shows each year. John is also an avid writer and has authored several books, most recently "Open Source Projects - Beyond Code: A blueprint for scalable and sustainable open source projects", as well as published articles on IBM Developerworks, Apple Developer Connection, and PHP Architect.