The founders of DOSBA – Ronny Lam, Pieter Izeboud, Emiel Brok, and Marcel Kornegoor – have known each other for years.
Driven by their shared belief in the importance of open source software and its underlying principles, they noticed that many questions exist within governments regarding its use. That’s why they founded DOSBA.
Ronny Lam
Ronny has a long background in data networks and Unix, having worked as an architect, engineer, operations manager, and coach within large-scale network operators and enterprises. He now applies that experience as a solution architect, specializing in Software Defined Networking, cloud computing, and DevOps. His areas of expertise include: Software Defined Networking, cloud computing, DevOps, the New Way of Working, network management, and change management.
Pieter Izeboud
Pieter is an experienced IT professional and has been active since 2014 within ITGilde, a collective of open source and DevOps freelancers. He focuses on professional development and provides consultancy and training with a strong emphasis on innovation. In 2018, he founded the Living Open Source Foundation in Kenya, offering free training to empower local communities through open source.
As chairman of the ITGilde Broodfonds, he promotes mutual support among freelancers. He also serves as regional chairman at KNVI and has held leadership roles in both sports clubs and businesses. With his technical certifications and people-oriented approach, Pieter is a mentor who shares knowledge and helps grow the open source ecosystem.
Emiel Brok
Emiel stands for the open source philosophy. He relies on 'Power of Many' and 'Public Money Public Code' to contribute to a better world.
He works at SUSE as an Open Source Ambassador. Here he draws as much attention as possible to the Open Source products and technologies that SUSE supports.
He lobbies for Open Source Software in the Netherlands, EU and beyond. He is international speaker in the field of Digital Sovereignty, Open Source, NIS-2, CRA, OSPOs and Open Source in Education.
After being active in open source sales and marketing for more than 20 years, he has decided to commit himself to the DOSBA. He is co-founder and director of this association.
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Marcel Kornegoor
Managing director and co-owner of AT Computing. Passionate about open source software, open standards, and sharing knowledge. He regularly speaks at conferences and occasionally tries (with little success) to tame a penguin in his spare time.
