About Us

Over the last two decades, open source software (OSS) has changed the way software is developed, deployed, and used. According to the Open Source Initiative, open source "enables a development method for software that harnesses the power of distributed peer review and transparency of process". OpenTeams offers a solution to the lack of incentives found in developing open source projects by making it easy to fund open issues and sponsored features on projects.

Mission

Our mission is to enable sustainable funding opportunities for open source software while ensuring people find full-time employment working on them.

Our story

OpenTeams has grown out of interactions with our partner, Quansight, with deep experience obtaining funding from government, industry, and private foundations to open-source. OpenTeams founders and advisers have decades of deep experience with the open-source community around Python, NumPy, SciPy, and PyData and have developed an intuition for the gaps and needs.

Team

Built by OS Contributors For OS Contributors

Management

Travis Oliphant

Executive Chairman of the Board, CEO

Founder and CEO/CTO of Quansight. Travis Oliphant has 20+ years’ experience in OSS scientific computing as the Creator of NumPy, SciPy, Conda, Numba, and XND and as the Founder of Anaconda (Continuum), NumFOCUS, and PyData. He has a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from the Mayo Clinic.

Management

Eunice Chendjou

COO

Co-founder and COO of OpenTeams. Eunice Chendjou leverages 5+years' experience in data science and startup development. Formerly, Founder & CEO at DataGig and Product analyst at Apple. She has a B.S. in Mathematics and Statistics from Louisiana Tech University.

Management

David Charboneau

CTO

As a Sr. Software Architect, David Charboneau is leading the development of the OpenTeams OS network. For 20+ years, David has developed software using a variety of technologies and has successfully managed engineering teams. He has a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Advisors

Trent Oliphant

Advisor

Trent Oliphant is client-facing Software Engineer; he specializes in systems design and architecture and is a contributor to OpenTeams. Prior to Quansight, Trent was an Implementation Engineer for Anaconda’s data science platform

Advisors

Anthony Scopatz

Advisor

Anthony Scopatz is a connector and contributor to the open source community. He is a senior data scientist, scientific software engineer, and computational scientist. Anthony holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical/Nuclear Engineering from UT Austin.