Core team
Meet the core team, the most active group of volunteers within the FOSSi Foundation. The FOSSi Foundation as Community Interest Company is governed by Directors and a Secretary, all of which are also part of the core team.
Andrew Back
Director, Treasurer
Andrew Back is convener for the UK Open Source Hardware User Group and co-organises the annual Wuthering Bytes technology festival. He is a long time proponent of open source hardware, with a keen interest in licensing and community building. Andrew acts as treasurer for the FOSSi Foundation.
Julius Baxter
Director
Julius' involvement with free and open source semiconductor design began with his work as part of the OpenRISC community in 2008. After initial technical contributions, he's since focused on promoting greater community coordination, finding a solution for copyleft semiconductor design licensing, and encouraging greater uptake of the technology by the wider semiconductor industry.
Peter Gielda
Advisor
Peter has always been involved with open source and made spreading the adoption of open software, hardware and silicon lay at the foundations of Antmicro back in 2009. A member of the RISC-V Foundation's Technical Committee, he is also active in CHIPS Alliance, the Linux Foundation and the Zephyr Project.
Olof Kindgren
Director
Olof became actively involved with free and open source silicon through the OpenRISC project in 2011. He has since then worked in many areas with a special interest in tools and collaborations. Also known as the maintainer of the FuseSoc IP core package manager - a tool for collaborations.
Matt Venn
Director
Matthew Venn is a science & technology communicator and electronic engineer. He received a degree in Electronic Engineering from Leeds, UK in 1999. He has had a varied career in industry with a combination of engineering and teaching jobs. He has been a central figure in the open source silicon movement with his Zero to ASIC course and Tiny Tapeout initiative.
