Gaël Blondelle is an open source advocate with 20 years of experience. He joined the Eclipse Foundation in 2013 and is now Chief Membership Officer. In 2024, he joined the board of the Open Source Initiative where he serves as Secretary. Previously, Gaël co-founded an open source start-up where he served as CTO, and led open source business development for a systems integrator. At the Eclipse Foundation, his mission is to help organisations embrace open source, fostering innovation through openness and collaboration.