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Nick Vidal

Sharpshooter · DISC type DC
Founder at maintaine.rs
📍 Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Nick Vidal is the Head of Marketing and Community at the Open Source Initiative, focusing on Open Source AI and supply chain security. He founded maintaine. rs to share stories from top open source maintainers. Colleagues describe him as a passionate, proactive community builder with strong leadership skills, holding a degree in Computer Engineering.

He is passionate about nurturing professional relationships built on mutual respect, trust, and shared values. His work is driven by a desire to champion the people behind technology, focusing on mentorship, diversity, and giving a voice to the developers who build the digital infrastructure we rely on daily.

Nick was awarded a scholarship to study in France after placing among the top 100 engineers in a nationwide exam in Brazil.

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Experience
16 Years
Current Role
Founder
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Personality Overview

How Nick shows up

Rigorous & Demanding
Thorough Evaluator
ROI Driven

They put a lot of effort into ensuring personal success. They are less concerned about the product and more about its potential impact. They like to stay in control of the negotiation or defining of the terms.

Priorities

Topics Nick cares about

Open Source AI
He explicitly states interest in this area and leads conversations at the Open Source Initiative on defining and promoting Open Source AI.
Supply Chain Security
His work with ClearlyDefined focuses on enhancing SBOMs at scale, and he frequently speaks on securing the software supply chain.
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Career

Work history

4-2025
Founder
maintaine.rs
10-2024
Outreach Committee Chair
ClearlyDefined
2-2023
Head of Marketing and Community
Open Source Initiative (OSI)
1-2023 - 12-2023
Outreach Committee Chair
Confidential Computing Consortium
1-2022 - 12-2022
Outreach Committee Vice Chair
Confidential Computing Consortium
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
1998 - 2003
Computer Engineering
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
2001 - 2002
Exchange Student (CAPES Scholarship)
Grenoble INP - UGA
1991 - 1994
High School
West Lafayette Jr./Sr. High School
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Dominance (D)

Dominance (D) reflects how goal and task oriented a person is, and their ability to accomplish results irrespective of how demanding the circumstances might be. Those scoring high tend to be motivated by winning, competition, and success.

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