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Patrick Masson

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Executive Director at Apereo Foundation
📍 Albany, New York, United States

Patrick is an accomplished leader with over 25 years of experience in higher education and non-profits, currently serving as the Executive Director of the Apereo Foundation. He specializes in fostering collaborative communities for open-source software development. Colleagues describe him as a service-oriented leader with unimpeachable ethics.

Outside of work, Patricks interests reflect his professional passions, including communities like FreeBSD and Creative Commons. During his time at the University of California, Davis, he was an active member of the universitys ice hockey team and the Phi Delta Theta fraternity.

He is an international author and speaker on Information Technology, Agile Project Management, and Open Source Software.

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Experience
24 Years
Current Role
Executive Director
Job Level
Senior
Location
Albany, New York, United States
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Priorities

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Open Source in Education
His career at the Apereo Foundation and Open Source Initiative is dedicated to advancing open-source software to improve teaching, learning, and academic research.
University OSPOs
Actively advises on the effectiveness of university-based Open Source Program Offices (OSPOs) and promotes them through Apereo Foundation events.
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Career

Work history

1-2023
Executive Director
Apereo Foundation
6-2021 - 12-2022
Interim General Manager
Apereo Foundation
5-2024
Project Advisor, Leveraging OSPOs to Advance the Academic Research Enterprise
Ithaka S+R
1-2024 - 2-2024
Review Panel Member Pathways to Open Source Ecosystems (POSE): Phase I/II
National Science Foundation (NSF)
11-2013 - 7-2020
General Manager & Director
Open Source Initiative (OSI)
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Patrick Masson named Apereo Foundation Executive Director. Featured in Apereo.org
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Patrick Masson - Apereo Foundation (Profile). Featured in Apereo.org
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Education
1986 - 1991
BS
University of California, Davis
2005 - 2007
Certificate in Labor Relations
Cornell University
2008
MALS (In-progress)
SUNY Empire State College
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