Bio

Guy Lunardi is Vice President of Business Development and Marketing at Collabora. Guy and his team are in charge of Collabora's largest customers. Guy also coordinates all aspects of Collabora's marketing. Guy manages the social responsibilities for Collabora including the company's participation in 1% for the Planet and other similar efforts. Guy continues to participate in Open Source, though not as a developer, in an effort to articulate commercial requirements to many communities. His background in IT management, consulting and software development allows him to account for many aspects of complex technological projects. Guy is a native French speaker and fluent in English based in NewYork, NY, USA. He is involved in the foundations supporting LibreOffice, Linux and GNOME. He has been a member of the Linux Plumbers Conference (LPC) committee for several years. Before moving out of New York City, Guy used to volunteer with the Central Park Conservancy to preserve and celebrate Central Park as a sanctuary from the pace and pressures of city life, enhancing the enjoyment and wellbeing of all. Guy Lunardi at Novell was responsible for product management and business development of SUSE Linux OS offering for client computing. He was directly involved with Novell research and development teams around the world. Guy helped establish the SUSE's offering for OEMs and ODMs. Linux desktop enthusiast, traveler, foodie, audiophile and generally happy Guy http://twitter.com/glunardi Specialties: Software creation, requirement gathering, customer inquiry handling, requirement documentation, requirement category and priority, marketing planning, usability, internationalization and accessibility (508) Business planning: contract negotiation, pricing, buy/build/partner, lead generation, brand development, nonprofits and open-source software