Patrick Masson
Patrick Masson has over 25 years of experience in senior leadership positions within higher education and non-profit organizations, including CTO, University of Massachusetts, Office of the President; CIO, State University of New York, General Manager & Board Director, Open Source Initiative, and, now, Executive Director at the Apereo Foundation. These roles have focused on the development and management of highly distributed organizations by facilitating agile, collaborative communities of practice where innovation emerges through incremental and iterative practices.
Patrick is an international author and speaker on information technology, agile project management and open source software communities. He is the founder and current co-chair of EDUCAUSE’s Openness Community Group, and former member of Brandeis University’s Graduate Professional Studies Technology Management Advisory Board,, Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect of SUNY CIO Council; “”SIG Master”” for NERCOMP’s Open Source in Higher Education; and North Colonie (New York) School Board Member.