Fall 2024 FreeBSD Summit - FreeBSD Foundation Update

The Fall 2024 FreeBSD Summit took place November 7-8, 2024 in San Jose, CA.

Speakers: Deb Goodkin, Executive Director, FreeBSD Foundation
Ed Maste, Senior Director of Technology, FreeBSD Foundation
Abstract: The FreeBSD Foundation has supported the Project for 24 years now. How have we grown over the years and how has our work and vision changed? Deb and Ed will talk about how the Foundation started and how it’s grown into a capable, competent, and mature organization, that is well-staffed to take on large projects to keep FreeBSD sustainable for the long-term. They will cover some of the Foundation’s key initiatives and how we can better support you, the community.


Speaker Bio: Deb Goodkin has been with the foundation since August, 2005. She has spent 20+ years working in marketing, sales, and development of data storage devices. She earned an MSEE from the University of Santa Clara, and a BSCE from the University of California, San Diego.


Speaker Bio: Ed first became involved with FreeBSD while working on the operating system team at Sandvine, Inc. in 2003. In 2005 he started working with Robert Watson to solve issues in the FreeBSD network stack and received a commit bit later that year.

Since then, he moved on to lead the operating system team and led a number of developers working to bring enhancements from FreeBSD into Sandvine’s operating system by contributing back changes that they have made and supporting work that they find valuable by contracting FreeBSD committers. Ed started working as a kernel consultant in 2012 after leaving Sandvine.

In 2013, Ed took on the role of Director of Project Development for the FreeBSD Foundation, managing the project grant process and full-time FreeBSD Foundation Development staff.