On April 7, hear from the Community Manager at Gitlab, Raymond Paik. He will present on using metrics in open source communities and dive into specifics on what the GitLab team does to track this. After the presentation, join us for roundtable discussions on open source communities and key takeaways from the talk.
To kick off our chapter's Virtual Connect, Ray wanted to share his presentation beforehand, so that you can prepare questions for him. Click here to view the presentation and submit your questions here.
Join us on the first Tuesday of the month for another CMX Connect in San Francisco. CMX Connect events are about harnessing the incredible power of community. This program fulfills the need for community professionals to come together in-person and learn, grow, and, well… Connect!
Gitlab
Community Manager
Ray is a Community Manager at GitLab where he is helping to grow the community of contributors to GitLab. Prior to GitLab, Ray was responsible for the day-to-day operation of the Open Platform for NFV (OPNFV) community since its launch in 2014. He has over 15 years of experience in the high-tech industry in roles ranging from software engineer, product manager, program manager, account manager…
Ray is a Community Manager at GitLab where he is helping to grow the community of contributors to GitLab. Prior to GitLab, Ray was responsible for the day-to-day operation of the Open Platform for NFV (OPNFV) community since its launch in 2014. He has over 15 years of experience in the high-tech industry in roles ranging from software engineer, product manager, program manager, account manager, and team lead at companies such as EDS, Intel, Linux Foundation, and Medallia.
Ray lives in Sunnyvale, CA with his wife and daughter and all three are loyal season ticket holders of the San Jose Earthquakes soccer team.
CMX
Co-Founder
David is the Founder of CMX (cmxhub.com), the world's largest and most passionate network for community professionals. Thousands of community professionals come to CMX for support and education in community strategy. The community industry's largest event, CMX Summit, brings together thousands of attendees each year, and 50+ local CMX Connect chapters gather regularly around the world.
In 2019, CMX was acquired by Bevy (Bevy.com) where David serves as the VP of Community. Bevy is a leading provider of community software, powering live community events and experiences for companies like Slack, Twitch, Salesforce, Atlassian, and Duolingo.
David is a 3x startup founder, an experienced community leader, and has personally advised and trained hundreds of organizations in community strategy over the past decade.
