The 2021 Influencers are 100 top Influencers across the UK’s Open Technology communities
They hail from all walks of Open Source Software, Open Hardware and Open Data. This is *the* list of those to watch in UK leadership in Open Technology in 2021. All have influenced and are influencing Open Technology whether through social media, their jobs, community contributions, policy or education.
The British Honours system is something very specific to the UK and a means of rewarding an individual for their achievement or service. Medals are used within this system to recognise an activity or long or valuable service.
Congratulations to all of those listed. Enjoy the recognition of a New Year’s Honour from your peers at OpenUK and we look forward to seeing all that you will achieve in Open Technology through 2021.
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Open Source Software
| Adrian Bridgwater | Journalist and Blogger | Various |
| Adrian Woodhead | Principal Software Engineer Big Data & Open Source | Expedia |
| Alan Pope | Developer Advocate | Canonical |
| Alejandro Saucedo | Engineering Director | Seldon |
| Alex Housley | Founder & CEO | Seldon |
| Alexander Dean | CEO | Snowplow |
| Alina Ivanova | Ambassador | Arline |
| Alexis Richardson | CEO | WeaveWorks |
| Amanda Brock | CEO | OpenUK |
| Andrew Wafaa | Director Open Source Communities | Arm |
| Ben Everard | Editor | Hackspace |
| Carla Gaggini | Head of Events | Container Solutions |
| Cheryl Hung | VP Ecosystem | Cloud Native Computing Foundation |
| Chris Lamb | Former leader | Debian Project |
| Crystal Hirschorn | Director of Engineering | Snyk |
| Daniel Bryant | Director Developer Relations | Ambassador Labs |
| Danny Abukalam | Product Engineer | SoftIron |
| Dave Walker | Senior Security Consultant | QBE Insurance |
| Dawn Foster | Director of Open Source Community Strategy | VMware |
| Dominique Top | Solutions Engineer | Hashicorp |
| Eddie Jaoude | Founder | EddieHub |
| Henry Nash | CTO Emerging Markets | IBM |
| James Governor | Analyst and Co-Founder | Red Monk |
| James McLeod | Director of Community | FINOS |
| James Strachan | Distinguished Technologist | Cloudbees |
| Joe Ressington | Podcaster | Late Night Linux |
| Jonathan Riddell | KDE Neon and KDE Plasma Coordinator | KDE and Blue Systems |
| Josh Lowe | Editor micro:mag & Winner OpenUK Awards, Young Person | micro:bit |
| Justin Cormack | Security Lead | Docker |
| Kara de la Marck | Community Manager | Cloudbees |
| Katie Gamanji | Ecosystem Manager | Cloud Native Computing Foundation |
| Laura Czajkowski | Developer Relations Manager | Vonage |
| Leanne Kemp | CEO | Everledger |
| Liam Maxwell | Director Government Transformation | Amazon Web Services |
| Liz Rice | VP Open Source | Aqua Security |
| Mandy Chessell | Distinguished Engineer | IBM |
| Marc Cluet | DevOps Ambassador | Hashicorp |
| Mark Cox | Distinguished Engineer | Red Hat |
| Mark Hambleton | VP Open Source | Arm |
| Mark Shuttleworth | Founder and CEO | Canonical |
| Martin James | VP EMEA | Percona |
| Martin Wimpress | Director of Engineering, ubuntu desktop | Canonical |
| Martin Woodward | Director Developer Relations | GitHub |
| Matthew Barker | President and Co-Founder | Jetstack |
| Matthew Hodgson | Technical Co Founder | TheMatrix.org Foundation |
| Matt Jarvis | Senior Developer Advocate | Snyk |
| Melissa Di Donato | CEO | SUSE |
| Michael Meeks | Director Document Foundation & VP Productivity | Collabora |
| Neil McGovern | Executive Director | GNOME Foundation |
| Nick Jones | Consulting Engineering | Rancher Labs |
| Paul Sherwood | Chairman | Codethink |
| Phil Weir | Director | Flax and Teal |
| Richard Morrell | Blackhat, Security Analyst and Podcaster | Consultant |
| Richard Smedley | Technical Writer | Couchbase |
| Rob McQueen | Chief Executive | Endless OS Foundation & President, GNOME Foundation |
| Rob Taylor | Director, Linux System Definition | Open Invention Network |
| Ruth Cheesley | MauticOpen Source Project Lead | Mautic |
| Sami Atabani | Director of Third Party IP Licensing | Arm |
| Sarah Weldon Gamble | Director Marketing and Communications | Red Hat |
| Simon Elliston Ball | Director Product Management | Cloudera |
| Simon McVittie | Developer & Winner Individual Open Source Software Awards 2019 | Collabora |
| Simon Phipps | Standards and Policy Director | Open Source Initiative |
| Simon Wardley | Thought Lord | Wardley Maps |
| Sir Tim Berners-Lee | Inventor of the world wide web | W3C |
| Stuart Langridge | Owner | Kryogenix Consulting |
| Terence Eden | Data Standards Authority | Government Digital Services |
| Victoria Betton | Chief Innovation Officer | Mindwave |
Open Data
| Catherine Stihler | CEO | Creative Commons |
| Chris Taggart | Co Founder and CEO | OpenCorporates |
| Dan Brickley | Developer Advocate | |
| Fiona Neilsen | Founder | Repositive |
| Gaia Marcus | Head of National Data Strategy | Department of Culture, Media & Sport |
| Gavin Starks | CEO | Icebreaker one |
| Irina Bolychevsky | Director of Standards | NHSX |
| Jack Kelly | Co Founder | Open Climate Fix |
| Jason Evans | National Wikimedian | National Library of Wales |
| Jason Kitcat | Director of Digital, Data and Technology | Department for International Trade |
| Jeni Tennison | VP and Chief Strategy Officer | Open Data Institute |
| Jimmy Wales | Founder | Wikimedia |
| Julian Tait | CEO and Co Founder | Open Data Manchester |
| Louise Burke | CEO | Open Data Institute |
| Mike Nolan | Founder | Humanitarian Technologists |
| Rufus Pollock | Founder and CEO | Open Knowledge Foundation |
| Sara Thomas | Scotland Program Coordinator | Wikimedia |
| Tim Davies | Director | Global Data Barometer |
| Yodit Stanton CEO | Founder & CEO | Open Sensors |
Open Hardware
| Adam Stark | MD | MI.MU |
| Alan Wood | Founder | Folknology |
| Alex Bradbury | CTO and Co Founder | lowRISC |
| Andrew Back | Founder | Open Source Hardware Users Group |
| Andrew Katz | Partner | Moorcrofts LLP |
| Myrtle Shah | Electronic Engineer | Project Trellis |
| Ebrahim Bushehri | CEO | Lime Microsystems |
| Gareth Stockdale | CEO | micro:bit |
| Jenny Molloy | Executive Director | Beneficial Bio |
| Jeremy Bennett | CEO | Embecosm |
| John Laban | Open Source Decarbonisation Catalyst | Open Compute Project Foundation |
| Jonny Austin | CTO | micro:bit |
| Steve Helvie | VP Channel Development | Open Compute Project Foundation |
| Sue Sentance | Chief Learning Officer | Raspberry pi |
Lifetime Achievement
| Basil Cousins | Director and Co Founder | Open Forum Europe |
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