SpringOne Platform 2017 Shilla Saebi, Comcast; Nithya Ruff, Comcast "Want to learn more about how to build an active, and diverse community in your organization and maybe even have it expand company wide? Behind open source, there is a strong culture, and sometimes in some organizations debate on whether or not to use it, or contribute to it, can rise. Open source strikes a challenge for people to approach things in an innovative way, look for solutions that are outside the traditional box, and collaboratively where transparency is the most significant asset. Often times, enterprises struggle with the idea of using open source and major changes are needed to be able to play in this world. Nithya Ruff has started and grown Open Source Software (OSS) practices and strategy inside 2 companies both of which may seem like unlikely OSS cultures. She will talk about her first 90 days of starting the practice inside both companies and what it takes to assess, create plan, and communicate. She will also cover sponsorship, charter, reporting structure, and how to start the process of change. Shilla will discuss the importance of open source community collaboration and upstream contributions, and dive deeper into why active community participation even matters. As open source software is embraced by the enterprise, companies are starting to look at more than just the technical aspect of open source projects. Building a community around these open source projects is extremely important. They are also vital to create because they provide support to the individuals who are working together on the same project. It brings a sense of unity, and can be made possible through processes such as communication, inter-group relations, tools, and networking. Starting the base for a vibrant community is not always easy or straightforward and is often not the first thing engineers and developers are thinking about. In this presentation, we will discuss practical tips on how to change an organization’s mindset towards embracing open source and inclusiveness, community building, and how to find resources to start contributing upstream. Comcast is an active contributor in various open source projects, and sponsors some key open source foundations. We will jump into the existing projects we have contributed back to, such as Cloud Foundry, Apache, and OpenStack. We will be including real examples of Comcast’s contributions to the Pivotal community, and the Cloud Foundry community. Additionally, we will talk about some of the cool projects that we have open-sourced recently and show you how to get started with them. Together we will discuss the techniques, the tools, and the practices needed to get started and make an impact!"

1. HOW COMCAST
EMBRACED OPEN
December, 6, 2017

2. 2
SHILLA SAEBI
OPEN SOURCE COMMUNITY LEAD, COMCAST
@SHILLASAEBI
NITHYA RUFF
SR. DIRECTOR, OPEN SOURCE PRACTICE, COMCAST
@NITHYARUFF
WHO WE ARE

3. WHY IS COMCAST
HERE AT SPRINGONE?

4. Digital Transformation Impacting All Industries
Competition New Models Connected Worlds

5. Open Source Development is Accelerating and
Abundant
23M+
Open Source
Developers
64M+
Repositories on
GitHub
41B+
Lines of Code
1,100
New Projects a
Day
10,000+
NewVersions
per Day

6. Platform For Innovation
IN MANY AREAS OF TECHNOLOGY
IoT Mobile AIBig Data Cloud BlockChain

7. Open Source Is
No Longer Optional
OF COMPANIES
RUN ON OPEN SOURCE
LESS THAN 3%
DON’T USE OSS IN ANY WAY
2015 Future Of Open Source Study results; @blackduck

8. Comcast Journey

9. Our TransformationInto Being a Software Organization
PRODUCT
CONSUMER
Some Open
Source
CONSUMING
COMMERCIAL
MORE
OPEN SOURCE
CONSUMING
CREATING CONTRIBUTING
LEADING
Open Source
2000 2006 2017
@nithyaruff

10. Comcast has transformed the way people watch TV
X1
entertainment
operating
system
launched
1st live streaming
app launched
30B on demand
videos watched
2012 2013 2015
Delivering fastest
broadband speeds to
the most American
homes with Gigabit
Pro
2017
Multi-platform, multi-tenant, cloud
based application platform, and
managed IP broadcast grade video
delivery platform
@nithyaruff

11. Practice
Brand
Culture

12. COMMUNICATE
CONSUME
CONTRIBUTE
COLLABORATE
CREATE
COMPETENCY
COMPLY
OPEN @
COMCAST

13. OSPOs Drive Key Changes in the Company
Compliance OSS Critical
to Business
Talent
Acquisition
Scale Process Open
Innovation
and
Development
Culture

14. COMMUNITY

15. 1 5
What is Community?
Groups of individuals
sharing common interests,
& goals
Open design
Open development
Inclusive and transparent
San Francisco, California August 2016

16. 1 6
Raise awareness
Streamline processes
Foster inclusiveness
Internal training
Generate reports
Recognize & reward
Influence Upstream Contributions

18. Recruiting Talent
Company
Brand
Cool
Projects
Development
Experience
Open Source
Policy

19. Comcast OS Portal – Comcast.github.io
Use or contribute to
projects
Check out what we
have open sourced
Come Join Us
Contact Us

20. Working on culture transformation to better serve our customers
Innovation
Reliability
Security
Digital Transformation Requires A Culture Transformation

22. Make it Easy to Use OS to Advance
the Future of Media and Technology