elections/2023/ebbers.xml

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	<name>Hendrik Ebbers</name>
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	<image>ebbers.jpg</image>
	<email>hendrik.ebbers@me.com</email>

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            <p>Like many people, the first time I heard about Eclipse was when I used the Eclipse IDE at the beginning of my career as a Java developer. After using the IDE for several years and even doing some SWT projects, I realized that "Eclipse" is much more than just an IDE. As I became more familiar with open source development, I realized how positive and even necessary centralized and independent management of open source software is. With my work in JakartaEE and the Adoptium working group, I can see the organization's benefits daily. The foundation helps the working groups in areas like marketing, community management, and infrastructure.</p>
            <p>In addition, several big and prominent players want to add their opinion and view to the OSS projects of the foundation. So the Eclipse Foundation creates workflows and rules that allow me, as a minor member, to be on the same level as the big players and discuss our thoughts in a remarkable community by creating a big picture together that is just a benefit for all of us.</p>
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            <p>The Eclipse Foundation is a place that allows individual open source enthusiasts and companies – big or small – to work together at eye level. While this is already an incredible achievement, I often see that the hurdle to starting with open source development and understanding its workflows and benefits is still high for many people and small companies. I would like to have the Eclipse Foundation as one of the best addresses for getting into OSS by continuing and strengthening the support of events like Google Summer of Code and Hacktoberfest next to providing "Getting Started" support like "good first issue" issues. Next, I would like to have more small companies join the foundation to support critical OSS on which they already depend today (like the Java virtual machine).</p>
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            <p>Hendrik Ebbers is a Java Champion, a member of JSR expert groups, and JavaOne Rockstar. He has achieved all this through his belief in open source and open communities. Hendrik is the founder and leader of the Java User Group Dortmund and gives talks and presentations in user groups and at conferences worldwide. Hendrik is a member of the Jakarta WG and the Adoptium WG. In both projects, he was already involved before they became Eclipse working groups: Hendrik was a member of the AdoptOpenJDK TSC and part of the Java Bean Validation expert group.</p>
            <p>Last year Hendrik founded OpenElements to positively impact open source software and the open source community. The main goal of OpenElements is to strengthen open collaboration. For Hendrik, this includes helping companies to use and introduce more OSS by supporting them to set up an open source programming office (OSPO) or providing custom consulting for open source projects like Eclipse Adoptium.</p>
            <p>Next to Eclipse-related projects, Hendrik contributes to other OSS. For example, Hendrik is a core committer of the Hedera Hashgraph, the only open source public ledger written in Java. Here, Hendrik helps Hedera and SwirldsLabs create secure, fast, and reliable components using open source standards, components, and well-known workflows.</p>
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	<affiliation>
        Open Elements GmbH, Founder
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