Martin is the Open Source Editor of ITAM Channel and has over 20 years’ experience in the software industry specialising in software licensing, IT Governance and risk avoidance. He has seen the challenges of risk management related to various aspects of the software ecosystem. In the past, Martin has worked for Microsoft Limited, FrontRange Solutions, Centennial Software, Snow Software and Express Metrix Limited.
Martin is now focussed on assisting organisations leveraging the benefits of open source software to create bespoke applications in house or through third parties while managing the business risks of intellectual property, open source component licensing, copyrights, security vulnerability management, and operational risk. The result for organisations should be a process of continuous compliance solution alongside a company’s DevOps process.