I will share the journey of Geolytix. A FOSS4G business that doesn't talk much about open source but relies on it every day. Geolytix was founded eight years ago and has grown into a hybrid product/services business with 35 geospatial experts. We are a mix of data scientists, developers, data engineers and location planners. We tell people where to go, primarily large retailers.
I will explain our journey, share some or our pains (which you can hopefully avoid) joys (which you can hopefully repeat), and lessons learnt. We work with retailers across over 50 countries from our 5 offices around the world. We help solve some of the biggest questions in the biggest industries on the planet. All driven by open source (like I say we don't talk about this much as our clients don't rightly care).
I'll explore the good, the bad, and the ugly as users and contributors. We have build data products, a web platform, and developed algorithms. All on the shoulders of open source giants.