Christian Paterson
Christian PATERSON is Senior Open Source Strategy Expert at EU.SID CBG Huawei Europe.
Christian is assisting Huawei with Open Source community strategy in Europe. He is widely respected and has launched Open Source initiatives, spoken at events and advised peers across multiple domains (banking, transport, telecom …). Christian was previously a member of the OW2 board, and of Systematic’s Hub Open Source steering committee.
Previously, Christian was head of the Open Source governance for the Orange Telecom group. Within this role (mandated by the Orange EXCOM) he was responsible for defining Orange’s high-level Open Source strategy, managing actions in support of this strategy, and advising Open Source policy across IT domains and country affiliates. Christian transformed Orange’s Open Source governance organisation, its compliance functions and community engagement.
Prior to working at Orange, Christian held web management roles within journalism and financial service domains. When not at work he enjoys current affairs, walking, travel, reading. He has been known to play a video game or two, and started programming at 11 years old. Academically, Christian holds neurobiology and cognitive science diplomas.
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In January 2021, the W3C, supported by leading technology companies, launched the MiniApp Working Group to define standards for a new paradigm of light hybrid applications called MiniApps. The OW2 Quick App initiative will promote a concrete implementation of this abstract MiniApp standard, enabling light applications in native environments for smart devices. As the MiniApp standard matures, the implementation of Quick App runtime engines for different devices will facilitate a powerful "code once, deploy anywhere" paradigm.