Tobie Langel
Tobie Langel is the Founder and Principal of UnlockOpen, a boutique consulting firm that specializes in helping organizations successfully navigate open tech ecosystems.
Through his consulting firm and or pro bono, Tobie advises:
- Leading tech firms such as Google, Microsoft, Mozilla, Intel, Cisco, Postman, Airtable, and GitLab;
- Industry organizations and Standards Developing Organizations (SDOs) including OpenSSF, OpenJSF, OASIS Open, Eclipse and W3C;
- NGOs, philanthropies, and policy makers, among them the Atlantic Council, OpenForum Europe, the United Nations’ Digital Public Goods Alliance, and the European Commission's CRA Expert Group.
Before establishing UnlockOpen, Tobie led Facebook’s standards initiative, representing the company at W3C and spearheading the Web Platform Tests open source initiative as a W3C Fellow.
Tobie is well-known for having co-maintaining one of the world’s largest JavaScript libraries, editing multiple web standards implemented in all modern browsers, and for his public speaking and keynotes at key industry events.
Tobie is also sits on the Board of the OpenJSF Foundation, is Vice Chair of the Foundation Cross Project Council, and sits on W3C's Board Audit Committee.