Research Leadership and Advisory Board | Linux Foundation

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LF Research is led by a team of seasoned researchers with more than 100 years of combined experience in market research, strategy, modeling, analysis, and objective storytelling. This experience has shaped our approach to empirical research and subsequent analysis, which is comprehensive by design to address key questions, and inclusive so as to engage diverse stakeholders, influence strategy, and create opportunities for community-wide discussions.
Linux Foundation Research is guided by input from the Linux Foundation Research Advisory Board, a rotating committee of distinguished community leaders and subject matter experts, who collectively influence the program agenda and provide strategic input, oversight, and ongoing support on next-generation issues benefitting from further research.
Hilary Carter joined the Linux Foundation in 2021 to launch and lead LF Research, established to deliver empirical insights into open source trends, opportunities, and challenges. Prior to joining the Linux Foundation, Hilary led a global, syndicated research institute focused on blockchain technology based in Toronto, Canada. She has authored and led nearly 200 research projects focused on open source innovation and its adoption across industries. Hilary holds a Master of Science in Management from the London School of Economics, and holds dual Irish and Canadian citizenship.
Director of Quantitative Research
Adrienn serves as Director of Quantitative Research at the Linux Foundation, where she leads data-driven initiatives to understand open source ecosystems. With expertise in social data science from the University of Oxford and a background spanning academic and governmental research, she brings methodological rigor to analyzing distributed collaboration networks.
At the Linux Foundation, Adrienn leads a team conducting cross-sectional research across industry verticals and geographic regions to provide comprehensive insights into open source dynamics. Her work encompasses empirical investigations into regulatory compliance, the implications of AI, and sustainable funding models. She produces evidence-based recommendations that inform strategic decision-making within the open source community.
Senior Researcher & Ecosystem Manager
Anna is the Ecosystem Manager for LF Research where she supports end-to-end management of the Linux Foundation's research projects. She has conducted qualitative and systematic review research in health data infrastructure and the integration of new technologies to better support data sharing in healthcare. She is a generalist with experience in client services, program delivery, project management, and writing for academic, corporate, and web user audiences. Prior to the Linux Foundation, she worked for two different research programs, the Blockchain Research Institute and BC Cancer's Research Institute.
Dr. Marco Aurélio Gerosa is a Full Professor of Computer Science at Northern Arizona University (NAU), USA. His recent research includes exploring AI and chatbots to support open source communities. He earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) and has published over 300 peer-reviewed papers. He has expertise in quantitative and qualitative research methods and mining software techniques.
Sam Boysel is a Data Scientist at the Linux Foundation. He has extensive empirical research experience across many topics in the open source ecosystem. His work leverages microeconomic theory to explore incentives, behaviors, and place value on open source dynamics. Before joining the Linux Foundation, Sam was a postdoctoral researcher with the Laboratory for Innovation Science at Harvard. He holds a B.A., M.S., and Ph.D. in Economics.
Dr. Bianca Trinkenreich is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Colorado State University (CSU), USA. Her recent research includes exploring human-centric AI, software teams' culture, developer experience and technostress. She earned her Ph.D. in Computer Science from Northern Arizona University and has published over 50 peer-reviewed papers. She has expertise in mixed-methods studies involving both quantitative and qualitative research methods and mining software techniques.
Lucian is Open Source Program Director at RTE, the French power transmission system operator. He is leading the open source strategy of RTE which aims at moving the digitalization of the power grid into a new era. Early 2018, he started a collaboration with The Linux Foundation to launch LF Energy, an open source coalition to speed technological innovation and support the energy transition across the world. Today, Lucian is deeply involved in LF Energy and serves as Chair of the Governing Board.
Lucian has been with RTE since 2003 where he held several management positions in the fields of R&D, markets and finance.
Henry Chesbrough is best known as “the father of Open Innovation”. He teaches at the Haas School of Business at the University of California-Berkeley, where he is the Faculty Director of the Garwood Center for Corporate Innovation. He is also Maire Tecnimont Professor of Open Innovation and Sustainability at Luiss University in Rome. Previously he was an Assistant Professor at Harvard Business School. He holds a PhD from UC Berkeley, and MBA from Stanford, and a BA from Yale University. He has written books such as Open Innovation (Harvard Business School Press, 2003), Open Business Models (Harvard Business School Press, 2006), Open Services Innovation (Jossey-Bass, 2011) and Open Innovation Results (Oxford, 2020). His research has been cited more than 90,000 times, according to Google Scholar. He has been recognized as one of the leading business thinkers by Thinkers50. He received an Innovation Luminary award from the European Commission in 2014. He received the Industrial Research Institute Medal of Achievement in 2017