- Community Manager for the OpenSearch Project & OpenSearch Software Foundation technical steering committee
- OpenSearch Software Foundation Ambassador - page - announcement
- Member of the OpenSearch Project Leadership Committee - blog post - repo (Dec 2023 - Sep 2024)
- Come join the OpenSearch community
- Reach out to me on the OpenSearch Slack instance
- Pronouns: he/him
- Homepage krisfreedain.com
- Personal blog kris.haus
- Fosstodon.org Admin - the team - announcement - blog post
- Fosstodon Foundation Board Member - announcement
- Speaker bio and profile image.
- State of Open Con 2025 - London, Feb 4 & 5
- FOSS Backstage - Berlin, Mar 10 & 11
- OpenSearch Project - Berlin User Group - Berlin, Mar 13
- Launch!
- Ways to Contribute to OpenSearch
- The Linux Foundation Member Summit - Napa, California, Mar 18 - 20
- KubeCon / CloudNativeCon - London, April 1 - 4
- OpenSearch Project - London User Group - London, Apr 3
- OpenSearchCon Europe - Amsterdam, Apr 30 - May 1
- OpenSearch Project - München User Group - München, May 7
- Ways to Contribute to OpenSearch
- Open Source Summit North America - Denver, Colorado, June 23 - 25
- WeAreDevelopers World Congress 2025 - Berlin, July 9 - 11
- Joining OpenSearch Software Foundation members Eliatra in their booth
- FOSSY - Portland, Oregon, July 31 - Aug 3
- running the 'Supporting User Groups' community track
- Open Source Summit Europe - Amsterdam, Aug 25 - 27
- OpenSearch Project - Amsterdam User Group - Amsterdam, Aug 27
- Community and Contribution
- AI_Dev - Amsterdam, Aug 28 - 29
- OpenSearchCon North America - San Jose, CA, Sept 8 - 10
- Red Hat Summit: Connect 2025 Roma - Rome, Italy, Nov 12
- OpenSearch Project - Milan User Group - Milan, Italy, Nov 13
- Community and Contribution
- OpenSearch Project - Vienna User Group - Vienna, Austria, Nov 18
- Launch!
- Community and Contribution
- OpenSearch Project - Lisbon User Group - Lisbon, Portugal, Nov 20
- Launch!
- Community and Contribution
- Open Source Summit Japan - Tokyo, Japan, Dec 8 - 10
- OpenSearchCon Japan - Tokyo, Japan, Dec 11
- lots of rest
Come say hello if you're at one of them!