Alice Sowerby
Co-Host of CHAOSScast
Alice is a friendly and thoughtful person whose career is centered around operational leadership in tech.
She's currently on a sabbatical but previous jobs include Program Director for Developer Relations at Equinix, COO at an MLOps startup, and a range of roles in product, engineering, and marketing teams in B2B tech.
What she loves most about work is raising people up through collaborating, coaching, mentoring, and servant leadership. Her strategic and problem-solving skills mean she is valued as a key member of many groups. She is active in the TODO group in the OSPO Book project, in the AI working group in OpenChain and in comms with the CHAOSS project.
Alice is based in the UK, in a small village near Bath. She enjoys travel, dancing, gardening and astronomy.
Alice Sowerby has hosted one Episode.
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Episode 84: Community Viability - how Verizon thinks about OSS risk
16 May 2024 | 34 mins 46 secs
In this episode of CHAOSScast, Dawn Foster, Matt Germonprez, Alice Sowerby, and guest Gary White, Principal Engineer at Verizon’s OSPO office, delve into the world of viability metrics models developed for assessing the risks associated with using open source software components. Gary explains the creation process of these models, their application within Verizon for software evaluation, and the significance of engaging with the open source community to enhance project viability. The conversations also explore the challenges and considerations in deploying these metrics within organizations, emphasizing the blend of policy enforcement and cultural influence to manage open source software dependencies effectively. Press download now to hear more!