Josep Mitjà

Abstract:"How to build an Open Source business to compete with SAP?"

The speaker will tell us about his experience building Openbravo, the company behind the leading open source ERP. He will elaborate on the do's and don'ts to build a successful business in open source, explain what are the most important challenges and debunk some of the well spread myths about open source.

Agenda:

The Openbravo story  

• The Openbravo ERP
  
• The Openbravo business model
• Funding and building the company

Learnings from Openbravo

• Community
• Business model

Recommendations for entrepreneurs

Biography

Josep is in charge of Openbravo's Product Strategy and Business Development unit. Among many activities in Josep!Gs wide range of responsibilities, he leads the definition and execution of the product strategy and marketing approach, drives business development activities, builds corporate alliances and is in charge of defining the international growth model, Openbravo!Gs web presence, as well as Openbravo!Gs marketing & communication initiatives and IT & Systems department. Lastly, Josep is also an Openbravo Board member and a Board member of the Open Solutions Alliance (OSA), which Openbravo co-founded. Prior to joining Openbravo, Josep was a principal with DiamondCluster International (now Oliver Wyman), where he worked in more than 10 countries across 3 continents advising senior executives in the high tech industry. In the start of his career, he worked for BASF in Germany and Spain. Josep holds an MBA from IESE in Barcelona, and from MIT Sloan School of Management in Boston. Previously he graduated in Telecommunications Engineering in the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC). Josep also serves on the board on the Open Solutions Alliance, an international organization that aims to promote the use of open source in the enterprise and facilitate the interoperability among the leading open solutions.