Board of Directors

President, (Genappe, Belgium)

Martin has been a Plone developer since 2010 and is CEO / CTO of Affinitic a Belgian Plone Solution company. He co-organized the Plone Conference 2022 and attended almost every Plone Conference since Bristol in 2010. He finds Plone is a friendly community with great people. Martin has participated in several conference sprints and PLOG (Plone Open Garden) as well. Over a period of 12 years, he has helped maintain hundreds of Plone websites supporting thousands of users.

This is Martin's third term on the Board.

(Toulouse, France)

Eric is deeply committed to open-source, and is a long-time contributor to the Plone community. He is a frontend developer at Nuclia.

This is Eric's first term on the Board.

Membership Chair, (Brasília, Brazil)

Rafahela has worked with Plone for 18 years. She is co-founder of the PloneGov-BR community and co-organized the Plone Conferences from 2013 and 2024. She currently works at the Interlegis Program (Federal Senate), where developed and maintains a product called Model Portal used by more than 1200 Municipal Chambers and Assemblies.

This is Rafahela's first term on the Board.

Secretary, Marketing Chair, (Pennsylvania, USA)

Brian has been using Plone since v0.9.8. He was one of the legendary Weblion crew at Penn State University who organized Plone Symposium East (2008–2012). Brian is currently a member of the Marketing team, having helped migrate Plone.org twice, from Plone 4 to 5 and most recently from Plone 5 to 6. Brian has been active in local user groups and is frequently found in the Plone Discord channels. He has contributed to many Plone addons and themes, and presented talks at Plone Conferences and Plone Symposia.

This is Brian's second term on the Board.

(Brasília, Brazil)

Gouveia is a member of the PloneGov-BR community and co-organizer of Plone Conference Brasília 2013 and 2024. Husband of Adriana, father of Bia and Léo, he has been a civil servant of the Federal Senate since 2002. Gouveia is CIO of the Interlegis Program, of the Federal Senate; former CIO of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply of Brazil; and has been a member and moderator of free software communities for nearly 20 years.

This is Gouveia's first term on the Board.

Security Team Liason, (Eibar, Basque Country)

Mikel started working with Zope & Python on 2004. Now he leads the Plone team at CodeSyntax. He organized the Plone Conference 2023 en Eibar and has attended almost all conferences since Naples 2007.

This is Mikel's first term on the Board.

Vice President, (Maastricht, The Netherlands)

Guido combines in-depth technical expertise with an integral business perspective. He is the founder of Quaive, a social community collaboration platform built on Plone.

This is Guido's first term on the Board.