Benjamin Nickolls

Benjamin Nickolls has a diverse work experience, primarily in product management and leadership roles. Benjamin is currently working at Open Source Collective as the Strategic Director and a Board Member. Previously, they were the Executive Director at the same company. Benjamin has also founded and served as the Head of Product at Ecosyste.ms. Benjamin has worked as the Chief Product Officer at Open Collective and Head of Product & Co-Founder at Octobox Ltd. Additionally, Benjamin has experience as a Snr. Product Manager at GitHub and Product Manager at Tidelift. Benjamin has also held positions as the Head of Product at Libraries.io and Dependency CI. Earlier in their career, Benjamin worked as the Designer & Co-Founder at Attack the Pack and Head of Services at mySociety.

Benjamin Nickolls completed their education from the University of Birmingham, where they obtained an MSc degree in Computer Security with Distinction between 2006 and 2007. Prior to that, they attended the University of Liverpool from 2002 to 2005, earning a First Class (Hons) BSc degree in Computer Science.