At CEO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top Columbia based CEO’ operating in the Open Source space. If you think a CEO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected]
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.

Graham Plaster
CEO of The Intelligence Community Inc.
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About The Intelligence Community Inc.: The Intelligence Community Inc. is a network for U.S. government, military, national security, and private sector personnel.
Jeremiah Lowin
Founder & CEO of Prefect
Jeremiah Lowin is the Founder and CEO of Prefect.
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About Prefect: Prefect is a workflow management system that helps to eliminate data flow problems for companies’ data teams.

Calista Redmond
CEO, RISC-V International of Linux Foundation
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About Linux Foundation: The Linux Foundation builds sustainable ecosystems around open source projects to accelerate technology development and industry adoption.

Rahul Singh
CEO, Partner of Anant Corporation
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About Anant Corporation, Appleseed Portal: Business Platforms, SaaS, Cloud
Arnold Leung
CEO and founder of Appnovation
Arnold Leung is the Founder at Appnovation.
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About Appnovation: Appnovation is a global Digital Solutions and Managed Services provider, delivering strategy, app development and enterprise integrations.

Mike Vertal
Co-Founder, CEO, President & Board Member of Crafter Software
Mike Vertal brings over 20 years of operational, technical and executive leadership experience to Crafter Software. Over the course of his career, Mike has served in executive positions at leading software and services companies. As Vice President of Engineering at Wireless Matrix, a leading mobile applications services provider, Mike directed a total conversion to open source software that simultaneously reduced operating costs by millions of dollars and dramatically improved service reliability. Mike also currently serves as CEO of Rivet Logic, the leading consulting and systems integration firm that founded the open source Crafter CMS project. Mike holds BSEE and MSEE degrees from Case Western Reserve University, and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
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About Crafter Software: CrafterCMS is an open-source, Git-based headless CMS for enterprises and fast-growing startups.

Michael Whitehead
CEO of 1CRM Corp.
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About 1CRM Corp.: 1CRM strives to equip business owners with the tools they need to manage their customer relationships and business from anywhere at anytime.