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OWASP Funding and CEO Discussion PRESENTED BY Keith Turpin. Session Focus. Leverage the great opportunity the session provides to discuss current and future OWASP Open discussion on the CEO proposal. 2010 Activity Income: Conference income: $ 683,364.93
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Session Focus • Leverage the great opportunity the session provides to discuss current and future OWASP • Open discussion on the CEO proposal
2010 Activity Income: • Conference income: $683,364.93 • Conference Registration, Sponsorships, Training • Donations: $2342.09 • Membership Dues: $200,281.80 Total$885,988.82 2010 Activity Expenses: • Banking Charges $2324.69 • Chapter Support $934.46 • Committee $2903.50 • Conference Costs (Logistics, Financing, Trainers and Operations) $511,493.50 • Operational Costs $99,142.03 • Payroll $87,226.21 • Professional Services $40,545.89 Total$744,570.28 Profits: $ 141,418.54 (Does not include 2009 and 2011 impacts on the 2010 P&L)
Future General Funding Needs: • Marketing, Branding and Identity • Process Re-engineering • Education Outreach and Support • Project and OWASP Leader Support • Project Management • Copywriting • Technical Writing and Editing • Graphic Design • Formal Publishing • Project Promotion/Marketing • Travel and presentation/Road-Show Expenses
New Funding for International Operations • International incorporation • Associated finance and legal support • Translation services • International chapter/conferences support services • International leader expenses
Actions: • Gather suggestions • Email Sarah Baso: sarah.baso@owasp.org • Review for feasibility, resource constraints and alignment with organizational core values • Prioritize ideas • Develop an implementation plan • Provide guidance for chapters, conference planners and committees
CEO Discussion: Jeremiah Grossman in his 'Open letter to OWASP' blog post: • It is time for an OWASP Chief Executive Officer • Other highly successful non-profits have a President / CEO position (e.g. Mozilla) • OWASP generates enough revenue and has sufficient growth to justify the position Proposed Role: • Responsible for the day-to-day operational affairs and growing the organization. • A go to person for global committees, project leaders, members, sponsors, press • Authority to make decisions • Serve as an industry cheerleader and work with the leadership of other organizations
CEO Discussion (continued): Mark Bristow’s response: • As OWASP grows as an organization there is a continuing need for a consistent "cheerleader" who is always working on OWASP's behalf. • Core staff in leadership roles are needed to support the organization • Hiring an experienced CEO to put a consistent "face" on OWASP activities, who can go and meet with industry leaders, potential supporters, press and perform outreach activities would be a boon to maturing us into OWASP 4.0. • Hiring a CEO with experience in running an international non-profit organization would also be a huge value add for OWASP • An experienced person could improve international operations