Launching the F5 Open Source Ambassador Program
summary
OSPO launches an ambassador program that recruits beyond expectations and ships practical scaffolding: 16 ambassadors across 11 product areas in seven time zones, five countries and three continents, organized into Advocate Champion and leadership tiers. The rollout uses GitLab and Slack plus pre recorded Stream kickoffs OneNote notes and monthly async meetings to reduce overhead. Early wins are internal reviews blog posts and foundation engagement; pain points are lightweight contribution tracking and cross acquisition tooling and VPN access.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00F5 Open Source Program intro
- 6:43Company open source strategy
- 10:11Ambassador program structure
- 13:40First cohort launch
- 17:08Ambassador impact
- 20:20Current challenges and scalability issues
- 22:11Future expansion plans
- 23:34Summary
- 23:57Q&A
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