Executive Director

Role Description for Marcin Jakubowski, Ph.D., ED.

Executive Director Required Skills

Abstract: The ED sets the Critical Path for Open Source Ecology, defines process for supporting the Critical Path, and dog-foods initial versions of processes.

• Leadership - Ability to generate effective Critical Path Narratives and to inspire the team towards excellence. Ability to reframe daily tasks within the framework of the greater project vision.
• Recruiting Talent - Ability to inspire mentors, advisors, technical experts, reviewers, and strategic collaborators to collaborate on the project.
• Technical Literacy - Ability to translate OSE Specifications into specific product design features of the 50 GVCS Tools
• Fabrication Experience - to understand and direct translation of OSE Specifications into design-for-fabrication of lifetime design products
• Systems design capacity to define and build a coherent product ecology of the 50 GVCS Tools accoring to an open source hardware pattern language
• Process Development - Ability to create effective processes and governance for Open Source Product Development, emphasizing strategic clarity, development efficiency, and performance development as a lean, learning organization.
• Strategic Planning - ability to execute cost-benefit analysis, risk analysis, review, and effective decision-making ragarding development priorities
• Economic Analysis - Ability to perform economic feasibility analysis and enterprise planning
• Ability to Work Openly

ED Duties - Until 2014

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• Prototyping and Design Review: Directs integrated development of machine prototyping. Reviews strategic priorities and critical path with staff. Functions as Product Lead until one is recruited. Reviews product designs for adherence to OSE Specifications and GVCS 50 Product Ecology. Develops (35%)
• Process Development: Continuously create, integrate, and refine Open Source Product Development process - particularly the integration of social and technical aspects of a volunteer/paid process, with on-site and remote collaboration. Develops Management Structure as key processes to support core prototyping. Oversees strategic effectiveness of nonprofit resource development (25%)
• Production Development: Create, execute, direct, and delegate process for Collaborative Production Runs for the purpose of prototyping and bootstrap funding. (20%)
• Hiring: valuate and approve all hires, contracts, bids, and other offers from on-site and remote participants (10%)
• Development Budget: Create a development budget and development timeline (5%)
• Investor Outreach: Engage in speaking engagements and Investor relations as needed (5%)

Critical Issues

The critical milestone for effective leadership of the project is clarifying the requirements of a basic hardware development methodology, as well as producing the supporting documentation for this this method. Presently, we are considering a lean technique with the key point of using simple, widely-available development tools for hardware - wikis, Google Docs, and Sketchup. The next major milestone include:

• Refining the Flashy XM platform based on recent CAD, Remote Collaboration, Replication, and Collaborative Production Learnings - in the form of a seminal white paper on a distributed, scalable, open source product development platform.
• Detailing a budget required to execute on each product, with implications for budgets required for scalability