Samson Goddy is the Open Source Program Manager at Hedera Hashgraph, where he leads community development around OSS initiatives, including the launch of Hiero, an open source distributed ledger technology under LF Decentralized Trust. With a background in advocating for open source software, he co-founded the Open Source Community Africa, a vibrant initiative dedicated to growing the open source ecosystem across the African continent. He is the Board Member for Sugar Labs, Inc., and Open Source Collective. A Leader and OSS advocate passionate about Developer Relations (DevRel) and dedicated to sustaining open-source projects while building inclusive communities and a GitHub Star.