OSSA

Muhammet Kara

President

Open Source software developer, working as part of global teams. Free and Open Source Software enthusiast and contributor. Public speaker, volunteer trainer of FLOSS development workshops, regular GSoC mentor. Certified LibreOffice developer and core code contributor. Primarily working with C++ and Python on Linux. Fluent in English and Turkish. Retired translator.

Michael Steuer

Board Member

Michael Steuer is a senior technology executive with two decades of experience at the intersection of digital content, entertainment, interactive applications and gaming. Michael has a proven track record of innovation spanning two continents, and is credited for heralding in the era of the downloadable mobile game more than a decade ago, introducing carrier independent mobile payments to the United States and launching the multiplayer mobile skill gaming craze in 2007 that has since become a global phenomenon. As a performance and quality focused leader, Michael is uniquely experienced and versed in all aspects of digital content operations, product development, technology, monetization and product strategy. Michael is currently the CTO of Beverly Hills based Playsino, Inc. and has previously held C-level, Board and VP positions at Xfire, Mandalay Media, THQ and Distefora. Michael is co-founder and CTO of Renty, Inc. and MAKE, LLC. Michael is an investor in and board advisor to a variety of companies in the gaming, entertainment, financial and advertising technology space. Michael holds several patents in the fields of gaming, mobile and communication technology.

Wulf Kaal

Board Member

Prof. Kaal is a leading expert at the intersection of law, business, and technology with a focus on emerging technology applications in broad arrays of industries, decentralized infrastructure, digital ~/assets, DAOs, NFTs, and smart contracting, as well as private investment fund regulation and compliance. Kaal's proprietary datasets and research focus on emerging technology, innovation, digital ~/assets, smart contracts, hedge funds, dynamic regulatory methods, and corporate finance. Prof. Kaal's scholarship constitutes over 85% of the empirical and theoretical scholarship on emerging technology applications in corporate governance and private investment fund regulation in the United States. Additionally, Prof. Kaal is the leading proponent of dynamic regulatory solutions for innovation. Kaal advises international policymakers, established corporations, startups, and venture capital funds on emerging technology solutions in FinTech and LegalTech. As an adviser, Kaal focuses on creating synergies for his clients and building successful emerging technology businesses, among others, on existing solutions. Kaal speaks regularly at leading conferences in the United States, Europe, and Asia. His speaking engagements include presentations at the European Central Bank, Harvard University, Columbia University, University of Chicago, George Washington University, Northwestern University, Emory University, and the University of Notre Dame, Bocconi University, and Tilburg University, among many others. Kaal teaches Disruptive Innovation, Coding for Lawyers, Dynamic Regulation, Private Investment Funds, Federal Securities Regulation, Corporate Law, and International Finance. He has previously taught at the University of Minnesota Law School, Humboldt University in Berlin Germany, European Business School in Wiesbaden Germany, and Tilburg University Law School in the Netherland.‌

David Tai

Board Member