Jean-Georges Perrin

Jean-Georges ""jgp"" Perrin is passionate about data; yes, that's a real thing. As chair of the Linux Foundation's Bitol project, he leads the development of open global standards that are reshaping how organizations manage and exchange data. Under his leadership, the Open Data Contract Standard (ODCS) has seen adoption across enterprises, tool vendors, and open source communities worldwide, while the Open Data Product Standard (ODPS) is defining how data products are described, governed, and shared across the industry. Both standards are built under Linux Foundation governance, with multi-vendor backing and a growing global community. Actian's CTO Office is where he pretends to have a normal job. He is the author of books on data mesh, Apache Spark, and architecture modernization with O'Reilly and Manning, is currently writing Building Data Products (O'Reilly), and also publishes a ""for all ages"" series that makes complex data concepts accessi