Jos Poortvliet
community manager
Novell
![](../../scale9x-media/scalemedia/scale/scale9x-media/simple_cfp/photos/JosPoortvliet_web_.jpg)
Jos Poortvliet is since 6 months openSUSE community manager for Novell. Before that he was active as volunteer in the international KDE community as team lead for the marketing team. He coordinated the communication around releases, the creation and distribution of marketing materials, visiting and organising conferences and staying in contact with the press. In his 'working life' he has had jobs at a variety of companies like the dutch Telco KPN, Royal Bank of Schotland and the duth Department of Eductation.