Speaker - Chris Polanco

Chris is the Production Manager at Open Signal the Organization that helps FOSSY get online every year. While his background is in tradition film making his early start at Open Signal volunteering at 14 allowed him to get familiar with broadcast basics and techniques he later adapter to his film career. Combined with a passion for right to repair he really early on started to combine film and broadcast techniques with as much FOSS software he could get his hands on to recreate advanced industry practices at smaller self hosted scales. The unique combination of experience came in handy during the pandemic as he helped many small non-profits transition online while equipment shortages were common. He's now spending his time at Open Signal pushing a FOSS first philosophy in Video Production a usually heavily proprietary and secretive industry.