We have some important updates to share with you regarding changes in our leadership team. The growth and success of Mautic is built on the dedication and passion of our community members, and it's always a bittersweet moment when we bid farewell to our team leads and welcome new ones into the fold.
Product Team leadership change
Firstly, we would like to announce that Mattias Michaux from Dropsolid is stepping down as the Product Team Lead. Mattias has played a crucial role in shaping Mautic's product direction, and his contribution has been invaluable in areas like improving and updating our Docker image and Composer installation, automating our release processes and putting in place the foundations for ensuring that we have a solid release cadence going forward.
We would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to Mattias for his dedication, hard work, and leadership during his tenure.
We are also excited to announce that Joey Keller, who has been serving as Assistant Team Lead, will be stepping up to fill Mattias's shoes as the new Product Team Lead.
Joey has been working intensively with Mautic since 2020 and has been involved in the Mautic community for many years. He is currently Assistant Team Lead in the Product Team at Mautic and CTO at Friendly. Joey's commitment and understanding of Mautic's product landscape make him an excellent choice for this role. His goal is to create a consistent and logical user experience, eliminate existing inconsistencies and further improve key features such as the email builder.
He is particularly keen to enhance collaboration with companies that program their own developments for Mautic so that these can be made available to the community. As Product Lead, he also plans to establish regular feedback rounds to address the most important concerns of marketers who work with the tool on a daily basis. As before, Joey will also be heavily involved in the Mautic forums. We are confident that he will continue to drive our product's success and innovation.
Rahul Shinde, who had applied for the role of Assistant Team Lead, will be stepping into Joey's vacated role. Rahul has over 15 years of expertise
in software development and open-source technologies, and he has been actively involved with Mautic for several years, contributing to both the core product and tailored plugins. Rahul's enthusiasm and fresh ideas will undoubtedly bring a new perspective to the Product team, and we look forward to seeing his contributions in this new role. Rahul will be focusing more on the engineering side, ensuring that developers are effectively onboarded and that as a product we’re continually moving forward, driving technical excellence and innovation.
Marketing Team leadership change
In addition, we have changes within our Marketing Team. Oluwatobi Owolabi, who has led the Marketing Team for several years and recently stepped back to Assistant Team Lead when Sven Döring joined as Team Lead, is now stepping down.
Oluwatobi's leadership has been instrumental in shaping Mautic's marketing strategy, and his efforts have significantly contributed to our community's growth.
He’s also been a dedicated meetup and MautiCamp organizer and Track Lead for every Mautic Conference Global event we’ve held to date. We express our deepest gratitude to Oluwatobi for his dedication and outstanding service.
Stepping into the role of Assistant Team Lead, we are pleased to announce that Mike Van Hemelrijck will be joining effective immediately having applied for the role through the Community Portal.
Both Mike and Sven have shown great passion and commitment to Mautic, and we believe their combined expertise will continue to drive our marketing efforts forward.
Community Team leadership changes
In addition to the changes in the Product and Marketing teams, we also have a transition within our Community Team. Nico Grienauer, who has been instrumental in his role as Assistant Team Lead since 2019, will be stepping back. Nico's insights, drawn from his experience with the Drupal community, have been invaluable in shaping the Mautic community. We extend our heartfelt thanks to Nico for his dedication and the significant contributions he has made.
Stepping into the Assistant Team Lead role for the Community Team, we welcome Avinash Dalvi, who will be taking the reins.
Avinash has been a central figure in organizing the highly successful Mautic Conference India event this year. His deep involvement in open source and tech, coupled with his passion for community building, make him an excellent choice for this role.
We are excited to see how Avinash's leadership will continue to foster growth and engagement within the Mautic community.
Looking Ahead
These changes reflect the dynamic and evolving nature of our community. We believe that change brings new opportunities for growth and innovation, and we are excited about what the future holds under the leadership of our new team leads.
We would like to express our deepest gratitude to Mattias, Oluwatobi and Nico for their invaluable contributions and wish them all the best in their future endeavors. At the same time, we extend a warm welcome to Joey, Rahul, Mike and Avinash in their new roles and look forward to their leadership and contributions to the Mautic community.
Thank you all for your continued support and commitment to Mautic. Together, we will continue to grow and strengthen our community.
Stay tuned for more exciting updates and developments from Mautic!
P.S. If you're considering stepping up to a leadership role, we hold elections each year. We currently have the Community Team Lead position open, and Education Team Assistant Lead. Next July we’ll be opening vacancies for the Assistant Lead in the Education, Marketing and Product Team.
