TY - JOUR T1 - Keystone Organization for Ontario's Open Source Ecosystem JF - Open Source Business Resource Y1 - 2007 A1 - Rowland Few AB - Many companies, individuals and organizations in Ontario produce and use open source assets and processes to provide unique value to their customers, clients, and themselves. To better enable these companies, individuals and organizations to (i) co-evolve capabilities and roles, (ii) align themselves with companies holding leadership roles, and (iii) invest in shared visions, the Talent First Network (TFN) has become the keystone organization of Ontario's open source ecosystem. This article introduces the TFN and identifies the steps it is taking to better support the Ontario Open Source Ecosystem. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa UR - http://timreview.ca/article/85 IS - August 2007 U1 - Talent First Network Rowland Few is a member of the Talent First Network where he is responsible for the Company Affiliates program and aims to assemble an ecosystem comprised of 50 companies across Ontario with business models that benefit from Open Source to generate cash and reduce development costs. Rowland has 18 years Telecom experience across North America, Europe and China with 10 years management (covering Engineering, Program Management and Business Development) at Ottawa based start-ups. He graduated from the Queens' Executive MBA program in May 2004. ER -