About Sīlavāpi
Sīlavāpi (ex Ruth) Cheesley is a passionate advocate for open source who has dedicated her career to building and nurturing vibrant communities. As the Project Lead for Mautic, the world’s largest open source marketing automation platform, she works to ensure the project remains accessible, sustainable, and community-driven.
With extensive experience in community management, governance, and open source project leadership, Sīlavāpi is committed to helping projects create inclusive environments where contributors of all backgrounds and skill levels can thrive. She is particularly passionate about documentation, mentorship, and creating pathways for new contributors.
Sīlavāpi regularly speaks at conferences worldwide on topics including community building, open source governance, and sustainable contribution models. She is known for her practical, down-to-earth approach and her commitment to putting community first.
Speaking Topics
Implementing GitHub's private security issue reporting
With a month's notice to transition to a new workflow for managing incoming security reports for our open source project, join us to learn how we implemented GitHub's built-in security reporting feature in the Mautic project, and explore the highs and lows of collaborating with researchers, contributors and our security team using this system.
- FOSS Backstage 2025
Who owns your customer data: Open source, digital sovereignty and your marketing stack
In an era where data privacy and control are becoming the buzz words among decision makers, the question 'Who owns your data?' becomes increasingly significant. Open source digital experience platforms (DXPs) are leading the charge in providing organisations with digital sovereignty, offering unparalleled flexibility and control over their marketing stacks. Whether you just need to shoot out some emails once a month or need the capacity to fully personalise the online and in-store experiences of your customers, come and learn how open source solutions can work together to ensure full data ownership, comply with regional regulations, and customise the digital experiences of your customers to meet unique needs, setting a new standard for transparency and innovation in the digital landscape.
- TYPO3Con 2025
- State of Open Con 2024