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== Background ==

== Background ==

I am a professor in the Information Systems department at San Francisco State University<ref>San Francisco State University, Sameer Verma, Ph.D., 2015, https://faculty.sfsu.edu/~sverma/</ref>. My Ph.D. dissertation was based on how technology adoption works with individuals and in communities<ref>Sameer Verma, Diffusion and Adoption of Multicasting: Role of Implicit versus Explicit Communication Initiation Methods, 1999, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/255572948_DIFFUSION_AND_ADOPTION_OF_MULTICASTING_ROLE_OF_IMPLICIT_VERSUS_EXPLICIT_COMMUNICATION_INITIATION_METHODS</ref>. My work involves teaching and research in Management Information Systems (MIS). I teach courses on “Managing Open Source”<ref>San Francisco State University, Managing Open Source, 2005, http://is.sfsu.edu/node/145</ref> and “Media and the Web”<ref>San Francisco State University, Multimedia Business Applications Development , 2015, http://courses.sfsu.edu/courses/29446</ref>. My research revolves around the development and use of Free and Open Source Software. Some of my research has stemmed from collaborative work with the Open Source Initiative<ref>Open Source Initiative, Report of License Proliferation Committee, 2006, https://opensource.org/proliferation-report</ref>, and Ubuntu<ref>Alberto Onetti, Marco Talaia, Vincenza Odorici, Manuela Presutti, Sameer Verma, The role of serial entrepreneurs in the internationalization of global start-ups. A business case, , http://www.senatehall.com/strategic-management?article=368</ref>. I also serve on the Board of Directors of the Drupal Association<ref>Drupal Association, Board of Directors, Drupal Association, 2015, https://assoc.drupal.org/about/board</ref>, which gives me tremendous insights into how large FOSS projects work both in the community and the enterprise.

I am a professor in the Information Systems department at San Francisco State University<ref>San Francisco State University, Sameer Verma, Ph.D., 2017, https://faculty.sfsu.edu/~sverma/</ref>. My Ph.D. dissertation was based on how technology adoption works with individuals and in communities<ref>Sameer Verma, Diffusion and Adoption of Multicasting: Role of Implicit versus Explicit Communication Initiation Methods, 1999, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/255572948_DIFFUSION_AND_ADOPTION_OF_MULTICASTING_ROLE_OF_IMPLICIT_VERSUS_EXPLICIT_COMMUNICATION_INITIATION_METHODS</ref>. My work involves teaching and research in Management Information Systems (MIS). I teach courses on “Managing Open Source”<ref>San Francisco State University, Managing Open Source, 2005, http://is.sfsu.edu/node/145</ref> and “Media and the Web”<ref>San Francisco State University, Multimedia Business Applications Development , 2015, http://courses.sfsu.edu/courses/29446</ref>. My research revolves around the development and use of Free and Open Source Software. Some of my research has stemmed from collaborative work with the Open Source Initiative<ref>Open Source Initiative, Report of License Proliferation Committee, 2006, https://opensource.org/proliferation-report</ref>, and Ubuntu<ref>Alberto Onetti, Marco Talaia, Vincenza Odorici, Manuela Presutti, Sameer Verma, The role of serial entrepreneurs in the internationalization of global start-ups. A business case, , http://www.senatehall.com/strategic-management?article=368</ref>. I also serve on the Board of Directors of the Drupal Association<ref>Drupal Association, Board of Directors, Drupal Association, 2017, https://assoc.drupal.org/about/board</ref>, which gives me tremendous insights into how large FOSS projects work both in the community and the enterprise.

== Experience ==

== Experience ==