In this episode you meet the Global CTO of Red Hat. You get to know a personal side of Chris and what the day in the life of the CTO of the largest software acquisition ever looks like. We are discussing the A/NZ marketplace compared to the rest of the world, the opportunities in the telco industry, deep thinking, the similarities of Open Data and Open Source, the resilience of the open source development model during a global pandemic, why the Linux micro VS monolithic kernel discussion is flaring up again, what people Chris is looking for when he is hiring for his team and why you should consider yourself lucky when your mother calls you a nerd with social skills.