Mudra Panchal

Experienced open-source software licensing analyst with strong expertise in end-to-end open-source license compliance management, including software composition analysis, license identification, obligation compliance, copyright review and patent and legal risk assessment. Proven ability to analyze open-source licenses, assess compliance risks, and provide clear recommendations to engineering, legal, and project teams. Extensive experience supporting large-scale software development environments by ensuring adherence to open-source governance policies and third-party software licensing requirements.

Contractor - open source software license compliance analyst - OSPOCO (US based company)

(2023-03)

Engineer for Open Source Scanning and License Clearing - Siemens Technology & Services Pvt Ltd.

(2019-06 - 2022-11)

Assistant Professor in I.T and Computer engineering department - PES's MCOE, BMEF, MCA, SCET, S.V.I.T (India) - India

(2007-07 - 2019-05)

• Managed end-to-end open source software license compliance activities across multiple enterprise projects.
• Analyzed open-source license texts and identified obligations related to usage, copyright, modification, and distribution of software components.
• Prepared product clearing and compliance reports summarizing licensing obligations, potential risks, and recommended mitigation strategies.
• Conduct risk assessments associated with the use of Third Party Open Source Components and documented findings for engineering and legal stakeholders.
• Led training and awareness for open-source license implications to both technical and non-technical teams.
• Knowledge of both permissive and restricted licenses like MIT, Apache, GPL V2, GPL V3, LGPL, etc.
• Analysing legal documents like License Agreement, Vendor Declaration for commercial (cots) components. Collaborated with procurement teams to review commercial software contracts and monitor contract risks and escalate to higher management.
• Constant evaluation of commercial and open-source components for ensuring recommendations are up-to-date and reduce potential risks to customers.
• Preparing Product Clearing Report mentioning the obligations and the allowable usage of the component in the project as per the liberal, weak and strong copyleft licenses.
• Conducting call and meetings with the project team to review existing open-source licenses and its obligation and recommend any changes required.
• Worked as a lead for all projects within the Germany segment.
• Maintained communication with external vendors including Microsoft, Oracle, and Qt regarding software licensing matters.
• Handling Status call on various projects with partners and managers. Excellent relationships with external and internal stakeholders.
• Regular review meetings focusing on delivery and improvements.
• Support the project team in InnerSource to strengthen collaboration across internal teams using open source principles/practices.

M.E Information Technology - Information Technology - SVMIT (India) (2016-07)

B.E Information Technology - Information Technology - S.V.I.T (India) (2007-05)