Jim Hietala

Jim is responsible for sustainability programs at The Open Group, including market development for the Open Footprint Forum standards initiative, as well as development of their internal sustainability plan. The Open Footprint Forum is creating standards to ease data management issues associated with scope 1/2/3 greenhouse gas emissions reporting. The Open Footprint Forum standards will mitigate risks associated with emissions reporting, as well as unlocking value associated with climate and emissions decision making.

In previous roles at The Open Group Jim was responsible for incubating and launching new standards initiatives such as the Open Footprint Forum, the OSDU Forum, and the Open Process Automation Forum, managing the business development team, and directing their security standards portfolio including the Open FAIR cyber risk quantification program.