The Apache Software Foundation oversees more than 350 open source projects and initiatives, supported by a diverse global community of committers. This thriving open source community was in full force this week at Apache: Big Data and ApacheCon North America in Vancouver.

In Episode 5 of The New Builders, we speak with a cross-section of attendees, presenters and keynoters from across the Apache open source communities, including Apache Software Foundation Executive Vice President Rich Bowen (4:38), ODPi Director John Mertic (14:59), Cloud Foundry Foundation CEO Sam Ramji (23:57), Apache NiFi PMC Member Aldrin Piri (39:30) and IBM Developer Advocate Bradley Holt (47:00).

You can find new episodes of The New Builders on developerWorks TV and SoundCloud. Find out more about IBM Cloud Data Services at IBM.biz/forbuilders. Contact hosts Doug Flora and Jim Young on Twitter (@DSFlora, @JW_Young) or email ([email protected], [email protected]).

The show's music is provided by School for Robots. Check them out at schoolforrobots.bandcamp.com!