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Bo
English-Wiczling
Vice President of Global Developer Relations
PayPal
Bo English-Wiczling is Vice President, Global Developer Relations at PayPal responsible for reinventing and elevating the experience of millions of developers using PayPal platforms, and transforming the outreach and engagement of developers worldwide. She joined PayPal in November 2025 after leading a successful DevRel team in the Database Product Management team at Oracle. Bo has more than 28 years of experience in Tech, leading large-scale development teams, creating enterprise programs and startups from scratch. She started her career as a web developer, and authored multiple applications for companies looking for an online presence, such as Allianz and American Heart Association. She has a double major in Computer Science and Philosophy from the University of Minnesota. Bo is a passionate advocate for open source communities, under-represented affiliations, and serves as a Board Advisor for the Whatcom Community College CIS/Cybersecurity Committee. She is also a Certified Scrum Master and Certified Agile Coach. Bo currently lives in Seattle, WA with her husband and 2 dogs. In her spare time, she likes to collect hobbies and make things, wander the earth, race sports cars, and she is an enthusiastic foodie. She is also especially fond of peaty Scotches.
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09 September 2026 14:15 - 14:45
Community building that doesn't feel corporate
Developers can smell a managed community from a mile away. The over-moderated forums, the scripted office hours, the newsletter that reads like a press release, & all of it erodes the trust you're trying to build. But most community programs are designed by marketing teams with marketing goals, and that tension shows. This session is a practical look at how to build developer communities that earn genuine participation, not just member counts. We'll cover how to hand real ownership to your most active contributors, how to set community norms without policing conversation, and how to measure health in ways that actually reflect engagement rather than vanishing metrics. Plus, where the line is between facilitation and interference, and how to know when you've crossed it.