Bruno is a member of the board of directors at the Open Source Initiative representing Affiliate members.[12] This is his second term on the OSI Board.[13] He is also a member of the executive committee of the Java Community Process.[14] In 2010, he co-founded ToolsCloud, a developer tools provider.[15]
^Phipps, Simon (April 14, 2005). "Brazil - the Global Java Leader?". Java.net. Archived from the original on July 3, 2015. Retrieved June 14, 2015. To give you an idea of the strength of the Java community in Brazil, the world's largest Java User Group is based there. The Sociedade de Usuarios Java, "SouJava" boasts almost 18,000 members and has now spread from its original base in Sao Paulo to be a national organisation
^Kluyt, Onno (January 2006). "Looking back, Looking ahead". JCP Program Office Newsletter (Press release). Java Community Process. Retrieved June 14, 2015. What pleased me is that the Java Community has become more inclusive of the industries and geographies around the world as illustrated by SouJava's joining from Brasil (the world's largest JUG and the first JUG to join)
^Armitage, Amy (June 16, 2015). "Wanna dine with James Gosling at JavaOne in San Francisco?". Jelastic Blog. Retrieved July 2, 2015. dinner with Father of Java, James Gosling, Brazil Java Man, Bruno Souza, and creator of Java cloud platform, Ruslan Synytsky
^"Jenkins in JavaOne 2014" (Press release). Jenkins. September 24, 2014. Retrieved July 2, 2015. The Deploy Factory: Open Source Tools for Java Deployment [CON1880] from Bruno Souza (aka the Java Man from Brazil) and Edson Yanaga
^Wired (magazine) (June 13, 2003). "Staying Up All Night on Java". Wired. Retrieved December 2, 2008. Among devoted Java programmers, Bruno de Souza is considered the Java Man. He even owns the bragging rights to JavaMan.com.
