Member Spotlight: Rob Mensching

June 27, 2025 by .NET Foundation Board

Rob Mensching is the CEO and co-founder of FireGiant, a company that provides commercial support and tools for the WiX Toolset. He's also the creator and maintainer of WiX, the most powerful set of tools for building Windows installation packages. WiX holds the unique distinction of being the first Open Source project released by Microsoft, and Rob has been deeply involved in open source for over 25 years. He's passionate about making Open Source sustainable, and his latest proposal, the Open Source Maintenance Fee, is all about creating a better path forward for projects and their maintainers.