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Deborah Bryant's lives in Portland and is Red Hat's Senior Director Open Source and Standards. Her experience is broad and deep (of [httpshttp://wwwcommunity.linkedinredhat.com/in/opengovernment%20 LinkedInOpen Source and Standards] . She has worked extensively as an open source consultant for governments, and has earned an international reputation for expertise in the adoption and use of open source software and open development models in the public sector. In her previous role as Public Sector Communities Manager at [http://debbryantosuosl.com bioorg/ Oregon State University’s Open Source Lab]: she founded and produced the annual Government Open Source Conference (GOSCON) from 2005 to 2011. Her work Also in that role she consulted with U.S. local, state and federal agencies as well as international governments to assist them in their understanding of open source adoption , community, and its implications for policy and planning, public procurement and sourcing, economic development and work force training strategies. In 2010 Deborah received an [http://http//goscon.org O’Reilly Open Source Convention] Open Source Award in government would make recognition of her qualified contribution to give us advice on how to push things within the institutions that we work open source communities and advocating its use ingovernment.

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