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Deborah Bryant lives in Portland and is Red Hat's Senior Director of [http://community.redhat.com/ Open 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://osuosl.org/ Oregon State University’s Open Source Lab] : she founded and produced the annual Government Open Source Conference (GOSCON) from 2005 to 2011. 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, 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://httpwww.oscon.com/oscon2010/goscon.org public/schedule/speaker/31114 O’Reilly Open Source Convention] Open Source Award in recognition of her contribution to open source communities and advocating its use in government.