Bryant Patten

Mr. Patten has spent the last 20 years developing educational
software for a variety of clients including several international
textbook publishers. He has managed the engineering departments for
several companies, including his own, and has won several awards for
software design. He is currently the Executive Director of The
National Center for Open Source and Education in the United States.
The Center's mission is to help schools, particularly rural schools,
succeed with Open Source software. He has spoken about Open Source
at VermontFest, Christa McAuliffe Technology Conference, NECC and
2006 Linux Conference Australia.