Bdale Garbee
Open Source & Linux Chief Technologist
Hewlett-Packard Company


As HP's Open Source & Linux Chief Technologist, Bdale Garbee advises the 
lead technologists in other HP business units and other HP decision makers 
on technology and community aspects of Linux and Open Source applications.   
He mentors internal communities on how to productively participate in the 
Open Source development process, and encourages the adoption of Open Source 
software and principles across the company.

A contributor to the Free Software community since 1979, Bdale's background 
also includes many years of hardware design, Unix internals, and embedded 
systems work.  He was an early participant in the Debian project, helped port 
Debian GNU/Linux to 5 architectures, served as Debian Project Leader, is 
chairman of the Debian Technical Committee, represents Debian on the Ubuntu
Technical Board, and remains active in the Debian community.

Bdale serves as President of Software in the Public Interest, is on the boards
of directors of the Linux Foundation, the Consumer Electronics Linux Forum, 
and Open Media Now, and is a member of the Linux Journal Editorial Advisory 
Board.  He is a frequent speaker at Linux and Open Source conferences, and 
works closely with various projects in the Open Source community.

In 2008, Bdale became the first individual recipient of a Lutece d'Or award
from the Federation Nationale de l'Industrie du Logiciel Libre in France.

Beyond his work at HP, Bdale engages in a wide variety of personal activities.  
His most significant hobbies are high-powered model rocketry and amateur radio,
where he is widely known for his contributions to packet radio, weak-signal 
communications, software defined radio, and building amateur satellites.