{"code":"SYKVUS","name":"Brian \"bex\" Exelbierd","biography":"Brian “bex” Exelbierd is a spreadsheet aficionado and open source strategist who splits his time between Linux communities and life in Brno, Czech Republic. At Microsoft, he directs investments in Fedora and Debian, aligning community growth with Azure’s strategy while keeping the projects independent and healthy. Before that, he helped shape Red Hat’s open source policies for Fedora and CentOS, finding pragmatic ways to balance community ideals with business reality.\r\n\r\nWhen he’s not decoding the politics of open source, he’s usually debating international tax quirks over a perfect coffee or beer or tinkering with his entrepreneurial projects at Electric Pliers. Find his latest musings at [bexelbie.com](https://www.bexelbie.com).","submissions":["8KFG8F"],"avatar_url":"https://talks.openalt.cz/media/avatars/SYKVUS_QW6zpj5.png","answers":[]}