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'''Julio Avalos''' is an American business executive, attorney, and public intellectual. According to the Wall Street Journal, Avalos has "helped shape the social phase of the digital era" as well "the founding of the internet as we know it."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rosenbush |first=Steve |date=2018-05-04 |title=The Morning Download: GitHub Strategy Chief Says It's Time for Tech to Offer Users New Deal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-morning-download-github-strategy-chief-says-its-time-for-tech-to-offer-users-new-deal-1525437468 |website=The Wall Street Journal}}</ref> He is most well known for representing early-stage Facebook and its founder Mark Zuckerberg in the case that later served as the basis for the 2010 Aaron Sorkin film ''The Social Network,''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Julio Avalos - University of Florida Alumni Association |url=https://connect.ufalumni.ufl.edu/events/40gatorsunder40/honorees/julio-avalos |access-date=2024-12-10 |website=connect.ufalumni.ufl.edu}}</ref> as well as his leadership role at GitHub, the global software platform. At the time of GitHub's first financing (Series A), Avalos acted as the company's first legal hire and General Counsel.<ref>https://www.legal500.com/gc-powerlist/united-states-rising-stars-2014/julio-avalos</ref> By the time that Microsoft acquired GitHub in 2018, Avalos had ascended to Chief Business & Operating Officer and member of its board of directors, and helped grow the business from a domestic tool with a single product into a multinational platform with hundreds of millions of dollars of annual recurring revenue.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bort |first=Matt Weinberger, Julie |title=GitHub is undergoing a full-blown overhaul as execs and employees depart — and we have the full inside story |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/github-the-full-inside-story-2016-2 |access-date=2024-12-10 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US}}</ref> He is a public speaker on software and technology issues,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-02-28 |title=GitHub's Avalos on the software development 'revolution' |url=https://www.cnbc.com/video/2017/02/28/githubs-avalos-on-the-software-development-revolution.html |access-date=2024-12-10 |website=CNBC |language=en}}</ref> as well as general social critique and analysis on tech and culture.<ref>https://podcasts.apple.com/no/podcast/what-version-of-truth-is-creating-your-perceptions/id1679817093?i=1000626104033</ref>. He is considered an early proponent of remote work and best practices,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wired.com/2016/12/how-digital-nomads-went-from-niche-to-normal/|title=How Digital Nomads Went From Niche to Normal|first=Benjamin|last=Snyder|via=www.wired.com}}</ref> as well as open source software.<ref>https://www.legal500.com/gc-magazine/feature/from-client-to-colleague-why-lawyers-should-become-more-like-coders</ref>. He has advocated for greater regulation of technology companies<ref>https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-morning-download-github-strategy-chief-says-its-time-for-tech-to-offer-users-new-deal-1525437468</ref>, as well as dramatic structural changes to the legal profession.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btBipudshaU</ref> |
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'''Julio Avalos''' is an American business executive, attorney, and public intellectual. According to the Wall Street Journal, Avalos has "helped shape the social phase of the digital era" as well "the founding of the internet as we know it."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rosenbush |first=Steve |date=2018-05-04 |title=The Morning Download: GitHub Strategy Chief Says It's Time for Tech to Offer Users New Deal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-morning-download-github-strategy-chief-says-its-time-for-tech-to-offer-users-new-deal-1525437468 |website=The Wall Street Journal}}</ref> He is most well known for representing early-stage Facebook and its founder Mark Zuckerberg in the case that later served as the basis for the 2010 Aaron Sorkin film ''The Social Network,''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Julio Avalos - University of Florida Alumni Association |url=https://connect.ufalumni.ufl.edu/events/40gatorsunder40/honorees/julio-avalos |access-date=2024-12-10 |website=connect.ufalumni.ufl.edu}}</ref> as well as his leadership role at GitHub, the global software platform. At the time of GitHub's first financing (Series A), Avalos acted as the company's first legal hire and General Counsel.<ref>https://www.legal500.com/gc-powerlist/united-states-rising-stars-2014/julio-avalos</ref> By the time that Microsoft acquired GitHub in 2018, Avalos had ascended to Chief Business & Operating Officer and member of its board of directors, and helped grow the business from a domestic tool with a single product into a multinational platform with hundreds of millions of dollars of annual recurring revenue.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bort |first=Matt Weinberger, Julie |title=GitHub is undergoing a full-blown overhaul as execs and employees depart — and we have the full inside story |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/github-the-full-inside-story-2016-2 |access-date=2024-12-10 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US}}</ref> He is a public speaker on software and technology issues,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-02-28 |title=GitHub's Avalos on the software development 'revolution' |url=https://www.cnbc.com/video/2017/02/28/githubs-avalos-on-the-software-development-revolution.html |access-date=2024-12-10 |website=CNBC |language=en}}</ref> as well as general social critique and analysis on tech and culture.<ref>https://podcasts.apple.com/no/podcast/what-version-of-truth-is-creating-your-perceptions/id1679817093?i=1000626104033</ref>. Avalos is considered an early proponent of remote work and best practices,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wired.com/2016/12/how-digital-nomads-went-from-niche-to-normal/|title=How Digital Nomads Went From Niche to Normal|first=Benjamin|last=Snyder|via=www.wired.com}}</ref> as well as open source software.<ref>https://www.legal500.com/gc-magazine/feature/from-client-to-colleague-why-lawyers-should-become-more-like-coders</ref>. He has advocated for greater regulation of technology companies<ref>https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-morning-download-github-strategy-chief-says-its-time-for-tech-to-offer-users-new-deal-1525437468</ref>, as well as dramatic structural changes to the legal profession.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btBipudshaU</ref> |
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Avalos is currently Co-CEO at Observable, Inc., the data visualization company<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our mission and our values {{!}} Observable |url=https://observablehq.com/about |access-date=2024-12-10 |website=observablehq.com}}</ref> as well as co-founder and advisor to Shades, the Gen-Z news application. |
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Avalos is currently Co-CEO at Observable, Inc., the data visualization company<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our mission and our values {{!}} Observable |url=https://observablehq.com/about |access-date=2024-12-10 |website=observablehq.com}}</ref> as well as co-founder and advisor to Shades, the Gen-Z news application. |
