Ben Balter | |
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Balter in November 2014 | |
Employer | GitHub |
Organization | Lawyer |
Ben Balter is a United States-based lawyer who works for GitHub as their "evangelist" to government agencies.
Balter has said that he works in a field where demand for data and access to repositories is sharply increasing in all sectors.
In 2012 Balter was a "Presidential Innovation Fellow" overseen by Todd Park.
In March 2013 Balter began working for GitHub.
References
- Orsini (14 August 2014). "GitHub May Actually Be Dragging Government Into The 21st Century". ReadWrite. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
- Howard, Alex (14 November 2014). "As open source goes mainstream, institutions collaborate differently". TechRepublic. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
- Tuutti, Camille (23 August 2014). "Newly minted Presidential Innovations Fellows announced". Federal Computer Week. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
- Konkel, Frank (7 March 2013). "'Baddest' Presidential Innovation Fellow Ben Balter goes to GitHub -- FCW". Federal Computer Week. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
External links
- video interview by FedScoop
- text interview with Fierce Government IT