Draft:Gregory Lind

Gregory Lind is an American software developer, author, and entrepreneur, known for his work in the open source community and his advocacy for software development efficiency and transparency. Lind has been active in the software development industry since 1997, with a career spanning various roles and contributions to open-source projects and initiatives.

Early Life and Education
Gregory Lind's interest in software development began in junior high school when he learned to program in BASIC on a Commodore 64. This early exposure to computing set the foundation for a career in technology.

Career
Lind's professional journey in software development started in 1997 at a small web development shop in Portland, Oregon. His career took a significant turn toward open-source technology after working with HP Unix and Linux at Hewlett-Packard (HP). Throughout his career, Lind has worked for various government agencies, advocating for the transition from proprietary solutions to open source and sharing initiatives, aiming to enhance inter-governmental agency collaboration and software development efficiency.

As a speaker, Lind has contributed to various Open Gov and Open Source conferences, discussing the benefits of open source, software development efficiency, and the importance of collaboration among governmental agencies.

Buildly
After moving to Saigon, Vietnam, with [[TolaData[[, and then to Berlin, Germany, Lind co-founded and served as the CTO of Humanitec. The company focused on creating a host agnostic platform for microservice deployment and management via Docker and Kubernetes. Later, after moving back to the US, he founded Buildly, an open-source platform for Software Architecture as a Service, in Brooklyn, NY. Buildly aims to bring reusability and scalability to enterprise software development while supporting open-source developers through an innovative licensing process.

Personal Life
Before his career in software development, Lind was a professional jazz and rock musician, a passion now continued in amateur status. He is also a husband and father of two, sharing his global start-up adventure with his family as they travel the world.

Publications
Lind is the author of "Radical Therapy for Software Teams," published by APress, where he shares insights and methodologies for improving software team dynamics and productivity.