Scott Kveton

I am currently the Associate Director for the Oregon State University Open Source Lab. A graduate of Oregon State University and long-time user of Open Source and Linux, I have advocated the use of such tools on campus as well as in the community. I often participate in panels and give talks at conferences regarding open source in addition to doing business and technical consulting around the subject.

My Professional Life Story in Three Paragraphs

A native of the Mid-West I moved out to Oregon in 1980 with my family and never looked back. Graduated from Beaverton High School in 1992, Oregon State University in 1997 and somehow just can’t shake the University life. I worked for a couple of dot com’s (amazon.com, rulespace.com, pdaverticals.com) and am now happily back at Oregon State University. (Note: I’d like to point out that all of those companies are still in business; and yes, it totally had to do with me … I’m kidding you know)

My work with open source began while I was at PDA Verticals where I was introduced to many different open source tools via Debian GNU/Linux. I wrote a few tools and open sourced them and then started actively engaging the open source community. This led to the creation of the Open Source Lab after talking with Jason McKerr during one of my infamous backyard BBQ’s.

I am really enjoying the work here at the Open Source Lab and especially that of helping with economic development around open technology in Oregon. I love my State and want to see it do well. The opportunities around open technology are limitless in my humble opinion.

Memberships

• Portland Open Source Software Entrepreneurs (POSSE).
• Board of Technical Advisors, LinuxFund.org

Professional Bio

I’m sometimes asked to provide a professional bio for conference websites or publications. I’m doing that here so I can direct people to it in the future:

“Scott Kveton is an industry leader passionately focused on building successful teams and bridging communities within the public and private sector. Scott’s experience with companies like Amazon.com and Rulespace have given him a pragmatic understanding of the fast-paced IT industry. Scott returned to his alma mater Oregon State University in 2001 to head up their open source efforts in the form of the Open Source Lab. In addition to the OSL, Scott is a active member of the Portland Open Source Software Entrepeneurs organization in addition to being one of the many people who can say they were ordained on the Internet.”