I’m a software engineer with an MSc from USP, Brazil, on open source development processes. I’ve worked with open source for over 10 years, and am fascinated by the way the development community works together; during this time I’ve authored and contributed code to dozens of different projects. I currently work on Launchpad, an open source hosting service specialized in collaboration; my job is managing our 25 engineers over more than 10 timezones. I’m also the founder of Async Open Source, a Brazilian company specializing in custom free software engineering and software process consulting.