Ben Balter is a United States-based lawyer who works for GitHub as their "evangelist" to government agencies.[1]

Ben Balter
Balter in November 2014
EmployerGitHub
OrganizationLawyer

Balter has said that he works in a field where demand for data and access to repositories is sharply increasing in all sectors.[2]

In 2012 Balter was a "Presidential Innovation Fellow" overseen by Todd Park.[3]

In March 2013 Balter began working for GitHub.[4]

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  1. ^ Orsini (14 August 2014). "GitHub May Actually Be Dragging Government Into The 21st Century". ReadWrite. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
  2. ^ Howard, Alex (14 November 2014). "As open source goes mainstream, institutions collaborate differently". TechRepublic. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
  3. ^ Tuutti, Camille (23 August 2014). "Newly minted Presidential Innovations Fellows announced". Federal Computer Week. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
  4. ^ Konkel, Frank (7 March 2013). "'Baddest' Presidential Innovation Fellow Ben Balter goes to GitHub -- FCW". Federal Computer Week. Retrieved 28 January 2015.

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