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Brian Douglas

Chief Executive Officer

Oakland, California, United States · 1 connection

Paper Compute Company

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About

Brian previously founded Open Sauced where he woreds on increasing the knowledge and insights of open-source communities. In the past he’s lead Developer Advocacy at GitHub by fostering a community of early adopters through conversations with the top open source maintainers on GitHub.

Experience

Chief Executive OfficerPaper Compute Company
Feb 2026
Podcast HostHeavybit
Sep 2016
AdvisorContinue (acquired by Cursor)
Feb 2026 to Mar 2026
Head of Developer ExperienceContinue (acquired by Cursor)
Mar 2025 to Feb 2026
Head of Ecosystem, CNCFThe Linux Foundation
Mar 2025 to May 2025
Head of Developer ExperienceThe Linux Foundation
Nov 2024 to Mar 2025
Founder & CEOOpenSauced
Sep 2022 to Nov 2024
Director of Developer AdvocacyGitHub
Jul 2021 to Sep 2022
ERG LeaderGitHub
Feb 2019 to Apr 2022
Staff Developer AdvocateGitHub
Feb 2018 to Jul 2021
MentorBloc Basic company page — company details not listed yet
Jun 2016 to Aug 2018
Full Stack DeveloperBloc Basic company page — company details not listed yet
Mar 2015 to May 2016
Developer Experience LeadNetlify
May 2016 to Feb 2018
Full-stack DeveloperNetlify
May 2016 to Jan 2017
Software EngineerIZEA
Jun 2014 to Mar 2015
IT Consultant - Extreme NetworksTD SYNNEX North America
Feb 2010 to Jun 2014
Account SpecialistYMCA of the USA
Nov 2004 to Feb 2010

Education

Saint Leo University
M.B.A, Business Administration and Management
2013 to 2015
Bloc
Fullstack Knowledge, Rails, Javascript, jQuery
2013 to 2014