Bernard Golden

Navica's founder and CEO, Bernard Golden, is a recognized authority on open source software. Called “a renowned open source expert” (IT Business Edge) and “an open source guru” (SearchCRM.com), he is regularly featured in magazines like Computerworld, InformationWeek, and Inc. His blog “The Open Source” is one of the most popular features of CIO Magazine's website. He is a frequent speaker at industry conferences like LinuxWorld, the Open Source Business Conference, and the Red Hat Summit. He is the author of “Succeeding with Open Source,” (Addison-Wesley, 2005, published in four languages), which was described as containing “some of the most valuable, practical advice I have seen on how to transform use of open source software from an accidental process into a powerful strategy for gaining an edge on the competition” (Terry Bollinger, IT Analyst, The MITRE Corporation, and author of “Use of FOSS in the United States Department of Defense”).