Karsten is a 15 year IT industry veteran, a long time Fedora Project contributor, and general open source iconoclast. As a member of the industry leading community leadership team at Red Hat, Karsten has seen, done, and recovered from many open community mistakes. Through mistakes, learning; through learning, advancement. By teaching and learning with others, we improve the fabric of all open source communities. He lives in Santa Cruz, CA, with his wife and two daughters on a small urban farm, http://Fairy-TaleFarm.com.