The National Center for Open Source and Education (NCOSE)

Mr Patten is the Executive Director of the National Center for Open Source and Education – a non profit organization advocating Open Source adoption in K-12 schools throughout the United States. Mr. Patten has spent the last 25 years developing educational software for a variety of clients. He has managed the engineering departments for several companies, including his own, and has won several awards for software design. He is currently bringing Open Source software solutions to schools to help maximize their technology dollars and close the digital divide between students of diverse economic backgrounds.

Mr Patten has organized the FOSSVT Open Source and Education for the past several years and has spoken at a variety of conferences around the world:

2006 LCA, Dunedin, New Zealand

2007 Open Minds, Indiana, USA

2008 CMTC, New Hampshire, USA

2008 MassCUE, Massachusetts, USA

2008 Free Knowledge, Free Technology, Barcelona, Spain

2009 FOSSEd, Maine, USA

2009 OSCON, California, USA

2009 Open Edge, Sydney Australia

2009 VermontFest, Vermont, USA

2010 POSSCON, South Carolina, USA

Pending:

2010 FOSSEd,  Maine, USA

2010 OSCON, Oregon, USA