Jared Smith is the Director of Open Source Outreach at Bluehost. Jared has a long history of involvement with open source communities, most recently as the Fedora Project Leader, and before that as the community relations manager for the Asterisk project. His technical background includes programming, large-scale systems administration, telecommunications, and technical training. He is passionate about building open source communities and making the world a better place. Jared holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering from Utah State University and currently lives in Virginia, USA.