Troan is a serial entrepreneur, innovator, and author. He is currently the Founder of Pendo.io, Inc and serves as its Chief Technology Officer. Previously, he co-founded rPath, Inc. in 2005 and served as its Chief Technology Officer. At rPath, Troan was responsible for all aspects of product design and implementation and for rPath’s IT infrastructure. He was involved in Linux development and was a maintainer of the Sunsite Linux Archives. Prior to founding rPath, Troan played a significant role in the emergence of Red Hat as the leader in the open source space. While at Red Hat, he served in a number of key leadership roles including Vice President of Product Engineering, Senior Director of Marketing, and Chief Developer for Red Hat Software. Troan was responsible for leading development for Red Hat Linux, RPM and Anaconda. He managed a multimillion-dollar budget, participated in two public stock offerings and assisted in acquiring and integrating nine other companies. He serves as Member of Advisory Board of Cloudsoft Corporation Limited, and is a Member of the Technology Advisory Committee at Southern Capitol Ventures. Since May 2007, he also serves on the Board of Directors for Digium, Inc. He served as a Director of rPath, Inc. Troan has co-authored two editions of Linux Application Development and he holds three US patents related to methods, systems, and computer program products.From a community service perspective, Troan served over six years on the board of directors for the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics Foundations, and on the executive committee for the final year and a half. He is currently a member of the Board of Trustees for the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics.He holds a Masters degree in Economics from the University of Virginia and a BS degrees in Computer Science and Computer Engineering from NC State University.