Brian Exelbierd
Principal Product Manager at Electric Pliers
Brno, Southeast, Czechia
Summary
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Top SchoolBrian Exelbierd is a Principal Product Manager specializing in how Azure engages with upstream Linux communities and the product lead for Flatcar Container Linux, combining technical product strategy with community stewardship. With 12+ years in open source and a decade at Red Hat across engineering, documentation, and community roles, he bridges developer norms and enterprise cloud requirements—particularly around security topics like Secure Boot and OpenSSL. His background ranges from hands-on software engineering and container platform work to leadership in site strategy and developer ecosystem planning, giving him rare empathy for both maintainers and cloud teams. Based in Brno, he also runs a small SaaS venture (Electric Pliers) and brings an eclectic earlier career in ISP infrastructure, finance, and university administration that informs pragmatic decision-making.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Mathematics Education, Computer Science Specialization, BS, Mathematics Education, Computer Science Specialization at North Carolina State UniversityMS, Information Systems and Technology Management, MS, Information Systems and Technology Management at University of Delaware
Github Skills (200)
utterances10
rsync10
algolia10
ecosystem10
ruler10
localization10
azure-openai10
triangular10
filesystem10
llm10
virtualbox10
assemble10
algolia-search10
oauth10
mail-merge10
Programming languages (24)
Github contributions (5)
bexelbie/po4a
Sep 2016 - Apr 2020
Unofficial repository of po4a (PO for anything)
Contributions:30 pushes, 25 branches in 3 years 8 months
pythondatabase-accesspo4asolidworksc-plus-plus
dominikabula/dominikabula.com
May 2021 - Jun 2023
Contributions:2 PRs, 60 pushes, 8 branches in 2 years 1 month
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