How Erik Troan helped build the open source movement

The Pendo CTO discusses his early career at Red Hat making code available to everyone, perks of building businesses in Raleigh and how AI is shifting the tech industry.

By: Kaela Roeder

Outlets: Technical.ly

Published: September 10, 2026

Words: 1,356

Last Updated: 1 month, 2 weeks ago

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