David Egts

Chief Technologist, North America Public Sector

Red Hat

David Egts is the Chief Technologist of Red Hat’s North America Public Sector organization where he directs a team of technical experts to help government clients improve service delivery the open source way. The Office of Chief Technologist, which he leads, adds value to flagship Red Hat technologies such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux, OpenShift, and Linux containers. His team helps Red Hat achieve ideal product-market fit by ensuring current and future government requirements are factored into existing products and R&D efforts with a focus on security, compliance, standards, efficiency, and technological improvements. His team’s efforts positively impact public and private sector organizations in the US and internationally with a particular focus on Australia, Canada, Japan, and the UK.
David’s dynamic outward-facing role as a coalition builder reinforces and expands Red Hat’s relations with key government and open source community stakeholders nationally and internationally. He is a trusted Red Hat media spokesperson whose deep technical dives, C-suite policy discussions, and keynote speaker abilities enhance Red Hat’s technical reputation and positioning.
David received industry-wide recognition as a FedScoop 50 Industry Leadership awardee and a finalist for WashingtonExec’s Chief Officer Awards. He is a Red Hat Chairman's Award recipient and has won multiple highest employee honors from previous employers Silicon Graphics and Concurrent Technologies Corporation. He is the co-founder and Vice Chairman of the WashingtonExec CTO Council, a past Co-Chair on the Board of Directors for the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) Software & Services Division (SSD), and is an active member of the Agile Government Leadership Association and the AFCEA DC Emerging Technologies Working Group. David achieved certification as a Red Hat Certified Architect (RHCA) and was a three-time graduate from the University of Pittsburgh with a BS and MS in Computer Science and an Executive MBA (Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business).

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