Brett is the founder of Impact Upgrade, a software and operations consultancy that focuses on the unique needs of nonprofits and mission-driven businesses.

Brett has a wide breadth of software engineering and management experience in multiple industries, including roles at Twilio, Disney, Red Hat, Raytheon, NBC Universal, and regional companies. He has an M.S. (Applied Computer Science) from Purdue University and a B.S. (Computer Science) from Valparaiso University. He also enjoys public speaking on technical topics at both local and national conferences.

Open source:

• Hibernate ORM: committer and core developer
• Apache Camel: camel-twitter (original author), camel-github (original author), camel-jira (original author), camel-jpa
• Apache Camel Extras: camel-hibernate (committer)
• Infinispan Data Grid: contributor (OSGi focus)
• Artificer (JBoss S-RAMP): former lead
• JBoss Overlord (Design Time Governance, Runtime Governance): committer
• OASIS S-RAMP Specification Technical Committee: co-chair
• Aesh (shell/CLI development framework): contributor
• Various libs in the nonprofit tech space: https://github.com/ImpactUpgrade/