Ben Balter is a United States-based lawyer who works for

GitHub GitHub, Inc. () is an Internet hosting service for software development and version control using Git. It provides the distributed version control of Git plus access control, bug tracking, software feature requests, task management, continuous ...

as their "evangelist" to government agencies. Balter has said that he works in a field where demand for data and access to repositories is sharply increasing in all sectors. In 2012 Balter was a "Presidential Innovation Fellow" overseen by

Todd Park Todd Park is a Korean American entrepreneur and government executive. He served as Chief Technology Officer of the United States and technology advisor for U.S. President Barack Obama. Early life and education Park was born in 1973 in Salt Lak ...

. In March 2013 Balter began working for GitHub.

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