Avery Pennarun

Avery Pennarun Avery wrote his first three lines of code when he was five, but they remain unreleased due to patent problems. Since then, he ’ s co-founded four companies, sold one to IBM , created several popular open source projects (including wvdial, bup, sshuttle, redo, git-subtree, and netselect), and enjoyed a brief foray into marketing where he advertised software using fluffy bunny imagery.

Career

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Based in: Montréal

Tailscale

Feb 2019 — Present

Co-founder and CEO

Google

Mar 2011 — Nov 2018

Senior Staff Software Engineer

EQL Data Inc.

Jan 2009 — Jan 2011

Co-founder

Debian

Jan 1996 — Jan 2003

Developer

Bycast Inc.

Jan 2000 — Jan 2000

Software Contractor

Arius Software

Jan 2000 — Jan 2000

Software Contractor

Contemporary Controls

Jan 2000 — Jan 2000

Software Contractor

University of Waterloo

Bachelor's studies

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Avery Pennarun

Tailscale

Google

EQL Data Inc.

Debian

Bycast Inc.

Arius Software

Contemporary Controls

University of Waterloo

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