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'''Edwin A. Opare''' is the CEO and Co-Founder of the Center of Open Governance in Ghana. He has worked there since November 2012 and hopes to use Information Technology to promote effective, efficient, transparent, and accountable governance in his country. He is also the General Secretary of the Ghana Chapter of the [[Internet Society]], where he has worked since February 2013, as well as the Technical Lead of Ghana Open Data Initiative, where he has worked since April 2012.<ref name="linkedin">[http://gh.linkedin.com/in/aeopare Edwin Opare], LinkedIn.com. Retrieved 2013 August 20.</ref>
'''Edwin A. Opare''' is the CEO and Co-Founder of the Center of Open Governance in Ghana. He has worked there since November 2012 and hopes to use Information Technology to promote effective, efficient, transparent, and accountable governance in his country. He is also the General Secretary of the Ghana Chapter of the [[Internet Society]], where he has worked since February 2013, as well as the Technical Lead of Ghana Open Data Initiative, where he has worked since April 2012.<ref name="linkedin">[http://gh.linkedin.com/in/aeopare Edwin Opare], LinkedIn.com. Retrieved 2013 August 20.</ref>
Additionally, Opare is the Technical Manager and Computer Security Trainer at the National Information Technology Agency, where he has worked since August 2011 to provide leadership in development and deployment of NITA Computer Emergency Response Team (NITACERT) policies, procedures, and programs.<ref name="linkedin"></ref>
Additionally, Opare is the CERT Manager and Computer Security Trainer at the National Information Technology Agency, where he has worked since August 2011 to provide leadership in development and deployment of NITA Computer Emergency Response Team (NITACERT) policies, procedures, and programs.<ref name="linkedin"></ref>
Opare served as a speaker at the G8 Open Agric Data conference in Washington DC on April 2013. He has also given several keynote addresses and presentations on Open Data, Open Access, and Internet Freedom, as well as organized several Open Data sessions and hackathons.<ref name="linkedin"></ref>
Opare served as a speaker at the G8 Open Agric Data conference in Washington DC on April 2013. He has also given several keynote addresses and presentations on Open Data, Open Access, and Internet Freedom, as well as organized several Open Data sessions and hackathons.<ref name="linkedin"></ref>