Category: 2025 Harlan L.B.

Chat Transcript – August 2, 21:00 UTC

Dae

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Marion McG
Hi everyone, and welcome to our candidate chat for 2025!
Today you’ll have the opportunity to observe 3 candidates: Harlan, Elizabeth and Ryan.
My name is Marion, and I’ll be hosting the candidate side today. On the audience/open_chat side, your host will be my fellow Elections Committee member Dae.
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Harlan L.B.’s Bio & Platform

Harlan L.B.

Bio

Harlan L.B. (he/him): has been in the fandom community since he first stumbled on a Lord of the Rings slashfic — mostly as a reader and obsessive packrat, but occasionally as a fanbinder. He joined OTW to work as a tech volunteer for the Open Doors project in 2018 and has worked there (except for a one year hiatus) since. In early 2024, he was appointed as the Cybersecurity Delegate to the Board (CSD) and performed an audit on the security of the OTW, delivering the report to the Board in May 2025.

Outside of OTW, Harlan works as a consultant helping federal, state, and local governments make technology actually work for its users and for the public. He has worked in information security and software engineering for over two decades, including as a C-level executive and as a senior security architect. He is also a contributor to the free software and open source community, currently serving as a Debian Developer.
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