OSS Business Incubator

Our Team

Executive Team

Bradden Blair

Founder & CEO

Bradden Blair has nearly 20 years of experience incubating companies and leading the adoption of open source software within organizations. He has led the acquisition and sale of several companies, including a prior technology business incubator. He holds an MBA, MHA, graduate certificate in biomedical informatics, and Ph.D. in Health Promotion & Education from the University of Utah.

Travis Oliphant

Founder & Partner

Founder and partner at OS BIG. Travis Oliphant has 20+ years’ experience in OSS scientific computing as the Creator of NumPy, SciPy, Conda, Numba, and XND and as the Founder of Anaconda (Continuum), NumFOCUS, and PyData. He has a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from the Mayo Clinic.

Matt Harward

Founder & Partner

As founder and partner, Matt Harward leverages 20+ years’ experience in data science technical sales to form long-lasting customer partnerships. Founder and chief revenue officer of Quansight, a scientific computing firm focusing on OSS. Formerly, VP of Sales at Anaconda and co-founder of PPG certifications. He has a B.A. in Spanish from BYU, with a business emphasis

Raven Clissord

VP Operations at OpenTeams

As SVP of Operations, Raven manages a diverse range of operational activities for Expertato. She has been instrumental in helping a number of our portfolio companies emerge and is also a key member of the management team for our Quansight Initiate venture funds. Raven earned a dual B.S. in Speech Communications and Political Science and MBA from the University of Utah.