Charles Edge

Charles Edge was the CTO of bootstrappers.mn. He held 35 years of experience as a developer, administrator, network architect, product manager, entrepreneur, and CTO. He was the author of 20 books and more than 6,000 blog posts on technology, and served as an editor and author for many publications. Charles also served on the board of directors for a number of companies and non-profits, and frequently spoke at conferences including DefCon, BlackHat, LinuxWorld, the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, and a number of Apple-focused conferences. Charles was also the author of krypted.com and a cofounder/host of the MacAdmins Podcast and The History Of Computing podcast.

Charles was a dedicated and generous member of our board, an energetic contributor to the Minnesota tech community, and a beloved father. He will be deeply missed.