Nicolas Pujol is a veteran technologist, investor and author. He has lived and worked on 3 continents, and recently helped grow a $10m software startup named MySQL into a $1 billion acquisition, making it the 2nd largest open source company in the world. His works have appeared in media outlets including Network World, Opensource.com, Business Insider, as well as in academic formats through the Social Science Research Network. Pujol is currently vice president at salesforce.com while continuing research and writing.