Aaron Linde, lead writer for recently released Battleborn, announced his departure of the company a few days ago, via Twitter. In the initial tweet Thursday, Linde said that "tomorrow's [Friday] my last day at Gearbox! Absolutely love this team and am incredibly proud of the work we did together."
He further stated in a follow-up tweet that he'd be "hauling back up to the pacific northwest for an awesome opportunity." Linde had been with Gearbox since October 2013, or so says his LinkedIn page. You know, that thing that apparently everybody but me is using to share their work history.
Linde's work also extends to Monolith, writing for Middle Earth: Shadow Of Mordor (amazing game!). He also helped produce and wrote for Gears of War 3 during a couple of brief stints with Microsoft. Linde seems to be a very multi-talented guy ans I wish him the very best in all his future endeavors.