Speakers Bio

Professional Geek at Microsoft 

Mah Tweets Developer/Contributer  www.mahtweets.com

As a professional geek, occasional presenter, curmudgeon social networker and a closet workaholic, Nick just loves software technology & cats.

"Online" since 1987 and before the web, subsequently working with Internet technologies more years than there have been browsers, Nick has a strong belief that the current revolution of connection, collaboration and communication is going to have dramatic and unforseen effects on the human condition. Some call this hyperconnectivity. Nick calls this evolution.

Knowledge Manager & Platform Developer, Global CCS Institute

Drupal Module Maintainer www.drupal.org

Chris works at the boundary between marketing, information management and the semantic web. He has been involved in some large scale Drupal developments across Education, Government and Private industries.

Known for helping organisations optimise their knowledge assets for public consumption in networked world. He's  great enthusiasim for Drupal see's him assisting both individual developers and companies understand open source methodlogies and community contribution.

Drupal community member [user 31698] since 2005, contributing modules, patches and themes.

Senior Software Engineer at Spinifex Group

SydPHP Community Organiser www.spinifexgroup.com

Timothy is an active organiser of the monthly SydPHP meet-ups for the Sydney PHP commuity base. A long time PHP developer and architect he has worked on some interesting projects that have seen him push the limits of modern web development with a fusion of PHP and rich multi-media experiences.