Nick is a Ruby Software Engineer but has previously dabbled as a Radio and Television Host, Community Manager, Flashmob Coordinator, Board Game Designer, Effective Altruist and Sex Educator.
He is eager to facilitate Ruby Australia continuing to grow into an eclectic, diverse and supportive community and is always eager to hear suggestions on how to do so.
Lee is a Ruby on Rails developer from Sydney, and part of the organising committee for Rails Girls Sydney. He spent many years previously working in animation and as a syndicated cartoonist. Lee has been a past Vice President for the Australian Cartoonists Association and is a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators.
Tarun is Ruby developer based in Sydney.
Mark is a former-sysadmin-turned-developer with a lifelong interest in tech, science and maths. He started his Ruby journey in 2008 with Rails. These days, he uses Ruby and a handful of other languages - but Ruby is his staple language, because of both the language itself and the community around it. He is also keen to help the tech industry be a better and more inclusive place, particularly for people with disabilities.
Outside of tech, he watches more TV than is probably healthy, manages to be a halfway-decent home cook, and is keen to do more travelling.
Also Perth Ruby Meetup co-organiser.
Dan is a Ruby developer currently based in Gadigal (Sydney). After originally studying classical music at uni, Dan made the career-change in 2021 through a coding bootcamp. When he's not scraping fantasy AFL stats, you can find him playing futsal or netball, doing a pub trivia or co-organising ROROSyd.
Claire is relatively new to Ruby development having recently completed a full stack web development bootcamp. She's been working in Tech for the last 5 years in the Support and Customer Experience space and decided to make the move to development because building things is fun 😎
Outside of coding she loves getting out into nature, playing music and bouldering.
Helen spent 6 years helping attorneys file patents before she discovered how much she loved programming during lockdown. After completing a software engineering bootcamp, she landed a role working with Ruby on Rails and has been working with Rails ever since. She mentored at Rails Girls Melbourne and is passionate about making tech a more welcoming space for women and gender-diverse individuals.
In her free time Helen enjoys going to the movies, propagating houseplants, and a bit of gaming. Her 2025 personal goal is to do more sewing.