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, co-organiser of Ruby Sydney Meetup, contributor to the Rails project and part of the organising committee for Rails Girls Sydney. Previously working in the animation industry and as a syndicated cartoonist.
Tarun is Ruby developer based in Sydney.
Perryn is a software developer and agile afficionado with a career spanning from professional services consulting to startups. He has been a member of the Australian ruby community since 2006 and has been using rails professionally since v1.1
He is currently co-founder and CTO of boardcycle a SaaS product for company secretaries.
Dan is a Ruby developer currently based in Naarm (Melbourne). 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, or doing pub trivia. He is a former co-organiser of Ruby Sydney.
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.
Ruby FP software craftsman, hacking enthusiast, Linux evangelist, and connoisseur of modern punk rock. Dislikes spicy food and chocolate.
A lifelong IT nerd, Brendan has been programming since primary school. He was introduced to Ruby in 2012 and has been passionate about the Ruby community ever since. From 2014, he's attended nearly every Ruby Melbourne meetup and every RubyConf AU, and became a Rails Girls mentor in recent years. Back at uni, he was President of the Swinburne Cyber Security Club for two years.
With a love of open source, Brendan became a maintainer of the Que job system gem, and was instrumental in adding Ruby 3 support. He's not such a fan of Rails, and has a strong preference for Functional Programming patterns like dry-rb.
Previously: President/Vice President/Secretary/General Member of the Ruby AU committee, co-organiser of RubyConf AU 2019, RailsCamps 22 and 24, and the Melbourne Ruby meetup. Currently: Talent acquisition at Ferocia.
Jojo is a software engineer who loves Ruby, and loves the community around it. She's been working in the tech industry across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand for over a decade making software for public media, private media, GLAM sector and marginalised communities. In her spare time you can find her swimming in the ocean, sewing in her studio or wiggling on a dancefloor.
