Ryan Sipes
Ryan Sipes is a longtime contributor to many open source projects, co-founded Mycroft, the open source voice assistant, and currently runs the Mozilla subsidiary, MZLA, that makes Thunderbird. Ryan is obsessed with making technology that isn't merely good, but that also is good for people. Outside of open source software, Ryan likes a good brew (coffee or beer), running 5ks and hanging out with his 19-month old twins daughters.
Catch Ryan's presentation, "Thunderbird, The Death and Rebirth of an OSS Project" in track 1 on July 19 at 15:45.
Stephanie Taylor
Stephanie Taylor has been a Program Manager at Google in the Open Source Program Office since 2011. She has led the Google Summer of Code program since 2015 and also led the Google Code-in contest for teens. Stephanie loves to travel around the world and meet the many previous alumni from GSoC and GCI and have a cup of hot chocolate with them whenever possible!
Catch Stephanie's presentation, "Google Summer of Code 20 years of OSS Mentorship", in track 1 on July 20 at 10:00.
