Federico Tomassetti got his PhD in Software Enginering and worked in Academy and industry in Italy, Germany, Ireland and France. Among others he worked for TripAdvisor and Groupon. You can read more about his work at tomassetti.me

Bret Curtis holds a Bachelors in Computer Science and has worked as a Software and Systems Engineer who loves startups and FOSS. Bret has been involved in the Open Source world since 1996 and has a passion from cross-platform compatibility You can read more about his work at http://www.mindwerks.net