Derrek Landauer teaches middle school math and mentors students in an Air Force Research Lab rocketry science program. He earned a bachelor of science in electrical engineering from the University of Texas at El Paso in 2011. His work history spans industry and academia. While attending school, he was involved in defense research projects and was also a lab instructor. He later spent a couple of years managing the network and server infrastructure across four facilities for a subsidiary of a Fortune 100 company. His software development background ranges from programming microprocessors and operating systems to full stack web development.

Dobrin Ganev is a software developer with years of experience working in various development environments, ranging from finance to business process management. In recent years, he has focused on geospatial development and data analytics using JavaScript, Python, Scala, and R. He has extensive knowledge of open source geospatial software and the ESRI platform. He is also skilled in Node.js, React.js, and GraphQL. Dobrin recently authored a video course entitled Hands-On Full Stack Web Development with GraphQL and React, published by Packt.