Burak Arslan is the technical lead at Arskom, a quarter-century-old Turkish Software and IT infrastructure services company focusing on bundling the latest products in Satellite Communications with its value-added solutions. His current job involves working as a full-stack web developer where he gets to design and implement the UX, frontend, and backend code, as well as administering the underlying IP network and hardware infrastructure, while also having an influence in managing customer relations and the future strategy and planning of his company. He has a BSc in Computer Engineering from Galatasaray University and an MSc in Computer Science from Sabanci University, both in Istanbul, Turkey.

David Greco is an experienced software architect with more than 20 years of working experience. After an initial period as a researcher in the field of high performance computing, he started working as a consultant in the professional services organizations of leading software companies such as BEA Systems, IONA, Progress, and FuseSource. As a consultant, he has mainly helped customers to design and develop complex distributed platforms and service-oriented architectures. Lately, he worked as a CTO for one of the most successful gambling and poker online companies in Italy.

David is now working as a CTO for a startup, Eligotech, developing a parallel business intelligence platform based on very popular big data technologies.

Kevin Rice has been involved in computing since the mid 80s, starting with a TI-99/4A and Commodore 64. His current skill set includes Unix, C/C++, PERL, Python, infosec, and network-monitoring related tools.