Matt Zimmerman is a technologist and free software and open source developer. Matt is a well known developer in the Debian project, having occupied a role on the group's security team and maintained the Advanced Packaging Tool (APT). Matt currently works for Canonical Ltd. as the technical leader of the Ubuntu project, chairman of the Ubuntu technical board and CTO of the project.

Jeff Waugh (known as "jdub") is an Australian free software and open source software developer. He is a consultant for Waugh Partners and is very active in the GNOME free software community. He is married to Pia Waugh - another active member of the free software community in Australia.

Ben Collins is a former NASA engineer and was the Debian Project Leader from April 2001 to April 2002. He was succeeded in that role by Bdale Garbee. He currently works for Canonical Ltd. as the Linux kernel team leader for Ubuntu. He is married with 3 sons.

Scott James Remnant is a free and open source software developer. He is an employee of Canonical Ltd where he works on the Ubuntu Linux distribution and directs development of the distribution as part of the four-person technical board. Scott is particularly notable as the author of the new Upstart system initialization system and the popular Planet weblog aggregation system.

Ian W. Jackson is a long time Free Software author and Debian developer. Jackson wrote dpkg, SAUCE, userv and debbugs. He used to maintain the Linux FAQ. He runs chiark.greenend.org.uk, a popular server, home to PuTTY among other things. Jackson has a PhD from Cambridge University and he currently works for Canonical Ltd; he used to work for nCipher Corporation. He became Debian Project Leader in January 1998. Debian GNU/Linux 2.0 (hamm) was released during this time.

Mark Richard Shuttleworth (born 18 September 1973) is a South African entrepreneur who was the second self-funded space tourist and first African national in space. He is now best known for his leadership of the Ubuntu Linux distribution. He currently lives in London and holds dual citizenship of South Africa and the United Kingdom

Bryce Harrington is a computer programmer who previously worked at Open Source Development Labs and now is employed at Canonical Ltd. as Ubuntu's Xorg maintainer. At OSDL he worked on automated testing of the Linux kernel, NFS, and Cairo. At OSDL he also developed the Crucible test harness. However, he is better known in the open-source community for several programming and writing projects that he has done on his own time.

An excellent communicator with over 10 years marketing experience within the Telecoms and IT sectors, with both consumer and business focus. Key skills are project management, negotiation skills and team dynamics. I relish opportunities to lead teams and projects, and nurture ideas in order to articulate them to any audience, even within highly pressurised sales environments. Particular pride is placed on my ability to ensure all comms adhere to the overall brand values and direction. . . .

X Window System developer, working mainly on the X server. Experience in core server development, driver development (input and video, X and kernel), protocol extension, and build system and revision control management.

I misspent my youth by sitting in front of a computer and developing bad posture. The happy side-effect of this is that I have this knack for solving difficult technical problems with wit and aplomb. These days, I hack on software for fun and profit. When I find the time, I develop and maintain various pieces of free software. That is, alongside the social functions that I throw. I enjoy going to conferences and talking about the stuff I do. I even want to go back to school, in order to . . .