James has a background in computer science, cyber security, and mobile computing. He also enjoys teaching, traveling with his family, playing Ingress, and wandering in wilderness.

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Neale has been working in computer fields since 1990, at tech startups, US national laboratories, and Free Software companies. He has been working with middle- and high-school students since 2010 through the New Mexico Café Scientifique lecture program, UNM-LA's Tech Frontiers summer program, and his own Queen Of The Hill cybersecurity event.

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Akkana is a longtime Linux and open source software developer. She has worked for a variety of Silicon Valley companies as well as LANL. She's been heavily involved with the GIMP and Mozilla/Firefox developer communities, and is the author of a popular book on GIMP. She's a regular technical speaker at Linux conferences and is active in several groups for women in computing. Her website is http://shallowsky.com/ and her GitHub is https://github.com/akkana

Dr. Shannon (Shane) Steinfadt is a computer scientist who worked at NASA, taught computer science for many years at Kent State University, and currently works at Los Alamos National Laboratory in cybersecurity R&D. She has mentored and worked with STEM and technology educational outreach for over ten years. Her service dog Houdini is a great companion. His reputation from his days as a shelter dog precedes him, and stories about him from others are always welcomed.