Sumana Harihareswara

Location: NY USA
Speaking Topics: CMS | fantasy and science fiction | India | offshoring | political science | Powerpoint Karaoke | project management | Project Management Basics with MS Project | QA | Software Testing | technical management | technical writing | Testing
Spoken Languages: English

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I can speak easily to your group about the technical aspects of the software development lifecycle, how to translate between biz-school speak and geek jargon, or seeing a project from engineers', marketers', testers', and others' points of view. Another useful talk I can give empowers people with political science tools to X-ray their organizations.

Previous Presentations: 
Three Models of Power: A Political Science Lens on Your Organization - Seattle Mindcamp 2008
You, Yes You, Can Do Standup Comedy (lecture & workshop) - Seattle Mindcamp 2008
Powerpoint Karaoke leader/organizer: multiple venues & occasions
Featured Guest on "Bear in Mind" radio program - University of California, Berkeley, February 2003
"Politics in Modern Science Fiction" - UC Berkeley class, Spring 2001
"Politics of the Midlife Crisis" - UC Berkeley class, Spring & Fall 2000

Mel Chua

Location: Boston | USA
Speaking Topics: accessibility | bahasa geek to english translation | electrical engineering | engineering education | hacker culture | fedora | sugar | QA | Packaging | olpc | open source | unconferences | universal design | user groups | wrangling volunteers (cat-herding) | community | POSSE | teachingopensource
Spoken Languages: English

My name is Mel. I’ve been called a hacker by other hackers. Pressed for a short job description, I would say that I engineer educations. I’ve also been called an open-source community ninja, catnip gardener (from the old adage that managing programmers is like herding cats), and a Swiss Army Person or a Hack Of All Trades.

Previous Presentations: 
Linuxfest Northwest 2008, Bellingham WA, USA - One Laptop Per Child track (multiple presentations on software development for the XO stack)
OLPC Chicago meetup, Google Chicago January 2008 - organizer and facilitator
OLPC Game Jam, Boston MA 2007 - coordinator and open space facilitator