About

Tony Guntharp

Tony has over 17 years of professional experience in both systems and software engineering and integration (including: heterogeneous system and network design, evaluation, installation and configuration, administration and troubleshooting); expertise in data communications, mobile, search and social network development; ability to master new technologies quickly, and a proven track record of supervising and completing projects on time, on budget and with minimal supervision.

He has also helped build developer communities for Fonality, Real Networks, Phillips Consumer Electronics, Sharp Electronics and most recently at Appcelerator where he helped grow the developer community 200% in just a year.

Previously Tony worked at VA Linux Systems (now VA Software Corporation), where he (along with Tim Perdue, Drew Streib and Uriah Welcome) co-founded SourceForge.net, the leading resource for open source software development and distribution and served as the Engineering Manager of the Web Technologies Group focusing on the development of Internet applications and the acceleration of the Apache and Tux web servers.

Prior to joining VA linux Systems, Tony was one of the co-founders of Fresher Information Corp, a San Francisco software company whose Core Technology involved the MATISSE Object-Oriented Database Management System. He spent his time there architecting Internet applications involving Content Mangement Systems for ZDnet and Craig's List.

Tony also co-authored "Practical Linux" published by Que, June 2000 (ISBN: 0789722518) and is frequently tapped as a guest speaker and panelist at industry events such as LinuxWorld (San Jose), LinuxWorld (San Francisco), LinuxWorld (NYC), The Bazaar (NYC), LinuxTag (Stuggart, Germany), UK Linux Developers Conference (London, England), Campus Party (Valencia, Spain) and many others.

     

Greg Kucharo

Greg Kucharo is a man of many talents. Among these are the ability to speak fluently in the languages of music, design, and geek. The confluence of these talents is a man with a unique perspective on design and the ability to communicate that to a wide and diverse audience. Greg also has the ability to lift over 50 lbs, and manipulate small objects, simultaneously, using only his mind and his hands. Mostly his hands.

After cutting his teeth in the trenches of QA, he set out to become a designer with the mission of making the web more usable and functional. Greg survived the dot com bubble and refuses to see the same mistakes made again.

He holds an AA in Graphic Design from the Academy of Art and spent four years on a Computer Science degree from the University of Iowa before striking out for California in pursuit of the Next Big Thing.