PyCascades is organized by members of the Vancouver, Seattle, and Portland Python communities. Our goal is to host a diverse, accessible, and memorable conference.
Feel free to reach out to anyone of us with suggestions, concerns or even just to say that you're excited for PyCascades 2024.
Angeleah is relatively new to Python, but not programming. She fell in love with the Logo Turtle at 10 and never looked back. She currently works as an IT technician at a local business where she lives in the Gulf Islands. When she’s not glued to her computer screen she loves hiking and photography, is learning to sew, and spends too much time doing puzzles with her partner.
Ben is an SRE based in Seattle. He currently works on a private Platform-as-a-Service, and has previously worked in SRE and DevOps roles at the Allen Institute for Cell Science, Blue Nile, and Intermedia. When he’s not working, Ben is out playing ice hockey, hiking, camping, and fiddling around with photography.
Chethana is a Software Engineer at realtor.com and a Senior Lead at WWCode Python. She has a Masters in Computer Science from SUNY Binghamton and now resides in California. She enjoys learning, solving problems, and spends her free time experimenting with new cuisines and flavors in her kitchen and exploring beautiful scenic places.
Vishal is a data analyst with a background in teaching and engineering. He is passionate about machine learning and trustworthy AI. In his free time he enjoys participating in Kaggle competitions, contributing to the fastai community, and frequenting local coffee shops with his partner.
Holly is a Software Developer in Vancouver. She mostly works in Python and Ruby on web development with a soft spot for database performance. Outside of tech, she enjoys reading speculative fiction, playing board games, and cycling to places to look for birds.
Andres is a tech enthusiast with a background in building UX for Mobile and Web Applications. He is passionate about OSS, A11y, and community collaboration.
Madison is a Senior Data Engineer & Team Lead out of Seattle and an avid Python user/organizer. She is currently sponsored by Automattic to work on the open source project Openverse, and has worked at Ookla (Speedtest.net), the Allen Institute for Cell Science, and the Broad Institute. In her spare time she can be found baking, building digital tools to help those battling oppression, contributing to open source, walking her dog, reading queer fiction, or playing video games.
Denny is a Software QA Analyst with an accounting degree who is passionate about building communities. She is currently a Github community leader, helping to organize events and empowering the Spanish-speaking tech community. In her spare time, she helps many Python communities (mentoring, organizing events, speaking, etc.).
Tammy is a Seattle-based software dev with a background in nonprofit fundraising. Her transition into the tech world was driven by a desire to explore the unfamiliar. She's passionate about the unique individual perspectives that enrich our collective world. Chat with Tammy about her love for tennis, travel, and tiny homes.
Alan is a co-founder of PyCascades and the Seattle Python user group Puget Sound Programming Python (PuPPy). He is a software engineer by day and can be found in his free time pursuing one of his many hobbies: nature photography, painting watercolors, playing with synthesizers, woodworking, and more.
Meghan is a Software Engineering Manager, based out of Vancouver. She is passionate about bringing more folks from underrepresented communities into tech. She has worked with organizations such as Vancouver Datajam, PyLadies, Canada Learning Code as well as directly with schools in the Vancouver area to make that happen. In her free time Meghan reads, sews and knits her own wardrobe and is also trying to found a startup (so that people stop asking her to make them clothes).
Caito is a Developer Advocate in Portland, OR. Working with this event is the perfect ven diagram for them of inclusive community building, programming, and the irresistible, inspirational Python flavored makerspace that PyCascades attracts. In their "free time", they do dance and duo trapeze, trail running, and never-ending construction/remodeling projects, sometimes with a dash of sculpture, prop-building and woodworking. They also love Python so much, they have three of them 🐍
Kafui is a Software Engineer and a Developer Advocate with Cradx, in Kumasi, Ghana. He worked a previous role as a Systems Support Specialist at CLODS Inc. Kafui is the Co-founder of Adomi Health and the Lead/Organizer for PyHo - a volunteer run Python User Group in Ho, Volta Region, Ghana. He is also a Django Software Foundation individual member and Django Girls Ho Lead/organizer - through which he is actively building his developer community in the capacity of diversity and inclusion. Outside coding and community building, Kafui spends time at the gym to keep fit, goes for hiking, read books and enjoys alone time by taking a long walk down town.