Meet The Team

Role: Admin
Kev is one of the co-founders of Fosstodon. A keen Linux and open source advocate, you can usually find him posting on his profile about all manor of uninteresting things. You can also find him on his personal website.

Role: Admin
Mike is a husband, father, and big nerd. The other co-founder of Fosstodon, he’s probably posting right now about something he’s found on the Internet and thinks is interesting. Loves discussions about free and open source software/hardware, artificial intelligence, and long walks on the beach.

Role: Moderator
Tayo is a husband, father, IT professional at a large utility company, 3Dprinting enthusiast and part time rancher (living beyond the sidewalks and off the grid in very rural Texas). In his spare time he enjoys grilling hamburgers, playing with grandkids and making different things. In addition, he's trying to give Cooper some competition on the awesome beard front.

Role: Moderator
Ru is a contract web developer from south Asia. She takes pride in supporting Arsenal, and wishes to travel the world one day, meeting all the friends she has made on the fediverse along the way. Her FOSS journey has been ambivalent — switching from FOSS all the things to FOSS when it's comfortable. You can also find more about her on her personal website.

Role: Moderator
Grueproof is a retired software developer and manager. He’s got an empty nest and time on his hands, which he fills with reading, writing, RPGs, cooking, and brewing beer and mead. Has been a proponent of FOSS since the last century and is deeply interested in using free and open source software in creative pursuits.

Role: Moderator
Jan-Lukas is professional software developer and free-time blogger with a deep interest in everything that has to do with software, internet and open source. He even built his own blogging engine with ActivityPub support.

Role: Moderator
Nikita is a computer science student, a professional full-stack developer, and a FOSS enthusiast. He could’ve become a world-class chef, a record-breaking cyclist, or a very fair linguist, but luckily, computers exist.