Founder and co-moderator (2000-2011) of Perl Seminar NY. Author/maintainer of 17 CPAN modules. YAPC presentations: YAPC::NA::2001 (Montreal: lightning); YAPC::CA::2003 (Ottawa); YAPC::NA::2004 (Buffalo); YAPC::NA::2005 (Toronto); YAPC::NA::2006 (Chicago); YAPC::NA::2007 (Houston); YAPC::NA::2008 (Chicago); YAPC::NA::2010 (Columbus); YAPC::NA::2011 (Asheville); YAPC::NA::2012 (Madison). Other presentations at Toronto Perlmongers, New Orleans Perlmongers, New York Linux Users Group and New York City BSD Users Group. Hackathon participant and organizer: Toronto (Oct 2005); Chicago (Nov 2006); Toronto (Apr 2007); Houston (Jun 2007); Chicago (Dec 2007); New York (March 2013). ircperlorg: kid51