Marc-André Lemburg

Python

• Python Core Developer since 1997

• Designed and implemented the Python Unicode Integration (PEP 100), including the codecs sub-system

• Contributed the platform module to Python

• Contributed the pybench CPython micro-benchmark suite to Python

• Contributed the locale module's locale aliasing engine to Python

• Editor of the Python DB-API Specifications (Version 1.0 - PEP 248 and Version 2.0 - PEP 249)

• Author or co-author of many Python extensions (the mx packages):

  • eGenix mx Base (mxDateTime, mxTextTools, mxProxy, mxURL, mxUID, mxStack, mxQueue, etc.)

  • eGenix mx Experimental (mxNumber, mxTidy)

  useful distributions such as

  • eGenix PyRun (Python runtime in just 4-13MB)

  • eGenix pyOpenSSL (pyOpenSSL with embedded OpenSSL libs and several add-ons)

  and quite a few commercial Python, Django and Zope products:

  • eGenix mxODBC (ODBC database interface)

  • eGenix mxODBC Connect (ODBC database interface for remote database access)

  • eGenix mxODBC Zope/Plone DA (ODBC database interface for Zope and Plone)

  • eGenix mxODBC Django Database Engine (ODBC database interface for Django)

• Regular speaker at Python conferences

Python Community

• Founding member of the Python Software Foundation (PSF)

• PSF Board Member (2002-2004, 2010-)

• Executive organizer of the first EuroPython conference in Charleroi 2002. Co-organizer of EuroPython 2003.

• EuroPython Society (EPS) Board Member (2012-)

• One of the initiators of the German PyCon DE conference series

• Co-founder of the Python Meeting Düsseldorf (PyDDF), a local Python meeting

Python Projects

• PSF Python Brochure - project lead

• PSF Python Job Board Team - kickstarted the project

• PSF Python Events Calendars - project lead

• Admin of https://wiki.python.org/

• Admin of http://www.pycon.org/ and the pycon.org domain

• Several smaller PSF projects: 2013/2014, 2012/2013, 2011/2012, 2011/2012, 2010

Business

• CEO and owner of eGenix.com, a company specializing in custom Python projects, consulting, web, security and database technologies

• Available as coach, consultant, project leader and speaker

Contact

• Email: mal@egenix.com

• Phone: +49 211 9304112
• Based in Düsseldorf, Germany

• Curriculum Vitae

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