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

Founding member of the Python Software Foundation (PSF)
PSF Board Member (2002-2004, 2010-today)
Executive organizer of the first EuroPython conference in Charleroi 2002. Co-organizer of EuroPython 2003.
EuroPython Society (EPS) Board Member (2012-today)
One of the initiators of the German PyCon DE conference series
Co-founder of the Python Meeting Düsseldorf (PyDDF), a local Python meeting

PSF Python Brochure - project lead (2011-today)
PSF Python Job Board Team - kickstarted the project; currently on hold pending python.org site updates (2014)
PSF Python Events Calendars - project lead (2012-today)
PSF Marketing Material Project - mostly myself pushing the PSF forward to do more active Python marketing in classical areas such as creating logos, conference displays, flyers, stickers, brochures and sending these around the world to help Python community members to promote Python (2011-today)
Admin of https://wiki.python.org/ (2013-today)
Admin of http://www.pycon.org/ and the pycon.org sub-domains. I owned the pycon.org domain from 2003-2012 before I contributed it to the PSF. (2003-today)
Admin of the PSF's Gandi domain registrar account and the PSF domains, taking care of registrations, renewals, transfers and updates. I also negotiated the special terms and discounts we're getting from Gandi. (2013-today)
Admin of the PSF's StartSSL certificate account, creating PSF SSL certificates for PSF infrastructure and community sites. (2014-today)
Founding member of the PSF Trademark Committee (2008-today)
Several smaller PSF projects: 2013/2014, 2012/2013, 2011/2012, 2011/2012, 2010

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