Amzari Abu Bakar is a degree holder in BSc Information Studies (Information Systems and Management) and MSc Information Management, both from Universiti Teknologi MARA. He has started his career as a systems librarian at Kolej Universiti Teknikal Kebangsaan Malaysia (now known as Universiti Teknikal Malaysia) Melaka As Head of Automation in UTEMM library in 2004, he successfully implemented the Library Security and Circulation System using RFID. He then pursued his career in the academic world as a lecturer at the Centre for Foundation Studies, International Islamic University Malaysia teaching C programming and IT subjects for five years.

He has been a Lecturer at Faculty of Information Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA teaching Web Programming, Library Automation and IT in Libraries subjects since August 2008.

Olugbenga Adara is a consultant on implementing open source software projects in Projektlink Konsult Ltd. He specialises in intranets, website design and library automation. He has served as a consultant to library automation projects at Bowen University Iwo, National Mathematical Centre Abuja, Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria Ibadan and the Kwara State Government House Ilorin, all in Nigeria, among others.

Olugbenga’s favourite open source apps are Koha, Joomla and Asterisks. His hobbies include reading, surfing the Internet and tinkering with open source software.

Bob Birchall is a director of CALYX information essentials, a Koha support provider in Australia. He is an independent director of The Hospitals Contribution Fund of Australia Limited (HCF), Australia's largest not-for-profit health insurer.

Bob has over 30 years experience in the governance and management of complex not-for-profit organisations. For two organisations he had executive responsibility for the IT function and has managed numerous IT projects. He brings both perspectives to the analysis of Koha project governance.

Irma Birchall is the founder of CALYX information essentials, a Koha and Kete support provider in Australia. She worked at Sydney University's Fisher Library and other libraries for 10 years after graduating in Library Sciences and is an active member of the Australian Library and Information Association. She is also a member various free software user groups and takes part in many GLAM (Galleries/Libraries/Archives/Museums) sector activities.

During implementations, Irma's focus is on training, and she brings to her clients a solid understanding of Koha, library processes, international library standards and of the Australian library context. Irma speaks French, German and is learning Spanish.

Rosalie Blake worked at Horowhenua Libraries from 1981 to 2009, in a variety of positions which she kept reinventing. Her last role was Head of Libraries for the Horowhenua Library Trust, which came into being in January 1997. She loves computers, email, web pages... So it’s not surprising she was willing to take a punt with Koha, the world’s first open source library system. She has served several terms as Regional and National Councillor for LIANZA, being responsible for the Great New Zealand TV Turn-Off (a Library Week promotion), and the 1995 edition of the Public Library Standards for New Zealand Libraries. She has an absurdly large garden which she shares with a cat and a dog.

Christopher Cormack has a BSc in Computer Science and a BA in Mathematics and Māori Studies. While working for Katipo Communications he was the lead developer of the original version of Koha, which went live at Horowhenua Library Trust on January 5, 2000. Since then he has served various roles in the community: release manager, QA manager and Translation manager. He is the elected release manager for 3.4.

Christopher currently works for Catalyst IT in Wellington. Christopher believes in Free Software and allowing users the freedom to innovate.

Nicole C. Engard is the Director of Open Source Education at ByWater Solutions. Her primary role at ByWater Solutions is to educate librarians about open source software with a focus on the Koha Integrated Library System. It is in this role that Nicole wrote (and continues to write) the manual for Koha.

David Friggens is the Systems Librarian at the University of Waikato in New Zealand. The Library currently uses a proprietary ILS but uses a variety of Free Software, including Greenstone, Firefox and GNU/Linux.

Sue Lavery is the Librarian at a new jail, The Alexander Machonochie Centre, in Canberra, Australia. She has spent the past year establishing the library and promoting a reading culture within the prison.

Before taking on this position, Sue was a teacher librarian for over 25 years, and has found her skills invaluable in connecting readers with books. She is passionate about using Koha to empower clients to do some of this connecting for themselves.

François Marier has been involved in Open Source communities for more than 10 years. Currently a senior software developer at Catalyst IT, he is a long time Debian developer and has worked on commercial Open Source projects for most of his professional career. He enjoys introducing people to the ideas behind Open Source and discussing the intricacies of Open Source licenses.

Mark Osborne is Deputy Principal of Albany Senior High School on Auckland's North Shore. He has worked with many schools throughout New Zealand and Australia building capacity in e-learning. He is an open source and free culture advocate and is committed to openness, transparency and fairness. Mark is also interested in Moodle, Mahara, Linux, Open Office, Koha and any other open source learning tool.

Lee Phillips is the director of the Butte Silver Bow Public Library. BSB Public is the fourth largest library in Montana serving 35,000 people. In 2008, BSB Public became the first open source public library in Montana with their migration to Koha ILS. The library runs Ubuntu OS on the public PCs and Open Office suite on both the public and staff client servers.

Currently Lee is serving as a Montana State Library Commissioner by appointment of the governor of Montana. In the past year she has secured 150,000 dollars in grant funding for her library to develop programming that puts technology in the hands of library patrons. The current digital image project is moving into its second phase which allows users to donate digital copies from their personal collections to the library's digital collections branch, yet retain ownership of the original objects. Lee's plans for the future include more technology collaboration with other cultural institutions and finishing her flower garden before next spring.

Mark is an independent hacker from Wellington, New Zealand who spends his days engaged in projects with uniquely titled descriptions such as "Penetration Testing", "Application Vulnerability Assessment", "Network Security Review", "Social Engineering Assessment" & "Architecture Security Review" for some of New Zealand's largest organisations. When not trying to decipher the work he conducts, Mark has been known to spend time sipping coffee and enjoying fatherhood.

MJ Ray is a worker-owner of software.coop, a tech worker co-op providing computer-related services worldwide, including Koha and debian support and development, since 2002. He is a director of Co-operatives SW, building a strong, distinctive and unified co-operative sector in the South West of England, and a former area committee member of the Co-operative Group, the UK's largest retail co-operative which runs food shops, pharmacies, travel agents, funeral directors and financial services.

His key interests are automation, RFID and the free and open source software community.