I’m a software developer, teacher and musician. I’m currently based in Galicia, Spain.

I work at Codethink as a software developer.

Some other things I’ve done:

• I mentored open source interns with Google Summer of Code and Outreachy, in 2021 and 2023/24
• I taught English at a language academy in Santiago de Compostela (between 2018 and 2020).
• I was lead organizer for the 2017 edition of GUADEC, the GNOME project’s major annual conference.
• I spoke at a number of software conferences.
• I drove from Manchester to Ulaanbaatar in a Skoda Fabia (2016)
• I played trombone with The Rubber Duck Orchestra (between 2013 and 2018)
• I studied Creative Music Technology at the University of Huddersfield (between 2006 and 2010)
• I make music under the name Vladimir Chicken.

Check out the things I make, and follow my blog articles for updates!

You can also follow me on some websites like Instagram, Last.fm, and Twitter.