{% extends 'base.html' %}

{% block title %}{{ _('Team') }} - MetaBrainz Foundation{% endblock %}

{% block content %}
  <h1 class="page-title">{{ _('The MetaBrainz Team') }}</h1>
  <div id="team">

    <div class="person">
      <img class="pic" src="{{ url_for('static', filename='img/team/robert_kaye.jpg') }}">
      <div class="bio">
        <h4>{{ _('<span class="name">Robert Kaye</span> &mdash; Executive Director') }}</h4>
        <p>
          {{ _('Robert is the founder and lead geek for <a href="%(mb_url)s">MusicBrainz</a>, and Executive Director of
          the MetaBrainz Foundation, the non-profit organization that pays the bills for MusicBrainz. After studying Computer
          Engineering at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, he joined Xing Technology where he shaped the MP3 efforts and then spent
          time for the dot com boom on EMusic’s FreeAmp team. While at EMusic he started working on MusicBrainz, the open music
          encyclopedia, and fell in love with Open Source software.', mb_url='https://musicbrainz.org/') }}
        </p>
        <p>
          {{ _('Robert is also an active hardware hacker, creating art projects for Burning Man and Nowhere. He is the co-founder of
          <a href="%(pr_url)s">Party Robotics</a> where he co-created Bartendro the open source cocktail robot.',
          pr_url='https://partyrobotics.com') }}
        </p>
        <p>
          {{ _('Originally from Germany, he now lives in Barcelona, Spain.') }}
        </p>
        <ul class="links">
          <li><strong>Chat:</strong> mayhem</li>
          <li><strong>GitHub:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/mayhem">mayhem</a></li>
          <li><strong>BlueSky:</strong> <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/mayhemchaos.bsky.social">mayhemchaos.bsky.social</a></li>
          <li><strong>ListenBrainz:</strong> <a href="https://listenbrainz.org/user/rob">rob</a></li>
        </ul>
      </div>
    </div>

    <div class="person">
      <img class="pic" src="{{ url_for('static', filename='img/team/michael_wiencek.jpg') }}"/>
      <div class="bio">
        <h4>{{ _('<span class="name">Michael Wiencek</span> &mdash; Senior Software Engineer') }}</h4>
        <p>
          {{ _('Michael is the senior developer for MusicBrainz, residing in his hometown of Chicago. He heard about MusicBrainz when
          he was still in grammar school, started editing in high school as his music collection got unwieldy, and participated
          in three GSoC projects during college. In his copious free time he enjoys going to concerts, making music no one will
          ever hear, binge-watching old TV shows, and being the best drummer in the world on Rock Band 4.') }}
        </p>
        <ul class="links">
          <li><strong>Chat:</strong> bitmap</li>
          <li><strong>GitHub:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/mwiencek">mwiencek</a></li>
          <li><strong>Last.fm:</strong> <a href="http://www.last.fm/user/fancy_lb_proxy">fancy_lb_proxy</a></li>
        </ul>
      </div>
    </div>

    <div class="person">
      <img class="pic" src="{{ url_for('static', filename='img/team/nicolas_tamargo.jpg') }}"/>
      <div class="bio">
        <h4>{{ _('<span class="name">Nicolás Tamargo</span> &mdash; Style Leader/Customer Support/Community Manager/Software Engineer') }}</h4>
        <p>
          {{ _('Nicolás started (and still moonlights as) a hardcore editor, because he just likes
          organizing data that much. He was eventually offered the style leader position, in which
          he helps the community decide how all the data should be organized. Later he was put in
          charge of answering any support issues, and finally started to actually write code to
          fix those complaints (and sometimes, to be honest, to cause new ones!).
          When he\'s not actively working for MetaBrainz, he\'s busy <a href="%(mb_editors_url)s">editing MusicBrainz</a>
          or traveling around trying to watch some wildlife.',
          mb_editors_url='https://musicbrainz.org/statistics/editors') }}
        </p>
        <p>{{ _('Originally from Spain, he now lives in Tartu, Estonia.') }}</p>
        <ul class="links">
          <li><strong>Chat:</strong> reosarevok</li>
          <li><strong>MusicBrainz:</strong> <a href="https://musicbrainz.org/user/reosarevok">reosarevok</a></li>
          <li><strong>GitHub:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/reosarevok">reosarevok</a></li>
          <li><strong>iNaturalist:</strong> <a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/people/reosarevok">reosarevok</a></li>
        </ul>
      </div>
    </div>

    <div class="person">
      <img class="pic" src="{{ url_for('static', filename='img/team/laurent_monin.jpg') }}"/>
      <div class="bio">
        <h4>{{ _('<span class="name">Laurent Monin</span> &mdash; System Administrator') }}</h4>
        <p>
          {{ _('A zealous music devotee, Laurent Monin first stumbled upon MusicBrainz and Picard in attempts to codify his vast
          collection of over 1500 CDs. In addition to being a music fanatic, Laurent has been programming on anything with
          more than 1 bit since 1982 and has been an esteemed Linux system administrator since 1998.') }}
        </p>
        <p>
          {{ _('With his extensive repertoire of skills and passions, Laurent has actively contributed to a myriad of open source
          projects, notably <a href="%(elinks_url)s">ELinks</a> and
          <a href="%(geeqie_url)s">Geeqie</a>, and loves to tinker with the hardware of various audio
          gadgets, including amplifiers and loudspeakers. However, Laurent\'s contributions do not end there. He currently
          sustains the MetaBrainz servers while residing near Besançon, France.',
          elinks_url='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELinks',
          geeqie_url='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geeqie') }}
        </p>
        <ul class="links">
          <li><strong>Chat:</strong> zas</li>
        </ul>
      </div>
    </div>

    <div class="person">
      <img class="pic" src="{{ url_for('static', filename='img/team/yvan_rivierre.jpg') }}"/>
      <div class="bio">
        <h4>{{ _('<span class="name">Yvan Rivierre</span> &mdash; Software Engineer') }}</h4>
        <p>
          {{ _('Yvan is a software engineer for MusicBrainz and comes from Nancy, France. Initially he discovered MusicBrainz
          as a simple user, then started to edit it, then reported issues, then fixed issues reported by others, and got hired
          in the end. Besides that, he casually plays music, listens to music, eats music, … music, for an healthy way of life.') }}
        </p>
        <ul class="links">
          <li><strong>Chat:</strong> yvanzo</li>
        </ul>
      </div>
    </div>

    <div class="person">
      <img class="pic" src="{{ url_for('static', filename='img/team/nicolas_pelletier.jpg') }}"/>
      <div class="bio">
        <h4>{{ _('<span class="name">Nicolas Pelletier</span> &mdash; BookBrainz Lead,  Software Engineer & Graphic Designer') }}</h4>
        <p>
          {{ _('Nicolas comes from a graphic design background, but was always a computer and electronics tinkerer at heart.
          He followed his curiosity into the land of development never to return again. He has always had a passion for music
          and books, and enjoyed working on MetaBrainz projects so much he eventually joined the team.') }}
        </p>
        <p>
          {{ _('In his free time, Nicolas likes to go rock climbing, hence the nickname, and designing and building structures.') }}
        </p>
        <p>
          {{ _('Born in Canada and raised in France, Nicolas now lives in Barcelona, Spain.') }}
        </p>
        <ul class="links">
          <li><strong>Chat:</strong> monkey</li>
          <li><strong>GitHub:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/monkeydo">MonkeyDo</a></li>
        </ul>
      </div>
    </div>

    <div class="person">
      <img
        alt="Kartik Ohri's photo"
        class="pic"
        src="{{ url_for('static', filename='img/team/kartik.jpeg') }}"
      />
      <div class="bio">
        <h4>{{ _('<span class="name">Kartik Ohri</span> &mdash; ListenBrainz/CritiqueBrainz/Android App Lead &amp; Junior Software Engineer') }}</h4>
        <p>
          {{ _('Kartik joined the MetaBrainz community during Google Code-In 2018 and since then there has been
          no looking back. Now as a contractor for MetaBrainz, Kartik leads the development of the MusicBrainz Android App and
          CritiqueBrainz projects. He also spends a lot of time on the AcousticBrainz and ListenBrainz projects.') }}
        </p>
        <ul class="links">
          <li><strong>Chat:</strong> lucifer</li>
          <li><strong>GitHub:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/amCap1712">amCap1712</a></li>
        </ul>
      </div>
    </div>

    <div class="person">
      <img
        alt="Adam James' photo"
        class="pic"
        src="{{ url_for('static', filename='img/team/atj.jpg') }}"
      />
      <div class="bio">
        <h4>{{ _('<span class="name">Adam James</span> &mdash; System Administrator') }}</h4>
        <p>
          {{ _('Adam is a system administrator and occasional developer with over 15 years experience in Linux and Open Source
          software. A huge music lover, he became an active MusicBrainz editor whilst organising his digital music collection,
	  which led to his involvement in the MetaBrainz community.
	  Adam\'s time is being provided on a pro-bono basis by <a href="https://www.transitiv.co.uk">Transitiv Technologies</a>,
	  where he is a consultant and technical director.') }}
        </p>
        <ul class="links">
          <li><strong>Chat:</strong> atj</li>
          <li><strong>MusicBrainz:</strong> <a href="https://musicbrainz.org/user/atj">atj</a></li>
          <li><strong>GitHub:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/atj">atj</a></li>
        </ul>
      </div>
    </div>

    <div class="person">
      <img
        alt="Julian Anderson's photo"
        class="pic"
        src="{{ url_for('static', filename='img/team/julian45.jpg') }}"
      />
      <div class="bio">
        <h4>{{ _('<span class="name">Julian Anderson</span> &mdash; System Administrator') }}</h4>
        <p>
          {{ _('Julian took a liking to terminals as soon as he could get his hands on one, and in high school, he began building,
	  breaking, and rebuilding virtual machines in an effort to learn how they worked. Over the course of the following decade,
	  he refined his skills and eventually began a career in IT, with a focus on helping organizations make the most of their
	  digital infrastructure. Along the way, he developed a sizable music library, as well as a growing need to manage this
	  library; this need led him towards the MetaBrainz community.

	  In addition to assisting the MetaBrainz team with their system administration efforts, Julian enjoys listening to a wide
	  variety of music (& contributing to MusicBrainz accordingly), taking in natural scenery, reading, and traveling.') }}
        </p>
        <ul class="links">
          <li><strong>Chat:</strong> julian45</li>
          <li><strong>MusicBrainz:</strong> <a href="https://musicbrainz.org/user/julian45">julian45</a></li>
          <li><strong>GitHub:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/julian45">julian45</a></li>
        </ul>
      </div>
    </div>

    <div class="person">
      <img
        alt="Simon Hartman's photo"
        class="pic"
        src="{{ url_for('static', filename='img/team/aerozol.jpg') }}"
      />
      <div class="bio">
        <h4>{{ _('<span class="name">Simon Hartman</span> &mdash; Design, UX Consultant & Social Media Jockey') }}</h4>
        <p>
          {{ _('Simon has been contributing data and complaints about UX and design to MusicBrainz since 2009.
          In 2022 he started complaining about UX and design in an official capacity. He lives in New Zealand
          and has 15 years experience across various graphic design/comms/marketing roles.') }}
        </p>
        <ul class="links">
          <li><strong>Chat:</strong> aerozol</li>
          <li><strong>MusicBrainz:</strong> <a href="https://musicbrainz.org/user/aerozol">aerozol</a></li>
          <li><strong>ListenBrainz:</strong> <a href="https://listenbrainz.org/user/aerozol">aerozol</a></li>
        </ul>
      </div>
    </div>

    <div class="person">
      <img
        alt="Ansh Goyal's photo"
        class="pic"
        src="{{ url_for('static', filename='img/team/ansh.jpg') }}"
      />
      <div class="bio">
        <h4>{{ _('<span class="name">Ansh Goyal</span> &mdash; Junior Software Engineer') }}</h4>
        <p>
          {{ _('Ansh is a Software Engineer and is based in New Delhi, India. He joined MetaBrainz as a Google Summer of Code student in 2022 and has been a part of the community since then.
          He started contributing to CritiqueBrainz and BookBrainz and is now also working on ListenBrainz.
          In his leisure moments, Ansh enjoys binge-watching movies and listening to music.') }}
        </p>
        <ul class="links">
          <li><strong>Chat:</strong> ansh</li>
          <li><strong>GitHub:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/anshg1214">anshg1214</a></li>
          <li><strong>ListenBrainz:</strong> <a href="https://listenbrainz.org/user/anshgoyal31">anshgoyal31</a></li>
        </ul>
      </div>
    </div>

    <h2>{{ _('Voluntary Project Leaders') }}</h2>

    <div class="person">
      <img
        alt="Akshat Tiwari's photo"
        class="pic"
        src="{{ url_for('static', filename='img/team/akshat.jpg') }}"
      />
      <div class="bio">
        <h4>{{ _('<span class="name">Akshat Tiwari</span> &mdash; Junior Software Engineer') }}</h4>
        <p>
          {{ _('Akshat started contributing to the MusicBrainz Android App out of love for the project and after dwelling
          on the variety of projects MetaBrainz operates, he decided to focus on the MusicBrainz project.
          He was accepted as a Google Summer of Code student and is now a contractor for MetaBrainz, where
          he focuses on the improvement of the MusicBrainz user interface and user experience.
          
          Akshat has always been fascinated by the creativity of people. He resides in New Delhi, India.') }}
        </p>
        <ul class="links">
          <li><strong>Chat:</strong> akshaaatt</li>
          <li><strong>GitHub:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/akshaaatt">akshaaatt</a></li>
          <li><strong>Medium:</strong> <a href="https://medium.com/@akshaaatt">akshaaatt</a></li>
        </ul>
      </div>
    </div>
    <div class="person">
      <img class="pic" src="{{ url_for('static', filename='img/team/param_singh.jpg') }}" />
      <div class="bio">
        <h4>{{ _('<span class="name">Param Singh</span> &mdash; Former ListenBrainz team leader') }}</h4>
        <p>
          {{ _('Param is a software engineer and the former leader of the ListenBrainz project. Param
          joined MetaBrainz as a Google Summer of Code student in 2017 and has been part of MetaBrainz since then.
          Param loves both programming and music a lot, so MetaBrainz was love at first sight for him.
          When not staring at a screen, Param plays some chess and tries to listen to new music.') }}
        </p>
        <ul class="links">
          <li><strong>Chat:</strong> param</li>
          <li><strong>GitHub:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/paramsingh">paramsingh</a></li>
          <li><strong>Last.fm:</strong> <a href="http://www.last.fm/user/singhparam">singhparam</a></li>
          <li><strong>ListenBrainz:</strong> <a href="https://listenbrainz.org/user/iliekcomputers">iliekcomputers</a></li>
        </ul>
      </div>
    </div>

    <div class="person">
      <img
        alt="David Saunders' photo"
        class="pic"
        src="{{ url_for('static', filename='img/team/drsaunde.jpg') }}"
      />
      <div class="bio">
        <h4>{{ _('<span class="name">David "drsaunde" Saunders</span> &mdash; MusicBrainz Areas') }}</h4>
        <p>
          {{ _('David is in charge of adding new areas to MusicBrainz when they\'re requested by the community. He
          has been active in MusicBrainz for over a decade, and is one of the few editors to have surpassed the one
          million edits mark. A proud Canadian, when he\'s not in MusicBrainz, he is often enjoying some of his
          favourite things, such as <a href="%(thc_url)s">THC</a>, <a href="%(tfc_url)s">TFC</a>,
          <a href="%(cts_url)s">CTS</a> & <a href="%(gnt_url)s">GnT\'s</a>,
          as well as cheering for the Toronto Raptors.',
          thc_url='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetrahydrocannabinol',
          tfc_url='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto_FC',
          cts_url='http://www.connectthesongs.com/',
          gnt_url='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gin_and_tonic') }}
        </p>
        <ul class="links">
          <li><strong>Chat:</strong> drsaunders</li>
          <li><strong>MusicBrainz:</strong> <a href="https://musicbrainz.org/user/drsaunde">drsaunde</a></li>
        </ul>
      </div>
    </div>

    <div class="person">
      <img
        alt="MonkeyPython's photo"
        class="pic"
        src="{{ url_for('static', filename='img/team/catcat.jpg') }}"
      />
      <div class="bio">
        <h4>{{ _('<span class="name">Akira Holm</span> &mdash; MusicBrainz Instruments') }}</h4>
        <p>
          {{ _('ApeKattQuest or MonkeyPython has been a MusicBrainz editor since 2004, and
          is in charge of adding and improving the musical instruments in MusicBrainz (the very unseriously-named,
          yet quite important "Instrument Inserter" position). When not looking all over the internet (and the library!)
          for instrument data, his other hobbies include playing games, listening to all sorts of different music, Lupin 
          III, colouring, and collecting all sorts of things, from stickers and stamps to bottlecaps.') }}
        </p>
        <ul class="links">
          <li><strong>Chat:</strong> ApeKattQuest, MonkeyPython (plus a whole lot of other Lupin III references)</li>
          <li><strong>MusicBrainz:</strong> <a href="https://musicbrainz.org/user/ApeKattQuest, MonkeyPython">ApeKattQuest, MonkeyPython</a></li>
          <li><strong>ListenBrainz:</strong> <a href="https://listenbrainz.org/user/ApeKattQuest, MonkeyPython">ApeKattQuest, MonkeyPython</a></li>
        </ul>
      </div>
    </div>

  </div>
{% endblock %}
