The Board

The board of directors is the decision making body of the Foundation. It meets once per month and additional meetings when required. The board also engages with the committees and communities every month to encourage peer support and offer assistance and guidance.

The board is self-electing, and usually draws its candidates from active volunteers. It is led by the President who is appointed by the board and is typically an existing board member. The Treasurer manages financial operations.

Board members are asked to serve a two-year term which is renewed if required. They are expected to attend the monthly board meeting, shedule agreed once per year, be available for general communications by email and messages as well as attend the monthly community representatives meeting. All board members are expected to respond to board motions promptly.

Find out how to nominate or join the board here.

Board members

President

Stuart Mackintosh, President

Based in Europe, Stuart has been working with free and open source software since the mid-1990s, with many early projects based on Perl delivering e-commerce, ISP and communications services.

Stuart founded various open source integration and hosting companies and currently consults through Open Digital Consulting. He also founded the industry association OpenUK, works with the European Commission, and serves on the governance working group for the Odoo Community Association.

Stuart joined the Foundation because Perl enabled him to solve many business data challenges throughout his career. He believes those who have built careers in digital technology should give back to the communities that enabled them, either financially or by sharing experience and time. He is proud to be working with the Perl communities and excited to be working with the rapidly developing Raku language.

In his role as President, Stuart is keen to develop committees and engagement with the Perl and Raku communities, as well as sponsors and other foundations. He believes it is important to improve the security of these ecosystems and their long-term usefulness and relevance.

Appointed: September 2019Board seat sponsored by Open Digital Consulting Copresident@perlfoundation.org

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Co-treasurer

Peter Krawczyk, Co-treasurer

Peter Krawczyk is the CTO of Remora. He has been active in the Perl community since the late 1990s, including co-organizing YAPCs in 2006 and 2008, hackathons and Chicago.pm. In his spare time, he loves to play golf and go on road trips.

Appointed: October 2020Board seat sponsored by Remora, Inctreasurer@perlfoundation.org

Co-treasurer

Ruth Holloway, Co-treasurer

Over the course of her 40-plus year career, Ruth worked in six different programming languages on nearly a dozen different operating systems; for the last 20 of those, she’s been doing most of her coding in Perl. She is a Texan, transplanted to the tranquil woods of northeast Georgia with her husband and the cutest dog around. She is now semi-retired from regular work to spend more time with her family, crafting, and on the needs of the Foundation.

Ruth joined the board in January of 2024, and currently holds the role of Co-Treasurer, taking care of many of the day-to-day financial record-keeping for the Foundation.

Appointed: January 2024Board seat sponsored by Hart Woods Group, LLCtreasurer@perlfoundation.org

Secretary

Bruce Gray, Secretary

Bruce is a consultant, business analyst, and contract programmer, with a special interest in health care.

Introduced to Perl in 1995, he became a founding member of Atlanta Perl Mongers, and from there joined the wider Perl community.

Active in the Parrot and Rakudo projects since their inception as “Perl 6”, Bruce represents Raku at the TPRF community meetings, and assists in the Raku Study Group.

Since 2022, Bruce has served on the planning committee for the annual North American TPRC conference, and has been a regular speaker at the conference for over a decade.

Bruce joined the board in January of 2024, currently holds the role of TPRF Secretary, and uses the resources of that role to also support the A/V recording needs of affiliated groups such as Toronto.pm and the Underbar podcast.

Together with his wife Sarah, Bruce enjoys ballroom dancing and Shakespearean theatre.

Appointed: January 2024Board seat sponsored by Gray & Associates

Todd Rinaldo

Todd has been programming for 40 years and coding Perl since his first Perl programming class in 1995. He’s been a resident of Houston, TX most of his life, and has been active in the Houston Perl Mongerers since 2006. Todd is married and has one son. In addition to his volunteer work at TPRF, Todd also donates significant time to The Boy Scouts of America.

Appointed: August 2022Board seat sponsored by WebProstodd@perlfoundation.org

Daniel Sockwell

Daniel originally planned a career in law before he realised how much he enjoys programming.

Dan earned a J.D. from Columbia Law School and was a practicing attorney with a large law firm in New York City. While there, he unexpectedly ended up writing code for a JavaScript web app that the firm was building for its large banking clients.

After discovering how much he enjoys writing code, Dan made a career change and became a programmer. He has written JavaScript, Rust, and Raku professionally and enjoys exploring many other languages.

As well as being a Board member, Dan serves on the Raku Steering Council and the TPRF Legal Committee. He was also a moderator for the 2021 Perl and Raku Conference.

Appointed: August 2021