====== Behind The Scenes: The Team ======

Our team is working hard to bring Mira together and deliver an Open Source groupware platform which will be feature-rich, extensible, easy-to-use and flexible enough to be useful in a myriad of situations and environments, both in the workplace and at home.

^  Username  ^  Name  ^  Role  ^  Website  ^  Timezone (non-DST)  ^
| clsk | Alan Alvarez | Lead Developer (Network layer) | [[http://aliencoder.blogspot.com|Blog]] | UTC-5 |
| J_K9 | Max Bossino | Project Manager | | UTC+1 |
| neeraj | Neeraj Rajgure | Developer (Directory layer) | | UTC-5 |
| shas | Shilpa Sodani | Developer | | UTC-7 |
| tstone2077 | Thurston Stone | Developer (GUI) | | UTC-8 |

===== Inactive Members =====

^  Username  ^  Name  ^
| beyonddc | David Chu |
| daryl | Daryl Lee |
| Jami | Shafi Ahmed |

===== Introductions =====

==== PROJECT MANAGER: Max Bossino ====

I am primarily a web developer, originating from Gibraltar, GI. However, being a Linux enthusiast, I soon found myself involved in Open Source projects and when I discovered the vast increase in productivity offered by groupware platforms, and the poor state of existing Open Source groupware solutions, I took it upon myself to begin one. Mira Groupware is the second Open Source project which I have fully participated in and in both cases I have offered my skills as a manager and web designer to co-ordinate the development of the application and build their websites.

I am fluent in English and Spanish, semi-fluent in French and am currently learning Italian. On the information technology side, my skills are mainly in the areas of networking and information security and I am fluent in the following programming languages:

  * XHTML
  * CSS
  * PHP (with database backends).

I look forward to Mira's imminent success!

==== LEAD DEVELOPER: Alan Alvarez ====
I'm a hobbyist programmer. My main language is C++. I've been writing in C++ for about 5 years now mostly things related to networking and databases. Networking and Programming are the things I'm mostly interested in when it comes to computers. Other languages I've used are C and Assembly language (not a lot).
I'm currently enlisted in the U.S. Army as an "Information Technology Specialist". Most of what I do here is system and network administration and very little programming in php, c# and c++/cli for trivial projects within my previous unit. 

On a personal note, I'm originally from the Dominican Republic, but have been living in the United States since the year 2000.

==== DEVELOPER: Thurston Stone ====
I've been programming professionally for about 8 years.  I've programmed in C++, C#, but lately I've been working on python projects.  At work, I use mostly Windows environments (with MKS for unix emulation) and I have both Windows workstations and Linux servers at home.  I'm comfortable in both environments.  I'm very excited about the potential of this project and will do what I can to help it reach that potential.