Team
Our core team of developers work to ensure that every release is a stable, steady step in the right direction, whilst providing support and advocacy for users of the project.
Ross Parker Founder
Ross is the Director of Technology and Assessment at International College Hong Kong, where he seeks to radically change the process of educating young minds. He also likes using open source software to make life in school more enjoyable. Ross has worked in the intersection of education and technology for over fifteen years: Gibbon is the third school platform he has been involved in building, and represents the correction of many past mistakes.
Sandra Kuipers Maintainer
Sandra works at International College Hong Kong, applying code and design to tackle the many interesting projects that arise at a school. She has worked in a mix of industries—from oilfield training to virtual worlds—and now enjoys the positive impact of designing for education. Gibbon’s open source teacher-focused philosophy has been a perfect fit, and she hopes to see the developer community continue to grow.
Ashton Power Developer
Ashton works as an ICT Technician and Web Developer at South Island School, and has a special interest in education. He initially played with Gibbon as part of his IB MYP work experience, and eventually rebuilt the IB Diploma module. Ashton has since been working to refactor other parts of the Gibbon codebase, whilst helping with rebuilding the Help Desk module .
Ray Clark Developer
Ray is a former student at ICHK, and has an interest in programming and computers in general. Over the past 4 years, Ray has worked on development of the Gibbon core, starting with small bug fixes and graduating to adding new back-end functions and building new features. In addition, Ray has also developed two additional modules for Gibbon: Help Desk and a Trip Planner, both of which are available on our Extend page.
Leonardo Freitas Developer
Leonardo works as a system architect and full stack developer at UFMG in projects integrating technology to teaching and learning. Open source enthusiast, he is an active member of communities such as Moodle, among other open source systems. Interested in gamification, he also develops learning objects for integration with Learning Management Systems.