David Lapsley is the Director of Engineering at Metacloud. David has been using Python for over 10 years and Django for 5 years. His first commercial Python project was writing a Spread Spectrum Software Defined Radio application for NASA. His first commercial Django project was the front end for a CyberSecurity product developed for Carrier-grade VoIP networks. David’s background is in networking, data visualization, cloud computing, software as a service, and user experience. He has a Ph. D in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the University of Melbourne, and a B. Sc. and B. E. from Monash University. David is originally from Melbourne, Australia, and is based in LA (via Boston). In his spare time, he enjoys spending time with his family, cycling, not shoveling snow, and working on upstream patches.