Dave Rolsky

Dave Rolsky is a highly experienced professional software developer with a strong background in Perl, Go, and C. He is renowned for creating DateTime.pm and numerous other Perl modules. Dave is a core developer for Moose, a cutting-edge object system for Perl 5. He authored key Perl core documentation such as perlootut and perlobj, along with complete documentation for the Moose project. As a prolific writer, he has co-authored two O'Reilly books and contributed to a myriad of free software projects and libraries.

With over two decades in the software development industry, Dave has showcased exceptional leadership skills by providing technical guidance to teams, establishing standards, refining development workflows, and offering mentorship to fellow team members. He excels in interacting with non-technical stakeholders for requirement gathering and effectively communicating complex technical issues. Dave's educational background includes a BA in Music from Bard College and an MA in Music Composition from the University of Minnesota.

Dave Rolsky's professional journey includes notable roles such as being a Team Lead and Senior Software Engineer at ActiveState, in addition to serving as a Speaker at prestigious events like OSCON and YAPC. He has held positions at esteemed organizations including MaxMind, Reuters, LiveText, Inc., and Socialtext, Inc. As a former Free Software Developer and Software Development Consultant, Dave has honed his expertise in structuring development processes, emphasizing the importance of clear requirements, automated testing, deployment strategies, quality assurance, bug tracking, and version control to deliver high-quality software that adds value and evolves over time.