Mary Gardiner

Mary Gardiner

Mary Gardiner speaking at the Wikimania 2012 opening ceremony
Citizenship Australian
Known for Linux Programing

Mary Gardiner is an Australian Linux programmer and currently director of operations at the Ada Initiative, described as a "non-profit organization dedicated to increasing participation of women in open technology and culture".[1] She was a council member of Linux Australia until September 2011.[2][3] In 2012, Gardiner and Ada Initiative co-founder Valerie Aurora were named two of the most influential people in computer security by SC Magazine.[4]

Career

Gardiner was a co-founder of AussieChix, which later became Oceania Women of Open Tech.[5] She is a former coordinator of LinuxChix. She speaks out against "the social norms and beliefs of a minority of contributors who are not interested in women as colleagues or who do not believe women have the capability to successfully contribute".[6] Gardiner has been involved with drafting and adopting anti-harassment policies for technology conferences.[7] Gardiner was the winner of the 2011 Rusty Wrench award given by Linux Australia for service to Linux programmers in Australia.[8] She was commended for her work to improve gender diversity and oppose sexual harassment in the open-source software community.[9] She was the keynote speaker at Wikimania 2012, which was held 12–15 July 2012 in Washington DC.[10] In 2012, Gardiner was listed as one of the 10 Women in Tech Who Give Back by Datamation and one of the most influential people in computer security by SC Magazine.[4][11]

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References

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  1. ↑ "About Us". About Us. Ada Initiative. 2011. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
  2. ↑ http://www.linux.org.au/council
  3. ↑ "Top 50 Women to Watch in Tech – Part II". Femme-o-nomics. 20 October 2011. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Earls, Alan. "Influential IT security minds in 2012: Valerie Aurora and Mary Gardiner". Reboot 2012. SC Magazine. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
  5. ↑ "History o OWOOT". Oceania Women of Open Technology. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
  6. ↑ Pearce, Rohan (4 November 2011). "Melbourne AdaCamp to address open technology's gender issues: Ada Initiative's first AdaCamp to be held in January". Techworld (Computerworld). Retrieved 17 March 2012.
  7. ↑ Byfield, Bruce. "Ada Initiative Supports Women in Open Source, Counters Sexism". Open Source. Datamation. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
  8. ↑ Stilgherrian (19 January 2012). "Linux.conf.au 2012: cyborg lawyer demands source". TechRepublic. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
  9. ↑ "Nominations: Mary Gardiner". linux australia: Representing Free Software and Open Source Communities. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
  10. ↑ "Wikimania 2012 announces Mary Gardiner as keynote speaker". Wikinews. 23 March 201. Retrieved 24 March 2012. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  11. ↑ Vartabedian, Jessica. "10 Women in Tech Who Give Back". Features. Datamation. Retrieved 5 December 2012.