the Rebus team
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Boris Anthony
Strategic DesignBoris has been designing, architecting, building on the Web since 1995. Applying strategic design and experience architecture, in recent years he has worked with Nokia, HERE, GlobalVoices, Dopplr and many others.
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Apurva Ashok
Project Lead, Rebus CommunityApurva studied literature and marketing at McGill University and completed the Master of Publishing program at Simon Fraser University. Her experience ranges across academic publishing, media, social justice, and volunteerism, and in 2015, she co-founded Harf, a student-run journal on South Asian studies. She strongly believes in translating knowledge among communities and regions, and in the value of greater critical thinking for all.
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Baldur Bjarnason
Technology, Rebus InkBaldur has been a web developer for 20 years, with experience in interactive media, academia, blogs, ecommerce, catalogs, web services and more. Most recently he worked on digital book production and analytics in the publishing industry. Baldur writes about books and technology at Baldur’s Notes.
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Cesar Cerqueda
Software, Rebus Community & Rebus InkCesar Cerqueda is a passionate and multidisciplinary interaction designer based in Montreal. As a front-end developer and UX designer, his interests lie in the creation and implementation of simple interactive solutions for the complex needs of users. In 2015, he earned a master’s degree in interaction design (human-computer interaction) from Universite Laval.
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Hugh McGuire
Executive DirectorHugh has been building tools and communities to bring books onto the open web since about 2005. He is the founder of LibriVox.org (free public domain audiobooks, made by volunteers from around the world), Pressbooks (an open source book publishing platform built on WordPress). Along with Brian O’Leary, he is the co-editor of Book: A Futurist’s Manifesto – Essays from the bleeding edge of publishing.
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Marie Pelletier
Software, Rebus InkMarie is a self-taught web developer who is actively involved in the local tech community. Earlier, she spent many years at university studying a wide array of things, including biology, psychology, and political science. She has a master’s degree in history from Concordia, specializing in oral history. Her interest in programming stems from her passion for learning and the idea that technology can be used to make the world a better place.
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Zoe Wake Hyde
Project Lead, Rebus InkZoe worked in media communications and academic administration in New Zealand before completing the Master of Publishing program at Simon Fraser University. Having gained an alternative view of academic publishing, she is now focused on creating value-exchange systems that support better, more democratic access to knowledge and learning.
Advisors
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Peter Brantley
Director, Online Strategy, UC Davis Library
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Amy Buckland
Head, Research & Scholarship, University of Guelph
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Alistair Croll
Co-chair, O’Reilly Strata and Next:Money conferences
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Liza Daly
(former) CTO, Safari, O’Reilly Media
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Mark Horner
CEO, Siyavula Education
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Brewster Kahle
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Larry Singer
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Jessamyn West
Board of Directors
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Sylvie Bordet
Attorney at Law & President,
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Amy Buckland
Head, Research & Scholarship,
University of Guelph Library -
Boris Anthony Grunikewicz
Strategic Design,
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John Maxwell
Director, Master of Publishing
and Associate Professor,
Simon Fraser University -
Hugh McGuire
Executive Director,
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Tara Robertson
Diversity & Inclusion, Strategic Partner,
Mozilla Corporation