Dev Edmonton Society Board

Leslie is a Mobility Services Analyst II at Alberta Health Services. He is passionate about community and loves welcoming folks to the Dev Edmonton Society Slack.

He has a fascination for DevOps and has a couple of HP Servers in his home lab. He also runs a new-ish YouTube channel.

In his personal time, he enjoys outdoor activities such as walking, hiking, cycling, and going on day trips and excursions with his family. Music plays a significant role in his life, both in singing and listening.

Patricia Borlongan is a front-end developer at Goodmorning.com. Her passion for human-centered design drives her to create user-friendly digital products.

Thanks to DES, she learned about Canada Learning Code back in 2019, which she still volunteers for with a particular focus on empowering women in tech. Patricia's blend of tech prowess and creative flair makes her a valuable asset both professionally and in her community involvement.

When not working on anything tech related, she does digital illustration, watches the Edmonton Oilers, or trying out a new restaurant in Edmonton!

Abram Hindle is an associate professor of Computing Science at the University of Alberta. His research focuses on problems relating to mining software repositories, improving software engineering-oriented information retrieval with contextual information, the impact of software maintenance on software energy consumption, and how software engineering informs computer music.

He likes applying machine learning in music, art, and science. Sadly Abram has no taste in music and produces reprehensible sounding noise using his software development abilities.

Abram received a PhD in computer science from the University of Waterloo, and Masters and Bachelors in Computer Science from the University of Victoria. Contact him at abram.hindle@ualberta.ca

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Jeremy Nickurak is a Senior Project Manager and Site Reliability Expert for Dotdash Meredith focused on making the process of stuff going bad go better.

Jeremy loves staying connected virtually and in person with the growing Edmonton development and technology space, meeting new folks, and telling stories of years of technology going well and poorly.

nJeremy is passionate about git, python, and outside of tech, loves playing the ukulele.

Salma Ibrahim is an aspiring junior software developer. She got her start in coding with Lighthouse Labs in the Full Stack Web Development Bootcamp in May of 2022. There she wrote here first lines of code and has loved learning ever since. Salma has recently gotten in involved with DES when she was looking for a way to connect to the developing community in Edmonton!

When she isn’t coding, Salma works at a non-profit called BGCBigs at a local club enjoying time with the kiddos. Salma also likes watching films, baking, and most of all reading. Her favs include the Ember in the Ashes Quartet, The Book Thief, books by Ruta Sepetys, and her childhood favourite, Lemony Snicket

Justice Hemming is a Junior Web Developer, who completed his Web Design and Development degree at NAIT in 2023. He has been active in the community by running events for the Junior Devs group, and looks to continue to help build a community that everyone feels welcome in by getting involved with DES.

When Justice isn’t coding you will still probably find Justice not far from the computer, gaming with friends, or taking on his passion for cooking and baking. His favorite thing to bake is mini cherry cheesecake.

Saahil Rachh is a Product Associate at Amii, where he helps build the AI Career Accelerator Program (AICAP), engaging thousands of students across Canada.

Saahil has worked with startups and non-profits across North America and has helped organize events that continue to strengthen Edmonton’s tech and innovation communities.

Outside of work, you’ll find Saahil enjoying music, drumming, martial arts, and the great outdoors. Don’t hesitate to connect - he’s always on the hunt for movie recommendations!