Sara is an independent developer living in NYC specializing in web applications with a focus on JavaScript. She's an irreverent blogger at GirlDeveloper.com and a self-described "Nerd Wrangler."

She likes speaking to and meeting with diverse groups from the Girl Scouts to straight up code junkies. Her goal is to inspire more females to see that being a developer is fun and glamorous.

Vanessa Hurst is a Database and Analytics Engineer for Paperless Post, a customizable online stationery startup. She spends most of her time working with PostgreSQL, Ruby on Rails, and using JavaScript and regular expressions to drive insights from Google Analytics. After deciding a career in medicine would take forever, she earned a B.S. in Computer Science with a minor in Systems & Information Engineering from the University of Virginia.

Vanessa organizes Developers for Good, a meetup of technologists who want to use their skills to further social missions. She believes web technology doesn't have to be a black box for non-programmers, and tries to speak in English (instead of acronyms) whenever possible. You can find her at VanessaHurst.com or on Ohours, Twitter , or LinkedIn.

Alexis is the founder and CEO of aut faciam, an independent iPhone/iPad development company. She is very excited to be working with the bright and energetic co-organizers of Girl Develop It. Prior to founding aut faciam, Alexis spent seven years working in technology on Wall Street. She worked in both the cash equity and equity derivatives spaces.  In the former, she was a developer on the realtime cash trading system, Passport. In the latter, she focused on proprietary software for equity option pricing and volatility surface modeling and management.  Her experience includes development, requirements gathering, relationship management, user interface design, training, and management of global teams.

Alexis graduated Magna Cum Laude from Columbia University in 2003, with a degree in Computer Science.

You can find Alexis at her blog livetotry.com, on Twitter, or on LinkedIn. And if you want to watch her rant without regard for time or interest, ask her about veganism, Burning Man, women in technology, her thoughts on her time on Wall Street, or about her cats.

Tony Bacigalupo is the cofounder and Mayor of New Work City, a coworking space and community center for independents. New Work City's home to over 50 freelancers and entrepreneurs, as well as a wide array of Meetups and other local groups. He's been an active participant in the global and local coworking communities since 2007 and co-authored "I'm Outta Here: How coworking is making the office obsolete." He organizes BarCamps and other events in NYC, was a member of the New York Tech Meetup Community Committee.