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Mary Gardiner

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Mary Gardiner is an Australian Linux programmer who was director of operations at the Ada Initiative, a non-profit organization dedicated to increasing participation of women in open technology and culture. She was a council member of Linux Australia until September 2011, a co-founder of AussieChix, which later became Oceania Women of Open Tech, and a former coordinator of LinuxChix. She has been involved in drafting and adopting anti-harassment policies for technology conferences, won the 2011 Rusty Wrench award from Linux Australia for service to Linux programmers in Australia, and gave the keynote speech at Wikimania 2012. In 2012 she and Ada Initiative co-founder Valerie Aurora were named two of the most influential people in computer security by SC Magazine.

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Ada Initiative (director of operations) 1
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Anti-harassment policies for technology conferences 1
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Mary Gardiner is an Australian Linux programmer
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    Mary Gardiner is an Australian Linux programmer
  • Lead, Ada Initiative
    who was director of operations at the Ada Initiative
  • Career, anti-harassment policies
    Gardiner has been involved with drafting and adopting anti-harassment policies for technology conferences.
  • In Field: Social Computing, Career, AussieChix
    Gardiner was a co-founder of AussieChix, which later became Oceania Women of Open Tech.
  • In Group: Collaborative and Social Computing, Career, LinuxChix
    She is a former coordinator of LinuxChix.
  • Affiliated With: Ada Initiative, Affiliation, ada-initiative
    who was director of operations at the Ada Initiative
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