Laurelle Keashly graduated with a B.Sc in Computer Science from the University of Calgary. After graduating, Laurelle moved to the Vancouver, BC metropolitan area where she has done software programming, user interface design, and development team management for embedded communication and PC based accounting systems. Taking some time off to raise a family in the Burnaby, BC area, Laurelle got into website design, development, and support with local non-profit organizations. As her family has grown, her interest in web technologies grew to where she started Keashly.ca Consulting which provides the full spectrum of website development, support, and services with a specialty in Joomla! CMS-based sites. Laurelle is a moderator and an active member of the Joomla! forum and has created and released several Joomla! extensions. Laurelle continues to explore and provide up-to-date web-based services by actively keeping herself aware and supporting other CMS systems besides Joomla! such as Wordpress and Drupal.

Norm Douglas loves technology. He has always built websites from as early as 1997. While researching and trying to develop his own rudimentary CMS from PHP, Norm stumbled upon Mambo, the precursor of Joomla!.

Seeing the benefits not only to him as a developer but also to his clients, Norm immediately set about learning everything he could about PHP, MYSQL, CSS, CMS, and ultimately, Joomla!.

Norm's broad range of IT experience and skills come together to make him an excellent all-round tutor. Not happy with just "showing" you how to do "x" and "y", Norm will explain concepts to you. His goal is to help as many people as he can become better developers, webmasters, content managers, or just contributors as he is, so that the open source community may grow larger.

He also runs "TeachingJoomla.com", a subscription-based site for Joomla enthusiasts and those that manage their own site. Norm is also behind RedsourceMedia.com and is the lead developer at KeyVision.com.au.