Allison Kittinger is the Open Source Program Office Manager at UW-Madison. She received her Master of Science in Library Science from UNC-Chapel Hill in 2021 and previously worked as a Scholarly Communications Librarian in North Carolina. She was drawn to the academic OSPO space due to her background in open publishing and digital scholarship.

Jen Remsik, CEO of Training Tracker, thrives on detail, transforming the burden of safety, compliance, and HR into manageable solutions. With over 20 years in event planning and operations, she acquired Training Tracker in 2018, revolutionizing company training management. Her vision simplifies training, enhancing safety and culture. A recognized leader with an MBA, Jen balances work with cozy moments at home in Wisconsin alongside her husband, Jim, and their French Bulldog, Riesling.

Jim Remsik is founder and CEO of Flagrant, a shop committed to discovering, designing and developing software solutions to answer the unique needs of each client. A computer software industry veteran of over 20 years, he is skilled in web applications, Javascript, databases, Ruby on Rails, mobile applications and test-driven development (TDD). He founded Adorable IO, was former director of 8th Light, and for nearly a decade chaired the Madison+ Ruby Conference, an event that’ll return under his direction in 2024. Jim also proudly served as publicly-elected Treasurer of Goose Lake Watershed District, and once, not-so-proudly, crashed a stock car into a cement wall while racing in reverse.

I'm a product manager, people leader, and strategy advisor. Solving painful customer problems in non-intuitive but simple ways is what excites me most about my work.

I'm a product manager who has built and launched tech products for startups as well as the Fortune 100. Growing up in a sleepy town between Milwaukee & Chicago, studying economics in a liberal arts environment, and building FinTech products in NYC all shape my perception and style of product management.

I enjoy both leading & coaching product managers and rolling up my sleeves to keep my skills sharp.

I currently live in Madison, WI with my wife and two kids. In my free time, I enjoy a good jog, reading the physical newspaper (I must be behind "The Times" ha), reading non-fiction, experimenting with new ways of brewing coffee, and exploring state parks with the kids.

I'd be glad to connect with other people of like-minded and differing perspectives. Send me an email or connect with me on LinkedIn.

Shawn Spartz brings more than 20 years of experience in web and technology-focused solutions to nvisia clients, from programming custom web applications to creative direction for the user interface. She has strong expertise in experiential user-driven interfaces in both B2B and B2C solutions. Shawn has a versatile work style; she works fluidly with Marketing, Technology and Operations departments to understand their user needs and provide a full user experience workflow including: Personas, User Journey Maps or Workflow Diagrams, Market and Competitor Research, User Analytics, Content Audit, Low-Fidelity Wireframes, High-Fidelity Visual Mockups, Interactive Prototyping, among others.

I've been a QA Automation Engineer for 3 years, but if you asked me 5 years ago, I couldn't have guessed I'd end up here. I started off learning web development on freeCodeCamp. Most of my career before tech was customer service roles, including the one that led to my first QA role.

As someone who comes to tech from a non-traditional background, I'm passionate about helping people break into tech, especially QA, and over the past year, I've been exploring ways to help people do that.

When I'm not working, my favorite things to do are traveling with my wife, playing with our 2 cats, and doing parkour around my city. My favorite state park is Devil's Lake.

Heather has been designing learning experiences for over 25 years. She supports professionals in a wide variety of fields to design creative meaningful experiences for their clients, customers, students, or teams. The end goal is to build engagement and understanding, to get the Lightbulbs to Turn On!

Heather has a BA in Studio Art/Art History from Denison University, a Master’s in Education from DePaul University, and holds her National Board Professional Teaching Certificate. She currently works from and lives in Madison, WI.

Ross Larson became a software developer through the nontraditional path of obtaining a double major in Psychology and French from Luther College. He later obtained a software development degree from Fox Valley Technical College. He works as a Software Developer for Paradigm in Middleton, WI. He currently serves on the board of the Forward Festival. He has volunteered teaching computer science at a local high school through the TEALS program. He enjoys indie and retro video games, board games, the NFL Draft, creating obscure fantasy leagues, and making charts.