Meet the design, development & administration team at reinteractive.

Mikel is well known in the Ruby and Rails community as a blogger, the author of the Ruby E-Mail handling library, mail, and for his extensive work on Rails ActionMailer component. Mikel is a member of the Ruby on Rails commit team and is in the top Ruby on Rails contributors world wide. He is also a past elected Committee Member of the Australian Web Industry Association.

He decided to create reinteractive in 2010, having developed Ruby on Rails applications since 2006.

Outside of Rails and work, he does quite a lot of pro bono volunteer work and likes flying his radio controlled helicopters at crazy speeds, often into walls.

Read more about Mikel here.

Prior to working at reinteractive, Errol spent 15 years in Web Development with a variety of different technologies, for the most part running his own business. His experience exposed him to diverse web technologies and helping clients find simple and efficient solutions to their needs. This wealth of experience has given him the breadth of understanding he brings to his clients.

He's a Melbourne native and is fiercely loyal to every bit of it, the coffee, the culture, the footy and the traffic.

When he's not at work, Errol spends his time with his wife and two young girls, or helping out in his community.

Kane is an experienced General Manager and project manager having run eight businesses and managed numerous projects across many different industries. He graduated from the Deakin University MBA in 2014 and was awarded the Brookes Scholars Medal for top student.

Kane lectures and has developed courses for the Deakin University Business School. He is also a Non-Executive Director of Grow Foundation, a charity that supports children with special needs. In his spare time, Kane loves spending time with his three young girls.

Matenia is a Sydney-based developer with a passion for elegant, well-tested code. Once introduced to Ruby on Rails, she was hooked, and spent the next 5 years honing her development skills, learning related languages, frameworks and working with the full stack.

When Matenia's not hard at work, you can find her contributing to open source projects, attending, mentoring and presenting at various community events.

Charles started his software development career using Ruby on Rails from the get-go, and up to date is still passionate about building web applications with Ruby on Rails alongside Javascript for full stack applications.

He is one of our team of Senior Rails developers here at reinteractive.

Glenn's been producing database apps for over a decade in a range of environments. The last 5 years however he's been specialising in web applications, with penchant for Ruby as a language, and preference for Rails as a tool.

Having worked previously at Engine Yard supporting Rails customers across the entire stack, he's able to help not only building your app, but also configuring and scaling it.

Anita is a passionate promotion & marketing expert with over 18 years of experience crafting user-centered experiences across web design, UX design, and digital marketing. She leverages her expertise to help businesses of all sizes thrive online.

Anita’s background in UX design fuels her approach to marketing. She excels at understanding user needs and translating them into effective marketing strategies, including SEO, content creation, email marketing, and even PPC advertising.

Prior to joining reinteractive, Anita honed her skills in both large corporations and small businesses. She even founded her own marketing agency, demonstrating her entrepreneurial spirit and business acumen. This experience allows her to bring a unique perspective and a results-oriented mindset to every project.

I started my career with PHP and started working with Ruby on Rails since 2015. During this journey I worked on different roles wearing different hats including backend developer, team lead and professional service engineer.

I always wanted to help others and found out programming as a weapon to conquer that. When things get automated saving lots of time from manual work, it always brings a smile on my face.

I live in Kathmandu, Nepal - a valley surrounded by the Himalayan mountains. I love travelling, spending time with nature and reading books.

David learnt Ruby on Rails while working on numerous e-commerce sites built with the Spree open source framework package - the most popular open source e-commerce solution built with Ruby on Rails.

When not working on professional projects he tries his hand at making games to sharpen his programming skills.

George is based in Manilla. He completed a Degree in Computer Science and while studying, developed a passion for object-oriented software design. While he worked primarily with Java applications while studying, his first professional project was built on Ruby (and Rails.) The simplicity and flexibility of Ruby convinced him to change his primary work focus.

While he has experience in PHP, Elixir and Phoenix, his heart keeps migrating back to Ruby.

When he’s not working he enjoys listening and playing music, and spending time with his wife and 2 children.

Isacio is a web infrastructure and cyber security specialist, holding a B.S. in Computer Networking, with over five years of experience with cloud technologies, datacenter and networking technologies, as well as offensive and defensive cyber security.

He enjoys learning, not only about technology but also about other subjects. When he is not learning new tech skills he likes to spend his time doing strength training at the local gym.

Jeriel started his career as a developer for Joomla (PHP) and found web development as very interesting. He then transitioned to Ruby on Rails development and stayed with it because of its simplicity and ease of development.

When he’s not programming, Jeriel is traveling either locally or internationally to see and experience different heritage and culture. He’s also into watching movies and anime series.

My journey into coding began in high school, driven by a curiosity about the inner workings of online games like Ragnarok. This exploration ignited my passion for programming, setting the stage for my career.

I excel in but am not limited to, Ruby, React, and VueJS. Embracing challenges at work fuels my professional growth, pushing me to constantly innovate and improve.

Beyond coding, I find joy in DIY projects, particularly in home security and surveillance. It’s a hands-on way to explore technology beyond the screen.

For me, everything begins with curiosity and culminates in a rewarding career. Each line of code written and every challenge faced contributes to an excellent professional journey.

Miko started his career working on the Ruby on Rails framework. He also adapted to learn Javascript, ReactJS, VueJS, Typescript, Laravel, and Hotwire throughout his years of work.

When offline, he enjoys spending his time watching, playing games, and hanging around with his family.

Paulo began his career as a developer creating web applications with PHP and Laravel. He then transitioned into creating interfaces for Rails applications with Javascript and React.

He has been honing his skills with startups in Asia-Pacific and Europe, developing web applications and managing projects. He values good communication the most and believes that it is prerequisite to one’s growth and success.

Aside from software development, Paulo is also passionate about sports and music. He participates in competitive events for basketball, soccer, and ultimate. If all that isn’t enough, he also plays the guitar, with an aim to be half decent at playing the blues.

Richard has spent more than 15 years in software development with a range of technologies, mostly integrating with Ruby on Rails. Now he likes to focusing on ROR for it’s simplicity and the ability to rapidly deliver solutions to clients.

After spending a few years as a freelance developer based in Manila, Philippines, he decided it was more effective working as part of a team to get projects delivered for clients.

In his downtime he’s been known to hunt down the next great gastronomic experience town with his family.

I am passionate about Cloud Operations and Development and always looking to learn and work with emerging technologies. I live in Eldoret City, Kenya with my wife and two daughters.

In my free time I love going out with my daughters for picnics/walks or catching a local rugby/football match.

Studied Bioinformatics at uni but found the Biology side kind of boring and focused on the computing side. He first started programming something useful in Perl then moved onto PHP and web development before discovering Ruby in 2011.

He self taught himself Ruby while trying to learn French and live in France, which was where he scored his first Ruby job with a small start-up in Paris.

Outside of work you’ll probably find him with his kids on a bike ride, going on long runs, playing golf or just hanging out with family and friends.