Roan Kattouw (WMF)

Roan Kattouw

Principal Software Engineer, Wikimedia Foundation

About me

I started as a volunteer developer for MediaWiki in 2007, and wrote the edit modules for the MediaWiki API. Later in 2007, I took over as the maintainer of the API, and kept doing that until I was hired by the Foundation in 2009.

I have a Bachelor's in Computer Science from the University of Groningen (2008-2011), and a Master's in Computer Science from Stanford University (2012-2014).

My work

I started at the Foundation in 2009, on the usability team. In 2010 and 2011, I wrote ResourceLoader with Trevor Parscal. From 2011 until 2015, I worked on VisualEditor. After that, I was the lead engineer on the Collaboration team, then the Growth team. Currently, I'm the lead engineer on the Design Systems Team.

Disclaimer: I work for or provide services to the Wikimedia Foundation, and this is the account I try to use for edits or statements I make in that role. However, the Foundation does not vet all my activity, so edits, statements, or other contributions made by this account may not reflect the views of the Foundation.

Contact me

E-mail: roanwikimedia.org
IRC: RoanKattouw
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Usual working hours: 9am-5pm Pacific Time