Ben Dechrai is a technologist, mentor, author, presenter and hard-core privacy nut, but most of all, he is a passionate supporter of gigantic ideas, minds and goals.

An experienced PHP developer, Ben has used, taught and shared experience of the language since 1999, including aspects to security and best practice required to allow PHP to become an engineer’s tool, rather than the scripting language that has earned a poor reputation.

He is or has been an active member of the Open Source Developers’ Conference, Linux Conference Australia, Linux Users Victoria, Melbourne PHP Users Group and BarCampMelbourne.