Dan Garry

Associate Product Manager for Platform and Mobile Apps, Wikimedia Foundation

"Perhaps you were expecting some surprise, for me to reveal a secret that had eluded you, something that would change your perspective of events, shatter you to your core. There is no great revelation, no great secret. There is only you." - Kreia

About me

I started editing the English Wikipedia as Deskana in 2005. I became an administrator in 2006 and have done many things since then, but my most prominent activity has been in my service as a CheckUser.

Before I joined the Wikimedia Foundation, I was doing research using mathematical models of electroencephalogram to give insights into new treatment methods for absence epilepsy. Before that, I studied computer science and mathematics.

In my spare time, I enjoy cycling, travelling, video games (in particular StarCraft II), tasting different beers, and fixing/breaking computers. Also, I spend some of my spare time on that whole Wikipedia thing. You might have heard of it? ;-)

My work

I am the Associate Product Manager for Platform and Mobile Apps.

For Platform, my work mainly revolves around facilitating, organising and maintaining the product backlog for the MediaWiki Core team. The product backlog makes up the list of projects that the team can work on, and forms the staple of the team's planning process. I also serve as product owner for the products that have strong user-facing components.

For Mobile Apps, I am the product owner for the iOS and Android Wikipedia apps. These native apps are aimed at providing not only a comprehensive and smooth reading experience, but also being the first app on either platform that support editing.

I maintain a rough list of things I'm working on in this Trello board. The board is not comprehensive, so may not necessarily include everything I'm doing.

Disclaimer: I work for the Wikimedia Foundation, and this is the account I intend 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: dgarrywikimedia.org
IRC: DGarry
As a volunteer: Deskana