Previously she was a senior software engineer at open source consultancy firm Collabora. Danielle holds bachelors degrees in electronic engineering and computer science from the University of Western Australia. She has been professionally involved in open source for over a decade, is a contributor to the Telepathy communications framework and the GNOME Desktop. She literally wrote the book (well… chapter) on Telepathy. Danielle is involved in the GNOME Outreach Programme for Women, which mentors women to become free software developers within the GNOME project.