Michael Bayer is the creator of several prominent Python libraries including SQLAlchemy, Mako Templates for Python, Alembic Migrations, and Dogpile caching. He has been working with open source software and databases since the mid-1990s. Today he's active in the Python community, working to spread good software practices to an ever wider audience. Mike is a semi-regular presenter at Pycon US and has also spoken at many smaller events and conferences in the US and Europe. Follow Mike on Twitter at @zzzeek.