To contact the UpStage team, email info [at] upstage.org.nz
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If you are a programmer and would like to get involved in the project, please visit UpStage on Github and join our Developers’ list.
The UpStage Team
Helen Varley Jamieson: originating artist and Persister since 2003
Vicki Smith: originating artist and Persister since 2003
Gloria W.: lead developer (from 2021), backend developer (2020-2021)
Wu: back-end developer (from 2023)
Quang Nguyễn: front-end developer (from 2024)
Paul Rohrlach: developer, server administrator (since 2010; lead developer 2010-2021)
Elisa Godoy de Castro Guerra: website and interface design (from 2020)
Past Team Members:
Nguyen Hong Phat: front-end developer (2021-2024)
James Liew, Tu Nguyen, Tuyet Giang: front-end developers (2022)
Riad Salameh: interface design assistant (2021)
Martin Eisenbarth: developer, audio-visual streaming (2013-14)
Francesco Buonaiuto: archivist (2009-2015)
Karla Ptacek: originating artist
Leena Saarinen: originating artist, web design
Douglas Bagnall: original software developer (v1 and v2)
AUT Student Developers:
From 2006-2019, teams of students from Auckland University of Technology worked on UpStage for their final year assessment project. The AUT partnership was developed through Anne Philpott and has been very beneficial to the ongoing development of UpStage – thanks heaps! to:
Hamish Maritz, Jialiang Liu and Tsz Fung Ho (2018-19); Francis Villaflor and Max Butchard (2018); Alex Glenn, Thong Teav and Charlie Wang (2017-18); Joe Earley and Kit Lai (2017); Jason Mills (2016-17); Keenen Leyson and Minju Park (2016); Jing (Kelvin) Han, Joshua Kartono and William Stokes (2015-16); Siatua Uili and Alyssa Byun (2015); Gaoxin Huang, Charlotte Peterson and Yue Li (2014-15); James Williams, Takuma Sato, Mikhail Chen (2014); Vanessa Henderson, Nikos Philips (2013-14); Lisa Helm, Nitkalya Wiriyanuparb and David Daniels (2013, pictured at right); Scott Riddell, Gavin Chan and Craig Farrell (2012-13); Benjamin Qin and Daniel Han (2012); Nessa Baterina, Karena Goh and Corey Robb (2011-12); Heath Behrens and Vibhu Patel (2011); Mohammad Al-Timimi, JR Malonzo and Henry Goh (2010-11); Tom Choi, Paul Rohrlach and Craig Farrell (2010); Natasha Pullenster, Nicholas Robinson and Shaun Narayan (2009-10); John Coleman and Vishaal Solanki (2009); Shaun Nesbitt, Wendy Wen and Candy Yang (2008-09); Aaron Barnett (2008); Alan Crow and Tony Wong (2007-08); Endre Bernhardt, Lauren Kilduff and Phillip Quinlan (2007); Beau Hardy, Francis Palma, Lucy Chu and Wise Wang (2006-07).
In 2014 a team of student web developers from AUT designed a new web site for the project, under the tutelage of Gisela Klette. They are: Fan Yang, Matt Jiang, Scott Bakewell and Albin Cyriac – thanks team!
