Calyx Team

Meet the Calyx Institute staff and core volunteers

Aayush Gupta (he/him), Android Developer and Developer Relations, is a self-taught developer, working on FOSS and various communities, prominently XDA Developers, for the past few years. He holds multiple titles in numerous communities, both personal and professional. Working remotely from Bhilai, India, he actively contributes to developing Android-related projects.
Catie W (she/her), Director of Memberships, is a member engagement and logistics specialist. Formerly with Habitat for Humanity NYC, she has organized events, managed databases, coordinated fundraising initiatives, and galvanized volunteers to realize community-powered responses to the shortage of affordable housing in NYC.
Michael Bestas (he/him), Android Developer, has been working on Android since 2012. He has worked mostly on the lower-level parts of Android, bringing CyanogenMod and LineageOS to over 30 device models. He works remotely from Greece.
Torsten Grote, Senior Android Developer, specializes in Free Software and related aspects of digital freedom such as privacy and security. He started the "Free Your Android" campaign to educate people about how they can use mobile devices in freedom and have their privacy respected. Today, he works on filling the last gaps to make truly free and private mobile phones a reality.
xoraxiom Director of Engineering. Commonly known to inhabit device nodes in the Debian ecotope of cyberspace, though often ventures into the greater Unix region to pipe a socket file descriptor or hack on automation, hardware, and maths. Always friendly... Probably.
Ziggy Mintz (he/him), Web Developer, is a self-taught computer programmer working out of New York City. He was previously a university lecturer in GIS and the web developer of LittleSis. He volunteers with activists and lawyers to use technology to promote housing justice. When not coding, you can find him camping up in the mountains.