Jack Skinner
Jack is a consultant CTO For Hire, specialising in all things web and APIs. He consults to small and growing software companies on patterns and practices for scaling teams and technology. He’s spent the past decade growing technical communities as a speaker, organiser, facilitator and coach.
Jack has worn several hats at PyCon AU over the years, and one of those in 2025 is co-lead of the Data & AI Specialist Track. You might know him as "the hair".
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Sessions
The Data & AI specialist track is all about the technology, skills, and practices that engineers, data scientists, and researchers need when building effective and reliable solutions that involve data and leverage different flavours of machine learning and automation. We’re excited to hear talks that cover a wide range of topics relating to data science, data engineering, ML engineering, and modern artificial intelligence.
The Data & AI specialist track is all about the technology, skills, and practices that engineers, data scientists, and researchers need when building effective and reliable solutions that involve data and leverage different flavours of machine learning and automation. We’re excited to hear talks that cover a wide range of topics relating to data science, data engineering, ML engineering, and modern artificial intelligence.