Mikhail Barrett has been a major driving force in building the MergingPot prototype. Mik is a Scientific Programmer with a rare combination of software skills (his mastery of unix commands is a marvel to look at..), Search and Seo , and solid math and statistics.
Here is Mr. Barrett's LinkedIn's page: 
Samara Elizabeth Silva is a freelance Web Designer who is working on the visual part of the MergingPot project. Aside her web skills, she brings in her broad visual arts interests, including graphical art and photography. Samara adds light to MergingPot!
Her profile on LinkedIn:
