Bruce Tate is an avid adventurer who enjoys kayaking rivers, indoor climbing, and boating. He is a prominent figure in the Elixir programming language community as a speaker, author, editor, and conference organizer. Bruce Tate's contributions in the field of programming education have made a significant impact nationally and beyond. The programmer and CEO of Groxio is helping to redefine how computer languages are taught and learned. In 2022, he captained one of the roughly 200 boats to complete America's Great Loop with his wife Maggie. The journey of 6,700 miles spanned two countries, eighteen states, and nine months. Professionally, he is the author or co-author of more than a dozen books including best-selling Seven Languages in Seven Weeks, Designing Elixir Systems with OTP, and Programming Phoenix. He was involved with the Elixir and Ruby languages early in their adoption curves. Currently, when he's not on the water, he lives in Chattanooga, Tennessee with his wife and his dog Yeti.
