Bobby Earl,
Senior Principal Software Engineer
Blackbaud

Bobby has been at Blackbaud for seven years and is a Senior Principal Software Engineer. He has been a core member of the SKY UX team for the last three years and has recently taking on becoming an evangelist for the SKY Developer Ecosystem. With over 15 years of experience building websites, he has watched the web constantly change and transform our culture. Although the technology stacks and implementations have changed, the principles have remained the same. He enjoys discussing the past, present, and future of web technologies with his Blackbaud colleagues. Bobby has four young children who keep him busy with LEGOs, Xbox, and biking.

Ben Lambert,
Senior Laureate Software Engineer,
Blackbaud

Ben Lambert is a Senior Laureate Software Engineer with a Blackbaud career spanning more than 26 years. He has worked on Raiser’s Edge since it was DOS-based, helped build out the first Windows version, and developed the core Gift module for Blackbaud Raiser's Edge 7. Since 2014, Ben has served as the primary architect behind Blackbaud's SKY API program. He is passionate about empowering customers, developers, and partners to do more by leveraging technology of all forms. Ben has a B.S. in Mathematics and Computer Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is a multi-instrumentalist and enjoys cooking and spending time with his wife, daughter, and their three dogs.

Ben Wong,
Principal Product Manager, SKY Developer
Blackbaud

Ben joined Blackbaud in 2008 as a web developer and went on to lead a Digital Services team in Professional Services as a Senior Manager. He currently oversees Blackbaud's SKY Developer Platform and the Blackbaud Marketplace. He is also the Co-Founder of Birthdays For All (birthdaysforall.org), a nonprofit that provides birthday presents to foster children across South Carolina.

Kody Jackson,
Senior Technical Writer,
Blackbaud

Kody’s spent his adult life teaching, writing, and—most relevant to this presentation—tinkering with technical things. He’s worked at Blackbaud since 2017 and taught thousands of people how to get the most out of Raiser’s Edge NXT, Award Management, and eTapestry. He received a Master’s in History from the University of Texas in Austin and a Bachelor’s (also in History) from Baylor University. In his spare time, he enjoys surprising people with how much he and his twin brother look alike.