Avital Oliver, core developer at Meteor, previously worked in a great variety of software environments including a large-scale re-implementation of the Israeli Air Force tactical information system. After completing his Masters’ thesis in Finite Group Theory, he left Academia to found the School of Mathematics in Brooklyn, an environment where anyone can study, discuss, explore and experience mathematics. Most recently he was employee #7 at Asana, where he led a project to build a distributed continuous build server. He was also deeply involved in many other projects across the gamut — from client, server, infrastructure and tools.