Jodie "Tyger" Schneider is the real brains and brawn behind Notacon, making sure that stuff gets done. Her original intent for starting Notacon was realized when she noted that the main reason she attended hacker cons was to interact with people more so than to learn about technology. This led her to form Notacon as a forum for open communication and idea sharing as much as a technical and arts conference. For her day job, she is a developer and database administrator for her local county government.