TWiT Events Creators & Guests

Leo Laporte is the host of The Tech Guy's weekly radio show and author.

Steve Gibson is a software engineer, security researcher, and IT security proponent.

Ant Pruitt is a technology professional-turned photographer, videographer, and content creator. Born and raised in South Carolina, Ant was an enterprise IT professional for more than ten years in North Carolina where he spent most of his adult life. Ant eventually turned his creativity into a small business, providing writing, photography, video, and post-production services. He handled a range of assignments, including portraits, event photography, social media marketing, and interview videos. He also worked as a freelance writer for TechRepublic, covering consumer tech, enterprise IT, and tips for beginner content creators.Ant first appeared as a guest on the TWiT network in 2017 to share tips on drone photography and video. After a cross-country move with his wife and two younger sons (the oldest son is in the Army), Ant is set to co-host some of TWiT's established podcasts, as well as develop new shows with a focus on digital photography and video.

Alex Lindsay is an American computer graphics and video production specialist, founder of the Pixel Corps, dvGarage and Rebel Unit, he also co-hosts This Week in Photo Podcast.

Scott Wilkinson is the host of Home Theater Geeks Podcast and contributor at both Ultimate AV mag and Home Theater Mag.

Jason Hiner is the editor in chief of ZDNET.

Sarah Lane is a host, producer, and writer for Daily Tech News Show.

Daniel Suarez is an author and IT consultant. He initially published under the pseudonym Leinad Zeraus.Suarez writes techno-thriller novels. His first book, "Daemon," was published in 2006. His following books are "Freedom™" (2010), "Kill Decision" (2012), "Influx" (2014), "Change Agent" (2017), and "Delta-v" (2019).

Tripp Mickle is a reporter at The New York Times and author of After Steve.

George McDonald Church is an American geneticist, molecular engineer, chemist, and Robert Winthrop professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School, professor of Health Sciences and Technology at Harvard and MIT, and a founding member of the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering.

Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ is a Catholic priest.

Cory Efram Doctorow is a blogger, journalist, and science fiction author. He serves as co-editor of the blog Boing Boing.

Brian Chee founded the Advanced Network Computing Laboratory (ANCL) at the Department of Information and Computer Sciences at the University of Hawaii. He retired from government service to become a researcher at the University of Hawaii School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) where he provided IT integration consulting for various research groups. Including the Aloha Cabled Observatory to become the world's deepest underwater observatory (unmanned) with the ability to plug in various experiments providing both power and data communications over the retired AT&T HAW-4 undersea cable.

Andy Weir is a novelist and a computer programmer.

Amy Webb is a futurist, author, and Founder & CEO of the Future Today Institute.

Sam Abuelsamid is a senior analyst at Navigant Research.

A podcast and video producer.

Dick DeBartolo is a writer and model railway enthusiast, most famous for writing for Mad, he is also co-host The Giz Wiz Podcast.