{"code":"DYLG3T","name":"Mike Wessling (Area42)","biography":"A nerd, a tinkerer, and an artist.  Besides a long career in IT, climbing the OSI stack from network engineer up to architect and management (or sliding down, depending on your perspective), Mike spends his time in his workshop tinkering and helping others realize their creative dreams with practical engineering support.  The artist emerged after a visit to Burning Man in 2006, where he met fellow nerds creating their art, especially the amazing fire installations.  In 2013, the first flamethrower was built for OHM2013, and he has been building bigger and better installations ever since, including Flamehenge for MCH2022.","submissions":["GRETEG"],"avatar_url":"https://program.why2025.org/media/avatars/DYLG3T_KEv8jyh.jpg","answers":[]}