Brett Slatkin is a Principal Software Engineer, Engineering Director at [Google](http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/google). He is the engineering lead of [Google Consumer Surveys](http://www.google.com/insights/consumersurveys/home). He is the author of the book [Effective Python](http://www.effectivepython.com/). He formerly worked on [App Engine](http://www.crunchbase.com/product/google-app-engine) and is the co-creator of the [PubSubHubbub](http://www.crunchbase.com/product/pubsubhubbub/) protocol.