React Summit US 2025

Addy Osmani is an engineering leader working on Google Chrome. He leads up Chrome's Developer Experience organization, helping reduce the friction for developers to build great user experiences.

Swyx is Editor of Latent.Space. He is best known for his writing on the Rise of the AI Engineer on the Latent.Space newsletter and podcast, and for curating the AI Engineer Summit, the top conference for AI Engineers. You can find him on Twitter, Github, and YouTube.

Kelly Vaughn is a software engineer, entrepreneur, and purveyor of developer jokes on Twitter. She's passionate about coaching individual contributors and early career engineering managers into strong leaders. She is currently a Sr. Engineering Manager at Zapier. When she's not working, you'll probably find her on a run, traveling to a new country, or spending time at a coffee shop to make a tiny dent in her never-ending book collection.

Tanner Linsley is an entrepreneur and open source creator who loves React and JavaScript. He has built and still maintain several well-known open source libraries like React Query, React Table, React Virtual, React Form, React Charts, React Static, and even Chart.js He co-founded Nozzle.io 6 years ago and is currently helping it grow as VP of UI and UX. When not programming, Tanner spends his free time traveling, recording music, film-making, and vacationing with his wife and children.

David Khourshid (known on Twitter as David K. Piano) is a software engineer for Microsoft, a tech author, and speaker. Also a fervent open-source contributor, he is passionate about statecharts and software modeling, reactive animations, innovative user interfaces, and cutting-edge front-end technologies. When not behind a computer keyboard, he’s behind a piano keyboard or traveling.

Staff Engineer @REDACTED, ReactJS Advocate, Speaker, Producer, Synthwave Artist, Google Dev Expert.

Tapas Adhikary is a Tech Educator at tapaScript, and the Co-Founder of CreoWis Technologies, a cutting-edge tech firm. He is also the founder of the ReactPlay Open Source community. Besides, he is a public speaker, a YouTuber, and a Tech Blogger on freeCodeCamp. He has vast experience in full-stack engineering and building SaaS solutions.

American expat living in Spain, author of Redux Form, Final Form, and currently building the best CRM in the world at Attio.

Shem has more than a decade of experience in software engineering in various domains: client and server-side, real-time systems, big data, mobile, and web. Shem is passionate about building a culture of growth mindset and obsessed with making teams work better together. After several years as a senior IC in WeWork and Meta, Shem is now the CTO and Co-Founder of Wilco, a platform that empowers every developer, regardless of their background or skill level, to unlock their full potential.

Mike Mikula is a seasoned entrepreneur and engineer whose journey began at 17 when he was featured in The Wall Street Journal for his pioneering work in 3D virtual worlds. Over the next decade, he built, scaled, and successfully exited his own software company, growing its user base to over one million. Today, Mike is at the forefront of AI innovation, channeling his passion and expertise into maximizing efficiency for development productivity.

Chris is a Twitch streamer and YouTuber that just loves to build things. As a self-preofessed programming language polyglot, you can watch him bring ideas from thought to reality in languages such as JS/TS, Rust, Elixir, Go, and more. If it is winter time, he would probably rather be snowboarding.

Amy has over 22+ years of web experience and have expertise in product design, frontend, and backend development. She's developed multiple technology courses and written curriculum for the University of Florida, in their Master’s program. She has spoken at conferences around the world about full stack development. Her podcast, http://Compressed.fm supports thousands of developers with design and engineering tips. She has built hundreds of websites and products for enterprise companies, startups, and even major recording artists. She lives in Nashville, TN with her husband, 3 adorable children, and 2 dogs.

Ruben Casas is a Staff Engineer at Postman, specialising in micro-frontends and large-scale frontend applications. He loves tackling complex architectural problems and providing pragmatic solutions to hard engineering challenges.

Aurora Scharff is a software developer and Microsoft MVP from Norway. She serves as a consultant at Crayon Consulting, while also contributing as React Certification Content Owner at certificates.dev. She focuses on web development with extensive experience in React and Next.js, including active use of React Server Components. Aurora shares her knowledge through workshops, technical blog posts, social media, demo applications, and supporting fellow developers. She regularly presents internationally at recognized conferences, contributing to the global developer community through both her speaking engagements and educational content creation.

Chaitanya is a Staff Frontend Engineer at Razorpay, deeply passionate about design systems and frontend architecture. Over the past few years, he has focused on building scalable systems and tooling that empower developers to create consistent, accessible, and efficient UI at scale. He is part of the team that built Blade, Razorpay’s open-source design system, which has received global recognition and was even featured by Figma. Chaitanya is equally passionate about the world of AI and strongly believes that the intersection of AI and design systems will redefine how we build user interfaces. His recent work on BladeAI, an AI-powered “Figma to Code” solution, reflects that vision — aiming to transform design into production-ready code that speaks the same language as real developers and systems do. When he’s not writing code, Chaitanya is either lost in a good fiction book or gaming on his PlayStation.

Ramona is a Developer Advocate at Auth0. With a background in software engineering and quality assurance, she bridges the gap between testers and developers and fosters trust in identity topics. Ramona is also a Google Developer Expert in Web Technologies, a Women Techmaker, and a Cypress Ambassador.

With relentless positivity and genuine enthusiasm, Simeon is a Principal Educator at Sanity. He aims to bridge the gap between developers and content creators by presenting the benefits of and inspiring solutions with structured content.

Bree is a frontend Software Engineer turned Developer Advocate at HubSpot. She has a passion for coding and making technology education accessible to everyone. Bree creates technical content to help developers create and build autonomously.

Abbey Perini is many things - a metro Atlanta native, a person of many hobbies, and a full-stack web developer. Passionate about accessibility, she's worked in Vue, React, and even AngularJS (2013). She's happiest problem solving in the front-end, back-end, and all the APIs and microservices in between. She's spent her development career rectifying tech debt in existing codebases. She loves blogging and speaking about fun and useful things about programming, especially if it helps other developers.

Kateryna is an engineer from Ukraine with 10+ years of experience in UI development and design, currently leading front-end direction at Buffer. She is passionate about accessible web, design systems and making complex things simple. Apart from work, she is active in tech community, organises board game nights and is known as a coffee snob.

Cristóbal Chao is a software engineer, UX specialist and founder of Torii Studio. He crafts frontend systems that are expressive, fast, and rooted in storytelling. His work blends the boundaries of design and engineering—whether he’s animating particles in WebGL, or helping teams scale React apps with soul. Previously, he worked at Google and co-founded multiple creative tech products.

Peter Eijgermans is a long-time software developer and an adventurous and passionate CodeSmith Frontend at Sopra Steria (Ordina). He likes to travel around the world with his bike. Always seeking for the unexpected and unknown. For his job he tries out the latest techniques and frameworks. He loves to share his experience by speaking at conferences all over the World and writing for the Dutch Java magazine and DZone. He believes that you as the front-end developer are the spider in the web to bring the user, the team and the product together.

Johnny is a full-stack developer who loves pushing what's possible with software products. He specializes in building browser extensions that don't break user experiences.

Seungho is a Research Fellow at LG Electronics and leads Enact (https://github.com/enactjs) as an organization owner and maintainer. Enact is a React-based app framework that supports TV UI components, remote control input, accessibility(a11y), internationalization(i18n), and webOS APIs. It is shipped on webOS devices.

Senior Developer from Germany with over 15 years of experience building web apps and leading frontend teams, currently living and working down under in Australia. Pragmatic perfectionist, always looking for opportunities to learn and grow.

Ameer is a Senior Software Engineer with 15+ years of experience. Behind the keyboard he is passionate about developer experience, design systems, React, and building cool stuff. AFK he loves to bake and pick up heavy circles.

Faris Aziz is a Staff Frontend Engineer specializing in React, Next.js, monetization systems, and resilient web architecture. He's led teams in early-stage startups and scaling companies, built career ladders from scratch, and shipped systems used by millions. His work spans greenfield builds and legacy refactors across Fintech, SaaS, Fitness, and Connected TV, with companies like Smallpdf, Fiit, Discovery, GCN, and Navro. He focuses on building performant, user-centric applications with solid observability and maintainability. Faris co-organizes ZurichJS, contributes to tools like Raycast, and spends time contemplating life's great questions, like why the build works on his machine but nowhere else.

Henry is a dedicated and accomplished professional in web development, with a strong background in front-end engineering. With years of experience and a proven track record of success, Henry has contributed to numerous successful projects and has a reputation for driving innovation and excellence. With a talent for simplifying complex projects and a passion for optimizing developer experience, Henry has been recognized for architecting and building an entire project's frontend from scratch, resulting in a highly performant web application. His work has consistently delivered outstanding results and inspired his peers.

Fullstack Software Design Engineer at Mattermost. He has helped with the re-architecturing of the new version of the mobile app, written in React Native. Confident with React, React Native and Go, and always happy to learn new things. Fun fact: studying psychology for fun.

Senior Front End Developer at DeepL, working on Design Systems

Hello, my name is Shivakant Shukla, and I am a MERN stack developer with four years of experience in creating dynamic and user-friendly web applications. My passion for technology, coupled with a strong foundation in front-end development, has been the driving force behind my career. In the realm of Front-end development, I excel in crafting interactive and responsive user interfaces using technologies such as React, Redux, JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3. I take pride in my ability to transform design concepts into functional, pixel-perfect websites that provide exceptional user experiences. Whether it's optimising performance, ensuring cross-browser compatibility, or enhancing accessibility, I am committed to delivering high-quality front-end solutions. While my primary expertise lies in front-end development, I have had the opportunity to work with back-end technologies like Node.js, Express.js, Nest.js, and MongoDB.

Hadar is the co-founder and CTO of Myop, a developer-first platform transforming how UI and UX are built, controlled and optimized in production. Hadar brings over 15 years of hands-on development experience and a deep focus on frontend infrastructure. Over the past decade, he’s led engineering teams at some of Israel’s top tech companies. At Wix, Hadar served as an architect and then head of the frontend guild, managing over 700 developers and helping shape the company’s core frontend systems. Prior to that, he held senior R&D leadership roles at Jive Software and Rafael, driving large-scale frontend development across complex products. A Unit 8200 alum, Hadar brings not only technical depth but also a strong understanding of organizational scale, cross-team architecture, and how to evolve legacy systems. His experience spans both building systems from scratch and leading long-term frontend transformations in high-growth environments.

Shaundai is a front end Senior Software Engineer (Netflix) based in Georgia, US. Through her work as a course instructor (tsforjs.com) and her YouTube channel (youtube.com/shaundai), she aims to make programming interesting and approachable for all.