JavaScript experts, mentors, speakers

Explore personalities and their talks, workshops, videos, and articles. While we focus primarily on JavaScript and frameworks like React, Vue, Svelte, and Node, you may find experts on other fields on our Portal. To name a few – Testing, DevOps, Machine Learning, and many more!
Grgur Grisogono
Grgur Grisogono
Modus Create, Croatia
Grgur is Director, Engineering at Modus Create and also your friendly neighborhood JavaScript engineer who loves connecting business with technology. Grgur loves telling stories and anecdotes, fueled by the experience of working with dozens of Fortune 1000 companies since 2005. He also enjoys talking about sourdough baking, latte art, and brean-to-bar craft chocolate.
Markus Oberlehner
Markus Oberlehner
karriere.at GmbH, Austria
Software Architect @ karriere.at – Crafting resilient and sustainable software solutions. Professional Web Developer for 12 years. I specialize in Vue.js and am a strong advocate for Test-Driven Development.
Mat Groves
Mat Groves
Goodboy Digital, UK
Creative coder, all about Javascript, WebGL and optimisation. Creator of PixiJS.
Zoltan Kochan
Zoltan Kochan
Bit, Ukraine
Lead maintainer of pnpm since 2016, which started as a completely independent open-source package manager for JavaScript. Zoltan is an engineer at Bit. He works on the dependency management aspect of the Bit CLI. Previously worked at JustAnswer, where Zoltan was mainly working on front-end infrastructure.
Steven Fabre
Steven Fabre
Liveblocks, France
Steven is the co-founder and CEO of Liveblocks, a real-time collaboration infrastructure for developers.
Ioana Chiorean
Ioana Chiorean
Interledger Foundation, Germany
Ioana is an engineer manager flavored in communities, and devrel, that has more than 12 years of experience in tech with a specialization in mobile apps and web. Sr. Engineering Manager at Interledger Foundation. She is the Module Owner for Mozilla Reps, one of the alumni of MozTechSpeakers, and stands as an ambassador for CodeWeek at the European Commission. In her free time, she contributes to Open Source and different volunteering programs, while enjoying a coffee or a good wine.
Cecelia Martinez
Cecelia Martinez
Ionic
Cecelia Martinez is a Developer Advocate for Appflow at Ionic, a company that helps web developers build cross-platform applications using modern technology. She is dedicated to creating better, more inclusive developer experiences for all. Previous companies include Cypress and Replay, with areas of expertise including web & mobile development, testing, developer tools, and open source. She is a Lead Volunteer with Women Who Code FrontEnd, Chapter Head of Out in Tech Atlanta, and a GitHub Star.
Jamie Barton
Jamie Barton
Dev Rel @ Turso
Working with Databases, APIs, GraphQL and Web3
Joe Hart
Joe Hart
Developer Advocate, UK
Joe Hart has been a web engineer at Monzo, the BBC and LEGO. These days he's contracting his React skills out to those who need it. By night he's also a competition winning Standup Comedian, often blending technology and comedy live on stage at various pubs, theatres and tech conferences.
Marie Cruz
Marie Cruz
Grafana Labs, UK
Marie is currently a Developer Advocate at k6.io, a Grafana Labs company. In the past, she has been an Engineering Manager, a Principal Engineer and a Test Consultant. She is also a tech blogger at testingwithmarie.com, an accessibility advocate and an online course instructor at Ministry of Testing and Test Automation University.
Anthony Shew
Anthony Shew
Vercel, USA
Anthony is Turbo DX at Vercel, helping developers build faster workflows using Turborepo and Turbopack. He loves helping individuals and teams at all scales succeed, teaching monorepos, and thinking about the future of CI/CD. He used to play professional baseball but now he's a full-stack comedian. For more on Anthony, visit. shew.dev.
Aria Minaei
Aria Minaei
Theatre.js, Germany
CEO Theatre.js, designing a design tool – blurring the line between designer/developer, author/consumer, and artist/scientist.
Amy Dutton
Amy Dutton
RedwoodJS, USA
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.
Sharone Zitzman
Sharone Zitzman
RTFM Please, Israel
I'm a marketing technologist and open source community builder, who likes to work with engineering teams that are building products that developers love. Having built both the DevOps Israel and Cloud Native Israelcommunities from the ground up, today I spend my time finding the places where technology and people intersect and ensuring that this is an excellent experience. You can find my talks, articles, and employment experience at rtfmplease.dev.
Zack DeRose
Zack DeRose
Narwhal Technologies, USA
Zack DeRose is Senior Engineer for Narwhal Technologies, where he works to build a better world through tech! In addition to the enterprise consulting done at Narwhal, Zack is very interested in content creation and teaching others! When not building web applications at scale, Zack enjoys a robust family life at scale, living in Phoenix AZ with his wife and 6 kids.
Will Eastcott
Will Eastcott
PlayCanvas, UK
Will Eastcott is CEO and co-founder of PlayCanvas, an open source, browser-based game engine. Will is a 25 year veteran of the games industry, with credits in Call of Duty, Max Payne, DJ Hero and many more. Will is a vocal advocate for open source and open standards and is currently obsessed with taking the web into the third dimension.
Rafael Gonzaga
Rafael Gonzaga
NearForm, Brazil
Rafael is a Staff Engineer at NearForm, working full-time on the Node.js runtime as a TSC (Technical Steering Committee) member, especially in the security working group. He's also the maintainer of popular JavaScript libraries such as Fastify and Clinic.js, and he's specialized in performance enhancements and software architecture optimization.
Andrzej Mazur
Andrzej Mazur
Enclave Games, Poland
Web Game Developer and Technical Evangelist, Enclave Games indie studio founder, js13kGames competition creator, Gamedev.js community firestarter and Gamedev.js Weekly newsletter publisher. Excited about cutting-edge Web technologies like WebXR, Progressive Web Apps, and Web Monetization API. Likes eating sushi and playing Neuroshima Hex.
Maxi Ferreira
Maxi Ferreira
Help Scout, Los Angeles, California
Maxi is a full-stack software engineer with a passion for creating delightful user experiences. He works at Help Scout as a Staff Frontend Engineer, specializing in frontend architecture, web performance, and third-party application development. Originally from Buenos Aires, Maxi now lives in Los Angeles, CA with his wife, two daughters, and two dogs.
Travis Arnold
Travis Arnold
Frame.io, USA
Designer 🎨 Engineer 📐 Systems 🎛 React ⚛️
Vladimir Novick
Vladimir Novick
Independent Consultant, Israel
VladimirNovick is the CTO & Co-Founder of EventLoopHQ, software architect, consultant, engineer and trainer, worldwide speaker, and published author.
Nadia Makarevich
Nadia Makarevich
DeveloperWay, Australia
Nadia is a Frontend Architect, experienced coder and tech blogger. She loves debugging mysterious bugs, solving hard problems with simple solutions and writing articles, that make complicated advanced concepts easy to understand. She managed to escape from locked down Australia in the middle of the global pandemic and now enjoys the life of a digital nomad all over the world.
Sylwia Vargas
Sylwia Vargas
Inngest, UK
Sylwia (pronounced "Sylvia") is a developer advocate at Inngest, a tech writer, and an educator passionate about making tech accessible and diverse. She is a co-organizer at React Robins, a community for women and non-binary React devs. Aside from tech, she’s working on a card game and loves hiking, biking, pierogi, and plants.
Knut Melvær
Knut Melvær
Sanity.io, Norway
Knut Melvær (b. 1985) is a graduate in the study of religion\s who has pivoted into technology. He is currently working as Head of Developer Relations at Sanity.io. Previously he has been a senior technology consultant at Netlife, a reknowned Norwegian UX- and Design Agency. Before that a PhD Fellow at the University of Bergen. As a technology consultant, he has held workshops in user research, technology strategy, and web development. He has been involved in projects with a wide range of clients such as Energi og Klima, NDLA, Enivest, Fearnley Offshore Supply, Norwegian Fund and Asset Management Association, Warner Music, De Bergenske Hotels, The Norwegian Government Agency for Financial Management, U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre, The City of Oslo, and Gjensidige. Knut has extensive experience in research, dissemination, teaching, and writing. He has organized and taught courses from undergraduate to graduate level at university. His fields of study have been quantiative and qualitative methodologies in the study of religion, the evolutionary and cognitive science of religion, new religiosity, and digital humanities. He has done podcast interviews of Holberg Prize laureates and been a columnist in newspapers like Klassekampen, Sysla, and Morgenbladet.