JavaScript experts, mentors, speakers

Juho Vepsäläinen is behind the SurviveJS effort. He has been active in the open source scene since the early 2000s and participated in projects like Blender and webpack as a core team member. Blue Arrow Awards winner.

Senior Developer & Dev Advocate @VueStorefront • Ambassador @nuxt_js, @Storyblok, @algolia • Sharing knowledge about Nuxt / Vue / Perf.

Kevin Whinnery is the Head of Developer Relations for Deno, the new TypeScript and JavaScript runtime from the creator of Node.js. Kevin is a long-time web developer, teacher, and author to a number of successful open source projects like the twilio-node module, TerminalQuest, and several others best left in the dustbin of history (unless you need a SOAP API client). Kevin lives just outside Minneapolis, MN, where he will gladly point you to your favorite local cuisine upon request.

Senior Software Engineer @ Clerk, currently focused on building developer tooling and a open-source educational platform for web authentication

Alex has spent the past 11 years working on the Open Web within Browser, Communications, and FinTech organizations. With a background in web technologies and developer advocacy, he's helped organizations build developer-friendly products while engaging with the developer community at large. As the new Technology Lead for the Interledger Foundation, he focuses on lowering the barrier to entry into the Interledger ecosystem and drive the adoption of the web standards powering the Interledger protocol. An avid traveller, it's likely you'll bump into him at developer conferences around the world.

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.

Head of Product Engineering at Codeium — writing code that writes code! Engineer, designer, photographer, and woodworker.

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.

Jason is a JS time traveler, DevTools dev, and recent dad exploring the joys of fatherhood.

Open source maintainer for Fastify. Software Engineer at Microsoft. Loves hiking and skiing.

Steven is the co-founder and CEO of Liveblocks, a real-time collaboration infrastructure for developers.

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.

Creative coder, all about Javascript, WebGL and optimisation. Creator of PixiJS.

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 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.

Working with Databases, APIs, GraphQL and Web3

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.