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!
Harminder Virk
Harminder Virk
Medusa, India
Harminder Virk is a senior software engineer at Medusa. He has been actively involved in the open-source ecosystem for over a decade and has developed several widely used libraries, including VineJS, Youch, the Edge templating engine, and the AdonisJS framework.
Jimmy Lai
Jimmy Lai
Vercel, Germany
Jimmy is a Software Engineer at Vercel living in Munich, Germany. Previously at Meta, where he worked on web perf and React Native, he's currently in the Next.js team, working again on performance and other things.
Alex Lakatos
Alex Lakatos
Interledger Foundation, UK
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.
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.
Jason Laster
Jason Laster
Replay.io, USA
Jason is a JS time traveler, DevTools dev, and recent dad exploring the joys of fatherhood.
Zoltan Kochan
Zoltan Kochan
Bit, Hungary
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.
Seth Webster
Seth Webster
Meta, USA
Head of React @ Meta
Steven Fabre
Steven Fabre
Liveblocks, France
Steven is the co-founder and CEO of Liveblocks, a real-time collaboration infrastructure for developers.
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.
Ethan Arrowood
Ethan Arrowood
Microsoft, USA
Open source maintainer for Fastify. Software Engineer at Microsoft. Loves hiking and skiing.
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
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.
Mat Groves
Mat Groves
Goodboy Digital, UK
Creative coder, all about Javascript, WebGL and optimisation. Creator of PixiJS.
Amy Dutton
Amy Dutton
Ah Ha Creative, 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.
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.
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.
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.
Gregor Ojstersek
Gregor Ojstersek
Engineering Leadership newsletter, Slovenia
Gregor is an engineering leader with 12+ years of experience in the engineering industry. In his career, he grew as an engineer to Senior Software Engineer and after to Lead roles (Team Lead to Engineering Manager to Head of Engineering to VP of Engineering to CTO). And now he is helping people and teams/companies to thrive with Fractional/Interim CTO roles, tech advising, coaching and mentoring. He is also writing one of the fastest growing newsletters for engineers and managers called Engineering Leadership newsletter.
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.
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.
François Best
François Best
47ng, France
Hi! I’m a freelance web developer from France. After a career in the audio industry, I moved to the web because of how fast it allowed me to build, iterate, and ship great user experiences. React has been a major part of this success story. I’ve also been building and maintaining open-source software since 2007, from bare metal to the cloud, with libraries for React, Next.js, Fastify & Prisma. I love the open sharing of code we find useful, and the community it creates around it.
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.
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.