JavaScript experts, mentors, speakers

Kevin Ball is VP of engineering at Mento, focused on helping modern workers grow in their careers via a unique combination of coaching and mentorship. He is also a trained coach who works with engineers and engineering managers, a panelist on the JSParty podcast, and publishes Human Skills, a series of weekly interviews of tech industry leaders on all of the non-technical skills that go into success in the tech industry. Kevin is an experienced engineer, manager, and entrepreneur who has co-founded and acted as CTO for 2 companies, founded the San Diego Javascript Meetup, and has written articles for publications including Smashing Magazine, web designer magazine, Net magazine, and LeadDev. He has spoken around the world including conferences like All Things Open, Web Unleashed, NodeConf Colombia, and React Amsterdam.

Vova is a product engineer at Framer, where he works on removing boundaries of what's possible to achieve with creative tools and enabling new ways of building products. He's passionate about native browser ESM, Import Maps and web3.

Ruth Mesfun is a Software Engineer at Teachers Pay Teachers. Her team was tasked to de-risk important pages that were dynamically rendered on mobile which they completed in two months. While learning all about SEO and mobile-first indexing she also is taking a class in beginner Japanese and finished a Financial Coach program.

I'm Jake and I'm a Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft working on TypeScript. I'm mainly focusing on performance and infrastructure, but still work on whatever's fun (or manages to nerd-snipe me)! Before TypeScript, I worked on Pylance and pyright on Microsoft's Python team.

Naman works on design systems at Meta, maintains StyleX and is a contributor to React Strict DOM. Previously, he has dabbled in film-making in India, and spent a year working for a start-up in Spain.

Will is dedicated to crafting exceptional developer experiences, that help us increase our understanding, creativity, and flow. Throughout his career, he's shared expertise building developer tools, organized meetups, and helped cultivate thriving technical communities.

Milecia is a senior software engineer that's worked with JavaScript, Angular, React, Node, PHP, Python, .NET, SQL, AWS, Heroku, Azure, and many other tools to build web apps. She also has a master's degree in mechanical and aerospace engineering and has published research in machine learning and robotics. She started Flipped Coding in 2017 to help people learn web development with real-world projects and she publishes articles covering all aspects of software on several publications, including freeCodeCamp. In her free time, she spends time with her husband and dogs while learning to play the harmonica and trying to create her own mad scientist lab.

Rishabh is a machine learning scientist working on ML techniques for recommendations in online marketplaces. He works on multi-objective decisioning, recommendations, marketplaces, personalization and experimentation. He has led various ML projects from basic research to production, with >10 product launches for 350+ million users.

Ramona is a Developer Relations Engineer at Mittwald. With a background in software engineering and quality assurance, she bridges the gap between testers and developers, fostering trust in identity-related topics. Ramona is also a Google Developer Expert in Web Technologies, a Women Techmaker, and a Cypress Ambassador.

Gregor Biswanger (Microsoft MVP, Intel Black Belt and Intel Software Innovator) is a freelance lecturer, consultant, trainer, author and speaker. He is a consultant for large and medium-sized companies, organizations and agencies for software architecture, web- and cross-platform development with C# and JavaScript. His key aspects are MEAN-Stack, ASP.NET-Core, Docker, Azure, Domain-Driven Design and Microservices. Additionally he is writing articles for known magazines and you can find attending or speaking at international conferences. Gregor Biswanger is one of the well-known .NET- and JavaScript-expert in Germany, Swiss and Austria. You´ll reach him here: http://about.me/gregor.biswanger

I'm a full stack dev from the Caribbean who loves Functional programming and Domain Driven Development. From python to elm to F# to Typescript, I like crafting software. I also spend quite a lot of time as a community manager, talking and working with other talented folks in the tech industry. Mostly I'm just trying to do good work and practice kindness in my habits.

Rob Richardson is a software craftsman building web properties in ASP.NET and Node, React and Vue. He’s a Microsoft MVP, published author, frequent speaker at conferences, user groups, and community events, and a diligent teacher and student of high quality software development. You can find this and other talks on https://robrich.org/presentations and follow him on twitter at @rob_rich.

Marius is a Developer Evangelist at Twilio with a passion for exploring and sharing the latest in communication tech. He started as a UI developer in Silicon Valley, fell in love with JavaScript, and never looked back. Now based in Munich, he helps developers build cloud-native apps that redefine customer engagement. When he's not coding or speaking at events, you'll find him tinkering with Web 3.0 or dreaming up the next big prototype.

I'm a front-end developer. I create interactive web stuff using Vue js and Nuxt js. Some other frameworks and libraries I also enjoy working with include GSAP, Laravel ⚡️ and Jamstack (JavaScript, APIs + Markup). I love writing ✏️ articles about what I learn and share with Vue/Nuxt community. You can find my blog-posts on my website, which is also created using 👑 Nuxt js. Apart from this, I also love creating colour-coded diagrams. I create them to capture and document my learning. Diagraming have been an effective tool in my learning journey of Laravel, Vue js and of course, my absolute favourite, Nuxt js.

Simon is a full-stack developer and React Native specialist with a keen interest in experimenting with bleeding edge software, building cool products, and sharing knowledge. Over the years he’s had a diverse set of experiences ranging from mobile apps, full-stack development, web3, AI & LLM’s. His clients have won awards in the healthcare space, been featured at the Cannes Film Festival, and were a partner in the Dubai 2020 Expo. Recently Simon has been exploring the frontier of the future as a member of the Network School in Forest City, Malaysia.

Iwo Plaza is a software engineer & artist, trying to incorporate art into every project he gets his hands on. He's passionate about graphics programming and softening the learning curve for future developers trying to get into it. Author of TypeGPU and numerous interactive examples and games built using WebGPU for Web and React Native. His combined experience with C++ game engines and TypeScript's type system allow him to lead the project in a unique direction.

Open-source developer specializing in Web, 3D, and XR, dedicated to building tools that help developers create extraordinary applications and experiences.

Mo is the Head of Mobile and a Tech Lead at Theodo UK, having worked on several projects with startups and established enterprises to create cross-platform mobile application in React Native. He's passionate about React Native, MobileDevOps, and pushing the boundaries of combining code across web and mobile. Before joining Theodo, Mo was a full-stack developer at Nasdaq. He is a graduate from the University of Edinburgh.

Roxy is the Developer Community Manager at Torc.dev (within the Randstad Digital ecosystem), a bilingual content creator with 30K+ Instagram followers, and a public speaker. She runs recurring community programming that includes She Ships, a stream that highlights woman-identifying folks in tech, and Yappy Hour, a stream for the Torc.dev Discord community to unwind on a Friday. Her career arc from public education to developer is itself a testament to the unconventional paths this talk celebrates.

Elian Van Cutsem or "ElianCodes" is a full-stack developer, creative technologist, and all-around internet troublemaker based in Belgium. He’s the **CTO at Vulpo** and works in **Developer Relations at React Bricks**, focusing on developer experience, documentation, and education. Previously, he was a Software Engineer and core maintainer at Astro. Elian is also a co-organizer of several major JavaScript communities and events, including **BeJS**, **React Paris**, **React Brussels**, and **React Africa**. Alongside his professional work, he creates provocative and experimental AI projects, designed to challenge our assumptions about ethics, automation, and human behavior. His work blends code and commentary, often in ways that are both hilarious and uncomfortably real. Elian is known for his passion, puns, and offbeat sense of humor. His talks combine technical insight with a strong dose of creative chaos—guaranteed fun on stage.

I am Ayoub Alouane, working as a DevRel and TechLead in Adservio, Moroccan coming from Africa, starting a new journey in France, as a Speaker and Trainer, I'm trying to build a consciousness about web performance in our community of devs.

As technical founder at upleveled.io, I design and teach our full stack and AI programs, helping beginners and experienced engineers take the next step in their technical growth. With AI increasingly reshaping technical work, fundamental skills and comprehensive, well-rounded knowledge matter even more. In this context, I focus on designing broad and accessible curricula, mentoring learners at different stages and contributing widely to open source along the way.

Zan Markan is a developer advocate at CircleCI, on a mission to educate and inspire developers on the topics of CI/CD, DevOps, and software quality. Across his career he has worked in companies of various sizes, from enterprises to own startups, and everything in between, and across industries as diverse as retail, AI, and developer tools. He’s passionate about serverless technologies, mobile development, and developer experience. Outside of work, he enthuses over airplanes, craft beer, and the Oxford comma.

Josh Justice is the frontend architect of Chick-fil-A’s International division. He oversaw the development and release of the Chick-fil-A Canada app in July 2025. Over his 20-year software development career he’s specialized in mobile and frontend web testing approaches and tools as a way to deliver more sustainable software that meets user and business needs. He has shared what he learned about testing through consulting, blogging, and speaking at conferences such as Chain React and React Native EU.