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!

Henry Lie
HENNGE, Japan
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.

Armin Ayatollahi
TechMiners, Germany
Armin is a passionate creator by heart, driven by innovation and the power of technology. As a Senior Software Engineer at TechMiners, he crafts cutting-edge tools that empower seasoned tech analysts to deliver unparalleled insights to clients. With a flair for both art and code, Armin finds joy in every challenge, making an impact no matter the medium or toolset.
Elad Tzemach
Amazon, Canada
Elad Tzemach is a software engineer at Veeva Systems. He is the UI Lead for SafetyAI - a product that enables companies in pharmacovigilance to automate processes using artificial intelligence. He is passionate about AI, React, the JavaScript eco-system, web architecture and new technologies.

Doug Drechsel
Oracle, USA
Doug Drechsel has 30+ years working in Software Engineering. He has worked on Tuxedo, WebLogic Server and OKE (Oracle Kubernetes Engine). His current role is helping Developers easily adopt and incorporate Oracle 23ai database features into their development environment including Full Stack Development, micro services development

Jonny Green
Unity Technologies, UK
I’m a Senior Software Engineer at Unity Technologies and Open Source developer working in GraphQL land with Node.js and TypeScript.

Rajni Gediya
Hinge Health, USA
Mentorship available
As a Staff Software Engineer at Hinge Health, I contribute to developing patient-centered digital musculoskeletal solutions by leveraging expertise in Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) technology and cross-platform mobile development. My work supports the integration of advanced wearable technology with clinical care teams, enhancing accessibility and outcomes for millions of users.
With over three years of experience at Hinge Health, I specialize in crafting scalable, user-friendly mobile applications using React Native. My mission is to empower healthcare innovation and improve patient experiences through technology. By collaborating across teams, I help deliver impactful solutions that align with the organization's goal of reducing pain and improving lives.

Nathan Marrs
Grafana Labs, USA
Nathan is the tech lead of the DataViz squad at Grafana Labs and is based out of beautiful Monterey, California.

Asaf Shochet Avida
Evinced, Israel
Asaf is the front end tech lead @Evinced, with 15+ years of experience in web development, including: frontend, backend and test automation, and a special place in his heart for shiny CI pipelines.
After spending a year and a half traveling with his wife and 2 young kids (now 3, Mazal Tov) in the far east, he came back to create state of the art accessibility tools for developers.
In his spare time he loves reading Harry Potter with his daughter, mentoring junior devs, and making Pitas on the Saj.

Kyle West
Staff Engineer at FamilySearch International, USA
I am a Computer Scientist from Salt Lake City with a passion for accessibility, mobile-first design, globalization, and architecture. My main tools are React, Web Components, and Node. My favorite things in life are spending time with people, learning new perspectives, and writing software.

Dragos Bilaniuc
Romania
Freelancer • Web and Mobile Tech Lead/PM • Occasional public speaker | I will help you articulate your idea, develop your product and pitch your business.

Reuben Ellis
Chromatic, USA
My name is Reuben Ellis, and I'm the lead solutions engineer at Chromatic. I've been using Storybook and various visual regression test tools for years. My primary passion and focus have always been on automation testing and integrations! Ultimately, my goal is to make the day-to-day better for other engineers.

Shifra Williams
Render, USA
Shifra Williams is a Developer Relations Engineer at Render, where her work spans technical education, community building, and a growing bet: making cloud infrastructure legible to AI agents, not just humans.
Her background in data science, technical writing, and developer advocacy lets her meet both technical and early-career audiences where they are. What drives Shifra most is closing the gap between technical experts and the people trying to learn from them, and building the bridges that make that knowledge transfer actually work.

HT Sahin
IKEA Digital, The Netherlands
Mentorship available
HT Sahin leads engineering teams that power global retail and logistics and still finds time to obsess over hands-on engineering problems, product design, and experiments.

Bernhard Suhm
MathWorks, USA
Bernhard Suhm is the product manager for Machine Learning at MathWorks. He works closely with customer facing and development teams to address customer needs and market trends in our machine learning related products, primarily the Statistics and Machine Learning toolbox. Prior to joining MathWorks Bernhard led analyst teams and developed methods applying analytics to optimizing the delivery of customer service in call centers. He also held positions at a usability consulting company and Carnegie Mellon University. He received a PhD in Computer Science specializing in speech user interfaces from Karlsruhe University in Germany.

Sergii Zhuravel
Absio, Ukraine
I'm a Lead Software Engineer. I have a master degree in applied mathematics and more than 10 years of experience in IT. Worked with different back-end and front-end technologies. Now I work with React and Redux, and I like them a lot. I like to share my knowledge, so I conduct programming courses (JavaScript), write articles and participate in different events.

Gil Eckstein
Wix, Israel
Gil is a Performance Architect at Wix Viewer. For the past nine years, he has been helping build the application that powers Wix websites. As part of the Viewer team, Gil works on making it easy for anyone to create their dream website and for developers to extend the functionality of their Wix websites.
With over 10 years of experience in software development, Gil started his career in networking and Linux but always had a passion for web development. For the past four years, he’s been leading the Viewer performance team, working on Wix websites performance and ensuring they load as fast as possible.
In his free time, Gil likes working out at the park, playing basketball, and working on his personal projects—many of them built with AI ;)

Richard Carrigan
Microsoft, USA
Full-Stack developer with a passion for GraphQL, JS/TS, and A11y; as well as a Microsoft Certified Trainer, Power Platform Developer, and Azure Administrator.

Alfonso Graziano
Nearform, Italy
I'm an AI Tech Lead working mainly with Node.js, React and AWS. I solve problems, sometimes by writing code, other times by talking to people.
Erik Ziegler
Voize, Germany
Co-Founder and CTO of voize. Loves to build products that make people's lives easier.

Asaf Shen
Descope, Israel
Asaf is Lorem Ipsum Engineer at Descope (he will explain the job title during the workshop). Asaf enjoys solving complex problems, working with people, staring up at the stars, and not taking himself too seriously.

Eliran Natan
SquadX, Tel Aviv
Mentorship available
I am a seasoned developer and architect with a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, specializing in high-scale frontend development. Over the past decade, my career has been focused on empowering various startups by enhancing their frontend capabilities, with a particular emphasis on React and Vue technologies.
My professional journey includes significant contributions to companies like Cybereason, Slice, Plank, Axonius, and Lifion, across diverse locations such as Tel Aviv, New York, and Amsterdam. Additionally, I have shared my insights and experiences at prominent industry events, including speaking engagements at React Summit and other JavaScript conferences throughout Europe.
Currently, I lead SquadX, a small but highly focused team of frontend specialists. Our mission is to assist startups in boosting their frontend operations to new heights of efficiency and effectiveness.


