JavaScript experts, mentors, speakers

Dieter is a seasoned Solution Engineer with over 20 years of experience in developing and optimising applications across various industries. With a strong background in software development, he deeply understands the challenges and needs of developers and clients alike. At DataStax, Dieter empowers his clients by using advanced data technologies and best practices to implement generative AI applications, helping them accelerate development cycles and deliver cutting-edge solutions. Passionate about developer empowerment, he provides tools and technologies that catalyse innovation and efficiency.

Sergey is a software engineer at FocusReactive. Loves to understand how things work and is passionate about website performance.

Hugh Francis founded Sanctuary Computer, a profit sharing and worker-owned creative studio in Chinatown, NYC. The studio focuses on design and technology work for clients including The Light Phone, Mill, Hinge, Tend, Stripe, etc. Francis has a background in mechanical engineering and has spoken about his work at institutions like Yale School of Art and The School of Visual Arts. He's interested in building dynamic businesses that prioritize both collectivism and social responsibility.

Weslley Araújo is a MySQL2 maintainer and the creator of Poku. He builds and maintains widely adopted supply-chain dependencies in the JavaScript open-source ecosystem. Recognized as a Microsoft MVP, he focuses on developing for developers, sharing knowledge, speaking at events, and inspiring others.

Java developer, Software Architect and Enterprise Commerce Expert. Dad of one soon to be two, loves music, photography, cooking and running.

Nonso is a developer, writer, and tinkerer that enjoys pushing the boundaries of web development. He has a passion for creating software that empowers others to bring their ideas to life. Currently, he is a senior software developer at Konrad Group, where he actively builds solutions for various clients in the digital space. When he's not at his desk developing, you can find him rocking climbing, jumping out of airplanes, and seeing what new photography gear he can get his hands on!

Matt Seccafien In the 20 years since studying in my homeland of Canada, I've held a variety of professional roles, starting out in traditional print, typography and information design, to site resiliency engineering, to open-source React framework development, and I'm currently interested in design system operations. I value creativity and autonomy in both life and work, and thrive when I am invested in the whole idea rather than any single facet. When not at my computer I can be found running around Tempelhofer Feld in Berlin, at the kino or hanging out with my partner Fiona and our cat Otto. Simon Lenz Hi, I’m Simon, a developer from Kaiserslautern, Germany. I work at DeepL on breaking down language barriers. Accessibility is a particular interest of mine, because we should bring everyone along in that process. I like hiking in the beautiful Pfälzerwald and, these days, also enjoy playing the flute, editing the magazine of a historical board game society, and strolling across Tamriel as my Khajiit.

Develop professionally for 14 years. Worked as a team lead at Deloitte and Nielsen. Currently I lead my own tech company Tourmaline Core. I am passionate about people self-development culture at tech. I am a PhD.

Oli is currently a Frontend Engineer & Tech Lead at Cleo working across the mobile (React Native) & web (React) products. He sits within the savings squad whose mission is to help Cleo users build a safety net of savings.

Hailing from Vancouver, Canada, now living in Holland, Jacob is an avid API designer. He is a core collaborator of Node.js (loaders/modules, test runner, and userland migrations teams), TC39 and WinterTC / TC55 delegate, and author of several npm packages. Outside of engineering, he's known for cats, wine, and brunch.

Meaghan is a Designer at Cloudflare (previously Meta) focusing on the building the developer platform. Her expertise lies in creating developer experiences for cutting-edge technology including cloud computing, AI, machine perception and spatial computing. She is enthusiastic about bringing design into highly technical spaces and how design shapes development and vice versa.

Tech Lead and Senior Software Engineer with 12+ years' experience, believes that collaboration changes every game. Holds Bachelor's and Master's degrees.

Engineer Graduate, Software testing ISTQB certified and professional experience as a Software Developer. Current Solutions Engineer as Snyk.

Nick is an Engineering Manager at Eye Security, where his teams build the software keeping European enterprises safe from cyber threats. With 13 years in the industry and an MBA that keeps him dangerously close to Product thinking, he's spent his career sitting at the intersection of technical delivery and business impact... and genuinely enjoying it. He believes a manager's most important job is building the environment that builds the engineers. Outside of work, he channels his creativity into photography, with results that are best described as "enthusiastic."

Webmaster before it was cool, pixel pusher, javascript-something, conference organiser, father of two, but mostly known for yelling at clouds.

I am a software engineer who is passionate about building high-quality systems, tools, and applications. I am continually striving for the feeling of having built something I’m proud of, something I know that I didn’t take shortcuts on, and something worth sharing. I also have a deep appreciation for modern design aesthetics and robust interaction design. The melding of form and function is my holy grail.

Jorrik’s first lines of code were in the days jQuery ruled. That didn’t scare him. Now he has 6+ years of frontend experience using React and Vue during his day job. In the evening and night hours, a lot of fun projects and other libraries passed his ‘git clone’. When not coding he gets his fair share of laughs going to comedy shows.

Solutions engineer with a lot of operation experience in Couchbase.

Engineering Manager in UI Engineering at JP Morgan, Steve works with the core engineering teams creating open source developer tooling and an accessible React component library aimed at streamlining the life of development teams across the bank. Steve has working in JavaScript development focused roles since 2001 from ad agencies to fintech and IE6 through to evergreen Chrome, he is the author of several widely used open source libraries and describes his career as having been lucky enough to follow his hobby and his passion every day for over two decades.

Senna is a Solutions Engineer at GitHub supporting our customers the EMEA MidMarket segment. She has a background in web application, iOS development, and accessibility. Originally working out of the HQ in San Francisco, she’s been working with GitHub customers for three years, passionate about empowering developers and helping organizations as they go through cultural and digital transformations.

As a Principal Developer Advocate at MongoDB, Karen Huaulmé (pronounced “You-Old-Maid” - but with no d’s) develops and presents applications to help developers unleash their creativity across all aspects of data and technology. Leveraging her past experience as a Solutions Architect for some of MongoDB’s most demanding customers, Karen loves to trigger that “aha” moment in the minds of developers - when they recognize a better path to simplify, enhance, and accelerate their projects in ways they never thought possible. Prior to MongoDB, Karen spent most of her career working with video game developers as a Solutions Architect and Integration Engineer at Nvidia, Amazon and Twitch. In her free time, Karen embarrasses her 2 kids, spoils her dog, and feeds her addiction to adventure travel - not necessarily in that order.

Melanie loves being a software engineer. The infinite loop of bugs, puzzles and learning make of everyday a new adventure. Her specialty and the love of her life is Vue.js, but lately she has been adding Nuxt.js and Node.js to the party. When she is not working as a software engineer at Capgemini, she uses her web development skills to remove micro plastic in the waters of the world. Her goal in this life is to work towards a more sustainable way of life, meaning that her hobbies include sailing the world, documenting underwater micro-life, and picking up trash with podcasts blasting. She is always trying on many different hats: trainer, team lead, community builder, talker, organizer. But the hat that fits best is developer.

Beril Sirmacek is a Dutch AI researcher. She received her PhD degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering in 2009. Later she has worked with German Aerospace Center and pursued a habilitation degree with University of Osnabrueck. She is an assistant professor at Jonkoping AI Lab and also leading her company create4D. Beril is passionate to use computer vision and AI algorithms for creating useful healthcare and earth care solutions. Beril has taught a MSc course at the University of Augsburg in 2010, only on OpenCV. As a computer vision scientist and developer, she has been using it regularly for many years.

Sachin is a Deputy Director at Applied Materials leading efforts in Data Science and Advanced Analytics with a team of data scientists, working to provide innovative solutions with a focus on AI enablement in various products and systems for the semiconductor equipment manufacturing industry. He has over 15 years of diverse experience in the Industry around Software, Data Science and Artificial Intelligence.