JavaScript experts, mentors, speakers

I'm a Staff Software Engineer at Uber with ten years of experience in software design and development. My expertise lies in building scalable systems, particularly in areas like Generative AI applications and config-driven automation.

Karina Ionkina works as a senior software engineer on the Data Visualization team at Bloomberg, which builds and maintains multiple full-stack tools used by the company’s reporters and data visualization developers (see examples of these visuals at https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics). Outside of work, Karina likes to play tennis, paint, and sew. Karina earned her bachelor’s degree in computer science from Hunter College (CUNY).

Gil is a Performance Architect at Wix Viewer. For the past eight 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 ;)

Manasa is a seasoned software engineer with 12 years of experience, specializing in event-driven architectures, data engineering, and scalable systems. She has worked for top companies like Splunk, Selector AI, Celcom, Taulia, and RingCentral, and recently spoke at Grace Hopper Celebration 2024, receiving a standing ovation. Passionate about empowering women in tech, she mentors aspiring engineers and shares her journey from intern to lead engineer. Manasa balances career growth with family, continuously striving to lead with emotional intelligence and technical excellence.

I’ve spent over 15 years in tech, building products and leading engineering teams that scale. From writing code to shaping strategy, I love solving complex problems and turning ideas into real-world solutions. I believe great products are built by empowered teams, and I’m passionate about creating spaces where engineers can collaborate, innovate, and make an impact.

Nick is an empathetic community member, full-stack developer, avid climber and cyclist. He is currently a Senior Developer Advocate at Viam where he helps people build and manage their hardware projects from anywhere in the world. He is an invited expert with TC53 to help shape the future of JS on things. In his free time, he tinkers with home automation and robots built with JavaScript. His mustache is a figment of your imagination.

Abeetha Bala is a seasoned Product Leader, with over a decade of expertise in cloud computing, observability, and enterprise software. Over the past several years, she has played a pivotal role in shaping and enhancing Amazon CloudWatch Logs, leading multiple high-impact initiatives for AWS customers worldwide. In addition to her technical leadership, Abeetha is actively involved with TechWomen, a US Dept of State initiative that empowers emerging women leaders in STEM fields worldwide. Through this initiative, she mentors aspiring Emerging Leaders, sharing her technical expertise and experiences to foster diversity and innovation in the tech industry.

Business-oriented software product engineer (M.Sc. in computer science) featuring 15 years of professional involvement in the entire life-cycle of digital products. Experience developing a variety of disruptive Internet technologies. Insights into modern travel, smart cities, the gig economy and social networking services.

Todd has a passion for promoting a healthy product and engineering culture, collaboratively exploring ways to solve both organizational and engineering needs, as well as holding regular discussions around how to evolve the software engineering craft. Todd believes in a human centered approach to engineering, where the experience of those creating and evolving the product is just as important as those that use the product. A native to California's bay area, Todd’s journey into programming started over two decades ago and he has been privileged to work with many technologies as well as leadership roles over the years. With his experience as a Principal of Software Engineering Practices, in the Technology Center of Excellence at Pluralsight, Todd supported both individual software engineers and the technical leadership team in helping to continually improve and work together in a way that enables everyone to do their best work. Todd loves to play the guitar, and is always open to jamming out and frequently enjoys paired programming with strangers.

Daniel Goren is a lead researcher at Evinced, a pioneering company specializing in automating the detection of accessibility violations. With 6 years of experience and a deep passion for accessibility, Daniel is committed to driving innovation and best practices in the industry.

Ewa is a Developer Relations Engineer in the Google Chrome team. She is a passionate frontend engineer deeply involved in the development of new Chrome and Web Platform features. Driven by a desire to empower developers, she focuses on creating tools and improvements that streamline workflows and enhance the overall web development experience.

My degree is in Graphic Design, but when I started coding by accident, I fell in love with the beauty of good code. I've never looked back. I've worked for tiny sole proprietorships and giant multinationals, startups and mature companies. I've found something interesting and worth doing at all of them.

Vadim Zhamkov is a Fronted Architect with 14+ years experience in web development. Organiser of AmsterdamJS, React Amsterdam and AI Tinkerers Amsterdam meetups. Former organiser of MoscowJS meetups.

I'm Selam and I'm currently a software engineer. I've always been fascinated by technology and its potential to make our lives better and more equitable. As an advocate for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), I'm committed to making tech a come inclusive place for everyone. I'm passionate about computer ethics and ensuring that technology is developed and used in ethical and responsible ways. I believe that technology can be a powerful force for good, but only if we approach it with a thoughtful and ethical mindset.

Samiul Huque is a senior software engineer at Bloomberg, where he works on the company’s Instant Bloomberg (IB for short) chat tool. He works across the stack, building full-stack products where he primarily uses a combination of JavaScript/TypeScript and Python. Outside of work, Samiul plays tennis, competes in MMA, and eats his steak medium rare. Samiul earned his bachelor’s degree in economics and mathematics from the University of Richmond.

Mateusz is a Principal Software Developer at Workflow Builder with seven years of experience in React. He specializes in building data visualization solutions and interactive diagramming interfaces. He combines technical expertise with a business focus to develop practical, high-impact applications.

A serial tools builder, I'm super passionate about creating a magical and seamless developer experience. Have been working on creating tools, infrastructure and systems for developers over the past 7 years, and going strong!

Ilia has been working as a Web Developer since 2008 and has rich experience in creating complex web applications and writing reliable client and server-side application logic in JavaScript. He worked both in a large corporation and in a small company, where he realized how to make decisions, take responsibility and manage a team. Created his own startup, which he successfully sold. Passionate about computer science, mathematics and finding answers to challenging questions. He always has high demands for the quality of his own code and does not compromise in terms of the logic and speed of the code. He loves minimalism in code, design, and life.

As a QA Engineer and Enthusiast, Olga loves to use modern and practical approaches to improve product quality. She believes that AI will never replace human work, but could help to improve the quality of testing and reduce efforts for a manual one.

Andreia brings a wonderful mix of academic experience and open-source passion to Genezio. Her expertise shines through in her contributions to streamlining FaaS/serverless deployments for the end users. Andreia is a passionate public speaker and technology advocate. She empowers developers to write clean, bulletproof code through her talks and articles. When she's not elbow-deep in writing code, you might find her talking about best practices for cloud and backend development at conferences or meetups.

I am a Frontend Developer at Shopify and a certified Web Accessibility Specialist. My expertise lies in creating complex user interfaces that are both user-friendly and compliant. At Shopify, I develop No Code tools, enabling all users to effortlessly customize their Online Store.

Heather is a generative AI expert, Top 20 MarTech influencer, international speaker and Founder of AI for Non-Techies (AI training and learning hub). Regularly featured in Forbes magazine, Heather brings energy and enthusiasm to the world of AI, her jargon-free approach helping people overcome confusion or fear when it comes to where to start. Heather has formed powerful working partnerships with Salesforce, Nokia and Starling and drove $75m in client pipeline in 2023, all with the help of AI. Passionate about purposeful business, Heather and her team uses 20% of all profits to run hands-on work with isolated elderly people.

Kritiketan (aka Kittu) is a Managing Consultant at Shine Solutions, and have been building consumer facing applications for a decade. He is passionate about knowledge sharing, developer experience and web development. He believes technology should simplify lives and make them better. He is getting closer to finding the world's best sandwich.

Nik is the Product Director and Managing Partner at Albato, a market leader in iPaaS and NoCode. With over 8 years of experience, Nik is an expert in all aspects of startup creation and development from 0 to 1. In addition to his main job, he also mentors young professionals, participates in conferences, and hosts offline meetings for entrepreneurs and product leaders. In his free time, he enjoys playing paddle, volleyball, hiking, and traveling.