JavaScript experts, mentors, speakers

Nathan is the EM of the Sharing squad at Grafana Labs and is based out of beautiful Monterey, California.

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 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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

JavaScript fellow, clean code maniac, minimalist.

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

Leon Malisov is a Developer Advocate at Zencoder. A lifelong educator with a background in software engineering, Leon has designed STEM and AI learning programs with the DoD’s Chief Digital & AI Office, built interactive customer education programs from the ground up, and taught hundreds of students to code through his tutoring and community work.

Expert in Agentic AI Microservices and Cloud Performance Optimization in Fintech Solutions. A Staff Engineer at Walmart, a speaker at IEEE, ACM, IA Forum and ICETAIA 2025, with a recent publication on Agentic AI in enterprise environments.

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.

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.

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.

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 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 ;)

Rahul Kumar is an Engineering Leader at loveholidays in London, originally from New Zealand. He has worked across travel, real estate, and healthcare, and is passionate about building high-performing teams through autonomy, trust, and continuous growth. He combines hands-on technical experience with a focus on delivering simple solutions that create meaningful business value.

Co-Founder and CTO of voize. Loves to build products that make people's lives easier.

Jonida Mersinllari is a Technical Lead at Consentmo, with over 11 years of experience in software engineering, leading the development of privacy and consent management solutions used globally. She specializes in translating complex regulatory frameworks such as GDPR, CCPA, and TCF into scalable, high-performance systems. With a strong background in software architecture and engineering leadership, she has extensive experience building and scaling teams, defining technical strategy, and delivering production-ready solutions in fast-paced environments. Jonida is particularly interested in how AI is reshaping software development, from engineering workflows to hiring and team dynamics, and brings hands-on experience in applying these changes within real-world teams.

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.

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.

Diana is a Site Reliability Engineer at Elastic. She focuses on Observability. Her passions revolve around serverless, machine learning and AI.

Frontend developer, data visualisation engineer, writer, and fan of simplicity (in code as in life). Her mind belongs to deep conversations and translation. Her heart belongs to snow and surf.