JavaScript experts, mentors, speakers

Professional designer, web developer (freelance), business analyst (Cencosud) and teacher (PUC). Specialized in graphic design, UX/UI, and web development, I have garnered experience in both corporate and educational sectors. As an active volunteer at JSConf Chile, Fundación Antonia, Technovation Girls, and Women Who Code, I am recognized for my communication skills, leadership, and commitment to inclusion in STEAM. I possess a proven track record in teaching and simplifying complex technical concepts. My active participation in tech communities and a unique perspective on user interaction design position me as an influential voice in merging algorithmic art with programming, particularly in JavaScript.

Ian Schwartz is a Principal Developer at Cargurus with nearly a decade of experience in JavaScript, and more recently, TypeScript. His passion lies in functional programming, which he loves to integrate with React to build robust and scalable web applications. With a strong background in modern JavaScript frameworks and libraries, He is dedicated to pushing the boundaries of what's possible in web development while fostering a collaborative and innovative environment. He has a dog that looks like a cow.

I'm a Developer Advocate at Codium where I geek out over generative AI, automation, and the magic of scripting. When I'm not advocating, I'm usually elbow-deep in API adventures, because who needs free time when there's APIs that fail to do what I want them to do..

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.

Ante is a skilled and hearing-impaired Senior Software Engineer at Infobip with a strong interest in Web and the technical side of it. With permanent 55% hearing loss in both ears, he’s a testament to the power of determination and hard work which often speaks louder than words. He has a big love and soft spot for rubber ducks and excels at presenting and educating, React, JavaScript, Node.JS, build processes, automation and improving developer and customer experiences. He always shares his own experiences, especially in accessibility. Ante's goal is to always improve, making things more efficient and user-friendly. When he steps away from coding, Ante enjoys discovering new music, long and scenic walks, and capturing the beauty of the world through his hobby of photography, traveling, and travel blogging. As a big extrovert at heart, he’s always up for sharing a laugh, interesting travel stories, or discussing the latest tech topics. Approachable and driven, Ante shows that hearing impairment is just a part of his journey, not the end of his story. If you have a moment, his doors are always open for a chat, so don't hesitate to start a discussion with him - he is more than happy to connect and talk with you!

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.

Miguel Henriques is a Cloud Application Architect at AWS with over 4 years of experience building cloud-based, serverless-first applications for large customers in the automotive industry.

Mike Ryan is the co-founder of Polaris, an AI-powered site reliability platform. Mike is a Google Developer Expert specializing in software architecture. Mike has a strong background in working with IoT in industrial manufacturing and designing sophisticated and elegant user experiences. When not in front of his MBP you can find Mike hiking the backcountry in the Pacific Northwest.

Haris is a Software Engineer at Grafana Labs, where he makes contributions to open-source Grafana. Currently, he’s on the Explore squad, focused on improving data troubleshooting and discovery experience.

Hello, my name is Shivakant Shukla, and I am a MERN stack developer with four years of experience in creating dynamic and user-friendly web applications. My passion for technology, coupled with a strong foundation in front-end development, has been the driving force behind my career. In the realm of Front-end development, I excel in crafting interactive and responsive user interfaces using technologies such as React, Redux, JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3. I take pride in my ability to transform design concepts into functional, pixel-perfect websites that provide exceptional user experiences. Whether it's optimising performance, ensuring cross-browser compatibility, or enhancing accessibility, I am committed to delivering high-quality front-end solutions. While my primary expertise lies in front-end development, I have had the opportunity to work with back-end technologies like Node.js, Express.js, Nest.js, and MongoDB.

Hadar is the co-founder and CTO of Myop, a developer-first platform transforming how UI and UX are built, controlled and optimized in production. Hadar brings over 15 years of hands-on development experience and a deep focus on frontend infrastructure. Over the past decade, he’s led engineering teams at some of Israel’s top tech companies. At Wix, Hadar served as an architect and then head of the frontend guild, managing over 700 developers and helping shape the company’s core frontend systems. Prior to that, he held senior R&D leadership roles at Jive Software and Rafael, driving large-scale frontend development across complex products. A Unit 8200 alum, Hadar brings not only technical depth but also a strong understanding of organizational scale, cross-team architecture, and how to evolve legacy systems. His experience spans both building systems from scratch and leading long-term frontend transformations in high-growth environments.

Nica Mellifera (She/Her) was a developer for seven years before moving into developer relations. She specializes in containerized workloads, serverless, and public cloud engineering. Nica has long been an advocate for open standards, and has given talks and workshops on OpenTelemetry and Kubernetes architecture.

Senior Product Designer at FUIB and founder of ux-news.com

Founder and Principal Advisor at Forthright (https://twitter.com/forthright_tech).

Brandon is a full stack engineer who finds enjoyment working with Kotlin. When not working, he frequently gets outside to snowboard or mountain bike. He also enjoys tinkering with smart home technology.

Erik van der Voort has been working in Information Technology for over 25 years now. Starting as a developer, he moved to other roles like technical and functional designer and project- and portofolio-management. Quite some years ago, he discovered engineering was what made him really happy so since then he has been working in several Ops- and DevOps-roles within ING. For the past five years Erik is one of the engineers within the Fruitloops-team. This team of engineers mainly focuses on building and deploying front-end applications on a global scale within the company.

Robert is a Ruby developer specializing in APIs, application design, and performance. Besides maintaining GraphQL-Ruby, he enjoys fermenting anything he can get his hands on.

Marco is a Data Scientist at the Samsung R&D Institute UK. Outside of work, he is a maintainer of pandas (data wrangling platform for Python widely adopted in the scientific computing community) and author of nbQA (code quality tool for Jupyter Notebooks). He holds an MSc in Mathematics and Foundations of Computer Science from the University of Oxford.

Matt is a Product Evangelist at Tyk passionate about API management, development, and architecture. Matt has worked as a developer, tech lead, and architect for some of the largest financial institutions and insurers in Canada. He is always dabbling in the latest tech and applying this to his own ventures in technology.

Emily is a lead software engineer based out of Pittsburgh, USA. She's a lifelong learner, adjunct professor, and IoT enthusiast. Emily has a tech background in healthcare, robotics, and more recently, bringing local food to the masses at Harvie. In her spare time, you can find Emily working on her web agency startup, scuba diving, or trying her hand at landscape photography.

As a developer advocate and technical writer at Buddy, Tom takes his love for communication and passion for technology and uses them to break down complex ideas into bites that everyone can swallow. Having worked directly on open-source projects, he is equally passionate about the front and the back-end - be it React, Go, or Kubernetes. In his spare time, he's a guitar-wielding amateur musician who dreams of recording a platinum album.

Software engineer with 10+ years of Java and Golang development experience. Working with large-scale test infrastructure during last 7 years. Maintaining a big Selenium cluster with 5000+ parallel browsers.

Alex Astrum is a passionate builder working in Developer Relations at Google’s Firebase, where he helps teams ship production-grade AI features with Genkit, Vertex AI, and Firebase Studio. He authored Firebase codelabs on Genkit and Gemini Extensions. He enjoys presenting live workshops and volunteering at hackathons. His current focus is around the transformational potential of AI in the app building space.

I encourage others to see different perspectives and constructively break the rules. Observe - Optimize - Learn - Repeat is my work and life motto. Next to it, I found my joy in building and optimizing end-to-end Machine Learning Systems. Principal Data Solutions Engineer @ LINKIT Organizer (volunteer) @ PyLadies Amsterdam WaiACCELERATE Tech Mentor (volunteer) @ Women in AI