JavaScript experts, mentors, speakers

James is on the Workers team @Cloudflare and a contributor to Node.js core. His contributions include features such as HTTP/2, the WHATWG URL implementation, and, most recently, an implementation of the QUIC protocol.

Full-stack software developer building agentic workflows and AI automation as well as 3D/WebGL experiences

I'm creator of the web software and design system at insurtech company, and teaching web development basics for tech-savvy people without access to digital education at non-profit coding school based in Berlin.

Career at the intersection of technology and business. Experienced product commercialization manager. Tech Geek following evolution in the space from hardware, software and business models

I'm a computer scientist by education, a software developer by trade, and a serial technologist at heart. In short, my passion is solving technical problems. As a solutions architect at Tyk, I help companies design and architect API management platforms and digital transformation journeys.

Evangelia Mitsopoulou is a seasoned tech professional with nearly two decades of experience in software engineering, with a specialization in frontend development for the past 12+ years. She has a strong full-stack engineering foundation and a background in semantic web and linked data engineering, which informs her approach to building intelligent, structured systems. As the founder of her own academy, Evangelia blends her expertise in frontend software engineering with instructional design and cognitive load theory to create learning experiences that help engineers master complex concepts efficiently and retain knowledge effectively. Her career includes roles at prominent European organizations such as Elastic, ETH Zurich, Google, EF, and several fintech startups. Alongside running her academy, she advises startups as a fractional expert, helping them navigate technical challenges and scale successfully.

Hi, I’m Daniel Jakobsen. I’m a full-stack staff engineer. Active in the javascript space - talking in meetups, blog posts. I enjoy bouldering, DIY projects & tinkering with AI.

Martin is a developer advocate on the Webmaster Trends Analyst team at Google Switzerland. In this role, he helps developers and content creators build great content on the Web. He is involved with the W3C as well as the global web and JavaScript developer community, working to keep the Web open. Martin has over a decade of experience in software engineering in multiple fields.

Adron has a wide range of companies, programming, and database experience. This includes companies ranging from small startups to 200k plus person enterprises and the respective challenges of design and architecture for these companies. In programming, Adron is fluent in C#, JavaScript, and Go, with experience in F#, Java, C++, Erlang, COBOL, and others, for a truly polyglot perspective of language approaches and their technology stacks. But, I get super frustrated writing in the third person for various reasons. So I like to think of me as jovial, proactive, test & code, code & test, get things done well, software architect, engineer, code monkey, coder, and distributed systems advocate. I go by the title of “Coder, Messenger, Recon” as it seems to encompass what I do.

I've spent 17 years in software engineering, dedicating 12 of those to the development of security systems. Although this work was deeply valued, my true passion has always lain in game development. For the past 5 years, I've been immersing myself in this field - a passion I've been privileged to indulge while working at My.Games. I've contributed to the development of the popular video game, "Left To Survive," which boasts over 60 million installs and an impressive revenue of $120 million to date. Aside from my hands-on work, I've maintained active involvement in the wider tech community. My articles have been published on popular platforms such as Hackernoon.com, DZone.com, and Medium.com. I've also had the honor of serving as a judge for prestigious competitions like the Globee Awards, the CODiE Awards, and various hackathons.

Adrian Herbez has over 20 years of experience in games, web development, and virtual worlds. He has worked at Linden Lab, at Sony (on Playstation Home), and at Together Labs. He was a co-founder at Jamwix, creators of the first feature-length VR movie (Banshee Chapter: Oculus Edition) and has presented work as part of the VR Village at SIGGRAPH 2016. He also taught Maya for years at the Academy of Art, and is the author of the "Maya Programming with Python Cookbook" published by Packt.

Senior Software Engineer at Red Hat and a Node.js Technical Steering Committee Member. Beth has been involved with the Node.js project since 2016, when she joined IBM in their Node.js Runtime Team. Now at Red Hat, she’s continuing her work around Node.js, including contributing to the Node.js project. Beth is an active member of the Node.js Release Working Group, who audit the content for and produce the Node.js releases. Her other focuses are the creation of resources and tooling to support Node.js deployments to cloud.

Legare Kerrison is an Open Source Engineer and Developer Advocate on Red Hat's AI team. She focuses on open source tools for building and deploying AI. Currently, she works with projects like vLLM and Podman desktop. She aims to make technical complexity digestible. She loves matcha and the outdoors. Based in Boston.

Lead Frontend Developer at Sber, 11 years of making online banking web-apps and contributing to internal frontend community.

Vishnu is a builder who loves creating things that make people say, “How did I live without this?” His work spans AI engineering, on-device AI, developer tools, web performance, data platforms, and consumer products used by millions. Over the years, he has built across the stack, from scalable backend systems and modern web applications to AI-powered experiences that bring advanced technology closer to everyday users. Equal parts engineer and product thinker, he is passionate about turning messy, complex challenges into simple experiences that just work. He enjoys sharing stories, lessons, and occasional scars collected while building products in the real world through conferences, communities, and meetups.

As Vultr's Developer Advocate, Walt Ribeiro helps create educational materials for developers and technologists including video/written how-to guides, product demos, reference materials, best practices, code samples, and training. Having been a broadcast engineer at Youtube Space LA, he understands online content and production and is excited to bring that energy to Vultr's growing community across all sites, meetups, and events.

Angel started his career as an US Air Force Space Systems Operations specialist in Cape Canaveral AF Station where he realized his passion for technology and software development. He has extensive experience in the private, public and military sectors and his technical experience includes military/space lift operations, technical writing, software development, SRE/DevOPs engineering. He also has a wealth of experience in defense and federal sectors such as contracting, information systems security and management. You can usually find him speaking at or organizing local tech meetups and hackathons where he enjoys engaging with developers.

Samuel is responsible for the developer relations at Storyblok. As the headless system's head of devrel, he spends most of his time buried in the documentation and creating various experiments and demos. He always defines himself as Creative FrontEnd Knight & DesignOps enthusiast with a passion for JAMStack and the beautiful web. As a determined community believer, he co-created multiple meetups and is always happy to help any community in need.

Hi there! I'm a developer and a trail runner, and I enjoy both coding and hitting the trails. When I'm not busy turning lines of code into beautiful and functional applications, you can find me running through the mountains and breathing in the fresh air. I'm a firm believer that a healthy mind and body lead to better coding, so I try to balance my love for technology with a love for the great outdoors. Just remember: if you can't find me at my desk, I'm probably out for a run! I have experience with Python/Django, JavaScript/Vue.js, and a little bit of Go. I'm also an active public speaker and open source contributor.

Cynthia does Developer Relations for Firebase from somewhere cold in Canada. She spends a lot of time trying to make building apps a little more fun, and double that time breaking things — and she'd love to show you.

Raju Dandigam is an Engineering Manager and Staff Engineer with over 15 years of experience in web and frontend engineering, scalable application architecture, and AI-powered product development. He currently works at Navan, where he leads and builds large-scale web platforms used by millions of users. Raju is an active conference speaker, published technical author, and community contributor. He has spoken at international JavaScript and testing conferences, serves as a judge for global hackathons and industry awards, reviews technical books and papers, and mentors developers worldwide. He is also recognized as a Docker Captain and a Cypress Ambassador, reflecting his contributions to the developer and testing ecosystem. His interests include modern web architectures, frontend scalability, testing strategies, and practical applications of AI in software engineering.

Brian Love is a software engineer, Google Developer Expert, and co-founder at Polaris, where he is building developer tools for a more performant and reliable internet. He enjoys learning, speaking, and writing about software and technology. Brian co-authored "Why Angular for the Enterprise" for O'Reilly. When not coding, Brian enjoys skiing, hiking, and being in the outdoors.

Experienced Business Development Specialist with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and services industry. Skilled in Sales, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Event Management, Management, and Account Management. Strong business development professional with a Finance focused in Economics and African American History from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Full Stack Developer at Shell, experienced in building SASS stacks, scalable and optimized cloud services.