Google Developer Experts

Google Developer Experts

All Google Developer Experts that have added their award to their speaker profile.

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Talia Asghar

Talia Asghar

Taley’a is a software engineer, having exposure to working in the product ecosystem for the more than seven years.
She has experience in diverse web and mobile technologies. She enjoys simplifying problems and making the user experience better for the product users.
She is an active contributor in the community and loves speaking at community events and conferences. Apart from this, she likes reading, art, and hiking to explore nature.

Taley’a is a software engineer, having exposure to working in the product ecosystem for the more than seven years. She has experience in diverse web and mobile technologies. She enjoys simplifying problems and making the user experience better for t... Show more

Davide Passafaro

Davide Passafaro

Senior Frontend Engineer and Google Developer Expert in Angular, Davide leads the GDG Roma Città and Angular Roma communities.

While rooted in Angular, he is currently expanding his horizons into Node.js, React, and AI experimentation to share fresh insights through talks and workshops.

Outside of coding, he is an archery enthusiast, a board game strategist, and a fan of escape rooms.

Senior Frontend Engineer and Google Developer Expert in Angular, Davide leads the GDG Roma Città and Angular Roma communities. While rooted in Angular, he is currently expanding his horizons into Node.js, React, and AI experimentation to share fre... Show more

Ramona Schwering

Ramona Schwering

Ramona is a developer advocate and software engineer with roots in quality assurance. She owns both views of the product - that of a tester and a developer. Ramona primarily uses this to strengthen trust in test automation and support the testers and developers alike, becoming a Google Developer Expert in Web Technologies, Women Techmaker Ambassador, and Cypress ambassador.

Ramona is a developer advocate and software engineer with roots in quality assurance. She owns both views of the product - that of a tester and a developer. Ramona primarily uses this to strengthen trust in test automation and support the testers and... Show more

Hannah Olukoye

Hannah Olukoye

Hannah is an Engineering Manager who translates complex software engineering concepts into people-centric strategies. Leveraging her background as a software engineer and Google Developer Expert for Android, she now focuses on building platforms that reduce developer cognitive load and empower teams to move faster and safely.
She remains an active mentor, technical writer, and international speaker dedicated to motivating others, especially women, to pursue careers in tech.

Hannah is an Engineering Manager who translates complex software engineering concepts into people-centric strategies. Leveraging her background as a software engineer and Google Developer Expert for Android, she now focuses on building platforms that... Show more

Thomas Künneth

Thomas Künneth

Thomas fell in love with Android in 2009. He has been constantly contributing to the community since then. Thomas loves writing books (four titles, 15 editions) and articles. He enjoys speaking at conferences and meetups. Thomas' first encounter with programming was in the era of home computers during the early 1980s. Later came C, Perl and a few more. During the 90s he wrote a bunch of programs for the Atari ST series. The first decade of Thomas' professional career centered around Java Enterprise. Today it’s all things Android and Kotlin.

Thomas fell in love with Android in 2009. He has been constantly contributing to the community since then. Thomas loves writing books (four titles, 15 editions) and articles. He enjoys speaking at conferences and meetups. Thomas' first encounter with... Show more

Ines Akrap

Ines Akrap

Ines Akrap is a Frontend Engineer, Google Developer Expert, and co-author of Building the Sustainable Web. She is a Solutions Engineer at Storyblok and co-chairs the W3C Sustainable Web Interest Group, where she helps shape global guidelines for a more resilient web.

Her talks and writing explore the decisions behind the code. What we choose to build, what we choose to leave out, and how those choices shape the web we leave behind. She speaks about web performance, sustainability, and the craft of building for real users under real constraints.

When not at her laptop, she is practicing real-world constraints with two small humans.

Ines Akrap is a Frontend Engineer, Google Developer Expert, and co-author of Building the Sustainable Web. She is a Solutions Engineer at Storyblok and co-chairs the W3C Sustainable Web Interest Group, where she helps shape global guidelines for a mo... Show more

Kyle Paul

Kyle Paul

Kyle Paul is an Advisor AI Coach at Jack Henry. He helps teams adopt generative AI tools to build fast and reliable software. With a background as a startup co-founder, Google Developer Expert (GDE), and GDG Kansas City organizer, Kyle brings concrete experience in technology and community leadership. He focuses on practical AI applications, including vibe coding with tools like Google Gemini and Cursor AI, to architect systems and improve workflows. He's passionate about web development, open-source contributions, and sharing his knowledge through speaking engagements. Outside of work, he enjoys photography, woodworking, board games, and spending time with his family (including his cats) in his free time.

Kyle Paul is an Advisor AI Coach at Jack Henry. He helps teams adopt generative AI tools to build fast and reliable software. With a background as a startup co-founder, Google Developer Expert (GDE), and GDG Kansas City organizer, Kyle brings concret... Show more

Jochen Kirstätter

Jochen Kirstätter

Although living on a tropical island, Jochen Kirstätter is a business owner and entrepreneur in different industry sectors. Mainly operating in the development of tailor-made software solutions since more than 20 years, he is also venturing into the world of cloud computing. You can either meet him at the regular meetups of the Mauritius Software Craftsmanship Community or reach him on X and Mastodon: @JKirstaetter.

Jochen is a Google Developer Expert (GDE) for Google Cloud and a Microsoft Most Valuable Programmer (MVP) for Developer Technologies for several years. He founded the now largest IT community in Mauritius, and organises the annual Developers Conference. Following his interest in cross-platform technologies he is also an organiser of the Google Developer Group (GDG) Mauritius.

Although living on a tropical island, Jochen Kirstätter is a business owner and entrepreneur in different industry sectors. Mainly operating in the development of tailor-made software solutions since more than 20 years, he is also venturing into the ... Show more

Mustapha Adekunle

Mustapha Adekunle

Mustapha is a passionate data professional with expertise in Google Cloud Platform, spanning data and analytics engineering, database engineering, and community engagement. His background allows him to bridge the gap between business objectives and technical solutions, designing, building, and securing efficient data processing systems. As a Data Engineer and Advocate, Mustapha is dedicated to empowering others to leverage data effectively and securely through their writing, speaking engagements, and online content.

Mustapha is a passionate data professional with expertise in Google Cloud Platform, spanning data and analytics engineering, database engineering, and community engagement. His background allows him to bridge the gap between business objectives and t... Show more

Leo Farias

Leo Farias

Leo Farias is an interactive designer turned coder and entrepreneur with a unique perspective on human-computer interaction. His current focus is leading Bitwild, an innovations lab at Concepta Technologies, where he drives forward-thinking solutions at the intersection of design and technology. His background in design fuels his passion for UX and unified UI approaches, particularly in the Flutter ecosystem where he serves as a Google Developer Expert (GDE).

Leo Farias is an interactive designer turned coder and entrepreneur with a unique perspective on human-computer interaction. His current focus is leading Bitwild, an innovations lab at Concepta Technologies, where he drives forward-thinking solutions... Show more

Sergio Sastre Flórez

Sergio Sastre Flórez

Google Developer Expert for Android with 11+ years of experience, currently consulting for Deutsche Bahn Systel. He's worked for other well-known companies such as Check24, Liferando, AutoScout24, and Hermes Germany.

He is a passionate advocate for software testing and has authored numerous blog posts on the matter.

He has also contributed to open-source libraries on Android UI testing like KasperskyLab/Kaspresso and authored others, like Android Screenshot Testing Playground, which won a Google Open Source Peer Bonus award in 2024.

When not coding, he enjoys playing sports like football, running, rollerblading or snowboarding in the mountains.

He 
loves challenges and making things happen.


Google Developer Expert for Android with 11+ years of experience, currently consulting for Deutsche Bahn Systel. He's worked for other well-known companies such as Check24, Liferando, AutoScout24, and Hermes Germany. He is a passionate advocate fo... Show more

Abdelrahman Awad

Abdelrahman Awad

An open-source maintainer and a GDE in Web Technologies. I created vee-validate and villus for Vue.js. I host the Untyped podcast and co-host “Web workers” podcast. I’m also one of the organizers of the EgyptJS monthly meetup.

I write about Vue.js and the composition API and also TypeScript on my Blog. I am passionate about learning and teaching Vue.js and TypeScript.

An open-source maintainer and a GDE in Web Technologies. I created vee-validate and villus for Vue.js. I host the Untyped podcast and co-host “Web workers” podcast. I’m also one of the organizers of the EgyptJS monthly meetup. I write about Vue.j... Show more

Alvaro Montoro

Alvaro Montoro

Alvaro Montoro is a Senior Software Engineer with a background in Computer Science and a passion for web technologies. Over the years, he has turned this passion into his "way of life," immersing himself in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, and actively contributing to online communities. Alvaro's dedication extends beyond his professional work; he enjoys experimenting with creative applications of CSS, such as art and games, and exploring cutting-edge web features.

Based in Austin, Texas, Alvaro balances his professional career with a fulfilling personal life. He cherishes time with his family, enjoys music and literature, and volunteers in STEM education initiatives at local schools.

Alvaro Montoro is a Senior Software Engineer with a background in Computer Science and a passion for web technologies. Over the years, he has turned this passion into his "way of life," immersing himself in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, and actively con... Show more

Fabian Krumbholz

Fabian Krumbholz

Fabian has been working in the web industry since 2001.
He has 15 years of experience as a web developer, with a focus on front-end development.
Since 2016, Fabian has been working as a user experience consultant with a focus on web performance.
In his day-to-day job, he helps big international clients optimize their web performance.
Together with his team of experts, he is developing a real-time user monitoring tool to be able to do the job more efficiently.
Fabian is passionate about sharing his knowledge and contributing to open source projects.
In 2023, Fabian became a Developer Expert for Web Performance.

Fabian has been working in the web industry since 2001. He has 15 years of experience as a web developer, with a focus on front-end development. Since 2016, Fabian has been working as a user experience consultant with a focus on web performance. I... Show more

Yves Kalume

Yves Kalume

Software Engineer specialized in building exceptional mobile experiences for the Android Platform. I am an adept of continuous learning and knowledge sharing. I'm actively contributing to the Android community through open source projects, content creation, public speaking, and mentoring.

Software Engineer specialized in building exceptional mobile experiences for the Android Platform. I am an adept of continuous learning and knowledge sharing. I'm actively contributing to the Android community through open source projects, content cr... Show more

Ryan Edge

Ryan Edge

Ryan Edge is a software engineer and Flutter GDE living in Charlotte, North Carolina. His primary focus is front-end mobile and web development using Flutter and React. His secondary focus is back-end development with technologies including Node.js, GraphQL, Vercel, Supabase, and Firebase. He is a co-author of the "Cross-Platform UIs with Flutter" book.

Ryan Edge has 10+ years of experience ranging from maintaining large-scale systems to developing internal and commercial web, mobile, and desktop applications using various technologies.

Ryan Edge is a community organizer of Flutter Charlotte and GDG Charlotte. He is passionate about creating software that has a tangible positive impact on the lives of its users, furthering diversity in the developer community, and mentoring young software engineers.

Ryan Edge is a software engineer and Flutter GDE living in Charlotte, North Carolina. His primary focus is front-end mobile and web development using Flutter and React. His secondary focus is back-end development with technologies including Node.js,... Show more

Salih Guler

Salih Guler

Salih is a Senior Developer Advocate at AWS with a strong focus on frontend and mobile app development, developer experience, and serverless architecture. With a background in building scalable mobile and web interfaces, he brings hands-on expertise to developer communities around the world. He’s passionate about creating intuitive developer tools and open source projects, often blending frontend craft with cloud infrastructure. Outside of work, Salih is a dedicated runner, comic book enthusiast, and a dad who balances code, curiosity, and creativity—always exploring new skills, from making music to architecture.

Salih is a Senior Developer Advocate at AWS with a strong focus on frontend and mobile app development, developer experience, and serverless architecture. With a background in building scalable mobile and web interfaces, he brings hands-on expertise ... Show more

Rivu Chakraborty

Rivu Chakraborty

Rivu Chakraborty is an Android GDE (Google Developer Expert) and India's first Kotlin GDE, a community person, & one of the early adopters of Kotlin. With overall 13+ years of experience, he is currently running Mobrio Studio (https://mobrio.studio).

He has previously worked with the biggest organisations from India and South-East-Asia, his last stint was working at JioHotstar / JioCinema (India's biggest OTT+Streaming platform) as Mobile Architect / Principal Engineer, he also previously worked at Meesho (a leading unicorn E-Commerce Startup from India), Gojek (one of South-East Asia's biggest startups), Paytm (India's biggest Fintech startup), and Byju's (one of India's biggest Edtech startup).

He has contributed to multiple Kotlin and Android Development books including authoring Reactive Programming in Kotlin, co-authoring Functional Kotlin the first-ever book to help Kotlin developers learn Functional Programming and use Arrow-kt in their projects, and co-authoring Hands-On Data Structures and Algorithms with Kotlin.

He has been using Kotlin since December 2015. Rivu formed KotlinKolkata User Group, the first active Kotlin User Group in India. Before he had to move out of Kolkata, he was organizing meetups and events for both KotlinKolkata and GDG Kolkata. Along with organizing community & events, he also speaks at events/conferences and local meetups.

Rivu Chakraborty is an Android GDE (Google Developer Expert) and India's first Kotlin GDE, a community person, & one of the early adopters of Kotlin. With overall 13+ years of experience, he is currently running Mobrio Studio (https://mobrio.studio).... Show more

Anubhav Singh

Anubhav Singh

A seasoned developer since the pre-Bootstrap era, Anubhav has extensive experience as a freelancer and AI startup founder. He authored "Hands-on Python Deep Learning for Web" and "Mobile Deep Learning with TensorFlow Lite, ML Kit, and Flutter." A Google Developer Expert in ML & GCP, he was a co-organizer for TFUG Kolkata and formerly led the team at GDG Cloud Kolkata. Anubhav is often found discussing System Architecture, Machine Learning, and Web technologies.

A seasoned developer since the pre-Bootstrap era, Anubhav has extensive experience as a freelancer and AI startup founder. He authored "Hands-on Python Deep Learning for Web" and "Mobile Deep Learning with TensorFlow Lite, ML Kit, and Flutter." A Goo... Show more

Fabian Gosebrink

Fabian Gosebrink

Fabian Gosebrink is Microsoft MVP, Google Developer Expert, Pluralsight author, Angular & ASP.NET Core web developer and international speaker. As a software engineer, consultant and trainer, he supports customers building web applications with more than 10 years of experience. Fabian is very active in the community such as leading the swiss angular community „SwissAngular“, the .NET user group in Zurich, leading the largest german speaking C#-Community (mycsharp.de), being an egghead and Pluralsight trainer as well as running his own company Offering Solutions Software with a course and learning platform https://developer-academy.ch and is speaking at local user groups and international conferences.

Fabian Gosebrink is Microsoft MVP, Google Developer Expert, Pluralsight author, Angular & ASP.NET Core web developer and international speaker. As a software engineer, consultant and trainer, he supports customers building web applications with more ... Show more

Phil Nash

Phil Nash

Phil is a developer relations engineer for IBM and Google Developer Expert living in Melbourne, Australia. He loves working with JavaScript, TypeScript or Ruby to build web applications and tools to help developers. He once helped build a website that captured the world's favourite sandwich fillings. He has too many GitHub repositories.

Away from the keyboard, Phil listens to ska punk, hangs out with his miniature dachshund (also called Ruby), and is on a mission to discover the world's best beers.

Phil tweets at @philnash and you can find him elsewhere online at https://philna.sh.

Phil is a developer relations engineer for IBM and Google Developer Expert living in Melbourne, Australia. He loves working with JavaScript, TypeScript or Ruby to build web applications and tools to help developers. He once helped build a website tha... Show more

Trung Vo

Trung Vo

Trung Vo is a seasoned web developer, tech community builder, and recognised Google Developer Expert in Angular. As the founder of Angular Singapore, he leads initiatives to build and nurture the software developer community in Singapore. Trung frequently speaks at international tech conferences, sharing insights on modern development practices to make the web fast and delightful for end users.

Trung Vo is a seasoned web developer, tech community builder, and recognised Google Developer Expert in Angular. As the founder of Angular Singapore, he leads initiatives to build and nurture the software developer community in Singapore. Trung frequ... Show more

Loiane Groner

Loiane Groner

Loiane Groner is a Java Champion, Angular GDE, Microsoft MVP, Oracle ACE with over 18 years of experience and a Director at BNY. In her spare time, she loves contributing to the community, and she publishes tech videos on Youtube and creates free programming courses at https://loiane.training.

Loiane Groner is a Java Champion, Angular GDE, Microsoft MVP, Oracle ACE with over 18 years of experience and a Director at BNY. In her spare time, she loves contributing to the community, and she publishes tech videos on Youtube and creates free pro... Show more

Alejandro Cuba Ruiz

Alejandro Cuba Ruiz

Graduated in Software Engineering from the Technological University of Havana, Cuba, Alejandro brings over two decades of front-end development experience. Currently, he is the Principal Front-end Engineer at World Kinect in Miami, and a GDE (Google Developer Expert) in Angular. Alejandro is also a member of the ng-Champions program at ng-conf, co-organizer of the Angular Community Meetup, and the host of the Angularidades podcast.

Graduated in Software Engineering from the Technological University of Havana, Cuba, Alejandro brings over two decades of front-end development experience. Currently, he is the Principal Front-end Engineer at World Kinect in Miami, and a GDE (Google ... Show more

Mark Johnson

Mark Johnson

With a total of over 20 years of IT Experience I've spent the last 10 years being a passionate, customer-facing Google Cloud Evangelist, Engineer & Authorized Trainer working with all types of clients from different industries. Expert problem solver adept at using Google Cloud technologies and best practices to support Enterprise organizations. Early adopter and technology enthusiast with a passion for learning!

With a total of over 20 years of IT Experience I've spent the last 10 years being a passionate, customer-facing Google Cloud Evangelist, Engineer & Authorized Trainer working with all types of clients from different industries. Expert problem solver ... Show more

Bettina Carrizo

Bettina Carrizo

I'm a Software Engineer from Montevideo, Uruguay, passionate about building thoughtful mobile experiences and empowering the dev community. I work as a Flutter Engineer at Holafly e-SIM, and I love sharing my learnings through talks at events like FlutterConf LATAM and FlutterCon EU. In 2025, I became the first woman Flutter & Dart GDE in LATAM, and at present, the only active one across the Americas. As a Women Techmakers Ambassador and co-organizer of FlutterConf LATAM, I love bringing people together to grow and learn. When I’m not coding, you’ll find me out walking with my dog or diving into personal growth content.

I'm a Software Engineer from Montevideo, Uruguay, passionate about building thoughtful mobile experiences and empowering the dev community. I work as a Flutter Engineer at Holafly e-SIM, and I love sharing my learnings through talks at events like Fl... Show more

Luiz Carneiro

Luiz Carneiro

Luiz is an accomplished Cloud Engineer with extensive experience in scalable solutions and software development. His technical depth is uniquely supported by a strong background in research, holding a Ph.D. in Physics. Luiz closely follows the AI Engineering revolution, with a special dedication to AI agent systems architecture. Beyond his professional roles, he is a dedicated community leader, actively organizing the GDG Cloud Munich community.

Luiz is an accomplished Cloud Engineer with extensive experience in scalable solutions and software development. His technical depth is uniquely supported by a strong background in research, holding a Ph.D. in Physics. Luiz closely follows the AI Eng... Show more

Hans Kristian Flaatten

Hans Kristian Flaatten

CNCF Abassasor, Google Developer Expert (GDE) for Cloud, Grafana Champion and Platform Engineer at the Norwegian Labor and Welfare Administration (NAV) working on NAIS - a platform built to increase development speed by providing the best experience to build, run and operate applications.

Co-organiser of KCD Oslo, Cloud Native and GDG meetups in Norway. Regular speaker at national and international conferences on all things cloud native.

CNCF Abassasor, Google Developer Expert (GDE) for Cloud, Grafana Champion and Platform Engineer at the Norwegian Labor and Welfare Administration (NAV) working on NAIS - a platform built to increase development speed by providing the best experience ... Show more

Damian Sztankowski

Damian Sztankowski

I'm Senior Cloud Solution Architect with a deep passion for crafting innovative, scalable, and robust solutions in the cloud. With extensive expertise in Google Cloud, AWS, and other cloud platforms, I specialize in designing modern architectures that drive business success.

🚀 What I do:

Architecting and implementing cloud-native solutions.
Leading digital transformation initiatives using cutting-edge cloud technologies.
Enabling businesses with scalable infrastructure and efficient deployment pipelines.

💡 My Skills & Expertise:

Cloud Platforms: Google Cloud, AWS, IBM Cloud, Azure.
Automation & Tools: Terraform, CI/CD pipelines, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
Programming: Python, Bash, and PowerShell for scripting and task automation.
Modern Architectures: Microservices, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and serverless solutions.

I'm Senior Cloud Solution Architect with a deep passion for crafting innovative, scalable, and robust solutions in the cloud. With extensive expertise in Google Cloud, AWS, and other cloud platforms, I specialize in designing modern architectures tha... Show more

Pavlo Stavytskyi

Pavlo Stavytskyi

Pavlo is a Staff Software Engineer at Meta. He is also a Google Developer Expert for Android and Kotlin. Previously he worked at Lyft, Turo and Grab on mobile infrastructure. He develops Android apps, focusing on mobile performance, developer productivity, and infrastructure.

Pavlo is a Staff Software Engineer at Meta. He is also a Google Developer Expert for Android and Kotlin. Previously he worked at Lyft, Turo and Grab on mobile infrastructure. He develops Android apps, focusing on mobile performance, developer product... Show more

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Google Developer Experts

The Google Developer Experts (GDE) program is a community-driven initiative by Google that recognizes individuals with expertise in one or more Google technologies. These technologies include but are not limited to Android, Web Technologies (such as Angular, Firebase, Polymer, etc.), Cloud Platform (including Google Cloud Platform, Firebase, Kubernetes, etc.), Machine Learning, Google Assistant, and more.

Google Developer Experts are typically highly skilled professionals who actively contribute to the developer community through various means, such as speaking at conferences, writing articles and tutorials, organizing events, participating in forums, contributing to open-source projects, and mentoring other developers.

Being recognized as a Google Developer Expert comes with benefits such as access to Google's resources and early access to new technologies, opportunities to collaborate with Google product teams, invitations to exclusive events, and visibility within the developer community.

The program aims to foster a network of experts who can help developers worldwide by sharing their knowledge and experience with Google technologies.