I am a Solutions Architect at Online Partner AB and a Cloud GDE. I have worked on several projects involving Google Cloud services and Google Workspace along with multiple other technology stacks and platforms.

I am a Solutions Architect at Online Partner AB and a Cloud GDE. I have worked on several projects involving Google Cloud services and Google Workspace along with multiple other technology stacks and platforms. Show more

Andrew Schiffman, Head of Artist Relations at LGND Music, an NFT music platform. He was previously the Vice President of Business Development at YellowHeart, a NFT Ticketing and Marketplace platform and Music partnership Ambassador at Rally.io.
He has over 20 years in the music industry working at various global companies like MTV, VEVO and UMG. His passion for music and tech allowed Andrew to become a master programming strategist and curator across platforms from broadcast to digital. He has worked on many groundbreaking campaigns, events, series and album releases from the MTV Video Music Awards, MTV2 120 Minutes and artists like Muse, Linkin Park, J. Cole and The Black Keys.

Andrew Schiffman, Head of Artist Relations at LGND Music, an NFT music platform. He was previously the Vice President of Business Development at YellowHeart, a NFT Ticketing and Marketplace platform and Music partnership Ambassador at Rally.io. He ... Show more

I have been passionate about development since I was very young, with over eight years of deep involvement in the cloud-native ecosystem.
After applying my expertise at the highest levels of the French government, I joined Qim info as Head of the Cloud & DevOps at Qim info in Switzerland.
My role is to support cultural and technological transformations to overcome the challenges of Cloud and DevOps.

I am the founder of Photon, a globally recognized iPad application for managing lighting in cinema, concerts, and theater.
I combine technical expertise with a strong understanding of artistic needs to deliver innovative and high-performance lighting management solutions.

I have been passionate about development since I was very young, with over eight years of deep involvement in the cloud-native ecosystem. After applying my expertise at the highest levels of the French government, I joined Qim info as Head of the C... Show more

I am a UX design leader and product strategist with a decade of experience in creating user-centric digital solutions. Currently, I work as a product design leader focusing on enterprise design for Cisco. My expertise lies in scaling design systems, leading cross-functional teams, and driving business impact through innovative UX strategies.

I’ve had the privilege of speaking at global conferences like UXDX and NFT.London, where I share insights on blending creativity, research, and technology to deliver impactful results. My experience also includes leveraging design and AI to drive sustainable practices through in-depth research, usability testing, and exploring how design influences user decisions toward eco-friendly outcomes. Additionally, I’m passionate about mentoring emerging designers at premier institutions, helping them shape the future of user-centered design.

I am a UX design leader and product strategist with a decade of experience in creating user-centric digital solutions. Currently, I work as a product design leader focusing on enterprise design for Cisco. My expertise lies in scaling design systems, ... Show more

I'm Josh Grant, a test automation professional with over 13 years experience. I've worked at all levels of the test automation pyramid and have worked with customer-facing teams and engineering teams. I currently reside in lovely Toronto, Ontario.

I'm Josh Grant, a test automation professional with over 13 years experience. I've worked at all levels of the test automation pyramid and have worked with customer-facing teams and engineering teams. I currently reside in lovely Toronto, Ontario. Show more

I began writing thought pieces on sustainable design, diversity, and inclusivity while I was still a design student who was trying to find my colours.

I actively look for opportunities to advocate for gender-inclusive design practices and had the opportunity to present a talk at a design conference last year, based on a collective case study on UX design in e-retail platforms for Fashion and Apparel, highlighting common gender-binary biases. It was while researching for this that I realised that the data gap isn’t limited to a particular industry like fashion, but lacks in general. These biases show up in the products that we interact with every day.

This, along with the rage from blood-boiling statistics in the book 'Invisible Women', by Caroline Criado Perez, prompted me to work on 'Designing Value Beyond the Binary'.

As a non-binary person, motivated by my lived experiences as a consumer and driven by my spirit as an informed UX designer, I believe that Inclusivity shouldn’t be an afterthought. I can safely say that, having been on both sides of the coin, the designer and the user in this context, empathy goes a long way. Making one feel seen and heard can be so validating, and that validation shouldn’t be something that feels extraordinary to experience. It should be normal.

I'm here dropping my two cents to be part of something that creates value.

I began writing thought pieces on sustainable design, diversity, and inclusivity while I was still a design student who was trying to find my colours. I actively look for opportunities to advocate for gender-inclusive design practices and had the... Show more

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

Davide is an engineer with work experience in various IT fields: he worked around the world on medical research for a few years and now holds the position of Web/AI Platform Leader in Synesthesia as part of the CTO group. He loves creating teams and working with them, communicating and listening. He also has experience as a teacher, speaker and public speaking coach. He is (of course) a coffee addict, a piano player and a theatre director.

Davide is an engineer with work experience in various IT fields: he worked around the world on medical research for a few years and now holds the position of Web/AI Platform Leader in Synesthesia as part of the CTO group. He loves creating teams and ... Show more

Jonathan Mentor is the CEO of Successment, a RevOps consultancy powering startup revenue growth across Latin America and the U.S. He writes the syndicated Digital Nomad Weekly column and was a Dominican nominee for the UN World Summit Award. As a mentor with Techstars, Parallel18, and Black Ambition (Pharrell), Jonathan shapes scalable ventures at the intersection of data, innovation, and narrative power.

Jonathan Mentor is the CEO of Successment, a RevOps consultancy powering startup revenue growth across Latin America and the U.S. He writes the syndicated Digital Nomad Weekly column and was a Dominican nominee for the UN World Summit Award. As a men... Show more

Phil Godfrey is a Principal Data Analytics & AI Consultant at Vertice Cloud.

He has over 10 years' experience working with data, in a combination of Finance Systems Development and Advanced Analytics in Healthcare roles.

He is a keen contributor to the Oracle community on all things Analytics and Data Science, which are shared on his personal blog, presenting at various Oracle User Group events across the UK & Ireland, and through the Analytics and Data Oracle User Community (AnDOUC).

Outside of work he is a keen photographer and set-up a photography business in January 2021.

Phil Godfrey is a Principal Data Analytics & AI Consultant at Vertice Cloud. He has over 10 years' experience working with data, in a combination of Finance Systems Development and Advanced Analytics in Healthcare roles. He is a keen contributo... Show more

Senior Threat Analyst at TRUESEC.
Microsoft MVP in Security.
Background in security, networking, development, PCI DSS.

Podcast Host, Synthesiser Nerd and Musician.

I'm annoying nation-state antagonists on a daily basis.

Senior Threat Analyst at TRUESEC. Microsoft MVP in Security. Background in security, networking, development, PCI DSS. Podcast Host, Synthesiser Nerd and Musician. I'm annoying nation-state antagonists on a daily basis. Show more

Zach built Android apps, platforms, and knowledge at Square for over six years before joining Google to work on Compose. Come say hi on Kotlin slack!

Zach built Android apps, platforms, and knowledge at Square for over six years before joining Google to work on Compose. Come say hi on Kotlin slack! Show more

Développeur fullstack senior & game dev avec 10+ ans d'expérience

Java Spring Boot, Angular/TypeScript.
Godot (C#/GDScript), game jams régulières (Global Game Jam, Ludum Dare).

Mission : lier expertise pro et passion jeux vidéo pour des projets et des architectures résilientes sous pression 🎮💻

Développeur fullstack senior & game dev avec 10+ ans d'expérience Java Spring Boot, Angular/TypeScript. Godot (C#/GDScript), game jams régulières (Global Game Jam, Ludum Dare). Mission : lier expertise pro et passion jeux vidéo pour des projet... Show more

Oyinkansola Onwuchekwa is a PhD Researcher at the University of Hull building a Hierarchical Retrieval-Augmented Classifier for multilingual emotion recognition across Yoruba, Igbo, Hausa, Nigerian Pidgin, and English, trained on an annotated dataset of thousands of Afrobeats songs across 12 emotion categories. She serves as a reviewer for NERC and ICLR, and performs as a musician under the name KKC.

Oyinkansola Onwuchekwa is a PhD Researcher at the University of Hull building a Hierarchical Retrieval-Augmented Classifier for multilingual emotion recognition across Yoruba, Igbo, Hausa, Nigerian Pidgin, and English, trained on an annotated dataset... Show more

Oyinloluwa Adedoyin is a Product & Motion Designer. He has six years of design experience, four of them in product, and his work is in identity infrastructure, fintech, and edtech.

In 2025 he was appointed an Innovation Stage Judge for the Conrad Challenge 2025–2026, presented by Space Center Houston, a Smithsonian Affiliate and the Official Visitor Center of NASA Johnson Space Center. In that role he evaluates technology submissions from teams across more than 70 countries.

He is a Product Designer at VerifyMe, where he designs QoreID, an identity verification platform integrated by approximately 60% of Nigeria's commercial banks. QoreID processes over 1 million verifications a month for more than 400 API clients. He also designs Gova, a last-mile verification platform now past 670,000 completed verifications. Before VerifyMe, he led the redesign of the core learning experience at uLesson while the platform scaled from under 100,000 to over 2 million downloads, contributing to a $15M Series B funding round. His earlier work spans Maxim Credit Card, UBA Group, Crowdyvest, and Omnibiz Africa.

His independent work travels internationally. Flatten Master, the Figma plugin he built and released in July 2025, picked up 750+ active users in its first four months. His 37 animation assets on LottieFiles have been downloaded more than 5,000 times and were featured on the LottieFiles homepage for four consecutive months in 2025, placing them in the top 0.1% of over 100,000 submissions. The assets are integrated into Chipper Cash (5M users), Maxim, Curaboard, and Gova. His free Figma Community packs are in use by designers across Nigeria, Kenya, India, Brazil, Pakistan, and Southeast Asia.

He has spoken at IndabaX 2025, Africa's largest AI and machine learning research community; at TekForce Connect 2025, a global virtual summit with 900+ live attendees across four continents; and at DevFest Lokoja 2024, where he delivered a 40-minute keynote to 400+ engineers and developers.

He writes for TechEconomy, Technext24, TechCity, and NaijaNews, and has been featured by Vanguard, Independent Nigeria, The Sun, and Daily Times. He has appeared as a digital technology expert on Channels Television, TVC News, and Trust TV.

Oyinloluwa Adedoyin is a Product & Motion Designer. He has six years of design experience, four of them in product, and his work is in identity infrastructure, fintech, and edtech. In 2025 he was appointed an Innovation Stage Judge for the Conrad ... Show more

Language nerd (Elixir, Haskell, Rust, Nix, Cobol, 6502 Assembly), retrocomputing and game development. Worked making games at Nickelodeon, medical research at Mount Sinai Icahn School of Medicine, and making internet stuff at Netscape.

Language nerd (Elixir, Haskell, Rust, Nix, Cobol, 6502 Assembly), retrocomputing and game development. Worked making games at Nickelodeon, medical research at Mount Sinai Icahn School of Medicine, and making internet stuff at Netscape. Show more

As a Technical Account Manager at Red Hat, I work every day to transform business objectives into innovative technological solutions. I am a cloud enthusiast dedicated to leveraging modern tools to solve complex needs, specializing in the design of hybrid cloud architectures and the implementation of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to build scalable, resilient systems. I am passionate about understanding the intersection between technology and business strategy to drive growth

As a Technical Account Manager at Red Hat, I work every day to transform business objectives into innovative technological solutions. I am a cloud enthusiast dedicated to leveraging modern tools to solve complex needs, specializing in the design of h... Show more

Ruckus Voxi is a Sr. Developer Advocate for Akamai Cloud. As a passionate open source evangelist, they enable engineers to build and implement portable/cloud-agnostic workloads at scale. In other words, Ruckus is just having fun! They are also a longtime Arch Linux user and vegan, and never knows which to tell people first! Outside of work they dabble with graphic design, film, and Techno music production.

Ruckus Voxi is a Sr. Developer Advocate for Akamai Cloud. As a passionate open source evangelist, they enable engineers to build and implement portable/cloud-agnostic workloads at scale. In other words, Ruckus is just having fun! They are also a long... Show more

Aries Fitriawan is an accomplished Data Scientist and a Google Cloud Certified Professional Machine Learning Engineer with over a decade of experience bridging the gap between complex data systems and real-world applications. He has built a robust career specializing in Machine Learning, Big Data, and Artificial Intelligence. He currently leverages his expertise to develop sophisticated models and data architectures, with a notable professional history at major telecommunications industry. This speaking simply to pursue his interest in coding.

Aries Fitriawan is an accomplished Data Scientist and a Google Cloud Certified Professional Machine Learning Engineer with over a decade of experience bridging the gap between complex data systems and real-world applications. He has built a robust ca... Show more

Jeremiah Tillman is an IT professional, technical instructor, and full-stack software developer based in Chicago, Illinois. He manages instructor development and delivery for advanced technical and cybersecurity training. Jeremiah focuses on connecting deep infrastructure engineering with practical security solutions. His experience covers enterprise IT design, full-stack development, and systems engineering. In his free time, he researches hardware security, audits consumer electronics, strips firmware, and creates affordable ways for defensive teams, educators, and independent researchers to test hardware.

Jeremiah Tillman is an IT professional, technical instructor, and full-stack software developer based in Chicago, Illinois. He manages instructor development and delivery for advanced technical and cybersecurity training. Jeremiah focuses on connecti... Show more

Senior backend engineer who thrives on blending structure and creativity, whether coding or storytelling. Passionate about “using your powers for good”, she is volunteering as a software engineer in several organizations, such as Midaat. She cares deeply about wildlife, and volunteered at both the Wildlife Hospital and the Haibulans. She is currently volunteering for the Haibulans as tech consultant.

Senior backend engineer who thrives on blending structure and creativity, whether coding or storytelling. Passionate about “using your powers for good”, she is volunteering as a software engineer in several organizations, such as Midaat. She cares de... Show more

South African born, UK resident, Mike is a Mechanical Design Engineer & spent 20 years as a Draughtsman in the Dairy industry, a Project Technician & ran the drawing office for NCD/Clover Dairies. At Toyota, he worked as a mechanical designer in body in white. He moved to the UK in 2001, spent 7 years creating & designing 3D technical models.
He continued his studies in IT & enhanced his developer & web design skills at Halesowen College.
At age 50, in 2008 Mike jumped tracks & began a new career as IT Manager & NAV implementation project leader for SSI Schaefer in Andover, England. With the NAV project successfully implemented, he moved to Evosoft as support office manager, then to Sci-Net in Oxford as a consultant & then to KPMG for a three year corporate engagement.
As the Dynamics 365 Solution Architect for Experience/GCC for almost 3 years - now Global Solutions Architect for Dynavics, Mike has implemented multiple D365 solutions for a range of customers in a variety of industries in the UK.

South African born, UK resident, Mike is a Mechanical Design Engineer & spent 20 years as a Draughtsman in the Dairy industry, a Project Technician & ran the drawing office for NCD/Clover Dairies. At Toyota, he worked as a mechanical designer in body... Show more

Shane Heroux is a Principal Engineering Partner Manager at Red Hat, working at the intersection of open technology and partner ecosystems. His first Linux install was Slackware in the mid-'90s, and he's been building in open source ever since. He has worked across the hybrid cloud, translating complexity into outcomes that make sense for partners and customers. He combines technical depth with systems thinking to help organizations build architectures that are open and built to last.

Shane Heroux is a Principal Engineering Partner Manager at Red Hat, working at the intersection of open technology and partner ecosystems. His first Linux install was Slackware in the mid-'90s, and he's been building in open source ever since. He has... Show more

Russian literature lover, writer, rock climber/star.
Former Google Developers Expert and Microsoft MVP, founder of great communities.

Russian literature lover, writer, rock climber/star. Former Google Developers Expert and Microsoft MVP, founder of great communities. Show more

Yigakpoa is an open-source advocate and technologist working at the intersection of open data, accessibility, digital equity, and sustainability. Her work focuses on building systems that make technology more inclusive, measurable, and impactful for communities often left out of digital transformation.

She has contributed to global open-source ecosystems through leadership and governance roles, including serving as Co-Chair of the Project Management team and a Maintainer within the Accessibility team at the CHAOSS Project, where she supported the development of frameworks for measuring the health, inclusivity, and sustainability of open-source communities.

As Chief Operating Officer at CLENT Africa, she works at the intersection of climate and technology, leveraging open data platforms and energy access tools to drive community-centered resilience and environmental justice across African contexts.

At OpenGov Africa, she leads strategy, designing and scaling systems that use open data to strengthen government transparency, civic participation, and accountability. Her work integrates digital infrastructure with grassroots governance, enabling citizens to actively engage with and shape public systems.

Beyond her organizational roles, Yiga is a global speaker and mentor, supporting marginalized individuals as they navigate pathways into technology and open-source ecosystems.

Yigakpoa is an open-source advocate and technologist working at the intersection of open data, accessibility, digital equity, and sustainability. Her work focuses on building systems that make technology more inclusive, measurable, and impactful for ... Show more

Writer and Foresight Analyst,

Writer and Foresight Analyst, Show more

Eriol has been working as a designer for 15+ years working in for-profits and then NGO’s and open-source software organisations, working on complex problems like sustainable food systems, peace-building, censorship circumvention OSS, Human Rights OSS tools and crisis response technology. Eriol now works at The Open Home Foundation on OSS first smart home technology.

Eriol is part of the core teams at Open Source Design (http://opensourcedesign.net/) Sustain UX & Design working group (https://sustainoss.org/working-groups/design-and-ux/) and help hosts podcast about open source and design (https://sosdesign.sustainoss.org/)

Eriol is a non-binary, queer person who uses they/them pronouns.

Eriol was studying a Comp Sci PhD looking at how designers participate in humanitarian and human rights focussed open-source software projects and is looking for a new home for this research.

Eriol has been working as a designer for 15+ years working in for-profits and then NGO’s and open-source software organisations, working on complex problems like sustainable food systems, peace-building, censorship circumvention OSS, Human Rights OSS... Show more

Talks on culture, learning & what high-performing organizations do differently. Dwayne has recently taken the main stage at GoTech World and Offbeat Fest (among others), and spent 15+ years facilitating for teams at Apple, Adidas, Zalando, On, Lululemon, and more. His talks explore what happens at the moments that shape culture most. Available for keynotes, talks, panels & podcasts.
➤ Speaker Reel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B72nUtA1oQY

Talks on culture, learning & what high-performing organizations do differently. Dwayne has recently taken the main stage at GoTech World and Offbeat Fest (among others), and spent 15+ years facilitating for teams at Apple, Adidas, Zalando, On, Lulule... Show more

Who am I?
A Java technology enthusiast who has 20+ years of experience in IT overall, including 15+ years in software engineering, 6+ years in software architecture/design, and 8+ years in lecturing and mentoring on various topics in computer science and technology, with main focus on Java and web technologies. Someone who has also long been passionate about and strongly interested in cybersecurity, computer engineering, computer networking, algorithms and data structures, and composing music. Experienced in working in the government and private/enterprise sectors.

What do I do?
Architecting software, writing code, and talking about those two. Advocating Java, JVM, SOLID, KISS, simplicity, and clarity. Sometimes writing articles, reviewing books, contributing to tutorials/docs, and all this within the software realm.

Who am I? A Java technology enthusiast who has 20+ years of experience in IT overall, including 15+ years in software engineering, 6+ years in software architecture/design, and 8+ years in lecturing and mentoring on various topics in computer scienc... Show more

Meta Guardianz is redefining Web3 storytelling through comics, music, and immersive experiences. Home of CryptoMan, we bring stories on-chain and embed music into NFTs through Sonic DNA—bridging the metaverse and reality

Meta Guardianz is redefining Web3 storytelling through comics, music, and immersive experiences. Home of CryptoMan, we bring stories on-chain and embed music into NFTs through Sonic DNA—bridging the metaverse and reality Show more