I'm a software coder since my first ZX81 at 11 yo (guess my age) and agile practitioner since 2006.
Kotlin and C# fanboy. Monads saved my life. Currently working for ITER organization.

I'm a software coder since my first ZX81 at 11 yo (guess my age) and agile practitioner since 2006. Kotlin and C# fanboy. Monads saved my life. Currently working for ITER organization. Show more

Driven by courage, curiosity, and compassion, Becca "Bex" Hiller knows valued people deliver value. She also knows ideas supply focus and fuel, while ACTION drives goals forward toward success.

Bex helps humans reach agility potential, and her own agility shines through sharpened improv skills, a mighty pen, a hungry brain, and a passion for teaching and coaching. She has spent over two decades in product, project, and people growth spaces helping folks articulate their mission, then take mission-critical action to DELIVER. She puts growth and connection at the helm and enables, engages, and expands forward momentum, stoking peak performance (without sacrificing values, vision, or voice).

Her mission: Uncover your purpose. Pivot when life happens. Dare to deliver.
Her top interests: connection, community building, purposeful creativity, and potatoes.

Bex is currently based in Rochester, NY.

Driven by courage, curiosity, and compassion, Becca "Bex" Hiller knows valued people deliver value. She also knows ideas supply focus and fuel, while ACTION drives goals forward toward success. Bex helps humans reach agility potential, and her own... Show more

Wendy is a freelance software developer, community speaker, and conference host, passionate about functional programming and helping others break into tech. A career-changer and founding student of Clojure Camp, she has hosted Clojure Conj, Babashka Conf, and ElixirConf, and spoken at functional programming events around the world. Currently, she's building with Elixir professionally and staying active in Clojure. When not behind a computer or a microphone, she enjoys sewing, jazz dance, sports cars, and Disney.

Wendy is a freelance software developer, community speaker, and conference host, passionate about functional programming and helping others break into tech. A career-changer and founding student of Clojure Camp, she has hosted Clojure Conj, Babashka ... Show more

Eugene Willis Jr. is an Application Analyst, Red Hat Systems Administrator, and Helpdesk professional who built his career in tech from the ground up. Starting without a formal background, he worked his way from support roles into managing Red Hat systems and higher education applications. With degrees in Business and Marketing, Eugene blends technical expertise with creative strategy to solve real-world problems. Outside of tech, he’s a touring emcee and author who enjoys mentoring others and helping them carve out their own path forward.

Eugene Willis Jr. is an Application Analyst, Red Hat Systems Administrator, and Helpdesk professional who built his career in tech from the ground up. Starting without a formal background, he worked his way from support roles into managing Red Hat sy... Show more

Shobhit Verma (aka TheJugaadGuy) is an SRE Lead with 15 years of experience in Infrastructure, Cloud, and Observability. He has led large-scale projects in banking and telecom, working extensively with AWS, Terraform, ELK, and Dynatrace to build reliable and scalable systems. Beyond engineering, he is a filmmaker and content creator with 50,000+ followers, known for simplifying complex technical topics through engaging content.

As an active community member in AWS User Group Pune, Atlassian Community, and Toastmasters, Shobhit brings a unique mix of technical depth, storytelling, and stage presence. He is now building his journey into Developer Relations (DevRel), where his mission is to empower developers with the right tools, stories, and confidence to succeed.

Shobhit Verma (aka TheJugaadGuy) is an SRE Lead with 15 years of experience in Infrastructure, Cloud, and Observability. He has led large-scale projects in banking and telecom, working extensively with AWS, Terraform, ELK, and Dynatrace to build reli... Show more

Scott is an artist, engineer & dad, collaborating on a different kind of world. Into collective art, activism, therapy & open source nerdy stuff. Scott is a Cloud Native Ambassador, speaker, organizer of CNCF community events including the New York Kubernetes Meetup and New York KCD, and international conferences including GitOpsCon. He enjoys helping develop Free and Open Source Software that anyone can use, including co-maintaining CNCF projects Helm, Flux and OpenGitOps.

Scott is an artist, engineer & dad, collaborating on a different kind of world. Into collective art, activism, therapy & open source nerdy stuff. Scott is a Cloud Native Ambassador, speaker, organizer of CNCF community events including the New York K... Show more

Alessandro is a Community Evangelist / Sr Solutions Engineer in the F5 community team, where he empowers users in their journey to stay ahead of the curve by using the latest F5 / NGINX tech offerings. Alessandro is also the primary maintainer of the NGINX Ansible collection, the NGINX Docker unprivileged image, the NGINX community forum, and implementer of community best practices efforts on the various F5 GitHub repos, amongst being a contributor on various other OSS projects and initiatives at F5. Past speaker engagements include NGINX Sprint (previously known as NGINX Conf), Ansiblefest, AWS:ReInvent, cdCon, and Nerdearla. In his free time, Alessandro enjoys theatre, cinema, traveling, cooking, and any and all types of exercise.

Alessandro is a Community Evangelist / Sr Solutions Engineer in the F5 community team, where he empowers users in their journey to stay ahead of the curve by using the latest F5 / NGINX tech offerings. Alessandro is also the primary maintainer of the... Show more

In his current role Todd co-launches a new venture backed startup every few months, acting as an interim CTO / founding engineer. Over Todd’s close to 20 year career, he has held titles such as head of engineering, director of engineering and principal software engineer. Todd loves to build things and, like many of us, has been enjoying the shift into the AI native mindset of software development. When Todd is not telling an AI to write code, he can be found strumming his guitar in random places, such as the beach, in the mountains, on his front porch, or even at a tech conference such as this one :). Todd is passionate about creating positive experiences for people, including through writing music, building products, and community building . Todd is always open for a jam session or the occasional paired programming with strangers, just ask.

In his current role Todd co-launches a new venture backed startup every few months, acting as an interim CTO / founding engineer. Over Todd’s close to 20 year career, he has held titles such as head of engineering, director of engineering and princip... Show more

Marie Wiese is the CEO Marketing Copilot®, an AI-enabled sales and marketing firm. She is a best-selling author and host of the podcasts, Women Talk Tech and The Hot Seat for Microsoft Partners. Marie has worked in the technology sector for 30+ years and focuses on marketing automation/CRM and the digital transformation of the sales and marketing function. Marie helps Microsoft Partners, software developers and end customers build demand generation programs for their organizations with the right strategy and technology.

Marie Wiese is the CEO Marketing Copilot®, an AI-enabled sales and marketing firm. She is a best-selling author and host of the podcasts, Women Talk Tech and The Hot Seat for Microsoft Partners. Marie has worked in the technology sector for 30+ years... Show more

Dan has been building software since before the dot-com days, responsible for the modernization, site reliability and greenfield projects, as well as responsible for hiring software and devops engineers at various stages and skill levels, from junior to architect level. He has built a career at TRIRIGA, IBM, Wipro, and now as the Global Director of Software for Arcadis, a leading design, consultancy, engineering, project and management services across every phase of asset creation and management for projects all around the world.

Dan has been building software since before the dot-com days, responsible for the modernization, site reliability and greenfield projects, as well as responsible for hiring software and devops engineers at various stages and skill levels, from junior... Show more

Press: Featured in National Law Review and Atlanta Today, with syndication across the EIN Presswire network of 800+ outlets, and praised by industry analyst Jeff Kagan as "a clear example of how quickly the AI landscape is evolving and new opportunities are emerging" (March 2026).

Wilson Guenther is the Founder, CEO and CTO of Drivia — what Wilson calls "the personalization infrastructure of the AI era." Born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, adopted at age 10 by an American family, Wilson arrived in the United States on New Year's Eve 2013. He taught himself to code in college and shipped 1,891+ commits across six live software products from his dorm room — no funding, no co-founders.

Drivia is the Canvas-class adaptive AI platform powering enterprise learning, higher ed, and public-sector workforce training. JAX, Drivia's adaptive AI tutor, runs Q-learning + Bayesian Knowledge Tracing on top of a UCB1 router across six AI models (Claude, Gemini, OpenAI, Grok, DeepSeek, Groq) with circuit breakers — co-architected with Frank Morales, a Boeing Fellow. Drivia is currently in active multi-million-dollar contract negotiation with TechServ Corporation as channel partner across healthcare, public safety, workforce, and city/county program markets. Accelerators: NVIDIA Inception, AMD Instinct, AWS Activate.

Wilson is also the author of the Drift Thesis — original IP on context decay and adaptive intelligence — and the System Architect newsletter on LinkedIn (16,100% growth in seven days). He has 2.2M+ combined social following (TikTok 1.1M, Instagram 633K, Facebook 471K) with one video at 44 million views, has appeared on Family Feud (Steve Harvey), Rich House Poor House (UK), and KVUE Austin News, and has consulted for Linktree and Beacons.

Wilson speaks on adaptive AI engineering, multi-model routing and inference cost engineering, the Drift Thesis (context decay, hallucination root cause), distribution as a moat for AI builders, and immigrant founder origin.

Press: Featured in National Law Review and Atlanta Today, with syndication across the EIN Presswire network of 800+ outlets, and praised by industry analyst Jeff Kagan as "a clear example of how quickly the AI landscape is evolving and new opportunit... Show more

Staff Software Engineer · GDG Nantes Android Lead · AndroidMakers by droidcon Staff · Watercolorist

Staff Software Engineer · GDG Nantes Android Lead · AndroidMakers by droidcon Staff · Watercolorist 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

15+ years experienced in IT and have witnessed all major transitions in IT (from desktop to cloud, monolith to microservices, JSPs to Angular, React and many more). I am AWS certified, Kubernetes certified and currently working as a Java Mern Tech Lead with Wipro for one of the banking client.

15+ years experienced in IT and have witnessed all major transitions in IT (from desktop to cloud, monolith to microservices, JSPs to Angular, React and many more). I am AWS certified, Kubernetes certified and currently working as a Java Mern Tech Le... Show more

Alan worked in the IT realm for large and small companies from 1971 until 2019 and still tries to keep current with changing trends.

In Alan’s spare time, he volunteers with a local organization that sends him to the homes of the elderly (older than himself) to fix their computers.

Alan is currently a member of the Board of Governors of The Collectors Club (NY), along with being their webmaster and membership chair, Webster Groves (MO) Stamp Club, secretary-treasurer of the APS Writers Unit #30, and the secretary of the Gastronomy on Stamps Study Group.

Alan speaks to several clubs each year on a host of topics such as “Computers and Technology on Stamps”, “Bread!”, “Penguins on the Stamps of Falkland Islands”, “An Alphabet of Topicals – Ideas for Collectors”, and “Pachyderms”.

Alan worked in the IT realm for large and small companies from 1971 until 2019 and still tries to keep current with changing trends. In Alan’s spare time, he volunteers with a local organization that sends him to the homes of the elderly (older th... Show more

Ing. en sistemas, Co-fundador de CSN y Proticket.io, Co-Lider del Java User Group y Lider del AWS User Group Guatemala, especializado en crear soluciones seguras y escalables sobre la nube de AWS. He liderado proyectos en sectores de salud, educación, BPO's, eventos masivos y plataformas digitales, combinando inteligencia artificial, servicios serverless y visión de negocio. Actualmente impulso iniciativas tecnológicas que optimizan procesos y mejoran la experiencia.

Ing. en sistemas, Co-fundador de CSN y Proticket.io, Co-Lider del Java User Group y Lider del AWS User Group Guatemala, especializado en crear soluciones seguras y escalables sobre la nube de AWS. He liderado proyectos en sectores de salud, educación... Show more

Enzo Conty currently serves as the CTO of Ezymob, applying his extensive skills as a Sr. Mobile SWE honed over seven years of freelancing. Renowned for his expertise in Flutter, he has developed numerous innovative applications exploring new platforms such as Steam Deck, embeddable systems, drink distributors and even Steam games.
Enzo also enriches the tech community being a Google Developer Expert (GDE) and organizing the GDG Bordeaux and Flutter Meetup Group Bordeaux.

Enzo Conty currently serves as the CTO of Ezymob, applying his extensive skills as a Sr. Mobile SWE honed over seven years of freelancing. Renowned for his expertise in Flutter, he has developed numerous innovative applications exploring new platform... Show more

Chris Taylor is a security consultant with a 25+ year background in digital forensics and incident response who specializes in building security programs for media & entertainment companies. His company is a specialized MSSP that provides security for film studios, production companies, game development studios, and the companies that support them.

Chris Taylor is a security consultant with a 25+ year background in digital forensics and incident response who specializes in building security programs for media & entertainment companies. His company is a specialized MSSP that provides security fo... Show more

Jesse L. Foreman, Esq. is an attorney, NFLPA Certified Contract Advisor, entrepreneur, and technology advocate whose work sits at the intersection of law, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, sports, and emerging technologies.

As an attorney, Jesse advises clients on complex legal matters involving business, technology, regulatory compliance, risk management, and innovation. He is particularly focused on the legal and policy implications of artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, digital assets, and emerging technologies, helping organizations navigate rapidly evolving legal and regulatory landscapes.

In the sports industry, Jesse serves as an NFLPA Certified Contract Advisor with Delta Sports Group, where he has represented professional athletes and participated in the negotiation of contracts and business opportunities valued at more than $100 million. His work extends beyond traditional player representation to include athlete branding, intellectual property strategy, and emerging technology opportunities.

Jesse is also the Founder of Young Money APAA Kingdom, the agency's Web3 and NFT division, where he helped pioneer initiatives that educate and guide athletes, entertainers, and brands through the evolving digital asset ecosystem. Through this work, he has advised clients on NFTs, blockchain technology, digital ownership rights, brand protection, community development, and the opportunities and legal challenges presented by Web3 technologies.

A frequent speaker and thought leader, Jesse has shared insights on technology, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity policy, sports law, NIL, blockchain innovation, and the future of digital commerce. His unique perspective combines practical legal experience, business leadership, and firsthand involvement in emerging technologies, allowing him to bridge the gap between innovation and regulation.

Jesse earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Cincinnati College of Law and his undergraduate degrees from Northern Kentucky University. He is committed to helping businesses, athletes, policymakers, and communities prepare for the opportunities and challenges created by the next generation of technological innovation.

Jesse L. Foreman, Esq. is an attorney, NFLPA Certified Contract Advisor, entrepreneur, and technology advocate whose work sits at the intersection of law, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, sports, and emerging technologies. As an attorney, J... Show more

Laura is a Senior Event Manager at GitHub responsible for managing GitHub's third party event strategy and execution. She lives in Los Angeles, California and when not working, is passionate about watercolor, physical fitness and going to the beach with her family.

Laura is a Senior Event Manager at GitHub responsible for managing GitHub's third party event strategy and execution. She lives in Los Angeles, California and when not working, is passionate about watercolor, physical fitness and going to the beach w... Show more

Pragya is the Founder and Creative Director of Papercoda Games where she’s working on Media Circus - an award-winning narrative-sandbox game satirizing the business and politics of news media. She has 5+ years of experience building and writing for modular game narrative systems and has a Master’s in Game Development and Research where her research focused on flexible Interactive Digital Narratives. Prior to this she worked in journalism, films and EdTech. Her works have won awards, nominations and grants and include a shipped PC game, multiple prototypes and her current project Media Circus. Her studio is based in Köln, Germany.

Pragya is the Founder and Creative Director of Papercoda Games where she’s working on Media Circus - an award-winning narrative-sandbox game satirizing the business and politics of news media. She has 5+ years of experience building and writing for m... Show more

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Celina Del Turco is a software developer and educator from Argentina working at the intersection of technology, education, and human-centered design.

She develops educational technology and software systems focused on making technology more accessible, understandable, and resilient in real-world environments. Her current work includes Utopía, an offline-first educational technology project exploring adaptive learning, accessibility-aware interaction, local AI, and architectures that remain useful when connectivity and computational resources are limited.

Alongside software development, Celina teaches programming and technology through hands-on workshops, working with learners who often begin with little or no technical background. This experience has shaped her approach to engineering: systems should not force people to adapt to technology when technology can be designed to adapt to people.

Her interests include AI engineering, adaptive systems, offline-first architectures, accessibility, educational technology, and the practical challenges of building technology under real-world constraints.

Celina Del Turco is a software developer and educator from Argentina working at the intersection of technology, education, and human-centered design. She develops educational technology and software systems focused on making technology more access... Show more

Sviluppatore nel campo dei videogames da oltre 20 anni ha visto nascere e morire linguaggi, tecnologie e piattaforme, ma lui resiste all'obsolescenza e continua a sviluppare prodotti cutting edge. Attualmente mantiene alcuni giochi AR/VR su AppStore e Meta Quest AppLab mentre collabora con una startup MedTech nello sviluppo di un prodotto AR/VR usato nelle sale operatorie di mezzo mondo.
Ho scoperto da poco di essere una AI on edge venuta dal futuro. Più potente di una GPU farm, ma con la voglia di fare di uno Z80. Ah! Nel tempo libero sono un Indie games developer con l’insano pallino per la mixed reality!

Sviluppatore nel campo dei videogames da oltre 20 anni ha visto nascere e morire linguaggi, tecnologie e piattaforme, ma lui resiste all'obsolescenza e continua a sviluppare prodotti cutting edge. Attualmente mantiene alcuni giochi AR/VR su AppStore ... Show more

I’m Daniel Jermaine, an experienced iOS software developer with years of expertise in creating innovative applications. I’ve built a variety of projects, including the first MVP for Sheltera, an AI-driven software that saves power companies $400,000 annually. I also developed a complex bioresonance app using Bluetooth for healing and an NGO social app that grew to over one million users.

As a winner of the TOn blockchain iOS competition, I’m passionate about mentoring junior developers through platforms like Swift Mentors. I also mentor UI/UX designers at major conferences, such as Untitled Designers, sharing insights and guidance. I believe in sharing knowledge and empowering the tech community through both my work and mentorship.

I’m Daniel Jermaine, an experienced iOS software developer with years of expertise in creating innovative applications. I’ve built a variety of projects, including the first MVP for Sheltera, an AI-driven software that saves power companies $400,000 ... Show more

Robyn Sayles is the founder of Launching Your Success, a brand strategy practice built for professionals who never fit the mold and stopped trying to. Through her signature Brilliant Weirdo Brand Archetype system, she helps entrepreneurs, creatives, and unconventional leaders turn their so-called “too-much-ness” into a strategic advantage.

A self-described professional instigator, Robyn brings two decades of brand strategy experience to the stage with a delivery style that’s equal parts TED Talk and stand-up set. She developed eight proprietary brand archetypes, built an AI-powered brand audit system from scratch, and authored “The Professional Weirdo’s Survival Kit,” a field guide for anyone who’s been told to tone it down and decided to turn it up instead.

She’s a podcast host, guest, conference speaker, and contributor to The Podcast Academy community, including work related to the Ambie Awards. Her sessions blend improv-trained spontaneity with sharp strategic insight, giving audiences frameworks they can actually use, not just inspirational quotes for their phone wallpapers.

Suggested Session Topics
• Brand Strategy for Misfits: “Too Much” Is Your Competitive Advantage
• The Brilliant Weirdo Brand Archetype: Building Brands That Are Bold AND Smart
• Improv Is a Business Skill
• AI-Powered Brand Strategy: Building Systems That Actually Sound Like You

Robyn Sayles is the founder of Launching Your Success, a brand strategy practice built for professionals who never fit the mold and stopped trying to. Through her signature Brilliant Weirdo Brand Archetype system, she helps entrepreneurs, creatives, ... Show more

I have been writing code for about 25 years yet strive to learn something new every day. I’ll never let a technical issue get the best of me and will always find a solution to the problem. My specialties over the last 10 years have been NET C# and Office 365 development. I can make SharePoint look good!

I have been writing code for about 25 years yet strive to learn something new every day. I’ll never let a technical issue get the best of me and will always find a solution to the problem. My specialties over the last 10 years have been NET C# and ... Show more

Software Architect. Photographer. Musician. Dad.

Peter wrote his Diploma thesis on a multitouch finger detection library for Multitouch Tables. Then came the iPhone and changed everything. He has been doing mobile development ever since. Today He works as a Software Architect for MaibornWolff an IT Consultancy. He has worked on Apps for BMW, Rolls-Royce, Mini, DigitalCharging Solutions, Deutsche Post and many more.

Peter is a regular speaker at conferences and Meetups and back in the day even gave a lecture at university: https://bit.ly/4mnGYC6

Software Architect. Photographer. Musician. Dad. Peter wrote his Diploma thesis on a multitouch finger detection library for Multitouch Tables. Then came the iPhone and changed everything. He has been doing mobile development ever since. Today He ... Show more

Otobong Samuel is a storyteller and writer with a background in Computer Engineering. He blends creativity with clarity, making complex tech ideas simple and relatable. Through his narratives, he shows how technology isn’t just about tools, but about people, challenges, and the stories that shape our future.

Otobong Samuel is a storyteller and writer with a background in Computer Engineering. He blends creativity with clarity, making complex tech ideas simple and relatable. Through his narratives, he shows how technology isn’t just about tools, but about... Show more

I’m a software developer based in Bangalore. Since 2017, I’ve been building and contributing to open-source projects across a range of domains, including AI tooling and fintech products.

I love creating things, from software and fun GitHub projects to paintings and clay art. I’m also a trained Bharatanatyam dancer and began learning at the age of five.

I’m a software developer based in Bangalore. Since 2017, I’ve been building and contributing to open-source projects across a range of domains, including AI tooling and fintech products. I love creating things, from software and fun GitHub project... Show more