Humanities & Social Sciences
Esteemed speakers contributing their insights into human culture, behavior, and societal development
Michela Bertaina
Community Program Manager @ Codemotion| Partnership Team Lead @ TEDx Cuneo | WTM Ambassador | GDG Bari Lead | Tourism Councilor @ Cissone
Community lover and Ambassador of enthusiasm. In 2017 I began my journey within tech communities, becoming an active organizer of various communities such as Google Developers Group Turin and Trento, ngRome, Flutter EXP, Italian Community Managers Su... Show more
For over 30 years, Damian Synadinos helped “build better software and build software better” through testing. Now, through his company Ineffable Solutions (Ineffable-Solutions.com), he helps “build better people”. As a full-time, international public... Show more
Alyssa is an Senior Developer Advocate for Progress and a Google Developer Expert for Angular. She has spoken at over 50 conferences locally and internationally. She is the host of the Angular Air podcast and emcees ng-conf as well as Monorepo World.... Show more
Indiana Jones of the cloud technologies. Hanna takes her customer on an amazing journey across the world of Azure and they live their best life riding on the back of the best practices, deciphering networking, fighting wild acronyms and discovering t... Show more
Josh Ether
TEDx Speaker | Strategic Servant Leader | Coach | Storyteller I Author | Consultant | Advisor I Teacher | Mentor I Guide
For the past 15 years, I have been an integral part of many successful organizations due to my experience and dedication. My coaching and consulting has allowed clients to achieve excellence as well as exceed their goals. It has been a privilege to b... Show more
Rockford Lhotka is VP of Strategy at Xebia. He is the creator of the widely used CSLA .NET open-source software framework, the author of numerous books, and regularly speaks at major conferences around the world. Rockford is a member of the Microsoft... Show more
I inspire people to embrace the potential of today! This is what it means to me, broken down word by word. Inspire - This is the method I trust and believe in. By inspire first (the why), I'm confident people will find instructions after (the h... Show more
Artiste plasticien, Architecte, UX Designer et enfin Coach Agile. Un parcours atypique, plusieurs pivotages dans ma vie m'ont porté à comprendre que c'est la valorisation de l'humain la plus grande des réalisations. Show more
Jo is a DevRel Engineer at Deno. She is passionate about improving developer experience, teaching good use of JS and TS and building sparkly, wearable, internet connected tech. She mentors junior developers, advocates for mental health awareness and ... Show more
Traci joined the community to take the tech down a notch! She lives in Somerset with some (very cute) cats, some horses, some sheep, and her husband, Rob. When not looking after all of those, she also works to sooth people's minds as a psychotherapis... Show more
Jérôme is a professional coach, agile coach, facilitator and trainer. For 19 years, he has been one of the pioneers who have develop an agile culture within Lectra teams. He is now in charge of a team of internal coaches that he created and who supp... Show more
Ragnar Heil
MVP M365 Apps & Services & Copilot, Business Dev Managet Microsoft at HanseVision (Bechtle)
Ragnar is a Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for Microsoft 365 Office Apps and Services. Together with MVP Alexander Egger, he hosts the “Alex & Ragnar Show,” a bi-weekly Video Live Stream about Microsoft 365 Hybrid Workplace and also "Guardians of ... Show more
Arthur (or Art, take your pick) has been a software engineer for 21 years and has worked on things as exciting as analysis software for casinos and things as boring as banking websites. He is an advocate for talking openly about mental health and psy... Show more
Manuel Ledezma, known in the tech community as Tester Testarudo, is a software testing and automation specialist with a strong commitment to delivering high-quality and reliable software. Over the past years, he has focused on mastering QA practices ... Show more
Neha Lagoo Ratnakar is a tiny speaker with a big name and an even bigger message. Her talks are part wakeup call and part kick in the behind. Neha’s bestselling book, Back on Your Feet (Goodreads 4.5, Amazon 4.7) has helped hundreds of women star... Show more
Caroline Nicole Letaru
Kazini Consults | Career Coach & Talent Strategist | Empowering Tech Professionals to Level Up
Caroline Nicole Letaru is a globally recognized Career Coach and Talent Strategist at Kazini Consults, with over 6 years of experience empowering tech professionals across 12+ countries. She is known for helping developers and emerging tech leaders u... Show more
Since 1999 in IT – Practical – Simplifier – #BulletPointFree Public Speaker - Likes sharing knowledge – Projects and changes only – Has also a technical focus – Acts as bridge between business and technology – Founded DerkIT in 2017 - Guides compl... Show more
Je suis tombée dans l'agilité il y a déjà pas mal d'années, sans en connaître le nom. Ce mindset, ainsi que ses valeurs et principes, sont pour moi cruciaux pour toute organisation, toute démarche, tout projet. Non pas que les méthodes liées à l'agil... Show more
Andres Sepulveda Morales is a recovering corporate software engineer with 8+ years of experience who is dedicated to the community through technology. Andres has been recognized twice in 2025 as one of Contra’s Best Software Consultants to Hire, as w... Show more
Tim Rayburn is a Vice President of Consulting with Improving Enterprises, a software and project management consulting company in Dallas, TX. He is a passionate advocate of apprenticeship and mentorship in corporate environments. He has been awarded ... Show more
Grzegorz Sztandera
TEDx Speaker/Organizer | Book author | Member of SPMIM - Association of Professional Speakers | Public speaking trainer | I develop and manage teams, products and projects within IT area |
I’m an expert in project, product and IT team management, conference speaker, public speaking coach, book author and TEDx organiser. I work in the financial sector, leading complex tech projects - including those related to digital identity. My ro... Show more
Suzana Melo
Software Developer | Developer Relations | Women in Tech advocate | AWS Community Builder | AWS User Group leader | Communicator
Suzana Melo is a full-stack developer and a certified AWS Cloud Practitioner who transitioned into software development in her 40s, with no tech background. She holds a bachelor's degree in Communications and has over 20 years of experience. As a str... Show more
Luca Minudel (he/him) is an Agility/XP/Lean, Complexity-thinking, and modern Product/Engineering Management advisor, mentor, coach, change agent for hire. He is an organisational gardener, culture curator, collaboration orchestrator, and delivery fa... Show more
Enthusiastic People Analytics professional and organizational sociologist with over 10 years of experience in HR and more than 5 years in Business Intelligence (BI). She is passionate about transforming HR data into actionable insights that support s... Show more
Ben Greenberg is the Developer Relations Lead at Arbitrum and has been recognized by Docker as a Docker Captain. He serves on the board of Ruby Central and is deeply involved in the open-source community. Before moving into software development, Ben ... Show more
If you're comfortable with the status quo, you won't enjoy listening to Stephen Parkins. Stephen is a seasoned innovation strategist, executive coach and business leader with over two decades of experience turning uncertainty into opportunity. ... Show more
Dr. Jodie Burchell is the Developer Advocate in Data Science at JetBrains, and was previously a Lead Data Scientist at Verve Group Europe. She completed a PhD in clinical psychology and a postdoc in biostatistics, before leaving academia for a data s... Show more
Dan Bergh Johnsson works at the intersection of software craftsmanship and organisational change. With roots in high-performance development and a long-standing commitment to the philosophy of secure by design, he helps organisations build systems th... Show more
Bert Fabry
Innovative Leadership & Agile Expertise | International Speaker & Empathy Advocate | Advocating Road Safety
As the Head of EMEA Operations at One Task, Bert leads the deployment of innovative camera systems designed to combat mobile phone usage while driving, combining his tech expertise with a strong commitment to road safety. He is also the founder of Fa... Show more
After a decade in social work, Magali decided to change course and became a web developper. She tries to find a delicate balance between the technical aspects of the job (fun !), the creativity (fun too !) and trying to follow her ethics and change t... Show more
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