Travel & Tourism

Experts in the promotion and management of travel experiences, focusing on leisure, business, and cultural exploration

Walmyr Carvalho

Walmyr Carvalho

Android Engineer with 14+ years of experience, former Google Developer Expert for Android and mentor at Google for Startups Brazil, and creator of Android Dev BR - the biggest Brazilian Android community out there!

Android Engineer with 14+ years of experience, former Google Developer Expert for Android and mentor at Google for Startups Brazil, and creator of Android Dev BR - the biggest Brazilian Android community out there! Show more

Sean Allin Newell

Sean Allin Newell

An American immigrant living in Scotland since 2021, been tinkering with programming and computers since WarCraft III in its built in map editor and custom JASS scripting language. Sean believes People are more valuable than Code, and Relationships are more valuable than Projects.

An American immigrant living in Scotland since 2021, been tinkering with programming and computers since WarCraft III in its built in map editor and custom JASS scripting language. Sean believes People are more valuable than Code, and Relationships a... Show more

Spyridon Amvrakidis

Spyridon Amvrakidis

My name is Spyridon Amvrakidis, a 25-year-old Cloud Operations Lead working with secure cloud and on-premise infrastructure for government and large financial enterprises. I focus on cloud security, automation, Kubernetes and hybrid architecture. I also run my own company to educate new engineers on building secure, reliable infrastructure. I believe in cloud-agnostic security and strong teams through education and open collaboration.

My name is Spyridon Amvrakidis, a 25-year-old Cloud Operations Lead working with secure cloud and on-premise infrastructure for government and large financial enterprises. I focus on cloud security, automation, Kubernetes and hybrid architecture. I a... Show more

François Raminosona

François Raminosona

French in Norway, I’m a software architect at Laerdal Medical specializing in cross-platform .NET development. I work on Bluetooth, UI, image processing, and all things between humans and devices. I care about clean architecture, great developer experience, and making complex tech feel simple — with a touch of fun.

French in Norway, I’m a software architect at Laerdal Medical specializing in cross-platform .NET development. I work on Bluetooth, UI, image processing, and all things between humans and devices. I care about clean architecture, great developer expe... Show more

Jan Van Der Burgt

Jan Van Der Burgt

What if your product teams stopped building noise and started creating value?

That shift means faster shipping.
Customers who care about what gets released.
And no more value stuck in endless backlogs.

I’m Jan, aka Jan Solo.
Ex-cop. Alt-rock addict 🎸.

And a product leader with 10+ years of experience turning decisions into value.

The only coach who’ll drop a ballet pose mid-workshop just to make sure the point sticks.

My roles:

- Interim PO → direction & results from day one
- Coach & sparring partner → feedback & focus
- Workshops & keynotes → bold, actionable

Why me?

Ten years as a cop taught me to spot patterns fast, stay patient, and call out the hard stuff.

I don’t sugarcoat. I say what others dance around.

That’s why my workshops stick long after the slides are gone.

And in the end, I step out so your team can stand on its own. Sharper, faster, independent.

Results clients get from working with me:

→ Product owners who step up strategically.
→ Releases that land with customers.
→ Shorter time-to-value across the board.

📨 Want sharper decisions and products that matter?

DM me or check jansolo.be.

What if your product teams stopped building noise and started creating value? That shift means faster shipping. Customers who care about what gets released. And no more value stuck in endless backlogs. I’m Jan, aka Jan Solo. Ex-cop. Alt-rock... Show more

Andrés Torres García

Andrés Torres García

Andrés Torres works at Tucuvi as Director of Engineering. Passionate developer and architect with several years of experience and a proven track record of success in building and shipping complex custom-made software solutions, especially in the fintech and financial ecosystem. Production experience in cloud architectures from development to deployments and certified in Pivotal Cloud Foundry and Kubernetes. He enjoys travelling and working in multicultural environments, as he has done in the past in the UK, Netherlands and Spain. Always ready to suck at something new ;-)

Andrés Torres works at Tucuvi as Director of Engineering. Passionate developer and architect with several years of experience and a proven track record of success in building and shipping complex custom-made software solutions, especially in the fint... Show more

Kishore Hebbar

Kishore Hebbar

Kishore Hebbar is a Senior Software Engineer at Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), where he architects AI-enabled financial systems powering large-scale mortgage and trading platforms. With more than 15 years of experience in secure backend engineering, fraud intelligence, and enterprise data modernization, he specializes in building privacy-preserving AI pipelines, real-time risk engines using Kafka Streams, and regulatory-aligned microservice architectures. Beyond engineering, he contributes to the global tech community as a peer reviewer and judge for innovation awards in AI and cloud engineering.

Kishore Hebbar is a Senior Software Engineer at Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), where he architects AI-enabled financial systems powering large-scale mortgage and trading platforms. With more than 15 years of experience in secure backend engineering... Show more

Josh Young

Josh Young

I am an experienced software developer/engineer specialising in systems development to make the lives of the end user easier.

I am an experienced software developer/engineer specialising in systems development to make the lives of the end user easier. Show more

Jane Waitara

Jane Waitara

Jane Waitara is a talented android engineer and product designer. She has a strong track record of creating user-centered and visually appealing products. In addition to their professional work, Jane enjoys outdoor activities such as hiking and swimming. They also have a love for podcasts and are constantly seeking new knowledge and inspiration through audio content. Jane is not only dedicated to their craft but also to giving back to the community. They volunteer at Women Who Code and Women Techmakers, organizations that empower and support women in the tech industry.

Jane Waitara is a talented android engineer and product designer. She has a strong track record of creating user-centered and visually appealing products. In addition to their professional work, Jane enjoys outdoor activities such as hiking and swimm... Show more

Prasanna Gautam

Prasanna Gautam

Prasanna Gautam is the Research Lead for Blockchain Integrations at Anchorage Digital, where he was an early engineering hire. With deep expertise in institutional digital asset platforms, he significantly contributed to the Diem Technical Steering Committee (shaping Aptos and Sui) and has engineered cutting-edge Staking, Governance, and smart contract solutions for Anchorage.
His decade of prior experience includes building high-performance, cloud-based wireless access points at Mist Systems, optimized for large-scale, low-latency indoor location tracking, and developing real-time e-commerce recommendation services. This background underpins his commitment to architecting secure, efficient, and scalable distributed systems.
Prasanna has contributed to various open-source projects in the past (including Kafka, Mesos, and security/blockchain initiatives) and is passionate about applying mathematical concepts for provable security. He is now driving the expansion of Anchorage Digital's secure solutions, leveraging Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs), Reproducible Builds, and advanced Developer Experience to enhance digital asset integrity for high-stakes institutional use cases and foster community-driven, verifiable security across the blockchain ecosystem.

Prasanna Gautam is the Research Lead for Blockchain Integrations at Anchorage Digital, where he was an early engineering hire. With deep expertise in institutional digital asset platforms, he significantly contributed to the Diem Technical Steering C... Show more

Sheena Katz

Sheena Katz

After 17 years at NBC Universal, Sheena transitioned from corporate executive to mission-driven storyteller and global partnerships leader supporting underrepresented communities. She now speaks internationally and co-hosts a cultural wellness podcast, empowering individuals and audiences to lead with purpose, identity, and impact.

Her work includes speaking alongside civic leaders and moderating global conversations — including at the Cannes Film Festival — on belonging, reinvention, and storytelling as a force for meaningful change.

After 17 years at NBC Universal, Sheena transitioned from corporate executive to mission-driven storyteller and global partnerships leader supporting underrepresented communities. She now speaks internationally and co-hosts a cultural wellness podcas... Show more

Berekou Abdou Rafiou

Berekou Abdou Rafiou

UX Researcher, UX Writer, Community Advocate de Friends of Figma Togo et Ambassadeur Notion Togo.

Je pense que si on tenait compte de certains critères (même les plus minimes), on peut créer un monde un peu vivable...

UX Researcher, UX Writer, Community Advocate de Friends of Figma Togo et Ambassadeur Notion Togo. Je pense que si on tenait compte de certains critères (même les plus minimes), on peut créer un monde un peu vivable... Show more

Paschal Ogu

Paschal Ogu

DevOps / Integration Engineer

DevOps / Integration Engineer Show more

Josh Burgess

Josh Burgess

Josh Burgess is a FinTech founder and accomplished software engineer in EdTech who combines cutting-edge technical expertise with strategic entrepreneurial acumen to architect solutions. As the Founder and CEO of Mudget, Josh is pioneering an AI-powered bookkeeping and expense-tracking platform that empowers individuals to achieve financial control through data-driven insights and positive psychology.

With expertise spanning full-stack development, cloud architecture, and machine learning, Josh holds AWS certifications in Solutions Architecture, Development, and Machine Learning and more. His got-to tech-stack encompasses Golang, TypeScript, Python, Rust, AWS, Kubernetes, and React. Currently pursuing a Master's in Software Engineering from Penn State while drawing upon his Business Administration foundation from the University of Pittsburgh, Josh represents the intersection of academic rigor and real-world application. As a graduate of a startup accelerator program, he brings proven entrepreneurial methodology to the challenge of bridging complex technical innovations with transformative consumer experiences.

Josh has delivered compelling insights on expert panels about leveraging artificial intelligence to catalyze business growth and drive disruptive innovation. His authoritative perspective stems from intensive hands-on experience architecting AI-powered products that elegantly solve complex everyday challenges in FinTech and EdTech. Through Mudget, he exemplifies how sophisticated development practices and intelligent AI implementation can democratize financial tools for consumers.

Josh Burgess is a FinTech founder and accomplished software engineer in EdTech who combines cutting-edge technical expertise with strategic entrepreneurial acumen to architect solutions. As the Founder and CEO of Mudget, Josh is pioneering an AI-powe... Show more

Dan Fitzpatrick

Dan Fitzpatrick

Although my academic background was in language studies, I’ve been working with internet technologies for over twenty years, mostly doing classic web programming, followed by leading teams of developers. Technically, I have always been passionate about interface technologies. Now, I can combine my deep interest in linguistics and voice interfaces to contribute to the voice revolution.

I firmly believe that we, as consumers, are part of the “Voice Revolution”. Use cases, market potential and technological breakthroughs are growing exponentially. Because we have all the necessary building blocks at Reply, we need to document, bundle and channel our efforts to provide excellent voice solutions to Reply customers – and indeed – to ourselves, the IT-consumers of the 21st century!

Although my academic background was in language studies, I’ve been working with internet technologies for over twenty years, mostly doing classic web programming, followed by leading teams of developers. Technically, I have always been passionate abo... Show more

Ian Bourne

Ian Bourne

My company, Cloud2020, is a Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Power Platform consultancy based in Gloucestershire, that operates across the UK and Ireland - we focus on the SMB market, helping to build their businesses through innovation.

I started out as a ship's navigator with Cunard before various roles in the navy, merchant navy, and Ministry of Defence, both in command and ultimately as an Admiralty Pilot serving in the UK and Gibraltar. After I came 'ashore' I ran companies in Hampshire and London, and the Careers Service National Association before starting my own business selling software at discount into the charity and education sector.

When the cloud came on the scene I quickly saw this was the way ahead and initially set up a business to deliver Office365. When Dynamics became a SaaS product I realised this was the product that most motivated my team, and also gave our customers some serious business advantages, so I moved the company to focus entirely to Dynamics 365.

I live with my wife in Gloucestershire along with our two horses, two goats, thirteen ducks, eight hens, three beehives and dog.

I love to spend my holidays yacht sailing, skiing or travelling and for relaxation I play saxophone and guitar in a band. On occasions you will also find me on the bridge of s.s. Shieldhall navigating this amazing ship around the Solent (https://ss-shieldhall.co.uk/)

My company, Cloud2020, is a Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Power Platform consultancy based in Gloucestershire, that operates across the UK and Ireland - we focus on the SMB market, helping to build their businesses through innovation. I started out a... Show more

Armagan Amcalar

Armagan Amcalar

Armagan is the founder of Coyotiv GmbH, and is currently on a mission to bring a scalable and nimble engineering culture to startups and enterprises.

A software architect well versed in both the backend and frontend systems, he focuses on building resilient cloud systems. He loves open source and is the author of cote, a library for building microservices with Node.js, among many others. In his free time, he loves to hack stuff with JavaScript, ranging from musical gadgets to brain signals processing.

Armagan is a public speaker, a mentor and a lecturer. He also leads Lonca, a software craftspersonship school for women engineers, and teaches JavaScript at Coyotiv School of Software Engineering.

Armagan is the founder of Coyotiv GmbH, and is currently on a mission to bring a scalable and nimble engineering culture to startups and enterprises. A software architect well versed in both the backend and frontend systems, he focuses on building... Show more

Guillermo Orellana

Guillermo Orellana

Guillermo is a Software Engineer that has been doing Android since it was commercially available. From sunny Spain through snowy Poland to rainy London, he is currently shipping delightful customer experience in Monzo. He believes Kotlin is a strong player in all the fields, and envisions a future where all things will be done in Kotlin. Warning: may contain traces of sarcasm and siesta.

Guillermo is a Software Engineer that has been doing Android since it was commercially available. From sunny Spain through snowy Poland to rainy London, he is currently shipping delightful customer experience in Monzo. He believes Kotlin is a strong ... Show more

Kruthika Gopinathan

Kruthika Gopinathan

Power Platform Developer at Carnival Cruise

Power Platform Developer at Carnival Cruise Show more

Neringa Young

Neringa Young

Neringa Young is the Founder of Build Stuff conferences, which she personally manages – recruiting and working with the team, looking for the partners, creating marketing strategies and implementation of the conference promotion. She is also helping with logistics and creating the content of the event. For each year she invites 80 leading speakers from the Tech industry from around the world to come to the Baltics for this 5-day event.
The success of her leadership is seen through the results of the event which every year attracts more than 1400 software developers, with the same participants returning every year as the event grows.
Outside of the workplace, Neringa is involved with initiatives like Women Go Tech where she mentors young women, providing them with advice and direction for their careers in the tech sector.
She is the founder and manager of FIX.Events which runs meetings, training, conferences, private and public events for private & corporate clients.
During her university studies, she was simultaneous working as a Telemarketing sales representative. In just 2 years (2009), she was promoted on the basis of good results to become the Sales team lead at Lintel. At the age of 22, she was responsible for over 100 telemarketing sales managers. Her responsibilities included – hiring staff, training staff, coaching, organizing work across the wider team and implementing company sales strategies.
At AB TEO (now Telia), she initiated, formed and managed a team that is composed of both technical- and sales-personnel to boost sales in line with the company’s sales strategy. Her responsibilities included human resource management – hiring staff, training, coaching, organizing teamwork and working with sales strategies.
During the time she was working at AB TEO, she also published her Master thesis on an HR Topic: "Coaching for the Development of Organizational Personnel (Case of an X Organization, Lithuania)"; 2012 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION REFORM AND MANAGEMENT, INNOVATION (ERMI 2012), VOL 1 Pages: 54-60 Published: 2013; Conference: International, Conference on Education Reform and Management Innovation (ERMI 2012) Location: Shenzhen, PEOPLES R CHINA Date: DEC 04-05, 2012.

Neringa Young is the Founder of Build Stuff conferences, which she personally manages – recruiting and working with the team, looking for the partners, creating marketing strategies and implementation of the conference promotion. She is also helping ... Show more

Giuliano Arucci

Giuliano Arucci

I’m Giuliano Arucci, and I work on audience strategy and experimentation for global B2B events at Informa, including Cannes Lions, Money20/20 and BlackHat. I also created an audience-intelligence platform for events. I’ve spent the last 12 years combining human behaviour, user psychology and AI to understand why people sign up for events, and why they don’t. I’ve learned as much from the experiments that failed as from ones that worked.

I’m Giuliano Arucci, and I work on audience strategy and experimentation for global B2B events at Informa, including Cannes Lions, Money20/20 and BlackHat. I also created an audience-intelligence platform for events. I’ve spent the last 12 years comb... Show more

Adeline Makokha

Adeline Makokha

Adeline Makokha is an accomplished Software Quality Engineer at Safaricom PLC with a strong track record in the telecommunications industry. She is committed to ensuring the quality and readiness of products for production, implementing software testing automation frameworks, and conducting performance tests.

Adeline holds a BSc. in Telecommunication from Machakos University, Kenya, where she developed a deep passion for computer networking and cloud computing.

In addition to her professional accomplishments, Adeline is an active member of the tech community, co-organizing the AWS User Group Kenya and participating as a member of AWS Community Builders. She has also showcased her innovation and entrepreneurship by participating in fintech hackathons and presenting creative ideas.

Outside of her professional and tech-related pursuits, Adeline enjoys traveling, camping, and hiking, showcasing her adventurous spirit.

Adeline Makokha is an accomplished Software Quality Engineer at Safaricom PLC with a strong track record in the telecommunications industry. She is committed to ensuring the quality and readiness of products for production, implementing software tes... Show more

Stratus Axarlis

Stratus Axarlis

Self-motivated, setting high standards and hard-worker providing effective and efficient solutions.
Adaptable to new technologies when required
Passion for technology and e-business especially in enterprise environments.
Deep knowledge of HTML and experience in Javascript, and frameworks like Angular,
Specialized in C# . Net , .Net Core 10 & Blazor , Αngular, utilizing my technical and coordination skills.
Specialties: E-Commerce, Microsoft technologies , Airline Software, Gambling Software , Portals, reporting,
Background processes, SOLID principles, Documentation, Jira And confluence , UML design, JavaScript Sourcing &
testing, online Marketing, CMS, CRM ,Project Management , Formal Specifications, Object Oriented Methods ,
Reverse Engineering , Colour theory , Responsive, Design Patterns ,PostGreSQL , RavenDb , MS- SQL databases, SASS,
flex design, UML ,XSLT ,XML, FLUID design, MVC, advanced Entity Framework Core , code first , web services, Blazor ,
Restful APIs, Service bus, CI/CD, experience, Angular 20+,Experienced in modular monolithic , microservice
development and design. Redis, ElasticSearch, SignalR , MediatR , DDD, gRPC, libraries

Self-motivated, setting high standards and hard-worker providing effective and efficient solutions. Adaptable to new technologies when required Passion for technology and e-business especially in enterprise environments. Deep knowledge of HTML and... Show more

Katerina Karagianni

Katerina Karagianni

I've spent 18+ years making digital products work better for the people who actually use them, and for the businesses that build them.

At K Consulting, I work with teams across industries on the full range of UX: strategy, qualitative research, information architecture, and experience design. I'm brought in when teams need to move from assumptions to evidence, and from design decisions to outcomes they can measure. I also regularly deliver UX, Usability and CX training sessions for professional teams, helping them build practical skills and apply user-centered thinking in their everyday work.

More recently, I have developed a strong interest in the impact of AI on the UX field, exploring how AI is changing how we design, what we design, and who we design for.

Before going independent, I founded UXlab at Atcom in 2012 - one of Greece's first dedicated UX units inside a digital agency. At the time, UX was still fighting for a seat at the table, and we helped change that.

My background spans across performance marketing, ecommerce, and digital strategy, co-founding Linkwise (still Greece's largest performance marketing network), running an ecommerce venture called Days4u from 2007, and serving as Head of Digital Strategy at Atcom.

My past experience shapes how I approach UX: not as an isolated discipline, but something with real consequences for the bottom line.

I've spent 18+ years making digital products work better for the people who actually use them, and for the businesses that build them. At K Consulting, I work with teams across industries on the full range of UX: strategy, qualitative research, in... Show more

Irene Pedrejón

Irene Pedrejón

From paintbrushes to Power BI 🎨📊, my path blends art and analysis: I studied hairdressing, special effects makeup, and fine arts, and today I analyze data in a call center. Where I once created imaginary worlds, I now use my imagination to innovate with KPIs, dashboards, and strategic decisions 💡. I still tell stories, but with data as the protagonists. Because creativity isn't abandoned… it transforms 🚀

From paintbrushes to Power BI 🎨📊, my path blends art and analysis: I studied hairdressing, special effects makeup, and fine arts, and today I analyze data in a call center. Where I once created imaginary worlds, I now use my imagination to innovate... Show more

Bas Brinkmann

Bas Brinkmann

Can your organisation actually switch providers when it needs to?

Bas Brinkmann founded Dutch Governance Advisory to help organisations examine digital dependencies, decision-making authority and the evidence needed to act.

His sessions explore practical questions: can data be reused elsewhere, is the necessary expertise available, and who can approve the cost and disruption of a transition? Participants leave with questions they can apply to one critical digital service.

Based in Barcelona, Bas is also the author of the unpublished Dutch manuscript ‘Besturen in digitale afhankelijkheid’ (Governing Digital Dependencies).

Can your organisation actually switch providers when it needs to? Bas Brinkmann founded Dutch Governance Advisory to help organisations examine digital dependencies, decision-making authority and the evidence needed to act. His sessions explore... Show more

Simona Milanovic

Simona Milanovic

Simona Milanovic works at Google as an Android Developer Relations Engineer, on Jetpack Compose and Android Studio. Before joining Google, Simona worked as an Android Dev in a variety of different industries - retail, transportation, banking, automotive & online dating. Aside from work, she loves to travel, read, organise stuff (😬), play music & video games and spend time with her fluffy pets.

Simona Milanovic works at Google as an Android Developer Relations Engineer, on Jetpack Compose and Android Studio. Before joining Google, Simona worked as an Android Dev in a variety of different industries - retail, transportation, banking, automot... Show more

Aminata Sanogo

Aminata Sanogo

I am a logistics professional and project manager committed to Internet governance, digital inclusion, and capacity building in Africa. As the Organizational Secretary for the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Côte d’Ivoire, I help coordinate multistakeholder initiatives that bring together various stakeholders to address digital issues. I also participate in projects led by House of Africa Côte d’Ivoire and civil society organizations, with a particular focus on artificial intelligence governance, digital rights, innovation, youth empowerment, and digital transformation. Drawing on my experience in project management and stakeholder engagement, I am committed to promoting inclusive digital policies and strengthening cooperation for sustainable digital development in Africa.

I am a logistics professional and project manager committed to Internet governance, digital inclusion, and capacity building in Africa. As the Organizational Secretary for the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Côte d’Ivoire, I help coordinate multis... Show more

Malav Vyas

Malav Vyas

I am a security researcher with experience in Exploit Development and Vulnerability research. I mostly dabble around with Windows and IoT software environment to find vulnerabilities and develop exploits. I also contribute my time with infosec communities such as Null, Bsides, OWASP

I am a security researcher with experience in Exploit Development and Vulnerability research. I mostly dabble around with Windows and IoT software environment to find vulnerabilities and develop exploits. I also contribute my time with infosec commun... Show more

Batandwa Mgutsi

Batandwa Mgutsi

Love checking out new tech. Love listening to people vent about tech. Love of Dart and Typescript. Otherwise just a normal software engineer.

Love checking out new tech. Love listening to people vent about tech. Love of Dart and Typescript. Otherwise just a normal software engineer. Show more

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