Travel & Tourism

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

Downs & Towns 📷

Downs & Towns 📷

Houston Vandergriff is a globe-trotting photographer, entrepreneur, and influencer based in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Houston has traveled to 49 of the 50 United States, 5 Canadian Provinces, and 26 countries. He also has Down syndrome. His photos have been in magazines and books, won awards in numerous competitions, and been shown in galleries in three countries.

He shares the positives surrounding disability on Tiktok, Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. For his photography sales, he started on ETSY, moved to his own website, and now sells his photography as NFTs. To date he has been part of three sold-out NFT collections.

Houston inspires others, both inside and outside of the disability community. By sharing his gift of photography he also shares gifts of beauty and hope.

Houston Vandergriff is a globe-trotting photographer, entrepreneur, and influencer based in Knoxville, Tennessee. Houston has traveled to 49 of the 50 United States, 5 Canadian Provinces, and 26 countries. He also has Down syndrome. His photos h... Show more

Casey Ayers

Casey Ayers

Casey Ayers is the author of more than 40 online training courses published in association with Pluralsight. More than 330,000 business professionals around the world have taken his courses on project management, business analysis, and other advanced topics to pursue globally-recognized certifications and sharpen their skills, offering better value to employers and enhancing their career prospects. Casey has experience leading projects in many fields, including healthcare, digital media, mobile app development, consumer product design, and education. Casey is a PMP-certified project manager and earned a Master's in Business Administration from the Crummer School of Business in Orlando, Florida.

Casey Ayers is the author of more than 40 online training courses published in association with Pluralsight. More than 330,000 business professionals around the world have taken his courses on project management, business analysis, and other advanced... Show more

Katrina Coker

Katrina Coker

Katrina, also known as “The Scrum Mother” on TikTok, Instagram, and LinkedIn, is an experienced Senior ScrumMaster and Agile Coach, with expertise in Scrum, Kanban, Team Development, Coaching, Backlog Management, Conflict Management and Systems-Thinking. She is excited to share tips and tricks with other ScrumMasters on how all that works, especially in a time of chaos, aka the ScrumMaster’s time to shine! She also seeks to showcase the value of a great ScrumMaster and how every team, at every level of an organization, could benefit from someone dedicated to this role on a team.

Katrina is an alumna of Kennesaw State University where she earned an M.S. in Conflict Management in 2011 and B.B.A. in International Business with Marketing and Spanish in 2008. She is an advocate for utilizing vision boards and Kanban for goal setting, managing her personal day-to-day activities, and moving her own needle toward personal transformation. This extends to her vocational and avocational endeavors. She lives in Sugar Hill, GA with her two cats, Avery and Fiona.

Katrina, also known as “The Scrum Mother” on TikTok, Instagram, and LinkedIn, is an experienced Senior ScrumMaster and Agile Coach, with expertise in Scrum, Kanban, Team Development, Coaching, Backlog Management, Conflict Management and Systems-Think... Show more

Natali Načinović

Natali Načinović

I am frontend engineer that is not afraid to dip her toes in backend. I work mostly with React, Typescript, GraphQL.
I have experience working in few companies of different sizes and have stayed the longest in a fast pacing world of a startup that is Typeform.
In my free time, I like to hike, roller skate and play board games. I like travelling and beach and last but not least - I am a language fan (can understand/speak to some degree 6 languages!).

I am frontend engineer that is not afraid to dip her toes in backend. I work mostly with React, Typescript, GraphQL. I have experience working in few companies of different sizes and have stayed the longest in a fast pacing world of a startup that i... Show more

Kriti Shah

Kriti Shah

Kriti Shah is currently a graduate student of Environmental Policy and Management at the University of California, Davis, and has a background in environmental engineering. Her interest lies at the nexus of international trade, law, and policy, decarbonization of the energy sector, and geopolitics. Born and raised in India, she deeply empathizes with the issues of extreme heat and the effects of climate change on the energy and transportation sector and worries about climate-induced migration. To unwind, she loves to dance, cook, and try out new DIY projects.

Kriti Shah is currently a graduate student of Environmental Policy and Management at the University of California, Davis, and has a background in environmental engineering. Her interest lies at the nexus of international trade, law, and policy, decar... Show more

Thomas Ploch

Thomas Ploch

I am Thomas, and I design systems for people and computers for fun and profit!

My career has navigated me through various industries like Finance & Insurance, Medical, Automotive and Travel. I have been wearing many differently shaped hats over the last 15 years. From System Administration, Test Automation, Web Development, Software Architecture & Design, Product Design & Organisation Design, I can draw on a bit of experience that currently helps me every day as a Principal Solutions Architect FlixBus.

The biggest realization over the last few years is that the most important component of success is not running the latest distributed architecture in the cloud, but to enable people to work smart to manifest their ideas in helpful products. I want to share my experiences and hope that you can take away a bit of knowledge that can help you later.

It is impossible to design useful software without understanding the underlying forces driven by market conditions, competitors, business strategy and the actual people using or building the software. Hence, I firmly believe that a wider definition of system design is required to achieve an adaptive and evolvable environment of people, processes and technology that can react to changing conditions in our fast paced digital world.

I am Thomas, and I design systems for people and computers for fun and profit! My career has navigated me through various industries like Finance & Insurance, Medical, Automotive and Travel. I have been wearing many differently shaped hats over th... Show more

Rakesh Kr. Sharma

Rakesh Kr. Sharma

Rakesh is a skilled backend engineer with over 3+ years of experience in the field. He is currently working as an SDE2 at Board Infinity, where he has been building their edtech platform since 2020. Rakesh's core responsibilities include designing and implementing efficient, scalable, and maintainable backend systems.

Before joining Board Infinity, Rakesh worked at Mounty Outdoor Adventure, a tour and travel company where he developed their booking and payment systems. During this time, Rakesh gained valuable experience in creating systems that could handle high traffic volumes and ensure the smooth functioning of operations.

Rakesh's main technical skills include Node.js, JavaScript, Python, MongoDB, Redis, and other backend technologies. He is also passionate about writing technical articles and recently started his own YouTube channel to share his knowledge with others.

Rakesh is a skilled backend engineer with over 3+ years of experience in the field. He is currently working as an SDE2 at Board Infinity, where he has been building their edtech platform since 2020. Rakesh's core responsibilities include designing an... Show more

Denis Makogon

Denis Makogon

Software enthusiast, a fan of designing and developing platform and software as a service application for various cloud infrastructures. He’s a principal software developer, developer advocate at Oracle, concentrating on product development along with bringing well-designed and production-ready integration with cloud solutions, a contributor to various open-source projects, cloud-related technologies along with having fun with IoT devices and photography.
Blogger, photographer, traveler. Denis is a regular attendee and speaker at OpenStack summits (Atlanta, Austin, Paris, Barcelona, Boston) and PyCons (Hong Kong, Singapore, Italy), PyLondinium, Decompile.De. Co-author of OpenStack Application development, OpenStack Trove Essentials.

Software enthusiast, a fan of designing and developing platform and software as a service application for various cloud infrastructures. He’s a principal software developer, developer advocate at Oracle, concentrating on product development along wit... Show more

Mandela Winnie

Mandela Winnie

Design and Code are my pillars

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Kadriye Macit

Kadriye Macit

I am a software engineer and currently working as a senior Flutter developer in a Dutch company (remote). I have been developing Flutter for about 4.5 years.

I like to share what I've learned so we can gain more perspectives. To bring this to life, I have a YouTube channel (Hello World) and a Medium account full of the Flutter contents where I share what I have learned.

It is entertaining to produce contents, participate in the events and organizing the events in my free time so I am an organizer in Flutter Turkey and Flutter Ankara. I love connecting with other people and learning together new technologies. Therefore I am a Flutterista in Flutteristas Community and a Women TechMakers Ambassador in Google.

I am a software engineer and currently working as a senior Flutter developer in a Dutch company (remote). I have been developing Flutter for about 4.5 years. I like to share what I've learned so we can gain more perspectives. To bring this to lif... Show more

Kamel Ghali

Kamel Ghali

Kamel is a longtime veteran of the automotive cybersecurity industry, having over 6 years working as a car hacker, technical trainer, speaker, and automotive security consultant. He is an active member of the community, having presented at conferences all around the world such as DEFCON, Black Hat MEA, Hack In The Box, and more. He is an ambassador and staff member of the Car Hacking Village and lead of the Japanese chapter of the Automotive Security Research group, organizations he supports to help spread knowledge of automotive security throughout the world. Outside of his work, Kamel is an avid traveler, amateur chef, and fighting game enthusiast.

Kamel is a longtime veteran of the automotive cybersecurity industry, having over 6 years working as a car hacker, technical trainer, speaker, and automotive security consultant. He is an active member of the community, having presented at conference... Show more

Yuang Qiao

Yuang Qiao

Yuang has been a specialist in Kotlin development for the past 6 years and am now employed as a mobile development expert at Trip.com. He is the creator of two open-source Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile (KMP) projects as well as the organizer of the Kotlin User Group (KUG) Shanghai. Some of his efforts for the Kotlin community include organizing and speaking at local tech-sharing events and conferences hosted by JetBrains, the Kotlin User Group (KUG), and the Google Developer Group (GDG). And, he is certified as a Google Developer Expert (GDE) for Android. He also localized the "Kotlin Cookbook" by O'Reilly into Chinese for publication in China. Lastly, Shengyou Fan, JetBrains Developer Advocate, and him co-host the podcast "Kotlin Fireside Chat"(Chinese name: Kotlin 炉边漫谈) alongside Kotlin Developer Maggie Kuo from Taiwan.

Yuang has been a specialist in Kotlin development for the past 6 years and am now employed as a mobile development expert at Trip.com. He is the creator of two open-source Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile (KMP) projects as well as the organizer of the Kot... Show more

Mohit Suman

Mohit Suman

Mohit Suman is based out of beautiful country India. He works as a Senior Technical Product Manager at Red Hat, Developer Experience. He holds experience in Product Management, Software Engineering and Architecture in fields ranging from large-scale distributed computing and developer productivity.

Currently defining the journey to enhance the overall developer experience for hybrid-cloud infrastructure. An advocate of open source principles and building a strong community around it. He is a Certified Product Owner, Certified Scrum Master, RHCSA, and Red Hat Certified OpenShift Administrator.

When he’s not writing about himself in the third person, Mohit is an avid traveller and loves to explore the beauty around the globe.

Mohit Suman is based out of beautiful country India. He works as a Senior Technical Product Manager at Red Hat, Developer Experience. He holds experience in Product Management, Software Engineering and Architecture in fields ranging from large-scale ... Show more

Shivji Kumar Jha

Shivji Kumar Jha

Shiv is a an architect at Nutanix and heads the cloud data platform team helping Nutanix products with data storage- databases, messaging, analytics etc. With a team of 6, Shiv works on making apache pulsar, nats-server, druid, debezium, presto etc available as a platform for all of nutanix cloud products.
Shiv loves spending time on Data storage and MLOps related research and has contributed to MySQL and pulsar codebases. Shiv is an avid reader (tech, fiction, economics etc) and is always looking at ways to simplify software architectures.

Shiv is a an architect at Nutanix and heads the cloud data platform team helping Nutanix products with data storage- databases, messaging, analytics etc. With a team of 6, Shiv works on making apache pulsar, nats-server, druid, debezium, presto etc a... Show more

Mateusz Zalewski

Mateusz Zalewski

Being a programmer is not only my job - it is a way of my life. I’m a strong BDD believer and testing enthusiast, curious about the world and passionate about science. For the last few years, I’m a Sylius core-team member, working hard on developing the best e-commerce framework, also doing training and talks about Sylius, testing, and programming itself.
Privately a member of a medieval reenactment group and a fervent traveler. I love to see new places, meet interesting people and develop myself to be a better programmer and a better human being.

Being a programmer is not only my job - it is a way of my life. I’m a strong BDD believer and testing enthusiast, curious about the world and passionate about science. For the last few years, I’m a Sylius core-team member, working hard on developing ... Show more

Murugesan Ramaiah

Murugesan Ramaiah

Murugesan is a seasoned Solutions Architect currently employed at Booking.com, specialising in the Cloud, Observability domain. With over 16 years of diverse experience, he has traversed roles ranging from system engineer to DevOps Engineer, and from Engineering Manager to Consultant, ultimately arriving at current position as a Solutions Architect. His expertise spans the spectrum of building, managing, and scaling diverse systems across Hybrid-Cloud environments worldwide, as well as nurturing, leading, and expanding global teams.

Driven by an insatiable curiosity, passionate about sharing knowledge , establishing connections within both the business and tech communities and as a life long learner, strong believer of "learning is a journey, not a destination".

Murugesan is a seasoned Solutions Architect currently employed at Booking.com, specialising in the Cloud, Observability domain. With over 16 years of diverse experience, he has traversed roles ranging from system engineer to DevOps Engineer, and from... Show more

Cynthia Bentzen-Mercer, PhD

Cynthia Bentzen-Mercer, PhD

Dr. Cynthia Bentzen Mercer is an elite talent and organizational development strategist, social psychologist, and author of her first book, Now, Near, Next. With three decades of experience transforming company culture through her nationally recognized approaches to identifying, unleashing, and actualizing human potential, she is a leading authority on premier workforce cultivation. Cynthia’s unique ability to inspire professional growth galvanizes a flourishing culture of innovation and discovery. Known as a visionary in organizational design, succession planning, leadership advancement, and executive coaching, she assembles top-tier teams with deep, balanced bench strength.

Cynthia’s experience traverses domestic and international, public and private, for-profit and not-for-profit, start-up, and aggressive growth companies within the real estate, gaming, hospitality, and healthcare industries. She has been recognized as one of Ingram’s 50 Missourians You Should Know, among Becker’s 143 Women Leaders of Hospitals and Health Systems to Know, a St. Louis YWCA Leader of Distinction, and one of St. Louis’s Most Influential Businesswomen.

Cynthia holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology, a Master of Business Administration, and a Bachelor of Science in Broadcasting and Film, and is a Board-Certified Executive Coach. A proud mother of two adult children, grandmother of three, breast cancer survivor, and servant leader, Cynthia’s passion for helping executives and organizations amplify possibilities and realize their potential is a personal mission.

Dr. Cynthia Bentzen Mercer is an elite talent and organizational development strategist, social psychologist, and author of her first book, Now, Near, Next. With three decades of experience transforming company culture through her nationally recogniz... Show more

Ptah Dunbar

Ptah Dunbar

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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

Divine Chinyere Ezendiokwere

Divine Chinyere Ezendiokwere

Nominated designer of the week by one of Nigeria's leading Tech startups, HerTechTrail Academy, Divine Chinyere Ezendiokwere is a passionate and admirable product designer and content creator. With a background in content writing and storytelling, her career expands over several industries including volunteering, teen advocacy, public speaking, and lifestyle.

Divine is a graduate of Plant Science and Biotechnology from a Nigerian university. She is a leadership builder who delivers high-energy keynote presentations that challenge audiences to leverage their focus and pay attention to what matters most at work and in life.

Oh, did we mention that she is from Anambra and a lastborn? Why does it matter? Well, it means that she's a bit mischievous, pretty witty, and a little cheeky. She is also an unofficial food lover... and an enthusiastic adventurer.

Nominated designer of the week by one of Nigeria's leading Tech startups, HerTechTrail Academy, Divine Chinyere Ezendiokwere is a passionate and admirable product designer and content creator. With a background in content writing and storytelling, he... Show more

Onyeka Ekwemozor

Onyeka Ekwemozor

Onyeka is a multiple Google-ranked writer and highly motivated digital marketer with over two years of experience working with B2C and B2B organizations in the blockchain/Web3 industry and other sectors.

Onyeka began her career in 2021 and has been a community manager, content writer, content lead, SEO specialist, and digital marketer. With these skills, she has worked with Crypto Smart, BitBarter, Shiga Digital, Despace Protocol, Mexc Global, etc.

She is also a passionate teacher and mentor who is committed to helping others grow their careers too.

Onyeka is a multiple Google-ranked writer and highly motivated digital marketer with over two years of experience working with B2C and B2B organizations in the blockchain/Web3 industry and other sectors. Onyeka began her career in 2021 and has be... Show more

Wladi Mitzel

Wladi Mitzel

Wladi Mitzel is a Solutions Architect at AWS over a decade of development experience. He is dedicated to helping customers succeed using the cloud and has a strong interest in architecture, CI/CD, containers, and security. In his role, Wladi enjoys exploring new technologies and services that can ease the workload of developers, DevOps, and SREs. He is excited to share his knowledge and experience with others and is looking forward to sharing his insights with the community.

Wladi Mitzel is a Solutions Architect at AWS over a decade of development experience. He is dedicated to helping customers succeed using the cloud and has a strong interest in architecture, CI/CD, containers, and security. In his role, Wladi enjoys e... Show more

Missael Benalcazar

Missael Benalcazar

Im Missael Benalcazar, a young ecuadorian entrepeneur that is using NFTs and Blockchain tecnology to boost the tourism in the Galapagos Islands. Im a passionate for the solutions and to connect with people by giving value.

Im Missael Benalcazar, a young ecuadorian entrepeneur that is using NFTs and Blockchain tecnology to boost the tourism in the Galapagos Islands. Im a passionate for the solutions and to connect with people by giving value. Show more

Riyas P

Riyas P

Riyas is a seasoned Polyglot Engineer with 7+ years' experience in multiple programming languages and paradigms, currently Senior Software Engineer II at Harness.
Expert in Kubernetes, cloud-native tech, and open-source contributions.

Riyas is a seasoned Polyglot Engineer with 7+ years' experience in multiple programming languages and paradigms, currently Senior Software Engineer II at Harness. Expert in Kubernetes, cloud-native tech, and open-source contributions. Show more

Sohail Pathan

Sohail Pathan

Sohail is a seasoned Developer Advocate. Has been contributing to developer communities for more than 5 years. Travel & Food is always on his plate and pass jokes a lot.

Sohail is a seasoned Developer Advocate. Has been contributing to developer communities for more than 5 years. Travel & Food is always on his plate and pass jokes a lot. Show more

CD Damitio

CD Damitio

CD Damitio is the founder and publisher of Vagobond Magazine, the first periodical to be published as a readable NFT on blockchain. Now in its second year, Vagobond Magazine is an important resource in the literary NFT movement.

CD Damitio is the founder and publisher of Vagobond Magazine, the first periodical to be published as a readable NFT on blockchain. Now in its second year, Vagobond Magazine is an important resource in the literary NFT movement. Show more

Brittany Jonaitis

Brittany Jonaitis

Brittany Jonaitis is an Alignment Activator. Her company, No Bull Ventures, allows her to works with individuals and businesses to get back on their path to their truth by applying her life and corporate experience to her coaching and mentorships.

Brittany Jonaitis holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from The University of Vermont and a Graduate Certificate in Life and Business Coaching from Grand Canyon University as well as is a Certified Scrum Professional from the Scrum Alliance.

Brittany Jonaitis is an Alignment Activator. Her company, No Bull Ventures, allows her to works with individuals and businesses to get back on their path to their truth by applying her life and corporate experience to her coaching and mentorships. ... Show more

Siddharth Dayalwal

Siddharth Dayalwal

Siddharth is a Developer Community Specialist at Storyblok. He loves to talk about communities & hackathons and has been actively involved in the space for 4+ years now!

He is also the founding organizer of Hack This Fall Hacker Community, Major League Hacking APAC Hackathon Coach, GitHub Field Expert, and Digital Ocean Navigator!

He is a community guy and a public speaker. Additionally, he is fond of traveling, music, and food.

Siddharth is a Developer Community Specialist at Storyblok. He loves to talk about communities & hackathons and has been actively involved in the space for 4+ years now! He is also the founding organizer of Hack This Fall Hacker Community, Major L... Show more

Isaac Kenyon

Isaac Kenyon

“Isaac is a leader in the unique triad of outdoor adventure, sustainability and mental health and is one of the youngest endurance world-record-breaking eco-adventurers and international keynote speakers in the world. Isaac is different in that he is actively doing the experiences he talks about rather than a “has been”. Isaac is also a gifted science communicator, a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society of London and the Geological Society of London and a trustee chair for Mind mental health charity. Isaac is a sustainability leader and is a CEO and co-founder of Climate Explorers a community interest company with a mission to inspire action through sharing climate solutions. As an under 30, Isaac is one of the youngest international keynote speakers in the world which makes him very relatable to early career starters in companies and holds many world records in endurance adventure sports which in the outdoor industry is rare by such an age.

Isaac’s dominant speaking topic is building a high-performing team which focuses on relationship building, communication, finding a team’s common goal, 5 fundamentals to preparation, resilience built through adversity and adapting to change (good and bad). Most adventurers you will hear about are solo, Isaac not only assembles teams to overcome adverse challenges in the most extreme environments but also works with teams to fully fund the expeditions from sponsorship and overfund for charity. Isaac can share this expertise in a unique way that many people can't through adventures he has team led.

“I invited Isaac to come to talk to my team at a team building/thought leadership event we were running internally, to inspire the team and challenge their thinking. The talk delivered was exceptional and was thoroughly enjoyed by the team, who found Isaac's stories to be remarkable. As a high-performance team, this galvanised our efforts and captured our imaginations, with a real impact on our offerings and service to our clients. I cannot recommend Isaac highly enough and look forward to inviting him to speak again at future events.” – Thomas Rowson - Head of Events at Footprint Digital Marketing”

Isaac also covers mental health topics, specifically in improving productivity through a mental health-focused culture. Isaac has lived experience with mental health and shares heartwarming compelling personal stories of overcoming mental health battles. Isaac’s experience as a trustee for MIND mental health charity and general education (degree in mental health awareness and training in mental health peer support and mental health first aid) is also very educational for audiences. Isaac has used a TED talk to share how nature-based activities and regular exercise are vital for good mental health and strives to create a platform which encourages a healthy lifestyle balance by reconnecting with nature and learning through the challenge.

“Isaac was a keynote speaker at the East of England Mental Health in Sport & Physical Activity Conference that we organised. The conference was aimed at professionals and volunteers from across various sectors, seeking to share learning as to how sport and physical activity can be used to benefit people’s mental health. Isaac’s story was very much in fitting with this theme, adding good value to the event. It was great to hear Isaac draw on his own experience of managing his mental health and the positive impact being active, particularly when immersed in nature has had on this. Hearing about the amazing feats Isaac has achieved and the challenges he has completed was truly inspiring. Yet, all members of the audience could apply and benefit from elements of his mindset themselves, even if not planning on completing any world record attempts any time soon! It was a pleasure to have Isaac present at our conference and we hope to work with him again in the future.“ - Tom Horey - Project Officer for Health The Herts Sports and Physical Activity Partnership

In 2021 Isaac co-founded a pending B Corporation called Climate Explorers CIC which works to inspire and provide tools to enable environmentally friendly behaviour change and share climate solutions, in order to build a global community that is resilient and adaptable to the degrading three pillars of climate, biodiversity and human well-being, and actively works together to restore them. In Isaac’s journey as the CEO and founder of this purposeful organisation, he has learnt a thing or two about sustainability leadership and is able to share these lessons with companies/organisations who are actively working on embedding ESG principles in their organisational culture through engaging teams in this area. As an eco-adventurer, Isaac shares inspiring stories and case studies of recent successful world-first carbon-neutral expeditions and film productions.

“Huge thanks for this team-building talk, Isaac! Incredibly inspiring as I knew you would be. The team is very energised and ready to take on COP26!” – David Saddington - Head of International Nature Campaign COP26 at Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)

Isaac pursues extraordinarily difficult environments for the purpose to grow by pushing his limits in discomfort and is an expert in not only securing sponsorship for expeditions and raising £millions for charity but more importantly assembling high-performance teams to overcome adverse challenges. Some of note are, completing a relay swim across the English Channel (no wetsuit) hailed as one of the world’s most difficult open water swims, summiting Mt. Kilimanjaro in 4 days fighting altitude sickness, breaking the World and British records for the lightweight longest solo continual indoor rowing machine row (83 hours with no sleep), rowed in a team across the Atlantic Ocean in 40 days through dangerous storms and 20ft-high harsh seas. Isaac is the first to cycle from Orkney to the Isles of Scilly over sea and land (yes that is cycling over the sea) in 14 days and is the first to run 218km between the three highest peaks in the north, mid and south Wales (Mt. Snowdon, Cadir Idris and Pen-y-Fan) over 4 days continuously.

“Isaac is brilliant, ambitious, fearless, and well accomplished. What makes Isaac one of the best motivational figures that I have come to know, is his ability to persevere, overcome and achieve an end goal no matter the sacrifices involved. He exudes these aspects of his personality through his ability to be influential in the lives of others, including mine.” — Niala Singh - Insurance Administrator - NAGICO INSURANCES

“Isaac is a leader in the unique triad of outdoor adventure, sustainability and mental health and is one of the youngest endurance world-record-breaking eco-adventurers and international keynote speakers in the world. Isaac is different in that he is... 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

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