Emily Freeman believes the greatest challenges we face aren’t technical, but human. She is a bestselling author of two books, DevOps for Dummies and 97 Things Every Cloud Engineer Should Know, and a prolific speaker, traveling across the globe to educate executives and engineers on the best approaches to AI, DevOps, and cloud engineering. Emily has…

David Giard is a former accountant and a former biochemist, who has been developing solutions using Microsoft technologies for over three decades. Currently, David helps people design and build solutions in his role as a Partner Solution Architect at Microsoft. David has been very active in the developer community, speaking at numerous major confer…

Zach is a serial entrepreneur, engineer, and cofounder of Fleet, where he works to unlock the full potential of osquery for enterprise and open-source customers. He brings the vision and experience of co-creating and working with osquery since the earliest design documents at Facebook in 2014. He has served as a member of the Linux Foundation osque…

Marc is a Sr Developer Advocate at Diagrid with a strong focus on event-driven architectures. He loves helping developers to achieve more every day. You might have seen Marc at a developer meetup or conference, since he's a regular speaker and event-organizer in the area of Dapr, Azure cloud, and serverless technologies. From 2019 to 2024 Marc rece…

Joe Guadagno is a currently Vice President of IT for RT². He has been writing software for over 20 years, has been an active member of the .NET community, serving on the .NET Foundation Board of Directors, as President, and has been a Microsoft MVP in .NET for more than 15 years. He has spoken through the United States and international events on t…

Eric Lippert is a designer of fine programming languages; at Microsoft he worked on Visual Basic, VBScript, JScript and C#. At Facebook he worked on Hack (a gradually-typed PHP) and Bean Machine (a probabilistic extension of Python for data scientists). He is at present enjoying taking a break from corporate life. You can find Eric on the following…

Jeremy is a Windows Developer MVP, Avalonia MVP, and Arm Ambassador who mostly focuses on all things Windows on Arm. He is a member of the .NET Foundation Project Committee and is also a member of the selection committee for .NET on AWS FOSS Fund. He enjoys making contributions to OSS to help move projects forward and to ensure that Arm support is …

Anjuan Simmons has led software development teams for over two decades, and he excels at shipping features that customers love while also managing healthy teams. He’s delivered software for large global management consulting companies like Accenture and Deloitte as well as a number of startups. Anjuan’s approach to leading teams combines the rigor …

Rizel Scarlett is a Staff Developer Advocate at TBD, Block's newest business unit. With a diverse background spanning GitHub, startups, and non-profit organizations, Rizel has cultivated a passion for utilizing emerging technologies to champion equity within the tech industry. She moonlights as an Advisor at G{Code} House, an organization aimed at …

Martin is an open-source software developer and Microsoft Developer Technologies MVP. He specializes in cross-platform application development and loves the Microsoft technology stack. He enjoys sharing his knowledge with other developers at conferences and on-line. In spare time he enjoys sport climbing/bouldering, gaming on Xbox, reading, geocach…

Justin is a developer who’s helped create Oscar winning movies at Disney Animation, built infrastructure for Disney+, and worked on EKS at AWS. He is now the Director of Developer Relations at Sidero Labs and host of the Ship it! podcast You can find Justin on the following sites: Twitter Website PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST Spotify Apple Podcas…

My name is Jeremy Miller and I am a Developer and Software Architect in Austin, TX. I started my career as a “real” engineer and got into software development writing automation tooling for my engineering group. This being the late 90’s, it was easy to transition into the early project automation groups where I got to be part of several initiatives…

Stephanie Stimac is a designer and product manager with over 14 years of experience, specializing in developer experiences and tooling. She has worked with startups to design and build websites with a focus on clean and simple user experience. Stephanie worked on the Microsoft Edge team for six years designing DevTools, shipping browser features, a…

Here is Brian in their own words 👋 Howdy! Thanks for stopping by. I’m Brian and I’ve been doing technology things since acoustic modem couplers were a thing. I love Open Source and exploring different programming languages. Some highlights about me and my activities: Army Veteran: Bradley Fighting Vehicle Gunner, Infantry, 1st Armored Division. Fat…

Brit is a technology leader with over a decade of experience scaling high-performing engineering teams. Prior to System Initiative, she was a member of the executive team at Hyland Software where she led global engineering teams responsible for building multiple cloud product lines. Brit was most recently Head of Cloud Engineering at Firebolt Analy…

Angie Jones is the Global Vice President of Developer Relations for TBD, Block’s new business unit focused on decentralized technologies. She is an award-winning teacher and international keynote speaker who shares her wealth of knowledge at software companies and conferences all over the world. As a Master Inventor, Angie is known for her innovati…

Jim is a Principal Developer Advocate at liblab focusing on skilling and inspiring developers, especially helping API developers deliver high-quality SDKs. He’s British, so sounds way smarter than he actually is, and lives in the Pacific North West of the USA. In the past he’s lived in 4 continents working as a developer in the mobile, desktop, and…

My name is Rob Conery and I help developers of all sorts learn what’s new with technology. I work at Microsoft as a Developer Advocate and I am fortunate to get invited to speak at global conferences from time to time. I have been working in the technology field full time since 1998 as a DBA and then a web developer. My original focus was the Micro…

James Jackson-South is the brains? behind ImageSharp, the cutting-edge image processing library that has become indispensable in the modern .NET developer's toolkit. His contribution to the open-source community through ImageSharp has revolutionized the way developers handle image processing, offering a powerful and flexible API that caters to a my…

Carl Franklin is Executive Vice President of App vNext, a software development firm focused on modern methodologies and technologies. Carl is a 20+ year veteran of the software industry, co-host and founder of .NET Rocks!, the first and most widely listened to podcast for .NET developers, a Microsoft MVP for Developer Technologies, and Senior Execu…

Sarah Guthals is the Director of Developer Relations at Sentry. With a Ph.D. in Computer Science from UC San Diego, her passion is to design content, software, and companies that focus on engaging developers in learning new skills, technologies, and tools to improve their developer workflow. You can find Sarah Guthals on the following sites: Twitte…

Corey Weathers is a software developer who loves using technology to make the impossible possible! In his current role as a Developer Evangelist, Corey serves the interests and needs of the Microsoft developer community as well as underrepresented groups in technology. His passion lies in solving human problems through technology. Prior to Auth0, C…

Josh Goldberg is an independent full time open source developer. He works on projects in the TypeScript ecosystem, most notably typescript-eslint: the tooling that enables ESLint and Prettier to run on TypeScript code. Josh is also the author of the O’Reilly Learning TypeScript book, a Microsoft MVP for developer technologies, and an active confere…

Tim's tech career spans over 25 years through various sectors. Tim's initial journey into tech started in avionics in the US Marine Corps and then into various government contracting roles. After moving to the private sector, Tim worked both in large corporate environments and in small startups, honing his skills in systems administration, automati…

Kris Moore is the Vice President of Engineering for iXsystems. Kris is an experienced executive with a demonstrated history of working in the computer software industry and is closely involved in the TrueNAS Open Storage community. He holds strong information technology skills and expertise in Shell scripting, C++, operating systems, FreeBSD, and s…

Ramiro Berrelleza is the CEO and Co-founder of Okteto, the leading platform for Development Experience Automation. With over 20 years of experience in engineering, Ramiro is a seasoned professional with a passion for building developer tooling.A visionary, Ramiro is always looking for ways to improve the software development process. He firmly beli…

Phil Haack is a co-founder and CTO of A Serious Business, Inc. building serious products for serious people. Very serious. We are the creators of Abbot, a Copilot for Customer Success automation. Phil has over twenty years of experience in the software industry. Prior to A Serious Business, Inc., he was a director of engineering at GitHub and helpe…

Alyssa Miller is a hacker who, in her pre-teens, bought her first computer and hacked her way into a paid dial-up community platform. She grew up in hacker culture, finding her hacker family in IRC channels during her adolescent years. While IT was not her original career plan, she ended up working as a developer and later a penetration tester in t…

Linda is a Developer Advocate at Amazon Web Services (AWS) based out of NYC. You can find her building in the cloud, sometimes 'Singing as a Service', and connecting with the tech community. She frequently share tips & 'Techtorials' about cloud computing and coding on TikTok & Instagram (@LindaVivah). You can find Linda Haviv on the following sites…

Carl Tashian is an engineer, writer, exec coach, and startup all-rounder. He's currently an Offroad Engineer at Smallstep. He co-founded and built the engineering team at Trove, and he wrote the code that opens your Zipcar. He lives in San Francisco with his wife Siobhan and he loves to play the modular synthesizer. You can follow Carl on Social Me…

Lizzie serves developers in the Bay Area and beyond on Twilio's developer evangelism team and holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Bryn Mawr. She likes Swift, JavaScript, and working with AI, but has been seen writing Python and Haskell as well. When not organizing or attending hackathons and meetups, she enjoys tennis, ping pong, and…

Founder of Earthly, Founder of ShiftLeft, exGoogle, exVMware engineer, early team member of RabbitMQ team.You can follow Vlad on Social Mediahttps://twitter.com/VladAIonescuhttps://vladaionescu.com/Also check out these links from Vladhttps://earthly.dev/PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST- Spotify: http://isaacl.dev/podcast-spotify- Apple Podcasts: htt…

Bryan Hogan has been working in the tech industry for 20 years, most of which has been spent in the C# .NET world. He hosts a podcast, interviewing people in the tech industry from around the world and writes a blog. Bryan lives in the Boston area where is he is involved in the tech community through local events and his podcast.You can follow Brya…

Chris has spent over 15 years as a backend engineer, primarily working on distributed systems and cloud based services, including a large microservices platform. She has also led teams developing internal build and deployment tooling with the goal of improving the developer’s experience. Chris currently works at Stack Overflow helping to empower th…

Chris Klug is a developer badass-as-a-service that either creates or solves problems depending on who you ask. He loves creating and building things. Whether it be a new application, a new kitchen or a new RC helicopter, you will see him building things all the time. Most of the time, that means writing code and solving problems for clients at a co…

Throughout his career, Nikhil Nandagopal has always looked for a better way to do things: he’s built out a logistics operation for the largest e-commerce company in India (a direct competitor to Amazon), helped build up a travel company with over 5 million users, and even worked to scale a food delivery service from 50 meal deliveries a day to over…

Bekah graduated from the Flatiron School Software Engineering program in May of 2019 and since then has spent time as a frontend developer, started the Virtual Coffee developer community, spent time in DevRel and has continued to mom her four kids. She currently co-hosts the Virtual Coffee podcast, tries to work on her postpartum wellness OSS proje…

Diana Pham is a Developer Advocate at Vonage, where she helps developers and companies see the potential in communication APIs. She holds a MS in Computer Science degree from Northeastern University, and regularly talks about communications APIs, DevRel and oysters.You can follow Diana on Social Mediahttps://twitter.com/dianasoysterhttps://www.link…

Dejan Miličić is an enthusiastic consultant and developer advocate at RavenDB with more than 20 years of experience as a professional software developer in designing, writing, and maintaining applications. Dejan is passionate about Open Source, RavenDB, Software Architecture, and Software Professionalism, supporting the Software Crafting Serbia com…

Kris Nóva is an author, engineer, public speaker and transgender activist best known for her work on Aurae, Linux, and Kubernetes. She specializes in Linux kernel security, distributed systems, infrastructure management, and open source software engineering. In 2022 she authored Hacking Capitalism an independently published book about modeling the …

Dylan Beattie is a consultant, software developer and international keynote speaker. He’s the director of Ursatile, an independent consultancy based in London that specialises in helping organisations bridge the knowledge gap between software development and business strategy. Dylan has been building data-driven web applications since the 1990s; he…

This is Jenn in her own words. I’m Jenn Junod, it’s lovely to meet you! As someone who thrives on human connection, I advocate for those who have gone unheard. My passion and experience create a space where people can come together, be it learning live, hosting Sh!t You Don't Want to Talk About, or being a Developcado. I am a developcado (devrel), …

Jason Lengstorf is the host of Learn With Jason, where he pair programs live with web experts to learn something new in 90 minutes. He helps dev tooling companies create more effective media and outreach so they can better educate and connect with developer communities. Jason advocates for continued learning through collaboration and play. He is th…

Liz is a developer advocate, labor and ethics organizer, and Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) with 18+ years of experience. She is currently the Field CTO at Honeycomb, and previously was an SRE working on products ranging from the Google Cloud Load Balancer to Google Flights. She lives in Vancouver, BC with her wife Elly, partners, and a Samoyed/Go…

Matty Stratton is the Director of Developer Relations at Aiven, a well-known member of the DevOps community, founder and co-host of the popular Arrested DevOps podcast, and the global chair of the DevOpsDays set of conferences. Matty has over 20 years of experience in IT operations and is a sought-after speaker internationally, presenting at Agile,…

Scott has been a developer for 30 years and has been blogging at https://hanselman.com for 20 years! He works in Open Source on .NET and the Azure Cloud for Microsoft out of his home office in Portland, Oregon. Scott has been podcasting for over 800 episodes of http://hanselminutes.com over 15 years and 700 episodes of http://www.azurefriday.com. H…

Mark is a cloud solution architect at Microsoft focused on cloud native architectures and DevOps. He has seen a lot of tech come and go but the current crop has intrigued him like nothing that has come before. The windmill at which he chooses to tilt are the technology practices of traditional enterprises. He is oddly optimistic on the prospects fo…

Glenn Block is a seasoned leader with 25 years+ experience in software engineering and product management. He is currently working on a stealth startup and also advising organizations on product strategy. Throughout his career, he worked at a number of hi-tech companies including Microsoft, Docusign, Auth0, and Splunk. Glenn has been a big advocate…

Ricardo is a principal developer advocate at Amazon Web Services; he works with builders, technology leaders and enterprise executives to help them transform their businesses. Prior to joining AWS Ricardo worked for one of the largest professional services firms. He has over twenty years of experience leading open source, emerging technology and in…

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