Since 1995, Bruno helps Java developers design amazing careers and work on cool projects with great people! Java Evangelist and a Java Champion, Bruno is the founder and President of SouJava, the Brazilian Java Users Society. He also represents the group on the JCP Executive Committee. Bruno discusses Java and the Developer Career in the https://code4.life/ project.
Josh (@starbuxman) has been the first Spring Developer Advocate since 2010. Josh is a Java Champion, author of 7 books (including "Reactive Spring") and numerous best-selling video training (including "Building Microservices with Spring Boot Livelessons" with Spring Boot co-founder Phil Webb), and an open-source contributor (Spring Boot, Spring Integration, Axon, Spring Cloud, Activiti, Vaadin, etc), a Youtuber (Coffee + Software with Josh Long as well as my Spring Tips series ), and a podcaster ("A Bootiful Podcast").
Rob Winch is employed by Broadcom as the Spring Security project lead. In the past he has worked in the health care industry, bioinformatics research, high performance computing, and as a web consultant. When he is not sitting in front of a computer he enjoys cycling with friends.
Elder helps Java developers to build and deliver secure, available, and fast server-side applications. He is a published author of six books and a board member at SouJava, one of the biggest JUGs in the world. As a Developer Advocate, Elder shares experiences and best practices through online content and at international events like JavaOne, The Developers Conference, QCon, Oracle Code One, Campus Party, and Devnexus.
Crystall Gabriel is a Customer Success Program Manager at Intuit, where she leads AI launch-readiness for products used by millions of small businesses. She has just over 10 year is tech experience and has eliminated defects at scale — including Amazon programs serving 10M+ sellers (2.5M+ defects removed, $18.75M saved) — and she recently delivered a standing-room-only keynote at Atlanta Tech Week. She also has lead ERP implementations at Deloitte and KPMG for government, healthcare and financial services clients. She is also the founder of Crystall Clear Careers, coaching women into their next level. She holds professional certifications from AWS...
Jeremy is an international speaker and is a Technical Solution Architect, AI Native, at WWT, previously leading Developer Advocacy at OneStream Software, CircleCI, Solace, and Auth0. He has spent over 30 years in Tech, covering just about every functional area, including support, system and database administration, application and web development, project management, program management, and systems analysis. Jeremy is active in the DevRel and DevOps communities, a co-creator of DevOpsPartyGames, and an organizer for DevOpsDays Kansas City and CommunityDays KC. A lover of all things coffee, community, open source, and tech, he’s also house-broken, and (generally) plays well with others....
PJ Hagerty is a well-known figure in the tech industry, particularly within the developer relations and DevOps communities. He is recognized for his work as a developer advocate, community builder, writer, and speaker. PJ founded DevRelate.io, a company focused on helping tech organizations build communities and enhance developer relations. He has a strong presence in the open-source and tech communities, often speaking at conferences and producing content on topics such as software development, DevOps, and community engagement.
Dan Vega is a Spring Developer Advocate at VMware Tanzu. He has been developing software for the web for over 20 years and his superpower is problem-solving. Dan is a blogger, YouTuber, course creator, and speaker. He is a lifelong learner and his passion is sharing his knowledge with the developer community. Dan lives near Cleveland Ohio with his beautiful wife and 2 daughters. When he isn’t writing code or teaching he enjoys spending time with his family, lifting weights, running, or reading a good book.
Nathaniel T. Schutta is a software architect and Java Champion focused on cloud computing, developer happiness and building usable applications. A proponent of polyglot programming, Nate has written multiple books, appeared in countless videos and many podcasts. He’s also a seasoned speaker who regularly presents at worldwide conferences, meetups, universities, and user groups. In addition to his day job, Nate is an adjunct professor at the University of Minnesota, where he teaches students to embrace (and evaluate) technical change. Driven to rid the world of bad presentations, he coauthored the book Presentation Patterns with Neal Ford and Matthew McCullough, and...
Theo Lebrun is a seasoned Data Engineer and Technology Consultant based in New York City, with extensive experience in cloud computing, databases, and software development. He has a strong command of tools and technologies such as AWS, Kafka, Databricks, and Python, enabling him to assist numerous clients in optimizing their data pipelines to meet and exceed their objectives. Theo's technical expertise are matched by his passion for sharing his knowledge with others. He has authored multiple blog posts while also being an active speaker at various conferences and meetups. Some of his recent presentations include technical topics such as creating...
Željko has spent over 15 years in IT, mostly consulting for banks and insurance companies, with a focus on modernising legacy systems. Along the way, he developed deep expertise in JVM-based technologies and has become a go-to voice on topics such as API design. When he's not untangling someone else's technical debt, he's happily creating his own through a growing collection of personal projects he enthusiastically starts and occasionally finishes. Željko is passionate about sharing knowledge in a way that actually sticks, which usually means keeping things practical, a little entertaining, and free of unnecessary jargon. He is a GraphQL...
Sara Hix is the VP of Product Innovation & Engineering at Watershed Health, where she leads cross-functional teams building technology to improve care coordination and data exchange across the healthcare system. She has spent her career at the intersection of product, engineering, and user experience, translating complex problems into practical, scalable solutions.
As a VMware engineer, Glenn Renfro is a core committer for Spring Cloud Task, Spring Batch, and Spring Cloud Data Flow and a Java Champion. He has 15 years of experience in designing, building, and delivering enterprise-level applications in Java and 21 years total of software development experience.
Nathaniel T. Schutta is a software architect and Java Champion focused on cloud computing, developer happiness and building usable applications. A proponent of polyglot programming, Nate has written multiple books, appeared in countless videos and many podcasts. He’s also a seasoned speaker who regularly presents at worldwide conferences, meetups, universities, and user groups. In addition to his day job, Nate is an adjunct professor at the University of Minnesota, where he teaches students to embrace (and evaluate) technical change. Driven to rid the world of bad presentations, he coauthored the book Presentation Patterns with Neal Ford and Matthew McCullough, and...
A 27 year java veteran. I wrote my first java program in java 1.0 when AWT on the mac and unix were different. Since that time I have written uncounted lines of java code, and rewritten most of them. When I first read Fowlers Refactoring my life changed for the better as I realized there was a safe way to fix code that no longer suited.
Ken Kousen is the author of the Pragmatic Programmers books "Mockito Made Clear" and "Help Your Boss Help You", the O'Reilly books "Kotlin Cookbook", "Modern Java Recipes", and "Gradle Recipes for Android", and the Manning book "Making Java Groovy". He is a regular speaker on the No Fluff, Just Stuff conference tour, and has spoken at conferences all over the world. He is a Java Champion, a JavaOne Rock Star, and a Devnexus Rock Star. Currently he a Professor of the Practice of Computer Science and Associate Director for STEM Initiatives at the Entrepreneurship Center at Trinity College in Hartford,...
Experienced Software Engineer | Architect | Keynote & Public Speaker | Java Champion | Google Developer Expert for Cloud | Docker Captain | Oracle ACE Pro | Community Leader | Mentor | Ex-leader of JavaZone and Norwegian JUG – javaBin.
Nathaniel T. Schutta is a software architect and Java Champion focused on cloud computing, developer happiness and building usable applications. A proponent of polyglot programming, Nate has written multiple books, appeared in countless videos and many podcasts. He’s also a seasoned speaker who regularly presents at worldwide conferences, meetups, universities, and user groups. In addition to his day job, Nate is an adjunct professor at the University of Minnesota, where he teaches students to embrace (and evaluate) technical change. Driven to rid the world of bad presentations, he coauthored the book Presentation Patterns with Neal Ford and Matthew McCullough, and...
Leigh has worked across multiple roles in the software lifecycle from researcher, to developer, to process expert and finally people management. He has an academic interest in emerging technologies with over 350 US Patents to his name in the fields of Cloud, Quantum, AI and many more disciplines. He leads Red Hat's R&D Funding to pursue new projects and emerging disciplines that can shape the companies future strategy
Paul is a software engineer based in Waterford, Ireland. He is currently working on the Q-Fence EU Horizon project, and emerging technologies with OCTO at Red Hat.
Brian Vermeer is a Staff Developer Advocate at Snyk and a respected authority in Java and secure software development. He is an internationally recognized Java Champion, Microsoft MVP, and Oracle ACE Pro, honored for his outstanding contributions to Java and open source advocacy. With over 15 years of hands-on software engineering experience, Brian specializes in Java, cybersecurity, and AI. He has authored numerous articles on this and has contributed to a wide range of open source projects in the ecosystem. Brian is an active developer community leader, serving as a JUG leader for both the NLJUG and VirtualJUG, co-leading DevSecCon,...
Hands-on VP of Engineering with 20+ years leading software organizations in cybersecurity, SaaS, and IoT. But underneath it all, I'm still just a curious hacker, building things, and enjoying the dopamine hits of solving problems with software.
Wes Widner is a Staff Data Engineer with Automox, a startup focused on making IT Ops a delight. His work history includes data engineering with a number of companies such as McAfee Labs’s Global Threat Intelligence department, malware pipelining with Norse Corporation, and building out Crowdstrike's data platform. In his spare time, Wes also enjoys teaching children how to hack, ethically of course.
Angel Banks builds developer communities, the programs that make them grow, and the content that helps developers learn inside them. She co-founded REFACTR.TECH, an inclusive tech conference in Atlanta, with a simple goal to create space for the stories tech doesn't always make room for. She has also been an organizer for Women Who Code Atlanta, WeRISE Tech conference, Google Developers Group Atlanta, Women Techmakers, DevFest Atlanta, Girl Develop It Atlanta, and ATL Angular. She was a program manager in Microsoft DevRel, working across the JavaScript, Python and .NET advocacy teams. Before that she built interfaces as a designer, as...
AI is moving fast, and so must design teams. I lead designers to think beyond the prompt to create experiences that leverage AI and help users accomplish their goals. I help teams implement end-to-end AI-assisted workflows that quickly produce design artifacts that are on-brand and deliver useful experiences. To learn more, visit my portfolio site: www.susahart.com
Laurie is a senior software engineer at Ippon Technologies, where she specializes in front-end development and software solutions that drive both user engagement and business success. With a master's degree in cognitive psychology, Laurie brings a unique perspective to software engineering, combining her understanding of human behavior with cutting-edge technology to create intuitive, user-friendly, and developer approved software applications. Her diverse career path spans a variety of fields, including professorship, owning a restaurant, motorcycle mechanics, and software engineering, each of which has contributed to her well-rounded skill set and innovative approach to problem-solving. This eclectic experience allows her to bridge...
