Elevating developer experience

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Shashi is a Senior UX Engineer at Microsoft, passionate about coding, innovation, and empowering junior developers with tech insights and best practices. Outside of work, he enjoys quality time with his wife and four kids.

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Jai is the co-founder of DeepSource, a code health platform that empowers developers to write maintainable, secure code. Focused on developer tooling, Jai is dedicated to tackling the challenges of code quality and security at scale.

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Alex is a founding software engineer in Tomorrow.io’s Space & Sensors division, where he leads the development of advanced software for high-impact projects like NOAA’s hurricane forecasting tools and the Pathfinder satellite series. With dual degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Alex is dedicated to pushing the boundaries of remote sensing applications.

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Louis is a Senior Cloud Architect at GitKraken with over 20 years of experience in building scalable, resilient software. Specializing in cloud architecture and event-driven systems, Louis is passionate about creating customer-focused software and mentoring teams to deliver reliable solutions.

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Kyle is the SVP of R&D at Superna, where he brings over 15 years of expertise in building high-performance applications for both public and private sectors. With experience spanning Silicon Valley research institutes and Canadian government tech initiatives, Kyle leads Superna’s cutting-edge software development efforts.

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Rizel is a Staff Developer Advocate at TBD, Block’s newest business unit, where she champions equity in tech through emerging technologies. With experience at GitHub, startups, and non-profits, she brings a practical approach to supporting early-career developers. Rizel also advises G{Code} House, an organization dedicated to teaching women and non-binary people of color to code.

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John is a Principal Architect in the CTO Office at Tabnine, helping customers accelerate software development with AI. Based in Dublin, Ireland, John has a background in APM and DevOps tools, focusing on optimizing development workflows and operational efficiency.

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Jeff is the Senior Product Director at GitKraken with over 12 years of experience bringing product ideas from 0 to 1. Known for his multi-disciplinary approach, Jeff combines product leadership, design, and user experience to create impactful developer tools.

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Eric is the Chief Technology Officer at GitKraken, an entrepreneur, and full-stack developer recognized with Microsoft’s MVP Award for Developer Technologies. In 2016, he created GitLens for Visual Studio Code, now one of the most popular Git extensions with over 30 million installs. Eric is passionate about advancing developer productivity, contributing to open-source, and innovating new tools to elevate software development.

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Giri is the Chief Product Officer at Docker, leading product, design, growth, and data. With degrees in computer science from both Stanford (BS) and Carnegie Mellon (MS), Giri has since gained over 20 years of engineering and product leadership experience at companies like Lockheed Martin, T-Mobile, and Rapid7.

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Justin is a Senior Product Director at GitKraken, where he has shaped tools like GitKraken Desktop, GitKraken CLI, and GitLens. With a background in architecture, Justin brings a design-first approach to creating intuitive, user-centered software for developers.

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Giorgio is the AI Team Lead at Stratio, where he develops machine learning early warning systems for the automotive industry. With a Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics, Giorgio specializes in AI, anomaly detection, and the use of large language models in automotive applications.

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Luís is a Machine Learning Engineer at Stratio, where he develops scalable machine learning pipelines and automates workflows with advanced AI. He holds a Master’s in Computer Science from NOVA University Lisbon, with research in bioacoustic classification that earned him an honorable mention at EPIA 2023.

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Jovana is a Senior Technical Evangelist at Atlassian with a background in platform engineering. She has led projects to optimize Jira Cloud migrations and scale cloud infrastructure, earning recognition as a finalist for Software Engineer of the Year at the 2022 Australia Women in Digital Awards.

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Stefania, also known as DevStefOps, leverages her technical expertise and leadership to empower women in tech. A global speaker and advocate, she teaches skills in confidence, communication, and negotiation to help women thrive in the industry.

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Frank is a Cloud Advocate at Microsoft and the creator of the Cloud 5 Minutes YouTube channel, where he breaks down Azure concepts into quick, digestible videos. A four-time Microsoft Azure MVP, Frank loves building tools, contributing to open-source projects, and making the cloud more accessible.

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Jason is a Senior Member of the Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories, where he’s spent the last decade guiding scientific software teams in adopting DevOps practices. He firmly believes that honing software engineering skills, especially with tools like Git, can greatly benefit teams across disciplines.

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Nathen leads the DORA team at Google Cloud, where he makes research-backed insights on software performance accessible for tech teams everywhere. He’s co-authored several DORA reports and contributed to 97 Things Every Cloud Engineer Should Know.

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Kevin is a senior software architect at IntelliTect, a GitKraken Ambassador, and a Microsoft MVP. He’s an open-source maintainer, technical editor for the Essential C# book, and a live coder who shares his expertise on Twitch and YouTube.

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Ambily is a Senior Cloud Solutions Engineer at GitHub with over 22 years of experience in Cloud and DevOps. She’s a certified Azure and DevOps Architect, passionate about helping developers through her work as a coder, writer, and YouTuber.

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Audrey is a Senior Gaming Cloud Security Architect on Microsoft’s Xbox Security team, specializing in secure coding solutions and threat modeling. She holds a Master’s in Cybersecurity from Johns Hopkins and is an ambassador for Google’s Women Techmakers program, dedicated to promoting diversity in tech.

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Bill is the CEO and lead developer at GitClear, a tool helping thousands of developers achieve code clarity. Before GitClear, Bill bootstrapped and sold Bonanza.com, an award-winning online marketplace. He’s been a lifelong developer, always ready to take on the next big tech challenge.

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Jeff is a Director of Product at Snowflake, where he leads the developer platform and compute organization. Previously, he headed the serverless compute team at Microsoft Azure, co-creating CNCF’s KEDA project. Jeff regularly shares his expertise at major conferences, including Snowflake Summit and Kubecon.

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Joyce leads Developer Relations at Viam, a robotics platform that connects software with machines in the physical world. Based in San Francisco, she’s also a TikTok creator, a devoted dog and cat mom, and a writer.