Name: NDC Toronto 2026
Start: 2026-05-05
End: 2026-05-08
Location: NDC Toronto

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NDC Toronto will be held at The Westin Harbour Castle, a premier waterfront hotel located in the heart of downtown Toronto.

Todd Gardner is a software entrepreneur and builder of silly things. He pushes for simple tools, balancing complexity with risk, and having a good laugh at the ridiculousness of it all. He is the cofounder of TrackJS,  Request Metrics, and CertKit, where he helps thousands of developers build faster and more reliable websites.

Klaus Iglberger is a freelance C++ trainer and consultant. He is passionate talking about clean, safe and maintainable C++ and shares his expertise in popular C++ courses — from beginner to advanced — all around the world. He is the author of “C++ Software Design” (https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/c-software-design/9781098184704/), one of the organizers of the Munich C++ user group (https://www.meetup.com/MUCplusplus/), and the (co-)organizer of the Back-to-Basics and Software Design tracks at CppCon.

Sergiy Dybskiy is a software engineer with a decade of experience across startups, Shopify, and Coinbase. He’s currently at Sentry, where he focuses on developer experience. His work blends curiosity, craftsmanship, and a willingness to explore tools and technologies that others often dismiss. Sergiy placed second globally at the Bolt Hackathon, winning $100,000, a moment powered entirely by curiosity and a love of building. He believes great engineering is driven not by judgment, but by openness, experimentation, and empathy.

Jerry Nixon is a Microsoft SQL Server Principal Product Manager on the Developer Experiences team, championing Data API builder. With more than two decades of experience, Jerry is an engineer at heart. He teaches Computer Science at university and speaks at events worldwide. Over the years, he has trained thousands of developers, but today, he focuses on software simplicity, intuitive tooling, and excellence in data-driven apps. You'll find him talking about quantum computing, design patterns, machine learning, and—on occasion—SQL Server, the finest of them all. He lives in Colorado, and while most of his days revolve around Outlook, Visual Studio, and online Docs, what he enjoys most is teaching his three daughters Star Trek character backstories and episode plots.

Mads is the Lead Designer of C# and an Architect at Microsoft. He's worked on C# since 2005, and on programming languages for quite a bit longer. 

Agata specializes in the practical application of AI to solve real-world challenges. Currently, she holds the roles of CTO and AI Solutions Architect at the Hamburg-based AI consulting company theBlue.ai. With 10 years of professional experience in AI and data-related fields, Agata has developed AI-based solutions for a diverse range of clients, from emerging startups to global companies. 

Roman is a cybersecurity expert, engineer, and leader with over 17 years of hands-on experience securing complex systems and products at scale. Currently Principal Architect at Red Hat, he leads open-source security strategy, upstream collaboration, and cross-industry initiatives focused on building trusted software ecosystems. 

He has built and scaled programs across security architecture, threat modeling, secure development, vulnerability management, incident response, and security education - for both engineers and senior leadership. His work spans trusted AI, privacy, compliance, and secure software supply chains. 

Previously, Roman led Product Security & Privacy for Data Center and AI software at Intel. He is a Security Champion for several open-source projects and an active contributor to working groups under the OpenSSF, Eclipse Foundation, and other global initiatives. 

Roman is also a university lecturer, startup advisor, and mentor - advocating for a practical, collaborative, and responsible approach to open-source and cybersecurity. He is an official member of CEN/CLC and ETSI standardization working groups, contributing directly to the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA).

David is the Director of Architecture for NewDay, and the founder of Electric Head Software. Focusing on iterative software delivery, developer mentoring and cultural change - mostly working with London-based organisations.

He speaks about software design, culture, and ethics in technology - rounded out by an assortment of talks about software that probably doesn't need to exist but makes the world a little more fun. David has previously served as the chief coding technical architect for JustGiving and helped market-leading organisations including JUST-EAT, Trainline and Vodafone improve their technical capabilities.

David is a Microsoft MVP, has been part of the OpenUK Honours list for open-source advocacy, and is a twice bestselling author of children's books about programming.

You can find his open-source projects on NuGet, npm and GitHub, follow him on Twitter @david_whitney, or check out his technical blog at http://www.davidwhitney.co.uk/Blog.

http://www.electricheadsoftware.com 
http://www.davidwhitney.co.uk 

Michelle Frost is an AI Advocate at JetBrains. With over a decade of engineering experience, Michelle holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of Missouri at Kansas City, a Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence from Johns Hopkins University, and is a Microsoft AI MVP. As an established AI and Machine Learning specialist, Michelle focuses on Responsible AI development. Her approach is grounded in creating AI that is fair, accountable, and transparent.

Michelle is also an active member and Tech Advisor to The Center for Practical Bioethics' Ethical AI Initiative. When not behind the screen, she can be found tending to her garden with her 100 lb pup Wilbur by her side.

Kevlin is an independent consultant, trainer, speaker and writer. His development interests and work with companies covers programming, practice and people. He is a contributor to the Modern Software Engineering YouTube channel. Kevlin is also co-author of two volumes in the Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture series, editor of 97 Things Every Programmer Should Know, co-editor of 97 Things Every Java Programmer Should Know and former columnist for a number of magazines and sites.

Susanne (She/Her) is a C# backend engineer in the .NET stack who loves clean, maintainable code, automating the boring stuff, and letting tools like Renovate do the heavy lifting. She started her career as a full-stack developer, but these days she’s all about backend magic—automation, productivity, and building software for critical infrastructure that is reliable, robust, and built to keep things running.

As an international conference speaker, Susanne shares clear, relatable stories about building software, working smarter with automation, and boosting developer productivity, all delivered in a practical, approachable, and yes, sometimes fun way. She also champions inclusive, neurodiverse-friendly environments in tech.

When she’s not coding or speaking, Susanne enjoys exploring creative projects and slaying demons in Diablo IV. Her approach to work and life is rooted in curiosity, creativity, and finding joy in the process—whether that’s writing code, telling stories, or leveling up her character in-game.


Jason has 2 decades of C++ experience and is a regular conference speaker, developer, and trainer. He has been publishing weekly C++ videos on his YouTube channel, C++ Weekly, since 2016.

Niek is a Principal Engineer in the Philips Software Center of Excellence. He supports businesses in the goal of building better software and engineering practices. Niek is closely involved in shaping the future of software within Philips by driving DevOps culture transformation. He is playing a key role in driving the InnerSource community in Philips to build faster, better software together. As public speaker, blogger, open source maintainer and book reviewer, he advocates and shares his expertise on key areas as Cloud, DevOps and Software Development. 

Kenneth Yeung is a Senior Security Researcher at HiddenLayer, specializing in adversarial machine learning and AI security. He is known for identifying LLM vulnerabilities in AI systems like Google Gemini, has been featured in publications like Forbes and DarkReading, and has spoken at conferences such as OWASP Global AppSec. Kenneth is a top finisher in global AI security competitions such as HackAPrompt 2023 and Dreadnode's Man vs Machine CTF, and is actively researching the defense of generative AI models.

Kasimir Schulz, Director of Security Research at HiddenLayer, is a leading expert in uncovering zero-day exploits and supply chain vulnerabilities in AI. His work has been featured in Forbes, BleepingComputer, and Dark Reading, and he has spoken at conferences such as FS-ISAC and Black Hat. Kasimir leads the development of advanced tools for automating vulnerability detection and implementing large-scale patches, fortifying systems against supply chain attacks. His dedication to proactive defense measures sets a new standard in cybersecurity resilience.

D'Arcy is a Partner Technology Strategist with the Enterprise Partner Solutions (EPS) Americas group at Microsoft, specifically working with software development companies who are building their solutions on the Azure cloud. In his role he works with technical and product executives as they strategize around technology, solution architecture, cloud operations, and business impact.

He is also the Worldwide Chapter Lead for the Microsoft Global Indigenous Inclusion Network and the former chair of the Canadian Indigenous Employee Resource Group.

Dylan Beattie is an independent consultant who has been building data-driven web applications since the 1990s. He’s managed teams, taught workshops, and worked on everything from tiny standalone websites to complex distributed systems. He’s a Microsoft MVP, and he regularly speaks at conferences and user groups all over the world.

Dylan is the creator of the Rockstar programming language, and the founder, vocalist and lead guitarist with The Linebreakers, the world's greatest nerd comedy classic rock disco alt punk covers band.

Scott is a web developer who has been blogging at 

 for over a decade. He works in Open Source on ASP.NET and the Azure Cloud for Microsoft out of his home office in Portland, Oregon. Scott has three podcasts, 

 for pop culture and tech media. He's written a number of books and spoken in person to almost a half million developers worldwide.

As a Subject Matter Expert, I bring domain-spanning knowledge with strong interdisciplinary problem-solving capabilities in frontend development, distributed systems, data analytics, cloud architecture, and system reliability. My focus lies in leveraging intelligent agents, advanced developer tooling, and GPU-accelerated platforms to build true scalable, self-adaptive systems.

This includes designing solutions that emphasize reliability, security, self-isolation, and infrastructure-as-code principles, using custom-defined resources and declarative stateful mapping. I apply practices from AIOps, MLOps, DevSecOps, and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) to ensure operational excellence and long-term maintainability.

I have extensive experience implementing near real-time metrics, telemetry, and event tracking pipelines, processing terabytes of data across diverse environments. My background includes architecting distributed computing systems capable of handling large-scale data workloads with a focus on efficiency, scalability, and fault tolerance.

In the banking and finance domain, I have developed software centered on reactive streams, performance analytics, resilient event handling, and interactive dashboards. In the pharmaceutical and biotech sectors, I’ve contributed to Manufacturing Execution System (MES) platforms aligned with Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) standards. Additionally, I’ve supported robotics and automation solutions for microchip fabrication (CPU, NAND), including FOUP transport and management systems, with deep technical expertise in SECS and HSMS protocols.

After almost two decades of leading digital transformation and building technology solutions at scale, I've embarked on a new mission: making AI a force for good by making it accessible to anyone ready to build, learn, and grow.

Pavel Yosifovich is a renowned author, developer, and expert in Windows Internals, system programming, and software development. With extensive experience in low-level programming, he has authored several highly regarded books, including Windows Internals, Part 1 (7th Edition) and Windows 10 System Programming. His works provide deep insights into Windows architecture, kernel-mode development, and debugging techniques, making them essential resources for developers, security researchers, and IT professionals.

Beyond his books, Pavel is also known for his contributions to the developer community through training, blog posts, and technical talks. He offers in-depth courses on TrainSec, where students can learn Windows Internals, debugging, and system programming directly from his expertise. His writing style balances technical depth with clarity, making complex topics accessible to both beginners and experienced programmers. Whether delving into kernel drivers, Windows debugging, or modern programming languages, Pavel’s books and courses serve as authoritative guides for those looking to master Windows and programming.

Brenda Luo, MSc, Reg. OT is a healthcare innovation strategist and founder of Lunate Labs, where she partners with product, engineering, and leadership teams as an implementation-first accelerator for emerging technology.

Brenda specializes in the part of innovation most teams struggle with, the adoption phase in complex, regulated systems. With over a decade of experience spanning clinical practice, UX research, inclusive design, and organizational strategy, she helps teams move from promising ideas to tools that are actually used, trusted, and sustained, particularly in contexts where users are under stress and failure has real consequences.

Lunate Labs partners with product and engineering leaders as a fractional product + adoption function, helping organizations align AI-assisted and emerging technologies with real-world workflows, policy constraints, and human capacity. Brenda's work focuses on reducing implementation risk, improving decision quality, and avoiding the common trap of building technically sound products that fail in practice. 

Brenda brings a rare dual perspective, deep clinical expertise combined with hands-on experience leading UX teams, advising founders, and supporting system-level change across healthcare and public institutions. She has helped scale inclusive innovation practices, guide AI-enabled tools through regulated environments, and supported teams navigating the messy realities between research, delivery, and operations; and speaks to leaders who care not just about building software, but about ensuring it holds up in the real world.

Wessam is the founder of Polymorph, where he leads the development of general-purpose humanoid robots. His work is centered on Physical AI, the challenge of grounding high-level reasoning into the perception and actuation required for real-world interaction. Having previously developed robotic systems for high-stakes environments like search-and-rescue and critical infrastructure inspection, he now focuses on the infrastructure that allows intelligence to move beyond digital abstraction. At Polymorph, Wessam is building the platform where software meets entropy, enabling machines to learn, adapt, and act within the complexities of the physical world.

Tony has been programming for well over 25 years, and hopefully programming well for at least some of that. If awards are to be believed, he is a very engaging speaker.  He is a member of the C++ Standards Committee. He is a Ninja and a Jedi.

Nick is a Content Creator focusing on C# & .NET and an Author and Founder of the educational platform Dometrain.

Sarah Peters is a web developer at Georgetown University, building and maintaining web solutions for the Office of Advancement. She began her development career at Crema, a digital product agency in Kansas City, where she worked as an Application Developer. A graduate of Prime Digital Academy, Sarah brings a unique perspective to software development, drawing from her previous career as a professional violinist.

Before transitioning to tech, Sarah performed with orchestras such as the Kansas City Symphony and New World Symphony; she currently plays with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and Baltimore Chamber Orchestra (when time permits!). She has been featured as a chamber musician on Kansas Public Radio Live and has appeared at festivals including the New York String Orchestra Seminar, Tanglewood Music Center, and the Lakes Area Music Festival. She received her Bachelor of Music and Graduate Diploma in Violin Performance from the New England Conservatory in Boston.

Her experience in both the arts and technology informs her approach to problem-solving, collaboration, and continuous learning. Sarah currently lives in Washington, DC, with her husband, a member of “The President’s Own” U.S. Marine Band, and their two children.

Alex has over 20 years of software development experience, working on systems, low-level generic tools and high-level applications. Alex has worked as an integration/software developer at Elbit, senior software developer at Rafael, technical leader at Axxana, Software manager at Abbott Israel Director of Software Engineering  Speedata.io an Exciting startup the will change Big Data and analytics as we know it and now Director of Software Engineering at ScyllaDB the blazing fast database for big data . Alex is a C++ expert with a strong experience in template meta-programming. Alex also teaches a course about the new features of modern C++, trying to motivate companies to move to the latest standards.


My name is Seth Juarez. I currently live near Redmond, Washington and work for Microsoft.

I received my Bachelors Degree in Computer Science at UNLV with a Minor in Mathematics. I also completed a Masters Degree at the University of Utah in the field of Computer Science. I currently am interested in Artificial Intelligence specifically in the realm of Machine Learning and dabble some in Quantum.

Guy works for Redis as a Developer Advocate. Combining his decades of experience in writing software with a passion for learning—and for sharing what he has learned—Guy explores interesting topics and spreads the knowledge he has gained around developer communities worldwide.

Teaching and community have long been a focus for Guy. He ran a local JavaScript meetup in Ohio for more than a decade and has served on the selection committees of numerous conferences. He'll happily speak anywhere that will have him and has even has helped teach programming at a prison in Central Ohio.

In his personal life, Guy is a hard-boiled geek interested in role-playing games, science fiction, and technology. He also has a slightly less geeky interest in history and linguistics. He has an entire wall of role-playing games and science fiction books, speaks Spanish like a two-year old, and is a ham radio operator—callsign W8GUY.

Guy lives in Ohio with his wife. His three sons are adults now and are all moved out. He is immensely proud of the men they have become.

Megan Robertson is the founder of MegRob Data Science and Analytics, a data science and machine learning consulting firm specializing in helping organizations translate complex technical capabilities into real business impact. Prior to starting her own venture, she spent six years at a Fortune 500 company working at the intersection of technical and non-technical teams, where she designed and delivered ML and analytics solutions to support strategic business goals. She is deeply committed to expanding access to the field and is passionate about helping individuals from underrepresented communities break into data science and machine learning.

When not running her business Megan enjoys skiing and climbing in her home state’s mountains, traveling to new countries, and photographing the places she explores.


Patrice Roy has been playing with C++ either professionally, for pleasure or (most of the time) both for over 30 years. After a few years doing R&D and working on military flight simulators, he has moved on to academics and has been teaching computer science since 1998. Since 2005, he has been involved more specifically in helping graduate students and professionals from the fields of real-time systems and game programming develop the skills they need to face today’s challenges. 

Patrice been a participating member in the ISO C++ Standards Committee since late 2014 and has been involved (too little to his taste) with the ISO Programming Language Vulnerabilities working group since late 2015. He has five kids, and his wife ensures their house is home to a continuously changing numbers of cats, dogs and other animals.

I am an Inuvialuk from Inuvik/Aklavik. I have a bachelors degree in mathematics. My personal technology goal is to build a programming language to assist in Indigenous multimedia/storytelling.

After falling in love with coding in 2005, Connell became a fan of software architecture and design, and now spends a lot of time drawing boxes and arrows to help visualise concepts.

This led to the creation of his YouTube channel @DrawingBoxes, which establishes a simple animated visual presentation style shared by his talks and blog.

Always an advocate for developer communities, he co-organises the .NET Notts meetup, and now works at Stack Overflow where he continuously improves the site enabling communities worldwide.

Chandler Carruth is the technical lead for Google’s programming languages and software foundations. He has worked extensively on the C++ programming language and the Clang and LLVM compiler infrastructure. Previously, he worked on several pieces of Google’s distributed build system and made guest appearances helping maintain a few core C++ libraries across Google’s codebase. He received his M.S. and B.S. in Computer Science from Wake Forest University, but disavows all knowledge of the contents of his Master’s thesis. When not hammering away on a weirdly shaped keyboard, he enjoys sushi, fine dining, brown spirits, and everything about wine.

Chris Ayers is a Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft, where he builds AI-driven tooling to analyze outages and incidents across Azure. His work focuses on improving the way engineers understand failures, uncover risks, and strengthen reliability at cloud scale.

With a background spanning DevOps, cloud architecture, and modern application design, Chris brings both engineering depth and practical experience to the challenge of making large systems more resilient. He’s also a frequent international speaker who loves sharing real-world lessons about developer productivity, reliability, containers, and automation.

Outside of work, Chris is a proud dad, lifelong gamer, avid reader, and unapologetic nerd.

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Steve Sanderson works on the ASP.NET team at Microsoft, making the platform better for client-side application developers.

Jimmy is the creator and maintainer of the popular OSS libraries AutoMapper and MediatR, and the originator of Vertical Slice Architecture. Jimmy is an independent software consultant based in Austin, TX. Jimmy has received the "Microsoft Most Valuable Professional" (MVP) award every year since 2009.

Tanya Janca, aka SheHacksPurple, is the best-selling author of 'Alice and Bob Learn Secure Coding’ and 'Alice and Bob Learn Application Security’. She is currently the CEO and founder of DevSec Station, an online secure coding She is also the secure coding trainer at She Hacks Purple Consulting. Over her 28-year IT career she has won countless awards (including OWASP Lifetime Distinguished Member, The Rita Award, and Hacker of the Year), spoken all over the planet, and is a prolific blogger. 

Tanya has trained thousands of software developers and IT security professionals, via her online academies (We Hack Purple and Semgrep Academy), and her live training programs. Having performed counter-terrorism, led security for the 42nd Canadian general election, developed or secured countless applications, Tanya Janca is widely considered an international authority on the security of software.

Kate Gregory is an enthusiastic C++ programmer and teacher, and has been paid to program since 1979. She believes that software should make our lives easier. That includes making the lives of developers easier! She'll stay up late arguing about deterministic destruction or how modern C++ is not the C++ you remember. She is one of the three leads of the Carbon Language project, a founder of #include <C++>, and on the board of C++ Toronto, which runs CppNorth. Kate also develops courses for Pluralsight, primarily on C++.

Kate runs a small consulting firm in rural Ontario that provides mentoring and management consultant services, and tries to write code every week. She has spoken all over the world, written over a dozen books, and helped thousands of developers to be better at what they do.

Filip is the author of C# Smorgasbord and over 20 Pluralsight courses, speaker at events and user groups around the globe, Microsoft MVP for 11 years in a row. He loves teaching fellow developers how to master all things C# and .NET.

Richard Campbell wrote his first line of code in 1977. His career has spanned the computing industry, both on the hardware and software sides, development, and operations. He was a co-founder of Strangeloop Networks, acquired by Radware in 2013, and was on the board of directors of Telerik, which was acquired by Progress Software in 2014. Today, he is a consultant and advisor to several successful technology firms and hosts three podcasts: .NET Rocks! (www.dotnetrocks.com) for .NET developers, RunAs Radio (www.runasradio.com) for IT Professionals, and Windows Weekly (https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly).

Oriana Sparks is a mindfulness facilitator, speaker, and former corporate communications strategist who helps organizations transform stress into clarity and performance. With over 20 years immersed in meditation, yoga, and breathwork — and a decade in high-pressure corporate environments — she bridges science and stillness to teach leaders how to regulate their nervous systems, sharpen focus, and build teams that thrive under pressure. Her mission is to make calm the new currency of productivity in the AI era.

Victor Lyuboslavsky is a software engineering leader and author with over 25 years of experience building products and leading teams. He has co-founded startups, held technical leadership roles at AMD, and now architects secure, scalable systems for enterprise IT at Fleet Device Management.


His work bridges hands-on technical execution with strategic leadership. Drawing on experience in startups and open source communities, Victor focuses on clarity, transparency, and evolutionary design. These principles help teams scale architectures, adopt AI responsibly, and build resilient systems without creating chaos.

Gary Lopez is the Founder of Tinycode, a venture-backed startup helping organizations build and deploy safe and secure AI systems. Gary spent four years at Microsoft, most recently serving as a Principal Offensive AI Scientist. On the AI Red Team, he created PyRIT (Python Risk Identification Toolkit)—an open-source tool now widely used across industry for AI security assessment. During his tenure, he helped lead dozens of red teaming operations and spearheaded work on catastrophic AI risks, including chemical and biological threats. Gary actively contributes to the community by training professionals at Black Hat and publishing research on AI security. Before Microsoft, he worked at Booz Allen Hamilton identifying and remediating zero-day vulnerabilities in critical infrastructure systems.

Michael D. Shah completed his Ph.D. at Tufts University in the Redline Research Group in 2017. Michael finished his Masters degree in Computer Science in 2013 at Tufts University and Bachelors in Computers Science Engineering at The Ohio State University in 2011. Currently Michael is a senior lecturer at Yale University and does occasional part-time consulting as a Senior 3D Graphics Engineer. He also runs a programming YouTube channel at: https://youtube.com/c/MikeShah

Michael discovered computer science at the age of 13 when googling ”how do I make games”. From that google search, Mike has worked as a freelance game developer, worked in industry for Intel, Sony PlayStation, Oblong Industries, and researched at The Ohio Supercomputer Center to name a few. Mike cares about building tools to help programmers monitor and improve the performance of realtime applications–particularly any visual multimedia. Mike believes computer science can be learned by all.

In Michael’s spare time he goes for long runs, plays video games while on his exercise bike, learns guitar, and considers himself an amateur pizza and wine maker.

Paul co-founded the London Engineering Department at Bloomberg, and is part of the leadership team that has seen the local engineering group grow to over 1600 developers over the last 25 years. He, his team, and peers designed and built core components of the Bloomberg Professional Service, aka the Bloomberg Terminal, including Launchpad, the multi-screen real-time financial data display, and Instant Bloomberg ("IB"), the finance industry's ubiquitous secure instant messaging system. His focus continues to be near-real-time display and data-processing systems, involving development and deep analysis of C++ frameworks and interactions with managed JavaScript environments.

Tom Sellek was first paid to code in C++ back when Y2K was an actual thing people were concerned about. Tom started his career as a Windows kernel developer. In the last decade he has led five developer teams at three different companies. He spoke about leadership at CppNorth and CppCon.

Dr. Netta Avnoon is a sociologist of professions and expertise. She is interested in the emergence of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a type of expertise and their integration into expert labor. Her articles have been published in Big Data and Society, New Media and Society, Work, Employment and Society, Nature Reviews Urology, the Journal of Professions and Organization and more. 

Barry (he/him/his) is a .NET Software Engineer who has been creating business solutions for enterprise customers for more than 30 years. Barry is also an Election Integrity Activist, baseball and hockey fan, husband of one genius and father of another, and a 40+ year resident of Phoenix Arizona USA. When Barry is not traveling around the world to speak at Conferences, Code Camps and User Groups or to participate in GiveCamps, he spends his days as a Solution Architect for enterprise customers and his nights thinking about the next Arizona GiveCamp, an annual event where software developers come together to build websites and apps for some great non-profit organizations.

Conor (he/him) is a Research Scientist at NVIDIA working on array programming models and languages. He is extremely passionate about programming languages, algorithms and beautiful code. He is the founder and organizer of the Programming Languages Virtual Meetup, he has a YouTube channel and is the host of three podcasts:
* Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs
* ArrayCast: a podcast about Array Languages
* Tacit Talk: a podcast about Tacit Programming (and more)
Conor is also an avid conference speaker. You can find all of Conor’s conference talks and podcast appearances (on other podcasts) here: https://github.com/codereport/Content and you can find his full bio here: https://conorshakory.com

After writing C++ in the Telecom and Finance industries for a number of years, Bob moved to writing Go a little over 5 years ago, and has no intention of moving back.

Nick works with product and technology leaders to map strategy, model domains, design architecture and build continuous delivery teams while helping to deliver successful business outcomes. He is the author of Architecture Modernization (Manning), and Principles and Practices of Domain-Driven Design (Wrox).

Isaac Levin is a .NET Developer Advocate as well as a Microsoft MVP. He has over 10 years of experience working as a developer for the web, mostly in the Microsoft Ecosystem. Outside of work, he hosts a podcast called Coffee and Open Source where he interviews folks from across the tech industry as well as builds open-source projects like PresenceLight and GitHub Stat Tracker. He lives outside of Seattle Washington and likes to wind down from work with his wife Ariana and his 2 children Isaac and Avery.

Sarah is a detail-oriented leader with twenty years of experience in marketing and cloud-based technology, specializing in sales, marketing, customer service, and reporting tools. As principal and founder of Ulster Technologies (www.ulster-tech.com), Sarah drives innovation to foster collaborative, data-driven decisions with her clients.

She has served as an enterprise architect, product owner and program/project manager at leading regional and national healthcare institutions. Sarah led dynamic, cross-functional teams through multiple product and platform migrations, passionately improving business processes and driving sales growth.

A graduate of Rosemont College with a Master’s in Strategic Leadership, Sarah is also an active volunteer, serving on various boards and committees, including as Vice President of Communications, Technology & Marketing for Village on the Ridge and as a Board Member and Technology Co-Chair for Philanos.

Areas of Expertise
Through an intentional and winding professional path, Sarah has had the opportunity to gain expertise across a variety of industries, domains, and organizations, continually expanding her knowledge base. At the intersection of marketing, technology, and leadership, Sarah is comfortable and engaging while speaking about a variety of topics including, but not limited to: project and change management frameworks; leadership and communication styles; building trust; managing customer data and experiences; marketing technology and integrations; professional development and empowerment.

Dean Schuster has been envisioning and creating human-centered digital products since the advent of the commercial web. He is founder and owner of the user experience strategy firm truematter, leading the team to help national and international organizations change the way they do business online. He travels all over the world to speak and teach, mentoring professionals and challenging teams to a higher standard for digital experiences.

Dean is also an avid ultra-marathoner and trail racer, often found in out-of-the-way places, including Antarctica.

With a lifelong passion for the weirdness of the internet and a day job as a development lead for whoever hired him, Lemon spends his professional time making websites for money and his free time making websites for no money.

He's created a number of stupid things for the internet, like all the games on kinda.fun, the wikiHow guessing game damn.dog, the Google Autocomplete game idiots.win, and a bunch of other things of questionable use. He also hosts a podcast that looks at some of the internet's weirder subcultures. It is not safe for your work, unless you work somewhere really cool.

Gili Kamma is a Team Leader and Architect at Priority Software with two decades of experience in software development. Before transitioning to cloud infrastructure, she spent years in the embedded sector, working close to the hardware to develop drivers and multi-threaded C/C++ applications. Currently, she leads an infrastructure team building microservices using Go in an AWS environment. She enjoys exploring the connection between low-level hardware constraints and modern system design.

With a passion for reshaping processes and being able to produce more by doing less, Jean works mainly as a domain-specific reference on the JavaScript/Node.js ecosystem, leading platform and transversal teams. 
When he is not directly building features for the business, Jean finds solutions to improve the global developer experience by enhancing the collaboration between teams, bringing suggestions on how to succeed together, bring more efficiency to all teams and focus on the technical stack. Outside of the company work Jean spend a good amount of time to teach to Computer Science students, present to both in-company guilds and meetups and being involved on Open-Source projects.

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