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Alessandro Romano
I'm addicted to details and obsessed with how things work: from Cloud services to human relationships. Since my first Hello World in RPG Maker, I have come to believe that being an Engineer is much more than coding. I'm currently an Engineering Manager at Mollie, where I focus on helping teams collaborate effectively and deliver impactful solutions.
Andreas Klumpp
Andreas is a dedicated fullstack software developer at Thoughtworks, with a background in business informatics. His expertise lies in frontend and product development, where he aims at creating inclusive and accessible experiences. Beyond his technical expertise, Andreas is deeply engaged in and committed to DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) topics. He is passionate about building inclusive and accessible software, and he actively advocates for bringing this perspective into agile delivery teams. With a keen eye for user needs and a commitment to fostering diversity, Andreas strives to make a positive impact in the world of software development.
Antonio Perrone
I'm a passionate and experienced Software Architect and Technical/Team Leader, from Milan, Italy. I've worked as a Software Engineer and Architect for almost ten years in consulting. Currently, I'm working as a Technical Leader at Nearform, previously worked as Unit Manager in Reply leading a business unit focused on the development of bespoke solutions for enterprise companies in the Telco, Media and Assurance market.
Carlos Mota
Carlos Mota is an Android GDE. He can easily be spotted either working on Android applications written in Kotlin or developing them along with Kotlin Multiplatform. An enthusiastic about new technology and always trying to reach those last 20% of all of his side projects that seem to be really far away. He loves to share his knowledge with others either by giving talks, teaching, writing, or along with a cold beer in the nearest pub. GDG Coimbra organizer and Kotlin evangelist, he also has a huge passion for travel, photography, space, and the occasional run.
Elaine Dias Batista
Elaine is a Senior Staff Engineer at SFEIR where she works on projects including mobile technologies since 2013. She has worked on several projects in native Android/iOS and Flutter. She's a GDE for the Google Assistant, Flutter and Dart
Elian Van Cutsem
Former Astro core team and Astro Maintainer Elian, works in the Developer Experience field. Specifically focusing on user experience, documentation, developer guidance, developer education side of things. As a day job, he's Lead DevRel at React Bricks and CTO at Vulpo. After hours, he helps organize BeJS, React Paris, React Brussels, and React Africa. Next to that, he organises the Devs.gent meetups in his hometown. Known for his passion, puns, and innovative approach to delivering exceptional user experiences, Elian brings a unique blend of technical expertise and creativity to his talks. Guaranteed fun on stage.
Graziano Casto
Graziano is a software engineer and passionate about agile development and product management. Formerly a developer of distributed systems in enterprise environments and a product manager, he focuses on sharing the myriad beauties of the cloud-native world. Active in international communities with talks and articles, he mainly deals with architectures, AI, platform engineering, and environmental sustainability in the software realm. More on: https://www.castograziano.com/
Himanshu Singh
Himanshu is a Full Stack Kotlin engineer and works as Android Engineer on the professional side. He is also a Google developer expert in Android and Kotlin. He is an active blogger, speaker, and content creator. He loves to mentor and share his knowledge to help people move into the development world!
Ilya Savin
Engineering Manager with 10 years in Android, now focused on using AI to speed up delivery and cut the busywork. I lead with a customer-first mindset and love building clean, impactful mobile experiences that actually ship
Israel Blancas
From Granada (Spain). Google Developer Expert in Google Cloud, Google Champion Innovator, Grafana Champion and GDG Organizer.
Ivan Morgillo
Passionate developer, speaker, writer, and 1/2 of Code with the Italians
Jamie Coleman
Jamie is a Senior Developer Advocate for Loqate formally at IBM & Sonatype, based in the UK. He has had the privilege to have spoken all around the world at developer conferences and is an organiser of London’s biggest developer community, the London Java Community. Passionate about discovering ways to help reduce developers carbon footprint, he is also a subject matter expert in containerised solutions and build technologies. He fell in love with coding at university and has gone on to talk at many conferences about using languages like Java with microservices and related technologies such as AI and software security. He has worked on a wide variety of projects such as modernising IBMs mainframe testing infrastructure, creating, and automating the creation of Docker images for IBM’s products and contributing to a DevOps pipeline offering.
Lorenzo De Francesco
I am the CTO of Azimut Marketplace with over 10 years of experience in IT development. In the last year alone, I have successfully reduced IT costs by 80%, enhancing the operational efficiency of the platform. My primary commitment is to create IT solutions that not only drive profits but are also robust, durable, and flexible enough to meet the ever-evolving needs of our modern society. I am driven by a passion for innovation and technology, and I consistently strive to promote excellence in the management and development of technological systems.
Marco Arena
Marco Arena is a software engineer and community lead with extensive experience in C++ development. He is currently pioneering Artificial Intelligence adoption at Tetra Pak as a technical leader. Previously, he worked as a software engineer for the Ferrari F1 racing team, focusing on mission-critical software and driving the adoption of the latest C++ standards. Beyond coding, Marco is a seasoned community manager, blogger, and speaker with over 11 years of experience. He founded the Italian C++ Community (2013), Coding Gym (2016), and ML Modena (2020), and co-founded the ISO C++ Italian body (2020). His initiatives have attracted thousands of participants. Recognized for his contributions, Marco has received the Microsoft MVP award nine times since 2016, highlighting his significant impact on the community.
Marco Pollacci
Hi! I’m a frontend developer with a long-standing love affair with JavaScript, CSS, and the magic they bring to the web. My journey started back in the jQuery era, when Chrome was just a baby—and I’ve been hooked ever since! I thrive on building snappy, interactive experiences and exploring the endless possibilities of the modern web.
Marin Niehues
Marin Niehues is an independent consultant with a track record of over 20 client projects and two startups of his own. He works with VC-backed scaleups and DAX40 companies alike, advising on organizational design, operational performance, and management structures that actually scale. In the past three years, Marin has been a featured speaker at conferences in more than ten countries across three continents - including repeated invitations from Google and Microsoft.
Martina Lilla
Cloud & Data Engineer at Datwave (a BIP company), second-level Master at Politecnico di Milano and Datwave Ambassador. Driven by passion for technology and innovation, her daily work focuses on Google Cloud, Software Development, DevOps, and Microservices. In addition to her technical skills, she has a natural ability to easily interface with different disciplines. Curiosity is her driver, constantly pushing her to expand her knowledge and experience.
Michel Murabito
I'm Michel Murabito, Mich to my friends! Born in 1986 in Turin with Sicilian roots, I now live in Milan. My journey in software began at 12, coding for fun. At 18, I started my first job as a software developer and have continuously sought new challenges to grow and learn. Today, I'm a Developer Advocate and a Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) Ambassador, sharing my passion for cloud native technologies with a community of curious minds. I'm also an organizer of the Cloud Native Days Italy (formerly KCD Italy) and KCD San Francisco Bay Area, fostering collaboration and innovation within the cloud native ecosystem.
Rob Orgiu
Roberto è uno sviluppatore Android che viaggia molto. Gli piace scattare fotografie e visitare posti nuovi.
Sasa Sekulic
Sasa Sekulic is the CTO and Co-founder of Develhope, an edtech company empowering students across Europe and Africa with practical software development skills. With almost three decades of experience in software development, Sasa has led technical teams across startups and enterprises, focusing on scalable architecture and impactful product delivery. He is passionate about building technology that drives social change through education.
Thomas Künneth
Thomas fell in love with Android in 2009. He has been constantly contributing to the community since then. Thomas loves writing books (four titles, 15 editions) and articles. He enjoys speaking at conferences and meetups. Thomas' first encounter with programming was in the era of home computers during the early 1980s. Later came C, Perl and a few more. During the 90s he wrote a bunch of programs for the Atari ST series. The first decade of Thomas' professional career centered around Java Enterprise. Today it’s all things Android and Kotlin.
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