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. 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.

Yamila Maio is a People First Engineering Manager passionate about leadership who believes nothing is more important than people when leading a team. With ten years of leadership experience in different roles and types of companies, countless experiments and self-improvement attempts, active listening, and genuinely caring about her teams through the years, she’s acquired various tools and tips to build effective, tight knight teams, and help engineers progress and grow. Her mission is to influence leaders towards a more involved people management approach by sharing practical examples and highlighting the importance of caring for our team members.

Meri is an experienced CTO and leader of technology organisations. She particularly enjoys helping others to level up as technical leaders and managers of organisations and works as a CTO coach and tech advisor / NED to various companies in this capacity through micro-consultancy ChromeRose.

She has led teams ranging in size from 30 to 300, in a range of organisations from Procter & Gamble, to the Government Digital Service, award-winning online print company MOO, mobile-first challenger bank Monzo and patient-inspired AI-driven rare disease treatment discovery company Healx, amongst others.

A published author and international speaker, she is the chair of The Lead Developer conference and a tech advisor for Kindred Capital. She’s also a trustee at Stonewall, the UK’s leading LGBTQ+ rights charity and together with her wife runs micro-charity One Goes Up to help young women & enby folks pursue STEM education & careers.

Joel Chippindale is an Engineering Leadership Coach and Adviser. He has about 20 years experience building, scaling and leading software development teams, including CTO roles at Econsultancy, FutureLearn and Unmade.

He values building inclusive, empowered, sustainable teams. He has experienced the challenges of nurturing the cultures, skills and practices that enable teams and individuals to achieve their full capabilities.

Joel uses his experience, beliefs and skills to help organisations overcome the challenges they face in building more effective and inclusive software development teams.

Nikola has been helping global customers, both internal and external, to get the most of their public cloud for the past 4 years. He’s currently helping his team of Technical Account Managers across EMEA do that more effectively for their customers. A strong believer in servant leadership, he has worked as an engineer and engineering manager in various setups before, optimizing for impact and business value. Based in Berlin.

Elif Schaefer is a distinguished Data Engineering Manager with over a decade of managerial experience in the tech industry. With a passionate focus on people leadership, her strength lies in mentoring, coaching and cultivating high-performing (data) engineering teams. Shifting from hands-on technical work early in her career, Elif has flourished in roles that allow her to guide, inspire and influence those around her.

Ashwin is an Engineering Manager at Zalando where he leads a team of talented web and app engineers building GenAI powered experiences for Zalando’s 50M active customers. He is passionate about building healthy & resilient teams with open feedback culture and efficient practices.

With over a decade of experience in software engineering and leadership, his expertise spans various industries, including Fashion eCommerce, Aviation, Enterprise Project & Portfolio Management, and eLearning Solutions.

Having grown up in a small Himalayan town he enjoys hiking and listening to non-fiction audiobooks during his evening walks.

Niall Johnson sits within the international team at O’Reilly and is responsible for leading partnerships with key enterprise accounts across EMEA. In this role, he provides support and strategic vision to to ensure his customers maximise value throughout their learning journeys across O’Reilly. Niall has a passion for lifelong learning. He has spent the last 6 years in the technology sector and brings extensive knowledge of working with large organisations to implement transformational projects to deliver successful business outcomes.

Eugene is an experienced Data Engineer with a track record of success in fast-growing tech startups. Holding a Master’s degree in System Optimization, he currently serves as a Staff Data Engineer at GetYourGuide, where he drives impactful insights and innovations in Marketing and Marketplace domains. Prior to this role, he held positions as Engineering Manager, demonstrating his leadership and technical prowess in the field.

Born and raised in Brazil, based in Berlin, Laís Oliveira is a marathonist, outdoor sports enthusiast and a Principal Engineer at Nubank. She holds a bachelor in Computer Science and a MBA in Software Engineering both graduated in São Paulo. Over the years she has built large scale systems for retail and financial industries, including building Nubank since early days from 12 thousand to 70 million customers. As a technical leader her areas of interest are functional programming, software architecture and cloud Infrastructure.

Mathias is founding partner at The Intentional Organization and executive coach to founders, CTOs, and senior engineering leaders. He supports his clients and their leadership teams in their personal and professional growth as they’re scaling out their business and their departments. Together with his business partner Sara, he’s co-authoring the forthcoming book “The Intentional Organization.” Starting his career as an engineer, Mathias has later worked in founder, CEO, and CTO roles across different companies, including Travis CI and Reaction Commerce.

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. 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.

Yamila Maio is a People First Engineering Manager passionate about leadership who believes nothing is more important than people when leading a team. With ten years of leadership experience in different roles and types of companies, countless experiments and self-improvement attempts, active listening, and genuinely caring about her teams through the years, she’s acquired various tools and tips to build effective, tight knight teams, and help engineers progress and grow. Her mission is to influence leaders towards a more involved people management approach by sharing practical examples and highlighting the importance of caring for our team members.

Meri is an experienced CTO and leader of technology organisations. She particularly enjoys helping others to level up as technical leaders and managers of organisations and works as a CTO coach and tech advisor / NED to various companies in this capacity through micro-consultancy ChromeRose.

She has led teams ranging in size from 30 to 300, in a range of organisations from Procter & Gamble, to the Government Digital Service, award-winning online print company MOO, mobile-first challenger bank Monzo and patient-inspired AI-driven rare disease treatment discovery company Healx, amongst others.

A published author and international speaker, she is the chair of The Lead Developer conference and a tech advisor for Kindred Capital. She’s also a trustee at Stonewall, the UK’s leading LGBTQ+ rights charity and together with her wife runs micro-charity One Goes Up to help young women & enby folks pursue STEM education & careers.

Joel Chippindale is an Engineering Leadership Coach and Adviser. He has about 20 years experience building, scaling and leading software development teams, including CTO roles at Econsultancy, FutureLearn and Unmade.

He values building inclusive, empowered, sustainable teams. He has experienced the challenges of nurturing the cultures, skills and practices that enable teams and individuals to achieve their full capabilities.

Joel uses his experience, beliefs and skills to help organisations overcome the challenges they face in building more effective and inclusive software development teams.

Nikola has been helping global customers, both internal and external, to get the most of their public cloud for the past 4 years. He’s currently helping his team of Technical Account Managers across EMEA do that more effectively for their customers. A strong believer in servant leadership, he has worked as an engineer and engineering manager in various setups before, optimizing for impact and business value. Based in Berlin.

Elif Schaefer is a distinguished Data Engineering Manager with over a decade of managerial experience in the tech industry. With a passionate focus on people leadership, her strength lies in mentoring, coaching and cultivating high-performing (data) engineering teams. Shifting from hands-on technical work early in her career, Elif has flourished in roles that allow her to guide, inspire and influence those around her.

Ashwin is an Engineering Manager at Zalando where he leads a team of talented web and app engineers building GenAI powered experiences for Zalando’s 50M active customers. He is passionate about building healthy & resilient teams with open feedback culture and efficient practices.

With over a decade of experience in software engineering and leadership, his expertise spans various industries, including Fashion eCommerce, Aviation, Enterprise Project & Portfolio Management, and eLearning Solutions.

Having grown up in a small Himalayan town he enjoys hiking and listening to non-fiction audiobooks during his evening walks.

Niall Johnson sits within the international team at O’Reilly and is responsible for leading partnerships with key enterprise accounts across EMEA. In this role, he provides support and strategic vision to to ensure his customers maximise value throughout their learning journeys across O’Reilly. Niall has a passion for lifelong learning. He has spent the last 6 years in the technology sector and brings extensive knowledge of working with large organisations to implement transformational projects to deliver successful business outcomes.

Eugene is an experienced Data Engineer with a track record of success in fast-growing tech startups. Holding a Master’s degree in System Optimization, he currently serves as a Staff Data Engineer at GetYourGuide, where he drives impactful insights and innovations in Marketing and Marketplace domains. Prior to this role, he held positions as Engineering Manager, demonstrating his leadership and technical prowess in the field.

Born and raised in Brazil, based in Berlin, Laís Oliveira is a marathonist, outdoor sports enthusiast and a Principal Engineer at Nubank. She holds a bachelor in Computer Science and a MBA in Software Engineering both graduated in São Paulo. Over the years she has built large scale systems for retail and financial industries, including building Nubank since early days from 12 thousand to 70 million customers. As a technical leader her areas of interest are functional programming, software architecture and cloud Infrastructure.

Mathias is founding partner at The Intentional Organization and executive coach to founders, CTOs, and senior engineering leaders. He supports his clients and their leadership teams in their personal and professional growth as they’re scaling out their business and their departments. Together with his business partner Sara, he’s co-authoring the forthcoming book “The Intentional Organization.” Starting his career as an engineer, Mathias has later worked in founder, CEO, and CTO roles across different companies, including Travis CI and Reaction Commerce.

Jakob is an engineering leader with a well-trained change-muscle. He has led the full range from a small team to entire business units and has a clear preference now. In his free time, Jakob really enjoys walking and tends to score high on nerd-bingo – if you think of a hobby as nerdy, he is probably doing it.

Renu is an Engineering Manager with deep experience in assembling and leading various remote teams. She has been instrumental in tripling the size of organisations, thanks to her leadership abilities and her dedication to creating an inclusive work environment. A frequent speaker at international conferences, Renu enjoys sharing her insights and experiences with others. She believes in the importance of community and networking and is an active participant in the tech industry. With a focus on developing talent and fostering continuous growth, Renu continues to make valued contributions to engineering management.

Sarah Ing is an engineering leadership coach and VC-backed founder who has guided managers and executives. She champions career experimentation and building high-impact teams with intentionality and introspection. Sarah’s coaching empowers tech leaders to navigate organizational changes, refine their management style, and design their next career move with confidence.

Mathias is founding partner at The Intentional Organization and executive coach to founders, CTOs, and senior engineering leaders. He supports his clients and their leadership teams in their personal and professional growth as they’re scaling out their business and their departments. Together with his business partner Sara, he’s co-authoring the forthcoming book “The Intentional Organization.” Starting his career as an engineer, Mathias has later worked in founder, CEO, and CTO roles across different companies, including Travis CI and Reaction Commerce.

Sally has been working in software development for over twelve years. She is currently senior engineering manager at Accurx, a health tech startup in London, helping solve many of the problems that occur when scaling an organisation. Before that she worked at a diverse range of startups, scaleups and corporations – including Deliveroo the Guardian. She is a regular speaker at conferences.

Dora is a Software Engineering Manager based in London, with more than 14 years of experience in the industry. She’s worked for gaming companies, consultancies and recently joined the fintech world at Capital One. Her passion for Tech has led her to host a podcast named, The Verified Geek with guests that work or have worked in Tech around the world. 

Chris is the Director of Platform Engineering at Zenjob, bringing over 15 years of experience leading Platform and Infrastructure teams across Latin America, the United States, and Europe

With a genuine passion for mentoring engineering managers and fostering supportive communities, Chris is passionate about enabling engineers to successfully transition into leadership roles while promoting growth and support within organizations.

Chris actively contributes to open-source projects, embracing collaboration and knowledge-sharing within the developer community.

Outside of work, Chris leads non-profit initiatives dedicated to wildlife conservation in Latin America and Asia. Chris also finds joy in photography, running, and cycling, sometimes mixing them all at the same time. “

Alicia has been an engineering managing for over 2 years, with experience working in many different industries, from biotech where she lead a team of molecular biologist to fintech where she helped build out the pay later space. Alicia is currently an EM at incident.io, who build software to help companies manage incidents more easily, helping her teams to get shit done and have fun doing it.

Jakob is an engineering leader with a well-trained change-muscle. He has led the full range from a small team to entire business units and has a clear preference now. In his free time, Jakob really enjoys walking and tends to score high on nerd-bingo – if you think of a hobby as nerdy, he is probably doing it.

Renu is an Engineering Manager with deep experience in assembling and leading various remote teams. She has been instrumental in tripling the size of organisations, thanks to her leadership abilities and her dedication to creating an inclusive work environment. A frequent speaker at international conferences, Renu enjoys sharing her insights and experiences with others. She believes in the importance of community and networking and is an active participant in the tech industry. With a focus on developing talent and fostering continuous growth, Renu continues to make valued contributions to engineering management.

Sarah Ing is an engineering leadership coach and VC-backed founder who has guided managers and executives. She champions career experimentation and building high-impact teams with intentionality and introspection. Sarah’s coaching empowers tech leaders to navigate organizational changes, refine their management style, and design their next career move with confidence.

Mathias is founding partner at The Intentional Organization and executive coach to founders, CTOs, and senior engineering leaders. He supports his clients and their leadership teams in their personal and professional growth as they’re scaling out their business and their departments. Together with his business partner Sara, he’s co-authoring the forthcoming book “The Intentional Organization.” Starting his career as an engineer, Mathias has later worked in founder, CEO, and CTO roles across different companies, including Travis CI and Reaction Commerce.

Sally has been working in software development for over twelve years. She is currently senior engineering manager at Accurx, a health tech startup in London, helping solve many of the problems that occur when scaling an organisation. Before that she worked at a diverse range of startups, scaleups and corporations – including Deliveroo the Guardian. She is a regular speaker at conferences.

Dora is a Software Engineering Manager based in London, with more than 14 years of experience in the industry. She’s worked for gaming companies, consultancies and recently joined the fintech world at Capital One. Her passion for Tech has led her to host a podcast named, The Verified Geek with guests that work or have worked in Tech around the world. 

Chris is the Director of Platform Engineering at Zenjob, bringing over 15 years of experience leading Platform and Infrastructure teams across Latin America, the United States, and Europe

With a genuine passion for mentoring engineering managers and fostering supportive communities, Chris is passionate about enabling engineers to successfully transition into leadership roles while promoting growth and support within organizations.

Chris actively contributes to open-source projects, embracing collaboration and knowledge-sharing within the developer community.

Outside of work, Chris leads non-profit initiatives dedicated to wildlife conservation in Latin America and Asia. Chris also finds joy in photography, running, and cycling, sometimes mixing them all at the same time. “

Alicia has been an engineering managing for over 2 years, with experience working in many different industries, from biotech where she lead a team of molecular biologist to fintech where she helped build out the pay later space. Alicia is currently an EM at incident.io, who build software to help companies manage incidents more easily, helping her teams to get shit done and have fun doing it.

Jonathan is a Staff Engineer at Spendesk, focusing on building systems that scale with the company’s growth. Previously, he’s held individual contributor and management roles, including acting principal engineer at RVU and engineering manager at Beamly, allowing him to have a broad understanding of the technical and business sides of working in tech.

What drives Jonathan is creating inclusive, empowered teams. He loves working with teams to simplify complex technical problems in ways that bring everyone along for the journey. When he’s not coding or coaching, he’s a huge advocate for diversity and inclusion, launching successful Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) across multiple companies to support underrepresented voices and build more connected workplaces. He’s a frequent speaker in the tech community, whether sharing insights on modern system design or advocating for equity in tech spaces

Alisa has over 12 years of experience in the Information Technology industry, with a strong background in technical project management, agile development, and process improvement. Currently, as the Engineering Lead at eyeo, Alisa is responsible for the strategy and delivery of solutions that protect the privacy and security of millions of online users. She leverages her skills in business analysis, requirements elicitation, scope management, risk and dependency management, progress monitoring and reporting, team coordination, and distributed software development to lead multiple projects and teams across different locations and time zones. She has experience designing and developing web applications using JavaScript and popular JS-based frameworks. Alisa is passionate about creating and implementing innovative, user-friendly solutions that enhance the online experience and empower users to control their data. After work, Alisa likes spending quality time with her husband and little son and reading influential books.

Eugene is an experienced Data Engineer with a track record of success in fast-growing tech startups. Holding a Master’s degree in System Optimization, he currently serves as a Staff Data Engineer at GetYourGuide, where he drives impactful insights and innovations in Marketing and Marketplace domains. Prior to this role, he held positions as Engineering Manager, demonstrating his leadership and technical prowess in the field.

Najla is currently a Director of Engineering at Delivery Hero in Berlin. In previous roles at Etsy and startups in New York and Mexico City, she led product teams across several domains, including mobile, fullstack, machine learning, and adtech. Her passions lie in coaching managers and engineers to grow in alignment with themselves and the business, positioning teams in high-leverage ways, and creating community – all in service of delivering value to customers. She is a big believer in growing teams with empathy, bringing people along for tough decisions, and advocating for others.

Anjuan Simmons has led software development teams for over two decades, and he excels at shipping features that customers love while managing healthy teams. He presents at conferences, universities, and corporations globally on topics including leadership, software development practices, and inclusion. Anjuan has an undergraduate degree in electrical engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and an MBA from Texas A&M University.

Jonathan is a Staff Engineer at Spendesk, focusing on building systems that scale with the company’s growth. Previously, he’s held individual contributor and management roles, including acting principal engineer at RVU and engineering manager at Beamly, allowing him to have a broad understanding of the technical and business sides of working in tech.

What drives Jonathan is creating inclusive, empowered teams. He loves working with teams to simplify complex technical problems in ways that bring everyone along for the journey. When he’s not coding or coaching, he’s a huge advocate for diversity and inclusion, launching successful Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) across multiple companies to support underrepresented voices and build more connected workplaces. He’s a frequent speaker in the tech community, whether sharing insights on modern system design or advocating for equity in tech spaces

Alisa has over 12 years of experience in the Information Technology industry, with a strong background in technical project management, agile development, and process improvement. Currently, as the Engineering Lead at eyeo, Alisa is responsible for the strategy and delivery of solutions that protect the privacy and security of millions of online users. She leverages her skills in business analysis, requirements elicitation, scope management, risk and dependency management, progress monitoring and reporting, team coordination, and distributed software development to lead multiple projects and teams across different locations and time zones. She has experience designing and developing web applications using JavaScript and popular JS-based frameworks. Alisa is passionate about creating and implementing innovative, user-friendly solutions that enhance the online experience and empower users to control their data. After work, Alisa likes spending quality time with her husband and little son and reading influential books.

Eugene is an experienced Data Engineer with a track record of success in fast-growing tech startups. Holding a Master’s degree in System Optimization, he currently serves as a Staff Data Engineer at GetYourGuide, where he drives impactful insights and innovations in Marketing and Marketplace domains. Prior to this role, he held positions as Engineering Manager, demonstrating his leadership and technical prowess in the field.

Najla is currently a Director of Engineering at Delivery Hero in Berlin. In previous roles at Etsy and startups in New York and Mexico City, she led product teams across several domains, including mobile, fullstack, machine learning, and adtech. Her passions lie in coaching managers and engineers to grow in alignment with themselves and the business, positioning teams in high-leverage ways, and creating community – all in service of delivering value to customers. She is a big believer in growing teams with empathy, bringing people along for tough decisions, and advocating for others.

Anjuan Simmons has led software development teams for over two decades, and he excels at shipping features that customers love while managing healthy teams. He presents at conferences, universities, and corporations globally on topics including leadership, software development practices, and inclusion. Anjuan has an undergraduate degree in electrical engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and an MBA from Texas A&M University.