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CYC '25

This year's speakers

The individuals volunteering their time to make CYC'25 a success.

Aaron Francis

Aaron Francis

Try Hard Studios

Co-Founder

Leon Noel

Leon Noel

Resilient Coders

Managing Director

Dan Vega

Dan Vega

Broadcom

Spring Developer Advocate

Josh Long

Josh Long

Broadcom

Spring Developer Advocate

Bree Hall

Bree Hall

Atlassian

Senior Developer Advocate

Diana Pham

Diana Pham

Vonage

Developer Advocate

Stacy Haven

Stacy Haven

SAP

VP of Engineering

Jonathan Perry

Jonathan Perry

Unvariance

CEO & OpenTelemetry Maintainer

Swizec Teller

Swizec Teller

Plasmidsaurus

Lead software engineer

Suren Konathala

Suren Konathala

Capgemini

Director of Engineering

Mark Thompson

Mark Thompson

Google

Sr. Developer Relations Engineer

Kierra Dotson

Kierra Dotson

The Data Bloq

CEO and founder

Dennis Ivy

Dennis Ivy

Appwrite

Developer Advocate

Chris DeMars

Chris DeMars

TuxCare

Senior Developer Advocate

Lawrence Lockhart

Lawrence Lockhart

Beefree

Senior Developer Advocate

Srikanth Maru

Srikanth Maru

Cricut Inc

Senior Manager of Data Engineering

Anupama Pathirage

Anupama Pathirage

WSO2

Director of Engineering

Jeremy Barger

Jeremy Barger

ELITE Academy

Director Of Software Engineering & Founder

Braydon Coyer

Braydon Coyer

LogicGate

Senior Frontend Engineer

Prathap Raghavan

Prathap Raghavan

Prathap Raghavan

Director of Product management

Sarah Shook

Sarah Shook

Hunter Industries

UI/UX Engineer

Jerry Reghunadh

Jerry Reghunadh

DataNimbus

Senior Director

Vishnu Ramineni

Vishnu Ramineni

Albertsons Companies

Sr. Staff Software Engineer

Danielle Larregui

Danielle Larregui

Atlassian

Developer Advocacy Manager

Justin Biard

Justin Biard

Oracle

Principal Member of Technical Staff

Kevin Griffin

Kevin Griffin

Swift Kick

Founder and Microsoft MVP

Quincy Larson

Quincy Larson

FreeCodeCamp

Founder

Mike Arsenault

Mike Arsenault

Bank Of America

AVP Information Security Consultant

Ron Dagdag

Ron Dagdag

7-Eleven

R&D Engineering Manager and Microsoft AI MVP

Jasmine Vo

Jasmine Vo

Synchrony

Software Developer

Nnenna Ndukwe

Nnenna Ndukwe

Qodo AI

Principal Developer Advocate

Arfi Siddik Mollashaik

Arfi Siddik Mollashaik

Securiti

Solutions Architect

Ted M. Young

Ted M. Young

Spiral Learning, LLC

Principal Technical Coach

Reece Iriye

Reece Iriye

Verizon

Network Automation Engineer

Claire Bourdon

Claire Bourdon

Purdue University

Senior Data Engineer

Melisa Im

Melisa Im

Adobe

Senior Software Engineer

Tracy Lee

Tracy Lee

This Dot Labs

CEO

Avindra Fernando

Avindra Fernando

Taprobane Consulting, LLC

Software Consultant, Architect

Alex Merced

Alex Merced

Dremio

Senior Tech Evangelist

Leah Thompson

Leah Thompson

Laravel

Frontend Engineer

Michael Leitz

Michael Leitz

Warner Bros. Discovery

Staff Software Engineer

Akshay Mittal

Akshay Mittal

PayPal

Staff Software Engineer

David Strickland

David Strickland

CG Infinity

Cloud Evangelist

Ramasankar Molleti

Ramasankar Molleti

Options Clearing Corporation

Principal Cloud Architect

Arjan Dedgjonaj

Arjan Dedgjonaj

Yum! Brands

Senior Software Engineer

John Crighton

John Crighton

Curantis Solutions

Chief Technology Officer, AI Innovator, Board Member

Cedric Clyburn

Cedric Clyburn

Red Hat

Senior Developer Advocate

Naveen Kumar Kotha

Naveen Kumar Kotha

Blue Yonder

Senior Staff Engineer

Katarinya Hughes

Katarinya Hughes

Veracode

Engineering Manager

Alexander Crettenand

Alexander Crettenand

ADT

Vice President of Software Engineering

Trey Clark

Trey Clark

University of North Texas

Software Engineer

Nick Cosentino

Nick Cosentino

Microsoft

Principal Software Engineering Manager

Nate Custer

Nate Custer

TTV Global

Principal Technologist

Tanasin Vivitvorn

Tanasin Vivitvorn

Deloitte

Senior Consultant

Aly Ibrahim

Aly Ibrahim

Microsoft

Solutions Architect

Faye X

Faye X

Northern Trust Bank

Full Stack Developer

Sergey Kryvets

Sergey Kryvets

First United Bank

Software Engineering Lead

Shaurya Agrawal

Shaurya Agrawal

Hoonartek

Start-up CTO; Board Advisor

Abbey Perini

Abbey Perini

Hygiena

Vue Developer

Jeremy Miller

Jeremy Miller

JasperFx Software

Owner and CEO

Alex Johnson

Alex Johnson

Sustainment

Software Engineer

Bobby Davis, Jr.

Bobby Davis, Jr.

Coder Foundry

Educator, Coder, Founder: Crafting Careers in Technology

Naveen Chatlapalli

Naveen Chatlapalli

Ashling

Solutions Architect

Israa Taha

Israa Taha

Freelance / Independent

Senior Software Engineer

Rob Ocel

Rob Ocel

This Dot Labs

VP of Innovation

JJ Asghar

JJ Asghar

IBM

Developer Advocate

Borko Djurkovic

Borko Djurkovic

Self

Software Engineer

Boston Cartwright

Boston Cartwright

Vasion

Staff Software Engineer

Elder Yzunia

Elder Yzunia

iA

Tech Lead

Matthew Hess

Matthew Hess

CG Infinity

Principal

Arvind Chigurala

Arvind Chigurala

Exterro

Vice President Of Software Development

Caleb Jenkins

Caleb Jenkins

Eliassen Group

Principal Technical Coach

Ken Versaw

Ken Versaw

Nelnet Business Solutions

Software Engineering Manager

Tim Corey

Tim Corey

IAmTimCorey.com

Software Development Trainer

Manisha Ponugoti

Manisha Ponugoti

Oracle

Senior Software Development Engineer

Dona Maria Jose

Dona Maria Jose

Slack

Senior Software Engineer

Allen Helton

Allen Helton

Momento

Ecosystem Engineer

Michael Brown

Michael Brown

Synaptic Weave

Senior Software Engineer

Andrew MacLean

Andrew MacLean

Twilio

Developer Educator

Hermes Frangoudis

Hermes Frangoudis

Agora

Director of Developer Relations and Partner Engineering

Kaleb Garner

Kaleb Garner

HaloMD

Front End Developer

Chris Griffing

Chris Griffing

GitKraken

Developer Advocate

Andrew Smit

Andrew Smit

Liberty Mutual Insurance

Software Engineer

Joseph Evans

Joseph Evans

Citi

Software Engineer

Soujanya Vummannagari

Soujanya Vummannagari

GalaxE an Endava Company

Technology Senior Delivery Manager

Vishal Reddy

Vishal Reddy

Apex Capital Corp

Software Engineer

Andrea Griffiths

Andrea Griffiths

GitHub

Senior DevRel and Hypewoman

Robert Groves

Robert Groves

Self

Technical Lead

Vasanth Mudavatu

Vasanth Mudavatu

Dell

Senior Principal Software Engineer

Wayne Jones

Wayne Jones

Capital One

Sr. Software Engineer & Developer Advocate

Nick Guzmán

Nick Guzmán

Tuvu

Lead Software Engineer

Arun Prasad Jaganathan

Arun Prasad Jaganathan

Jugl

Co-Founder and CTO

Shafik Quoraishee

Shafik Quoraishee

New York Times

Game Engineer and A.I. Enthusiast

Paul Chin Jr.

Paul Chin Jr.

Serverless Guru

Serverless Developer

Rizel Scarlett

Rizel Scarlett

Block

Tech Lead

Sachin Gupta

Sachin Gupta

CG Infinity Inc

Technical Architect

Erik Hanchett

Erik Hanchett

AWS

Senior Developer Advocate

Bas Steins

Bas Steins

Miltenyi Biotec

Senior Software Engineer

Jacob Daddario

Jacob Daddario

Venn Technology

Senior Ruby on Rails Developer

Jeremy Morgan

Jeremy Morgan

KodeKloud

Training Architect

Brian Morrison

Brian Morrison

Clerk

Sr Developer Educator

Eleazar Hernandez

Eleazar Hernandez

834 Labs

Front End Engineer

Adam Rackis

Adam Rackis

Spotify

Senior Software Engineer

Nick Taylor

Nick Taylor

Pomerium

Developer Advocate

David Parry

David Parry

Qodo

Developer Advocate

Rishab Kumar

Rishab Kumar

Twilio

Staff Developer Evangelist

Victor Lyuboslavsky

Victor Lyuboslavsky

Fleet Device Management

Software Engineer

Marshall Burns

Marshall Burns

Archetype Dynamics, Inc.

Co-Founder & CEO

Alvaro Montoro

Alvaro Montoro

GM

Senior Software Engineer | Microsoft MVP

Mike Chen

Mike Chen

Rippling

Staff Software Engineer

Raja Krishna

Raja Krishna

Loop

Senior Software Engineer

Angela Cortes

Angela Cortes

The QA Network

QA Test Lead

Patrick Hulce

Patrick Hulce

Netflix

ML Architect

Charles Wood

Charles Wood

PrizePicks

Host of JavaScript Jabber & Senior Developer

Jacob Orshalick

Jacob Orshalick

Focus DEV Solutions

Principal Consultant

Bob Fornal

Bob Fornal

Leading EDJE

Senior Developer

Anitha Dakamarri

Anitha Dakamarri

Donnelley Financial Solutions (DFIN)

Lead Application Security Engineer

Suresh A M

Suresh A M

Hitachi

Data Architect

Julian Macagno

Julian Macagno

Docusign

Director of Product Management

Legare Kerrison

Legare Kerrison

Red Hat

AI Developer Advocate

Danny Thompson

Danny Thompson

This Dot Labs

Director Of Technology

Matt McDole

Matt McDole

Yum! Brands

CTO

Satyanarayana Purella

Satyanarayana Purella

Fifth Third Bank

Lead Java Backend Developer

Veeranjaneyulu Veeri

Veeranjaneyulu Veeri

Broadcom

Senior Software Engineer

Sean Wheeler

Sean Wheeler

Powershell

Principal Content Developer

Pat Clarke

Pat Clarke

Lumen Learning

Director Of Engineering

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