Alexander Shopov was enterprise Java programmer that went to Python and currently is going full circle cause the company he is working at – Uber decided to strategically move development from Python to Java. He spends his days surviving in the microservices world, his nights doing free and open source work. Thus he is free only in the twilight zone. He is father of two and husband of one.

As software engineer Alex had taken various technical and management roles developing software solutions for both small and global organizations. With over 15 years of software development experience, Alex boasts an interesting resume that has seen him work at Cisco Systems and IBM.

Most recently Alex has joined Microsoft as Senior Technical Evangelist to assists the community focused on open source software running on Azure. His professional interests are related to IoT, Big Data, Web Applications and DevOps.

Apart from code related stuff he is a passionate traveler that loves spending time with his family and enjoying extreme sports. With outgoing and approachable personality he would enjoy a good discussion.

Software Development Architect with the SAP Cloud Platform team.
15+ years of experience with enterprise architectures, distributed systems, middleware, messaging, persistence technologies, etc.
Current activities in the area of Java EE, Application Programming Models, Cloud, Dev Tools.
Member of the Java EE 6 Expert Group.
Speaker at international and regional conferences, like JavaOne, EclipseCon, SAP TechEd, Eclipse DemoCamps, Java2Days, CEE-SECR, etc.
Mentor at several developer hackathons, like HackZurich, GITEX AppHack, etc.

Openminded software engineer specializing in all sorts of Java technologies. I have solid background in financial area, where I’ve always tried to bring some fresh air and improve the process of development and quality assurance. I tend to mix the best of established and agile methods into the development process as I’ve seen where both excelled bbut also where they failed badly. As independent Java EE expert I like to pass my knowledge to others via training courses and blog posts.

Gareth Siret is a Senior Software Engineer at Ocado Technology in the Simulation Team. He has worked in a wide range of areas in the company: including learning based personalization systems, warehouse control systems, and hardware simulations. He uses simulation as a test harness for production systems; to predict the KPIs of future technologies, such as new innovations in automated warehousing; and as an optimization tool for the algorithms that run these technologies. Gareth primarily codes in Java 8 and python, but has done work in other areas such as connecting C code to a Java simulation.

Filip Janevski is 3 years experienced frontend developer. Currently, he is working for Endava as a developer for a banking company. His professional interests are core concepts and architectural design of javascript frameworks.He always accepts challenges and to improve the people around him. In the free time he wants to spread his sarcasm to everyone.

Goran Kopevski is a 5 year experienced Java & Front-End developer. Currently, he is working for Endava as a senior developer. He has worked for multiple clients including Porsche Informatik, Cardiologie Centra Nederland and various telecom companies. He is a versatile developer who has tasted the flavor of many technologies. Aims for simplified code and usage of javascript. Open minded for new technologies and solutions. As an open minded person, he wants to exploit all of the magic that Javascript can offer.

Technology, farming and biology enthousiast. Trainer and consultant in advanced farming technology.

Java developer and architect for more than ten years. Specialized complex multi client platform architectures and rich client applications based on netbeans platform. Founder of worlds first and only open source farm management system, and Duke’s Choice Award 2012 winner: AgroSense. Believes in fast, effective computing for everyone.

Rudy De Busscher is a Java EE Expert who has done several projects with a multitude of technologies, most of the time with JSF in the front. He has given training to many developers and students and has coached various teams. Always explaining state of the art technologies and how you can build applications today for tomorrow.