Allison McMillan is a fractional VP of Engineering and Leadership Consultant with over 25 years of design and facilitation experience for gatherings, covering everything from meetings and strategy planning sessions to offsites and conferences. She’s previously held leadership roles at QuotaPath, DEV, and GitHub. Allison has worn many hats in multiple industries as a community builder, managing director, and software engineer.

Allison started a podcast about being a parent in tech, Parent Driven Development, and is an internationally recognized keynote speaker. She is very involved in the Ruby community as a current board member and the former President of Ruby Central.

You can find more writing, speaking, and consulting information on her website: www.allisonmcmillan.com

Andrew Knight, also known as “Pandy,” is the Automation Panda. He’s a software quality champion who loves to help people build better quality software. Currently, he works as the Senior Director of Product Management at Cycle Labs, focusing on building an excellent test automation platform for enterprise systems. Previously, Pandy spent a decade as a SDET building solutions to testing problems at various tech companies. He also previously led Developer Relations and Test Automation University at Applitools. As an avid supporter of open source software, Pandy is a Playwright Ambassador as well as the lead developer for Boa Constrictor, the .NET Screenplay Pattern. On the side, he is writing a book on software testing with Manning Publications. Apart from software, Pandy spends time with his family, his French Bulldog, and his vintage Volkswagens. Check out his tech blog at AutomationPanda.com, and follow him on Twitter at @AutomationPanda.

Anuj Tyagi is a Senior Site Reliability Engineer at RingCentral Inc., where he supports the reliability and platform engineering teams across AI and video services. With over a decade of expertise in infrastructure automation, Anuj holds a graduate degree from Northeastern University, Boston.

He began his career contributing to the development of content delivery network (CDN) platforms, eventually cultivating a strong focus on public cloud and cloud-native ecosystems. Anuj is an AWS Community Builder, active open-source contributor, and a dedicated technical mentor who empowers professionals to cultivate the competencies required for roles in Site Reliability Engineering and DevOps.

Austin Abro is a full-time maintainer of Zarf at Defense Unicorns, a tool built to enable declarative creation & distribution of software into air-gapped/constrained environments. Previously, he worked at Fiat Chrysler as a full stack Java developer before being promoted to technical coach, where he worked with teams to help them improve software engineering practices.

Deanna started her career as an embedded programmer in the telecommunications industry, and was a significant contributor to Northern California having no internet for 2 days back in the late 90s. She now helps sponsor transitions to Agile and DevOps and spends her days screaming “it’s the people, not the tools!” Deanna’s love of her life is her dog Grimbal, which is why she’s always covered in fur.

Harini is a seasoned technology leader with over 15 years of experience specializing in automation testing, quality assurance, and software development. Currently serving as a Director of Technology, Harini has been instrumental in transforming the testing landscape for various large-scale initiatives encompassing numerous microapplications.
She has a proven track record of leveraging cutting-edge tools and methodologies, to ensure efficiency, consistency, and high-quality outcomes.
With a strong background in DevOps and Agile environments, Harini has led and mentored teams of Assurance engineers, enabling them to deliver seamless integration and validation of complex systems. Harini holds a Master's degree in Software Engineering and is a Microsoft Certified Professional. Passionate about driving innovation and building resilient software systems, she is dedicated to sharing her insights and empowering teams to excel in the evolving world of technology.

Jeremy is an angel investor and advisor for various incubators and startups, and the CEO of DBOS. He was the founding Reliability Engineer for Netflix and before that he ran ops for reddit as its first engineering hire. Jeremy also tech-edited the highly acclaimed AWS for Dummies, and he is one of the six original AWS Heroes. He is a noted speaker in serverless computing, distributed computing, availability, rapid scaling, and cloud computing, and holds a Cognitive Science degree from UC Berkeley.

Jon is ...
a Software and Devops Engineer,
an engineering leader,
a proud employee of Adaptic LLC, and
an Industrial/Organization Psychologist.

He specializes in building software, building people, and building human behavior systems that enable organizations to have success for BOTH the business and employees.

After graduating from college, Kara spent a decade working on Avionics systems at Lockheed Martin Federal System-Owego. She then took a 15 year hiatus, focusing on raising her children and performing extensive volunteer work with the PTA, Girl Scouts, and other organizations. Returning to work in July 2018, she has been employed with The MITRE Corporation for 6 years with a specialization in Agile organizational transformations. It is through this work that Kara determined that Psychological Safety must be present for Agile and DevOps practices to be implemented successfully. Kara and co-presenter Deanna Stanley speak at conferences about Psychological Safety topics.

Natalie has always been majorly interested in the world of software and infrastructure. She’s worked with Shipyard since 2021, where she’s developed a valuable understanding of environment management and its best practices. In her free time, Natalie DJs a radio show and is a volunteer ski instructor.

Robert is a talented, energetic, and insightful coach focused on helping teams align on their best way of working to build trust and accountability. He has spent more than a decade in the IT field with a primary focus on agile transformations and frameworks, product development, and software quality. He's spoken at TriAgile, AgileIndy, DevOps Days Indy, All Things Open, Star East Agile + DevOps, Product World, DevNexus , and IT Revolutions Enterprise Technology Leadership Summit.

Ryan has spent 15+ years advising IT products and projects with a focus on digital transformation and consulting. He currently works at TSPi advising the USDA as a federal contractor and recently worked at the Technology Transformation Services at 18F as a federal employee. He has advised clients ranging from medical devices, school bus routing systems, to cost accounting systems. Outside of work he enjoys spending time with family, teaching sailing lessons at the Downtown Sailing Center in Baltimore, cycling, woodworking, and reading sci-fi novels.

Scott is a Senior DevOps Engineer with Liatrio, focusing on expediting world-class software delivery for enterprises by building advanced DevOps platforms powered by open source, coaching engineering and business teams along the way. With over a decade of experience in tech, Scott has worked as a consultant across a range of industries including Education, FinTech, Retail, Aviation, Life Sciences, and Healthcare, helping organizations modernize their software delivery practices. Prior to consulting, he worked in the defense industry, developing applications for Naval missile and automated vehicle defense systems. Scott holds a BS and MS in Computer Science from Rowan University, and when he's not building pipelines, he can be found reading Stephen King, playing guitar, or kayaking the rivers of southern New Jersey where he resides with his wife, dog, and three cats.

Whitney Lovelace is a technology consultant specializing in strategy and product delivery. She is passionate about using memorable and impactful communication techniques that lead to better project outcomes.
Whitney has over a decade of technology and strategy experience that she uses to efficiently lead complex projects and help companies navigate large transformations. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Simpson College where she studied Mathematics and Economics and an MBA from Iowa State University with a specialization in Business Analytics.

While her educational background has focused on using data to drive business decisions, she is adamant that data has little power when not accompanied by a compelling story. Whitney has spent years researching and honing communication and facilitation techniques that lead to better business outcomes and create engaging employee experiences.