FTW Conf

Floor Drees

Community Advocacy Program Manager at Microsoft (she/her)

Lisa Mallner

AI Investment Manager at Copenhagen Capacity (she/her)

Ellie King

Diversity & Inclusion Advocate✨ Helping tech companies build a more ethical, diverse and successful culture.

Ana Cidre

Ana is a Developer Advocate at Auth0, the founder of ngSpain and GalsTech (she/her)

Ana is a Developer Advocate at Auth0. She has a degree in Fine Arts and a Master in International Business Economics and Management, so she is not your usual software developer. She’s a big fan of Web Components and Angular. As a very active member of the community, she regularly organises meetups and conferences, like the amazing ngSpain. Ana is based in Spain, where she’s the founder of GalsTech, a group for women in tech from Galicia. Because she is so passionate about diversity, she is also a Women Techmaker Ambassador.

Suzanne Daniels

Developer PMM @ Microsoft (she/her)

Heather Barr

Interim co-director of the Women's Rights Division at Human Rights Watch.

Heather Barr is the interim co-director of the Women's Rights Division at Human Rights Watch. She has done research in countries including Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Burma, Nepal, and Papua New Guinea, on issues including child marriage, girls’ education, violence against women, refugee and prisoners’ rights, and trafficking. She joined Human Rights Watch in 2011 as the Afghanistan researcher, after working for the United Nations in Afghanistan and Burundi. After law school she litigated for discharge planning for prisoners with psychosocial disabilities in New York City, and founded an alternative-to-incarceration program. Before law school, she worked with homeless women. She is a graduate of London School of Economics, Columbia Law School, and John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

Lisa Mallner

AI Investment Manager at Copenhagen Capacity (she/her)

Marilag Dimatulac & Michelle Tabirao

Founders - ULAP.org (she/her)

Marilag is a tech community leader who aims to bridge the skill gap through youth empowerment. She believes that we must keep extending the opportunities for succeeding in a tech-driven society, by creating learning channels that are not only accessible but also collaborative and inclusive. As an organizer of Azure User Group Manila and Copenhagen, and as an international tech conference speaker, she acknowledges the power in equal distribution of knowledge across borders, cultures & individuals. Her deep technical knowledge in Cloud and Software Engineering, combined with her relentless passion for mentorship and effective team dynamics, drive her to tackle the tech upskilling challenge, through advocacy and community building. Marilag is a cloud architect and the co-owner of Dewise, an enterprise development company from Denmark and The Philippines. Michelle is a digital literacy and youth upskilling advocate. She sees the inter-relationship between technology, advocacy and policy as useful components in addressing complex issues in education, and how the holistic view of these components can foster innovation and creativity. In her early career, she worked in an organization that advocates the use of open source technologies and travelled all over the Philippines to upskill the youth by organizing open-source programs. She studied BSc. in Computer Engineering and MSc. focusing on Tech and Management in Austria and Denmark as an EU Erasmus Scholar. Michelle is currently working in the product management space that develops Internet of Things (IoT) and data solution in an enterprise in Denmark.

Anjana Vakil

Developer Advocate, Observable (she/her)

Anjana suffers from a chronic case of curiosity, which led her from philosophy to English teaching to computational linguistics to software development. As a developer advocate at Observable, these days she codes & teaches from her home base in San Francisco; in the before-times, you could find her speaking at events around the world. She loves to share the joy of programming and advocate for a more diverse, equitable, and ethical tech industry. Ask her about the Recurse Center & Outreachy, she’s an alumna of both!

Natalia Venditto

Principal Solutions Architect | Netcentric, A Cognizant Digital Business (she/her)

I am a Google Developer Expert for Angular and Web Technologies, working in the role of a Solutions Architect for large enterprise projects. But 20 years ago I would've never imagined that: my background is in architecture (as a draftswoman) and graphic design.

Svetlana Stosic Milosavljevic

Junior frontend developer, GreenMobility

Svetlana Stosic Milosavljevic, Junior Frontend Developer in GreenMobility, a company that operates a car-sharing platform with 100 % electric cars. She works daily with Typescript, React, HTML, CSS, Storybook, Tailwind, graphQL etc. She is originally from Serbia, a mother of two, still happily married.

Emma Rees

CEO & Co-founder at Deployed

Ela Mościcka

Talent Sourcer turned #SoftwareEngineer at #MicrosoftTeams

Sherry List

Azure Developer Engagement Lead, Microsoft

For the past 15 years, Sherry has worked with a variety of web technologies and currently works as Developer Engagement Lead at Microsoft. Apart from her everyday job, she is a co-organizer of the ngVikings and ngSpain conference, as well as some Meetups groups, such as ngCopenhagen and Women Techmakers. She loves animals and supports various non-profit animal protection organizations.

Annybell Villarroel

Security Culture Manager. Auth0

As Security Culture Manager at Auth0, Annybell Villarroel is responsible for building a world-class security culture and awareness program. She aims to help build a security-first mindset through influence, trust, and comedy. Villarroel is passionate about security and making the internet safer, and leads the Madrid chapter for WoSEC — Women of Security. Based in Madrid, Spain, she can be found tackling her next puzzle challenge or performing calisthenics, and is an absolute fan of corgis.

Eva Sarafianou

Senior Product Security Engineer @ Auth0 (she/her)

I work as a Senior Product Security Engineer at Auth0, an identity platform for application builders. I'm contributing to the open source community working on making the OSS software more secure. I'm a member of the Node.js Ecosystem Security Working Group under the OpenJS Foundation and a member of the Vulnerability Disclosures Working Group under the Open Source Security Foundation (OSSF). I'm passionate about building secure applications and educating developers about security threats and security best practices. Apart from Security, I love playing music - mastering the piano and learning the clarinet -, taking contemporary and ballet dance classes and being outdoors, especially close to the sea.

Agata Krajewska

Software engineer, Snyk

Agata is a Software Engineer in Container group in Snyk. Agata spent the last year in Snyk working on runtime security, especially enjoying solving problems around container images scanning of the different architectures and platforms. Whenever there's a chance, she has a lot of fun writing low level and embedded software code. Besides coding, Agata also teaches Yoga & passionately visits all the best food spots in East London.

Alyssa Miller

BISO (Business Information Security Officer) - S&P Global Ratings (she/her)

Alyssa Miller, Business Information Security Officer (BISO) for S&P Global Ratings, directs the Ratings security strategy, connecting corporate security objectives to business initiatives. She blends a unique mix of technical expertise and executive presence to bridge the gap that can often form between security practitioners and business leaders. Her goal is to change how we look at the security of our interconnected way of life and focus attention on defending privacy and cultivating trust. A life-long hacker, Alyssa has a passion for technology and security. She bought her first computer herself at age 12 and quickly learned techniques for hacking modem communications and software. Her serendipitous career journey began as a software developer which enabled her to pivot into security roles. Beginning as a penetration tester, her last 15 years have seen her grow as a security leader with experience across a variety of organizations. She regularly advocates for improved security practices and shares her research with business leaders and industry audiences through her international public speaking engagements, online content, and as co-host of The Uncommon Journey podcast on ITSP Magazine.

Lisa Mallner

AI Investment Manager at Copenhagen Capacity (she/her)

Klara Kviberg

COO of Planethon (she/her)

Malin Cumzelius

COO of Newsvoice (she/her)

Meeri Haataja

CEO and Cofounder at Saidot (she/her)

Anna Borgström

CEO of Netclean (she/her)

Lia Silva-Lopez

Lead Data Scientist, NetOnNet (she/her)

Lia is is an engineer who uses empathy and her bag of math tricks to face problems in a reasonable way. Her passion is studying how people interact with products by looking at the precious digital traces they leave behind. She has worked on academia, consultancy, automotive, shipping and logistics and on November 2020, she began working with THE COOLEST e-commerce company in the Nordics: NetOnNet.

Vanessa Eriksson

SVP, Chief Digital Officer at Zenseact

Vanessa is currently SVP, Chief Digital Officer at Zenseact with the mission of bringing the company even further into the digital age. Managing petabytes of data as an asset while simultaneously leading the IT backbone, in pursuing Autonomous Driving. She is also a Member of the Board at Fidesmo and has been the Chairwoman of PwC’s CDO Advisory Board in 2017/18 and on Gartner’s EMEA and The America’s Data & CDO Advisory Boards between 2012 & 2017. A professional and experienced public speaker, Vanessa holds a proven track record in influencing key decision makers. Result oriented, her leadership skills include motivating teams, relationship building and integrity. A mother of 3 girls, Vanessa very feels strongly about encouraging Girls in Tech and has effectively launched a GiT event in 2017 with 4 large companies to promote her cause. Women in Leadership and Gender Diversity are topics that are close to her.

Alina Timofeeva

Senior manager, Cloud & Advanced Analytics, KPMG

Alina is a Senior Manager at KPMG UK, supporting some of the top clients in Financial Services in the space of Cloud, Innovation & Advanced Analytics. Last year she was recognised by 2 awards in UK Technology as one of the future women leaders in the industry. Her name is on the Makers’ Top 50 Software Powerlist and ComputerWeekly’s Most Influential Women in UK Technology. Alina is keen that her journey sets up other women up for success, through motivating them to deliver exceptional performance. She is an active mentor at KPMG and wider global networks (e.g. Cajigo, Like Minded Females), supporting women of diverse cultural and social backgrounds.

Sophie Theen

Group Chief People Officer, Oakam (she/her)

Sophie is an award-winning Diversity & HR leader in fintech and as the Chief People Officer in Oakam, her aim is to shift cultural paradigms within organisations and to champion diversity and equality using structured, disruptive thinking. Pre Oakam, she’s led recruitment projects with Ford, General Motors and IBM, before shifting to set up HR in early startups like Revolut & 11:FS. She is a recognized mentor, career coach for young women in tech and a credited mental health coach. Active on the diversity agenda, Sophie also runs a HR community in Slack, Work Experience Programs for young women and as a People Advisor to new Founders of FinTech startups in London. She's been on the Women Fintech Powerlist in UK for 3 years consecutively.

Ellie King

Diversity & Inclusion Advocate✨ Helping tech companies build a more ethical, diverse and successful culture.

Louise Bichler

Head of Recruitment & Employer Brand at Zenseact

A recruitment specialist with a broad industry and role specific background. An Ironman-triathlete with thousands of hours of endurance training. This combination sets me apart and enables me to run the extra mile, create the innovative solutions and build high performing recruitment processes and agile teams in an exceptional growth rate. I love to challenge myself as well as my surroundings, connect people for success and make the impossible possible, no matter what the subject matter is.

Marie Møgelvang

Global Head of Talent Acquisition at Trustpilot (she/her)

Marie is an experienced HR-professional and works as the Global Head of Talent Acquisition within the international e-commerce company Trustpilot. She is a certified coach, trainer and facilitator and has previously worked for several NGOs around the world. She has professional work experience from the educational, financial and tech industry.

Nidhi Illman

Talent Acquisition Specialist at H&M #AgileHR

I am a women empowering women from diverse backgrounds (race, nationality, culture, age & experiences) and helping them enter the Swedish job market and lifestyle. I come from a diverse background of working in India, USA and now based in Sweden. With over 10 yrs of exp in Recruitment and coaching and my focus is always on diversity hiring. My passion is to upskill and uplift women who want to work and re-enter work life after being on break be it maternity or relocation or break for studies.

Peggy Poon

Woman in tech, community builder and a global citizen with strong passion for innovation, helping others and diversity & inclusion!

Floor Drees

Community Advocacy Program Manager at Microsoft (she/her)

Stacy Cashmore

Omniplan, Tech Explorer DevOps (she/her)

Stacy is Tech Explorer DevOps at Omniplan, and Microsoft MVP in Developer Technologies. She’s been developing software since the mid-1990s and has been speaking about improving the way we develop software at conferences and meetups since 2018 As well as sparing with the software architect about technical issues, she spends her time helping the development team, and the wider company, with continuous improvement in terms of technical work, process and, of course, working together as a team. Outside of work she enjoys spending time with her classic car, playing the piano badly and spending time with her family, doing amongst other things, building a Lego modular building city in their house.

Nitya Narasimhan

Senior Cloud Advocate, Microsoft (she/her)

Nitya Narasimhan is a PhD in Computer Engineering, with 20+ years of software research & development experience spanning distributed & ubiquitous computing, mobile & web application development. She is currently a Cloud Advocate in the Microsoft Developer Relations team where she spends her time on mobile and cross-platform development (for Azure and Microsoft Surface Duo), visual storytelling, and supporting our amazing developer communities.