
Richárd Farkas, Phd has been working in the field of Artificial Intelligence for 20 years, author of 120+ scientific publications, delivered 10+ successful business NLP projects, 10+ open source software and databases. Currently, he leads an NLP research group at the University of Szeged, managing RTD NLP projects. He is also the leader of the NLP work package of the National Laboratory of Artific...
Aviv is an advisor, coach, and consultant for executives and leaders throughout the tech industry. In his consulting business, he helped companies worldwide, ranging from day-old startups to Fortune 100 companies. By advising, coaching, and leading strategy workshops, he helps his clients forge teams and cultures they are proud of leading.Aviv always says, “Life’s too short to lead an average team...

Allen Holub (http://holub.com, @allenholub, [email protected]) is an internationally recognized software architect and expert in Lean/Agile transformation. He consults, teaches workshops, and provides advice and guidance, both on-line and around the world, in-house and at conferences. Allen brings decades of experience to his clients, who call when they are not seeing the results they expect from th...
Glenn Anderson is a professional public speaker. Glenn helps teams effectively collaborate and communicate. His presentations and webinars combine decades of corporate experience and teaching with his passion for performing improvisational comedy. The result - your audience is energized and equipped to surpass their goals.Glenn knows what it takes to capture attention in the business world. He enj...
Tyler has been in the software game for over 25 years, first as a developer, then engineering manager, and on to leadership positions such as VP of Engineering, CTO and now CPTO. He's worked at Google, Trimble and Prezi before Catawiki. Through working on a diverse set of products, with teams across many locations and cultures, he's picked up a few tricks of the trade....
Jason is a 20+ years Agile coach/consultant/practitioner since 1999 when he first encountered Extreme Programming. Previously, Jason was a Staff Agile Coach at Spotify and a Principal Consultant at ThoughtWorks....
James Lewis is a programmer and Director at ThoughtWorks based in the UK. He’s proud to have been a part of ThoughtWorks’ journey for seventeen years and of its ongoing mission to deliver technical excellence for its clients and in amplifying positive social change for an equitable future. As a member of the ThoughtWorks Technical Advisory Board, the group that creates the Technology Radar, he con...
Patrick Kua is a seasoned technology leader with 20+ years of experience. His current mission is accelerating the growth of technical leaders through coaching, mentoring and training. He has had many years of hands-on experience, leading, managing and improving complex organisations and software systems as the CTO and Chief Scientist of N26 (Berlin, Germany) and as a Technical Principal Consultant...
systems | cybernetics | complexity / public | service | transformation business evolutionary | avid learner. Reframing for better outcomes. Connecting.I'm passionate about better experiences of organisations for people and employees, and better outcomes from services for citizens and communities. I take ethics seriously and try to make the work of change fun - and there's not much that's more fun ...
Lesley Cordero is currently a Staff Software Engineer, Tech Lead at The New York Times. She has spent the majority of her career on edtech teams as an engineer, including Google for Education and other edtech startups.In her current role, she is focused on observability, shared platforms, and building excellent teams by setting reliability vision & strategy across The Times, improving our obse...
Samay is a tech lead at Ramp, the ultimate platform for modern finance teams. He focuses on spend management software: corporate cards, spending limits, approvals, policy enforcement, budgeting, & reporting. In the past, he's spent a meaningful amount of time within educational technology and venture capital. ...


Samantha is a Senior Product Manager at Spotify, currently focused on building paid plugins for Backstage, an open-source framework for creating developer portals. With a career that includes roles at HelloFresh, Sauce Labs, and Cisco before joining Spotify, she has gained extensive experience in the tech industry. Her focus has always been on equipping internal teams with a strong product-oriente...
Kadri has 15+ years of experience in software delivery projects and product engineering tribes. While having a technical background, she has been focusing on the delivery with the team and people. She has led the transformation from teams to tribes and implemented the Pipedrive Agile Framework in a few companies. She is a big believer in fluid teaming, transparency, and internal drive. Today ...

Irina Loginova has 10 years+ experience in managing both software and infrastructure projects using waterfall, agile and hybrid approaches. In 2022 she was recognized as a value creator and received a CEO Award for bringing great results to the customers, strengthening company’s authority on the market and winning new engagements. Successful establishment and maintaining data-driven delivery helpe...

Maryna Didkovska is a Quality Engineering Director at EPAM Systems. As a Test Manager, Delivery manager and Software automation engineer, Maryna has managed teams to build scalable testing process on a projects with over 600 participants , develop testing ecosystems on Enterprise level, find solutions to quality architectural challenges, and coached others be experts and leaders. Being PhD in Soft...

Engineering Director at Bitrise. Before that, he was VP of Engineering at ingatlancom. He’s been a successful blogger since 2005 touching both professional and unofficial matters. He is the founder of the Leadership Meetup Budapest group and member of the Stretch Conference expert team. In 2018, he was awarded Young Leader of the Year in the Hungarian SME sector....

Freelance IT Culture & Communications Consultant, Coach - she’s been in the Hungarian IT sector for 8 years and has been working for 17 (hard for her to admit). She’s a subject matter expert in the Stretch conference organizer’s team and she hosts the successful Level-up Engineering podcast, interviewing internationally known IT leaders biweekly....

Husband, dad, and a spaniel owner all at once. Index.hu, Ustream/IBM, Bitrise alumnus. Right now he works as an engineering manager leading the DevEx Platform team of Hopin’s StreamYard. Professional beginner-surfer....

Adam is in the Automotive SW industry for more, than 7 years now. His focus is on ensuring project delivery and meeting project goals, while building and keeping sustainably working teams. Working for 5+ years in Driver Assistance field he has background in SW development, team coaching and technical leadership, delivering road safety features to several manufacturers. Currently he is leading a gr...

Nassim boasts over 10 years of extensive experience in the ADAS domain with a primary focus on the development of the perception software stack for RADAR sensors. His work spans over more than 3 generations of RADAR sensors at Continental, delivering results to countless vehicle manufacturers worldwide.He is currently serving as the Head of the Product Line Radar Organization in Budapest....

Alice Walther-Wosnitzka, originally a political scientist, has been working at ZEISS for 16 years - a great company, as she says, not only with great products, but also with a broad opportunity to develop oneself. And that's very important to her when you're at home in a company for a long time. Today, she is responsible as a product owner for the global employee portal and enterprise search, wher...

Zsolt graduated in economics, but throughout his 20-year career he has always worked close to IT and innovation. He was responsible for delivery of major projects, project office and then management of the entire IT area in a commercial bank for 10+ years. Currently, he leads the Innovation Directorate of K&H, where he and his team work on the development of "classic" digital channels and the ...

Abhash Sinha is an experienced Artificial Intelligence professional with a Master's degree in the field. He is passionate about Artificial Intelligence and has an extensive work experience in NLP domain. He has recently joined Zeiss as an NLP Engineer, where his focus is primarily on LLMs and their application. He is also an avid traveler who relishes exploring the diverse landscapes and cultures ...

Zoltan has 25 years+ experience with 18 years+ of architecture experiences. He is a member of the K&H Enterprise Architecture team, working on various strategic topics, including startegic target architecture, EA team internal communication, EA repositories, etc. and also supporting the new K&H IT capabilities required for Rapid Business Solutions....

Ádám has 15 years+ experience in IT solution delivery addressing customer needs. He is now leading the solution team of ICT Digital Directorate at K&H Bank. His mission is to design and deliver innovative solutions for bank customers....

Gergely has 25+ years of experience in IT in various positions and sectors. He has delivered IT solutions in healthcare, telecommunications and banking. Gergely and his team are currently responsible for the design and implementation of innovative IT solutions in the digital channels domain, including mobile banking and e-banking, as well as for Kate, the digital assistant of K&H....

Dénes, with 20 years of experience in the IT and Financial(Banking) sector, is an accomplished professional known for strategic ICT planning, budget management, and project leadership. His expertise encompasses integrated banking solutions, ICT Operations and DEVOPS transformations, reflecting his commitment to driving efficiency improvements and lean transformations in organizations....