Speaker Preview

A first look at the speakers for React Miami!

Full speaker lineup announcement: January 14, 2025

Jemima Abu

Jemima Abu

Frontend Developer

BORN

About Jemima

Jemima Abu is a self-taught Front End Developer, Google Developer Expert in Web Technologies and Certified Professional in Accessibility Core Competencies. She is a strong advocate for diversity and intersectionality in technology and accessibility in web development.

Greg Barbosa

Greg Barbosa

Director of Innovation and Systems

Avulux

About Greg

Greg leads Tech Stack Planning, Development, and Innovation at Avulux, collaborating with the COO to enhance the company's competitive edge. He provides technical guidance and project management support across departments to improve operational efficiency. Greg also focuses on process reengineering to optimize business workflows.

Before Avulux, he founded Teller, a DTC + CRO agency, and co-founded HelpCarol, an online education platform for baby boomers. He has experience as an iOS developer, project manager, and technical writer, and studied Computer Software Engineering at Florida Atlantic University.

Lydia Hallie

Lydia Hallie

Software Engineer & Educator

Independent

About Lydia

Lydia Hallie is a software engineer and technical content creator with a focus on React, JavaScript, and web performance. She enjoys sharing technical deep-dives, and strives to make complex concepts accessible to developers of all skill levels.

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Henri Helvetica

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About Henri

Henri is a developer who turned his interests to a passionate mix of site performance engineering,  pinches of user experience and what is best known as the platform. He can also be found contributing back to the community as he presides over leading a few modern development meetups, helping curate community events or volunteering his time for lunch and learns with an emphasis on literacy. This led to him launching a little *start-up* he's calling command-h.. When not reading the deluge of daily research docs and case studies, streaming, or profiling sites in his favourite tool, Henri can be found focusing training and running the fastest 5k possible (surprise surprise), encouraging a healthy lifestyle and sharing it all via #devsWhoRun.

Brooks Lybrand

Brooks Lybrand

Developer Relations Manager

Shopify

About Brooks

Brooks is the Developer Relations Manager for the Remix team at Shopify.

Starting with a career in Data Science, Brooks quickly fell into web development because it was the best way to connect people to the tools he was building. From complex simulations to grocery stores, he has always cared about building products that give people the information they need to make a good decision.

Brooks also cares deeply about educating and building communities in a way that is approachable to people at every skill level, but doesn't leave theme there.

As Dev Rel for the Remix team, Brooks is able to influence the direction of Remix and React Router to be the tool he needed when he first started. He also gets to support the Remix community by ensuring it is a welcoming place where developers can flourish.

Julissa Rodriguez

Julissa Rodriguez

Tech Lead

Enara Health

About Julissa

Passionate about developing technology products that enhance people's experiences as customers of various services, such as healthcare and education. Julissa enjoys learning new things and sharing my knowledge through active involvement in various tech communities, particularly in Peru .NET Development, where Julissa co-founded and organizes meetups focused on both Hard-Skills and Soft-Skills topics. Currently, Julissa holds the position of Tech Lead at Enara Health.

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Applications for our Call For Papers are open!

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Important Dates

  • October 16, 2024: Speaker Preview announced
  • December 13, 2024: Applications CLOSE
  • January 8, 2025: All applicants notified with submission status
  • January 14, 2025: Full speaker lineup announced! 🎉
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