_config.yml

gems:
  - jekyll-sitemap


speakers:
  - name: Aaron Patterson
    description: Ruby & Rails core team member. Aaron's the most <a href="https://twitter.com/tenderlove" target="_blank">@tenderlove</a>-ing person you'll ever meet. He works at Github.
    image: aaron.png

  - name: Akira Matsuda
    description: CRuby core team. <a href="https://twitter.com/amatsuda" target="_blank">@amatsuda</a>'s also the founder of Asakusa.rb, one of the most active regional Rubyist group in Tokyo, Japan.
    image: akira.png

  - name: Aja Hammerly
    description: An awesome dinosaur that codes in Ruby and does DevOps. <a href="https://twitter.com/the_thagomizer" target="_blank">@the_thagomizer</a>'s a Google Cloud Advocate @ Google.
    image: aja.png

  - name: Tim Riley
    description: <a href="https://twitter.com/timriley" target="_blank">@timriley</a>'s a director & developer at @icelab. He's also one of dry-rb's core developer.
    image: tim.png

  - name: Saron Yitbarek
    description: <a href="https://twitter.com/saronyitbarek" target="_blank">@saronyitbarek</a>'s the founder of CodeNewbie.org, a really supportive community of people learning to code. They produce some cool podcasts weekly. She also co-hosts @rubybookclub.
    image: saron.jpg

  - name: Tan Jun Qi
    description: <a href="https://github.com/tjjjwxzq" target="_blank">Jun Qi</a>'s just graduating from Singapore University of Technology Design but don't let age fool you, she has a very unique way of surprising you with her ideas. She enjoys teaching and coaches at the Techladies bootcamps.
    image: junqi.jpg

  - name: Michael Cheng
    description: Being a developer for more than 10 years <a href="https://github.com/miccheng" target="_blank">Michael</a> has seen it all. He runs Engineers.SG and has been a huge contributor to the tech ecosystem in Singapore.
    image: michael.jpg

  - name: Dilum Navanjana
    description: <a href="https://github.com/dilumn" target="_blank">Dilum</a> a core team member of <a href="https://github.com/celluloid" target="_blank">Celluloid</a> and works as a Senior Software Engineer in Sri Lanka.
    image: dilum.jpg

  - name: Vladimir Dementyev
    description: A mathematician that found his happiness in programming Ruby and Erlang, <a href="https://github.com/palkan" target="_blank">Vladimir</a> enjoys contributing to open source, teaching Ruby and Rails and being an <a href="https://evilmartians.com/" target="_blank">Evil Martian</a>.
    image: vlad.jpg

  - name: Alex Topalov
    description: Ruby engineer and high load project consultant since 2009. <a href="https://github.com/sharkzp" target="_blank">Alex</a>'s a believer of DDD and good architecture.
    image: alex.jpg

  - name: Elisha Tan
    description: Founder of TechLadies, <a href="https://twitter.com/elishatan">Elisha</a> picked up Ruby with help from the community and now helps women to get into the industry with TechLadies.
    image: elisha.jpg

  - name: Kyle Dolezal
    description: Having a background as a researcher, <a href="http://github.com/KyleDolezal" target="_blank">Kyle</a> loved teaching himself computer programming skills so much that I decided to write code full-time. He's currently a backend developer at Piktochart.
    image: kyle.jpg

  - name: Jinny Wong
    description: Engineering Manager at Carousell, <a href="http://github.com/shujin" target="_blank">Jinny</a> provides strategic and technical guidance to the engineering team. When she is not serious at work, Jinny owns two cats with her husband. She also enjoys music, photography and running.
    image: jinny.png

  - name: Sylvia Choong & Jany Mai
    description: <a href="https://github.com/mymai91" target="_blank">Jany</a> is from Vietnam, she holds a Bachelor in Information Technology and was an active organizer in Vietnamese Ruby community. <a href="https://github.com/SylviaChoong" target="_blank">Sylvia</a> is a local Malaysian, she holds a Multimedia Design Diploma and a MCP status from Microsoft. Both are experienced Ruby on Rails developer working in a FinTech company, Loanstreet Sdn. Bhd. They aspire to make the web a better place.
    image: sylvia_jany.jpg

  - name: Daniel Baark
    description: <a href="https://github.com/baarkerlounger" target="_blank">A developer</a> at ZappiStore, Daniel automates market research with a heavy focus on data analysis.
    image: daniel.jpg

  - name: Gabrielle Ong Hui Min
    description: <a href="https://twitter.com/hellogabbo" target="_blank">Gabrielle</a> is a junior software engineer at TradeGecko. She took a leap of faith to code full-time before university and has loved it ever since. She hopes to inspire others to challenge the norm and believe in their dreams.
    image: gabrielle.jpg

  - name: Kevin Litchfield
    description: <a href="http://kevinlitchfield.com/" target="_blank">Kevin</a> is a software engineer living in New York City. The Internet excites him most as a meeting place for likeminded people, as a platform for teaching and learning, and as an infinite rainbow of tantalizing food.
    image: kevin.png

  - name: Ilake Chang
    description: Senior Rails developer at 5xruby & Shopmatic, <a href="https://mylake.github.io/" target="_blank">Ilake</a> is also a Rails contributor.
    image: ilake.jpg

  - name: Nick Marden
    description: <a href="https://github.com/nickmarden">Nick</a> has been working at Internet startups since the early 1990's, including a long stretch in Silicon Valley and San Francisco during and after the dot-com boom. He loves using Ruby, Linux, and all sorts of other tools to tackle hard problems. He is the founder of Rapid River Software, a US- and Malaysia-based software development consultancy.
    image: nick.jpg

  - name: Anton Lvov
    description: <a href="https://github.com/denied404">Anton</a> is an automation enthusiast who got through bloody enterprise and still alive. Armchair guitar player, father and son.
    image: anton.png

  - name: Gooi Liang Zheng
    description: Java and Python developer by day, Ruby programmer by night. <a href="http://github.com/samgooi4189">Gooi</a> likes to volunteer to cultivate healthier tech community and growing local talents.
    image: gooi.jpg