Speakers

Kenji Kazumura

Kenji Kazumura is currently employed at Fujitsu Limited as a Java Architect, overseeing the development of the Interstage Application Server, a Jakarta EE compatible product. He has played a significant role in the Expert Group of JSR 204 and 382 and boasts more than twenty years of experience in building a plethora of mission-critical enterprise Java systems, spanning sectors such as banking, finance, and manufacturing. Kenji is also actively involved in the Jakarta EE and MicroProfile communities, working to accelerate the growth of cloud-native Java ecosystems.

Denghui Dong

Denghui Dong joined the Alibaba JVM team in 2017. He is an OpenJDK project committer and the maintainer of the Eclipse Jifa and EMT4J projects.

Tayebwa Noah

I'm Tayebwa Noah, a software engineer building and contributing to open-source projects at Open Elements. As a volunteer with Eclipse Adoptium and the Eclipse Foundation, I’m passionate about improving developer tooling in Java ecosystems and advancing inclusivity in tech across Africa.

Jessy Ssebuliba

Jessy is passionate about Web3 technologies and blockchain. He regularly contributes to the Eclipse Foundation, actively participating in and supporting various open-source development projects. As a dedicated learner, he is always happy to share his knowledge and contribute to the growth of the wider tech community.

Olivier Asuncion

Olivier Asuncion is a senior consultant with 20 years of experience in financial IT and capital markets systems.

He is the founder of Eclipse Tradista, an open source modular front-office solution for capital markets.

He contributes to open source initiatives aimed at supporting transparency and flexibility in financial software.

Shelley Lambert

Shelley is a Senior Principal Software Engineer at Red Hat. She is a PMC member at Eclipse Adoptium and serves as project lead and committer on several Eclipse projects. She is deeply committed to creating environments where everyone has opportunities to learn and grow. A great deal of her time is spent ensuring the projects she is responsible for are flourishing, which includes actively engaging new and first-time open-source contributors.

Handles: @ShelleyMLambert

Lan Xia

Lan Xia is the Quality Automation Architect at IBM Runtime Technologies. She is an active committer and contributor for the open source projects – Eclipse OpenJ9 and Eclipse AQAvit, where she also serves on Adoptium Steering committee and Adoptium Project Management Committee member. And she champions the creation of transformative solutions such as the Test Results Summary Service and AQA Test Pipelines, integrating AI to enhance and expedite the current development practices.

Handles: @bonjourlan

Longyu Zhang

Longyu Zhang, Ph.D, is a software developer at IBM Runtime Technologies. He is a committer of Eclipse AQAvit open-source project and an active contributor of Eclipse Adoptium and Eclipse Openj9. He also works closely with industrial and academic researchers to develop innovative machine learning solutions for various applications.

Simon Ritter

Simon has been in the IT business since 1984 and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from Brunel University in the U.K.

Simon joined Sun Microsystems in 1996 and started working with Java technology; he has spent time working both in Java development and consultancy. Having moved to Oracle as part of the Sun acquisition, he managed the Java Evangelism team for the core Java platform, Java for client applications and embedded Java.

Now at Azul, he continues to help people understand Java as well as Azul's JVM technologies and products. Simon has been awarded Java Rockstar status at JavaOne and is a Java Champion.

He currently represents Azul on the JCP Executive Committee and on the Expert Group of JSR 379, Java SE 9.

Handles: @speakjava

Carmen Delgado

As the Community Manager for Eclipse Adoptium since 2022, Carmen brings a wealth of experience in project, operations, and financial management across various industries to help Adoptium working group members achieve their goals and objectives. Her background includes successful terms in healthcare, pharma, fintech, and tech startups. Additionally, She actively contributes to Step4ward, a mentoring program in Spain, demonstrating her commitment to fostering diversity and inclusion in the tech world.

Handles: @cldelgadop