Ramses Trejo is an accomplished and passionate consultant with close to 25 years of well-rounded international business and technology experience. Web development, entrepreneurship and teaching are at the core of his skills and experience. He enjoys delivering high value digital solutions for his clients, as well as helping students transition from simply coding to developing full-stack innovative web solutions that enable organizations to meet their business objectives.

Affaf is a seasoned software developer and engineering manager with over 14 years of experience across various technology stacks, spanning multiple industries. Affaf is currently leading and managing teams of developers across different products and is directly involved with managing the production and release of software and web application solutions through a managed agile process with a key focus towards enabling and supporting DevOps culture. In addition, Affaf specializes in cloud-native development to leverage modern practices in a pragmatic manner. Affaf completed his B.Sc. in Life Sciences from McMaster University and is currently pursuing an M.Sc. in Computer Sciences from the University of Liverpool.

Victor has over 18 years of experience in progressively responsible IT roles in the financial service industry, primarily focusing on designing and developing mission-critical, n-tier, trading systems supporting different lines of business within Capital Markets including wealth management, prime brokerage, fixed income, and forex for TD, CIBC and BMO.

He is currently a Senior Technology Officer for BMO Global Markets, Fixed Income Technology.

Victor has experience as a software developer, architect, senior manager, director, and has led global software development teams in Toronto, New York, London, India and Hong Kong.

Victor holds an MBA from Wilfrid Laurier University, BCom in Business & Information Management from Toronto Metropolitan University, Diploma in Computer Science from Seneca College, and BA in Education from Vinh University, Vietnam.

Susan Davis currently serves as Director of Engineering at FreshBooks. Her responsibilities include architecture, DevOps and operational excellence, cloud infrastructure, big data, and engineering innovation. In her 25-year career, Sue has been a developer, Agile coach, entrepreneur, and technical leader at companies ranging from small startups (including her own) to large enterprises such as Amazon, Kodak, and Avaya. An early adopter of Agile and Lean development, Sue has spent the last fifteen years guiding individuals, teams, and organizations to greater maturity and winning outcomes.

Toria Gibbs is a Senior Production Engineer at Shopify, where she works on the Search Infrastructure team. She specializes in search and information retrieval systems, container orchestration, and distributed systems. She has several years of experience in full-stack development and a passion for recruiting and mentoring junior developers. Prior to Etsy, Toria worked on financial software systems for Bloomberg. Toria holds a Bachelor of Computer Science from the University of Waterloo. Outside of work, Toria can be found giving technical talks at conferences or teaching technical interview skills to new programmers. Toria also enjoys baking cookies and playing flag football.

Anton is a software engineer with a diverse background spanning web development, blockchain, conversion optimization, digital marketing, business strategy and more. He taught Web Development at General Assembly’s Bitmaker Labs and has a huge passion for teaching, innovation and exploring the cross-section of traditional and cutting-edge technology. His current activities involve all things related to Statebox products, namely product features and roadmaps, marketing, business strategy and partnerships.

Salman has been involved in the software industry and web technologies since 1993, and has a strong consulting background, specializing in applications architecture and design. Salman has worked closely with customers to design and implement their cloud and microservices API solution based on business requirements using cloud technologies. An avid speaker at industry conferences, Salman is a self-professed Cloud & Cognitive services, Containers, DevOps and IoT evangelist.

An accomplished professional with over 20 years of global technology consulting and teaching experience, gained from working in North America, Germany, Hong Kong and India, Preeti is a passionate advocate for the importance of Critical Thinking, Math and Technology education in driving innovation. In her role as Managing Director, Preeti provides leadership to promote Addity’s vision for learning enrichment by planning, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating various aspects of the curriculum and the program as a whole.

A proactive relationship and alliance builder, with strong people development focus, she is consistently recognized by clients for exceptional leadership and dedicated customer service. She is the past chair of the IEEE Women in Engineering group and an invited speaker at events and part of many Conference Organizing Committees.

Kiro loves crafting amazing products and software that run the full technological gamut, while continuously honing his craft. Kiro believes that software is the most powerful tool for creating positive change in the world. As a Director of Engineering at TWG, Kiro helps provide technical vision and planning, translating business needs into technical strategy, hiring, and team growth.
 
Before joining TWG, Kiro worked in California, at LinkedIn, leading initiatives that involved full-stack development, spanning web, mobile, and backend systems. Prior to that, Kiro was at Microsoft, working on tooling around Microsoft Outlook. In his spare time, Kiro maintains Fuse.js – a popular JavaScript fuzzy-search library, as well as writing for the publication JavaScript Refined.