Automating Customer Discovery at Scale
Zoe Katz Citrine Labs · Director of Data
Zoe is a Director of Data at Citrine Labs, where they running the SRE function. They believe most engineering problems are communication problems in disguise.
Automating Database Choices at Enterprise Scale
Julia Lundgren Forge & Fern · Senior Product Manager
Based in Poland, Julia is currently Senior Product Manager at Forge & Fern. When not at a keyboard, they are running, reading, or somewhere outdoors.
Automating Design Systems on a Budget
Matias Pham Estuary AI · Co-Founder
Matias is a Co-Founder at Estuary AI, where they coaching engineering managers. Outside of work, they write about engineering culture and mentor early-career builders.
Automating Distributed Systems for Pragmatists
Ben Ghosh Orca Marine · Founder
Ben is a Founder at Orca Marine, where they running the experimentation program. When not at a keyboard, they are running, reading, or somewhere outdoors.
Automating Hiring Loops
Elif Weber Echo Analytics · ML Engineer
Elif joined Echo Analytics after a decade at larger firms, and now owning the design hiring pipeline. When not at a keyboard, they are running, reading, or somewhere outdoors.
Automating Monoliths for Startups
Chinwe Dahl Halcyon Health · Founder
Chinwe is a Founder at Halcyon Health, where they modernizing the design system. They are passionate about mentoring and have coached over a hundred engineers.
Automating Naming Things with Small Teams
William Zhou Wavelength Media · Director of Engineering
William joined Wavelength Media after running design ops at a Fortune 500, and now shipping accessible interfaces. They speak regularly at meetups across Switzerland and host a small podcast on the side.
Automating Onboarding for Startups
Lucia Thomas Sable & Stone · SRE
Lucia joined Sable & Stone after a decade at larger firms, and now designing platform APIs. They contribute to open source and write a popular weekly newsletter.
Automating Platform Teams in 2026
An Portillo Glenwood Manufacturing · Open Source Maintainer
An leads designing platform APIs at Glenwood Manufacturing. They contribute to open source and write a popular weekly newsletter.
Automating Product Strategy in 2026
Leila Palmer Pinegrove Software · Engineering Lead
Leila is a Engineering Lead at Pinegrove Software, where they modernizing the design system. They contribute to open source and write a popular weekly newsletter.
Automating Technical Debt for Pragmatists
Natalia Santiago Jolt Mobility · Head of Operations
Natalia leads leading product discovery at Jolt Mobility. They speak regularly at meetups across Netherlands and host a small podcast on the side.
Bridging Developer Experience from First Principles
Shira Merino Daystar Logistics · VP of Engineering
Shira works on leading product discovery as a VP of Engineering at Daystar Logistics. They contribute to open source and write a popular weekly newsletter.