The Future Of The Workforce Begins Today. How Do We Prepare?

Liviu Serban is a Software Engineer @ Google Romania. His education background is computer science, with a Bachelor of Science from the University of Bucharest. He started his career as a malware researcher @ Avira, and then moved to work mainly as a Java developer with Cloud Technologies and using machine learning. In 2018, he joined Fitbit, as a software developer where he has worked on several areas from developing microservices to developer productivity. Since then Fitbit was acquired by Google. Liviu is passionate about computer science and machine learning and allocates large amount of personal time to study and research

Calin Avasilcai is a Software Engineer passionate about designing distributed systems. Former Java Developer and Technical Team Lead with 14 years’ experience in backend and full-stack web development, he joined Crowdstrike in 2021 in order to have the opportunity to design large scale systems using Go. In his free time he enjoys traveling, spending time with friends and reading.

Director of Engineering at Plain Concepts Romania, Frontend open source contributor, Google Developer Expert on Web Technologies, and also, a small NGO owner in the form of helpdev.org

George has 17 years of experience in the field. Backend engineer in his soul, he is passionate about large scale distributed systems and programming in general. Has a strong background delivering globally distributed solutions using Microsoft technologies (C# and the Azure cloud) but lately, after joining Crowdstrike, he changed entirely the technology stack (Golang, Kafka, Cassandra, ES). George likes to play chess, enjoys climbing and running.

Fast learner interested in working on exciting projects and/or startups. Skilled in Kotlin, Python, Node.js, Android and Linux enthusiast. Strong engineering professional with a Bachelor's degree focused in Computer Science from Technical University of Cluj Napoca.

I'm the Founder/CEO of Epix Mobile. Our mission is to build epic mobile apps, taking care of the technical side while our clients focus on building the business. I'm a tech enthusiast with entrepreneurial spirit. My ambition is to learn from both until I'm able to implement a meaningful change in people's life. Hobbies include playing basketball and discovering people's approach to meaning of life.

My main interest areas are Business Intelligence and Data Science, including information and knowledge extraction from the structured or unstructured data and applying it to bring business value, developing elegant and intelligent visualizations which tell unseen stories from the data and developing complex data analysis models which are assisting for better business decisions.

Aiming to discover new things and learn from different people. Planning to create new solutions that helps people's life to be easier and safer.

I’m a generalist – navigating uncertainty and complexity to improve decision-making at scale with data and domain-driven software. My work at Adore Me involves a weird mix of AI product management, decision science and systems’ design.

Aleksandr is an experienced specialist in enterprise development and in IT for 15+ years. Recently, he specialized mainly in Java and microservice architecture, but now his main interest is Flutter. Aleksandr is a Flutter enthusiast and Head of Flutter Discipline in EPAM, of podcasts Mobile People Talks and Flutter Dev Podcast. He is also GDE (Google Developer Expert) in Flutter and Dart.

Mihăiță Țintă is an Architect at ING Hubs Romania; he is currently focused on designing cloud native applications. Before this, he was a team lead who delivered numerous mobile and web applications along the way. He is passionate about security, reliability, scalability and enjoys writing on his personal blog on Medium. He is an avid learner, constantly on the lookout for the latest developments in the industry.

Dan Tudose is a researcher at Google Romania. He has a strong academic background, lecturing embedded systems courses at University Politehnica Bucharest. At Google, he is also managing the Academic Program for Romania. He is a driven entrepreneur, having founded several start-ups, the last of which was acquired by Fitbit, which is now part of Google. He is passionate about building scalable and energy-efficient IoT solutions and wearables.

Passionate computer scientist. Java Champion and Google Developer Expert for Cloud. Public speaker. Community builder.

Passionate Android Developer that started his adventure around 4 years ago. His interest in best practices, clean and readable code and the strive for doing things right have helped him stay afloat and thrive in this tumultuous ecosystem that is Android. His latest interests revolve around Jetpack Compose, Kotlin coroutines and app performance. He's a firm believer that an app crashing isn’t a problem (change his mind).

Monica is a seasoned Senior Android Engineer with over five years of experience in perfecting Android apps using Java and Kotlin. She balances her technical expertise with a strong commitment to promoting diversity in the Tech Industry and advancing innovation and collaboration among Engineers.

In 14 years of experience in mobile development I had the opportunity to design, develop and deliver applications in areas like gaming, services, fashion, education, security, and banking. Each decision I took and each line of code I wrote in any of these apps it was like I planted a new flower in my own garden. Currently I’m expanding my knowledge in team management, organizational growth, and performance improvement.

He’s been in software development for over 20 years, bringing extensive programming experience. His guiding principle is that achieving functionality is just one aspect of the process; equally vital is crafting solutions that are elegant, straightforward, and adaptable for the future. In essence, he believes that the complete development experience encompasses not only making things work but also ensuring they remain simple, clean and scalable.

Alex Bordei is a full-stack developer with a decade of experience in creating custom solutions for web, API, and mobile development. His expertise and dedication have earned him recognition as a respected authority within the technology industry. He is currently the organizer of the Flutter Bucharest Meetup and was previously involved in organizing the Flutter Romania Meetup. Alex’s enthusiasm for technology extends to the Internet of Things (IoT), where he explores new opportunities for innovation and connectivity.

With fifteen years of expertise in blue ocean strategy, a remarkable career as a lecturer, and extensive experience in both technology and academia, he offers a uniquely comprehensive perspective on the Flutter debate. His time in the United States' tech hotbed, combined with his experience in shaping minds in academia and fostering growth among thousands of entrepreneurs and executives, has endowed him with a deep understanding of market creation and innovation.

Victor has been an Engineering Manager at Google since 2019, leading a team of mobile and cloud engineers working on the Fitbit mobile apps. Previously, he led a development studio doing mobile and cloud development for startups or enterprise clients around the world. His technical skills include Android, Cloud Development, Java, Spring and others.

Jasper is a seasoned cloud architect, international speaker, and enthusiastic traveller. With over a decade of deep-rooted experience in the Google platform, he have guided clients through the complex terrain of technology transitions, making him a trusted navigator in the cloud computing space.

An experienced product-centric software engineer with a passion for learning and sharing knowledge. As a Google Developer Expert for Flutter & Dart technologies, I excel at building cross-platform apps with Flutter, and I love teaching others what I know. In my free time, I enjoy creating educational content, or just being outside and playing disc golf.

Elaine is a Senior Staff Engineer at SFEIR where she works on projects including mobile technologies since 2013. She has worked on several projects in native Android/iOS and Flutter. She’s a GDE for the Google Assistant, Flutter and Dart

Native developer with 11 years of hands-on experience in Telecom (5y), Fintech (2y) & Aerospace (4y), designing frameworks and complex solutions for real-time systems. Experienced in leading teams, in both enterprise and startup ecosystems.

A Machine Learning Engineer in the field of Computer Vision. His main area of focus is in Generative Modeling and Latent Variable Methods. He has also been an AI Scholar at Pi School, Rome, also participate in conducting workshops and technical talks around the field of Machine Learning to teach others and in return learn from them. Also a GDE in Machine Learning.

Márton is a Google Developer Expert(GDE) On Cloud, a Champion in the Cloud Innovators program, top user on Stackoverflow with 205K reputation, software developer, international speaker & passionate about mountain hiking.

When mentioning Flutter and Dart, most people think about mobile apps. However, Flutter and Dart can also help with building apps for multiple platforms such as desktop and web apps.

Having hands on experience on mobile, Web and API pentesting on various industries from insurance, payments and banks, his interest is to share the practical knowledge by speaking at various international conferences and other tech events.

Ex-Android developer with ten years of software development experience. I’ve been working on Pago for the last 6 years, from being the only Android developer to having a fantastic team of 5 Android & 5 iOS developers. Currently, I am scaling up the team as an engineering manager, improving our code, processes, and culture.