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Matteo Collina is the co-founder and CTO of Platformatic who has the goal of
removing all friction from backend development. He is also a prolific open source author in the
JavaScript ecosystem, and the modules he maintains are downloaded more than 17 billion times a
year. Previously, he was the chief software architect at NearForm, the best professional
services company in the JavaScript ecosystem. In 2014, he defended his Ph.D. thesis titled
Application Platforms for the Internet of Things. Matteo is a member of the Node.js Technical
Steering Committee, focusing on streams, diagnostics, and HTTP. He is also the author of the
fast logger, Pino, and the Fastify web framework. Matteo is a renowned international speaker
after more than 60 conferences, including OpenJS World, Node.js Interactive, NodeConf.eu,
NodeSummit, JSConf.Asia, WebRebels, and JsDay, to name just a few. Since August 2023, he also
serves as a community director on the OpenJS Foundation. In the summer, he loves sailing the
Sirocco.Clements David Mark :
David Mark Clements is a principal architect with nearForm, specializing in
Node, frontend web, and JavaScript performance. He assists multinationals and start-ups alike
with architecture planning, creating and leading development teams, innovation projects,
internal evangelism, training, and deep dive consultancy on all aspects of live systems
(architecture, performance, infrastructure, and deployment). David is also an avid open source
enthusiast, and regularly speaks at various JavaScript and web conferences. Node.js became a
core component of his toolset (since version 0.4) due to its versatility, vast ecosystem, and
the cognitive ease that comes with full-stack JavaScript. Being primarily self-taught, David
Mark Clements has a potent curiosity that typically drives him to approach problems with a
unique perspective.Elger Peter :
Peter Elger is the CTO at nearForm, a consultancy specializing in enterprise
digital transformation using the Node.js platform.Formerly a physicist working on the JET
nuclear fusion research project, Peter has worked across several industry verticals, including
disaster recovery, telecommunications, and social media. Peter has been the cofounder and CTO of
two companies prior to nearForm, and he holds degrees in theoretical physics and computer
science. Based in Ireland, Peter spends his time consulting for clients, working on open source
software, writing, and conference speaking.Madsen Mathias Buus :
Mathias Buus (@mafintosh) is a self-taught JavaScript hacker from Copenhagen. He works full-time on open source projects and has been working with Node.js since its 0.2 days. Mathias likes to work with P2P and distributed systems, and he is the author of more than 550 modules on npm, including some of the most popular ones for working with streams. In addition, he has spoken about mad science projects at various conferences around the world.