I'm an international keynote speaker who has presented at major JavaScript, AI, and DevOps conferences around the world since 2013. My talks span AI engineering, full-stack development, production AI systems, algorithmic trading, continuous delivery, and technology education.
Conference Talks¶
2026¶
Node Congress 2026 — Breaking the Context Ceiling: Implementing Recursive Language Models with LangGraph and TypeScript
Innovative approaches to handling long-context scenarios in production AI systems, including recursive language model architectures and context window optimization strategies. Talk page | Blog post
2025¶
JSNation US 2025 (New York) — Full-Stack AI Orchestration: Modular Agents, Observability, and the Edge
Enterprise AI as an orchestration problem: LangGraph.js for connecting modern enterprise patterns, modular monolith architecture for AI agents, BFF patterns with intelligent orchestration, and edge deployment strategies. Talk page
2024¶
DevOps.js Conf 2024 (Virtual) — Spinnaker as a Continuous Delivery Solution for JavaScript Apps
Continuous delivery for JavaScript applications using Spinnaker, covering application management, multi-cloud deployment automation, canary analysis, and release management. Talk page
Global Summit for Node.js '24 (Geekle, Virtual) — Transformers: More than Meets the Eye
Exploring transformer architectures in the Node.js ecosystem and practical applications of AI models in JavaScript environments.
Netflix PE UI Roundtable — Large Language Models for Code Generation and Exploration Using TypeScript
Internal talk on leveraging LLMs for TypeScript code generation and codebase exploration at Netflix.
2023¶
JSConf India 2023 (Bengaluru, India) — Forecasting Stock Prices Using Long Short-term Memory Networks and TensorFlow.js
International keynote at one of Asia's premier JavaScript conferences, covering deep learning for financial forecasting in the browser.
Harvard Business School (Boston, MA) — A Look at Stable Diffusion and Llama as Open-Source LLM Solutions
Guest lecture exploring open-source AI models and their practical applications.
Harvard Business School (Boston, MA) — Building Big Data Pipelines to Inform Strategic Decisions at Netflix
Guest lecture on data engineering and decision-making infrastructure at Netflix scale.
Harvard University, DataMinds Student Club (Cambridge, MA) — Building Deep Learning Pipelines for Your Business
Workshop on practical deep learning pipeline construction for business applications.
Harvard University (Cambridge, MA) — Building Deep Learning Pipelines for Your Business Using TensorFlow
Global Summit for Node.js '23 (Geekle) — Forecasting Stock Prices Using Long Short-term Memory Networks and TensorFlow.js
Deep learning for financial time series using browser-based neural networks.
Netflix ML Hackathon — LLamettrics
Internal hackathon project combining LLMs with metrics analysis.
Netflix Career Day — Panelist (New York, NY)
Netflix x All Hallows High School Career Day — Panelist (Bronx, NY)
2022¶
Global Summit for Node.js '22 (Geekle) — Building Machine Learning Pipelines with Node.js
Practical approaches to ML pipeline construction in the Node.js ecosystem.
2021¶
Harvard Business School (Boston, MA) — Harvard Business Analytics Program Graduation Commencement Speech
Delivered the commencement address for the HBAP graduating class.
Harvard University, Umoja Student Club (Cambridge, MA) — Black Unicorns Series: An Analysis of Startup Funding for Black Founders
Research presentation analyzing venture capital funding patterns for Black founders.
Harvard University, UMOJA Student Club (Cambridge, MA) — Black Unicorns Part I & II: Data Cleaning, Analysis, and Visualization with Python and R
2019¶
Columbia University (New York, NY) — Coding Boot Camp Graduation Ceremony — Instructor Closing Remarks
Delivered closing remarks at the Columbia University Fu Foundation of Engineering and Applied Science coding bootcamp graduation.
Earlier Talks¶
The White House (Washington, D.C.) — Tech Meetup at the White House
Invited to speak about technology and diversity at the first White House Tech Meetup.
United Nations (New York, NY) — Intro to TypeScript and Angular — Code Camp/Frontend Camp Conference
Technical workshop at the United Nations covering modern frontend development.
Japan Information Technology Services Industry Association — Current Trends in Big Data in the U.S. Financial Services Industry
International presentation on big data trends in American financial services.
Tech 808 Conference, NYU (New York, NY) — The Ten Code Commandments
Talk on coding best practices and principles for developers.
MEAN Stack NYC Meetup (New York, NY)
- Introduction to React + Redux
- A Look at TensorFlow.js
- Intro to ES6/2015
Code Crew Meetup (New York, NY)
- Introduction to React
- Intro to Node.js
- Intro to iOS Development
- Intro to HTML + CSS
- Intro to JavaScript (4-week course)
- Web Scraping with Node.js
- Intro to TypeScript
Slide Decks¶
Recent conference slides are available on the slides page. Older presentations are on SlideShare, covering topics including:
- A Look at TensorFlow.js
- Intro to React / React + Redux for Web Developers
- Using TypeScript with Angular
- Intro to Node.js / Intro to Ruby on Rails
- Intro to iOS Development / Intro to Ionic 2
- Intro to ES6/2015
- Introduction to AngularJS
- The Ten Code Commandments
Speaker Profiles¶
If you'd like me to speak at your event, reach out on LinkedIn.