Amber Case

Cyborg anthropologist and interface humanist Amber Case has been called one of the Most Influential Women in Technology.

Amber is a light of genuine passion and humble curiosity. Her insights on the intersection of people and technology have riveted conference audiences worldwide. Her thoughts on people and business are equally inspiring.

Jan Lehnardt

“Dissatisfied with the status-quo” reads Jan’s self-penned bio.

Fittingly called “the nicest person in Open Source” by someone who’d know, Jan is the organizer of JSConf EU and one of the authors of CouchDB.

Jan is a man of visible convictions and immense love.

Diana Kimball

Some people start things. Diana starts things that start something inside of you.

Founder of the /mentoring movement, Diana is a professional enthusiast and expert novice who’s ever experimenting with what work and joy look like for natives of the Internet.

You’re just gonna <3 her so much.

Boaz Sender

Boaz founded one of the Internet’s most respected Open Web technology companies, Bocoup.

Anyone who’s met Boaz knows he exudes warmth and hospitality. He’s also a sharp-minded entrepreneur and deep thinker. If you haven’t read his moving post about his hero and mentor, you owe it to yourself.

Zach Holman

As one of the earliest GitHub employees, Zach has a unique vantage point from which to describe the decisions along the way that have made GitHub what it is—namely, a great example of a large and fast-growing organization that fits the spirit of Brio.

Zach’s never afraid to say what he thinks—and we’re eager to hear it.

Andy Baio

It’s not really an exaggeration to call Andy Baio an Internet folk legend.

Andy’s most recently known as XOXO organizer and former Kickstarter CTO, but his blog has long been a leading Internet culture publication, sparking revolutions and memes for a decade.

He’s been pondering “independence” and “freedom”. He’s ready to speak his mind.

Christina Xu

Christina is Chancellor at The Institute on Higher Awesome Studies, ROFLCon Co-founder, and Trustee at The Awesome Foundation, a distributed network of local chapters giving $1,000 grants to projects deemed “awesome”.

She also helps run Breadpig, an uncorporation that aims to make the world suck less and does interesting (good) things with its profits.

Mikeal Rogers

You probably know Mikeal as an influential Node.js developer and innovative conference organizer. He’s much more.

Mikeal’s a deeply integrated thinker and writer who has a knack for gnawing on a topic and producing valuable insight—always from the perspective of putting people and organic community ahead of everything else.