Anish is the Co-Founder & CEO at Cortex, an internal developer portal that helps engineering teams drive adoption of best practices, improve visibility into services and infrastructure, and accelerate engineering productivity.

Ganesh is the Co-Founder & CTO at Cortex, an internal developer portal that helps engineering teams drive adoption of best practices, improve visibility into services and infrastructure, and accelerate engineering productivity.

Purva Sawant, currently working as an Engineering Manager at Bank of America at San Francisco, has 9+ years of experience in building products in merchant services, payment technology and cloud platform.With a background in FinTech, she has led cross-functional teams to deliver impactful merchant projects for 5 countries globally. Purva is passionate about mentoring the engineering community.

Zafar Tursunov is a Technical Product Manager specializing in Developer Experience and Relations. At Blackstone, he has led initiatives like the firmwide Developer Portal, CI/CD consolidation in GitLab, and the Portfolio Community Code Share program. He has also driven cloud migrations, modernized disaster recovery, and implemented machine learning platforms, delivering significant improvements in engineering efficiency, collaboration, and cost savings.

Hariprasad Babu is a platform engineering leader with deep expertise in automation, internal tooling, and continuous improvement. He previously led a Center of Excellence focused on quality and engineering standards, and now spearheads Cortex adoption to streamline software delivery and boost developer velocity.

Pragya Jaiswal is an Engineering Manager passionate about helping developers ship faster and feel more fulfilled in the process. She has successfully led DevEx and Infra teams through periods of high growth, scaling developer platforms, shifting ownership left, and turning feedback into tangible organizational change. Outside of work, she’s passionate about building engineering cultures where trust and autonomy thrive, empowering teams to collaborate openly and innovate freely.

Alex Williams is a Principal Software Engineer at Skyscanner, specialising in platform engineering. With over 12 years of experience, he has contributed to multiple open-source projects and is passionate about building scalable systems. Outside of work, Alex enjoys side projects, exploring Scotland, and traveling.

Mit has been working on the cutting edge of web technology since the mid-90’s. He has experienced the dotcom boom (and bust), the rise and adoption of cloud, the startup rush, and is now running the Platform Engineering function at STOXX.