First 3 ATO 2025 Speakers!
In what has become a tradition, we’re thrilled to announce the first three (3) speakers for the All Things Open conference in October!
Speakers and content are why people attend conferences, and we’ve been beyond blessed to host some of the absolute best in the world since 2013.
This year – 2025, will be no different.
See who the first three are below, and plan now to take advantage of the Early Bird Special when it opens on Tuesday, June 10 and see them live!
Jason Lengstorf
Jason Lengstorf makes tv for developers at CodeTV. He’s been building for the web since the early 2000s, working jobs ranging from freelancer to agency owner to frontend architect at megacorps to startup VP.
A lifelong educator and performer, Jason believes that the best way to learn and grow a healthy career is through playful exploration, active community, and sharing stories. He taps into his background as a touring musician, designer, cook, leader, and engineer to put together creative, engaging, and unique experiences that blend video, web, and in-person interaction into something that’s good for the community and good for business.
Social media handles
LinkedIn | BlueSky | Instagram | X (Twitter)
WHY WE ❤️ HIM
Jason is an amazing technologist and one we really admire and respect. He’s also doing incredibly interesting things at CodeTV and we watch him regularly. Most importantly, he has a passion for educating people, which is what the ATO community is all about. We can’t wait to see him again!
Dr. Venkat Subramaniam
Dr. Venkat Subramaniam is an award-winning author, founder of Agile Developer, Inc., and an instructional professor at the University of Houston.
He has trained and mentored thousands of software developers in the US, Canada, Europe, and Asia, and is a regularly-invited speaker at several international conferences. Venkat helps his clients effectively apply and succeed with sustainable agile practices on their software projects.
Venkat is a (co)author of multiple technical books, including the 2007 Jolt Productivity award winning book Practices of an Agile Developer. You can find a list of his books at www.agiledeveloper.com.
Social media handles
LinkedIn | BlueSky | Mastodon | X (Twitter)
WHY WE ❤️ HIM
Venkat is an incredible technologist and teacher (he last spoke at ATO in 2019 and was wildly popular), as well as a fellow conference organizer. His dev2next and Arc of AI conferences are extremely popular and well done.
Angie Jones
Angie Jones is the Global Vice President of Developer Relations at Block, Inc.
She is an award-winning teacher and international keynote speaker who shares her wealth of knowledge at software companies and conferences all over the world.
As a Master Inventor, Angie is known for her innovative and out-of-the-box thinking style which has resulted in more than 25 patented inventions in the areas of virtual worlds, collaboration software, social networking, smarter planet, and software development processes.
Social media handles
LinkedIn | BlueSky | Instagram | X (Twitter) | GitHub
WHY WE ❤️ HER
What is there not to gush about when it comes to Angie Jones? She has a passion for education, she’s a Master Inventor, and she’s one of the kindest and coolest people we know. She has a close connection to the Research Triangle Park (RTP), which makes her speaking at the event that much more special!