Bio
Jeremy is a seasoned Developer Experience and Community leader, formerly the Director of DevRel & Community at CircleCI, and previously at Solace, Auth0, and XDA. With almost 30 years in Tech, covering just about every functional area including support, system and database administration, application and web development, project management, program management, and systems analysis, Jeremy is active in the DevRel and DevOps communities, and is a co-creator of DevOpsPartyGames.com. A lover of all things coffee, community, open source, and tech, he’s a husband and father, and is also house-broken, and (generally) plays well with others.
My Talks
Adventures in Community Management
Communities are unique with each their own DNA. The challenge/adventure for community managers is digging in and mapping that out. We’ll draw from almost 10 years of experience with one of the larg...
Adventures in preparing to give someone else's talk
While it's not likely to happen very often, there may come a time in your life that you are tasked with giving a talk that someone else prepared. We'll discuss how you do your own preparation to co...
Common Pitfalls & Labryinths: A DevRel Choose Your Own Adventure
You’ve arrived at a crossroads. Do you turn left or right? Just like the classic “Choose Your Own Adventure” books, in this talk, the audience will decide which path to take through the jungle of c...
Community: What is it Good For?
Communities - they’re all around us, right? “Why do I need a community with my software project?” or “What good is hand-holding users of my app or company’s service?” or “Who drank all the LaCroix?...
Developer Communities are Like Coffee Shops
Developer communities should smell like freshly ground coffee, or taste like an amazing cup of coffee from El Salvador. In this session we'll draw on Jeremy's coffee experience to discuss the uniqu...
Introduction to Identity and Its Uses in Modern Apps
Digital identity is at the core of any application - invisible yet crucial. We often take identity for granted as most of its magic happens behind the scenes - but it plays a much larger role beyon...
Passwords. Burn Them with Fire.
It seems that hardly a month goes back that we don't hear about a new data breach and seemingly billions of user passwords are being shared as we speak. How can we stop this? Simple. Stop using pas...
The Four Pillars of Support in Developer Relations
The definition of support is to serve as a foundation for, to sustain without giving way, to undergo or endure, especially with patience. Three veterans discuss what support looks like in various D...