Speaking, media and community

I'm passionate about the intersection of technology, product, and people. I channel that energy into lively talks and workshops, drawing on experience that spans engineering, content strategy, community management, and productivity. I've delivered hundreds of presentations to audiences from around the corner to across the globe, you can see a selection of my talk, community and written content below, 

I love sparking new ideas and conversations. If any of the topics below catch your eye, or you have a fresh idea you'd like to explore, reach out.

2025

• MentorMe Collective, "Getting Started with Cloud Using AWS: From Zero to Cloud Hero!" (Most attended live session of the program)

• Community.aws Builder Article, "Saddle up for success: The AWS GenAI GameDay - Unicorn Party"

• Financial Services Technology Summit 2025,  "Engineering with AI: Balancing Innovation, Productivity & Risks" (Opening keynote)

• Community.aws Builder Article, "Maximize Your Chances: Your Guide to the AWS All Builders Welcome Grant"

• Dev.to WeCoded Challenge, "whoamI - my joyful journey into the unknown aka tech industry"

• Community.aws Builder Article, "GOV.UK's AI Playbook and Principles beyond the Public Sector"

• New Voices Program, AWS Community Mentor for coaching community members to apply to events, create and deliver talks

• UXDX Ambassador Glasgow, local UXDX events organizer

2024

• Dev.to AWS Community Builder Article, "AWS re:Invent top picks and programs!" 

• Dev.to AWS Community Builder Article, "Countdown to re:Invent is on: 5 days to go" 

• UXDX EMEA 2024, "The Role and Responsibility of Prototyping in Product Development"

• PulumiUP, "Why care about building a cloud center of excellence"

• Growing in Content 2024, "The Content Leader as Change Agent: Driving Transformation", Panelist

• JPMorganChase's Tech Blog, "Highlights from JPMorganChase’s Innovation Week", wrote "Redefining what’s possible with innovation for prosthetic limbs"

• BuiltIn Article, "How to foster and maintain alignment in product development" 

• Dev.to AWS Community Builder Article, "GCP Cloud Digital Leader certification versus the AWS Cloud Practitioner, and are they worth it?" 

• AWS Developers - Cloud Journey Feature, Community Developer Lounge AWS London Summit

• Fractional Consultant Community, "Product Marketing Mastery: Elevate Your Skills and Drive Remarkable Results" 

• Take the Stage: Conference Speaking Academy, author for series of  workshops to prepare to apply, design and deliver sessions at conferences. Delivered for Aspiring omen Speakers, WTM Scotland, JPMorganChase's internal conference coaching program,Expert Engineer community, DEVUP Speaker Academy and more

• New Voices Program, AWS Community Mentor for training community members to apply to events, create and deliver talks

2023

• UXDX EMEA 2023, "Product Marketing Mastery: Elevate Your Skills and Drive Remarkable Results Workshop" and "The Role of the Product Manager: UX, Marketing, Strategy? Forum" 

• Cloud First Summit 2023 Edinburgh, "Why you need a Cloud Center of Excellence"

• Dev.to AWS Community Builder Article, "Ain't no party like a PartyRock! Introducing the new Amazon Bedrock Playground"

• AWS re:Invent 2023 - Expo Featured, Community Developer Lounge Dev Chats Speaker 

• Women on Stage Conference, "How unicorns can build better chatbots"

• Strategies for Successful Speaker Marketing and Relationship Building, Aspiring Women Speaker article

• Unleashing the Power of Hands-On Workshops, Aspiring Women Speaker article

• Selecting Speaking Topics, Aspiring Women Speaker article

• Creating Engaging and Inclusive Presentations, Aspiring Women Speaker article

• Mastering Speaking Engagements: Preparing, Nerves, and Maintaining Focus, Aspiring Women Speaker article

• AWS Community Builder 2023 - Cloud Operations Year 2

• FinOps Foundation Practitioner Certified

• AWS Cloud Solutions Architect Certified

• AWS User Group Glasgow Host - Meet Up #28, April 2023 

• turntabl Professional Development Program Speaker, "Make your workdays work for you" 

• Google for Startups Women Founders Masterminds Peer to Peer Mentor

• Aspiring Women Speakers Couch to Conference Program Mentor and Speaker

• Power Her Up @ The University of Edinburgh Speaker

• Bath Wackathon Speaker, "How docs make or break a winning hackathon pitch"

• codebar Festival CFP volunteer 

• Women Techmakers Scotland IWD Celebration Organizer 

• WTM Ambassador workshop, "So, you're a first time speaker"

• Podcast with Anil on Developer Marketing & Adoption with Alex Radu, VP Product Adoption Lead, JPMorgan Chase & Co.

2022

• AWS re:Invent 2022, "Why build a Cloud Center of Excellence?"

• JP Morgan Chase Marketing Campaign, Meeting my younger self in real-time 

• Work180 JPMorganChase's Company Profile Website Feature, "A technology career with JP Morgan | Alex’s story"

• Women in Product 2022 Volunteer

• AWS Cloud Practitioner Certified

• IWD Europe WomenTechmakers Organizer 

• What's My Line - Computing & Digital Speaker for STEM Ambassador West England Hub, careers panel discussions aimed at Further Education tutors

• AWS Community Builder 2022 - Cloud Operations

• JP Morgan Expert Engineer Program 2022

• Impostor Syndrome Workshop Host for Gender Diversity in Tech Event hosted by Queen's University, University of Carleton and University of Ottawa

• JP Morgan Careers Website Feature talking to my younger self

• DevOps with Zack Podcast Guest 

• WomenTechmakers Ambassador

• ProductWorld 2022, "Docs are everyone's business"

• #IamRemarkable with Google Facilitator

• Aspiring Women Speakers Mentor

2021

• Review of Product School’s Product Manager Certification

• Product Manager Certification - ProductSchool

• Experiencing the Rare by Google Leadership Academy Article

• Rare with Google Leadership Academy participant EMEA 

• 🎬 S01E01: Tech Journey of Alex -- TechSide Chat Twitch Livestream for Campus Experts 

• London Java Community - Crafting your community brand

• sunhacks 2021, "Docs are everyone's business"

• CodeLand Conference, "Docs are everyone's business"

• uncodebar - AMA about public speaking and tech talks

• West of England Jobs and Skills Summit

• 👀 S01E01: Alex Radu & Alex Papadimitriou -- What In The Tech Do I Do? Twitch Livestream for Campus Experts 

• 7 things we learned about Public Speaking when we talked to Alex Radu and Stefania Chaplin 

• #IamRemarkable with Google - Gold Tier Facilitator

• Winner of Talent Meets Bertelsmann 2021 competition - with BMG

• Winner of \Build and \Design tracks of Bath Hack 2021 with project "Bloodhound"

• TECH(K)NOW Day speaker, "Make your workdays work for you" 

• codebar Festival speaker, "Make your workdays work for you"

• Fidelity International guest speaker 

• Aspiring Women Speakers Interview 

• AdvancedHE - Degree Apprenticeships – Challenges and opportunities interview 

2020

• Digital Shapers 2020 Finalist and 2nd Place winner - with Eventim 

• Ambassador’s Diploma Winner in the Graduate Student category from the Romanian Embassy to the UK

• TechWomen 100 Shortlist

• 1 Million women in STEM feature

• Finding Ada speaker, Why STEM? with JP Morgan

• uncodebar 6 organizer

• Generation She Makeathon mentor

• TechWomen IRL feature

• Code for Good 2020 judge

• Quizmaster at Hackcon 2020 

• $ git remote <graduation> speaker 

• Twitch moderator for Univers(ity) track

2019

• Organizer of the first South Coast UK Meetup Collider @JPMC

• GitHub Education Day in SF speaker with "How unicorns can build better software"

• DevRelCon London speaker with "Communities of practice: crafting the brand"

• re:develop conference speaker, "How unicorns can build better chatbots"

• Sherborne Girls School Friday Series Talks speaker, "Writer, designer, developer and unicorn"

• uncodebar 5, 2019 conference speaker

• BCS Lovelace Colloquim 2019 winning project on Dark Patterns

• Mentor for the Google Digital Garage for Programmers startup incubator, in Romania.

2018

• Entrpregirl 5.0 top 10 finalist in an entreprenurship virtual pitching competition with my idea.

• Diaspora StartUp finalist in an entreprenurship competition in Romania, out of 200 other participants in Romania.

2017

• Monster Confidence Southampton mentor, you can see me loving it in the promo aftermovie at minute 1:30ish.

2016

• Article on my participation in a tech panel at Everywoman in Technology Forum, speaking in front of over 500 industry professionals.

• Stemettes article on how I got my first job in tech.

2015

• Changemakers UN report I edited and collaborated on regarding the Sustainability of Healthcare and Access to Medicines.

• Changemakers UN report I edited and collaborated on as a result of participating to the WHA 2015.

• Changemakers UN article I wrote for the WHA 2015 on Universal Healthcare and digital apps.

2013

• British Council article on my experience during the Study India Programme 2013 that I was lucky enough to be selected for.

• Koln: the perfect winter wonderland - Cover page article written for Priority, a magazine that is part of Maxposure Publishing's Portfolio during my internship in India.