Yash is a Developer Relations professional with a knack for JavaScript. He aims to empower the developer community by helping them find a place in the welcoming world of open source and explore the technology sector from a different perspective. Yash is the Developer Relations Manager at Rocket.Chat, an open source communication platform. He loves sharing his ideas through his writings or by taking sessions, hosting conferences, or being around at tech events!
He is the founder of DevRel.Page, an umbrella initiative to help students and early age professionals find their way into Developer Relations. He has been working as a DevRel consultant with various companies, including GitHub, MLH, Grouparoo, Zoomcar and many others! Notably, he has hosted some of the top international developer conferences like GitHub Universe, GitHub Satellite India, MLH Hackcon & Local Hack Day. He has given talks on open source development in 30+ institutes of India and abroad.
Rocket.Chat is an open source communications platform with an architecture of uniting all forms of communications in a single place. My primary role includes managing the entire developer community team while setting up strategies for the content, training & certification, and events teams. I'm also working closely with the product and marketing teams to drive high levels of increased developer community engagement and growth in new verticals across global geographies.
GitHub is a web-based version-control and collaboration platform for software developers. I work with their student empowerment wing, GitHub Education, helping them in planning their various online evangelism activities. Notably, I have hosted events like GitHub Universe, GitHub Satellite India, and a weekly Developer Relations Show on their official twitch channel.
Major League Hacking is one of the pioneers in the student tech event space with clients ranging from Google, Microsoft, Dell, and many others. It is considered one of the most loved brands in the student hackathon space.
As the first employee in the Asia Pacific region, the central part of my role included setting up and managing the entire student hackathon community in India, Singapore & Australia. This included setting the standards and strategising the regional programs to establish and grow an inclusive process of recruiting and onboarding hackathons and building long term relationships. Additionally, I was responsible for managing the European and partly North American regions.
During my stay, I also developed a robust internal system of managing the entire process end to end.
Started as an initiative for helping students and early age professionals get into the field of Developer Relations, DevRel.Page is now a consultancy with a team of evangelists and content creators who can help you execute strategies that help you understand and reach out to your target developers.
