Sessions
Our full program is now announced!
Decoupled Days believes in an inclusive conference and speaker lineup. We particularly encourage members of underrepresented groups, such as women, people of color, LGBTQ, trans and GNC folx, disabled people, veterans, neuroatypical people, and economically disadvantaged people, to submit proposals. Our 2025 call for papers is now closed.
Decoupled Days 2025 has a goal of devoting at least 50% of all accepted sessions to speakers of underrepresented groups and 10% of all accepted sessions to first-time speakers.
Speakers
Our full slate of speakers is now announced!
- Sabina Leybold: Sabina Leybold is a content strategist and user experience designer who has worked with clients across finance, healthcare, technology, education, manufacturing, and more. She focuses on the balance of modern user needs and enterprise business goals to create experiences that are practical, scalable, and accessible to all. When she isn’t elbow-deep in a massive sitemap or furrowing her brow at a complex content model, she loves reading, running, and traveling.
- Ryan Smith: 20 years ago Ryan thought it'd be cool to build an Adobe Flash website powered by WordPress as a Content Management System. Fast forward a few years, several iterations, multiple immersive experiences and a Steve Jobs platform-killing letter later, the notion of a headless CMS stuck with him, and here we are. A Jamaican-born, Russian-speaking, Orlando-residing, cat-loving, Chelsea-supporting Full Stack Developer specializing in PHP and React web application development, Ryan continues to explore the endless possibilities of a decoupled world, most recently having contributed to various projects in the investment guidance and portfolio ops space.
- Matt Dorman: Matt Dorman is the co-founder of Ndevr, a technology services agency specializing in high-scale digital platforms. With over 20 years of experience, he has built and optimized websites for major brands like Time Inc., Johnson & Johnson, and Fox News, bridging the gap between technical execution and business strategy. A lifelong digital innovator, Matt started coding the moment he got an internet connection in 1995—and hasn’t stopped since. Now based in Colorado, he enjoys camping and tackling the ever-evolving challenges of digital media.
- Randy Oest: Randy Oest is a multidisciplinary designer and fractional Creative Director offering UX strategy, visual design, content design, and design systems expertise to organizations that want to make meaningful digital change. With years of experience leading creative teams and aligning cross-functional stakeholders, Randy helps teams work smarter—not harder—by facilitating workshops, improving workflows, and building scalable design systems. His approach balances creative vision with practical execution, making him a trusted partner for product, marketing, and leadership teams alike.
- Lehel Matyus: Lehel Matyus is the founder of Fireboost.io, a platform that empowers WordPress site owners with scalable, cloud-based solutions. Prior to launching Fireboost.io, Lehel spent over a decade at a leading web agency in Los Angeles, where he built high-performance websites for nonprofits, universities, museums, and government agencies. This experience honed his expertise in crafting tailored, enterprise-grade solutions. Today, through Fireboost.io, he helps businesses and developers scale their WordPress platforms and prepare for the future of web technology.
- Jyoti Singh: Jyoti Singh is an experienced Drupal Developer and Architect with a deep-rooted passion for the Drupal community. Over the years, she has actively contributed to Drupal modules, participated in issue queues, and supported local and global Drupal events as a speaker. Committed to the open-source ethos, believes in knowledge-sharing and community-driven innovation.
- Matteo Frana: Matteo Frana is a seasoned developer and entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience in web development. His journey began at age 10 when he started programming in GW-BASIC on an IBM 8088. By 17, in 1996, he had started his career as a web developer. As the founder of React Bricks, he is dedicated to transforming content management through a headless CMS with inline visual editing, bridging the gap between developers, content editors, and, most recently, AI.