Heather VanCura is Chair and Director of the JCP Program at Oracle. She is a leader of the global community driven adoption through the user group programs. Heather drives the efforts to transform the JCP and broaden participation and diversity in the community. Heather is passionate about Java, women in technology and developer communities, serving as an international speaker and community organizer of developer hack days around the world. Heather enjoys speaking at developer, diversity and open source conferences around the world, such as OSCON, Devoxx, FOSDEM, BuzzWords, Wonder Women Tech, and the JavaOne Conferences. She resides in the San Francisco Bay Area, California USA and enjoys trying new sports and fitness activities in her free time.

15 years of Java technology leadership, community development and engagement.

International speaker, leader of Global Adopt-a-JSR program in conjunction with Java User Group leaders, organizer of developer hack days (aka Hackergartens) around the world and Spec Lead of JSR 364, Broadening JCP Membership, through the Java Community Process (JCP) Program. I am passionate about growing Java technology and community building dynamics!

Diversity, Female Leadership, Influential Women, Technology,