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Jeff Blankenburg
Jeff likes to take things apart and put them back together again. He's spent the majority of his career as a web and mobile developer, but loves how much learning there is yet to do with voice as an interface.
Greg Bulmash
Writer, urban legend, sticker guy, self-taught dev. When he's not busy working with adult devs for Amazon, he runs a CoderDojo chapter, teaching kids to code.
Justin Jeffress
Justin enjoys sharing his knowledge with the Alexa Developer Community to inspire others to build innovative, useful, and fun Alexa Experiences. He has a thirst for knowledge and is always learning new things. Some of his interests include software development, Japanese, hiking, and sleep, which is why he's known as SleepyDeveloper.
Amit Jotwani
Amit is an Alexa Evangelist at Amazon. His role involves inspiring and helping developers build incredible voice experiences using Alexa. By day you can find Amit at his desk cooking up beautiful Python, Ruby, or JavaScript. By night, when’s he not catching up on the re-runs of Seinfeld, he disappoints people with his jokes at the local standup comedy club in New York.
Joe Muoio
Joe is a former mobile developer who likes to teach and inspire others to also create great voice first experiences. He is interested in all things gaming and food related.
Jeff Nunn
Jeff is a builder that enjoys learning new things, and is always looking for ways to expand Alexa through integrations with robots, machine learning, computer vision, and AI.
Akersh Srivastava
Akersh leads the Evangelism team. He likes his coffee milky, and is all about tabs, not spaces.
Explore our library of code samples on GitHub to learn how to build Alexa skills, implement new ASK features, and understand specific use cases. Start with the Alexa Cookbook, our collection of recommended short code samples that demonstrate the main components of Alexa skill development.
Use the ASK developer forum to post your questions about Alexa skill development and answer questions from others. You can browse by topic and search existing conversations.
Join the conversation at an upcoming event. Get hands-on learning at a bootcamp or hackathon, attend a presentation at a conference, or connect with other Alexa skill developers at a local meetup.
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| April 13 - 17 | Alexa Games Week |
Run by developers and enthusiasts, local community meetups give you the opportunity to meet with others who share an interest in developing Alexa skills. Join an Alexa meetup group near you to get notified of future community events in your region.
Alexa Champions is a recognition program designed to honor the most engaged developers and contributors in the community. Learn more about the Alexa Champions program and explore the Alexa Champion Gallery to meet the current Alexa Champions.
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