Champion

Eric Deandrea

IBM

Eric is a Java Champion and Senior Principal Software Engineer at IBM. Eric has over 26 years of experience designing and building Java-based solutions and developer training programs in the financial services and insurance industries. He is also a contributor to various Open Source projects, including Quarkus, Spring, LangChain4J, WireMock, and Microcks, as well as a speaker at many public events and user groups around the world.

Eric recently put his Quarkus and Spring knowledge to use by publishing his first book, “Quarkus for Spring Developers.” Outside of work, Eric enjoys boating on the lakes of New Hampshire, ice hockey, and martial arts, in which he holds a black belt in Kempo Karate.

Badges 11

Talks 8

  1. Devoxx Morocco 2025

    Java meets AI: Build LLM-Powered Apps with LangChain4j

    November 2025Data & AI

  2. Devoxx Morocco 2025

    Like Spring but faster: The new Java Jedi

    November 2025Programming languages

  3. Devoxx Morocco 2025

    Test-Driven Development: It's easier than you think!

    November 2025Development Practices

  4. Devoxx Belgium 2024

    Create AI-Infused Apps with LangChain4j: Insights from the Quarkus Developers

    October 2024Server Side Java

  5. Devoxx Belgium 2024

    Java meets AI: Build LLM-Powered Apps with LangChain4j

    October 2024Data & (Gen)AI▶ Watch

  6. Devoxx UK 2023

    How to avoid common pitfalls with modern microservices testing

    May 2023DevNation Day

  7. Devoxx UK 2023

    Quarkus for Spring Developers

    May 2023java

  8. Devoxx Belgium 2022

    How to avoid common pitfalls with modern microservices testing

    October 2022Development Practices▶ Watch