Pj Hagerty

PJ Hagerty is an experienced technology advocate and community leader with a diverse background in developer relations and mental health advocacy. Currently serving as Lead of AI Advocacy at IBM since July 2024, PJ has co-hosted the Community Pulse Podcast since January 2016 and is a board member at Open Sourcing Mental Illness, focusing on event coordination and mental health trends in the tech industry. Previous roles include Lead Developer Advocate at SmartBear, Senior Developer Advocate at Spotify, and Head of Developer Relations at Mattermost. PJ also founded DevRelate.io, providing developer and community relations services for smaller organizations, and organized notable conferences such as DevOps Days Buffalo and CodeDaze. PJ holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the State University of New York Buffalo State College.