Elias is a Senior Principal Engineer at Backbase with a background in software engineering, consulting, agile coaching, and tech lead. He helps software engineers to develop their quality mindset and deliver bug-free software. He specializes in Quality Engineering for backend, frontend, and mobile technologies. He's a writer, blogger, and loves to help the community by running meetups and sharing knowledge by giving presentations worldwide.

He's also a Java Champion, Oracle ACE for Java, Java Magazine NL editor, TDC Rockstar, and Browserstack Champion.