Nathaniel Okenwa
Manager, Developer Evangelism EMEA & APJ at Twilio
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolNathaniel Okenwa is a developer evangelism leader with nine years' experience helping developers discover what’s possible with JavaScript, React, and web platforms. As Manager for Developer Evangelism EMEA & APJ at Twilio he blends hands-on web development with storytelling to inspire builders across diverse technical backgrounds. He progressed through roles at Twilio from Developer Evangelist to Team Lead and now manages regional dev-rel strategy, while also maintaining freelance web development work. Nathaniel champions early-in-career growth and community building, having led Hacksmiths at Goldsmiths and mentored aspiring technologists. Based in London and comfortable on stage or in code, he pairs a practical Business Computing and Entrepreneurship background with an affinity for comic books, MMA, and strong coffee—traits that inform his energetic, narrative-driven approach to developer relations.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Business Computing and Entrepeneurship, Bachelor's degree Business Computing and Entrepeneurship at Goldsmiths, University of London
Github Skills (29)
phone-call10
open-source10
pixel-art10
pixel10
google-speech10
twilio9
stream9
speech-to-text8
voice8
audio8
live-text8
speech8
nodejs7
browser7
google-speech-to-text6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
nokenwa/StickOlympicsminigame
Nov 2016 - Apr 2019
Contributions:10 PRs, 16 pushes, 7 branches in 2 years 5 months
gamefirst-gamemy-first-gameuniversity-coursework
nokenwa/twilio-media-stream-live-transcription-node
Sep 2019 - Nov 2022
With Twilio Media Streams, you can now extend the capabilities of your Twilio-powered voice application with real time access to the raw audio stream of phone calls. This project transcribes speech from a phone call into text, live in the browser using Twilio and Google Speech-to-Text with Node.js.
Contributions:16 commits, 6 PRs, 10 pushes in 3 years 2 months
streamsstreamreal-timebrowsercalls
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