Helena Hjertén

Helena is a system developer, specializing in Java and web development. She is an enthusiastic and positive person who appreciates working with people who are motivated to produce high quality results in close cooperation with their colleges. Helena believes that concepts such as Clean Code, Test Driven Development and Continuous Integration provide a good foundation for successful system development solutions. Helena is the chairman of the Swedish chapter of the world wide organization "Duchess", for women in Java technology, and she also participates in the organization team for Jfokus, one of the biggest Java conference in Sweden. During 4 years in the late 1990s, Helena lived and worked in Japan together with her husband. That taught her, among other things, the benefit of thinking globally, and the respect for other people, other cultures and other manners both in life as well as in business. Good communication can do wonders in many situations.