๐๐ ๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ก๐ is a distinguished Java Champion, serving as the Liberty Cloud Native Architect and Chief Advocate, as well as a Senior Technical Staff Member (STSM) at IBM, based at the Hursley Lab in the UK. An acknowledged MicroProfile guru, Emily has been instrumental in its development since 2016, leading several key specifications including MicroProfile Config, Fault Tolerance, Service Mesh, and MicroProfile Starter. Additionally, she contributes to other specifications, such as MicroProfile Reactive Messaging. As a member of the CDI Expert Group, her passion for MicroProfile and Jakarta EE is evident. Emily is a frequent speaker at major conferences, including Code One, DevNexus, JAX London, Voxxed, Devoxx, EclipseCon, QCon, GeeCon, and JFokus. Follow her on X @emilyfhjiang and connect with her on LinkedIn at ย ย /ย emilyfhjiangย ย .