Charis Rooda 🐝✨

Co-Founder

Amsterdam, Netherlands11 yrs 6 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

15+ years of freelance front-end development experience
Founder of Webconf.asia and event organizer at SmashingConf
Expertise in event UX and speaker curation

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Frontend Developer and Event Organizer with extensive experience in the Events and Web Development industries.

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Skills

Core Skills

Front-end DevelopmentEvent ManagementUi/ux Design

Other Skills

Event UXMarketing CommunicationsCustomer ExperienceJavaScriptSASSScrumAdobe FireworksHTML5Web StandardsInteraction DesignHTML EmailsCascading Style Sheets (CSS)Content Management Systems (CMS)

About

👩‍💻 Front-end Developer at Charismagic · 🎪 Event Organizer at SmashingConf · 🎈 Founder & Producer of Webconf.asia 🌏 Amsterdam — Bangkok — Hong Kong I’m a front-end developer with 15+ years of freelance experience — turning designs into clean, maintainable HTML/CSS, translating brand identities into code, and offering technical guidance along the way. I’m at my best collaborating on complex projects, bringing both agency experience and a practical mindset. Outside of coding, I’m deeply involved in conferences. Since founding Webconf.asia in 2017 and joining SmashingConf in 2018, I’ve helped organize events and workshops across Amsterdam, Hong Kong, New York, San Francisco, Freiburg, Antwerp, and online. My strengths lie in speaker curation, event UX, and event marketing — crafting programs and experiences people love. 🌍 Remote-only | Open to projects & long-term collaborations | Currently in Asia (often traveling) 🔗 Let’s connect — available for web development, event UX, and speaker curation work 👩‍💻 I used emdashes before it was cool 🚫 Not available for full-time roles Specialties: front-end development, semantic HTML, CSS, templates, design systems, technical consultancy, events, event UX, speaker curation, diversity, and event marketing.

Experience

11 yrs 6 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 10 mos

Average Tenure

Current Experience

Smashing magazine

Event organiser at SmashingConf

Apr 2018 – Present · 8 yrs 1 mo · Remote

For SmashingConf I am taking care of event planning, speakers, website, mailings and all social media. And together with the rest of the team, I run SmashingConf in San Francisco, Freiburg, Antwerp, New York and online. From in-person conferences and workshops to online workshops and events.

Front-End DevelopmentEvent ManagementEvent UXMarketing CommunicationsCustomer Experience

Webconf.asia

Organiser & owner

Dec 2016 – Jun 2024 · 7 yrs 6 mos · Hong Kong

The first Webconf.asia took place in 2017, followed by a two-day event on June 8 & 9, 2018, which included two workshops. The feedback was incredibly positive. The 2019 event was canceled due to the protests, and then COVID-19 further cancelled any future plans.
Webconf.asia was a conference featuring fantastic talks with practical advice from international web experts.

Front-End DevelopmentEvent ManagementEvent UX

Dutch coast software

Freelance front-end developer

Jun 2008 – Apr 2009 · 10 mos

Main responsibilities were working on front-end & design of community sites in Sass and Ruby on Rails.

Front-End Development

Charismagic

Owner & senior front-end developer

May 2008 – Present · 18 yrs · Hong Kong, The Netherlands and remote · Remote

I’m a freelance front-end developer who enjoys working in multidisciplinary teams. I usually take on the front-end role and work closely with designers and back-end developers to get things done smoothly.
Formerly, the company was called I Make Websites, based in The Netherlands.

Front-End DevelopmentUI/UX DesignEvent ManagementMarketing CommunicationsCustomer Experience