# Pauline P. Narvas

> Community and developer relations leader in the dev tools space, based in the UK. Head of Community Platforms at Vercel. Community builder and content creator specializing in developer experience and technical education.

## About

Pauline Narvas (also known as Pawlean) is a community leader and developer relations professional based in the UK. She currently leads a team of DX engineers at Vercel, building a generation of Vercel experts. She uses AI tools like Claude and v0 in her daily workflow and speaks about the intersection of AI and community building. Previously, she was Head of Community at Gitpod, where she built the developer community from zero to 40,000 members, organized 15 global meet-ups with 350+ attendees, and led the first CDE Universe conference in San Francisco.

Before DevRel, Pauline worked as a Platform Engineer and Site Reliability Engineer, holding certifications including Kubernetes and Cloud Native Associate (KCNA) and AWS Solutions Architect Associate.

She has been creating content online since 2006 and has built a following of 22,000+ across platforms. She is a frequent conference speaker, podcast guest, and emcee.

## Expertise

- Developer Relations (DevRel)
- Community Building & Management
- Developer Experience (DevX/DX)
- Technical Education & Content Creation
- Event Planning & Conference Organization
- Public Speaking & Emceeing
- Community Strategy & Growth
- Ambassador & Champions Programs
- AI in Community Building
- AI-Powered Developer Tools

## Key Achievements

- Built Gitpod community from 0 to 40,000 developers
- Organized 15 global meet-ups with 350+ attendees in 12 months
- Led CDE Universe conference (120 attendees, San Francisco)
- Created 33 educational screencasts with 15,000+ views
- Launched Gitpod Community Heroes ambassador program (35 global members)
- 22,000+ followers across social platforms
- Featured in BBC, Yorkshire Post, The Times, Raconteur
- 16+ speaking engagements and 28+ podcast guest appearances
- Emceed Vercel FLOW, Next.js Conf Watch Party, React Miami
- Spoke on "Is there space for AI in Community?" at Cloud Native Zurich (2025)
- Introduced Vercel v0 at Brighton AI (2025)

## Current Role

Head of Community Platforms, Vercel (June 2024 - Present)

## Previous Roles

- Head of Community, Gitpod (2021-2024)
- Platform Engineer, Sky Betting & Gaming (2021)
- Site Reliability Engineer, BT (2020)
- Digital Engineering Graduate, BT (2018-2020)

## Education

Biomedical Sciences BSc, University of Sheffield (2014-2018)

## Certifications

- Kubernetes and Cloud Native Associate (KCNA), Linux Foundation
- AWS Solutions Architect Associate
- AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

## Links

- Website: https://paulinenarvas.com
- Blog: https://pawlean.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pnarvas
- GitHub: https://github.com/pawlean
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/paw_lean
- Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/pawlean.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paw.lean/
- Email: blog@paulinenarvas.com