Microsoft MVPs

Microsoft MVPs

All Microsoft MVPs that have added their award to their speaker profile.

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Jesper Fütterer Bing

Jesper Fütterer Bing

I'm an Azure MVP and Freelance Cloud Architect at APENTO, with a strong focus on infrastructure and all the moving parts around it. My interests is architecting and implementing Microsoft based clouds, be it public or hybrid. Always striving to optimize and automate processes, so I can focus on the fun things. When not in front of the computer, time is spent with friends, family and football.

Part of 2 danish user groups: Azure User Group (AZUG.DK) and Cloud & Datacenter User Group (CDUG.DK).

Feel free to reach out.

I'm an Azure MVP and Freelance Cloud Architect at APENTO, with a strong focus on infrastructure and all the moving parts around it. My interests is architecting and implementing Microsoft based clouds, be it public or hybrid. Always striving to optim... Show more

Giuliano De Luca

Giuliano De Luca

Giuliano is a Solutions Architect at BMW and Microsoft MVP for Microsoft 365, enthusiastic and a lover of his job, he is a specialist in Microsoft technologies like Microsoft 365 and Azure.
During his career, he has achieved several Microsoft certifications.
He is also a blogger, vlogger, and international speaker.
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Giuliano is a Solutions Architect at BMW and Microsoft MVP for Microsoft 365, enthusiastic and a lover of his job, he is a specialist in Microsoft technologies like Microsoft 365 and Azure. During his career, he has achieved several Microsoft certif... Show more

Julian Sharp

Julian Sharp

Julian has worked with Dynamics 365 since first release and uses the Microsoft Power Platform and Azure to enhance solutions for users.
Julian is a Microsoft Certified Trainer and delivers training across Europe.
Julian is an author with books on Power Platform Functional Consultant and Azure AI Fundamentals.
He is also a Business Applications MVP and regularly talks at events on extending the Power Platform with AI and Azure.

Julian has worked with Dynamics 365 since first release and uses the Microsoft Power Platform and Azure to enhance solutions for users. Julian is a Microsoft Certified Trainer and delivers training across Europe. Julian is an author with books on P... Show more

Josh Cook

Josh Cook

Josh Cook is a Microsoft MVP, Power Platform expert, and AI innovator. The pilot of Copilot—Josh is always at the cutting edge.

With a passion for teaching and sharing his knowledge through blogs, posts, events and community forums.

His valuable insights and practical solutions have helped countless users overcome their automation challenges and achieve their business goals.

Josh Cook is a Microsoft MVP, Power Platform expert, and AI innovator. The pilot of Copilot—Josh is always at the cutting edge. With a passion for teaching and sharing his knowledge through blogs, posts, events and community forums. His valuabl... Show more

Charlie Gough

Charlie Gough

Based in the South West of the UK, I have been working with cloud technologies for several years across various industries. Having previously been a generalist I am starting to shift more to a security-focused track around the Microsoft Cloud. I currently run the Microsoft Cloud Security User Group (@MSCSUG) and the Cloud Security Insider Blog.

Based in the South West of the UK, I have been working with cloud technologies for several years across various industries. Having previously been a generalist I am starting to shift more to a security-focused track around the Microsoft Cloud. I c... Show more

Sean McDonough

Sean McDonough

Sean is a solutions architect and consultant with Akumina, an acknowledged market leader in the modern intranet and digital workplace solution space. Microsoft certified MCP, MCTS, and MCPD, Sean has 25+ years of experience developing software, building infrastructures, and solving technical problems. Unable to take anything except the deep dive into any role, Sean has acquired a diverse and expansive skill set as consultant, product manager, solution architect, team lead, administrator, technical delivery manager, and platform evangelist through the years. Some might label his passion for all things tech related as borderline 'obsession', but it is equal only to his desire to share those discoveries and experiences with others as author, blogger, and frequent speaker/instructor at technical conferences, user groups, and similar events all over North America. Sean is also a Microsoft MVP. He can be reached through his blog (https://SharePointInterface.com) or on Twitter (@spmcdonough)

Sean is a solutions architect and consultant with Akumina, an acknowledged market leader in the modern intranet and digital workplace solution space. Microsoft certified MCP, MCTS, and MCPD, Sean has 25+ years of experience developing software, build... Show more

Rolf Schutten

Rolf Schutten

Rolf Schutten digitally empowers businesses through cloud technology and services. Rolf is extremely driven and goal-oriented when it comes to finding and implementing the optimal solution, preferably by leveraging Azure-native services.

Rolf Schutten digitally empowers businesses through cloud technology and services. Rolf is extremely driven and goal-oriented when it comes to finding and implementing the optimal solution, preferably by leveraging Azure-native services. Show more

Imoh Etuk

Imoh Etuk

Imoh Etuk is an experienced cloud infrastructure architect. He's an Azure Compute Infrastructure and Azure Storage MVP, a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), and an AWS Community Builder. He is deeply passionate about empowering technical communities by sharing knowledge, fostering collaboration, and enabling individuals and businesses to leverage cloud technologies to achieve their goals.

Imoh Etuk is an experienced cloud infrastructure architect. He's an Azure Compute Infrastructure and Azure Storage MVP, a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), and an AWS Community Builder. He is deeply passionate about empowering technical communities ... Show more

Kim Oppalfens

Kim Oppalfens

Kim Oppalfens was awarded as an MVP 1st of April 2005, which makes him one of a couple of ConfigMgr April fool's MVP's and gives him over 2 decades of systems management experience. As an industry expert Kim is a frequent speaker at both national and international events with a keen interest in security. He dived head first into Windows Defender Application Control when it was still called Device Guard and build extensive knowledge in this area in the past 7 years. He's also the co-chair of a company that focuses on making Microsoft allow-listing easier.

Kim Oppalfens was awarded as an MVP 1st of April 2005, which makes him one of a couple of ConfigMgr April fool's MVP's and gives him over 2 decades of systems management experience. As an industry expert Kim is a frequent speaker at both national and... Show more

Marcel Zehner

Marcel Zehner

As a cloud and community champion operating out of Switzerland, I support community conferences and events around the globe with my Microsoft cloud expertise. I am a Microsoft Regional Director and a long-time Microsoft MVP.

As a cloud and community champion operating out of Switzerland, I support community conferences and events around the globe with my Microsoft cloud expertise. I am a Microsoft Regional Director and a long-time Microsoft MVP. Show more

Dawid Ziolkowski

Dawid Ziolkowski

Over 12 years in IT, 7 years of pure SharePoint, 5 years Office 365 and almost 3.5 years in Power Platform.
Fall in love with Power Platform and want to contribute to the community. Strongly believe in: Sharing is caring.

Over 12 years in IT, 7 years of pure SharePoint, 5 years Office 365 and almost 3.5 years in Power Platform. Fall in love with Power Platform and want to contribute to the community. Strongly believe in: Sharing is caring. Show more

Saeed Esmaeelinejad

Saeed Esmaeelinejad

Hey, my name is Saeed. I am a Senior Software Engineer and Microsoft MVP living in Leeds. My focus is mainly on the .NET ecosystem with +9 years of experience. I am very passionate about new technologies and like to share and gain knowledge. I like to contribute to Open Source Projects and I am also a member of the .NET Foundation group.
I worked in different domains from Banking, VOD platforms, and also in the security area.
I also had the chance to lead developer teams.

Hey, my name is Saeed. I am a Senior Software Engineer and Microsoft MVP living in Leeds. My focus is mainly on the .NET ecosystem with +9 years of experience. I am very passionate about new technologies and like to share and gain knowledge. I like t... Show more

Andrea Chiarelli

Andrea Chiarelli

I have over 25 years of experience as a software engineer and technical author. Throughout my career, I've had the opportunity to use a variety of programming languages and technologies on many different projects. In the last few years, I've been focusing on simplifying the developer experience with Identity and related topics as a Developer Advocate at Auth0 by Okta.

I have over 25 years of experience as a software engineer and technical author. Throughout my career, I've had the opportunity to use a variety of programming languages and technologies on many different projects. In the last few years, I've been foc... Show more

Chris Lloyd-Jones

Chris Lloyd-Jones

I'm a software engineer that dabbles in data science, as well as an open source & sustainability enthusiast.

My interests range from Data & AI, from traditional ML through to Agentic AI, having been a Microsoft MVP in AI for three years (prior to the LLM boom!), to composable apps and CodeOps.

In terms of open source communities, I'm the Vice-Chair of the Green Software Foundation, and I'm a leader at OpenUK.

Finally, I lead Platforms and Incubations at Avanade, covering the development of new services, and the adoption of new technologies and capabilities.

I'm a software engineer that dabbles in data science, as well as an open source & sustainability enthusiast. My interests range from Data & AI, from traditional ML through to Agentic AI, having been a Microsoft MVP in AI for three years (prior to ... Show more

Krishna Rachakonda

Krishna Rachakonda

* Microsoft Business Applications MVP
* Power Automate & Power Apps Community Super User

Power Automate Community Top Contributor (rsaikrishna) - June 2020
https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/News-Announcements/Top-Community-Contributors-of-June-2020/m-p/619111#M157

Power Automate Community Top Contributor (rsaikrishna) - May 2020
https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/News-Announcements/Top-Community-Contributors-of-May-2020/m-p/580030#M151

Have 18+ yrs of IT experience in Microsoft Technologies.
Mostly worked with SharePoint 2007 to 2019 and SharePoint Online application development, migrations,.
Developed many business applications using Power Apps and Power Automate.

* Microsoft Business Applications MVP * Power Automate & Power Apps Community Super User Power Automate Community Top Contributor (rsaikrishna) - June 2020 https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/News-Announcements/Top-Community-Contributors-of-June... Show more

Lesley Crook

Lesley Crook

Hi, I’m Lesley Crook a Viva Visionary and MVP Office Apps & Services of 8 years. With a focus on employee engagement, hybrid work, adoption & change management, champions programmes on Yammer, Teams and now Microsoft Viva.

Hi, I’m Lesley Crook a Viva Visionary and MVP Office Apps & Services of 8 years. With a focus on employee engagement, hybrid work, adoption & change management, champions programmes on Yammer, Teams and now Microsoft Viva. Show more

David Neal

David Neal

David is a family man, software developer, musician, illustrator, and Microsoft MVP living in North Georgia, USA. David runs on a high-octane mixture of caffeine and JavaScript, and is made entirely of bacon.

David is a family man, software developer, musician, illustrator, and Microsoft MVP living in North Georgia, USA. David runs on a high-octane mixture of caffeine and JavaScript, and is made entirely of bacon. Show more

Gora Leye

Gora Leye

Je suis MVP (Visual Studio and Developpent Technologies) Architect et Expert Technique Microsoft.NET

Je suis MVP (Visual Studio and Developpent Technologies) Architect et Expert Technique Microsoft.NET Show more

Ivan Ficko

Ivan Ficko

Ivan is a Dynamics 365 CE / CRM developer who has been exploring the possibilities of the platform for the last 8 years. Started his career as a web developer, but he was interested in the field of business applications and business apps became his passion since then. He is interested in new and innovative technical solutions in the world of business applications.

Ivan is a Dynamics 365 CE / CRM developer who has been exploring the possibilities of the platform for the last 8 years. Started his career as a web developer, but he was interested in the field of business applications and business apps became his p... Show more

Paul Broadwith

Paul Broadwith

Paul is an Engineer at heart, with a love of PowerShell, Automation, Chocolatey, Scottish single malt whisky and wireless earphones. He has given workshops and spoken at many events across the UK, Europe and the US. He has a real passion for passing on knowledge and loves to talk with aspiring techies.

He is an MVP in Cloud and Datacenter for his work in PowerShell, a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), Lead Engineer on the Boxstarter and DSC cChoco Chocolatey projects and is an organiser of the DATA:Scotland event. His career has seen him work in many sectors for over 30 years. As somebody kindly put it, he's been about a bit.

In his spare time, he usually continues to stare at computer screens and works on his own or Chocolatey projects. But on those rare occasions, when he is not staring at computer screens and listening to a strange mix of music on his wireless earphones, you can find him relaxing with a nice single malt whisky and reading ... usually ancient, medieval or military history books.

Paul is an Engineer at heart, with a love of PowerShell, Automation, Chocolatey, Scottish single malt whisky and wireless earphones. He has given workshops and spoken at many events across the UK, Europe and the US. He has a real passion for passing ... Show more

Florian Rappl

Florian Rappl

Dr. Florian Rappl is Solution Architect for IoT and distributed web applications at smapiot. His main interest lies in the creation of innovative architectures that scale in development and usage. He won several prizes for his work and is a Microsoft MVP in the area of development technologies. He regularly blogs and writes articles for popular magazines and websites in the web development space.

Dr. Florian Rappl is Solution Architect for IoT and distributed web applications at smapiot. His main interest lies in the creation of innovative architectures that scale in development and usage. He won several prizes for his work and is a Microsoft... Show more

Katja Jokisalo

Katja Jokisalo

I'm an enthusiastic technical consultant, speaker, and trainer helping organizations create a better working life and improve their business with Microsoft 365. I'm a Microsoft MVP (M365 Apps & Services) and Certified Trainer.

I started my career with SharePoint 16 years ago, and nowadays work with a wide range of modern communication and collaboration projects - intranets, Copilot, Viva modules, document management systems and enterprise search solutions.

I really enjoy finding ways to make things run smoother - my main goal is to make the life more productive _and_ fun! In the evenings you're most likely to find me hanging on the wall (aka bouldering) or having my nose buried in a book.

I'm an enthusiastic technical consultant, speaker, and trainer helping organizations create a better working life and improve their business with Microsoft 365. I'm a Microsoft MVP (M365 Apps & Services) and Certified Trainer. I started my career ... Show more

Alexander Eggers

Alexander Eggers

My mission is to enhance workplace productivity through technology. As the founder of a successful company since 1996, with 80 employees, my expertise in business processes significantly aids in the adoption of Microsoft365, especially Microsoft Teams and Copilot, among our clients. I have spearheaded adoption workshops for SMBs since Microsoft Teams' launch in 2017, leading to numerous successful projects. Additionally, I support other partners in Microsoft365 implementations and frequently speak at industry events, including Microsoft conferences and virtual summits, to share insights and promote digital transformation. Since 2020 I am a Microsoft MVP and MCT for Microsoft365.

My mission is to enhance workplace productivity through technology. As the founder of a successful company since 1996, with 80 employees, my expertise in business processes significantly aids in the adoption of Microsoft365, especially Microsoft Team... Show more

Linn Zaw Win

Linn Zaw Win

A Technical Architect and Microsoft MVP who has been working with Dynamics for over 10 years starting with CRM 4.0. With Microsoft Dynamics CRM background, my main focus is on Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement and branching to the other areas of Power Platform to provide solutions by customising and leveraging those technologies.

A Technical Architect and Microsoft MVP who has been working with Dynamics for over 10 years starting with CRM 4.0. With Microsoft Dynamics CRM background, my main focus is on Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement and branching to the other areas of Power... Show more

André Krämer

André Krämer

André Krämer is the founder and CEO of Quality Bytes GmbH, and a freelance trainer and consultant. His areas of expertise include app development with .NET MAUI, Azure DevOps, document automation and reporting with TX Text Control, as well as the analysis of memory leaks and performance issues. He is a regular author for LinkedIn Learning, where he has published more than thirty video trainings. Additionally, he is a TX Text Control MVP and a Microsoft MVP. He has written a book on Xamarin.Forms and one on .NET MAUI for Hanser Verlag.

André Krämer is the founder and CEO of Quality Bytes GmbH, and a freelance trainer and consultant. His areas of expertise include app development with .NET MAUI, Azure DevOps, document automation and reporting with TX Text Control, as well as the ana... Show more

Clavin Fernandes

Clavin Fernandes

Clavin Fernandes is a Microsoft Business Applications MVP, User Group Leader at PPUG.ORG, and Solutions Engineer at Nutrient.

Passionate about bridging technical expertise with client needs, he specializes in transforming complex challenges into innovative solutions and fostering knowledge sharing within the Power Platform community.

Clavin Fernandes is a Microsoft Business Applications MVP, User Group Leader at PPUG.ORG, and Solutions Engineer at Nutrient. Passionate about bridging technical expertise with client needs, he specializes in transforming complex challenges into i... Show more

Mohamed Amar Athie

Mohamed Amar Athie

I am passionate about the solutions that SharePoint brings to companies, since version 2003. This has gradually extended to other Cloud solutions for collaboration and data analysis (Microsoft 365, SQL Server, Power BI). I am motivated by everything that can provide solutions, in the form of consulting, support and training. I have experience in the field of solution architecture. Sharing my knowledge with the community is a pleasure and an opportunity to meet other experts.

I am passionate about the solutions that SharePoint brings to companies, since version 2003. This has gradually extended to other Cloud solutions for collaboration and data analysis (Microsoft 365, SQL Server, Power BI). I am motivated by everything ... Show more

David Okeyode

David Okeyode

David is the EMEA Chief Technology Officer for Azure at Palo Alto Networks. Before that, he was an independent consultant helping companies secure their Azure environments through private expert level trainings and assessments. He has authored two books on Azure security - "Penetration Testing Azure for Ethical Hackers" and "Microsoft Azure Security Technologies Certification and Beyond" (https://amzn.to/3C7mrcL). He has also authored multiple cloud computing courses for the popular cybersecurity training platform - Cybrary. He holds over 15 cloud certifications across Azure and AWS platforms, including the Azure Security Engineer, Azure DevOps and AWS Security Specialist certifications.

David has over a decade of experience in Cybersecurity (consultancy, design, implementation) and over 7 years of experience as a trainer. He has worked with organizations of different sizes from startups to major enterprises to government organizations.

David has developed multiple vulnerable by design automation templates that can be used to practice cloud penetration testing techniques. He regularly speaks on cloud security at user groups and major industry events like Microsoft Future Decoded and the European Information Security Summit.

David is married to a lovely girl who makes the best banana cake in the world. They love travelling the world together!

David is the EMEA Chief Technology Officer for Azure at Palo Alto Networks. Before that, he was an independent consultant helping companies secure their Azure environments through private expert level trainings and assessments. He has authored two bo... Show more

Chris Hoard

Chris Hoard

Chris Hoard is a two-time Microsoft Certified Trainer Regional Lead (MCT RL), four-time Dual MVP in the areas of Microsoft 365 Apps and Services (4) and Security (2) and is a qualified secondary school teacher (QTS). With over 14 years of cloud computing experience specialising in Provisioning, Professional Services and Architecture, and over a decade of that active in the field, he has built and leads a skilling and enablement program servicing over 800 Microsoft partners for Infinigate Cloud (Tier 2 CSP) throughout the UK, Ireland and the UAE. His focus areas include Microsoft 365, collaborative workloads such as Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Viva, the whole of the SCI stack including Microsoft Defender, Microsoft Purview and Microsoft Entra as well as elements of Azure such as DevOps. Outside of work, he is very active in the Microsoft Tech Community, blogs at microsoft365pro.co.uk and since 2019 has spoken at many international events including Microsoft Ignite, Microsoft Build, Microsoft Secure, the Microsoft MVP Summit, MCT Connect and the Modern Workplace Conference Paris. As the co-creator of Teams Nation and Metaverse One, he sits on the Microsoft Certifications Advisory Board and several feedback programs including Teams, Viva and Defender.

Chris Hoard is a two-time Microsoft Certified Trainer Regional Lead (MCT RL), four-time Dual MVP in the areas of Microsoft 365 Apps and Services (4) and Security (2) and is a qualified secondary school teacher (QTS). With over 14 years of cloud compu... Show more

Anuradha Kumari

Anuradha Kumari

Anuradha is a senior front-end developer, working on making the web more accessible, one website at a time. She is passionate about exploring new technologies and sharing knowledge through tech articles and talks. She has been recognized as GDE, MVP, and WTM Ambassador. As an accessibility advocate, she aims to spread awareness and empower the community toward achieving the common goal of inclusion through technology. When she is not coding, she loves traveling, exploring museums, reading books, and sketching.

Anuradha is a senior front-end developer, working on making the web more accessible, one website at a time. She is passionate about exploring new technologies and sharing knowledge through tech articles and talks. She has been recognized as GDE, MVP,... Show more

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Microsoft MVPs

Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals (MVPs) are recognized experts in their respective technical communities who actively share their knowledge and expertise with others. The MVP award is given to individuals who have made significant contributions to the Microsoft community through their involvement in technical forums, user groups, conferences, and other events. As a result, many MVPs are sought after as speakers at industry events, sharing their knowledge and insights with others.

When an MVP adds their award to their speaker profile, it can serve as a powerful endorsement of their expertise and credibility. Event organizers and attendees alike recognize the MVP award as a symbol of excellence in the field of Microsoft technology, and are more likely to view MVP speakers as authorities on the subject matter they are presenting. This can help MVPs secure speaking engagements, as well as increase their visibility and recognition within the community.

In addition to the benefits for the MVPs themselves, including the ability to network with other experts and gain exposure for their work, the community as a whole can benefit from the contributions of MVP speakers. By sharing their knowledge and insights with others, MVPs help to elevate the level of expertise and understanding within the Microsoft community, ultimately leading to better products and services for everyone.