Microsoft MVPs

Microsoft MVPs

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

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Bill Chesnut

Bill Chesnut

Bill is Cloud Platform & API Evangelist and Microsoft MVP at SixPivot, located in Melbourne Australia. Bill's work expands from his traditional background of on-premises integration and development into some of the latest technologies in Microsoft Azure, including Azure DevOps and the Azure Integration technologies (Azure API Management, Azure Functions, Azure Logic Apps, Azure Event Grid, Azure Service Bus), along with Azure Front Door. As Mentor, Architect, Designer or Developer, Bill supports or leads application integration projects to connect a variety of Microsoft Business Solutions applications with both on-premises and other SaaS providers. Bill started his career in IT back in 1983 as an IBM Systems Programmer. He switched to the Microsoft Windows platform in 1994 and has been involved with Windows development ever since. Bill has worked on numerous enterprise projects using Microsoft .Net, Microsoft C/C++, Visual Basic and SQL Server. Bill is also a Microsoft Certified Trainer and has been actively creating and delivering Azure and BizTalk training since 2004. Bill is very involved in the Microsoft User Group Community as co-founder of Integration Down Under monthly webcast (https://www.integrationdownunder.com) and a contributor to numerous meetup groups in Australia and New Zealand.

Bill is Cloud Platform & API Evangelist and Microsoft MVP at SixPivot, located in Melbourne Australia. Bill's work expands from his traditional background of on-premises integration and development into some of the latest technologies in Microsoft Az... Show more

Will Huang

Will Huang

Currently the CTO of "Duotify Inc." Awarded the Google Developer Expert (GDE) in ML/GenAI in 2024. Awarded the Google Developer Expert (GDE) in Angular in 2018. Selected as a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for 17 consecutive terms. Recognized as a Microsoft Regional Director in 2019. Proficient in technologies related to Angular, JavaScript, .NET, C#, Java, Go, Docker, and Kubernetes. Skilled in DevOps, organizational culture building, software team construction, and management. Passionate about sharing knowledge.

Currently the CTO of "Duotify Inc." Awarded the Google Developer Expert (GDE) in ML/GenAI in 2024. Awarded the Google Developer Expert (GDE) in Angular in 2018. Selected as a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for 17 consecutive terms. Recogn... Show more

Lautaro Carro

Lautaro Carro

https://restofmycloud.com

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Josh Garverick

Josh Garverick

Author of the book "Migrating to Azure", contributing author to "The Developer's Guide to Azure (2021)", "Implementing Event-Driven Microservices Architecture in .NET 7 (2023)", "Azure Integration Guide for Business (2023)", and author of several online courses, Microsoft MVP Josh Garverick is a seasoned IT professional with more than 15 years’ enterprise experience working in several large industry verticals (finance, healthcare, transportation, logistics, retail/consumer products, oil & gas, insurance). He specializes in Digital Transformation as well as Application Lifecycle Management and is currently involved in enterprise cloud adoption projects. When not geeking out over technology and architecture frameworks, he enjoys spending time with his wife and daughter.

Author of the book "Migrating to Azure", contributing author to "The Developer's Guide to Azure (2021)", "Implementing Event-Driven Microservices Architecture in .NET 7 (2023)", "Azure Integration Guide for Business (2023)", and author of several onl... Show more

Alexander Meijers

Alexander Meijers

Alexander Meijers is a professional who inspires, motivates and support others and help them to innovate. His goal is to help organizations achieve more by creating, improving and working smarter. This with the aim of shortening business processes and improving the environment for employees.

As Global XR Technology lead and Microsoft Windows MVP for Mixed Reality, working for Avanade, he understands business issues and translate them into logical solutions using technology. Additionally, he supports companies in applying emerging experiences during their journey in digital transition.

He works with technologies such as Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality in combination with cloud services like the Mixed Reality services, Azure Digital Twins and IoT from the Microsoft Azure platform, Office 365, Power Platform and Dynamics 365.

His primary focus is in manufacturing, utilities and engineering & construction sector. However, he certainly does not stay away from other sectors.

He engages in speaking, writing books, blogging, and is an organizer of local and global events such as the Mixed Reality User Group in the Netherlands and globally the Global XR Talks and Global XR Conference both part of the GlobalXR.Community.

Since January 2018 Windows Development MVP for the category Mixed Reality.

Alexander Meijers is a professional who inspires, motivates and support others and help them to innovate. His goal is to help organizations achieve more by creating, improving and working smarter. This with the aim of shortening business processes an... Show more

Dario Kondratiuk

Dario Kondratiuk

Microsoft MVP. Web Developer with 15+ years on the web industry. Author of Puppeteer-Sharp. Passionate about C#, the web, remote work, and the open-source community.

Microsoft MVP. Web Developer with 15+ years on the web industry. Author of Puppeteer-Sharp. Passionate about C#, the web, remote work, and the open-source community. Show more

Oliver Rodrigues

Oliver Rodrigues

I am passionate for technology and the entire Power Platform. I've been working with Portals for many years and love to share my knowledge with the community.

I am passionate for technology and the entire Power Platform. I've been working with Portals for many years and love to share my knowledge with the community. Show more

Roberto Tejero

Roberto Tejero

Padre de los tres mosqueteros, esposo, y espíritu errante. Azure, Servicios de Infraestructura, Seguridad, Office 365. Atrévete a saber, huye de la ignorancia e hipocresia.

Padre de los tres mosqueteros, esposo, y espíritu errante. Azure, Servicios de Infraestructura, Seguridad, Office 365. Atrévete a saber, huye de la ignorancia e hipocresia. Show more

James Cook

James Cook

Over 10 years of career experience in IT, James had the opportunity to work in many roles across different industries. Currently a Microsoft Certified Trainer, James is focusing on improving his cloud and coding skills to then be able to share this knowledge with the community and his peers. His blog, Cloud and DevOps with James Cook, shares and builds on his experience with Azure and DevOps practices with the aim to help others.

Over 10 years of career experience in IT, James had the opportunity to work in many roles across different industries. Currently a Microsoft Certified Trainer, James is focusing on improving his cloud and coding skills to then be able to share this k... Show more

Mårten Hellebro

Mårten Hellebro

Mårten Hellebro is a Senior Cloud Architect at CloudWay, father of three and medic in the Swedish National Security Forces. He is an Microsoft M365 Apps & Services MVP focusing on Microsoft Teams, Copilot, Viva, collaboration, productivity & digital wellbeing. In addition to speaking at Microsoft conferences and similar events, he is the main organizer for “Teamsdagen” the largest Teams conference in the Nordics, he is the creator of "The Copilot Show", co-host of the Microsoft Teams podcast “Teamspodden“, one of the authors of "Mastering Microsoft Teams - Second Edition" book, and helps both large and small organizations to boost their productivity using Microsoft Teams, Copilot, Viva & Microsoft 365.

Mårten Hellebro is a Senior Cloud Architect at CloudWay, father of three and medic in the Swedish National Security Forces. He is an Microsoft M365 Apps & Services MVP focusing on Microsoft Teams, Copilot, Viva, collaboration, productivity & digital ... Show more

Steven van Houttum

Steven van Houttum

Steven van Houttum is an independent consultant and trainer specialized in Microsoft Unified Communications with a focus on voice and security/compliance. He is a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), and has been awarded Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) since 2006, currently for M365 (Teams).

Steven van Houttum is an independent consultant and trainer specialized in Microsoft Unified Communications with a focus on voice and security/compliance. He is a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), Certified Information Systems Security Professional ... Show more

Nitish Kumar

Nitish Kumar

Instructor and Microsoft MVP

Instructor and Microsoft MVP Show more

Gustaf Westerlund

Gustaf Westerlund

Solution Architect who has been working with Dynamics 365 since CRM 1.2. Bridging gap between Biz and Tech. 11xMVP and CRM UG All Star.

Solution Architect who has been working with Dynamics 365 since CRM 1.2. Bridging gap between Biz and Tech. 11xMVP and CRM UG All Star. Show more

Yannic Graber

Yannic Graber

Yannic is co-founder of Joker IT AG and works as a technical consultant and specialist for Microsoft Azure. He has several years of deep experience in the area of Microsoft Cloud and focus exclusively on cloud solutions. As a double MVP in Azure & Security, Cloud Solutions Architect, Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) and graduate in Business Informatics HF, he is always looking at the technological and the economic side. More information on www.graber.cloud.

Yannic is co-founder of Joker IT AG and works as a technical consultant and specialist for Microsoft Azure. He has several years of deep experience in the area of Microsoft Cloud and focus exclusively on cloud solutions. As a double MVP in Azure & Se... Show more

Tatsuro Shibamura

Tatsuro Shibamura

Developer / Microsoft MVP for Microsoft Azure / Windows on ARM Enthusiast

Developer / Microsoft MVP for Microsoft Azure / Windows on ARM Enthusiast Show more

Oluwatosin Anishere

Oluwatosin Anishere

Oluwatosin is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional and Microsoft Certified Trainer with a wealth of expertise across the infrastructure stack, encompassing Azure Active Directory, Identity, Microsoft 365, and Security. With thirteen years of professional experience in IT, she has established herself as a highly skilled Microsoft Cloud Consultant. Her proficiency lies in efficient Microsoft 365 administration and the strategic design of Microsoft-based Identity, Security, and Governance solutions. She has successfully led specialised projects and delivered end-to-end infrastructure management solutions within cloud environments across the banking sector and educational institutions. Her contributions extend beyond project leadership, as she also offers valuable technical deployment guidance and implements best practices for enterprise organizations.

In her role as a Microsoft Certified Trainer, Oluwatosin has made a significant impact by delivering Microsoft role-based courses to approximately 2000 IT professionals across the EMEA, NOAM, and APAC regions. Additionally, she has played a vital role in onboarding a thousand engineers in Nigeria and the US, enabling them to provide exceptional support to enterprise customers globally.

Driven by a passion for continuous learning and professional networking, Oluwatosin actively engages with industry peers to foster her own growth. As a woman in the tech industry, she is deeply committed to inspiring and empowering other women to pursue rewarding careers in technology. Oluwatosin actively mentors individuals, providing guidance and support, while also playing a vital role as the leader of the Azure Nigeria Community, where she fosters collaboration and knowledge sharing among professionals in the Microsoft Azure ecosystem.

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Oluwatosin is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional and Microsoft Certified Trainer with a wealth of expertise across the infrastructure stack, encompassing Azure Active Directory, Identity, Microsoft 365, and Security. With thirteen years of profes... Show more

Andreas Willich

Andreas Willich

Andreas Willich has been using SpecFlow, the BDD tool for .NET, for more than 10 years and has been the main maintainer of SpecFlow since 2015.
He has used BDD and SpecFlow in both small and large customer projects in the past. Currently, he works on SpecFlow and the .NET BDD tooling ecosystem with his team at Tricentis.

Andreas Willich has been using SpecFlow, the BDD tool for .NET, for more than 10 years and has been the main maintainer of SpecFlow since 2015. He has used BDD and SpecFlow in both small and large customer projects in the past. Currently, he works ... Show more

Krishna Vandanapu

Krishna Vandanapu

I am Krishna.Vandanapu, a proven Power Platform Solution Architect, Business Applications MVP, MCT, and a PowerApps Superuser for the last 2 years with 16 years of IT experience. Delivered more than 50 sessions in Power Platform, O365 Saturdays, and local user groups. I have provided 300 solutions in the PowerApps community.

I am Krishna.Vandanapu, a proven Power Platform Solution Architect, Business Applications MVP, MCT, and a PowerApps Superuser for the last 2 years with 16 years of IT experience. Delivered more than 50 sessions in Power Platform, O365 Saturdays, an... Show more

Tobias Almén

Tobias Almén

Tobias have a long background working with enterprise mobility and have a deep understanding on how we think about security and management when we move into the modern workplace. Apart from working as a solution architect, he often come in as a trusted advisor during or in the beginning of a project to make sure the right decisions are made strategically.

Tobias have a long background working with enterprise mobility and have a deep understanding on how we think about security and management when we move into the modern workplace. Apart from working as a solution architect, he often come in as a trust... Show more

Hilton Giesenow

Hilton Giesenow

An industry veteran of well over 20 years, Hilton is a 12-times Microsoft MVP with experience across varied development, IT and consulting roles, geographies and industries. Highly passionate about Microsoft Teams, he leads a company focused on building apps to make Teams more effective, more functional, and more productive.

An industry veteran of well over 20 years, Hilton is a 12-times Microsoft MVP with experience across varied development, IT and consulting roles, geographies and industries. Highly passionate about Microsoft Teams, he leads a company focused on build... Show more

Giovanni Bassi

Giovanni Bassi

Software architect and developer, agilist, rock climber. Giovanni is founder and Chief Software Architect of Lambda3 in Brazil. He develops software as a passion, and he believes self managed people and teams are more efficient and productive than outside managed ones. He was awarded as a Microsoft MVP over twelve years ago, and has 20+ years or experience developing software. He has spoken in conferences, user groups and online about .NET, Rust, microservices, JavaScript, TypeScript, Ruby, Node.js, frontend and backend development, agile development and many other topics, all around the world. He has lead some user groups in Brazil on topics such as software architecture, .NET, and Docker.

Software architect and developer, agilist, rock climber. Giovanni is founder and Chief Software Architect of Lambda3 in Brazil. He develops software as a passion, and he believes self managed people and teams are more efficient and productive than ou... Show more

Rodrigo Crespi

Rodrigo Crespi

Rodrigo Crespi is a database specialist. Awarded Most Valuable Professional [MVP] in Data Platform since 2017. Certified in administration and development of SQL Server databases since 2000 [MCSE]. Currently, he holds the position of director of technology at CrespiDB – Solutions in data platform and university Professor. Founder and Leader of the PASS Chapter SQL Server RS in Rio Grande do Sul – Brazil. National and international speaker, author of several articles on websites, magazines and blogs specializing in Software engineering and databases. Learn more at http://sqlcrespi.com

Rodrigo Crespi is a database specialist. Awarded Most Valuable Professional [MVP] in Data Platform since 2017. Certified in administration and development of SQL Server databases since 2000 [MCSE]. Currently, he holds the position of director of tech... Show more

Przemysław Kłys

Przemysław Kłys

System Architect with over 14 years of experience in the IT field. Skilled, among others, in Active Directory, Microsoft Exchange and Office 365. Profoundly interested in PowerShell. Software geek.

System Architect with over 14 years of experience in the IT field. Skilled, among others, in Active Directory, Microsoft Exchange and Office 365. Profoundly interested in PowerShell. Software geek. Show more

Christophe Peugnet

Christophe Peugnet

Passionné par les technologies Microsoft depuis 1995 et particulièrement sur le Framework .NET depuis la sortie de Windows Phone en 2011. Récemment, c'est Blazor qui anime mes journées depuis fin 2019

Podcasteur sur Devapps.ms depuis 2015 et Microsoft MVP depuis 2014

Passionné par les technologies Microsoft depuis 1995 et particulièrement sur le Framework .NET depuis la sortie de Windows Phone en 2011. Récemment, c'est Blazor qui anime mes journées depuis fin 2019 Podcasteur sur Devapps.ms depuis 2015 et Micro... Show more

Sarah Haase

Sarah Haase

Sarah Haase is an enterprise collaboration strategist, corporate librarian, and product manager responsible for implementing enterprise-level governance, compliance, and adoption strategies for Microsoft 365. She's also a blogger, Innovation Games facilitator, international speaker, Microsoft Apps & Services MVP, and a community organizer for M365 Twin Cities. You can find Sarah online at http://blog.splibrarian.com and @sarahhaase. You can listen to her on the Microsoft 365 Voice podcast (m365voice.com).

Sarah Haase is an enterprise collaboration strategist, corporate librarian, and product manager responsible for implementing enterprise-level governance, compliance, and adoption strategies for Microsoft 365. She's also a blogger, Innovation Games fa... Show more

Alex Verboon

Alex Verboon

Alex Verboon is a CTO & Principal Cyber Security Consultant at baseVISION in Switzerland who is specialized in designing and implementing Microsoft 365 security solutions.

Alex has been working in the field of Windows workplace management since the early 90s and has since then developed a passion for managing Windows in the enterprise. He loves using PowerShell, KQL, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Microsoft 365 Defender, Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps, Microsoft Sentinel, AzureAD and many other solutions of the Microsoft Security stack. Nowadays Alex supports his customers to improve their security posture. In addition to his daily job since many years Alex is sharing his knowledge through his blog 'Anything About IT' (verboon.info),

Alex Verboon is a CTO & Principal Cyber Security Consultant at baseVISION in Switzerland who is specialized in designing and implementing Microsoft 365 security solutions. Alex has been working in the field of Windows workplace management since t... Show more

Michele Aponte

Michele Aponte

Passionate programmer since 1993, today I'm CEO & CTO @ Ellycode (www.ellycode.com), CEO @ Blexin (www.blexin.com), Founder @ Blazor Developer Italiani (www.blazordev.it), MVP in the DeveloperTechnologies and AI categories, books author, speaker at main developer conferences and technical communities addicted.

Passionate programmer since 1993, today I'm CEO & CTO @ Ellycode (www.ellycode.com), CEO @ Blexin (www.blexin.com), Founder @ Blazor Developer Italiani (www.blazordev.it), MVP in the DeveloperTechnologies and AI categories, books author, speaker at m... Show more

Allan De Castro

Allan De Castro

Passionate about Dynamics 365 CE and the Power Platform.

Passionate about Dynamics 365 CE and the Power Platform. Show more

Michael Blumenthal

Michael Blumenthal

Michael Blumenthal is a Microsoft Office 365 MVP. For the last six years, he has been responsible for product management and service management of Office 365 inside companies ranging from 1K to 50K+ employees. Prior to that, he spent more than two decades in IT consulting, primarily as a SharePoint architect. He helps teams of business people be more productive and ensures that the organization gets value from its Office 365 investment. As a technical community leader, he co-leads the M365Chicago community event, serving as the speaker manager. As a public speaker, he can be found speaking on business technology topics including employee experience, business productivity, collaboration, knowledge and expertise management, communication and content management, cloud adoption, and Office 365. Hear him year-round at community events as well as national conferences such as Microsoft Ignite and SharePoint Fest.

Michael Blumenthal is a Microsoft Office 365 MVP. For the last six years, he has been responsible for product management and service management of Office 365 inside companies ranging from 1K to 50K+ employees. Prior to that, he spent more than two de... Show more

Felipe Chikuji

Felipe Chikuji

Post-graduate in Data Science and Analytics, graduated in Systems Analysis and Development, I am a Microsoft solutions developer in the Data and Artificial Intelligence field, who loves learning new technologies, also an instructor for DP900 and AI900 certifications, passionate about the Microsoft Learn Student Ambassadors community, and a Microsoft MVP in Azure AI Services.

Post-graduate in Data Science and Analytics, graduated in Systems Analysis and Development, I am a Microsoft solutions developer in the Data and Artificial Intelligence field, who loves learning new technologies, also an instructor for DP900 and AI90... 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.