Microsoft MVPs

Microsoft MVPs

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

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Martin Kulov

Martin Kulov

Martin Kulov is a software engineering leader specializing in high-quality software delivery, debugging, and performance optimization. A strong advocate for Scrum and DevOps, he helps teams succeed in high-stakes projects and operational turnarounds. He is founder of the DevReach conference and Association of Software Engineers, a long-standing Microsoft MVP, member of Microsoft Regional Director Program and Azure AI Foundry Council.

Martin Kulov is a software engineering leader specializing in high-quality software delivery, debugging, and performance optimization. A strong advocate for Scrum and DevOps, he helps teams succeed in high-stakes projects and operational turnarounds.... Show more

Cristiano Galvao

Cristiano Galvao

Cristiano Galvao is a Senior Data Analyst and Trainer, originally from Brazil and now based in New York City, USA. With 2 decades of experience helping people organize data and gain valuable insights, Cristiano has been recognized by Microsoft with the MVP Award for the past six consecutive years. He is also a LinkedIn Learning instructor and the founder and organizer of Excel Weekend, the most established annual conference about Microsoft Excel in the world, with 10 editions held since 2016. As a big fan of in-person events, he is now organizing the monthly New York Excel Meetup at Microsoft in Times Square and can be seen at multiple Excel events.

Cristiano Galvao is a Senior Data Analyst and Trainer, originally from Brazil and now based in New York City, USA. With 2 decades of experience helping people organize data and gain valuable insights, Cristiano has been recognized by Microsoft with t... Show more

Ognjen Bajić

Ognjen Bajić

Ognjen Bajic is a DevOps Consultant and Professional Scrum Trainer with over 20 years of experience in professional software development. Specializing in Microsoft ALM/DevOps tools, he has been working with Team Foundation Server (TFS) and later with Azure DevOps since 2004.
Ognjen helps teams and organizations adopt agile tools and practices, automate and optimize their development processes and achieve excellence in continuous delivery and DevOps.  In his work with teams, focusing on all three aspects of DevOps, people, processes and tools, he guides them on their journey to become successful professional development teams.
Ognjen has been speaking extensively about his experiences at various local and international conferences. He has been awarded by Microsoft as an MVP (Most Valuable Professional) for Visual Studio and Development Technologies annually since 2006. He also holds a number of Microsoft development, project management and Scrum certifications.  

Ognjen Bajic is a DevOps Consultant and Professional Scrum Trainer with over 20 years of experience in professional software development. Specializing in Microsoft ALM/DevOps tools, he has been working with Team Foundation Server (TFS) and later with... Show more

Gary Ewan Park

Gary Ewan Park

Gary Ewan Park has over 10 years experience working as a developer on technologies such as ASP.NET, Windows Forms, WPF, SharePoint, Silverlight, and many others. Throughout his career, Gary has always looked to see how things can be automated, using the mantra that if you do the same thing more than twice, it is time for automation. In 2017 he was awarded a Microsoft MVP in Developer Technologies, and in 2021 he was awarded a GitHub Star. His day job has him working for Chocolatey Software, Inc.

In his spare time, Gary contributes to a number of Open Source projects including Chocolatey, Boxstarter, Cake, Cake-Contrib, GitVersion, and GitReleaseManager.

Gary Ewan Park has over 10 years experience working as a developer on technologies such as ASP.NET, Windows Forms, WPF, SharePoint, Silverlight, and many others. Throughout his career, Gary has always looked to see how things can be automated, using ... Show more

Valerio De Sanctis

Valerio De Sanctis

ICT Manager, Tech Book Author, certified Azure Security Engineer, Microsoft MVP Developer Technologies, Microsoft MVP Cloud and Datacenter Management

ICT Manager, Tech Book Author, certified Azure Security Engineer, Microsoft MVP Developer Technologies, Microsoft MVP Cloud and Datacenter Management Show more

David Klee

David Klee

David Klee is a Microsoft MVP and VMware vExpert with a passion for the convergence of infrastructure, cloud, and database technologies. David spends his days handling performance and HA/DR architecture of mission-critical SQL Servers as the Founder of Heraflux Technologies. His areas of expertise are cloud / virtualization and performance, datacenter architecture, and risk mitigation through high availability and disaster recovery. You can read his blog at davidklee.net, and reach him on Twitter at @kleegeek.

David Klee is a Microsoft MVP and VMware vExpert with a passion for the convergence of infrastructure, cloud, and database technologies. David spends his days handling performance and HA/DR architecture of mission-critical SQL Servers as the Founder ... Show more

Erik van Hurck

Erik van Hurck

As a senior consultant and MVP working with project management software (MS Project, Project Online, Power Platform) it's my mission to help organizations, get organized. I have a blog and a YouTube channel as well.

As a senior consultant and MVP working with project management software (MS Project, Project Online, Power Platform) it's my mission to help organizations, get organized. I have a blog and a YouTube channel as well. Show more

Antonios Chatzipavlis

Antonios Chatzipavlis

Antonios has been involved with computers since 1982. He started his professional carrier in IT, especially in software development in 1988. In 1998 he started his carrier as Microsoft Certified Trainer in Microsoft development products. He is also the founder of sqlschool.gr and a moderator of autoexec.gr

Antonios has been involved with computers since 1982. He started his professional carrier in IT, especially in software development in 1988. In 1998 he started his carrier as Microsoft Certified Trainer in Microsoft development products. He is also t... Show more

Michael Wells

Michael Wells

Michael Wells is an engineer at Dell Technologies in the HCI and Multi-Cloud product group. He has worked in IT since 2000 and has been a software developer, application architect, and database administrator. Michael has been active in the SQL Server, Software Development, and Azure communities since 2007 and regularly speaks at local user groups, CodeCamps, SQL Saturday events, IT Pro Camps, and large conferences like PASS Summit, Microsoft Ignite, and Oracle Open World.

Michael Wells is an engineer at Dell Technologies in the HCI and Multi-Cloud product group. He has worked in IT since 2000 and has been a software developer, application architect, and database administrator. Michael has been active in the SQL Serv... Show more

Hadrien-Nessim Socard

Hadrien-Nessim Socard

Revolution is now ... Productivity & Collaboration capacity to serve Business at scale with Governance.

As a Problem Solver I help business to leverage the POWER inside the Microsoft 365 suite.
I mix Business Application and Microsoft Teams side by side using Microsoft 365 Power Platform 🚀 🤖

My goal is to empower users, people & teams in there journey within Modern Digital Workplace Experience !

Revolution is now ... Productivity & Collaboration capacity to serve Business at scale with Governance. As a Problem Solver I help business to leverage the POWER inside the Microsoft 365 suite. I mix Business Application and Microsoft Teams sid... Show more

Niels Swimberghe

Niels Swimberghe

Niels Swimberghe is a Belgian American software engineer and technical content creator at Twilio, and a Microsoft MVP. Get in touch with Niels on Twitter @RealSwimburger and follow Niels’ personal blog on .NET, Azure, and web development at swimburger.net.

Niels Swimberghe is a Belgian American software engineer and technical content creator at Twilio, and a Microsoft MVP. Get in touch with Niels on Twitter @RealSwimburger and follow Niels’ personal blog on .NET, Azure, and web development at swimburge... 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

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

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

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

Jan Hajek

Jan Hajek

I am co-founder of a company called NETWORG which focuses on development, consulting and IT activities not limited only to the Czech Republic.

On 1st of August 2018 I received a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional award in Microsoft Azure category!

I am passionate about Microsoft technologies, especially Microsoft Azure and ASP.NET Core. I also work with JavaScript / TypeScript / Node.js and PHP. I am also interested into identity (especially Azure AD), security and Microsoft Power Platform.

I am co-founder of a company called NETWORG which focuses on development, consulting and IT activities not limited only to the Czech Republic. On 1st of August 2018 I received a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional award in Microsoft Azure categor... Show more

Steve Weiner

Steve Weiner

When the news of becoming a dad of twins turned me from professional drummer to professional computer nerd, I started work as a presales MDM engineer. Then, Windows 10 came along with incredible Surface devices and a new way to manage them. Since that time in early 2016, I have become obsessed with using Intune and eventually, Autopilot, to craft a true "Zero Touch" experience for end-user devices. I have made it my mission to displace traditional management methods where I can and empower organizations to embrace a cloud native endpoint that is more resilient and secure in this hybrid reality.

In 2023, I took my blog site, getrubix.com to more than articles when I started a YouTube channel dedicated to teaching modern management concepts around Intune, Autopilot and Entra ID. In just six months it reached over 1000 subscribers and I proudly host a Discord server of 300 members and growing. I'm thrilled to be part of the amazing Microsoft community of MVPs.

When the news of becoming a dad of twins turned me from professional drummer to professional computer nerd, I started work as a presales MDM engineer. Then, Windows 10 came along with incredible Surface devices and a new way to manage them. Since tha... Show more

Fátima Jaydith Blancas

Fátima Jaydith Blancas

Fátima Blancas is the founder and CEO of iTProve Corporation. For the last fourteen years, she has been a consultant on Microsoft Technology, from SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint Online, Office 365, and Microsoft Teams.

She was born and raised, and continues to live, in Mexico City. Fátima is a graduate of the La Salle University, Mexico City Campus. She believes in sharing knowledge to make this world a better place to live in.

She loves to speak about Technology and Education. She has participated as a Guest Speaker at several conferences. She also created the Office 365 Academia Community.
Join her at LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.
LinkedIn: fatimablancas
Facebook: /fatimablancasv
Twitter: JaydithBV

Fátima Blancas is the founder and CEO of iTProve Corporation. For the last fourteen years, she has been a consultant on Microsoft Technology, from SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint Online, Office 365, and Microsoft Teams. She was born and raised, and ... Show more

Beau Schwieso

Beau Schwieso

With 20 years of leadership experience in digital transformation across several manufacturing industries, I am a transformational leader who drives innovation and change while fostering a values based culture of excellence, collaboration, and continuous improvement.. I also write a blog at www.dynamicsdad.com/blog

With 20 years of leadership experience in digital transformation across several manufacturing industries, I am a transformational leader who drives innovation and change while fostering a values based culture of excellence, collaboration, and continu... Show more

Bron Thulke

Bron Thulke

Bron has been developing code since the turn of the century, and loves learning new tech. Her motto is "if you're not learning, you're not moving". Yes she just made that up, she is a programmer not a wordsmith. Bron is the CTO at YouLive to Travel.

Bron has been developing code since the turn of the century, and loves learning new tech. Her motto is "if you're not learning, you're not moving". Yes she just made that up, she is a programmer not a wordsmith. Bron is the CTO at YouLive to Travel. Show more

Chris Kent

Chris Kent

Chris Kent is a M365 Development MVP and Senior Platform Architect at Takeda. His experience spans across multiple platforms, industries, languages, and approaches. Chris is a member of the Microsoft 365 Developer Community core team (PnP) where he is especially focused on List Formatting and the SharePoint Framework. He is passionate about mapping technology to real-world solutions.

Chris is a highly-rated speaker and has presented at user groups, SharePoint Saturdays, webinars, and conferences. Every session focuses on practical advice and takeaways. He also posts regularly to his blog, thechriskent.com.

Chris Kent is a M365 Development MVP and Senior Platform Architect at Takeda. His experience spans across multiple platforms, industries, languages, and approaches. Chris is a member of the Microsoft 365 Developer Community core team (PnP) where he i... Show more

Simon Wåhlin

Simon Wåhlin

Azure consultant at Unwonted by day, coder by night. Simon has a passion for automation and uses that to help customers be effective when building solutions in Azure. He helps customers with both strategy, design and implementation of modern cloud solutions. Simon also teaches PowerShell, hosts user group meetings, blogs and talks at conferences. With a background in IT-support and IT-operations and a strong interest for development he is trying to find his place in the gap between Dev and Ops.

Azure consultant at Unwonted by day, coder by night. Simon has a passion for automation and uses that to help customers be effective when building solutions in Azure. He helps customers with both strategy, design and implementation of modern cloud so... Show more

Lee Richardson

Lee Richardson

Lee is a Microsoft MVP in developer technologies and a prolific writer, speaker, and youtuber on .NET and open-source topics. He has been a consultant, writing code professionally in the DC Area for more than two decades.

He organizes the CapArea.NET user group and is a Solution Samurai at InfernoRed. When not coding he enjoys spending time with his family, running, mountain biking, smoking brisket, electronics, 3D printing, and woodworking.

Lee is a Microsoft MVP in developer technologies and a prolific writer, speaker, and youtuber on .NET and open-source topics. He has been a consultant, writing code professionally in the DC Area for more than two decades. He organizes the CapArea... 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.