Microsoft MVPs

Microsoft MVPs

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

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Dustin Willard

Dustin Willard

Dustin Willard is a Microsoft MVP and a 15-year veteran in the SharePoint and M365 space, with experience in the development, design, and architecture of enterprise solutions across many Microsoft technologies and industry verticals. Bringing together a solid information architecture with the technology has always been at the forefront of every solution he has built and is his passion. He has deep expertise in intranet builds, enterprise content management, and search. Dustin’s focus these days is on Microsoft’s Viva Employee Experience Platform and Microsoft Syntex. He is also in the process of writing the first Microsoft Syntex book in partnership with fellow Slalom team members and in collaboration with the Microsoft product and marketing teams.

Dustin Willard is a Microsoft MVP and a 15-year veteran in the SharePoint and M365 space, with experience in the development, design, and architecture of enterprise solutions across many Microsoft technologies and industry verticals. Bringing togethe... Show more

Alessandro Melchiori

Alessandro Melchiori

Software craftsman, husband, father, ex-sportsman and inquiring reader. Since I was young I have loved taking apart and reassembling things to understand how they work. Now, this passion has become my job: the step from Lego® to software development was small.
Finding the best possible solution so that a complex system can work at its best and making it run smoothly are the goals of my work. C# and Azure make up my survival toolkit and help me cruise through distributed systems and enterprise solutions, with ease.
Be it a command or an event, I try to do my best in contributing to the life of the communities that have adopted me, trying to “give back” at least a part of what I have received over these years.

Software craftsman, husband, father, ex-sportsman and inquiring reader. Since I was young I have loved taking apart and reassembling things to understand how they work. Now, this passion has become my job: the step from Lego® to software development ... Show more

Tobias Koprowski

Tobias Koprowski

Founder of Shadowland Consulting. In January 2015 decided to permanently leave Poland and discover new worlds. Actually settled in Hucknall (The Last home of The Byron Family). Community leader focused on SQL Server, SharePoint, security, collaboration and ITIL, DR, BCM, and SLA.

Love licensing stuff. Microsoft Certified Trainer, freelancer, and consultant. Subject Matter Expert at Microsoft. Member of Microsoft Terminology Community, Friends of RedGate PLUS, PASS, ISSA, ACM and several communities in the world. Since 1st July 2010 Data Platform MVP.

Former President of the Polish SQL Server User Group. Creator of SQL DAY Conference and Conference CEO 2009-2011. Co-Leader of PASS East Midlands Group. Speaker at group meetings and conferences. STEM Ambassador. After hours cyclist, traveller, and photographer. Coffee Addicted.

Founder of Shadowland Consulting. In January 2015 decided to permanently leave Poland and discover new worlds. Actually settled in Hucknall (The Last home of The Byron Family). Community leader focused on SQL Server, SharePoint, security, collaborati... 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

Rene Modery

Rene Modery

Rene is a Microsoft M365 Apps &Services MVP, working as a Power Platform Tech Lead in Singapore.

For more than 15 years, Rene has lived and worked in Europe and Asia Pacific. His main focus currently is the Power Platform, including effective governance and management. In previous roles, he worked extensively with SharePoint and Office 365.

Rene is a Microsoft M365 Apps &Services MVP, working as a Power Platform Tech Lead in Singapore. For more than 15 years, Rene has lived and worked in Europe and Asia Pacific. His main focus currently is the Power Platform, including effective gove... Show more

Ahirton Lopes

Ahirton Lopes

Data & AI Manager / Practice Lead with extensive experience in AI, Machine Learning, and Data Engineering. A Microsoft MVP in AI Pltaform and Google Developer Expert (GDE) in Machine Learning, he has led large-scale AI implementations, including credit bureau solutions and GenAI platforms. He teaches in FIAP’s MBA programs in Cybersecurity and Data Science & AI. Holding a PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering, he actively contributes to the AI community through talks, courses, and technical content on advanced AI architectures, MLOps, and real-world AI applications.

Data & AI Manager / Practice Lead with extensive experience in AI, Machine Learning, and Data Engineering. A Microsoft MVP in AI Pltaform and Google Developer Expert (GDE) in Machine Learning, he has led large-scale AI implementations, including cred... Show more

Luciano Mammino

Luciano Mammino

Luciano is an AWS Serverless Hero who was born in 1987, the same year Super Mario Bros was released in Europe, which, by chance is his favorite game! He started coding at the age of 12, hacking away with his father's old i386 armed only with MS-DOS and the QBasic interpreter and since then he has been professionally a software developer for more than 14 years. He is currently a senior Architect at fourTheorem where he is helping companies to get the best of the cloud, AWS, and serverless. He loves the full-stack web, Node.js & Serverless and co-authored "Node.js design patterns" (https://www.nodejsdesignpatterns.com), maintains https://fstack.link and co-hosts https://awsbites.com

Luciano is an AWS Serverless Hero who was born in 1987, the same year Super Mario Bros was released in Europe, which, by chance is his favorite game! He started coding at the age of 12, hacking away with his father's old i386 armed only with MS-DOS a... Show more

Gregor Suttie

Gregor Suttie

Azure MVP and an MCT from Glasgow, Scotland, I have a developer and DevOps background in IT spanning 20+ years, I help run the Glasgow Azure User group and I organize the Azure Global BootCamp Glasgow edition. I blog at https://gregorsuttie.com and you can see I am very active in the Azure community on Twitter I'm @gregor_suttie.

Awarded the Outstanding contribution to the Microsoft Community UK Winner for 2023.

Azure MVP and an MCT from Glasgow, Scotland, I have a developer and DevOps background in IT spanning 20+ years, I help run the Glasgow Azure User group and I organize the Azure Global BootCamp Glasgow edition. I blog at https://gregorsuttie.com and y... Show more

Gian Maria Ricci

Gian Maria Ricci

Ricci Gian Maria è laureato in Ingegneria Elettronica con specializzazione in Microelettronica. Da sempre nutre la passione per la programmazione, che coltiva sin dalle prime righe di codice sviluppate in Basic con il Vic20. Dopo la laurea svolge libera professione fornendo consulenza e training sullo sviluppo di applicazioni in ambiente .NET e sulla gestione di progetti con Azure Devops e GitHub. Dal 2009 è Microsoft MVP nella categoria Developer Technologies - DevOps (Ex Visual Studio Application Lifecycle Management) .

Ricci Gian Maria è laureato in Ingegneria Elettronica con specializzazione in Microelettronica. Da sempre nutre la passione per la programmazione, che coltiva sin dalle prime righe di codice sviluppate in Basic con il Vic20. Dopo la laurea svolge lib... Show more

Tomislav Lulić

Tomislav Lulić

An IT Professional with more than 20 years experience, Microsoft MVP for Office Apps and Services, and Microsoft Certified Trainer. Working in World Bank, Country Office Croatia as IT Analyst. Highly skilled in managing IT departments, processes, and projects. Proficient in Manufacturing (food, metal), Healthcare and Logistic. Helping businesses become more efficient and effective with optimal use of IT people, process, and technology resources. Lecturer on many conferences in Croatia and abroad (Advanced Technology Day, Windays, MSNetworks, KulenDayz, MS Sinergija, Collaboration Summit, Office 365, and SharePoint Conference) and IT communities in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia etc. Community User Group Lead for EDU IT Pro and IT Pro in Zagreb [Croatia]. Great experience in Software Asset Management. ISO 20000/27001 Lead Auditor Certified, ITIL v4 certified. Born and live in Zagreb.

An IT Professional with more than 20 years experience, Microsoft MVP for Office Apps and Services, and Microsoft Certified Trainer. Working in World Bank, Country Office Croatia as IT Analyst. Highly skilled in managing IT departments, processes, and... Show more

Mark Carrington

Mark Carrington

Mark is the Chief Technologist at Data8 and Microsoft MVP who focuses on developing scalable, secure, fast and easy-to-use solutions to improve data quality worldwide.

As a keen user and developer on the Microsoft Dynamics platform starting with CRM 4 and keeping up with the massive technology advances over the subsequent years, PowerApps and Dynamics 365 is one of the core technology focus areas for Mark and for Data8 generally.

Mark's work is available today in AppSource as part of the various Data8 solutions listed there. He is also the author of the SQL 4 CDS tool for XrmToolBox, making CDS data easily accessible for anyone with an understanding of SQL, and a regular contributor to the FetchXML Builder tool.

Mark can be regularly found at community events such as D365UG London and Summit, presenting on developer and data quality topics.

Mark is the Chief Technologist at Data8 and Microsoft MVP who focuses on developing scalable, secure, fast and easy-to-use solutions to improve data quality worldwide. As a keen user and developer on the Microsoft Dynamics platform starting with C... Show more

Giuseppe Marchi

Giuseppe Marchi

Giuseppe Marchi is one of the founders of Dev4Side Software S.r.l. (www.dev4side.com): a software factory based in Milan (Italy) and Microsoft Gold Partner from 2011, where he manage projects, developments and education related to Microsoft technologies. He is also one of the founders of intranet.ai s.r.l. (www.intranet.ai), an innovative startup in the field of the modern workplace. He has a degree in Digital Communication and a second degree in Information and Communication Technologirs, from the University of Milan. He wrotes the “Pocket C#” book of Apogeo and several articles for the community or specialized magazines about the .NET Framework, SharePoint and Office 365. From the 2009 he is one of the Microsoft MVP on the Office Apps & Services category, thanks to his active contribution to the italian community of developers and technicians that works on Microsoft collaboration and cloud technologies. In the 2014 and 2015 he has been one of the Top 25 Worldwide and European Influencer about Office 365 and SharePoint. Together with this, he manages with love his personal website www.peppedotnet.it adding contents about Office 365 and SharePoint, always finding time for family, friends and soccer.

Giuseppe Marchi is one of the founders of Dev4Side Software S.r.l. (www.dev4side.com): a software factory based in Milan (Italy) and Microsoft Gold Partner from 2011, where he manage projects, developments and education related to Microsoft technolog... Show more

Jean-Marie Alfonsi

Jean-Marie Alfonsi

I am an experienced (20+ years) French software developer,
I made myself known through Xamarin and .net MAUI open source components on github: https://github.com/roubachof/
I created the Sharpnado brand to make it fun: sharpnado.com.
Since 4 years I am a Microsoft MVP.
Since 4 years now, I am also a freelance Flutter developer and felt in love with Riverpod.

I gave a lot of talks through the years as an expert freelance consultant in different companies. Mostly on apps architectures:

* I gave a public talk pre covid at Xamarin Expert Day in 2019, called ["Free yourself from IsBusy=True"](https://twitter.com/Piskariov/status/1188825195831857153).
I live coded with David Ortinau, head of xamarin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9BTJyVFPfo
* I was part of the Xamarin .Net conf hosted by Microsoft in 2020: https://youtu.be/AB9PycndUbA?list=PLdo4fOcmZ0oW4W_qQr_dlnKtAfTB0Ezl9&t=2023
* In 2023, I created 2 episodes of the "The Sharpnado's Post-Rock Lo-Fi Live Coding Show" on Twitch and Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx8fCrVhMF81DRoUaN4nMVA
* In February this year I was back at Koln for the Maui Day (https://mauiday.net/) on the mvvm-flux architecture (one-way updates).

I am an experienced (20+ years) French software developer, I made myself known through Xamarin and .net MAUI open source components on github: https://github.com/roubachof/ I created the Sharpnado brand to make it fun: sharpnado.com. Since 4 years... 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

Søren Lauszus Weber

Søren Lauszus Weber

Søren joined Projectum and their Power Platform Journey 5 years ago and has been an enthusiastic proponent about the Power Platform even since. He has been working with advanced areas of model-driven app development as well as integrating power platform components with azure resources.

Søren has taken almost all power platform certifications (pl-900, pl-100, pl-200, pl-300, pl-400 and pl-600, still missing the pl-500 though) and works as a mentor within Projectum for training new power platform consultant. Furthermore, Søren wants to expand the Power Platform community outside of Projectum and has to this end recently started a blog as well as a YouTube channel with power platform training material.

Søren joined Projectum and their Power Platform Journey 5 years ago and has been an enthusiastic proponent about the Power Platform even since. He has been working with advanced areas of model-driven app development as well as integrating power platf... 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

Martin Costello

Martin Costello

My name is Martin, and I'm a software developer and tester based in London. I'm currently a Principal Engineer at Just Eat Takeaway.com.

I've been working in software development since 2006. My experience is primarily with C# and ASP.NET and related technologies, as well Cloud infrastructure on Azure and AWS.

I've also been a Microsoft MVP in Developer Technologies since 2019.

My name is Martin, and I'm a software developer and tester based in London. I'm currently a Principal Engineer at Just Eat Takeaway.com. I've been working in software development since 2006. My experience is primarily with C# and ASP.NET and relat... Show more

Marco Arena

Marco Arena

Marco Arena is a software engineer and community lead with extensive experience in C++ development.

He is currently pioneering Artificial Intelligence adoption at Tetra Pak as a technical leader. Previously, he worked as a software engineer for the Ferrari F1 racing team, focusing on mission-critical software and driving the adoption of the latest C++ standards.

Beyond coding, Marco is a seasoned community manager, blogger, and speaker with over 11 years of experience. He founded the Italian C++ Community (2013), Coding Gym (2016), and ML Modena (2020), and co-founded the ISO C++ Italian body (2020). His initiatives have attracted thousands of participants.

Recognized for his contributions, Marco has received the Microsoft MVP award nine times since 2016, highlighting his significant impact on the community.

Marco Arena is a software engineer and community lead with extensive experience in C++ development. He is currently pioneering Artificial Intelligence adoption at Tetra Pak as a technical leader. Previously, he worked as a software engineer for t... Show more

Mahender Pal

Mahender Pal

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mahender-pal-9a526a9/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mahender-pal-9a526a9/ Show more

Gulnaz Mushtaq

Gulnaz Mushtaq

Gulnaz Mushtaq has been a Microsoft Certified Trainer since 2018 and has trained hundreds of students all over the world. She is also serving the MCT community in Pakistan as an MCT Regional Lead. She has achieved the MVP award in 2024. She has received the Enrique Lima Award from Microsoft for her outstanding work for the MCT Community. She has conducted many corporate trainings in different organizations. She took part in activating the free Power BI tool in “MCT Program Benefits and Tools” for the MCT community through requests on Microsoft forums. She is also participating in TechNet forums. She has diversified experience in the field of Information Technology. She has worked with the public and private sectors and conducted much corporate training in different organizations.
She has experience in Training, Project Management, Supervisory & Leadership roles, Information Technology & Management, Computer Networking, System Administration, Database Administration, Website Development, Software Quality Assurance, IT Procurement and IT Policy Manual development.
Gulnaz is a community enthusiast and she goes above and beyond to work for the community. She encourages her fellow MCTs to pass along their commitment to education and passion for problem-solving to Microsoft’s professional community around them.

Gulnaz Mushtaq has been a Microsoft Certified Trainer since 2018 and has trained hundreds of students all over the world. She is also serving the MCT community in Pakistan as an MCT Regional Lead. She has achieved the MVP award in 2024. She has rece... Show more

Simon Denton

Simon Denton

I am currently the architect of the Microsoft 365 ecosystem at Mott MacDonald who are a global engineering, management, and development consultancy. In my role I am enthusiastic about maximising the value gained by staff through adoption and continuous improvement.

My focus is on building knowledge communities, efficient and effective information lifecycle management, and the sustained adoption of the Microsoft 365. I believe in configuration over development.

I am happy to speak on a wide range of subjects from data and analytics, archiving to Copilot and citizen development using the Power Platform as well as my journey in leaving construction to becoming an IT Pro and Architect.

I have been a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional since 2016 which in recognition for my exceptional community leadership, technical expertise, global influence, and commitment to solving real world problems. I am an active participant in several Microsoft early adopter programmes which keeps Mott MacDonald at the forefront of technological change.

I am currently the architect of the Microsoft 365 ecosystem at Mott MacDonald who are a global engineering, management, and development consultancy. In my role I am enthusiastic about maximising the value gained by staff through adoption and continuo... Show more

James Crowter

James Crowter

Benefiting from 25 years of experience in implementing, customising and supporting Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central and its predecessor Navision and now the rest of the Microsoft Biz Apps stack, I'm passionate about how technology can drive business growth through consistent and efficient processes whilst giving new levels of insight through reporting and AI. Between my day job of leading one of the UK's biggest SME focused Dynamics partners I have the privilege of being Chairmen of Directions, a association of more than 1200 Dynamics partners worldwide and a Microsoft MVP for Business applications.

Benefiting from 25 years of experience in implementing, customising and supporting Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central and its predecessor Navision and now the rest of the Microsoft Biz Apps stack, I'm passionate about how technology can drive bu... Show more

Toni Granell

Toni Granell

Microsoft MVP & MVS. Apasionado por la tecnología, iniciándome en el mundo de la programación como hobby con calculadoras programables en el año 1982... Trabajando con Microsoft CRM desde el año 2004, evolucionando hacia el mundo Microsoft 365 y la Power Platform. Cofundador de la primera iniciativa de comercialización en España de Microsoft Dynamics CRM como servicio, con la versión 4.0, bajo el nombre comercial CRM Dinámico.

Microsoft MVP & MVS. Apasionado por la tecnología, iniciándome en el mundo de la programación como hobby con calculadoras programables en el año 1982... Trabajando con Microsoft CRM desde el año 2004, evolucionando hacia el mundo Microsoft 365 y la P... Show more

Evgeny Borzenin

Evgeny Borzenin

I am a Microsoft Azure MVP, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, technical architect and developer with more than 25 years of experience, strong communication skills and love for automation.
I am currently working as a senior consultant at Konsulentselskapet Ensō AS.
I have a very strong development background working with complex distributed back-end systems at the medium to big size enterprises in the financial sector. During the past 8 years, my focus has shifted towards Azure infrastructure, mainly because I feel that cloud infrastructure in general is becoming a central component of any IT.
Azure, DevOps, Automation, Infrastructure as Code, Immutable Infrastructure, CI/CD were on my daily agenda for the past few years.

I am a Microsoft Azure MVP, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, technical architect and developer with more than 25 years of experience, strong communication skills and love for automation. I am currently working as a senior consultant at Konsulentse... Show more

Emma Burstow

Emma Burstow

As Director of Developer Relations at Umbraco, with almost a decade in the industry, Emma is a firm believer in the importance of tech communities and the value in collaborating, contributing and creating pathways for newcomers. A .NET developer and Microsoft MVP, Emma spends her free time open water swimming, playing video games with her kids and hiking the Danish Countryside with her rescue dog.

As Director of Developer Relations at Umbraco, with almost a decade in the industry, Emma is a firm believer in the importance of tech communities and the value in collaborating, contributing and creating pathways for newcomers. A .NET developer and ... 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

Susan Hanley

Susan Hanley

Susan Hanley is an information architect and business analyst specializing in intranets and collaboration solutions. She is a recognized expert in the field of intranets, knowledge management, collaboration, and information architecture and has helped organizations of all sizes to optimize their use of the Microsoft 365 platform. Susan's expertise has earned her the coveted Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award for Microsoft 365, which recognizes exceptional contributions to the Microsoft community. She is a frequent speaker at conferences and events, where she shares her insights and best practices on how organizations can build and manage intranets and knowledge management solutions.

Susan Hanley is an information architect and business analyst specializing in intranets and collaboration solutions. She is a recognized expert in the field of intranets, knowledge management, collaboration, and information architecture and has helpe... Show more

Johnson de Souza Cruz

Johnson de Souza Cruz

I have been working as an IT consultant since 2006. I have been sharing Microsoft certification knowledge since 2012, but I became a speaker in 2018, where I started sharing Microsoft cloud knowledge at the Global Azure BootCamp in São José dos Campos. I was an organizer of GABC in 2019 in the city of Guarulhos in São Paulo. Since then, I have participated in some in-person and online events on YouTube, as well as other important events such as Descomplicando o Azure 2020, MVP Conf 2020/2021, 8th IT Congress 2021, Microsoft Technology Festival (2021/2022/2023), Week 365 (2022/2023) and Microsoft Power AI 365 (2023/2024), Global AI Bootcamp 2025.

I have been working as an IT consultant since 2006. I have been sharing Microsoft certification knowledge since 2012, but I became a speaker in 2018, where I started sharing Microsoft cloud knowledge at the Global Azure BootCamp in São José dos Campo... Show more

Amal Hosni Viteri

Amal Hosni Viteri

Systems engineer specialized in technology management and software engineering.
National and international speaker on programming, Microsoft Teams, Azure DevOps, Scrum and work team management topics. General Manager of PlanupSoft S.A.S
Microsoft MVP Office Apps & Services

Systems engineer specialized in technology management and software engineering. National and international speaker on programming, Microsoft Teams, Azure DevOps, Scrum and work team management topics. General Manager of PlanupSoft S.A.S Microsoft M... 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

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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.