Microsoft MVPs

Microsoft MVPs

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

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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

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

Jean-Loup Orgitello

Jean-Loup Orgitello

Fresh new MVP, I began my journey with computers at the age of 8, driven by a relentless curiosity and thirst for knowledge. Over the years, I've honed my technical expertise primarily through self-directed learning, accumulating 14 years of professional experience across the entire software creation process.

Fresh new MVP, I began my journey with computers at the age of 8, driven by a relentless curiosity and thirst for knowledge. Over the years, I've honed my technical expertise primarily through self-directed learning, accumulating 14 years of professi... 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

Sylvain Cortes

Sylvain Cortes

🎯 VP Strategy @ Hackuity: Definition and management of the global strategy with a focus on GoTo Market, Product Marketing & Product roadmap strategy. Evangelism on topics related to Vulnerability Management in large organizations and competitive analysis. Research work on threat and vulnerability management.

📊 Security Strategist @ Tenable: GTM definition, PM and PMM relationship, Roadmap presentation to C-Level, new solutions positioning, live speech during IT events.

💡 Security Evangelist @ Alsid: Documents creation for marketing team, speaker during IT & Security events, specific pre-sales meeting, research & development about Active Directory security control paths, etc.

💎 Microsoft MVP: 9 years as a GPO MVP, 1 year as an Active Directory MVP, 2 years as a Microsoft Identity Manager (MIM) MVP ➡️ now Enterprise Mobility MVP, speciality is Identity and Access
My Microsoft MVP profil: http://mvp.microsoft.com/en-us/mvp/Sylvain%20Cortes-37994

👑 IAM & CyberSecurity Market Expert: Presentations during CyberSecurity & Identity focused events, IT fairs or other various Microsoft events around Identity Management or CyberSecurity. Arrticles or webinars creation for IT newspapers or tech-blogs. Consulting services to large companies which need to have a clear vision about CyberSecurity or Identity Management roadmap strategy.
Deep expertise about Active Directory Hardening concepts, Privilege Management on Windows & Linux, Kerberos, AD bridging, Identity as a Service, Directory as a Service, etc.

🩻 I manage the French blog on Identity Management: www.identitycosmos.com.
🩻 I am the organizer of the only French event dedicated to Identity Management & Digital Identity Security: https://identitydays.com
🩻 From 2007, I am the president of the French association of Identity Management Solutions Users: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12110038

💀 Business hacker @ Cerberis: My main role is to aggressively develop the global business around IAM & Security technologies on South Europe area - working for ISVs which need to detect business and catch market shares. My contacts in the global IT ecosystem, including system integrators, VARs, ISVs or intermediary business provides an ideal gate to the South European market. My technical expertise allows me the ability to manage both complex technical pre-sales meeting and business closing.

📖 IT & CyberSecurity teacher: Teacher for Université de Grenoble Alpes (https://www-info.iut2.univ-grenoble-alpes.fr/licence-pro-mi/lp-mi-assir/) - ESGI (https://www.esgi.fr/) - CNAM (https://www.cnam.fr/)

🎯 VP Strategy @ Hackuity: Definition and management of the global strategy with a focus on GoTo Market, Product Marketing & Product roadmap strategy. Evangelism on topics related to Vulnerability Management in large organizations and competitive ana... 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

Marcelo Paiva

Marcelo Paiva

Entusiasta de novas tecnologias e comunidades, Microsoft MVP, AWS Community Builder. Tecnólogo em processamento de dados, desenvolve soluções de controle de acesso e biometria por Softprime Soluções. Atualmente desenvolve projetos com Internet das Coisas e Inteligência Artificial

Entusiasta de novas tecnologias e comunidades, Microsoft MVP, AWS Community Builder. Tecnólogo em processamento de dados, desenvolve soluções de controle de acesso e biometria por Softprime Soluções. Atualmente desenvolve projetos com Internet das Co... 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

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

Anoop C Nair

Anoop C Nair

👨‍💼 Human! IT Community Influencer
🏆Microsoft MVP from 2015 onwards #ConfigMgr #MSIntune #AVD #Windows365
🏢LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/anoopcnair/
🙏🏻Device Mgmt enthusiast
https://www.anoopcnair.com/
✍🏽 https://howtomanagedevices.com/
❣️http://HTMDForum.com
🔙Capgemini (2x), J.P Morgan

👨‍💼 Human! IT Community Influencer 🏆Microsoft MVP from 2015 onwards #ConfigMgr #MSIntune #AVD #Windows365 🏢LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/anoopcnair/ 🙏🏻Device Mgmt enthusiast ✍ https://www.anoopcnair.com/ ✍🏽 https://howtomanagedev... 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

Ashish Rana

Ashish Rana

Ashish is a 5 times Microsoft Business Applications MVP, MCT and Dynamics 365 CE or CRM Solution Architect specialist in delivering CRM and digital transformation projects for various industries. Led teams of solutions architects and Presales consultants.
Speaker to various Communities, Universities Tech talks, and other in-person and virtual events

Ashish is a 5 times Microsoft Business Applications MVP, MCT and Dynamics 365 CE or CRM Solution Architect specialist in delivering CRM and digital transformation projects for various industries. Led teams of solutions architects and Presales consult... Show more

Silviu Virlan

Silviu Virlan

I worked in the last 20 years with Microsoft technologies, contributing to solid .NET applications in the financial industry and ERP.
Last 10 years I worked with Microsoft’s version of ERP for small businesses, also known as Business Central and its precursor Dynamics NAV.
My community contributions are an attempt to help those that, just like me, searched and found solutions online or at conferences.

I worked in the last 20 years with Microsoft technologies, contributing to solid .NET applications in the financial industry and ERP. Last 10 years I worked with Microsoft’s version of ERP for small businesses, also known as Business Central and its... Show more

Guy Glantser

Guy Glantser

Guy Glantser, Data Platform MVP, is the leader of the Israeli data platform community and also the CEO and founder of Madeira Data Solutions. His career has been focused on the Microsoft Data Platform for the past 25 years, performing various data roles as either an on-site data architect, an external consultant, or a speaker. Guy is involved in many activities in the Microsoft Data Platform community. He occasionally speaks at community events, such as PASS Data Community Summit, SQLBits, Data Saturdays, and user groups around the world. He also co-hosts the SQL Server Radio podcast.

Guy Glantser, Data Platform MVP, is the leader of the Israeli data platform community and also the CEO and founder of Madeira Data Solutions. His career has been focused on the Microsoft Data Platform for the past 25 years, performing various data ro... Show more

Matthew Browne

Matthew Browne

Accomplished Systems Security Certified Practitioner with a deep passion for technology, demonstrating extensive knowledge in Cloud and Cyber Security technologies gained through a blend of professional experience, technical certifications, I have received a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Award three times, specializing in Cloud Security , Infrastructure & Security. Additionally, recognized as a Microsoft MCT & MCE leveraging my expertise to guide clients in their transition to the cloud With over a decade of experience in the field serving as a SME.

Technology Evangelist
Microsoft MVP Azure & Security

All CompTIA Certification x15
CompTIA Security Infrastructure Expert
CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP+)
30 X Microsoft Certified
MSFT Cybersecurity Solutions Architect Expert
MSFT Azure Solutions Architect Expert
MSFT 365 Administrator Expert

Certifications Held

✅ CompTIA ITF+
✅ CompTIA Data+ ce
✅ CompTIA Data Systems+ ce
✅ CompTIA A+ ce
✅ CompTIA Network+ ce
✅ CompTIA Security+ ce
✅ CompTIA Server+
✅ CompTIA Project+
✅ CompTIA Cloud Essentials+
✅ CompTIA Cloud+ ce
✅ CompTIA Linux+ ce
✅ CompTIA CySA+ ce
✅ CompTIA PenTest+ ce
✅ CompTIA CASP+ ce
✅ CompTIA CTT+

✅Microsoft Certified Educator Trainer & Professional
✅ Microsoft Certified: Cybersecurity Architect Expert
✅ Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
✅ Microsoft Certified: Azure Virtual Desktop Specialty
✅ Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate
✅ Microsoft Certified: Security Operations Analyst Associate
✅ Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate
✅ Microsoft 365 Certified: Security Administrator Associate
✅ Microsoft 365 Certified: Security Administrator Associate
✅ Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate
✅ Microsoft Certified: Identity and Access Administrator Associate
✅ Microsoft Certified: Information Protection Administrator Associate
✅ Microsoft Technology Associate: Windows Server Administration Fundamentals
✅ Microsoft Technology Associate: Windows Operating System Fundamentals
✅ Microsoft Technology Associate: Networking Fundamentals
✅ Microsoft Technology Associate: Security Fundamentals
✅ Microsoft Certified: Dynamics 365 Fundamentals (ERP)
✅ Microsoft Certified: Dynamics 365 Fundamentals (CRM)
✅ Microsoft Certified: Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals
✅ Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Fundamentals
✅ Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Fundamentals
✅ Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals
✅ Microsoft 365 Certified: Fundamentals
✅ Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals

Accomplished Systems Security Certified Practitioner with a deep passion for technology, demonstrating extensive knowledge in Cloud and Cyber Security technologies gained through a blend of professional experience, technical certifications, I have re... Show more

Gordon Beeming

Gordon Beeming

Gordon is a SSW Solution Architect and has been a Microsoft MVP since 2014 for Developer Technologies.

He's uber passionate about helping people really understand DevOps and how they approach their problems with a DevOps mindset.

He's used the Microsoft stack for many years starting with .net 2.0 in 2008. He's worked with Azure DevOps since the early on-premises TFS days and used the cloud version since available as tfpreview.

He's co-authored many guidance docs as part of the ALM Rangers, written 2 books on Customization TFS and a co-authored of Managing Agile Open-Source Software Projects with Visual Studio Online (now Azure DevOps Services).

When he's not pushing technology limits you'll find him training for the next swim/bike/run event or relaxing with his family.

You can connect with him on his social platforms (https://gordonbeeming.com/) or take a look at his YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/@gordonbeeming) to see what he's playing with currently.

Gordon is a SSW Solution Architect and has been a Microsoft MVP since 2014 for Developer Technologies. He's uber passionate about helping people really understand DevOps and how they approach their problems with a DevOps mindset. He's used the ... 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

BEN ABT

BEN ABT

I work as Principal Software Engineer @ Medialesson on Cloud- and Hybrid-Platforms with Azure, IoT and .NET with focus of scalability and sustainability.

I run the largest german-speaking C# forum myCSharp.de, I'm the founder of the Azure UserGroup Stuttgart, a co-organizer of the AzureSaturday, write on schwabencode.com, participate in open source projects, speak at various conferences and user groups and also have a bit free time.

I have been named Microsoft MVP nine times since 2015 for .NET and Azure.

I work as Principal Software Engineer @ Medialesson on Cloud- and Hybrid-Platforms with Azure, IoT and .NET with focus of scalability and sustainability. I run the largest german-speaking C# forum myCSharp.de, I'm the founder of the Azure UserGrou... 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.