Microsoft MVPs

Microsoft MVPs

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

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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

Sam Alavi

Sam Alavi

​Sam is a Principal Cloud Practitioner and Architect based in Sydney, Australia, and a Microsoft Azure MVP.

With a Bachelor of Software Engineering, he brings extensive experience in cloud architecture, platform engineering, and software development. Sam specialises in designing and implementing cloud-scale distributed systems and applications, assisting clients in migrating existing applications to public cloud platforms.

He is passionate about helping people leverage the Microsoft Azure cloud platform to achieve their goals, providing technical governance and guidance throughout the solution delivery lifecycle. His strong analytical and problem-solving skills have contributed to a proven track record of delivering high-quality solutions on large-scale projects within budget and on time.​

​Sam is a Principal Cloud Practitioner and Architect based in Sydney, Australia, and a Microsoft Azure MVP. With a Bachelor of Software Engineering, he brings extensive experience in cloud architecture, platform engineering, and software developm... 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

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

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

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

Thomas Thornton

Thomas Thornton

Microsoft Azure MVP - HashiCorp Ambassador

Azure & DevOps Advocate

Passionate for sharing knowledge and technical experiences in the Azure community with an active social following on Twitter/LinkedIn and runs a widespread Azure blog website which has been viewed over 700,000.

Previous speaking & events:-
https://thomasthornton.cloud/speaking-events/

Microsoft Azure MVP - HashiCorp Ambassador Azure & DevOps Advocate Passionate for sharing knowledge and technical experiences in the Azure community with an active social following on Twitter/LinkedIn and runs a widespread Azure blog website w... Show more

Mathias Olausson

Mathias Olausson

Mathias Olausson is the CTO and co-founder of Solidify, focusing on cloud native development and engineering practices. With a solid background in software development Mathias helps organizations improve their ways of working and capability to successfully deliver software. Mathias has been named Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) since 2009 for his commitment and knowledge-sharing within the Microsoft DevOps community.

Mathias Olausson is the CTO and co-founder of Solidify, focusing on cloud native development and engineering practices. With a solid background in software development Mathias helps organizations improve their ways of working and capability to succes... 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

Simon Hudson

Simon Hudson

I am an entrepreneur in the technology and health sectors, with a background in physics and medical devices, wound care and strategic marketing, plus Microsoft and related technologies. I'm down to 1 active company, Novia Works Ltd., having exited Kinata Ltd and Cloud2 Ltd on my road to semi-retirement.
I am fascinated by the impacts that technology has on people, business and society. I'm frequently an early adopter but have little time for marketing fluff and manipulative bandwagons.
I am a Microsoft MVP and Entrepreneur in Residence at the University of Hull. I'm also a lead author on the growing Maturity Model for M365 (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/community/index_mm4m365/?WT.mc_id=M365-MVP-5004811)
I'm interested in far too many things to keep up with them all.

My articles and editorials have been published in a variety of knowledge management, clinical benchmarking and health journals as well as PC Pro magazine. I am a co-facilitator of the M365 North User Group. Other musings appear in my blog at https://noviaworks.co.uk.
I am passionate about rather too many things, including science, music (I write and play guitar & mandola), skiing, classic cars and sustainability and technology.

I am an entrepreneur in the technology and health sectors, with a background in physics and medical devices, wound care and strategic marketing, plus Microsoft and related technologies. I'm down to 1 active company, Novia Works Ltd., having exited Ki... Show more

Simon Painter

Simon Painter

A seasoned Cloud and Network Architect with over two decades of hands-on infrastructure experience. Specialist expertise in multi-cloud networking, focusing on Azure and AWS environments, with proven success delivering enterprise-scale solutions for major organisations.

A seasoned Cloud and Network Architect with over two decades of hands-on infrastructure experience. Specialist expertise in multi-cloud networking, focusing on Azure and AWS environments, with proven success delivering enterprise-scale solutions for ... Show more

Stefano Mostarda

Stefano Mostarda

I'm a Software architect focused on web technologies. I've been working in the web since 2000 and have worked on almost every technology that have seen their birth and death in this crazy world. I'm one of the community managers of the italian largest web community, a regular book writer and conference speaker at italian conferences

I'm a Software architect focused on web technologies. I've been working in the web since 2000 and have worked on almost every technology that have seen their birth and death in this crazy world. I'm one of the community managers of the italian larges... 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

Alan Murray

Alan Murray

Alan is best known for his blog (https://computergaga.com) and YouTube channel - Computergaga.
He is a trainer, author, and Microsoft MVP. Most days he can be found in a classroom spreading his love and knowledge of Excel & Power BI.
When not in a classroom he is writing and teaching through blogs, YouTube and speaking engagements.
Alan is the founder of the 'London Excel Meetup', a modern Excel and Power Platform community group where people learn, share, and network.
Alan lives in the UK, is a father of two and a keen runner and hiker.

Alan is best known for his blog (https://computergaga.com) and YouTube channel - Computergaga. He is a trainer, author, and Microsoft MVP. Most days he can be found in a classroom spreading his love and knowledge of Excel & Power BI. When not in a ... Show more

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

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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.