Most Active Speakers 2023

Sessionize proudly presents the list of the most active speakers in the year 2023!

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Julien Jakubowski

Julien Jakubowski

Julien Jakubowski is a Developer Advocate at StreamNative with over 20+ years of experience as a developer, staff engineer, and consultant. He has built several complex systems with distributed, scalable, and event-driven architecture for various industrial sectors such as retail, finance, and manufacturing.



Julien delivers talks at conferences on software engineering, including Devoxx, JCon, Conf42, VoxxedDays, Berlin Buzzwords, and Java User Groups, among others.


Julien is located in France. He's also one of the founders and leaders of the Ch'ti JUG - Java User Group of Lille, France.

Julien Jakubowski is a Developer Advocate at StreamNative with over 20+ years of experience as a developer, staff engineer, and consultant. He has built several complex systems with distributed, scalable, and event-driven architecture for various ind... Show more

Andrei Epure

Andrei Epure

Seasoned software engineer and engineering manager specializing in developer tooling.

I work in the Analysis Team at Sonar. I began my software engineering career at Microsoft. I joined Sonar because I believe clean code is essential for the well-being of both developers and organizations.

Seasoned software engineer and engineering manager specializing in developer tooling. I work in the Analysis Team at Sonar. I began my software engineering career at Microsoft. I joined Sonar because I believe clean code is essential for the well... Show more

Eugene Meidinger

Eugene Meidinger

Eugene Meidinger works as a BI consultant and Pluralsight author, specializing in Power BI and Azure. He has been working with data for 10 years.

Eugene Meidinger works as a BI consultant and Pluralsight author, specializing in Power BI and Azure. He has been working with data for 10 years. Show more

Fabrice Bloch

Fabrice Bloch

Statisticien public, agiliste militant, formateur en design-thinking et en leadership

Statisticien public, agiliste militant, formateur en design-thinking et en leadership Show more

David Vlijmincx

David Vlijmincx

I’m a software developer at JPoint who loves to use and find new techniques and pragmatically apply them.

I’m a software developer at JPoint who loves to use and find new techniques and pragmatically apply them. Show more

Fabiano Amorim

Fabiano Amorim

Fabiano Amorim is a Microsoft Data Platform most valuable professional (MVP) since 2011. With over two decades of experience, Fabiano is well known in the database community for his performance tuning abilities and the many conference speaking engagements around the world.
He writes articles for Simple-Talk (https://www.simple-talk.com/author/fabiano-amorim/) and his blog is on http://blogfabiano.com.

Fabiano Amorim is a Microsoft Data Platform most valuable professional (MVP) since 2011. With over two decades of experience, Fabiano is well known in the database community for his performance tuning abilities and the many conference speaking engage... Show more

Aleksandar Nikolić

Aleksandar Nikolić

Aleksandar Nikolić is a Microsoft Azure MVP and a co-founder of PowerShellMagazine.com, the ultimate online source for PowerShell enthusiasts. As a Microsoft Azure Advisor, he provides valuable feedback and insights to the Azure engineering team. With over 18 years of experience in system administration, he is a trusted trainer and speaker who travels the globe to share his knowledge and skills on Azure and PowerShell. He has spoken at prestigious IT events such as Microsoft Ignite, ESPC, NIC, Techorama, PowerShell Conference Europe, NTK, and various others.
You can find him on Twitter (https://twitter.com/alexandair) and LinkedIn (http://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandair).

Aleksandar Nikolić is a Microsoft Azure MVP and a co-founder of PowerShellMagazine.com, the ultimate online source for PowerShell enthusiasts. As a Microsoft Azure Advisor, he provides valuable feedback and insights to the Azure engineering team. Wit... Show more

Andrea Martorana Tusa

Andrea Martorana Tusa

Works for Pandora, a jewelry brand based in Copenhagen (DK).
Product Manager for the common Content Management platform built on Sharepoint.
Co-admin of the company's Power BI tenant with duties of governance, monitoring and auditing.
Solution Owner for the Data Analytics and Identity Access Management Azure platform.

Former Microsoft MVP Data Platform 2018-2024.
Common speaker in events and conferences around Europe (SQL Saturdays, PASS Summit, SQL Nexus, Intelligent Cloud, SQL Konferenz, SQL Day Poland, dataMinds Connect, Power BI Summit, Power Platform Bootcamp, etc).
Speaker for DW/BI and the Italian Virtual Chapter.

Author for sqlservercentral.com, sqlshack.com, UGISS (User Group Italiano SQL Server).

Works for Pandora, a jewelry brand based in Copenhagen (DK). Product Manager for the common Content Management platform built on Sharepoint. Co-admin of the company's Power BI tenant with duties of governance, monitoring and auditing. Solution Own... Show more

Diana Aguilera Reyna

Diana Aguilera Reyna

Consultora y formadora de BI. Microsoft Data Platform MVP. Data Analyst Associate.
Licenciada en Matemáticas. Máster en informática aplicada a la toma de decisiones.

Consultora y formadora de BI. Microsoft Data Platform MVP. Data Analyst Associate. Licenciada en Matemáticas. Máster en informática aplicada a la toma de decisiones. Show more

Lars Andersen

Lars Andersen

Lars is Program Manager on Fabric Customer Advisory Team at Microsoft. His passion is helping organizations getting insights out of data. He joined Microsoft in 2014 and has been working with BI solutions since 1999.

Lars is Program Manager on Fabric Customer Advisory Team at Microsoft. His passion is helping organizations getting insights out of data. He joined Microsoft in 2014 and has been working with BI solutions since 1999. Show more

Geetha Anne

Geetha Anne

Geetha is a Solutions Architect and Customer Success professional specializing in big data management , storage , Kubernetes and Durable execution, with expertise in cloud-native and on-premises solutions. She ensures customer success and maturity by delivering effective, simplified solutions.

Geetha is a Solutions Architect and Customer Success professional specializing in big data management , storage , Kubernetes and Durable execution, with expertise in cloud-native and on-premises solutions. She ensures customer success and maturity by... Show more

Eli Holderness

Eli Holderness

Eli has been in tech since being released back into the wild from studying maths at university 9 years ago. They've spent their time working in industries ranging from telecoms to biotech to analog circuit design to developer advocacy, continually getting nerd-sniped along the way. These days, they work at the Bennett Institute as a Research Software Advocate, helping to build the next generation of healthcare research tooling. In their spare time, they like to go bouldering, knit and sew, and hang out with their cat.

Eli has been in tech since being released back into the wild from studying maths at university 9 years ago. They've spent their time working in industries ranging from telecoms to biotech to analog circuit design to developer advocacy, continually ge... Show more

Josefine Schaefer

Josefine Schaefer

Josefine currently works as an Accessibility Engineer at Storyblok. She is also a Google Developer Expert for Web, ambassador for Women Tech Makers and GirlCode. She cares deeply about DE&I in the tech industry and beyond and is passionate about all things frontend, inclusive communities and web accessibility. She is also an aerial acrobat, dance teacher and cat mom. She is based in Hamburg, Germany, and travels the world talking about Web Accessibility.

Josefine currently works as an Accessibility Engineer at Storyblok. She is also a Google Developer Expert for Web, ambassador for Women Tech Makers and GirlCode. She cares deeply about DE&I in the tech industry and beyond and is passionate about all ... Show more

Mark Allibone

Mark Allibone

Mark Allibone serves as a Technical Lead at Rey Technology and a Microsoft MVP. Specializing in aiding prominent companies in their digital transformation journeys across multiple sectors, Mark brings a fervor for creating not just functionally robust applications, but also those that enhance user experience. In addition to his professional endeavors, he co-hosts the Null Pointers podcast. You can find him on most platforms as mallibone.

Mark Allibone serves as a Technical Lead at Rey Technology and a Microsoft MVP. Specializing in aiding prominent companies in their digital transformation journeys across multiple sectors, Mark brings a fervor for creating not just functionally robus... Show more

Ulrika Hedlund

Ulrika Hedlund

Ulrika Hedlund is a Swedish tech entrepreneur with a passion for technology and storytelling. She is the founder and CEO of Storyals, an Ed-Tech company with a mission to revolutionize corporate training on new digital ways of working through video-based storytelling. Ulrika has authored numerous courses, she is a frequent blogger, public speaker, and an active spokesperson for women in IT. She has been identified as a top technology visionary and selected as a trusted advisor to Microsoft as part of their Regional Director Program. Ulrika has an MSc in Electrical Engineering from the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) and an Executive MBA from the London Business School (LBS).

Ulrika Hedlund is a Swedish tech entrepreneur with a passion for technology and storytelling. She is the founder and CEO of Storyals, an Ed-Tech company with a mission to revolutionize corporate training on new digital ways of working through video-b... Show more

Jim Wooley

Jim Wooley

By day, Jim Wooley is a Senior Delivery Principal for Slalom Consulting, In his free time, Jim is a frequent speaker, MVP, and author of "LINQ in Action". He is always striving to stay at the forefront of technology and enjoys the thrill of a new challenge. He has been active evangelizing LINQ since its announcement in 2005. In addition, he attempts to pass on the insights he has gained by being active in the community, including organizing and speaking at code camps and regional events, including MIX, VS Live, CodeMash, KCDC, That Conference, DevWeek, and CodeStock.

By day, Jim Wooley is a Senior Delivery Principal for Slalom Consulting, In his free time, Jim is a frequent speaker, MVP, and author of "LINQ in Action". He is always striving to stay at the forefront of technology and enjoys the thrill of a new cha... Show more

Alan Kinane

Alan Kinane

Alan has been an IT Professional for over 25 years. Specialising in infrastructure, he has a strong focus on cloud services and in particular with Microsoft Azure which he has been using since 2015. Alan is a Microsoft MVP and a Microsoft Certified Trainer. He likes to write blogs on Microsoft Azure and participate in community events.

Alan has been an IT Professional for over 25 years. Specialising in infrastructure, he has a strong focus on cloud services and in particular with Microsoft Azure which he has been using since 2015. Alan is a Microsoft MVP and a Microsoft Certified T... Show more

Nav Singh

Nav Singh

Google Developer Expert for Android, Organizer at GDG-Montreal, and writes articles about Android and Kotlin.

Apart from his day-to-day job, He spends his time learning new technologies/frameworks.

During his free time, he loves to read books, or you can find him at Gym 🚴🏻‍♂️

Google Developer Expert for Android, Organizer at GDG-Montreal, and writes articles about Android and Kotlin. Apart from his day-to-day job, He spends his time learning new technologies/frameworks. During his free time, he loves to read books,... Show more

Ludovic Perrichon

Ludovic Perrichon

I have started in 2012 as SharePoint developer. My carreer has changed in 2019 while turning myself to the Power Platform. I am currently a Technical Lead on Power Platform. I love to share what I know and learn from others.

I have started in 2012 as SharePoint developer. My carreer has changed in 2019 while turning myself to the Power Platform. I am currently a Technical Lead on Power Platform. I love to share what I know and learn from others. Show more

Andrew Bibby

Andrew Bibby

I'm part of the team of experts at Proximo 3, a specialist Microsoft consulting company. Our team provides consultancy and advice on Dynamics 365 CRM and Power Platform projects. I'm a passionate believer in applying change management to CRM projects and a certified Prosci practitioner.

I've been a Microsoft Business Applications MVP, specialising in Dynamics 365 and Power Platform, since 2017.

I'm part of the team of experts at Proximo 3, a specialist Microsoft consulting company. Our team provides consultancy and advice on Dynamics 365 CRM and Power Platform projects. I'm a passionate believer in applying change management to CRM projects... Show more

Ines Akrap

Ines Akrap

Ines Akrap is a Frontend Software Engineer passionate about optimizing websites to be fast, sustainable, and provide the best user experience for every user. She works in Storyblok as Solutions Engineer. She enjoys sharing her knowledge with others through talks, podcasts, workshops, and courses. Her current biggest project is teaching one little human risk management and words.

Ines Akrap is a Frontend Software Engineer passionate about optimizing websites to be fast, sustainable, and provide the best user experience for every user. She works in Storyblok as Solutions Engineer. She enjoys sharing her knowledge with others t... Show more

Cathrine Wilhelmsen

Cathrine Wilhelmsen

Cathrine loves data and coding, as well as teaching and sharing knowledge 🤓 She is based in Norway and works as a Data & Analytics Principal Consultant in Evidi, focusing on Data Integration and Data Warehousing. Her core skills are Microsoft Fabric, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Data Factory, Azure SQL, SQL Server and T-SQL development, but she enjoys everything from programming to data visualization. Outside of work she’s active in the Azure and Microsoft Data communities as a Microsoft Data Platform MVP, international speaker, blogger, organizer, and chronic volunteer. She blogs at cathrinew.net and posts as @cathrinew.net on Bluesky.

Cathrine loves data and coding, as well as teaching and sharing knowledge 🤓 She is based in Norway and works as a Data & Analytics Principal Consultant in Evidi, focusing on Data Integration and Data Warehousing. Her core skills are Microsoft Fabric... Show more

Bradley Ball

Bradley Ball

Bradley Ball is a Sr. Technical Program Manager at Microsoft. He is a Microsoft MVP Reconnect member and former MVP. Bradley spent 8 years working as a Defense contractor for clients such as the U.S. Army and The Executive Office of the President of the United States, was the Data Platform Practice Manager for Pragmatic Works Consulting, and a Sr. Consultant for Microsoft Premier Support for Developers. He has presented at many SQL Saturdays, for PASS SSUG’s across the US from California to Puerto Rico to New Hampshire, SQL Rally, DevConnections, SQLBits 2015, TechReady 24, SQL Live 360 2011-2019, SQL Intersections 2019 - 2021, & the PASS Summit 2011-2015. He wrote Chapter 14 Page & Row Compression for PRO SQL Server 2012 Best Practices, he hosts the Tales from the Field Monthly Microsoft Fabric PG Live Stream and technical videos on https://www.youtube.com/@Tales-from-the-Field.

Bradley Ball is a Sr. Technical Program Manager at Microsoft. He is a Microsoft MVP Reconnect member and former MVP. Bradley spent 8 years working as a Defense contractor for clients such as the U.S. Army and The Executive Office of the President o... Show more

Oskar Dudycz

Oskar Dudycz

I'm a developer, technical team leader, and architect. I started a career before StackOverflow existed. For over 17 years, I've been creating systems close to the business process. I believe that Event-Driven Architecture and Event Sourcing are great ways to achieve that.

I'm an active open-source developer active especially in the Event Driven space (I was working on tools like Marten, EventStoreDB, and now Emmett). I'm sharing my journey and findings on my blog https://event-driven.io and practical samples at https://github.com/oskardudycz.

I'm a developer, technical team leader, and architect. I started a career before StackOverflow existed. For over 17 years, I've been creating systems close to the business process. I believe that Event-Driven Architecture and Event Sourcing are great... Show more

Celeste Tania Sánchez Fresneda

Celeste Tania Sánchez Fresneda

Desarrolladora desde hace 20 años en tecnologías .NET
Consultora Dynamics 365 desde hace 8 años
Consultora Azure desde hace 5 años
Consultora Power Platform desde hace 4 años

Desarrolladora desde hace 20 años en tecnologías .NET Consultora Dynamics 365 desde hace 8 años Consultora Azure desde hace 5 años Consultora Power Platform desde hace 4 años Show more

Wayne Gakuo

Wayne Gakuo

Wayne Gakuo is a Frontend Engineer who is constantly learning the best practices of architecting software using Angular, while having scalability, maintainability, and user needs in mind. Aside from work, Wayne leads Angular Kenya which trains budding developers to become proficient Angular developers. In his free time, Wayne loves watching documentaries and playing video games, trying to get better at FIFA.

Wayne Gakuo is a Frontend Engineer who is constantly learning the best practices of architecting software using Angular, while having scalability, maintainability, and user needs in mind. Aside from work, Wayne leads Angular Kenya which trains buddin... Show more

María José Vidal Paz

María José Vidal Paz

Licenciada en Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales, después de más de 21 años trabajando con responsable de la contabilidad y los impuestos de una pequeña PYME, en el 2022 da un giro a su trayectoria profesional para sumergirse en el mundo de los datos de la mano de Power BI. En el 2023 se certifica en el PL300 de Microsoft .
Posteriormente participa durante el 2024-2025 en un proyecto, financiado con fondos europeos, para la construcción de Gemelos Digitales para el Turismo. Este nuevo camino le hace adquirir Skills en Python y Machine Learning.

Licenciada en Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales, después de más de 21 años trabajando con responsable de la contabilidad y los impuestos de una pequeña PYME, en el 2022 da un giro a su trayectoria profesional para sumergirse en el mundo de los dato... Show more

Jose Azevedo

Jose Azevedo

Professional Experience
More than 20 years of experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365
25 years of experience within different ERPs (SAP, Oracle Applications, Sage X3 and Dynamics 365)
University Invited Teacher
Career started in Portugal and moved to London 7 years ago
Different Roles in Consulting (Business Consultant, Functional Consultant, Project Manager, Programme Manager, Engagement Leader, Team Leader, Site Manager, Product Manager and Solution Architect)

Vertical Experience
Fashion, Food and Pharmaceutical (Retail and Manufacturing)
Real Estate

Some Personal
Food, Wine and Gin Lover
Runner (finished 4 marathons), Trekker (finished 10 ways of Camiño to Santiago), Padel and Bodyboarding

Professional Experience More than 20 years of experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 25 years of experience within different ERPs (SAP, Oracle Applications, Sage X3 and Dynamics 365) University Invited Teacher Career started in Portugal and move... Show more

Samuel Kehinde Ayo

Samuel Kehinde Ayo

Sam Ayo is a seasoned and highly skilled hands-on AI/ML engineer with years of experience in software, data, and AI consulting. He has a proven track record in the design, development, and deployment of machine learning systems, enterprise-scale data products, and multi-phased AI solutions.

With a background in economics, mathematics and AI, Sam Ayo is a 3-time AI hackathon winner and has been heavily involved in building ML solutions across various cross-industry fields, including Media & Advertising, IoT, Retail, and Energy.

Sam Ayo's expertise and achievements have earned him speaking opportunities at prestigious events. He was honoured by the Federal Minister for Digital Economy and Innovation, Dr Bosun Tijani at the National AI Strategy Conference 2024 in Abuja.

Sam Ayo has spoken at so many top AI conferences and workshops including AIFest, the Nigeria Computer Society [the global body for computer science in Nigeria, where he shared insights on the intersection of AI and business impact], DataFest, Data Science Conference Europe, OscaFEST, GDG DevFest, AWS westAfrica, including the Microsoft Student Learn Community, delivering a talk on leveraging AI for real-world applications to aspiring technologists.

In addition to these engagements, Sam Ayo has been a featured speaker at the Ehingbeti Summit for technology, a renowned conference that brings together thought leaders and industry experts to discuss technological advancements and their impact on various sectors. At the Ehingbeti Summit, Sam Ayo provided valuable insights into the transformative power of AI and data science in driving innovation and sustainable development.

As a versatile and dynamic professional, Sam Ayo is renowned for his results-driven leadership. He thrives on complex problem-solving, creating value streams across product delivery lifecycles, and delivering outstanding results that help companies take their data strategy from plan to prototype to profitability.

Beyond his professional accomplishments, Sam Ayo is dedicated to knowledge sharing and collective growth. He actively engages in community mentorship, open-source development, meetups facilitation, technical writing, and research, contributing to the advancement of AI and data science.

With his deep expertise, commitment to excellence, and passion for sharing knowledge, Sam Ayo is a sought-after speaker and a valuable asset in driving innovation and success in the field of AI engineering and data science.

Sam Ayo is a seasoned and highly skilled hands-on AI/ML engineer with years of experience in software, data, and AI consulting. He has a proven track record in the design, development, and deployment of machine learning systems, enterprise-scale data... Show more

Cory House

Cory House

Cory is an author, a 12 time Microsoft MVP, and international speaker. He is founder of reactjsconsulting, where he helps companies transition to React. He has trained over 10,000 software developers at conferences and businesses worldwide. Cory has authored over a dozen courses on JavaScript, React, C#, testing, and web development on Pluralsight and Dometrain. He shares software development tips daily on X as @housecor.

Cory is an author, a 12 time Microsoft MVP, and international speaker. He is founder of reactjsconsulting, where he helps companies transition to React. He has trained over 10,000 software developers at conferences and businesses worldwide. Cory has ... Show more

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Most Active Speakers 2023

Every year, we put together a list of the most active speakers. This list features the top 3% of speakers who have participated in events using Sessionize during the 2023.

The 3% is calculated from the pool of all speakers that have at least one accepted session in year 2023. We don't include inactive speakers or speakers that had no accepted sessions during the year. There are around 25 thousand unique accepted speakers this year, the 3% is 771. Not all of them have their speaker profiles set as public, and we respect that, so the list doesn't show all of them.

The calculation is based on the number of accepted events, that's the main criteria, but to get more refined results we also look at things like multiple sessions per event, sharing a session with a co-speaker and how big the event is. Number of submissions and declined sessions don't affect the list.

Please note that the count of events and sessions in this list does not represent the number of events and sessions from the year 2023. Instead, it shows the number of events and sessions featured on the speaker's public speaker profile; these numbers have nothing to do with the award itself.