Johan Persson has worked as a consultant for more than 20 years and is at the moment employed as a Senior Technical Specialist at Engage Group. He is co-hosting three Swedish podcasts: ”En Liten Podd om IT”, "Dynamicspodden" and ”The Nerd Herd”. His main area of expertise is infrastructure but also works a lot with Microsoft Dynamics.

Johan Persson has worked as a consultant for more than 20 years and is at the moment employed as a Senior Technical Specialist at Engage Group. He is co-hosting three Swedish podcasts: ”En Liten Podd om IT”, "Dynamicspodden" and ”The Nerd Herd”. His ... Show more

Vasudev is a Google Developer Expert (GDE) in Google Cloud and seasoned professional serving as a Staff Data Engineer at Admiral Group. With a wealth of experience in the realms of Google Cloud Platform (GCP), big data, and data architecture, Vasudev has consistently demonstrated his prowess in implementing industry-leading products recognized by Gartner.

His journey in the world of technology has encompassed stints at renowned organizations like Hitachi and Ford, where he honed his expertise in data engineering and analysis. Vasudev is a practitioner and an active mentor, deeply committed to fostering talent and contributing to open-source technologies.

As a thought leader in his field, Vasudev has shared his insights and knowledge with a global audience through over 30 impactful talks. Vasudev continues to inspire and innovate, driving transformative change in the world of data and technology.

Vasudev is a Google Developer Expert (GDE) in Google Cloud and seasoned professional serving as a Staff Data Engineer at Admiral Group. With a wealth of experience in the realms of Google Cloud Platform (GCP), big data, and data architecture, Vasudev... Show more

Greg is a Business Intelligence Team Lead at Kearney Warsaw. He serves as a Power BI technical Lead for Kearney.

He has proved his lecturing and teaching skills by running Power BI community events as well as internal trainings at Kearney at all levels, ranging in audience size from 5 to 250. Greg has been leading a number of Power BI workshops aimed at experienced professionals, students as well people willing to explore the art of possible in Business Intelligence. He has experience at conveying his knowledge at various levels, ranging from beginner to expert.

Greg holds a number of Microsoft Certifications including those in Fabric: DP-600 and Power BI: PL-300, DA-100 and 70-778.

Greg is a Business Intelligence Team Lead at Kearney Warsaw. He serves as a Power BI technical Lead for Kearney. He has proved his lecturing and teaching skills by running Power BI community events as well as internal trainings at Kearney at all l... Show more

Waste is a bug.

Matt “Kelly” Williams is the founder of Making Software Greener and CEO of the Sustainable IT Manifesto Foundation. He helps engineers see how architecture, DevOps, and AI shape performance, cost, and sustainability—and why they’re really the same problem.

With over three decades in IT, Kelly has worked across DevOps, cloud computing, and software architecture. He serves on the advisory board of the Green Computing Foundation and speaks internationally about sustainable software, developer agency, and the hidden inefficiencies that shape modern systems.

He has always wanted to be a Renaissance person; perhaps one day he will be. In the meantime, he explores sustainable computing, photography, tabletop game design, weaving, cooking, and wandering the mountains near Loveland, Colorado.

Systems remember every decision we make.

Waste is a bug. Matt “Kelly” Williams is the founder of Making Software Greener and CEO of the Sustainable IT Manifesto Foundation. He helps engineers see how architecture, DevOps, and AI shape performance, cost, and sustainability—and why they’re... Show more

Node.js TSC Member, Principal Engineer at Platformatic, Polyglot Developer. RPG and LARP addicted and nerd on lot more. Surrounded by lovely chubby cats.

Node.js TSC Member, Principal Engineer at Platformatic, Polyglot Developer. RPG and LARP addicted and nerd on lot more. Surrounded by lovely chubby cats. Show more

Shivanshu is a an experienced engineer who has worked at various sizes of startups, big tech and OSS products, most recently he had been working on building observability products, scaling AI and handling huge data.
He has a keen interest in deep tech and OSS. He is a CNCF ambassador and a member of CNCF projects like OTeL, k8s, and Istio. He actively mentors tech seekers and has presented his work at prestigious global conferences, including AI_Dev, GSoC Mentor Summit, IstioCon, and KubeCon.

Shivanshu is a an experienced engineer who has worked at various sizes of startups, big tech and OSS products, most recently he had been working on building observability products, scaling AI and handling huge data. He has a keen interest in deep te... Show more

Bradley Schacht is a Principal Program Manager on the Microsoft Fabric product team based in Jacksonville, FL. Bradley is a former consultant, trainer, and has authored 5 SQL Server and Power BI books, most recently the Microsoft Power BI Quick Start Guide. As a member of the Microsoft Fabric product team, Bradley works directly with customers to solve some of their most complex data problems and helps shape the future of Microsoft Fabric. Bradley gives back to the community through speaking at events such as the PASS Summit, SQL Saturdays, Code Camps, and user groups across the country including locally at the Jacksonville SQL Server User Group (JSSUG). He is a contributor on SQLServerCentral.com and blogs on his personal site, BradleySchacht.com.

Bradley Schacht is a Principal Program Manager on the Microsoft Fabric product team based in Jacksonville, FL. Bradley is a former consultant, trainer, and has authored 5 SQL Server and Power BI books, most recently the Microsoft Power BI Quick Start... Show more

Devang Shah is a Principal Program Manager in the Microsoft Fabric engineering team, where he leads global product and execution for Fabric Real‑Time Intelligence and Fabric IQ. He runs a globally distributed team of program managers and is responsible for driving the end‑to‑end evolution of the real‑time intelligence product suite—from early concepts and product incubation to global adoption and operational scale.

Devang has been deeply involved in shaping and maturing Fabric’s real‑time intelligence stack, including Fabric IQ as the ontology and semantic layer that transforms high‑velocity events into business‑ready, decision‑grade intelligence and powers agent‑driven systems.

A highly hands‑on, technical program manager, Devang builds his own solutions and works directly in the nitty‑gritty of event‑driven streaming architectures, low‑latency pipelines, and real‑time analytics systems. With over a decade of experience designing large‑scale data platforms, he approaches product development as a system—connecting architecture, semantics, agents, and global operations.

Devang Shah is a Principal Program Manager in the Microsoft Fabric engineering team, where he leads global product and execution for Fabric Real‑Time Intelligence and Fabric IQ. He runs a globally distributed team of program managers and is responsib... Show more

Serge Luca, also known as Doctor Flow, is a 19-time Microsoft MVP and currently a Business Applications MVP specializing in Power Automate, Power Apps, and Copilot Studio. Based in Brussels, Belgium, he works as a Power Platform Solution Architect and has designed and delivered more than 18 enterprise-scale Power Platform projects.

An international and Microsoft Ignite speaker, Serge is also a frequent blogger and community contributor. He has completed multiple assignments for the Microsoft SharePoint team in Redmond, worked on projects worldwide, and served as a Subject Matter Expert for Microsoft Learning on SharePoint and Workflow Foundation.

Serge has trained over a thousand developers in SharePoint technologies and is the author of the renowned Master Class Microsoft Power Automate and Master Class Power Apps workshops. He also collaborated with the Flow team to help create the “Microsoft Power Automate in a Day” workshop.

In addition, Serge is the creator of the open-source Power Platform BPM Toolkit, available on GitHub. Earlier in his career, he worked as a researcher at the University of Namur (Belgium) and as a contractor for Microsoft (USA).

Serge Luca, also known as Doctor Flow, is a 19-time Microsoft MVP and currently a Business Applications MVP specializing in Power Automate, Power Apps, and Copilot Studio. Based in Brussels, Belgium, he works as a Power Platform Solution Architect an... Show more

Tejas Chopra is a Senior Software Engineer, working in the Data Storage Platform team at Netflix, where he is responsible for architecting storage solutions to support Netflix Studios and Netflix Streaming Platform. Prior to Netflix, Tejas was working on designing and implementing the storage infrastructure at Box, Inc. to support a cloud content management platform that scales to petabytes of storage & millions of users. Tejas has worked on distributed file systems & backend architectures, both in on-premise and cloud environments as part of several startups in his career. Tejas is an International Keynote Speaker and periodically conducts seminars on Micro services, NFTs, Software Development & Cloud Computing and has a Masters Degree in Electrical & Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University, with a specialization in Computer Systems.

Tejas Chopra is a Senior Software Engineer, working in the Data Storage Platform team at Netflix, where he is responsible for architecting storage solutions to support Netflix Studios and Netflix Streaming Platform. Prior to Netflix, Tejas was workin... Show more

Mish is a multi-talented personality in the tech and gaming communities. Mish has worked in the technology space for the last decade and has a tonne of experience in developer advocacy, community management, marketing, and content creation. Mish has spoken at over 400 events on topics like AI, the future of work, communication, teamwork, and has given technical demos. She's a respected leader in the hackathon community, having won, organised, and mentored over 120 hackathons.

Mish is a successful entrepreneur and founder, having co-founded several companies – including an artificial intelligence company, and as a result, sits at the forefront of Melbourne’s science, tech, esports, and startup scenes. In her 'spare' time she’s a streamer, journalist, loves playing sports, and is always working on something exciting.

Mish is a multi-talented personality in the tech and gaming communities. Mish has worked in the technology space for the last decade and has a tonne of experience in developer advocacy, community management, marketing, and content creation. Mish has ... Show more

Andres is a Java/Groovy developer and a Java Champion, with more than 2 decades of experience in software design and development. He has been involved in web and desktop application development since the early days of Java. Andres is a true believer in open source and has participated on popular projects like Groovy, Griffon, and DbUnit, as well as starting his own projects. Founding member of the Griffon framework and Hackergarten community event. Author of JReleaser.

Andres is a Java/Groovy developer and a Java Champion, with more than 2 decades of experience in software design and development. He has been involved in web and desktop application development since the early days of Java. Andres is a true believer ... Show more

Martin is an open-source software developer and Microsoft Developer Technologies MVP. He specializes in cross-platform application development and loves the Microsoft technology stack. He enjoys sharing his knowledge with other developers at conferences and on-line. In spare time he enjoys sport climbing/bouldering, gaming on Xbox, reading, geocaching and building LEGO as an avid AFOL.

Martin is an open-source software developer and Microsoft Developer Technologies MVP. He specializes in cross-platform application development and loves the Microsoft technology stack. He enjoys sharing his knowledge with other developers at conferen... Show more

As the CTO of Sofascore, a leading live score service that provides real-time sports data, Josip is responsible for overseeing the architecture, development, and scaling their web and mobile platforms, as well as leading a team of talented engineers and developers.

Since joining in 2010, he has overseen the architecture, development, and scaling of the company's web and mobile platforms, guiding a talented team of engineers and developers. His journey at Sofascore began as a software engineer, progressing to system architect and ultimately CTO, reflecting a deep understanding of the company's evolution and a significant contribution to its success. Josip’s passion for technology finds its roots in a youthful curiosity for programming languages, ultimately leading to a formal academic background in computer science. With extensive experience and expertise in web technologies and distributed systems, he thrives on tackling complex challenges that demand creative and innovative solutions. His unwavering mission is to deliver exceptional, reliable solutions that not only meet the needs of users and partners but also continuously improve and optimize Sofascore's performance and functionality.

As the CTO of Sofascore, a leading live score service that provides real-time sports data, Josip is responsible for overseeing the architecture, development, and scaling their web and mobile platforms, as well as leading a team of talented engineers ... Show more

Software Architect @Particular Software, Microsoft MVP for Developer Technologies, Microsoft Certified Trainer, always in a quest for the latest trends and best practices in architecture, .NET, and the world around it.

Irina has more than 1000 hours of delivered training, workshops, and presentations, is passionate about .NET and the world around it.

She is the founder of DotNet Iasi User Group where she tries to gather people who are willing to share their knowledge with others, and from time to time publishes articles on her blog: http://irina.codes

Software Architect @Particular Software, Microsoft MVP for Developer Technologies, Microsoft Certified Trainer, always in a quest for the latest trends and best practices in architecture, .NET, and the world around it. Irina has more than 1000 hou... Show more

Gabriel is an engineering executive with extensive experience in security and developer platforms. Over the years, I have worked as a technical leader and principal engineer at large corporations such as Cisco and Palo Alto Networks and a few startups.
For the last couple of years, Gabriel has mainly focused on fine-grained authorization. As the VP of developer relations at Permit.io, he advocates for and creates content around security and permissions, guiding engineers in this journey.
In my spare time, I'm an avid writer, kitchen enthusiast, and adventurous traveler.

Gabriel is an engineering executive with extensive experience in security and developer platforms. Over the years, I have worked as a technical leader and principal engineer at large corporations such as Cisco and Palo Alto Networks and a few startup... Show more

Dunith specializes in designing, building, and operating large-scale real-time, event-driven architectures, with over 10 years of experience in big data analytics, Iceberg data lakehouses, streaming data architectures, and data engineering. He is passionate about sharing his knowledge through blogging, videos, and public speaking, and is a regular conference speaker who has presented at major conferences, including Devoxx UK, Devoxx Belgium, Current, Kafka Summit, and Flink Forward throughout his past life as a Developer Advocate.

Currently serving as Principal Technical Product Marketing Manager at EnterpriseDB, Dunith focuses on advancing data solutions and working closely with generative AI for sovereign environments. He is also the published author of "Practical Data Engineering with Apache Projects."

Dunith specializes in designing, building, and operating large-scale real-time, event-driven architectures, with over 10 years of experience in big data analytics, Iceberg data lakehouses, streaming data architectures, and data engineering. He is pas... Show more

Over the past 15+ years, Andrew Murphy has led engineering teams across consultancies and SaaS companies, and coached tech leaders stepping into the leadership role for the first time. Again and again, he's watched technically competent engineers get promoted without the skills or support to succeed. His mission is simple: make sure they don't have to learn leadership the hard way.

Andrew now runs in-person workshops and coaching programs where new and established tech leaders learn, build, and practice real leadership skills. Andrew shares his mindset, tools and techniques that turn engineers into happy, confident and effective leaders.

Leadership skills can be learned, and learning them will change your life.

Credentials
• Mentored Tech Leads, Staff Engineers, Engineering Managers into leadership roles
• Currently Fractional CTO at AI health-care company, PatientNotes.app
• Led engineering teams from 10 to 100+, shipping products at scale-ups and enterprises
• Creator of tech leadership platform, Tech Leaders Launchpad

Over the past 15+ years, Andrew Murphy has led engineering teams across consultancies and SaaS companies, and coached tech leaders stepping into the leadership role for the first time. Again and again, he's watched technically competent engineers get... Show more

Emanuele is an entrepreneur, engineer, and researcher passionate about achieving impact with AI.

After earning his PhD in machine learning and working as a guest researcher at EPFL in Lausanne, he is now co-founder and Head of AI at xtream, a company that applies AI to solve complex business challenges. xtream was acquired by TeamSystem in September 2025.

Emanuele is also a professor of AI at the Catholic University of Milan and has been a guest lecturer at Italian, Swiss, and Polish universities.

He has published 8 papers in international journals with 175+ citations and contributed to over 30 international conferences, including AMLD Lausanne, ODSC London, WeAreDevelopers Berlin, PyData Berlin, PyData Paris, PyCon Italy, the Swiss Python Summit, and Codemotion Milan and Rome.

Emanuele is an entrepreneur, engineer, and researcher passionate about achieving impact with AI. After earning his PhD in machine learning and working as a guest researcher at EPFL in Lausanne, he is now co-founder and Head of AI at xtream, a comp... Show more

Chime is a Microsoft MVP and Senior Power Platform Consultant with a strong focus on helping organisations deliver impactful low-code solutions using Microsoft Power Platform. As a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), he is passionate about knowledge sharing, enabling rapid learning, and improving team effectiveness.

Beyond consulting, Chime is a Careers Mentor at the University of Greenwich (UK), where he supports students through career guidance and STEM engagement, encouraging the next generation to pursue opportunities in technology.

His commitment to learning, mentorship, and innovation reflects a clear belief in technology as a driver of growth, opportunity, and positive community impact.

Chime is a Microsoft MVP and Senior Power Platform Consultant with a strong focus on helping organisations deliver impactful low-code solutions using Microsoft Power Platform. As a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), he is passionate about knowledge s... Show more

Scott Bell is a hands on AI & data strategy consultant and Principal Consultant at RapidData, helping organisations turn modern data platforms into measurable outcomes through strong architecture, practical engineering, and delivery discipline.

With 10+ years across data engineering, data science, and cloud solution architecture, he’s worked in sectors including public sector/health regulation, energy, retail, trading, and hospitality. Building data products, Agentic AI, real-time insights, and end-to-end intelligent platforms from requirements to production.

Previously, Scott was the UK&I Databricks SME at Avanade, supporting teams and clients with reference architectures and platform best practices.
He holds a Master’s in Computer Science with a focus on secure machine learning in the cloud, and maintains 30+ certifications across Microsoft Azure, Databricks, Security, DevOps, and Terraform.

Scott loves experimenting with new AI capabilities especially where “agentic” systems meet real operational constraints. A current focus is agentic governance & security: how to threat model AI agents, reduce blast radius, and make “helpful” automation safe, observable, and accountable in production.

Outside work, he’s usually found talking Rugby League, tinkering with R and Azure, or making overly serious notes about beer.

Scott Bell is a hands on AI & data strategy consultant and Principal Consultant at RapidData, helping organisations turn modern data platforms into measurable outcomes through strong architecture, practical engineering, and delivery discipline. W... Show more

Dave Stokes has worked for organizations ranging alphabetically from the American Heart Association to Xerox in areas ranging from anti-submarine warfare to webmaster. He lives in a small Texas town with the required hound dog and pickup truck. Dave is the Author of MySQL & JSON - A Practical Programming Guide, now in a second edition.

Dave Stokes has worked for organizations ranging alphabetically from the American Heart Association to Xerox in areas ranging from anti-submarine warfare to webmaster. He lives in a small Texas town with the required hound dog and pickup truck. Dave... Show more

James Eastham is a Serverless Developer Advocate at Datadog, AWS Community Builder and a Microsoft MVP. He answered phones in front-line support, administered databases and developed modern application backends with a range of technologies. He worked AWS working with some of the biggest companies on the planet, migrating workloads from data centers into the cloud and modernizing in the process.

James produces content on YouTube focused on architecting and building applications with serverless technologies using .NET and Rust. He also has a strong interest in and expertise in event-driven architecture and building more loosely coupled systems.

James Eastham is a Serverless Developer Advocate at Datadog, AWS Community Builder and a Microsoft MVP. He answered phones in front-line support, administered databases and developed modern application backends with a range of technologies. He worked... Show more

4X Fast track recognized Solution Architect/Delivery Director , HCLTECH

Delivery Director – Microsoft Business Applications with 20+ years' experience, leading enterprise-scale transformation programmes across Europe in AI-powered delivery, Power Platform, Dynamics 365, and intelligent automation.

Drives strategic delivery across complex engagements — hyperautomation, Power Platform strategy, executive stakeholder advisory, and large-scale distributed team leadership.

4x Microsoft FastTrack Recognized Solution Architect. Leads the Bristol D365 & Power Platform User Group

4X Fast track recognized Solution Architect/Delivery Director , HCLTECH Delivery Director – Microsoft Business Applications with 20+ years' experience, leading enterprise-scale transformation programmes across Europe in AI-powered delivery, Power ... Show more

Freelance mobile lead based in Paris.
Loving building nice mobile applications using Android, iOS, or Kotlin Multiplatform!
Member of the Paris Android User Group.
Founder of Doppio-lab.com.
Organizer of Mobile Makers in Paris

Freelance mobile lead based in Paris. Loving building nice mobile applications using Android, iOS, or Kotlin Multiplatform! Member of the Paris Android User Group. Founder of Doppio-lab.com. Organizer of Mobile Makers in Paris Show more

Bob Walker is a Field CTO Octopus Deploy. Bob started as a developer in the early days of .NET when web forms were the hottest new thing, and manual deployments were the norm. After one too many five-hour 2 AM Saturday deployments, he searched for any automation to stop that pain. His original focus was on automating database deployments. Since then, his passion remains writing code but has expanded to creating full CI/CD pipelines, Continuous Delivery, DevOps, and Platform Engineering.

Bob Walker is a Field CTO Octopus Deploy. Bob started as a developer in the early days of .NET when web forms were the hottest new thing, and manual deployments were the norm. After one too many five-hour 2 AM Saturday deployments, he searched for ... Show more

Andrew Madson leads Developer Relations at Perplexity, where he builds global programs that help developers and data teams adopt modern data and AI tooling. He has built DevRel, education, and evangelism functions at Fivetran, Tobiko Data, and Dremio, delivering technical content, large-scale community programs, and keynotes across major industry conferences.

Andrew is a published author of the O’Reilly “Definitive Guide to Apache Polaris” and a graduate professor of data science and engineering. Andrew previously led AI and data teams at Arizona State University, J.P. Morgan Chase, and MassMutual among others.

Andrew Madson leads Developer Relations at Perplexity, where he builds global programs that help developers and data teams adopt modern data and AI tooling. He has built DevRel, education, and evangelism functions at Fivetran, Tobiko Data, and Dremio... Show more

Hi, I’m Dhyan. I love all things data, but more importantly, I love making it work for people. Currently serving as an Enablement Lead at a Fortune 500 company, I spend my days navigating the complexities of data at scale.

I help people unlock the magic of Power BI and Fabric by simplifying the tricky stuff and automating the boring parts. My sessions aren't just about theory; I share rigorously tested lessons, tricks, and strategies pulled directly from the field.

I’m a firm believer that data should be a source of inspiration rather than stress. My goal is to deliver practical, engaging, and fun sessions that empower teams to build sustainable solutions with a lasting impact.

Hi, I’m Dhyan. I love all things data, but more importantly, I love making it work for people. Currently serving as an Enablement Lead at a Fortune 500 company, I spend my days navigating the complexities of data at scale. I help people unlock the... Show more

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I'm David Rendon (Dave Rendon), a Microsoft Azure and AI MVP for 13 consecutive years and a Microsoft Certified Trainer. As an IT professional with more than 15 years of experience, I have focused strongly on Microsoft technologies and Azure since 2010.

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Rachel Irabor is a Microsoft MVP in Business Applications and a Power Platform Developer at a Microsoft Partner company, where she builds enterprise solutions with Power Apps, Power Automate, Dynamics 365 CRM, and AI-powered agents.
She speaks internationally on Power Platform, AI, and enterprise adoption and governance. She also hosts the A Girl in Love with Tech podcast and teaches adoption of AI to businesses and users.

Rachel Irabor is a Microsoft MVP in Business Applications and a Power Platform Developer at a Microsoft Partner company, where she builds enterprise solutions with Power Apps, Power Automate, Dynamics 365 CRM, and AI-powered agents. She speaks inter... Show more