Principal Cloud Solution Architect focused on Modern Work and M365 Copilot. Trusted advisor for delivering the value proposition of Copilot and leading architectural design sessions. Former Director of Modern Work Customer Success, Teams Technical Specialist, Microsoft MVP and Office 365 solution architect in the Twin Cities, MN. She has been delivering business collaboration solutions for years with her focus on Copilot, Teams, Viva, SharePoint, and Office 365. Michelle is the board President of the Minnesota Microsoft 365 User Group, community organizer of MN M365 Workshop Day and has been a member of the SharePoint community since 2009.

Principal Cloud Solution Architect focused on Modern Work and M365 Copilot. Trusted advisor for delivering the value proposition of Copilot and leading architectural design sessions. Former Director of Modern Work Customer Success, Teams Technical Sp... Show more

Dustin Thostenson is an independent consultant, leading Delta3Consulting. He has been a developer, mentor, trainer and agile coach for decades. His passion lies in helping people grow and teams deliver. To keep it interesting he helps lead the Iowa .NET User Group and volunteers in Central Iowa. To keep it real he spends time with his wife and 4 kids. To keep it random he tweets @dustinson

Dustin Thostenson is an independent consultant, leading Delta3Consulting. He has been a developer, mentor, trainer and agile coach for decades. His passion lies in helping people grow and teams deliver. To keep it interesting he helps lead the Iowa .... Show more

James Eastham is a Serverless Developer Advocate at Datadog and a Microsoft MVP. He has over 10 years of software experience at all layers of the software development process and has spoken at conferences all over the world.

He answered phones in front-line support, administered databases, and built SSIS packages, as well as developed cloud-native backends with serverless technologies. He spent time at 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 and a Microsoft MVP. He has over 10 years of software experience at all layers of the software development process and has spoken at conferences all over the world. He answered phones in ... Show more

Architecte de solution spécialisée sur Dynamics 365 et Power Platform chez Abalon Consulting SARL. Ma mission est d’accompagner les entreprises dans leurs projets de digitalisation des processus métiers.
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Solution architect specializing on Dynamics 365 and Power Platform at Abalon Consulting SARL. My mission is to support companies in building their business process and digitalization projects.

Architecte de solution spécialisée sur Dynamics 365 et Power Platform chez Abalon Consulting SARL. Ma mission est d’accompagner les entreprises dans leurs projets de digitalisation des processus métiers. --------------------------------------------... Show more

Tom Colvin is CTO of Apptaura, the app development specialists in England, and a Google Developer Expert in Android. He has been a developer for over 20 years and worked with Android since Cupcake. He is also founder of the mobile security experts Conseal Security.

Tom Colvin is CTO of Apptaura, the app development specialists in England, and a Google Developer Expert in Android. He has been a developer for over 20 years and worked with Android since Cupcake. He is also founder of the mobile security experts Co... Show more

Nicola Paro is a Cloud Solutions Engineer in beanTech with over 8 years of experience in the industry. He loves developing applications using .NET and Blazor.

Nicola Paro is a Cloud Solutions Engineer in beanTech with over 8 years of experience in the industry. He loves developing applications using .NET and Blazor. Show more

Anouck is specializing in Microsoft 365 and the Power Platform. She has more than 12 years of experience working with Microsoft technology, starting as a SharePoint developer and evolving to a modern workplace engineer. She is skilled in designing and implementing solutions for SharePoint and Teams, as well as leveraging the low/no code capabilities of the Power Platform to create apps, flows, and chatbots.

As a Microsoft Certified Trainer, Anouck is highly qualified to provide all your training needs, whether you want to take an official Microsoft course or a custom-made one tailored to your organization. She is also a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) in M365 and Business Applications.

Anouck is passionate about empowering people to work smarter and faster with Microsoft 365. She loves to share her knowledge and best practices through blogs, webinars, and events. She is always eager to learn new things and explore new possibilities with Microsoft technology.

Anouck is specializing in Microsoft 365 and the Power Platform. She has more than 12 years of experience working with Microsoft technology, starting as a SharePoint developer and evolving to a modern workplace engineer. She is skilled in designing an... Show more

I live at the heart of the coding community and help drive awareness and engagement as a developer advocate and technology evangelist. I present at around 50 Conferences and Events around the world each year on AI, Azure, GitHub, Open Source, GameDev and LinkedIn (Including NDC Oslo, London, Copenhagen, Porto, Melbourne; Techorama BE & NL; DDDPerth; GCAP; Google Dev Fest, MS TechReady, MS GeekReady, MS Ignite etc). I judge hackathons and encourage the next generation into technology careers. In 2023 I became the host of the Microsoft ANZ web show - New Breakpoint, which is a show for developers by developers. I am also a co-organiser for the Rust Perth Community Group. I was the #1 Microsoft Social Seller (highest engagement) on LinkedIn for several years and remain #1 SSI rank in team, top 1% in industry and top 1% in network. I run the Microsoft Student Accelerator Program for ANZ encouraging emerging developers to build on Azure.

I live at the heart of the coding community and help drive awareness and engagement as a developer advocate and technology evangelist. I present at around 50 Conferences and Events around the world each year on AI, Azure, GitHub, Open Source, GameDev... Show more

Renato Romão has been a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional in Business Applications since 2020 and a Microsoft Certified Trainer since 2022. He was considered the founder and the first Copilot Super User for Microsoft Copilot Studio (aka Power Virtual Agents). With over a decade of experience developing Microsoft 365 solutions and seven years with the Power Platform, Renato has trained over 5,000 students and has a YouTube channel with 11,000+ subscribers, sharing best practices and tutorials using Microsoft technologies. His work focuses on leveraging Microsoft technologies to enhance productivity, improve management, and increase business value for clients. Renato's team was recognized in 2020 as the world’s best Microsoft Project and Portfolio Management Partner.

Renato Romão has been a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional in Business Applications since 2020 and a Microsoft Certified Trainer since 2022. He was considered the founder and the first Copilot Super User for Microsoft Copilot Studio (aka Power Virt... Show more

Adele is a software engineer at Trifork Amsterdam, where she is working on backend systems for the educational sector. Most of her work day is spent in the JVM/Spring ecosystems. Adele got the coding bug later in life but since then has been making up for lost time, going from command line noob to employed software engineer in just one year. Her experiences both in and out of tech have given her a unique perspective on the art of programming together with humans, which she hopes is useful to other humans who program with humans.

Adele is a software engineer at Trifork Amsterdam, where she is working on backend systems for the educational sector. Most of her work day is spent in the JVM/Spring ecosystems. Adele got the coding bug later in life but since then has been making u... Show more

Koen Verbeeck is a data professional working at AE. He helps organizations to get insight in their data and to improve their analytics solutions. Koen has over a decade of experience in developing data warehouses, models and reports using the Microsoft data platform. Since 2017 Koen is a Microsoft Data Platform MVP. He has a blog at http://www.sqlkover.com, writes articles for MSSQLTips.com and is a frequent speaker at Microsoft Data Platform events.

Koen Verbeeck is a data professional working at AE. He helps organizations to get insight in their data and to improve their analytics solutions. Koen has over a decade of experience in developing data warehouses, models and reports using the Microso... Show more

Thomas fell in love with Android in 2009. He has been constantly contributing to the community since then. Thomas loves writing books (four titles, 15 editions) and articles. He enjoys speaking at conferences and meetups. Thomas' first encounter with programming was in the era of home computers during the early 1980s. Later came C, Perl and a few more. During the 90s he wrote a bunch of programs for the Atari ST series. The first decade of Thomas' professional career centered around Java Enterprise. Today it’s all things Android and Kotlin.

Thomas fell in love with Android in 2009. He has been constantly contributing to the community since then. Thomas loves writing books (four titles, 15 editions) and articles. He enjoys speaking at conferences and meetups. Thomas' first encounter with... Show more

Shawn Wildermuth has been tinkering with computers and software since he got a Vic-20 back in the early ‘80s. As a Microsoft MVP since 2003. He’s the author of over twenty Pluralsight courses, written eight books, has a popular YouTube channel, and is one of the Wilder Minds. You can reach him at his blog at http://wildermuth.com.

As a filmmaker, he creates documentaries including a feature-length, documentary about software developers today called “Hello World: The Film”. You can see more about it at http://twainfilms.com.

Shawn Wildermuth has been tinkering with computers and software since he got a Vic-20 back in the early ‘80s. As a Microsoft MVP since 2003. He’s the author of over twenty Pluralsight courses, written eight books, has a popular YouTube channel, and i... Show more

Stefan's passion is to practice Clean Code and test-driven development in order to build maintainable high-performance software in an ever-evolving team, supported by tools from the .NET Ecosystem. He loves to attend and speak at public developer events, co-organize local community gatherings, stream live programming sessions, and author open source projects, complementing his expertise in professional software development. As Microsoft MVP (Developer Technologies), JetBrains Community Contributor (.NET) and co-organizer of DotNetDevs.at, it's his ambition to share knowledge about everything C#.

Stefan's passion is to practice Clean Code and test-driven development in order to build maintainable high-performance software in an ever-evolving team, supported by tools from the .NET Ecosystem. He loves to attend and speak at public developer eve... Show more

Microsoft MVP in Microsoft 365 Development since year 2020. He is a Microsoft Certified Azure Architect, Blogger, Speaker, PMP Certified Professional with 20+ years of experience. He loves exploring and sharing knowledge in MS Azure, Office 365 development, and the modern digital workplace. Specialized to utilize modern technologies in building customized business solutions and have been instrumental in multiple Enterprise solutions.

A Technology evangelist who is keen to learn new technologies and believes in the power of sharing the knowledge achieved by contributing through multiple mediums. He has also validated his knowledge by following certifications:

AZ-300 ,AZ-301, MCP in C#, PMP, 70-346, 70-332, 70-667, 70-573, 70-542, 70-630, 70-631
An active member of Global Power Rangers Community (2652 Members) to empower Citizen developers
An active contributor of C# corner community

Has participated in a large number of globally distributed projects, accompanying top Pharma companies in their digital transformation process, performing and leading Modern Workplace implementations and integration projects. His transparency and clarity on topics have helped him resolve complex business problems with a simple approach. His creativity, automation, and perspectives have helped clients to be more agile, responsive, and competitive.

Microsoft MVP in Microsoft 365 Development since year 2020. He is a Microsoft Certified Azure Architect, Blogger, Speaker, PMP Certified Professional with 20+ years of experience. He loves exploring and sharing knowledge in MS Azure, Office 365 devel... Show more

Liz Rice is Chief Open Source Officer at Isovalent, the creators of the Cilium project, and now part of Cisco. Currently on the governing board of the CNCF, she was chair of the CNCF's Technical Oversight Committee 2019-2022, and Co-Chair of KubeCon + CloudNativeCon in 2018, and was previously on the board of OpenUK. She is an award-winning speaker, and the author of O'Reilly books on "Container Security" and "Learning eBPF".

She has a wealth of software development, team, and product management experience from working on network protocols and distributed systems, and in digital technology sectors such as VOD, music, and VoIP. When not writing code, or talking about it, Liz loves riding bikes in places with better weather than her native London, competing in virtual races on Zwift, and making music under the pseudonym Insider Nine.

Liz Rice is Chief Open Source Officer at Isovalent, the creators of the Cilium project, and now part of Cisco. Currently on the governing board of the CNCF, she was chair of the CNCF's Technical Oversight Committee 2019-2022, and Co-Chair of KubeCon ... Show more

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

Katerina, an MVP, MCT, and renowned public speaker, focuses on Power Platform & AI. With twenty years of experience and key certifications in PROSCI, PMI, Power Platform Solution Architect, she leads in app development, AI, and adaptive work models. Active in the Microsoft community, Katerina mentors new tech talent and supports innovation. Katerina takes part in the #SharingIsCaring initiative, guiding community contributions to the Microsoft Sample Solution Gallery.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/katerinachernevskaya/

Katerina, an MVP, MCT, and renowned public speaker, focuses on Power Platform & AI. With twenty years of experience and key certifications in PROSCI, PMI, Power Platform Solution Architect, she leads in app development, AI, and adaptive work models. ... Show more

I believe in collaborative software design where *‘every voice shapes the software’*. Leveraging a domain-driven design approach with Team Topologies, I facilitate clearer communication between stakeholders and software creators by collaborative modelling and deep democracy, decoding complexities, resolving conflicts and ensuring software remains agile to business demands.

As an independent software consultant and trainer, I specialise in technical leadership, software architecture, and sociotechnical system design. I work with organisations and teams to design and build sustainable and resilient software architecture.

I believe in collaborative software design where *‘every voice shapes the software’*. Leveraging a domain-driven design approach with Team Topologies, I facilitate clearer communication between stakeholders and software creators by collaborative mod... 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 Power BI - related ones: 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

Patty is a Venezuelan living in Scotland. She has +20 years of experience in the tech industry and a background education in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence. She is a Technical Director at Charles River Laboratories.

Patty is a member of the Google Developer Advisory Board, an organiser at Google Developers Group Glasgow, serves as an Ambassador for Google's Women Techmakers, and is recognised as a Google Developer Expert (GDE) in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning and a Google Cloud Champion Innovator.

Patty is a Venezuelan living in Scotland. She has +20 years of experience in the tech industry and a background education in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence. She is a Technical Director at Charles River Laboratories. Patty is a membe... Show more

Senior software architect, R&D team @Elfo.
I started my career working for advertising and cinema companies, using Maya and Python.
I have been working in .NET C# for more than ten years, with special interest in Azure cloud architectures, Infrastructure as Code, mobile applications, async/concurrent code and functional programming.
I'm a proud Microsoft MVP and I do my best to support communities.
Mountains and MTB enthusiast!
Married with Federica, we have a golden retriever, Mila.

Senior software architect, R&D team @Elfo. I started my career working for advertising and cinema companies, using Maya and Python. I have been working in .NET C# for more than ten years, with special interest in Azure cloud architectures, Infrastr... Show more

Chris Ayers is a Senior Site Reliability Engineer on Microsoft’s AzRel Risk SRE team, drawing on years of experience in cloud architecture, software development, and DevOps practices. He’s passionate about continuous improvement, driving reliability, and sharing industry best practices. Outside of work, Chris is a devoted father, technology enthusiast, and avid gamer. Connect with him online to explore insights into cloud operations, agile methodologies, and more.

Chris Ayers is a Senior Site Reliability Engineer on Microsoft’s AzRel Risk SRE team, drawing on years of experience in cloud architecture, software development, and DevOps practices. He’s passionate about continuous improvement, driving reliability,... 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 has expanded from writing code to creating full CI/CD pipelines and implementing DevOps practices.

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

As a Principal Product Manager within the Microsoft Fabric and Power BI team and as a Global Black Belt for Microsoft Dynamics 365, I've seen firsthand how valuable the data in Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Power Apps built on Dataverse can be for the decision-makers. I've also worked through the challenges that are commonly faced by makers when bringing Power BI to Dataverse or vice versa.
I'm passionate about how valuable Dynamics 365 and The Microsoft Fabric data platform are when used together and I'm always excited to share and learn with other makers on the Power Platform to help them bring their data to life.

As a Principal Product Manager within the Microsoft Fabric and Power BI team and as a Global Black Belt for Microsoft Dynamics 365, I've seen firsthand how valuable the data in Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Power Apps built on Dataverse can be for the d... Show more

Monica Rathbun, a Microsoft MVP for Data Platform, resides in Virginia and brings two decades of experience across various database platforms, with a particular focus on SQL Server and the Microsoft Data Platform. She is a frequent speaker at IT industry conferences, where she shares her expertise on performance tuning and configuration management for both on-premises and cloud environments. Monica leads the Hampton Roads SQL Server User Group and is passionate about SQL Server and its community, she is dedicated to giving back in any way she can. You can often find her online (@sqlespresso) offering helpful tips or blogging at sqlespresso.com.

Monica Rathbun, a Microsoft MVP for Data Platform, resides in Virginia and brings two decades of experience across various database platforms, with a particular focus on SQL Server and the Microsoft Data Platform. She is a frequent speaker at IT indu... Show more

Thijs is a passionate DevOps engineer and front-end development enthusiast @ Xebia, with a unique edge as an AI-powered developer. As an AI-powered developer, Thijs integrates cutting-edge AI tools into his development process. This allows him to improve code quality, boost productivity, and be any profession, ensuring that his projects stay ahead of the curve.

With over 10 years of experience in a broad range of technologies, Thijs primarily builds native apps and websites using all modern JavaScript frameworks, Blazor, and Flutter. He has a guilty pleasure for CSS and enjoys working closely with UX designers. In addition, Thijs is also very experienced as a .NET back-end developer, building event-driven architectures.

Thijs is a strong advocate for applying DevOps practices at customers' projects, focusing on team autonomy as one of the most important aspects. He enables teams to deploy their own cloud resources through Infrastructure as Code and their services through CI/CD. Thijs has also implemented an observability strategy to provide effective 24/7 support.

"You build it, you run it, you own it."

Thijs is a passionate DevOps engineer and front-end development enthusiast @ Xebia, with a unique edge as an AI-powered developer. As an AI-powered developer, Thijs integrates cutting-edge AI tools into his development process. This allows him to imp... Show more

Hi, I’m Mauro Morales! Born and raised in Guatemala, my tech journey has taken me across the globe—from the scenic Alps of Switzerland to the bustling streets of Berlin, and now to the charming cobblestone lanes of Ghent, Belgium. Since the mid-2000s, I’ve been coding, creating, and sharing my passion for technology.

I work as an Open-Source Developer Specialist at Spectro Cloud, where I help shape Kairos, a groundbreaking operating system for edge computing. You’ll often find me at events like FOSDEM, KubeCon, and Open-Source Summit, geeking out about all things tech and connecting with fellow enthusiasts. I also serve as co-chair of the CNCF Special-Purpose Operating Systems Working Group, collaborating with brilliant minds to reimagine what’s possible in the OS space.

When I’m not coding or presenting, you’ll most likely find me lacing up my running shoes and hitting the streets of Ghent.

Hi, I’m Mauro Morales! Born and raised in Guatemala, my tech journey has taken me across the globe—from the scenic Alps of Switzerland to the bustling streets of Berlin, and now to the charming cobblestone lanes of Ghent, Belgium. Since the mid-2000s... Show more

Fabien Vauchelles is an Anti-Ban Expert. With over a decade of experience in Web Scraping, Fabien's passion for code and technology helps him to bypass protections. He is the creator of Scrapoxy, a mature free and open-source proxy waterfall tailored for the Web Scraping industry.

He had the opportunity of sharing his insights at many events including Devoxx conferences, Voxxed Days, API Days, PyCon, PyData and others.

Fabien Vauchelles is an Anti-Ban Expert. With over a decade of experience in Web Scraping, Fabien's passion for code and technology helps him to bypass protections. He is the creator of Scrapoxy, a mature free and open-source proxy waterfall tailored... Show more

Jake is an experienced Solution Architect working across Microsoft Azure, Hybrid Platforms, DevOps and Infrastructure as Code. He’s also a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for Azure, and HashiCorp Ambassador.

Jake regularly writes technical articles, code, and posts within various technical communities. Jake specialises in designing Cloud Architectures that enable transformative solutions, as well as developing innovative code-based approaches to Cloud Architectures.

Jake is an experienced Solution Architect working across Microsoft Azure, Hybrid Platforms, DevOps and Infrastructure as Code. He’s also a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for Azure, and HashiCorp Ambassador. Jake regularly writes techni... Show more