Most Active Speakers 2024

Sessionize proudly presents the list of the most active speakers in the year 2024!

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Chad Green

Chad Green

Chad Green is a visionary Senior Systems Architect at Jasper Engines & Transmissions with over 35 years of expertise in crafting innovative, customer-centric solutions. He is currently leading the migration of legacy systems to cloud-native technologies. His career spans diverse industries, including automotive, healthcare, education, and government. Recognized as a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) and a dynamic community leader, Chad champions knowledge-sharing by organizing conferences and meetups and delivering speaking engagements at national and international events.

Outside the tech world, Chad proudly embraces his roles as a dedicated father, loving husband, and United States Marine Corps veteran. When he's not leading innovation or empowering communities, you'll find him bringing creativity to life through intricate Lego builds and his ever-growing Lego city.

Chad Green is a visionary Senior Systems Architect at Jasper Engines & Transmissions with over 35 years of expertise in crafting innovative, customer-centric solutions. He is currently leading the migration of legacy systems to cloud-native technolog... Show more

Andreas Erben

Andreas Erben

Andreas spent most of his professional life and a career of over 25 years integrating "backend" applications. First inside or between Enterprises and Startups directly, then - "in the cloud".
Before that, Andreas dabbled with Virtual Reality in the 90s. In 2013, he integrated an innovation focus into his work - from Kinect for Windows, Microsoft HoloLens, and Mixed Reality, to a strong focus on Applied Artificial Intelligence. Andreas told audiences years before ChatGPT to look at Generative AI.
He cannot stop talking about technology, which apparently some people like so Microsoft gave him the MVP award. Because he has shown leadership can advise C-levels and business, he also got accepted into the ranks of the Microsoft Regional Directors .
Andreas helps customers as a trusted advisor, external CTO and innovation consultant, he also produces exciting applications and solutions with a great team of skilled individuals.
He acts as CTO Applied AI for daenet.

Andreas spent most of his professional life and a career of over 25 years integrating "backend" applications. First inside or between Enterprises and Startups directly, then - "in the cloud". Before that, Andreas dabbled with Virtual Reality in the ... Show more

Kevlin Henney

Kevlin Henney

Kevlin is an independent consultant, trainer, speaker and writer. His development interests and work with companies covers programming, practice and people. He is a contributor to the Modern Software Engineering YouTube channel and has written for many publications, including The Register and the O'Reilly Radar. Kevlin is also co-author of two volumes in the Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture series, editor of 97 Things Every Programmer Should Know and co-editor of 97 Things Every Java Programmer Should Know.

Kevlin is an independent consultant, trainer, speaker and writer. His development interests and work with companies covers programming, practice and people. He is a contributor to the Modern Software Engineering YouTube channel and has written for ma... Show more

Martin Catherall

Martin Catherall

Martin Catherall is a Data Architect working on Microsoft Data Platform technologies. He is currently based in Brisbane, Australia.

Martin’s career has expanded from the world of SQL Server Administration and T-SQL development to encompass data engineering and architecture on the Microsoft Azure Platform.

He has over 15 years’ experience in the data industry and has been a recipient of the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Award since 2014

When he is not engaged in data related activities, he can be found exploring the Queensland landscape (he’s recently escaped Melbourne), learning about Minecraft or Super Mario from his kids and learning the guitar – despite being tone deaf!

Martin is the co-host of DataPlatform downunder
https://www.meetup.com/en-AU/data-platform-downunder-meetup-group/

Martin Catherall is a Data Architect working on Microsoft Data Platform technologies. He is currently based in Brisbane, Australia. Martin’s career has expanded from the world of SQL Server Administration and T-SQL development to encompass data en... Show more

Kevin Klues

Kevin Klues

Kevin Klues is a distinguished engineer on the NVIDIA Cloud Native team. He is a former shadow member of the CNCF Technical Oversight Committee (TOC) as well as a sig-node maintainer, having been involved in the design and implementation of a number of Kubernetes technologies, including the CPU Manager, the Device Manager, the Topology Manager, the Kubernetes stack for Multi-Instance GPUs, and Dynamic Resource Allocation (DRA). Kevin holds a bachelors degree from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, a masters degree from Washington University in St. Louis, and a Ph.D. from UC Berkeley. When not working, you can usually find Kevin hanging out with his kids or enjoying a beer in the sun somewhere.

Kevin Klues is a distinguished engineer on the NVIDIA Cloud Native team. He is a former shadow member of the CNCF Technical Oversight Committee (TOC) as well as a sig-node maintainer, having been involved in the design and implementation of a number ... Show more

Ryan Schouten

Ryan Schouten

With a passion for technology that is matched only by his commitment to community engagement, Ryan Schouten stands out as a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP). Hailing from the vibrant tech scene of California, Ryan has carved a niche for himself as a thought leader and advocate for Microsoft Products & Services.

Ryan’s journey in the tech industry is marked by his eagerness to share knowledge and foster learning. His expertise spans across various Microsoft technologies, where he has contributed significantly through public speaking, content creation, and mentorship. His ability to demystify complex technical concepts and present them in an accessible manner has made him a beloved figure in the tech community.

At the core of Ryan’s philosophy is the belief that technology can be a force for good, driving innovation and solving real-world problems. He actively participates in community events where he shares insights and collaborates with other experts.

With a passion for technology that is matched only by his commitment to community engagement, Ryan Schouten stands out as a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP). Hailing from the vibrant tech scene of California, Ryan has carved a niche for him... Show more

Kat Fitzgerald

Kat Fitzgerald

Porto-based and powered by chaos, I split my time between Portugal, Chicago, and wherever the next conference or suspicious packet capture happens to be. Equal parts cybersecurity architect, honeypot wrangler, and frequent flyer with a questionable relationship to gravity, I run a growing Honeypot Empire designed to annoy attackers around the globe!!

When not speaking at security conferences or building deceptive little digital trapdoors for internet goblins, I can usually be found hopping continents, mentoring folks in cybersecurity, sipping dangerously good tequila, or voluntarily jumping out of perfectly functional airplanes. Sasha the Dancing Flamingo still supervises operations with chaotic authority and absolutely believes she deserves root access.

Porto-based and powered by chaos, I split my time between Portugal, Chicago, and wherever the next conference or suspicious packet capture happens to be. Equal parts cybersecurity architect, honeypot wrangler, and frequent flyer with a questionable r... Show more

Seyfallah Tagrerout

Seyfallah Tagrerout

Seyfallah Tagrerout, 12 years of Experience – CEO at STC Consulting SARL Switzerland | Team Lead | Cloud and Security Architect, Microsoft Regional Director | Microsoft MVP Security since 2015, Speaker and book Author.

He is extremely highly and well skilled on all news features from Microsoft Azure / M365 technologies and security (Zero Trust, Azure Data Center , Identity , SecOps and Modern Workplace). He loves using Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Microsoft 365 Defender, Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps, Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Entra and many other solutions of the Microsoft Security stack.

Microsoft MVP since 9 years, I am a Book author, international speaker and Microsoft technologies trainer. As a speaker, I deliver over 30 technical sessions annually, in both online and in-person formats, in both French and English.

Seyfallah Tagrerout, 12 years of Experience – CEO at STC Consulting SARL Switzerland | Team Lead | Cloud and Security Architect, Microsoft Regional Director | Microsoft MVP Security since 2015, Speaker and book Author. He is extremely highly and... Show more

Christian Carballo Lozano

Christian Carballo Lozano

Christian Carballo Lozano is a Mathematician and a Principal Tech Advisor at Plain Concepts, where he helps organizations design and build Machine Learning and AI solutions from architecture to production. His focus is on turning AI capabilities into robust, scalable solutions for real-world applications.

Christian Carballo Lozano is a Mathematician and a Principal Tech Advisor at Plain Concepts, where he helps organizations design and build Machine Learning and AI solutions from architecture to production. His focus is on turning AI capabilities into... Show more

Lars Klint

Lars Klint

Lars is a Principal Developer Advocate at Atlassian, an author, trainer, Microsoft Azure MVP, community leader, aspiring YouTube host and part time classic car collector. He is heavily involved in the space of cloud computing services, especially Azure, and is a published author, solution architect and writer for numerous publications. He has been a part of the software development community for the past 20 years and co-organises the DDD Melbourne community conference, organises developer events with Microsoft, and also runs a part time car restoration business. He has spoken at numerous technical events around the world and is an expert in Australian Outback Internet.

Lars is a Principal Developer Advocate at Atlassian, an author, trainer, Microsoft Azure MVP, community leader, aspiring YouTube host and part time classic car collector. He is heavily involved in the space of cloud computing services, especially Azu... Show more

Martynas Jočys

Martynas Jočys

Martynas is Data & Analytics Consultant specializing in UX design and visual communication of data.
His quest is to make data-human interaction a thing data humans care about by raising awareness and promoting best-practices.
He occasionally shares his knowledge in conferences, meetups and his personal blog.

Martynas is Data & Analytics Consultant specializing in UX design and visual communication of data. His quest is to make data-human interaction a thing data humans care about by raising awareness and promoting best-practices. He occasionally share... Show more

Renaldi Gondosubroto

Renaldi Gondosubroto

Renaldi Gondosubroto is the Director of Cloudetica Solutions, where he leads the building of open-source solutions on cloud platforms. He brings over a decade of software development experience and has been active within the research community; putting a lot of his research focus within IoT and virtual reality. He is the author of three technical books, including "Using Amazon Bedrock: Learn to Architect, Secure and Optimize Generative AI Applications on AWS" published by Wiley. Having spoken over 50 events and conferences, he has been an international speaker for the past six years, sharing his experiences and projects. He also currently is an AWS Subject Matter Expert (SME) for its Professional, Associate and Specialty Certifications and holds all 14 AWS certifications. He aims to build open-source solutions which can both help people achieve more value in what they do and promote best practices for fellow developers.

Renaldi Gondosubroto is the Director of Cloudetica Solutions, where he leads the building of open-source solutions on cloud platforms. He brings over a decade of software development experience and has been active within the research community; putti... Show more

Ivan Arribas

Ivan Arribas

https://vandalytic.com (Blog de Power BI)
https://waibbo.com (partner Microsoft especializado en Analítica de Datos)

https://vandalytic.com (Blog de Power BI) https://waibbo.com (partner Microsoft especializado en Analítica de Datos) Show more

Ashraf Ghonaim

Ashraf Ghonaim

Ashraf Ghonaim is a Strategic Management Consultant and his core areas of expertise are: Strategy Management, Performance Measurement, Process Improvement and Data Analytics.

Ashraf holds a Computer Engineering degree and an MBA degree in Strategic Management with special emphasis on IT-Business Strategic Alignment using Balanced Scorecard. He is also a certified Balanced Scorecard Professional, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, Project Management Professional (PMP).

Ashraf is the leader of Toronto Fabric & Power BI User Group and he has been a Microsoft MVP in Data Platform (Fabric & Power BI) since 2018. He is also a Microsoft Certified Trainer MCT and he teaches Fabric and Power BI courses at the University of Calgary. Ashraf is a co-author of 2 books about Power BI and Microsoft AI and he is a frequent community events organizer and speakers around Fabric and Power BI.

Ashraf Ghonaim is a Strategic Management Consultant and his core areas of expertise are: Strategy Management, Performance Measurement, Process Improvement and Data Analytics. Ashraf holds a Computer Engineering degree and an MBA degree in Strategi... Show more

Dennes Torres

Dennes Torres

Dennes is a DBA and Data Platform MVP (2020-2023) living in Malta who loves Data Platform, including Azure Data Platform, Microsoft Fabric, SQL Server and recently got involved by Generative AI. In the past, he was married with software development, resulting in a total of more than 20 years of experience between Data Platform, cloud and software development. He moved to Malta after more than 10 years leading devSQL PASS Chapter in Rio de Janeiro and now is a member of the leadership team of MMDPUG PASS Chapter in Malta organizing meetings, events, and webcasts about Microsoft Data Platform. He is an MCT, MCSE in Data Platforms and BI, with more titles in software development. He can be found working for DTower Software and speaking in SQL Saturdays around Europe

Dennes is a DBA and Data Platform MVP (2020-2023) living in Malta who loves Data Platform, including Azure Data Platform, Microsoft Fabric, SQL Server and recently got involved by Generative AI. In the past, he was married with software development, ... Show more

Jake Harvey

Jake Harvey

I lead the Automation team at Advania UK and support organisations in creating technology experiences that shift the responsibility of tasks to technology and bridge the gap between data and decisions.

10+ years experience in the Microsoft Partner eco-system delivering valuable solutions for clients. 5+ years Community conference speaker at events such as the Microsoft AI Tour, European Power Platform Conference and European SharePoint Conference.

I lead the Automation team at Advania UK and support organisations in creating technology experiences that shift the responsibility of tasks to technology and bridge the gap between data and decisions. 10+ years experience in the Microsoft Partne... Show more

Oluebube Princess Egbuna

Oluebube Princess Egbuna

Oluebube, affectionately known as Bube, is an award-winning software engineer, AI researcher and author. She has over eight years of experience as a software engineer and has successfully led engineering teams to deliver high-impact software solutions.

Bube is passionate about open source and tech communities. When she is not working, she spends her time working with communities. Some communities she still actively contributes to include Kubernetes Org, Open Source Community Africa, Women Who Code, and Facebook Developer Circles.

Oluebube, affectionately known as Bube, is an award-winning software engineer, AI researcher and author. She has over eight years of experience as a software engineer and has successfully led engineering teams to deliver high-impact software solution... Show more

Ben Weissman (he/him)

Ben Weissman (he/him)

Ben has been working with SQL Server since SQL Server 6.5, mainly in the BI/Datawarehousing field.

He is a Microsoft Data Platform MVP, an author of multiple books and video courses as well as a regular speaker at national and international events.

Ben is also a co-organizer of events like DataGrillen, New Stars of Data, SQL Konferenz, Data Left Unattended, Data Saturday Rheinland and Vienna, dataminutes, dativerse as well as a volunteer and mentor for many other Data Platform events.

Ben has been working with SQL Server since SQL Server 6.5, mainly in the BI/Datawarehousing field. He is a Microsoft Data Platform MVP, an author of multiple books and video courses as well as a regular speaker at national and international events... Show more

Andrew Block

Andrew Block

Andrew Block is a Distinguished Architect at Red Hat who works with organizations to adopt Open Source solutions with a focus on Cloud Native, security and emerging technologies. Andrew is the author of multiple technical publications and frequently shares his knowledge and experiences related to relevant industry topics. He is a recognized leader, maintainer and contributor within the Open Source community, and partners with organizations to incorporate Open Source practices and their benefits.

Andrew Block is a Distinguished Architect at Red Hat who works with organizations to adopt Open Source solutions with a focus on Cloud Native, security and emerging technologies. Andrew is the author of multiple technical publications and frequently ... Show more

Talia Kohan (Nassi)

Talia Kohan (Nassi)

Talia Kohan (Talia Nassi) is a Staff Developer Advocate at Postman, helping developers build, test, and scale APIs and AI-powered applications. A global keynote speaker, she works closely with the developer community to share best practices in modern software development and foster innovation through practical education and collaboration.

Talia Kohan (Talia Nassi) is a Staff Developer Advocate at Postman, helping developers build, test, and scale APIs and AI-powered applications. A global keynote speaker, she works closely with the developer community to share best practices in modern... Show more

Grant Fritchey

Grant Fritchey

Grant Fritchey is a Data Platform MVP and AWS Community Builder with over 30 years’ experience in IT, including time spent in support and development. Grant works with multiple data platforms including SQL Server and PostgreSQL as well as multiple cloud platforms. He has also developed in VB, VB.NET, C#, and Java. Grant writes books for Apress and Simple-Talk. Grant presents at conferences and user groups, large and small, all over the world. He joined Redgate Software as a product advocate in January 2011.

Grant Fritchey is a Data Platform MVP and AWS Community Builder with over 30 years’ experience in IT, including time spent in support and development. Grant works with multiple data platforms including SQL Server and PostgreSQL as well as multiple cl... Show more

Christian Wenz

Christian Wenz

Christian Wenz is a consultant, software architect and entrepreneur specializing in web technologies and security. A prolific writer, he has authored or co-authored over 100 books for various publishers. Christian’s work spans both open-source and proprietary web technologies, a unique combination that has earned him recognition as a Microsoft MVP for Developer Technologies and the distinction of being the lead author of the Zend PHP certification. He is also credited in several open-source projects for his contributions. In addition to his writing and technical endeavors, Christian is a frequent speaker at developer conferences worldwide, where he shares his expertise in web technologies.

Christian Wenz is a consultant, software architect and entrepreneur specializing in web technologies and security. A prolific writer, he has authored or co-authored over 100 books for various publishers. Christian’s work spans both open-source and pr... Show more

Shivanshu Raj Shrivastava

Shivanshu Raj Shrivastava

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

Torsten Strauß

Torsten Strauß

Torsten Strauß (MVP) is the owner of inside-sqlserver and Principal Microsoft SQL Consultant at Sarpedon Quality Lab. He is a multi-certified Microsoft expert with a strong focus on Azure DevOps, SQL Server performance optimization, and the development of scalable SQL Server and Azure SQL solutions.
Torsten has delivered more than 350 technical sessions at national and international conferences and user groups. Since 2018, he has been recognized annually as a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional for Data Platform - and since 2025 also for Developer Technologies. He is a Microsoft Certified Trainer and has been listed among Sessionize’s Top Speakers for three consecutive years.

Torsten Strauß (MVP) is the owner of inside-sqlserver and Principal Microsoft SQL Consultant at Sarpedon Quality Lab. He is a multi-certified Microsoft expert with a strong focus on Azure DevOps, SQL Server performance optimization, and the developme... Show more

Gilbert Quevauvilliers

Gilbert Quevauvilliers

I am a Power BI/Fabric Consultant/Architect at FourMoo, a leading data analytics company that helps organizations to see their data on their terms.

Out of the box thinking has allowed me to produce outcomes that are both cost effective (often reducing overall costs) and providing valuable insights into data. The solutions are designed and deployed using Microsoft technologies.

My mission is to provide solutions for business challenges by sitting with the users and leveraging the new features in Power BI and Microsoft Fabric to fit with their goals. I also support the implementation and completion of Power BI projects, including architecture design, development, deployment, training, best practice, and user group sessions. Some of the technologies I use are Azure Analysis Services, Function Apps, Runbooks, Logic Apps, Automation Accounts, SQL Serverless DB, Azure Data Lake, and more. I am passionate about Power BI and DAX, and I enjoy speaking at various events and conferences to share my knowledge and experience.

The Microsoft MVP award allows me to be integrated with a vast network of other accomplished peers in the data and analytics workspace.

I am a Power BI/Fabric Consultant/Architect at FourMoo, a leading data analytics company that helps organizations to see their data on their terms. Out of the box thinking has allowed me to produce outcomes that are both cost effective (often red... Show more

Flynn -

Flynn -

Flynn is a technical evangelist at Buoyant, educating developers about Linkerd, Kubernetes, and cloud-native development in general. He has spent 40+ years in software, with a common thread of communications and security throughout, and is a coauthor of Linkerd: Up and Running from O'Reilly, a co-lead of the AI Gateway Working Group and Gateway API for service mesh, and the original author of the Emissary-ingress API gateway. He is most easily found as @flynn on the CNCF or Linkerd Slacks.

Flynn is a technical evangelist at Buoyant, educating developers about Linkerd, Kubernetes, and cloud-native development in general. He has spent 40+ years in software, with a common thread of communications and security throughout, and is a coauthor... Show more

Gregor Brunner

Gregor Brunner

Working with Power BI for over 9 years
Power BI External Tool "Measure Killer"

Working with Power BI for over 9 years Power BI External Tool "Measure Killer" Show more

Pau Sempere

Pau Sempere

Global AI & Data Science Lead at Avolta. Master's degree in Computer Science at Universidad of Alicante (2005-2011). Microsoft AI MVP

Global AI & Data Science Lead at Avolta. Master's degree in Computer Science at Universidad of Alicante (2005-2011). Microsoft AI MVP Show more

Milan Milincevic

Milan Milincevic

Milan Milincevic is a Microsoft MVP and Dev Lead for Business Central at Enora. He began his career as a .NET developer before discovering Dynamics NAV, which quickly became his main professional passion. With 7 years of experience in Dynamics 365 Business Central, Milan focuses on building teams, shaping best practices, and delivering high-quality solutions.
He is an active conference speaker and one of the organizers of the BizSource User Group in Croatia, contributing to the growth of the Business Central community. Milan also created BC Maximizer, a lightweight browser extension that improves productivity for Business Central users. Through his blog mmilince.com, he shares real-world tips and insights to help developers worldwide.

Milan Milincevic is a Microsoft MVP and Dev Lead for Business Central at Enora. He began his career as a .NET developer before discovering Dynamics NAV, which quickly became his main professional passion. With 7 years of experience in Dynamics 365 Bu... Show more

Sara San Luís Rodríguez

Sara San Luís Rodríguez

Passionate about science since childhood, I studied Mathematics at the University of Santiago de Compostela, I completed these studies with a Master in Statistics and Operational Research. The latter allowed me to enter the world of AI and ML, fields in which I am currently working as AI Team Lead @MDW.

Passionate about science since childhood, I studied Mathematics at the University of Santiago de Compostela, I completed these studies with a Master in Statistics and Operational Research. The latter allowed me to enter the world of AI and ML, fields... Show more

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Most Active Speakers 2024

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 2024.

The 3% is calculated from the pool of all speakers that have at least one accepted session in year 2024. We don't include inactive speakers or speakers that had no accepted sessions during the year. There are around 38,000 unique accepted speakers this year, the 3% is 1036. 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 2024. 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.