Hailing from the heart of Kansas City’s Silicon Prairie, J.D. Hillen is a Software Engineer II at GPS and wearables company, Garmin. Since the age of 15, he's been fascinated with the connection between creativity and code. His love for all things tech has allowed him to work for a wide variety of advertising agencies, marketing firms and even the craft beer industry. When he’s not coding, you’ll find him spending time with his wife and two boys or in the pit of a metal show.

Hailing from the heart of Kansas City’s Silicon Prairie, J.D. Hillen is a Software Engineer II at GPS and wearables company, Garmin. Since the age of 15, he's been fascinated with the connection between creativity and code. His love for all things te... Show more

Christian has more than 25 years of experience in IT consulting and is Lead Architect for Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Certified Trainer at WBS IT-Service GmbH in Leipzig - Germany. He is highly skilled in all new features of Microsoft Azure & Microsoft technologies (M365, Teams, SharePoint, Power Platform, Azure AI, CoPilot, Modern Workplace). As a speaker, he delivers over 15 technical sessions annually in face-to-face formats in both German and English. Christian is the organiser of the aMS Leipzig conference. He is passionate about requirements gathering and analysis, information and data modelling and analysis, and information architecture development. He also believes that effective communication and collaboration are essential to delivering successful IT solutions that meet customer needs. Christian is always looking for new challenges and opportunities to learn and grow in his field, and is committed to helping others succeed in their digital transformation journey.

Christian has more than 25 years of experience in IT consulting and is Lead Architect for Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Certified Trainer at WBS IT-Service GmbH in Leipzig - Germany. He is highly skilled in all new features of Microsoft Azure & Microso... Show more

Robb is a 27-year veteran of the Navision, NAV, and BC world.
He is a Microsoft MVP, an MCT, MCP, and a nonpracticing CPA.
He has spoken at Convergence, Directions NA, Directions EMEA, Days of Knowledge, and multiple User Group Conferences.

Robb is a 27-year veteran of the Navision, NAV, and BC world. He is a Microsoft MVP, an MCT, MCP, and a nonpracticing CPA. He has spoken at Convergence, Directions NA, Directions EMEA, Days of Knowledge, and multiple User Group Conferences. Show more

Louis is the editor of the Simple-Talk website. Prior to that, has was a corporate database developer and data architect for a non-profit organization for 25 years! Louis has been a Microsoft MVP since 2004, and is the author of a series of SQL Server Database Design books, most recently Pro SQL Server Relational Database Design and Implementation.

Louis is the editor of the Simple-Talk website. Prior to that, has was a corporate database developer and data architect for a non-profit organization for 25 years! Louis has been a Microsoft MVP since 2004, and is the author of a series of SQL Serve... Show more

Coach Agile & Coach Produit, Facilitateur d'intelligence collective, animateur de la fresque du climat et de la fresque du numérique, je suis passionné par les sciences humaines et la dynamique de groupe. J'accompagne les organisations à devenir davantage résiliente et frugale dans la conception de produits numériques.

Coach Agile & Coach Produit, Facilitateur d'intelligence collective, animateur de la fresque du climat et de la fresque du numérique, je suis passionné par les sciences humaines et la dynamique de groupe. J'accompagne les organisations à devenir dava... Show more

Rami is a solution architect specialised in Dynamics 365 and the Power Platform from Wellington New Zealand. With more than a decade of experience working on large scale government projects, Rami also spends his time supporting the kiwi community through user groups and power platform conferences.

Rami is a solution architect specialised in Dynamics 365 and the Power Platform from Wellington New Zealand. With more than a decade of experience working on large scale government projects, Rami also spends his time supporting the kiwi community thr... Show more

Antonio Maio is an enterprise architect with over 20 years of experience in information security, cybersecurity systems, data governance, and leadership. Antonio is a Managing Director and Senior Enterprise Architect with Protiviti. He is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP), specializing in security and compliance solutions within the Microsoft 365 platform, SharePoint, Office Apps and Services. His experience includes implementing information security technologies, information governance programs and cybersecurity best practices, for both large enterprise and government organizations.

Antonio Maio is an enterprise architect with over 20 years of experience in information security, cybersecurity systems, data governance, and leadership. Antonio is a Managing Director and Senior Enterprise Architect with Protiviti. He is a Microsoft... Show more

Lin is the Head of Open Source at Solo.io, contributing full-time to the open-source community. She serves on the CNCF Technical Oversight Committee (TOC), is a CNCF Ambassador, and is a maintainer for Istio, kgateway, and kagent. An international speaker at tech conferences, Lin frequently blogs about gateways, service meshes, cloud-native connectivity, and AI agents. She is the author of “Sidecar-less Istio Explained” and “AI Agents in Kubernetes”, and holds more than 200 patents.

Lin is the Head of Open Source at Solo.io, contributing full-time to the open-source community. She serves on the CNCF Technical Oversight Committee (TOC), is a CNCF Ambassador, and is a maintainer for Istio, kgateway, and kagent. An international sp... Show more

With over 20 years in accounting, ERP systems, and Microsoft Dynamics, Kristen Hosman created Mount Evans Consulting to create accounting systems that fit each small business perfectly.

Kristen is a schooled accountant with a diverse background of accounting experience and brings these experiences and knowledge in working with small businesses to provide the solutions to fit their unique accounting needs. In addition, she is extensively involved in the Microsoft Dynamics community and regularly offers her valuable knowledge in open forums, interviews, and conference appearances.

Kristen serves on the advisory committee for Dynamics User Group (DUG). Her services and experience have earned her a renowned name, four consecutive GPUG All-Star nominations, a Granite Award, and Dynamics 365 All Star Award nomination. Kristen has also been recognized as a Microsoft MVP five years in a row, a recognition reserved for top technology experts who passionately share their knowledge with the community. As a Microsoft Certified Dynamics 365 Business Central Functional Consultant, she demonstrates a high level of domain expertise and can tackle even the most challenging projects.

With over 20 years in accounting, ERP systems, and Microsoft Dynamics, Kristen Hosman created Mount Evans Consulting to create accounting systems that fit each small business perfectly. Kristen is a schooled accountant with a diverse background o... Show more

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

Matteo Maria is a Flutter Engineer who always loves to experiment with new things. He works with Flutter but is also interested in Rust and backend development. In his free time, he spends tons of hours playing video games and listening to every genre under the EDM umbrella

Matteo Maria is a Flutter Engineer who always loves to experiment with new things. He works with Flutter but is also interested in Rust and backend development. In his free time, he spends tons of hours playing video games and listening to every genr... Show more

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Christian Carballo Lozano is a Mathematician building Machine Learning and AI solutions at Plain Concepts and a Microsoft MVP in AI.

Christian Carballo Lozano is a Mathematician building Machine Learning and AI solutions at Plain Concepts and a Microsoft MVP in AI. Show more

Paulien (a Microsoft 365 cloud Consultant & Business Applications MVP) started her career as a SharePoint developer. When she had to create a Power App for a client she was sold and started working as a Power Platform developer. She now is a Microsoft cloud Consultant at Qubix. Where she can combine her love for Power Platform and development.

Paulien (a Microsoft 365 cloud Consultant & Business Applications MVP) started her career as a SharePoint developer. When she had to create a Power App for a client she was sold and started working as a Power Platform developer. She now is a Microsof... Show more

Fast track recognised Power platform Engagement Director at HCL Technologies formerly known as PowerObjects with over 18 years of professional experience in the analysis of business problems and application of IT-based solutions - primarily in government, Housing and public authority. Mr. Kumar is delivery-focused and pragmatic with considerable team leading, architectural and technical design experience, allied with appreciation of business requirements and effective people management skills. He has experience of the entire life cycle - from pre-sales through to transition and service delivery

Fast track recognised Power platform Engagement Director at HCL Technologies formerly known as PowerObjects with over 18 years of professional experience in the analysis of business problems and application of IT-based solutions - primarily in gove... Show more

Sharat Chander has worked in the IT industry for 25 years for firms including Bell Atlantic, Verizon, Sun Microsystems, and Oracle. His background and technical specialty is in Java development tools, graphics design, and product/community management. Sharat has been actively involved in the Java community for 20 years, helping drive greater Java awareness, acceptance, adoption, and advocacy. As Oracle’s director of Java Developer Engagement, Sharat served as the JavaOne conference content chairperson for 10 years, driven the technical content strategy and Java community involvement in multiple outreach channels, and continues to drive Java community loyalty program for Oracle. He is a frequent keynote speaker and participant in developer programs worldwide. Sharat holds a BS in corporate finance from the University of Maryland and an MBA in international business from Loyola College, Maryland. You can often find Sharat at global developer events and Java community meet-ups. When not growing visibility for Java, he follows his passion for baseball, actively Little League teams and fanatically following his hometown Baltimore Orioles. You can find Sharat on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/Sharat_Chander

Sharat Chander has worked in the IT industry for 25 years for firms including Bell Atlantic, Verizon, Sun Microsystems, and Oracle. His background and technical specialty is in Java development tools, graphics design, and product/community management... Show more

Karen Chu leads Swift community initiatives for Apple's Open Source Program Office. With 10+ years in OSS, she is a CNCF Ambassador, Helm community manager/maintainer, emeritus Kubernetes Code of Conduct Committee member, meet-up organizer, and conference organizer. She has also worked on The Illustrated Children's Guide to Kubernetes book series. When she's not connecting dots in the community, you can find her pursuing photography, cooking, and sipping on chai lattes.

Karen Chu leads Swift community initiatives for Apple's Open Source Program Office. With 10+ years in OSS, she is a CNCF Ambassador, Helm community manager/maintainer, emeritus Kubernetes Code of Conduct Committee member, meet-up organizer, and confe... Show more

I currently serve as a Senior Tech Lead at DaoCloud, with over 15 years of engineering experience, including 8 years of Kubernetes expertise. My technical focus spans networking, eBPF, service mesh, AI, and more. I have delivered 5 KubeCon talks and 3 KCD talks, and have served on the KubeCon program committee 4 times. I have incubated 6 cloud-native open-source projects, including one CNCF Sandbox. Over the past three years, I ranked 28th globally in CNCF developer activity contributions.

I currently serve as a Senior Tech Lead at DaoCloud, with over 15 years of engineering experience, including 8 years of Kubernetes expertise. My technical focus spans networking, eBPF, service mesh, AI, and more. I have delivered 5 KubeCon talks and ... Show more

In love with technology and innovation since university, he has transitioned from software engineering to product management a few years ago. Co-founded xtream, a boutique of digital products and AI, where he helped scale-ups and corporates build better solutions for their businesses.

In love with technology and innovation since university, he has transitioned from software engineering to product management a few years ago. Co-founded xtream, a boutique of digital products and AI, where he helped scale-ups and corporates build bet... Show more

Krisztian is enthusiastic about observability. He's working at Solo.io as a Principal Software Engineer, leading the company's observability initiatives. Previously, he was working at LastPass as senior DevOps/SRE Engineer. He is building a self hosted blog on top of Istio in his spare time. The main topics of the blog are aligned with his interests while he is also using it to share operational anecdotes on running one of the most "over-engineered" blogs out there.

Krisztian is enthusiastic about observability. He's working at Solo.io as a Principal Software Engineer, leading the company's observability initiatives. Previously, he was working at LastPass as senior DevOps/SRE Engineer. He is building a self host... Show more

Scott is an artist, engineer & dad, collaborating on a different kind of world. Into collective art, activism, therapy & open source nerdy stuff. Scott is a Cloud Native Ambassador, speaker, organizer of CNCF community events including the New York Kubernetes Meetup and New York KCD, and international conferences including GitOpsCon. He enjoys helping develop Free and Open Source Software that anyone can use, including co-maintaining CNCF projects Helm, Flux and OpenGitOps.

Scott is an artist, engineer & dad, collaborating on a different kind of world. Into collective art, activism, therapy & open source nerdy stuff. Scott is a Cloud Native Ambassador, speaker, organizer of CNCF community events including the New York K... Show more

Past experience
- Over 250+ NAV/BC Implementations in Manufacturers, Supply Chain (WMS), Food and Beverage, Retail, Service, Oil and Gas, Chemical, Industrial Equip., Rental/Service, and Home Goods
- Over 16 years as an Accountant in a variety of positions (VP of Finance, Director of Finance, Audit Manager, Controller, and Director Operations)
- Extensive knowledge and implementation over 30 NAV/BC ISV APPs
Awards
- Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP)
- NAVUG/BC All-Star
- 4-time NAVUG/BC Granite Award recipient
- DUG Guardian Award recipient
Professional
- IMA/CMA – Member 1988
- AICPA – Member 1985
- APICS – Member 2004
- DCI Summit – Programming Committee (2012 – Present, Chair (2016-2018), Board of Advisor (2013-2015 and 2021-Present)
- Dynamics User Group (DUG) – NAV/BC Forum Moderator, Dynamics Con Content Committee
- Directions NA – Content Committee (2018-Present)
Certifications
- MCP – MB-800
- Dynamics Credentialed Professional
- Microsoft Certified Professional

Past experience - Over 250+ NAV/BC Implementations in Manufacturers, Supply Chain (WMS), Food and Beverage, Retail, Service, Oil and Gas, Chemical, Industrial Equip., Rental/Service, and Home Goods - Over 16 years as an Accountant in a variety of p... Show more

Lydia Stepanek spent the past decade as a software and DevOps engineer working on data-related technologies at places like MongoDB and Codecademy. She is the owner and lead developer of Too Phishy, an anti-phishing plugin for Gmail that recently made the Google Workspace Top Rated page. Outside of work, Lydia finds balance in books and Brooklyn.

Lydia Stepanek spent the past decade as a software and DevOps engineer working on data-related technologies at places like MongoDB and Codecademy. She is the owner and lead developer of Too Phishy, an anti-phishing plugin for Gmail that recently made... Show more

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

Senior Solution Architect @ Databricks, ex-Microsoft, co-organiser of Databricks London Meetup, I specialize in Big Data Analytics, Data Engineering, Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence. In addition to helping customers building out data platforms and solving real world problems using data, I also write about Data & AI, make demos and tutorials on YouTube and do public speaking on related topics.

Senior Solution Architect @ Databricks, ex-Microsoft, co-organiser of Databricks London Meetup, I specialize in Big Data Analytics, Data Engineering, Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence. In addition to helping customers building out data platf... Show more

Nick is a Content Creator focusing on C# & .NET and an Author and Founder of the educational platform Dometrain.

Nick is a Content Creator focusing on C# & .NET and an Author and Founder of the educational platform Dometrain. Show more

Tillmann Eitelberg is CEO and co-founder of oh22information services GmbH, which specializes in data management and data governance and offers its own cloud born data quality solution, HEDDA.IO.
Tillmann is a regular speaker at international conferences and an active blogger and podcaster at DECOMPOSE.IO. He has open sourced several SSIS components and is Co-Author of Power BI for Dummies (German Edition). Since 2013 is Tillmann is awarded as Microsoft Data Platform MVP. He is a user group leader for the PASS Germany RG Rheinland (Cologne) and a member of the Microsoft Azure Data Community Advisory Board.

Tillmann Eitelberg is CEO and co-founder of oh22information services GmbH, which specializes in data management and data governance and offers its own cloud born data quality solution, HEDDA.IO. Tillmann is a regular speaker at international confer... Show more

Alex is CTO in KMMX,an IT Training and Certification company located at Mexico City .
Web & Mobile Developer with more than 20 years of experience. Recently doing DevOps functions.

Technical Writer and International Speaker.

Proudly member of the following programs: GitHub Campus Advisor, GitKraken Ambassador, Progress NativeScript Developer Experts ,Auth0 Ambassador. Uno Platform Evangelist and GitLab Heroe.

Alex is CTO in KMMX,an IT Training and Certification company located at Mexico City . Web & Mobile Developer with more than 20 years of experience. Recently doing DevOps functions. Technical Writer and International Speaker. Proudly member o... Show more

Brian Alderman is a six-year Microsoft MVP alumni, twenty-eight consecutive years as an MCT, and seven years as a PMP. Since 1995 he has held several Microsoft certifications that include MCSE for SharePoint, MCSA for Office 365, MCITP for SQL Server(R), and MCSE for Windows Server(R). As a Senior Technical Instructor, and consultant he has over 30 years of experience in networking, SQL Server databases, SharePoint technologies, Microsoft 365, and project management. Brian's publications include Windows 2000 Professional, SQL Server 2000 Administration, SharePoint 2010 Administrator's Companion and Microsoft SharePoint 2013 Administration Inside Out. He is an active speaker at SharePoint, SQL Server, and Microsoft 365 Industry conferences including SharePoint Saturday's, CollabDays, SPLive, DevIntersection, SharePoint Fest/365 EduCon, North American Collaboration Summit, Microsoft 365 Conference, Microsoft Ignite and several international SharePoint conferences including London, Milan, Dublin, Madrid, and Copenhagen. Brian has a BS and MS in Computer Information Systems where he graduated summa cum laude from Regis University of Colorado Springs and now lives in Scottsdale, AZ where he enjoys playing golf year-round and traveling around the world.

Brian Alderman is a six-year Microsoft MVP alumni, twenty-eight consecutive years as an MCT, and seven years as a PMP. Since 1995 he has held several Microsoft certifications that include MCSE for SharePoint, MCSA for Office 365, MCITP for SQL Server... Show more

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