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

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

Kyle is the creator of DockerSlim (aka SlimToolkit), a popular tool to inspect, optimize and debug containers. He's the founder/CEO of AutonomousPlane.dev and he's also the founder/CTO of Slim.AI. He's building an AI agent to automatically fix vulnerabilities in cloud native application dependencies. Kyle has been building applications and platforms using many different programming languages since the early days of cloud computing. His "50 Shades of Go" is still one of the popular guides for Go gotchas for many new developers learning the language.

Kyle is the creator of DockerSlim (aka SlimToolkit), a popular tool to inspect, optimize and debug containers. He's the founder/CEO of AutonomousPlane.dev and he's also the founder/CTO of Slim.AI. He's building an AI agent to automatically fix vulner... 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

Mary entered the Dynamics community in 2018 after being an AX super user for 3 years. Mary has been helping lead SMB's for 15+ years across various industries including construction, manufacturing, food & beverage, retail, and cosmetics. After attending an App in a day class in 2019 she became hyper focused on using the Power Platform to transform the way small businesses operate. Mary's special niche is extending Dynamics Business Central with the Power Platform.

Mary is an MVP that is passionate about helping others upskill themselves. She partners with several non-profits to share her knowledge on the power platform and breaking into the tech industry with a non-tech background. She also co-leads the Tampa UG that focuses on the Power Platform and Dynamics. Her main goal at the end of the day is to help as many people as possible become the best version of themselves. 🫶

Outside of work and community she spends watcher her son play football and playing golf.

Mary entered the Dynamics community in 2018 after being an AX super user for 3 years. Mary has been helping lead SMB's for 15+ years across various industries including construction, manufacturing, food & beverage, retail, and cosmetics. After att... Show more

Dr. Abhilasha Vyas working as Business Unit Head Cloud Security and BI, CloudThat. She is Executive council member, Women in Big Data (WiBD)
India and Core Team member of Women in Tech India. She is Gujarat Chapter
Lead of infosecgirls community. She is also working as Head, Cyber Cell, Suraj
Sansthan, Jaipur. Her research area is Cyber Security and Detection of DDoS
attacks. Dr. Abhilasha is AWS Cloud Solution Architect certified. She has
been invited and honored as keynote speaker, session chair, resource person and
technical committee member of various conferences. Dr. Abhilasha Vyas recognised by The420.in along with Noida-
based NGO Root64 Infosec Research Foundation as CQ100 women as a result of
a pan-India online survey to acknowledge the efforts of women who have made a
difference in the online world and made the digital world safer.

Dr. Abhilasha Vyas working as Business Unit Head Cloud Security and BI, CloudThat. She is Executive council member, Women in Big Data (WiBD) India and Core Team member of Women in Tech India. She is Gujarat Chapter Lead of infosecgirls community. ... Show more

J'essaie chaque jour de mettre toute mon énergie pour créer des produits qui font sens. Apporter de la valeur aux utilisateurs tout en prenant un maximum de plaisir avec toute l'équipe produit.

J'essaie chaque jour de mettre toute mon énergie pour créer des produits qui font sens. Apporter de la valeur aux utilisateurs tout en prenant un maximum de plaisir avec toute l'équipe produit. Show more

A co-founder of a UK-based successful startup and Developer Advocate specializing in AI and Data Engineering with 11+ years of experience in tech. Bobur is a Microsoft MVP and loves to develop new open-source projects. He has a proven record of helping early-stage and growth-stage startups scale developer adoption, community engagement, and product visibility.

A co-founder of a UK-based successful startup and Developer Advocate specializing in AI and Data Engineering with 11+ years of experience in tech. Bobur is a Microsoft MVP and loves to develop new open-source projects. He has a proven record of helpi... Show more

Gunnar Morling is an open-source software engineer in the Java and data streaming space, currently working as a Technologist at Confluent. Previously, he helped to build a realtime stream processing platform based on Apache Flink and led the Debezium project, a distributed platform for change data capture. He is a Java Champion and has founded multiple open source projects such as Hardwood, kcctl, JfrUnit, and MapStruct. Gunnar is an avid blogger (morling.dev) and has spoken at various conferences like QCon, Java One, and Devoxx. He lives in Hamburg, Germany.

Gunnar Morling is an open-source software engineer in the Java and data streaming space, currently working as a Technologist at Confluent. Previously, he helped to build a realtime stream processing platform based on Apache Flink and led the Debezium... Show more

Je suis tombée dans l'agilité il y a déjà pas mal d'années, sans en connaître le nom. Ce mindset, ainsi que ses valeurs et principes, sont pour moi cruciaux pour toute organisation, toute démarche, tout projet. Non pas que les méthodes liées à l'agilité soient toujours les + adaptées, mais ce mindset fondé sur l'humain, l'écoute, la co-construction, l'adaptation et la création de valeur est transposable à toutes les échelles. Je suis aujourd'hui coach pour les équipes agiles, et j'accompagne aussi l'individu et les organisations à se transformer.

Je suis tombée dans l'agilité il y a déjà pas mal d'années, sans en connaître le nom. Ce mindset, ainsi que ses valeurs et principes, sont pour moi cruciaux pour toute organisation, toute démarche, tout projet. Non pas que les méthodes liées à l'agil... Show more

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

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

Jim Bugwadia is a co-founder and the CEO of Nirmata, the Kubernetes policy and governance company. Jim is an active contributor in the cloud native community and currently serves as co-chair of the Kubernetes Policy and Multi-Tenancy Working Groups. Jim is also a co-creator and maintainer of Kyverno, the policy engine built for Kubernetes.

Jim Bugwadia is a co-founder and the CEO of Nirmata, the Kubernetes policy and governance company. Jim is an active contributor in the cloud native community and currently serves as co-chair of the Kubernetes Policy and Multi-Tenancy Working Groups. ... Show more

Fawaz Ghali, PhD has 25+ years of experience in enterprise architecture, applied AI, data engineering, and distributed systems across academia and industry. He works as an independent consultant and contractor, focusing on aligning AI and technology initiatives with enterprise strategy to deliver scalable, production-ready systems and measurable outcomes beyond hype. He holds a PhD in Computer Science and operates without vendor affiliation or product bias. He has published 45+ peer-reviewed papers and delivered 300+ talks worldwide, focusing on practical AI under real organisational constraints.

Fawaz Ghali, PhD has 25+ years of experience in enterprise architecture, applied AI, data engineering, and distributed systems across academia and industry. He works as an independent consultant and contractor, focusing on aligning AI and technology ... Show more

I have an extensive (20+ years) background as an engineer, entrepreneur, consultant, and international speaker in various technical and business domains. As a Senior Solutions Architect at AxonIQ, I help organizations succeed with building mission-critical, event-sourced systems.

I have an extensive (20+ years) background as an engineer, entrepreneur, consultant, and international speaker in various technical and business domains. As a Senior Solutions Architect at AxonIQ, I help organizations succeed with building mission-cr... 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

I’m passionate about technology since childhood, from consumer electronics to enterprise hardware/software and everything in between.

Following this passion, I pursued an education focused on scientific and technical fields, becoming an IT Engineer at the end of my academic career.
I often spend my free time trying to learn something new and be up to date on the topics in my interest, allowing me to maintain and develop my skillset.

Thanks to study and international experiences with customers and employers (in USA, Canada, France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, etc..) and mentors, I’ve developed a transversal knowledge that involves both the elements of an architecture and how to exploit it in order to give to the business the value that needs.

My strong suite is architecting data solutions, from relational DBs to AI applications: I like to know my tech stack from top to bottom, you can't ignore the hardware in the same way you can't ignore the business requirements.

On the job I usually find myself being the go-to guy that both senior and junior employees approach to tackle particularly tricky issues or asking for advice
I appreciate whenever this happens as I’m stimulated by new problems to solve and I enjoy sharing my knowledge to empower others

I’m passionate about technology since childhood, from consumer electronics to enterprise hardware/software and everything in between. Following this passion, I pursued an education focused on scientific and technical fields, becoming an IT Enginee... Show more

Shahmeer Amir is a world-renowned Ethical Hacker and the 3rd most accomplished bug hunter who has helped over 400 Fortune companies, including Facebook, Microsoft, Yahoo, and Twitter, resolve critical security issues in their systems. He has founded multiple entrepreneurial ventures in the field of Cyber Security, and currently leads three startups in four countries.

As the CEO of Younite, Shahmeer's premier company is working on next-generation audio-video communication technologies. He is also the CEO of Veiliux, Asia's first mainstream Cyber Security startup present in the Asia Pacific, UAE, and the UK. Authiun, another startup, is a complete passwordless authentication solution for the 21st century.

Shahmeer is the Cyber Security Advisor to the Ministry of Finance Government of Pakistan, involved in multiple projects regarding Deep Sea Tracking, Digital Transformation of Legislation, and Digitization of Pakistani Cultural Content. He is also a member of Forbes Technology Council.

As an Engineer and a Cyber Security professional with relevant certifications from renowned organizations like EC-Council, Mile2, SANS, etc., Shahmeer is currently looking at the Blockchain technology for his doctorate. He has authored three books, including Bug Bounty Hunting Essentials, and a dozen research papers.

Shahmeer is a highly sought-after keynote speaker on Cyber Security, Blockchain, and other technologies, having been invited to over 80 conferences globally. including Blackhat, GiSec, FIC, AEC Alberta, Hackfest and many more. He has also been accepted at multiple prestigious academic institutions in their entrepreneurship programs, including Stanford. As a CTO of companies, Shahmeer has learned to code in 25 languages and read code in 35, making him an expert in multiple technologies.

Shahmeer Amir is a world-renowned Ethical Hacker and the 3rd most accomplished bug hunter who has helped over 400 Fortune companies, including Facebook, Microsoft, Yahoo, and Twitter, resolve critical security issues in their systems. He has founded ... Show more

Liran Tal is a software developer, and a GitHub Star, world-recognized for his activism in open source communities and advancing web and Node.js security. He engages in security research through his work in the OpenJS Foundation and the Node.js ecosystem security working group, and further promotes open source supply chain security as an OWASP project lead. Liran is also a published author of Essential Node.js Security and O'Reilly's Serverless Security. At Snyk, he is leading the developer advocacy team and on a mission to empower developers with better dev-first security.

Liran Tal is a software developer, and a GitHub Star, world-recognized for his activism in open source communities and advancing web and Node.js security. He engages in security research through his work in the OpenJS Foundation and the Node.js ecosy... Show more

Barry is a veteran Architect who has held Chief Architect positions at Microsoft among others. He has also been a startup CTO, the Worldwide Lead for the Solutions Architecture Community at Microsoft, and founder of the Swedish Azure User Group. He is also a PhD candidate in software design and complexity science.

Barry is a veteran Architect who has held Chief Architect positions at Microsoft among others. He has also been a startup CTO, the Worldwide Lead for the Solutions Architecture Community at Microsoft, and founder of the Swedish Azure User Group. He i... Show more

Christian Posta (@christianposta) is VP, Global Field CTO at Solo.io. He is the author of "Istio in Action", "AI Gateways in the Enterprise" and many other books on cloud-native architecture. He is well known in the cloud-native community for being an architect, speaker, blogger (https://blog.christianposta.com) and contributor to various open-source projects in the AI and cloud-native ecosystem. Christian has spent time at government, commercial enterprises as well as web-scale companies and now helps organizations create and deploy large-scale, cloud-native, resilient, distributed architectures. He enjoys mentoring, training and leading teams to be successful with distributed systems concepts, microservices, DevOps, and cloud-native application design.

Christian Posta (@christianposta) is VP, Global Field CTO at Solo.io. He is the author of "Istio in Action", "AI Gateways in the Enterprise" and many other books on cloud-native architecture. He is well known in the cloud-native community for being a... Show more

Once described on Reddit as “technically challenged”, Sarah is a Principal Security Advocate working at Microsoft. She has lived all over the place but currently calls Melbourne home.

Sarah has been working in cyber security since before it was cool, has previously spoken at many security conferences including Black Hat and has co-authored a few Microsoft Press technical books. She is an active supporter of security communities across the globe and a co-host of the Microsoft Azure Security Podcast.

Sarah spends most of her spare time gaming, taking part in Melbourne's official sport of brunching, taking high tea and spending a disproportionate amount of her income on her dogs.

Once described on Reddit as “technically challenged”, Sarah is a Principal Security Advocate working at Microsoft. She has lived all over the place but currently calls Melbourne home. Sarah has been working in cyber security since before it was co... Show more

Shannon’s background in global public health has shaped her commitment to community and accessibility, guiding her work leading Fabric Community Engagement at Microsoft. She loves helping people find their place in the data world—a journey that began when she first discovered the magic of Power Query, sparking a lasting enchantment with Microsoft BI tools. Now, whether she’s conjuring up data insights with the Workout Wednesday team, gathering with fellow data witches in user groups, or brewing up connections, Shannon’s focus is on making data feel less intimidating. She’s dedicated to building a welcoming community where data pros and newcomers alike can learn, grow, and connect—casting spells of empathy and connection to bring people together.

Shannon’s background in global public health has shaped her commitment to community and accessibility, guiding her work leading Fabric Community Engagement at Microsoft. She loves helping people find their place in the data world—a journey that began... Show more

Eddie lives in Denver, CO with his wife and dog. He loves open source and works on the Kubernetes project. When not hacking on random things you'll most likely find him climbing rocks somewhere.

Eddie lives in Denver, CO with his wife and dog. He loves open source and works on the Kubernetes project. When not hacking on random things you'll most likely find him climbing rocks somewhere. Show more

Denis Magda has spent half of his career working on distributed systems, applications, and databases. His experience spans from the development of distributed database engines and high-performance applications to training and education on the topic of distributed and cloud computing. Presently, Denis runs the Developer Relations team at Yugabyte and serves a PMC Member for Apache Ignite. He started his professional career at Sun Microsystems and Oracle, where he led a Java development group and worked on evangelism efforts.

Denis Magda has spent half of his career working on distributed systems, applications, and databases. His experience spans from the development of distributed database engines and high-performance applications to training and education on the topic o... Show more

Warren Sifre has been in the IT community since 1998 and has worked in a variety of industries deploying solutions utilizing a variety of technologies. Currently, leading efforts at Crosswave Solutions Inc. He is responsible for Data Solutions Architecture and the mentorship of organizations going through the journey of adopting a Data and Analytic Strategy. He has been a SQLSaturday Speaker since 2012, PASS Summit Speaker, Azure Bootcamps, and frequent presenter for user groups around the world. He is Indy's BI user group Chapter leader.

Warren Sifre has been in the IT community since 1998 and has worked in a variety of industries deploying solutions utilizing a variety of technologies. Currently, leading efforts at Crosswave Solutions Inc. He is responsible for Data Solutions Arch... Show more

Vukasin is a digital nomad and Microsoft Azure MVP, currently working as a Senior Cloud Architect, with a specialization in Microsoft Azure and Hyper-Converged Infrastructures. Father, rescue scuba diver, and public speaker.

Vukasin is a digital nomad and Microsoft Azure MVP, currently working as a Senior Cloud Architect, with a specialization in Microsoft Azure and Hyper-Converged Infrastructures. Father, rescue scuba diver, and public speaker. Show more

Luciano is an AWS Serverless Hero who was born in 1987, the same year Super Mario Bros was released in Europe, which, by chance is his favorite game! He started coding at the age of 12, hacking away with his father's old i386 armed only with MS-DOS and the QBasic interpreter and since then he has been professionally a software developer for more than 14 years. He is currently a senior Architect at fourTheorem where he is helping companies to get the best of the cloud, AWS, and serverless. He loves the full-stack web, Node.js & Serverless and co-authored "Node.js design patterns" (https://www.nodejsdesignpatterns.com), maintains https://fstack.link and co-hosts https://awsbites.com

Luciano is an AWS Serverless Hero who was born in 1987, the same year Super Mario Bros was released in Europe, which, by chance is his favorite game! He started coding at the age of 12, hacking away with his father's old i386 armed only with MS-DOS a... Show more

Marcus has spent the past 20+ years combining modern web technologies and Java. More recently, he's been exploring how AI is changing the way we interact with computers. Marcus is always curious to learn new things and loves helping developers learn new things. Marcus is a Java Champion and currently works as the VP of AI Research at Vaadin.

Marcus has spent the past 20+ years combining modern web technologies and Java. More recently, he's been exploring how AI is changing the way we interact with computers. Marcus is always curious to learn new things and loves helping developers learn ... Show more

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

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

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

Travaillant dans des contexte Agile depuis plus de 20 ans (Scrum Master, DevOps...), je suis aujourd'hui Coach Agile et coach en organisation depuis 10 ans. Pragmatisme, bienveillance, transparence, partage et bonne humeur sont pour moi des valeurs essentielles dans ma vie et dans mes accompagnements.

Travaillant dans des contexte Agile depuis plus de 20 ans (Scrum Master, DevOps...), je suis aujourd'hui Coach Agile et coach en organisation depuis 10 ans. Pragmatisme, bienveillance, transparence, partage et bonne humeur sont pour moi des valeurs e... Show more