Soy Roxs, Software Engineer apasionada por la tecnología y la innovación. Como DevOps, GitLab HERO, AWS HERO y Docker Captain, busco empoderar a la comunidad tech y fomentar la colaboración. Creo firmemente que 'No se puede crecer si no estás dispuesto a saltar a la zona de peligro', y vivo cada desafío profesional con esa mentalidad. Exploradora de nuevas fronteras en el desarrollo y la automatización, mi objetivo es impactar positivamente y ayudar a otros a alcanzar su máximo potencial.

Soy Roxs, Software Engineer apasionada por la tecnología y la innovación. Como DevOps, GitLab HERO, AWS HERO y Docker Captain, busco empoderar a la comunidad tech y fomentar la colaboración. Creo firmemente que 'No se puede crecer si no estás dispues... Show more

Jared Matfess is an AI Architect at AvePoint, bringing over ten years of industry experience and a decade in consulting to help organizations harness the transformative power of artificial intelligence. A former Microsoft MVP and published author, Jared specializes in bridging cutting-edge technology with real-world business solutions. Leveraging his expertise in the Microsoft ecosystem, he designs and delivers strategies that drive digital transformation, streamline processes, and unlock new opportunities. Jared earned his Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from the University of Hartford, an MBA from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and a Master of Science in Computer Information Systems from Boston University. He frequently speaks at industry events, inspiring teams to discover the full potential of AI.

Jared Matfess is an AI Architect at AvePoint, bringing over ten years of industry experience and a decade in consulting to help organizations harness the transformative power of artificial intelligence. A former Microsoft MVP and published author, Ja... Show more

With deep expertise in Microsoft solutions and agile methodologies (like Scrum), he has empowered over 70 clients, optimizing daily operations for thousands of employees.

Recognized as a Microsoft MVP since 2020 for his expertise and active community engagement as a speaker and conference organizer in Microsoft 365 and the Power Platform.
He has worn multiple hats since 2011—developer, tech lead, pre-sales consultant, trainer, and architect—driving value through M365 applications.

In 2020, he led the Low-Code initiative for a company with 40,000 users, showcasing his leadership in the No Code/Low-Code space.

Currently, as a Solution Engineer at AvePoint, he enables businesses to collaborate with Microsoft 365 securely and efficiently.

With deep expertise in Microsoft solutions and agile methodologies (like Scrum), he has empowered over 70 clients, optimizing daily operations for thousands of employees. Recognized as a Microsoft MVP since 2020 for his expertise and active commun... Show more

Andy Malone MVP, MCT

Winning the coveted Microsoft Speaker Idol competition in 2006 catapulted Andy into a prestigious international speaking career. Today, Andy is not only a world class conference speaker but is also a renowned security & technology expert who has delivered ground-breaking content to hundreds of thousands of delegates worldwide. His passionate style of delivery combined with a sense of fun has become his trademark and have won him multiple awards and global acclaim at events including, Microsoft Ignite, NIC, Techmentor, Spiceworld, The Cybercrime Security Forum and many more. Although teaching and consulting on cloud and cybersecurity remain his primary focus. Andy also loves to inspire, and with technology ever changing, there's often an interesting story to be told.

Apart from work, Andy is also a passionate YouTuber and a busy author. Who has contributed to such prestigious security books including, Marcus Carey’s Tribe of Hackers and Dr Erdal Ozkaya’s, Learn Social Engineering. Andy is also an award-winning novelist in his own right. Including two prize winning fiction novels. In recent years, It’s Andy’s popular YouTube channel that has brought him great success. With his passion for all things Microsoft 365 he has published hundreds of tutorial videos that have been viewed in over 110 countries by millions of people from all walks of life. Subscribe to Andy’s YouTube Channel www.Youtube.com/AndymaloneUK and visit his website at Andymalone.org

Andy Malone MVP, MCT Winning the coveted Microsoft Speaker Idol competition in 2006 catapulted Andy into a prestigious international speaking career. Today, Andy is not only a world class conference speaker but is also a renowned security & techno... Show more

Global MCT | MVP Business Aplications

Leader - Cloud Experts Community (antes PASS LIMA)

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Dr. Dawn Foster works as the Director of Data Science for CHAOSS where she is also a board member / maintainer. She is co-chair of CNCF TAG Contributor Strategy and an OpenUK board member. She has 20+ years of experience at companies like VMware and Intel with expertise in community, strategy, governance, metrics, and more. She has spoken at over 100 industry events and has a BS in computer science, an MBA, and a PhD. In her spare time she enjoys reading science fiction, running, and traveling.

Dr. Dawn Foster works as the Director of Data Science for CHAOSS where she is also a board member / maintainer. She is co-chair of CNCF TAG Contributor Strategy and an OpenUK board member. She has 20+ years of experience at companies like VMware and ... Show more

Rod has been working with Business Applications since 1997, with many of those years being focused on ERP and associated technology implementation and integration. His experience covers all aspects of implementation, support, and integration – both technical and functional, as a user, an IT manager, a partner, a small business owner, and most recently as an employee of a multi-solution ISV.

Rod has been working with Business Applications since 1997, with many of those years being focused on ERP and associated technology implementation and integration. His experience covers all aspects of implementation, support, and integration – both t... Show more

Ramiro Berrelleza is one of the founders of Okteto. He has spent most of his career (and his free time) building cloud services and developer tools. Before starting Okteto, Ramiro was an Architect at Atlassian and a Software Engineer at Microsoft Azure. Originally from Mexico, he currently lives in San Francisco.

Ramiro Berrelleza is one of the founders of Okteto. He has spent most of his career (and his free time) building cloud services and developer tools. Before starting Okteto, Ramiro was an Architect at Atlassian and a Software Engineer at Microsoft Azu... Show more

Traci joined the Bits committee to take the tech down a notch! She lives in Somerset with some (very cute) cats, some horses, some sheep, and her husband, Rob. When not looking after all of those, she also works to sooth people's minds as a psychotherapist. Being tech-adjacent she has been drawn into the tech event organising world and the wider community, where she brings her life long knowledge, expertise and fearsome determination to empower and protect those who are outside of the generic majority box. Over the past few years she has also found a voice as a speaker, sharing information and insights into all things mental health and wellbeing.

Traci joined the Bits committee to take the tech down a notch! She lives in Somerset with some (very cute) cats, some horses, some sheep, and her husband, Rob. When not looking after all of those, she also works to sooth people's minds as a psychothe... Show more

Sarah is a software engineer at Edera who loves making complex code more digestible. She is the self-proclaimed founder of the Leslie Lamport fan club. When she's not bugbusting, she is running her animal rescue and competing in triathlons. She believes code should be like cats: intelligent, fluffy, and easy to take care of.

Sarah is a software engineer at Edera who loves making complex code more digestible. She is the self-proclaimed founder of the Leslie Lamport fan club. When she's not bugbusting, she is running her animal rescue and competing in triathlons. She belie... Show more

Maarten is a MVP since '07 and a RD since '15, and a regular speaker at conferences. He loves Azure & security, and is founder of ExpertsLive and the dutch Microsoft Security user group.

Maarten is a MVP since '07 and a RD since '15, and a regular speaker at conferences. He loves Azure & security, and is founder of ExpertsLive and the dutch Microsoft Security user group. Show more

Jeff Iannucci is a Senior Consultant with Straight Path Solutions. With over 20 years of experience with SQL Server development and administration, he enjoys sharing what he's learned by speaking, blogging, and creating video content. He has been a speaker at PASS Data Community Summit, a content author for Pluralsight, and is author of the upcoming book "Learn SQL in a Month of Lunches".

Jeff Iannucci is a Senior Consultant with Straight Path Solutions. With over 20 years of experience with SQL Server development and administration, he enjoys sharing what he's learned by speaking, blogging, and creating video content. He has been a s... Show more

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Jimmy Zelinskie is a software engineer and product leader with the goal of empowering the world through the democratization of software through open source development. He's currently the CPO and cofounder of authzed where he's focused on bringing hyperscaler best-practices in authorization software to the industry at large.

At CoreOS, he helped pioneer the cloud-native ecosystem by starting and contributing to many of its foundational open source projects. After being acquired by Red Hat, his focus shifted to the enablement and adoption of cloud-native technologies by mature enterprise stakeholders. To this day, he still contributes to cloud-native ecosystem by building the future on top of these technologies and maintaining standards such as Open Container Initiative (OCI).

Jimmy Zelinskie is a software engineer and product leader with the goal of empowering the world through the democratization of software through open source development. He's currently the CPO and cofounder of authzed where he's focused on bringing hy... Show more

Shivanshu is a Founding Engineer at SigNoz, working on building an OTeL native observability product.
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 has had the opportunity to mentor contributors in the Google Summer of Code (GSoC) program and has presented his work at prestigious global conferences, including AI_Dev, the GSoC Mentor Summit, IstioCon, and KubeCon. If you want to connect with him, you can reach out on LinkedIn, Twitter, or via CNCF Slack.

Shivanshu is a Founding Engineer at SigNoz, working on building an OTeL native observability product. 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 has had the opport... Show more

Statisticien public, agiliste militant, formateur en design-thinking et en leadership

Statisticien public, agiliste militant, formateur en design-thinking et en leadership 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

Software craftsman, husband, father, ex-sportsman and inquiring reader. Since I was young I have loved taking apart and reassembling things to understand how they work. Now, this passion has become my job: the step from Lego® to software development was small.
Finding the best possible solution so that a complex system can work at its best and making it run smoothly are the goals of my work. C# and Azure make up my survival toolkit and help me cruise through distributed systems and enterprise solutions, with ease.
Be it a command or an event, I try to do my best in contributing to the life of the communities that have adopted me, trying to “give back” at least a part of what I have received over these years.

Software craftsman, husband, father, ex-sportsman and inquiring reader. Since I was young I have loved taking apart and reassembling things to understand how they work. Now, this passion has become my job: the step from Lego® to software development ... 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

Sohan Kunkerkar is a Senior Software Engineer at Red Hat, bringing expertise in distributed systems, backend engineering, and containers. His active contributions extend to CRI-O, a container runtime engine, and various sub-projects within the Kubernetes Sig-Node community. Sohan has a robust background, having worked on impactful projects such as Kubefed and Fedora CoreOS.

Sohan Kunkerkar is a Senior Software Engineer at Red Hat, bringing expertise in distributed systems, backend engineering, and containers. His active contributions extend to CRI-O, a container runtime engine, and various sub-projects within the Kubern... Show more

Enrico has been working with data in all kinds of formats and sizes for over 20 years and has a passion for data privacy. Through his company Privinity he supports organisations with implementing data solutions that respect privacy and avoid unethical or manipulative use of data. Enrico is a former Microsoft Data Platform MVP and has so far written four books on data related technologies and topics.

Enrico has been working with data in all kinds of formats and sizes for over 20 years and has a passion for data privacy. Through his company Privinity he supports organisations with implementing data solutions that respect privacy and avoid unethica... 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

Especializado en el mundo del tratamiento de los datos, con 25 años de experiencia en el sector más de 15 dedicado exclusivamente a los Datos. Master en Big Data & Analytics por la universidad de Murcia, ponente en conferencias del mundo Microsoft, cofundador del equipo del SQL Sat Madrid, Enamorado de PowerBI, y encantado con los retos del día a día. Padre de 3, esposo, pintor aficionado e interesado en todo lo que despierta mi curiosidad.

Especializado en el mundo del tratamiento de los datos, con 25 años de experiencia en el sector más de 15 dedicado exclusivamente a los Datos. Master en Big Data & Analytics por la universidad de Murcia, ponente en conferencias del mundo Microsoft, c... Show more

Krisztian is enthusiastic about observability and cloud infrastructures. He's now 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. Krisztian 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 and cloud infrastructures. He's now 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 Engine... Show more

Danish Tariq is a Security Engineer by profession and a Security researcher by passion. He has been working in Cyber Security for over 8 years and it all started out of a curiosity to break things and look deep down into those things (physical or virtual) back in his teenage years. His major expertise is Penetration Testing and Vulnerability Assessments.

- He was also involved in bug bounty programs as well, where he helped many companies by finding vulnerabilities at different levels. Companies include Microsoft, Apple, Nokia, Blackberry, Adobe, etc.

- Spoke @ BlackHat MEA 2022 (Briefing: Supply-Chain Attacks)

- Featured in "The Register" for an initial workaround for the NPM dependency attacks.

- Certified Ethical Hacker, Certified Vulnerability Assessor (CVA), Certified AppSec Practitioner, Certified Network Security Specialist (CNSS), IBM Cyber Security Analyst

- Ex-Chapter Leader @ OWASP

- Ex-Top Rated freelancer (Information security category) on Upwork

- Recent security research and CVEs include - CVE-2022-2848 & CVE-2022-25523

- Served as a Moderator @ OWASP 2022 Global AppSec APAC.

Danish Tariq is a Security Engineer by profession and a Security researcher by passion. He has been working in Cyber Security for over 8 years and it all started out of a curiosity to break things and look deep down into those things (physical or v... Show more

Coder, open-sourcerer, developer experience enthusiast, software architect, and entrepreneur. At work, I oversee and consult in enterprise legacy systems modernization for fortune 500s to small businesses. Outside work I love helping NGOs as a full-stack developer and mentor.

Coder, open-sourcerer, developer experience enthusiast, software architect, and entrepreneur. At work, I oversee and consult in enterprise legacy systems modernization for fortune 500s to small businesses. Outside work I love helping NGOs as a full-s... Show more

Public Speaker, Web & Accessibility

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Defining Go-to-market strategy for Enterprises to extend Microsoft Copilot & Power Platform through AI tools and low code/ no code solutions. Aiming to create a sustainable impact for the Enterprises & consumers by turbocharging product value with the magic of modern tech! 🚀 .

I have prior experience in Global e-commerce, with Amazon in Multi-Million dollars Brand Transparency Program to protect the Fortune 500 brands and SMBs against counterfeit products on Amazon. I was also associated with Vodafone in Business Transformation Programs across international markets to position the company for competitive advantage.

From growing up as an Army kid to becoming an Army wife, community spirit and exploring uncharted territories is in the DNA.

Defining Go-to-market strategy for Enterprises to extend Microsoft Copilot & Power Platform through AI tools and low code/ no code solutions. Aiming to create a sustainable impact for the Enterprises & consumers by turbocharging product value with th... 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

Oluebube, affectionately known as Bube, is an award-winning software engineer in the cloud native space. 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 in the cloud native space. 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