Most Active Speakers 2024

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

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Hervé Tran

Hervé Tran

Je suis coach pro systémique, coach agile, facilitateur et formateur.
Après de nombreuses années à travailler dans des environnements complexes à forte interactions humaines, je suis persuadé que la collaboration est la clef des grands enjeux de demain.

Très impliqué dans les communautés agile et tech Lyonnaise, j'anime les Agile Playgroung à Lyon et je contribue à l'organisation de la conférence Agile Lyon.

Je suis coach pro systémique, coach agile, facilitateur et formateur. Après de nombreuses années à travailler dans des environnements complexes à forte interactions humaines, je suis persuadé que la collaboration est la clef des grands enjeux de dem... Show more

Ramiro Berrelleza

Ramiro Berrelleza

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

Jiachen Jiang

Jiachen Jiang

Jiachen Jiang (they/them) is a Senior Product Manager at Coder, an open-source and self-hosted CDE that powers enterprise AI governance. Previously, they were a PM on the Azure Container Apps and .NET teams at Microsoft. They hold a B.A. in Computer Science from Dartmouth College and is pursuing a M.S. in Artificial Intelligence from University of Texas at Austin.

Jiachen Jiang (they/them) is a Senior Product Manager at Coder, an open-source and self-hosted CDE that powers enterprise AI governance. Previously, they were a PM on the Azure Container Apps and .NET teams at Microsoft. They hold a B.A. in Computer ... Show more

Vahid Doustimajd

Vahid Doustimajd

As a Microsoft MVP, MCT, and experienced data analyst with over 14 years of experience in project management and data analytics, I have a passion for finding smart solutions. My expertise includes utilizing Power BI, DAX, Power Query, Power Automate, Excel, and VBA to uncover insights from data. I am also an active member of the Power BI community, as a Super User, User Group Leader, blogger, and continuous learner.

As a Microsoft MVP, MCT, and experienced data analyst with over 14 years of experience in project management and data analytics, I have a passion for finding smart solutions. My expertise includes utilizing Power BI, DAX, Power Query, Power Automate,... Show more

Krisztian Fekete

Krisztian Fekete

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

Moisés Martínez

Moisés Martínez

I am a PhD in Artificial Intelligence specialized in the areas of robotics, automatic planning and machine learning. In addition, I am organizer of T3chfest and Madrid Google Cloud Developer group, speaker at different meetups and GDE on Machine Learning.

I am a PhD in Artificial Intelligence specialized in the areas of robotics, automatic planning and machine learning. In addition, I am organizer of T3chfest and Madrid Google Cloud Developer group, speaker at different meetups and GDE on Machine Lea... Show more

Toon Vanhoutte

Toon Vanhoutte

Hi! I'm Toon Vanhoutte, Azure Solution Architect and Microsoft Azure MVP. My duty is to design and deliver reliable, secure and scalable applications in the Azure cloud. I'm not scared to take up big challenges and to dive into development mode. Integration and APIs are my old love, generative AI solutions are my new passion!

As a managing partner of Noest, my focus is to create a vibrant, local community of Microsoft enthusiasts with a "getting-things-done" mentality. I'm a quite active member of the Microsoft Azure community and was speaker on several community and company events. I love to share my experiences and learn from others during workshops, presentations and blogs. Being an Azure MVP, I'm actively collaborating with various Microsoft / Azure product teams.

Hi! I'm Toon Vanhoutte, Azure Solution Architect and Microsoft Azure MVP. My duty is to design and deliver reliable, secure and scalable applications in the Azure cloud. I'm not scared to take up big challenges and to dive into development mode. Int... Show more

Simon Brown

Simon Brown

Simon is an independent consultant specialising in software architecture, and the author of “Software Architecture for Developers” (a developer-friendly guide to software architecture, technical leadership and the balance with agility). He is also the creator of the C4 model for visualising software architecture, and the founder of Structurizr. Simon is a regular speaker at international software development conferences, and travels the world to help organisations visualise and document their software architecture.

Simon is an independent consultant specialising in software architecture, and the author of “Software Architecture for Developers” (a developer-friendly guide to software architecture, technical leadership and the balance with agility). He is also th... Show more

Sharat Chander

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. 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

Alexis Monville

Alexis Monville

I’m Alexis Monville, Co-Founder of Pearlside, a consultancy at the forefront of fostering sustainable and high-impact teams and organizations. My mission at Pearlside is deeply rooted in the philosophy of Emerging Leadership—a dynamic approach designed to cultivate leadership qualities naturally within every level of an organization. This approach is tailored for individuals and teams at any stage of their growth journey, from energetic startups to well-established enterprises.

With a rich background as the former Chief of Staff to the CTO at Red Hat, I’ve mastered the intricacies of nurturing environments that excel in open-source innovation and collaborative success. My dedication to continuous improvement and organizational transformation is captured in my publications: “Changing Your Team From The Inside” (2018) and “I am a Software Engineer and I am in Charge” (2020).

Beyond writing, I’m an enthusiastic speaker, engaging audiences on topics of leadership, organizational culture, and the transformative power of embracing change, particularly within the realm of software development.

I’m Alexis Monville, Co-Founder of Pearlside, a consultancy at the forefront of fostering sustainable and high-impact teams and organizations. My mission at Pearlside is deeply rooted in the philosophy of Emerging Leadership—a dynamic approach design... Show more

Lydia Stepanek

Lydia Stepanek

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

Bousalama Ayoub

Bousalama Ayoub

Convaincu par les valeurs de l'agilité, je suis un agent du changement déterminé au sein des organisations. Mon expertise réside dans la conception, la mise en œuvre et l'amélioration constante de la Transformation Agile & Digital. Mon objectif est de placer l'humain au cœur du développement en mettant l'accent sur la satisfaction des utilisateurs, l'excellence opérationnelle, et en créant une liaison solide entre la production et les objectifs stratégiques de l'entreprise, tout en assurant la livraison de valeur.

Formateur agile depuis 2017 et orateur depuis 2019, je suis spécialiste en transformation Business Agility & AI. J'ai dirigé des projets d'IA complexes, aidant les entreprises à livrer rapidement des solutions à forte valeur. Mon approche se concentre sur l'adaptation, l'amélioration de la collaboration. Passionné par l'innovation, j'aime partager mes connaissances pour inspirer et guider les professionnels dans leur parcours

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Convaincu par les valeurs de l'agilité, je suis un agent du changement déterminé au sein des organisations. Mon expertise réside dans la conception, la mise en œuvre et l'amélioration constante de la Transformation Agile & Digital. Mon objectif est ... Show more

Allyn Stott

Allyn Stott

Allyn Stott is a senior staff engineer at Airbnb where he works on the InfoSec Technology Leadership team. He spends most of his time working on enterprise security, threat detection, and incident response. Over the past decade, he has built and led detection and response programs at companies including Delta Dental of California, MZ, and Palantir. Red team tears are his testimonials.

Allyn has previously presented at Black Hat (Europe, Asia, MEA), Kernelcon, The Diana Initiative, Blue Team Con, Swiss Cyber Storm, SecretCon, Texas Cyber Summit, and BSides around the world. He received his Master’s in High Tech Crime Investigation from The George Washington University as part of the Department of Defense Information Assurance Scholarship Program.

In the late evenings, after his toddler ceases all antics for the day, Allyn writes a semi-regular, exclusive security newsletter that you can subscribe to at meoward.co.

Allyn Stott is a senior staff engineer at Airbnb where he works on the InfoSec Technology Leadership team. He spends most of his time working on enterprise security, threat detection, and incident response. Over the past decade, he has built and led ... Show more

Michał Dębski

Michał Dębski

As a co-founder of Astral Forest, I help ambitious BI leaders to get 100% control over the solutions they manage through technical expertise and process know-how advisory. With over 12 years of experience in BI/Data Strategy and Development, I have delivered end-to-end projects for various organizations, using Azure Databricks, SQL, and Big Data tools. I have also created BI roadmaps, designed optimal data architectures, and facilitated digital transformation by implementing agile/right BI development methods.

In addition to running Astral Forest, I am also a guest lecturer at Warsaw University of Technology, where I share my knowledge and insights on BI/Data Change Management with students and professionals. I have a strong background in quantitative methods in economics and information systems.

As a co-founder of Astral Forest, I help ambitious BI leaders to get 100% control over the solutions they manage through technical expertise and process know-how advisory. With over 12 years of experience in BI/Data Strategy and Development, I have d... Show more

Juliette Lorentz

Juliette Lorentz

Fondatrice de Voilou. et passionnée par les OKR.

Mon objectif ? Transformer vos ambitions en résultats concrets !

Avec plus de 5 ans d'expérience, j'accompagne des entreprises comme Accor, Decathlon et bien d'autres dans leur réussite.

Envie de booster votre stratégie ? Let's go !

Fondatrice de Voilou. et passionnée par les OKR. Mon objectif ? Transformer vos ambitions en résultats concrets ! Avec plus de 5 ans d'expérience, j'accompagne des entreprises comme Accor, Decathlon et bien d'autres dans leur réussite. Env... Show more

Jeff Iannucci

Jeff Iannucci

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

Raymond de Jong

Raymond de Jong

Raymond de Jong is Field CTO for EMEA at Isovalent, the originators of the Cilium project, providing networking, observability, and security for cloud-native applications using eBPF. In this role, he is supporting and enabling customers and partners to be successful with Cilium in their mission-critical environments. Leveraging almost a decade of experience in Software Defined Networking he is passionate about learning customer use-cases and designing solutions to meet their requirements. When not working, Raymond enjoys playing tennis, riding bikes, gaming, and music playing the guitar or piano.

Raymond de Jong is Field CTO for EMEA at Isovalent, the originators of the Cilium project, providing networking, observability, and security for cloud-native applications using eBPF. In this role, he is supporting and enabling customers and partners ... Show more

Noam Honig

Noam Honig

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

Mathilde Buenerd

Mathilde Buenerd

As a frontend developer and certified web accessibility specialist (IAAP), my expertise lies in creating complex user interfaces that are user-friendly and accessible. Previously, I worked on developing No Code tools at Shopify, empowering millions of merchants to easily customize their Online Store. Now fully dedicated to accessibility, I focus on creating inclusive digital experiences for everybody.

As a frontend developer and certified web accessibility specialist (IAAP), my expertise lies in creating complex user interfaces that are user-friendly and accessible. Previously, I worked on developing No Code tools at Shopify, empowering millions o... Show more

Scott Schnoll

Scott Schnoll

I'm a Product Marketing Manager at Microsoft where I work on Copilot for Microsoft 365, Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft 365 networking, and more. Previously, I was a Senior Program Manager on the Office 365 Trust Team at Microsoft, where I worked on building trust with customers through transparency initiatives, and on making it easier for customers to perform risk assessments of Microsoft cloud services. I worked on the Microsoft Trust Center, the Service Trust Portal, and in-product features, such as Compliance Score, Compliance Manager and more.

I'm a Product Marketing Manager at Microsoft where I work on Copilot for Microsoft 365, Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft 365 networking, and more. Previously, I was a Senior Program Manager on the Office 365 Trust Team at Microsoft, where I worked on bu... Show more

Yarden Laifenfeld

Yarden Laifenfeld

Yarden Laifenfeld is a software engineer and developer advocate at Dynatrace. With an interest in uncovering the internals of software, you can find her in the office jumping between 6 different programming languages a day. She is also on the organizing team of both GopherCon Israel and Women Who Go Israel. She loves to speak at conferences and when she’s not at her keyboard, you can usually find her next to her sewing machine.

Yarden Laifenfeld is a software engineer and developer advocate at Dynatrace. With an interest in uncovering the internals of software, you can find her in the office jumping between 6 different programming languages a day. She is also on the organiz... Show more

Amber Vanderburg

Amber Vanderburg

Amber Vanderburg is a multi-award winning businessperson, keynote speaker, author, and founder of the international learning development company, The Pathwayz Group, which has led 800,000+ learners in more than 75 countries in action-focused learning journeys. Amber's history in talent development includes authoring top-reviewed online learning courses for platforms such as LinkedIn Learning, Lecturio, and PluralSight, acting as Director of a national education leadership company, and coaching with professional sports team academies in Asia. In 2022, she published her first business adventure book "Uniquely Better" about building higher team performance.

Speaking engagements:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMNcx7Jwk9Sp6WxuvrfOOBqdP9440SKl0

Amber Vanderburg is a multi-award winning businessperson, keynote speaker, author, and founder of the international learning development company, The Pathwayz Group, which has led 800,000+ learners in more than 75 countries in action-focused learning... Show more

Gunnar Morling

Gunnar Morling

Gunnar Morling is a software engineer and open-source enthusiast by heart, currently working as a Technologist at Confluent. Previously, he helped to build a real-time 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 JfrUnit, kcctl, 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 a software engineer and open-source enthusiast by heart, currently working as a Technologist at Confluent. Previously, he helped to build a real-time stream processing platform based on Apache Flink and led the Debezium project, a d... Show more

Reese Lee

Reese Lee

Reese Lee is a Senior Developer Relations Engineer at New Relic focusing on technical enablement via workshops, blog posts, documentation, and more. She is a Maintainer of the OpenTelemetry End User SIG, where she enjoys learning about interesting use cases and the different ways OpenTelemetry has helped teams improve their application and system observability. In her free time, she loves training jiu-jitsu, landscaping & gardening, and watching horror movies.

Reese Lee is a Senior Developer Relations Engineer at New Relic focusing on technical enablement via workshops, blog posts, documentation, and more. She is a Maintainer of the OpenTelemetry End User SIG, where she enjoys learning about interesting us... Show more

Dawn Foster

Dawn Foster

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

Sarah Christoff

Sarah Christoff

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

Trupti Parkar

Trupti Parkar

Trupti Parkar is a Product Manager at Microsoft Azure AI/ML Platform. She holds Masters in Management Information Systems from University of Arizona & worked as a Software Engineer at Siemens in India.

Trupti Parkar is a Product Manager at Microsoft Azure AI/ML Platform. She holds Masters in Management Information Systems from University of Arizona & worked as a Software Engineer at Siemens in India. Show more

John Craddock

John Craddock

John has designed and implemented computing systems ranging from high-speed industrial controllers to distributed IT systems focusing on security and high availability. A key player in many IT projects for industry leaders, including Microsoft, the UK Government and multi-nationals that require optimized IT systems. Developed technical training courses published worldwide, co-authored a highly successful Microsoft Active Directory Internals book, and presented regularly at major international conferences, including TechEd, IT Forum, Ignite, NIC, Techorama, Azure Lowlands, ESPC, WPNinja and more. John runs a deep-dive Microsoft Entra Identity masterclass, https://learn.xtseminars.co.uk. He produces videos for his YouTube channel, www.youtube.com/@john_craddock. John can be booked for speaking engagements through XTSeminars. www.xtseminars.co.uk

John has designed and implemented computing systems ranging from high-speed industrial controllers to distributed IT systems focusing on security and high availability. A key player in many IT projects for industry leaders, including Microsoft, the U... Show more

Joey D'Antoni

Joey D'Antoni

Joseph D'Antoni is a Principal Consultant at Denny Cherry and Associates Consulting, and a Microsoft Data Platform MVP with over 20 years of experience working in both Fortune 500 and smaller firms. He is a frequent speaker at major tech events like Microsoft Ignite, PASS Summit and Enterprise Data World. He blogs about all topics technology at joeydantoni.com. He believes that no single platform is the answer to all technology problems. He lives in Malvern, PA and holds a BS in Computer Information Systems from Louisiana Tech University and an MBA from North Carolina State University, and is the co-author of the Microsoft book "Introducing SQL Server 2016"

Joseph D'Antoni is a Principal Consultant at Denny Cherry and Associates Consulting, and a Microsoft Data Platform MVP with over 20 years of experience working in both Fortune 500 and smaller firms. He is a frequent speaker at major tech events like... Show more

Egharevba Stephanie

Egharevba Stephanie

I help organizations and communities design and implement inclusive environments where everyone, regardless of background or ability, has the opportunity to thrive. My work is rooted in the belief that inclusion is a catalyst for innovation and that empowering people to contribute their unique talents can lead to meaningful, systemic change.

Through my role as an advocate for disability inclusion, I support organizations in building strategies that prioritize accessibility and equity, ensuring that no one is left behind. I bring a data driven and empathetic approach to problem solving, enabling me to design solutions that address systemic barriers and create long term impact.

Additionally, I am committed to continuous learning and personal growth, both for myself and those I work with. My mission is to drive progress by helping individuals and organizations cultivate inclusive practices that unlock potential and create lasting value in the tech industry and beyond.

I help organizations and communities design and implement inclusive environments where everyone, regardless of background or ability, has the opportunity to thrive. My work is rooted in the belief that inclusion is a catalyst for innovation and that ... 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.