Most Active Speakers 2024

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

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María José Vidal Paz

María José Vidal Paz

Licenciada en Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales
Certificada en PL 300 MICROSOFT

Licenciada en Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales Certificada en PL 300 MICROSOFT Show more

Ola Hallengren

Ola Hallengren

Ola Hallengren is a Microsoft Data Platform MVP and the creator of the "SQL Server Maintenance Solution".

Ola Hallengren is a Microsoft Data Platform MVP and the creator of the "SQL Server Maintenance Solution". Show more

Siddharth Vaghasia

Siddharth Vaghasia

As an Independent Consultant with around 15 years of experience, Siddharth has expertise in M365 Development as in SharePoint development, Teams App Development, Power Platform, Azure, and . NET and Integration of M365 with external applications. Siddharth also has vast experience in implementing CMS, collaboration, and communication solutions wherein he has architected various custom end-to-end solutions. Siddharth has found his passion in sharing his knowledge by writing articles, conducting webinars, organizing various community events, and contributing to the PnP initiative. He also loves to develop reusable solutions, samples, and scripts and contributed to open source repos. He has also been awarded as Microsoft MVP in the 2x M365 Development category and 4 times C# Corner MVP.

As an Independent Consultant with around 15 years of experience, Siddharth has expertise in M365 Development as in SharePoint development, Teams App Development, Power Platform, Azure, and . NET and Integration of M365 with external applications. Sid... Show more

Niels Berglund

Niels Berglund

Niels is a Microsoft Data Platform MVP and works as Software Architect Lead at Derivco in Durban, South Africa. He and his team design and develop highly performant iGaming systems.

Apart from being a SQL Server "nerd," Niels now spends a lot of time in the real-time / stream processing world working with Kafka, ksqlDB, Flink, Azure Data Explorer, etc. He is very interested in AI/ML, especially Generative AI, and how to do AI/ML against real-time streaming data. He blogs regularly about these topics at https://nielsberglund.com.

He is a sought-after presenter at technology conferences and has presented at, amongst others, Tech-ED, SQL PASS, DevWeek, SQL Bits, SQL Saturday, etc.

Niels is a Microsoft Data Platform MVP and works as Software Architect Lead at Derivco in Durban, South Africa. He and his team design and develop highly performant iGaming systems. Apart from being a SQL Server "nerd," Niels now spends a lot of t... Show more

Aishwarya R

Aishwarya R

I'm a Product Manager with over 5+ years of expertise in AI, Cloud, SaaS & EdTech products. Currently, I drive product strategy at a leading AI-Automation SaaS platform in the USA and have previously worked for an Asian EdTech unicorn for four years leading their technology & strategy initiatives.

My educational background is in Computer Science from IIT Delhi, which is one of the top Engineering colleges in Asia, and research experience in Artificial Intelligence from the Max Planck Institute for Informatics in Germany.

Besides my day job, I have been featured as thought leader in leading technology media outlets who have recognized my contribution to AI & startup ecosystem in general. Links to few of these articles:

https://www.business-standard.com/content/specials/crafting-digital-experiences-with-a-human-touch-123100500443_1.html
https://www.thetechoutlook.com/news/a-better-tomorrow-tech-for-good/

I was a speaker on AI at the 17th European Identity & Cloud (EIC) Conference 2024 in Berlin, addressing over 1500 attendees (link: https://www.kuppingercole.com/speakers/3472), Meet Magento Conference 2024 by Adobe where I presented my AI keynote to more than 1000 participants (link to my speaking video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MOhjorhOJhrWg4Bm81l-Cp3heWrTGobq/view?usp=drive_link) and a speaker on AI at Experts Live Microsoft 2024. Additionally, I was a panelist at the Premier Technology Confluence 2024, featured in ANI News which has a monthly readership of 2.4 million (link to the article: https://www.aninews.in/news/business/premier-technology-amp-innovation-confluence-2024-hosted-by-the-business-fame-a-celebration-of-cutting-edge-tech-and-expertise20240405162206/).

I have also been awarded the Young Achievers’ Award (Technology) by Indian Achievers Forum 2023-24 (link: https://www.iafindia.com/ms-aishwarya-rai/) and Technology & Innovation Leader of the Year Award 2023-24 which was also featured in Asia's leading news daily "The Print" with a readership of more than 8 million per month (link to the article: https://theprint.in/ani-press-releases/indian-leadership-summit-awards-2024-a-resounding-success-in-pune/1972382/#:~:text=*%20Technology%20and%20Innovation%20Leader%20of%20the%20Year%20%E2%80%93%20Aishwarya%20Rai%2C%20Product%20Manager%2C%20Sofy.AI)

I mentor early-stage startups and entrepreneurs and currently volunteer as an advisor, mentor and jury member for several startup incubators, accelerators and educational platforms such as Alchemist Accelerator (USA), Faster Capital (UAE) and GrowthMentor (Europe).

I'm a Product Manager with over 5+ years of expertise in AI, Cloud, SaaS & EdTech products. Currently, I drive product strategy at a leading AI-Automation SaaS platform in the USA and have previously worked for an Asian EdTech unicorn for four years ... 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

Navya Krishna Alapati

Navya Krishna Alapati

Navya Alapati, a Senior Software Engineer at VISA USA, INC is celebrated for her innovative contributions to data processing with a robust background in designing, developing, maintaining and optimizing database solutions that drive business success. With a deep understanding of SQL Server's capabilities, Navya Alapati has spearheaded numerous projects, delivering high-performance databases that support complex applications and large-scale data processing.

Beyond technical prowess, Navya is passionate about leveraging data for strategic decision-making and innovation. An advocate for continuous learning and community engagement, Navya frequently shares her knowledge through workshops, webinars, and conferences. She is dedicated to fostering a collaborative environment where knowledge and ideas are freely exchanged. As a speaker, Navya brings a wealth of practical experience and a passion for data-driven innovation. She aims to inspire and educate audiences on the latest advancements in SQL Server, data processing, and the transformative power of inclusive practices in technology.

Navya Alapati, a Senior Software Engineer at VISA USA, INC is celebrated for her innovative contributions to data processing with a robust background in designing, developing, maintaining and optimizing database solutions that drive business success.... Show more

Chloe McAree

Chloe McAree

Chloe McAree is a Senior Software Engineer at Hamilton Robson. She has experience working on small research prototypes using cutting edge technologies, right through to building large scale web applications using multiple technology stacks. Chloe is an active member of the global tech community, she has been an AWS Community Builder for the past four years and is also a former Belfast City Lead for Women Who Code. She uses these outlets to share her learnings and experiences through blogs and other events. Chloe was named Engineer of the Year at the UK IT Awards in November 2023.

Chloe McAree is a Senior Software Engineer at Hamilton Robson. She has experience working on small research prototypes using cutting edge technologies, right through to building large scale web applications using multiple technology stacks. Chloe is ... 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

Weizhou Lan

Weizhou Lan

I currently serve as a Senior Tech Lead at DaoCloud, with over 13 years of engineering experience. I have had the experience of being a speaker at KubeCon three times.
I am the initiator and maintainer of the CNCF sandbox project Spiderpool, focused on AI networking, and an active community member of Cilium. My expertise spans networking, eBPF, observability, service mesh, AI, and more. I ranked 14th globally in CNCF's developer activity counts in both 2023 and 2024.

I currently serve as a Senior Tech Lead at DaoCloud, with over 13 years of engineering experience. I have had the experience of being a speaker at KubeCon three times. I am the initiator and maintainer of the CNCF sandbox project Spiderpool, focused... Show more

Jose Azevedo

Jose Azevedo

Professional Experience
More than 20 years of experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 BC
25 years of experience within different ERPs (SAP, Oracle Applications, Sage X3 and Dynamics 365 BC)
University Invited Teacher
Career started in Portugal and moved to London 5 years ago
Different Roles in Consulting (Business Consultant, Functional Consultant, Project Manager, Programme Manager, Engagement Leader, Team Leader, Site Manager, Product Manager and Solution Architect)

Vertical Experience
Fashion, Food and Pharmaceutical (Retail and Manufacturing)
Services

Some Personal
Food, Wine and Gin Lover
Runner (finished 4 marathons), Trekker (finished 10 ways of Camiño to Santiago), Padel and Bodyboarding

Professional Experience More than 20 years of experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 BC 25 years of experience within different ERPs (SAP, Oracle Applications, Sage X3 and Dynamics 365 BC) University Invited Teacher Career started in Portugal an... Show more

Maarten Goet

Maarten Goet

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

Mesut Durukal

Mesut Durukal

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lKTxhk1KEhXBw4kJRTBnHrfusn1S6-Yi/view?usp=share_link

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lKTxhk1KEhXBw4kJRTBnHrfusn1S6-Yi/view?usp=share_link Show more

Rami Mounla

Rami Mounla

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

Patrick LeBlanc

Patrick LeBlanc

Patrick LeBlanc is a currently a Principal Program Manager at Microsoft and a contributing partner to Guy in a Cube. Along with his 15+ years’ experience in IT he holds a Masters of Science degree from Louisiana State University. He is the author and co-author of five SQL Server books. Prior to joining Microsoft he was awarded Microsoft MVP award for his contributions to the community. Patrick is a regular speaker at many SQL Server Conferences and Community events.

Patrick LeBlanc is a currently a Principal Program Manager at Microsoft and a contributing partner to Guy in a Cube. Along with his 15+ years’ experience in IT he holds a Masters of Science degree from Louisiana State University. He is the author and... Show more

Jiachen Jiang

Jiachen Jiang

Jiachen Jiang (they/them) is a Product Manager on the Azure Container Apps team at Microsoft. Previously, they were a PM on the .NET team and worked on products like NuGet, Entity Framework, and ASP.NET.

Jiachen Jiang (they/them) is a Product Manager on the Azure Container Apps team at Microsoft. Previously, they were a PM on the .NET team and worked on products like NuGet, Entity Framework, and ASP.NET. Show more

Sarah Christoff

Sarah Christoff

Sarah is a software engineer at Defense Unicorns 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 Defense Unicorns 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... Show more

Habib Mankal

Habib Mankal

Habib is a Principal Consultant and Founder @ http://WaveCoreIT.com , where he helps his clients with their Microsoft 365 Deployments, provisioning, security and governance. Ensuring that the end-user is able to conduct their efficiently while complying to the overall corporate policies.

He is also a 9 time M365 Apps & Services MVP | MSFT Technologist | Co-Host http://O365eh.com | Blogger | Speaker | Husband |Father

Habib is a Principal Consultant and Founder @ http://WaveCoreIT.com , where he helps his clients with their Microsoft 365 Deployments, provisioning, security and governance. Ensuring that the end-user is able to conduct their efficiently while comply... Show more

Craig Bryden

Craig Bryden

Craig Bryden is Principal Consultant - Data at Australian based Advanced Data and AI Company (www.adaico.ai). Craig has been a BI / Data Analytics specialist for over 25 years. Craig is a current Microsoft Data Platform MVP and is the founder of the QLD Power BI and Fabric User Group.

Craig Bryden is Principal Consultant - Data at Australian based Advanced Data and AI Company (www.adaico.ai). Craig has been a BI / Data Analytics specialist for over 25 years. Craig is a current Microsoft Data Platform MVP and is the founder of the ... Show more

April Yoho

April Yoho

https://azapril.dev/bio/

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Jörg Neumann

Jörg Neumann

Jörg Neumann is founder and CEO at NeoGeeks and specialist for AI and frontend technologies. In addition to the technical aspects, he has an eye for design and usability. He has over 25 years of experience in conception and development of enterprise applications. He shares his knowledge in various books and magazines and as speaker on developer conferences. Jörg is also a Microsoft MVP in the areas Azure OpenAI Service and Azure Machine Learning Platform.

Jörg Neumann is founder and CEO at NeoGeeks and specialist for AI and frontend technologies. In addition to the technical aspects, he has an eye for design and usability. He has over 25 years of experience in conception and development of enterprise ... Show more

Renaud Mathieu

Renaud Mathieu

Organizer GDG Paris Android.

Organizer GDG Paris Android. Show more

Farah Abdirahman

Farah Abdirahman

I am a software developer with a dream to have an impact to the community and be the solution. I am a strong team player who is able to quickly learn and apply new technologies. I am also a know how who feeds on research and critical thinking. I always give my all in any task i encounter. I strive to get the best out of me. I have trained more than 60 students on software development

I am a software developer with a dream to have an impact to the community and be the solution. I am a strong team player who is able to quickly learn and apply new technologies. I am also a know how who feeds on research and critical thinking. I alwa... Show more

Rémi Sarraillon

Rémi Sarraillon

Formateur et Coach Agile, Facilitateur d'intelligence collective, fresqueur du climat et du numérique, je suis passionné par l'agilité et les sciences humaines. J'accompagne les organisations à devenir davantage résiliente et frugale dans la conception de produits numériques.

Formateur et Coach Agile, Facilitateur d'intelligence collective, fresqueur du climat et du numérique, je suis passionné par l'agilité et les sciences humaines. J'accompagne les organisations à devenir davantage résiliente et frugale dans la concepti... Show more

Viktor Farcic

Viktor Farcic

Viktor Farcic is a lead rapscallion at Upbound, a member of the CNCF Ambassadors, Google Developer Experts, CDF Ambassadors, and GitHub Stars groups, and a published author.

He is a host of the YouTube channel DevOps Toolkit and a co-host of DevOps Paradox.

Viktor Farcic is a lead rapscallion at Upbound, a member of the CNCF Ambassadors, Google Developer Experts, CDF Ambassadors, and GitHub Stars groups, and a published author. He is a host of the YouTube channel DevOps Toolkit and a co-host of DevOp... Show more

Stephanie Bruno

Stephanie Bruno

Stephanie is a forever data witch, currently disguised as a Principal BI Architect at iLink Digital. She casts spells to wrangle, model, visualize, and analyze data to help customers solve problems with Fabric, Power BI, and the Power Platform. Prior to working at iLink, she was a Data Platform MVP, a BI Analyst at Microsoft, and a director of Informatics at the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF).

Stephanie is a forever data witch, currently disguised as a Principal BI Architect at iLink Digital. She casts spells to wrangle, model, visualize, and analyze data to help customers solve problems with Fabric, Power BI, and the Power Platform. Prior... Show more

Simon Aubury

Simon Aubury

Day job: data steaming & system architecture. Night gig: IoT and random project hacking. Far too long working with massive data processing, ingest and enterprise applications

Day job: data steaming & system architecture. Night gig: IoT and random project hacking. Far too long working with massive data processing, ingest and enterprise applications Show more

Bartłomiej Płotka

Bartłomiej Płotka

Bartek Płotka is a Senior Software Engineer at Google. SWE by heart, with an SRE background, currently working on Cloud Observability. Previously Principal Software Engineer at Red Hat. Author of "Efficient Go" book with O'Reilly. As the co-founder of the CNCF Thanos project and core maintainer of various open-source projects, including Prometheus, he enjoys building OSS communities and maintainable, reliable distributed systems, ideally in Go. CNCF TAG Observability Technical Lead.

Bartek Płotka is a Senior Software Engineer at Google. SWE by heart, with an SRE background, currently working on Cloud Observability. Previously Principal Software Engineer at Red Hat. Author of "Efficient Go" book with O'Reilly. As the co-founder o... 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

Charline Rageade

Charline Rageade

🚀Je fonctionne à l'énergie créative et à la curiosité sans limites. En quête permanente de solutions ludiques et pertinentes, je jongle avec les idées et je crée des outils adaptés au besoin des équipes pour nous faire grandir.

🚀Je fonctionne à l'énergie créative et à la curiosité sans limites. En quête permanente de solutions ludiques et pertinentes, je jongle avec les idées et je crée des outils adaptés au besoin des équipes pour nous faire grandir. 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.