Devang Shah is a Principal Program Manager in the Microsoft Fabric engineering team, where he leads global product and execution for Fabric Real‑Time Intelligence and Fabric IQ. He runs a globally distributed team of program managers and is responsible for driving the end‑to‑end evolution of the real‑time intelligence product suite—from early concepts and product incubation to global adoption and operational scale.

Devang has been deeply involved in shaping and maturing Fabric’s real‑time intelligence stack, including Fabric IQ as the ontology and semantic layer that transforms high‑velocity events into business‑ready, decision‑grade intelligence and powers agent‑driven systems.

A highly hands‑on, technical program manager, Devang builds his own solutions and works directly in the nitty‑gritty of event‑driven streaming architectures, low‑latency pipelines, and real‑time analytics systems. With over a decade of experience designing large‑scale data platforms, he approaches product development as a system—connecting architecture, semantics, agents, and global operations.

Devang Shah is a Principal Program Manager in the Microsoft Fabric engineering team, where he leads global product and execution for Fabric Real‑Time Intelligence and Fabric IQ. He runs a globally distributed team of program managers and is responsib... Show more

I help organizations strengthen security, automate processes, and streamline device management across Intune, Windows 365, and the Microsoft Security stack. My work focuses on closing real gaps, from PowerShell-driven Intune automation and third-party patching to hands-on Security Copilot implementations.

On Stage
I'm a regular speaker at leading IT and security conferences, including MEM Summit Paris (which I co-organize), NIC Summit Oslo, WP Ninja Summits, and Cloud Technology Town Hall. My sessions are technical, demo-heavy, and built around solutions you can take back to work on Monday.

Beyond the Stage
I write at scloud.work, contribute a weekly short-format column to msnugget.com, and create tech demos and automation guides that go deeper on the topics I cover live. If it involves modern device management, security, or making Intune do things Microsoft hasn't gotten around to yet, I'm probably working on it.

I help organizations strengthen security, automate processes, and streamline device management across Intune, Windows 365, and the Microsoft Security stack. My work focuses on closing real gaps, from PowerShell-driven Intune automation and third-part... Show more

6x Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) – Business Applications & Azure AI
5x Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT)

🔧 Expertise & Experience:
With over 11+ years of experience developing Microsoft 365 solutions and 8+ years of Power Platform development, I am passionate about crafting innovative solutions that enhance productivity, improve management, and unlock business value for organizations. My team was recognized as the World’s Best Microsoft Project and Portfolio Management Partner in 2020, a testament to our commitment to excellence.

📢 Community Leader & Educator:
For over 8 years, I have been intensely involved in the tech community, creating impactful content focused on driving innovation in technology, with a strong emphasis on Artificial Intelligence. Through these efforts, I’ve shared knowledge, empowered individuals, and contributed to the growth of professionals in this rapidly evolving field. My dedication has also led to teaching over 12,000 students and building a YouTube channel with 11,000+ subscribers.

🌍 Global Impact:
As an expert trainer, I’ve delivered sessions in 10+ countries, sharing insights and practical guidance on Microsoft technologies. My mission is to democratize technology and inspire others to innovate with tools like Copilot, AI Builder, Azure AI, and Power Platform.
A few highlights:
- CollabDays New England 2024 (United States)
- CollabDays Porto 2024 (Portugal)
- Directions EMEA 2024 (Austria)
- aMP Bordeaux 2024 (France)
- ColorCloud Hamburg 2025 (Germany)
- North America MCT Summit 2025 (United States)
- Power Platform Community Conference 2025 (United States)
- CollabDays Finland 2025 (Finland)
- CollabDays Madrid 2025 (Spain)
- Days of Knowledge Nordic 2025 (Denmark)
- ESPC Conference 2025 (Ireland)
- Cloud Tech Tallinn 2026 (Estonia)

6x Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) – Business Applications & Azure AI 5x Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) 🔧 Expertise & Experience: With over 11+ years of experience developing Microsoft 365 solutions and 8+ years of Power Platform ... Show more

Kellyn Pot’Vin-Gorman is a Database and AI Advocate and Engineer with Redgate, with a long history in multi-platform technology. An Oracle ACE Director alumnus, she has been awarded over the years for her technical contributions and community volunteerism through many organizations, including a recognition as Woman in Tech of the Year for the state of Colorado. She is one of only six women part of the Oak Table, a network for the Oracle scientist. She has extensive experience in environment optimization, cloud migration, automation and architect of robust environments. Specializing in multi-terabyte management of OLAP/DSS systems. A consistent advocate for logical tuning of code and design before hardware solutions. She's recently become known for her expertise in DevOps, AWR, (Automatic Workload Repository) and virtualization of database environments with complex cloud management in Azure and Google Cloud. She's recently been contracted with a number of AI projects, using both relational data and AI services in both data security and architecture. The technical knowledge required to support these features offers great educational opportunities to learn by attending her technical presentations, engaging with her on social media presence as DBAKevlar or reading her blog, dbakevlar.com.

Kellyn Pot’Vin-Gorman is a Database and AI Advocate and Engineer with Redgate, with a long history in multi-platform technology. An Oracle ACE Director alumnus, she has been awarded over the years for her technical contributions and community volunte... Show more

Tine Staric is a strategist at Companial, helping Partners around the world develop products of the highest quality. He has been a Dynamics BC developer since 2015, working with end-customers, VARs, and ISVs, delivering support, implementation, localization, and product projects. He leads most developer productivity initiatives at Companial, and is constantly looking for opportunities to eliminate monotonous developer tasks by using modern tools and automation to make room for creative, fun, and high-value development.

Tine Staric is a strategist at Companial, helping Partners around the world develop products of the highest quality. He has been a Dynamics BC developer since 2015, working with end-customers, VARs, and ISVs, delivering support, implementation, local... Show more

Sami Laiho is one of the world's leading professionals in the Windows OS and Security. Sami has been working with and teaching OS troubleshooting, management, and security since 1995. Sami's session was evaluated as the best session in TechEd North America, Europe and Australia in 2014, and Nordic Infrastructure Conference in 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 (Keynote for NIC).

At Ignite 2018 Sami's sessions were ranked as #1 and #2 out of 1708 sessions!! This was the first time in the history of the conference that anyone has been able to do this!

Sami is also an author at PluralSight and the conference chair for the TechMentor and "Cyber Security and Ransomware Live!" conferences.

More info at: https://samilaiho.com/

Sami Laiho is one of the world's leading professionals in the Windows OS and Security. Sami has been working with and teaching OS troubleshooting, management, and security since 1995. Sami's session was evaluated as the best session in TechEd North A... Show more

Dean Schuster has been envisioning and creating human-centered digital products since the advent of the commercial web. He is founder and owner of the user experience strategy firm truematter, leading the team to help national and international organizations change the way they do business online. He travels all over the world to speak and teach, mentoring professionals and challenging teams to a higher standard for digital experiences.

Dean is also an avid ultra-marathoner and trail racer, often found in out-of-the-way places, including Antarctica.

Dean Schuster has been envisioning and creating human-centered digital products since the advent of the commercial web. He is founder and owner of the user experience strategy firm truematter, leading the team to help national and international organ... Show more

I believe that we can create products and services that make the world a better place. And that we can learn and grow in the process of doing so. Our challenge is that we waste time and money and human energy on untested ideas that, too often, turn out to be something that the customer does not want. Or, if we have an idea that is really good, we get in our own way by not executing it well, by not being able to communicate, inspire, and empower our collaborators and stakeholders as we must in order to do the impossible: launch and grow good ideas that the world needs, fostering sustainable and ethical growth.

I work to solve that.
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25 years + experience in Tech as Product Lead
Named TOP 50 Product Leader to follow in 2024 (worldwide)
Agile @scale expert
International speaker & keynoter since 2008
Worked for : Spotify, Airbus, Orange, Natixis, Legrand, ...

I believe that we can create products and services that make the world a better place. And that we can learn and grow in the process of doing so. Our challenge is that we waste time and money and human energy on untested ideas that, too often, turn... Show more

Thomas fell in love with Android in 2009. He has been constantly contributing to the community since then. Thomas loves writing books (four titles, 15 editions) and articles. He enjoys speaking at conferences and meetups. Thomas' first encounter with programming was in the era of home computers during the early 1980s. Later came C, Perl and a few more. During the 90s he wrote a bunch of programs for the Atari ST series. The first decade of Thomas' professional career centered around Java Enterprise. Today it’s all things Android and Kotlin.

Thomas fell in love with Android in 2009. He has been constantly contributing to the community since then. Thomas loves writing books (four titles, 15 editions) and articles. He enjoys speaking at conferences and meetups. Thomas' first encounter with... Show more

Morten is a Triple Microsoft MVP (Security, Azure, and Security Copilot), a Microsoft Certified Trainer, and holds over 17 active Microsoft certifications.

As a Cloud and Security Architect, he focuses on Azure infrastructure, Microsoft 365, automation, security, AI, and hybrid cloud.

He actively shares insights and tools with the community through his blog at aka.ms/morten / mortenknudsen.net, where his community tools have reached over 2,3 million downloads.

Morten is also a strong advocate for the tech community — speaking at events, mentoring professionals, and co-founding Experts Live Denmark.

Outside of work, he enjoys traveling with his family and is certified as both a PADI Dive Master and PADI Master Scuba Diver.

Morten is a Triple Microsoft MVP (Security, Azure, and Security Copilot), a Microsoft Certified Trainer, and holds over 17 active Microsoft certifications. As a Cloud and Security Architect, he focuses on Azure infrastructure, Microsoft 365, auto... Show more

Andrew Murphy started his career as a Software Engineer but, after a decade in technology leadership, he decided to focus on teaching the skills that he learnt the hard way. When he moved into leadership there was no support, so he had to make all the mistakes (a lot of them!) and learn from them.

His goal is now to make sure that tech leaders don’t have to do things the hard way by providing them with the mindsets and skillsets that can make them happy, confident and effective leaders.

His company, Tech Leaders Launchpad, currently focuses specifically on the new and emerging leader space, as that's the place we can have the biggest impact on the students, and the industry.

Andrew Murphy started his career as a Software Engineer but, after a decade in technology leadership, he decided to focus on teaching the skills that he learnt the hard way. When he moved into leadership there was no support, so he had to make all th... Show more

A developer, business owner, consultant, cloud architect, Microsoft Azure MVP and an online instructor, Mike Benkovich is an alumni of Microsoft from 2004 to 2012 where he helped build developer communities across the US, thru work on Microsoft Across America, MSDN Events, MSDN Webcasts, DPE and Channel 9. He's helped to create and grow developer conferences and user groups in various cities across the US. While at Microsoft he helped create the Azure Boot Camp events that were run in cities across the US and at PDC and TechEd before it was transferred to the community. In 2009 he started a Toastmaster club for Geeks called TechMasters in Minneapolis where we still grow speakers for Conferences. He's a LinkedIn Learning Instructor for Azure, have developed many online courses. Mike actively works in Azure Cloud Governance, Infrastructure as Code, DevOps, Application Architecture and Software Delivery consulting.

A developer, business owner, consultant, cloud architect, Microsoft Azure MVP and an online instructor, Mike Benkovich is an alumni of Microsoft from 2004 to 2012 where he helped build developer communities across the US, thru work on Microsoft Acros... Show more

Koen Verbeeck is a data professional working at AE. He helps organizations to get insight in their data and to improve their analytics solutions. Koen has over a decade and a half of experience in developing data warehouses, models and reports using the Microsoft data platform. Koen was a Microsoft Data Platform MVP for 8 consecutive years, and 1 year Microsoft Fabric MVP. He has a blog at http://www.sqlkover.com, writes articles for MSSQLTips.com and is a frequent speaker at Microsoft Data Platform events.

Koen Verbeeck is a data professional working at AE. He helps organizations to get insight in their data and to improve their analytics solutions. Koen has over a decade and a half of experience in developing data warehouses, models and reports using ... Show more

Empowering Organizations through Data, Analytics & AI

Tech Leader | Entrepreneur | Public Speaker | Technical Trainer | Consultant | Founder of Magna Data inc,
Microsoft Certified Professional in SQL Server, Azure, Fabric, Power BI & Excel. MCSA BI Reporting. MCP Data Scientist & Data Analyst, MCP Fabric. Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT). AWS Cloud, Snowflake DW, Databricks Fundamentals Certs.

Empowering Organizations through Data, Analytics & AI Tech Leader | Entrepreneur | Public Speaker | Technical Trainer | Consultant | Founder of Magna Data inc, Microsoft Certified Professional in SQL Server, Azure, Fabric, Power BI & Excel. MCSA ... Show more

Javier Villegas is IT Director (DBA & BI Services) at Mediterranean Shipping Company with 30 years of experience working with SQL Server, Including Azure SQL.
His specialization is Administration, Performance Tuning, High Availability and Disaster Recovery.
Javier is a Microsoft MVP Data Platform since 2016 and MCT
He is a frequent speaker in technical conferences and events such as SQL Saturdays, PASS Virtual Groups, PASS Marathons, 24 Hours SQL PASS , vOpen , GroupBy , Data Saturdays and Azure Global Bootcamps.
He is one of the group leaders of SQL Argentina Community and former Microsoft Azure Data Advisory Board Member

Javier Villegas is IT Director (DBA & BI Services) at Mediterranean Shipping Company with 30 years of experience working with SQL Server, Including Azure SQL. His specialization is Administration, Performance Tuning, High Availability and Disaster ... Show more

Sander is a SQL Server DBA with over 20 years of experience in IT. He has worked with SQL Server since version 2000 and is a Microsoft MVP.
He is a huge PowerShell enthusiast and will try to automate processes as much as possible.

Sander is a SQL Server DBA with over 20 years of experience in IT. He has worked with SQL Server since version 2000 and is a Microsoft MVP. He is a huge PowerShell enthusiast and will try to automate processes as much as possible. Show more

As a Senior Solutions Architect at Pulumi with over 15 years of experience in the IT industry, including roles at the Schwarz Group and W&W Versicherungen, I bring extensive expertise with an end-user and enterprise focus. Currently working for a startup while collaborating with enterprise clients has further enriched my experience!

I began my career as a Java backend developer, transitioned to frontend development, and ultimately specialized in CI/CD and DevOps. Working with ANT and Cruise Control to switch to Jenkins and Microsoft Team Foundation Server added some traumas on top! But as they say, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger.

I have now embraced the dynamic world of DevOps and Platform Engineering, leveraging cloud technologies and Kubernetes.

Recently, I have been exploring AI to find ways to make myself redundant in the future.

As a Senior Solutions Architect at Pulumi with over 15 years of experience in the IT industry, including roles at the Schwarz Group and W&W Versicherungen, I bring extensive expertise with an end-user and enterprise focus. Currently working for a sta... Show more

Prashant G Bhoyar is a Microsoft AI & Business Applications MVP and Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT). Currently, he works as an AI architect in the Office of the Chief Technology Officer at Applied Information Sciences (www.ais.com). Prashant is a leading AI Architect and trusted advisor specializing in Microsoft Foundry ( Azure AI Foundry ), Azure OpenAI, Conversational AI, Applied AI, AI Agents, Intelligent Business Process Automation, Azure AI, Microsoft Power Platform, Copilot Studio, and Microsoft 365. He co-authored "PowerShell for Office 365" and was the technical reviewer for "Pro SharePoint 2013 Administration." Prashant is on the leadership committee for AI Fest, AI & ML User Group, Northern Virginia Data Platform User Group, and DC Metro Microsoft 365 User Group. As a renowned international speaker, he frequently presents at technical conferences. Additionally, Prashant was awarded the "Antarctic Service Medal of the United States of America" for his outstanding service in Antarctica.

Microsoft MVP Profile Link : https://mvp.microsoft.com/en-us/PublicProfile/5002595?fullName=Prashant%20G%20Bhoyar

Prashant G Bhoyar is a Microsoft AI & Business Applications MVP and Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT). Currently, he works as an AI architect in the Office of the Chief Technology Officer at Applied Information Sciences (www.ais.com). Prashant is a l... Show more

I've been working as a .NET developer for over 16 years now in a variety of industries including government, retail and manufacturing. But I've been hacking around with computer code since I was old enough to read my Dad's copy of the ZX Spectrum BASIC coders manual.

I've been speaking about Functional C# at various user groups and conferences around the UK, USA, Europe and Australia and am particularly interested in seeing just how far we can push C# without breaking it.

In 2023 I released my first technical book: "Functional Programming with C#", published by O'Reilly Media.

When I'm not coding, or running after my two small children, I have been known to enjoy the classic series of Doctor Who, Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks, Cryptic Crosswords, and rather more coffee than is probably good for me.

I've been working as a .NET developer for over 16 years now in a variety of industries including government, retail and manufacturing. But I've been hacking around with computer code since I was old enough to read my Dad's copy of the ZX Spectrum BAS... Show more

Sander ten Brinke is a Microsoft MVP (DevTech) and Senior Software Engineer at Arcady, a Dutch IT consultancy firm based in Zwolle. He loves working with .NET, Azure, DevOps and a whole lot more. He always stays up to date with all new technology and loves sharing his knowledge with everyone by speaking, blogging, podcasting and more!

Sander is an accomplished speaker, he has spoken at 40+ events, including meetups and big conferences like WeAreDevelopers World Congress 2024 and 2025 (15k attendees), NDC Oslo 2025,
Swetugg 2026, NDC Copenhagen 2026, FutureTech and more! He was in the top 3% of the most active speakers on the Sessionize Platform in 2024 and 2025!

Sander ten Brinke is a Microsoft MVP (DevTech) and Senior Software Engineer at Arcady, a Dutch IT consultancy firm based in Zwolle. He loves working with .NET, Azure, DevOps and a whole lot more. He always stays up to date with all new technology and... Show more

Carlos Sanchez is a Principal Scientist at Adobe Experience Manager, specializing in software automation, from build tools to Continuous Delivery and Progressive Delivery. Involved in Open Source for over 20 years, he is the author of the Jenkins Kubernetes plugin and a member of the Apache Software Foundation amongst other open source groups, contributing to several projects, such as Kubernetes, Jenkins or Apache Maven.

Carlos Sanchez is a Principal Scientist at Adobe Experience Manager, specializing in software automation, from build tools to Continuous Delivery and Progressive Delivery. Involved in Open Source for over 20 years, he is the author of the Jenkins Kub... Show more

Jake is an experienced Solution Architect working across Microsoft Azure, Hybrid Platforms, DevOps and Infrastructure as Code. He’s also a former Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for Azure, Citrix CTA, and HashiCorp Ambassador.

Jake is an experienced Solution Architect working across Microsoft Azure, Hybrid Platforms, DevOps and Infrastructure as Code. He’s also a former Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for Azure, Citrix CTA, and HashiCorp Ambassador. Show more

Jeff Taylor is a Principal Data Consultant, Microsoft Data Platform MVP, Redgate Community Ambassador, and Octopus Insider with over 28 years of experience specializing in performance tuning and critical data issues. He currently organizes the Jax Data and Day of Data Jacksonville (formerly SQL Saturday) and is a co-organizer of JaxDUG.

Jeff Taylor is a Principal Data Consultant, Microsoft Data Platform MVP, Redgate Community Ambassador, and Octopus Insider with over 28 years of experience specializing in performance tuning and critical data issues. He currently organizes the Jax Da... Show more

As a software architect, consultant and trainer at embarc Software Consulting GmbH, Falk Sippach is always on the lookout for that spark of passion that he can ignite in his participants, customers and colleagues. He has been supporting mostly agile software development projects in the Java environment for over 20 years. As an active part of the community (co-organizer of the JUG Darmstadt and Java Champion) he also likes to share his knowledge in articles, blog posts, as well as in presentations at conferences or user group meetings and supports the organization of various professional events.

As a software architect, consultant and trainer at embarc Software Consulting GmbH, Falk Sippach is always on the lookout for that spark of passion that he can ignite in his participants, customers and colleagues. He has been supporting mostly agile ... Show more

Guy works for Redis as a Developer Advocate. Combining his decades of experience in writing software with a passion for learning—and for sharing what he has learned—Guy explores interesting topics and spreads the knowledge he has gained around developer communities worldwide.

Teaching and community have long been a focus for Guy. He ran a local JavaScript meetup in Ohio for more than a decade and has served on the selection committees of numerous conferences. He'll happily speak anywhere that will have him and has even has helped teach programming at a prison in Central Ohio.

In his personal life, Guy is a hard-boiled geek interested in role-playing games, science fiction, and technology. He also has a slightly less geeky interest in history and linguistics. He has an entire wall of role-playing games and science fiction books, speaks Spanish like a two-year old, and is a ham radio operator—callsign W8GUY.

Guy lives in Ohio with his wife. His three sons are adults now and are all moved out. He is immensely proud of the men they have become.

Guy works for Redis as a Developer Advocate. Combining his decades of experience in writing software with a passion for learning—and for sharing what he has learned—Guy explores interesting topics and spreads the knowledge he has gained around develo... Show more

Coach Agile et Coach Professionnel, Olivier accompagne des individus, des équipes et des organisations ayant l’envie d’aller vers plus d’adaptabilité, de résilience et de pérennité humaine dans ce monde en perpétuel mouvement. Dans ce sens, il les aide à mobiliser les énergies vers un objectif porteur de sens, à mieux coopérer ensemble et à changer avec plaisir. Son approche se veut simple et légère, sans injonction et teintée de développement personnel.

Coach Agile et Coach Professionnel, Olivier accompagne des individus, des équipes et des organisations ayant l’envie d’aller vers plus d’adaptabilité, de résilience et de pérennité humaine dans ce monde en perpétuel mouvement. Dans ce sens, il les ai... Show more

Cloud Adoption Engineer | Blogger "DevOps Experiences" 🚀 | Speaker | User Group Leader | Microsoft MVP | HashiCorp Ambassador

Cloud Adoption Engineer | Blogger "DevOps Experiences" 🚀 | Speaker | User Group Leader | Microsoft MVP | HashiCorp Ambassador Show more

Peter Eijgermans is a long-time software developer and an adventurous and passionate CodeSmith Frontend at Sopra Steria. He likes to travel around the world with his bike. Always seeking for the unexpected and unknown. For his job he tries out the latest techniques and frameworks. He loves to share his experience by speaking at conferences all over the World and writing for the Dutch Java magazine, Medium and DZone. He believes that you as the front-end developer are the spider in the web to bring the user, the team and the product together.

Peter Eijgermans is a long-time software developer and an adventurous and passionate CodeSmith Frontend at Sopra Steria. He likes to travel around the world with his bike. Always seeking for the unexpected and unknown. For his job he tries out the la... Show more

20+ Years of experience in data engineering and data reporting space. Have worked with Oracle database, SQL Server, SSIS, Informatica Power Center, Hadoop systems, Qlik and Power BI. Enjoy being in the data space and learning new things.

20+ Years of experience in data engineering and data reporting space. Have worked with Oracle database, SQL Server, SSIS, Informatica Power Center, Hadoop systems, Qlik and Power BI. Enjoy being in the data space and learning new things. Show more

Manpreet leads the Modern Workplace AI Solutions Team at Cognizant, where he designs and scales transformative Microsoft-based solutions for global enterprises. Partnering with leadership across diverse verticals—from Media and Entertainment to Financial Services and Healthcare—Manpreet orchestrates Agentic AI strategies that move beyond simple automation to create truly autonomous, intelligent ecosystems. His mission is to redefine the "Agentic Experience," ensuring that AI doesn't just respond to prompts but proactively solves business friction for global customers. As a Microsoft MVP in M365 and AI, he bridges the gap between complex architectural innovation and real-world business impact.

Beyond his leadership at Cognizant, Manpreet is a titan in the technical community. A revered MVP, his insights have reached a staggering 10 million+ readers through his extensive library of articles and blogs. He is the driving force behind numerous annual boot camps, hackathons, and fundraisers, all aimed at nurturing the next generation of tech talent. Whether he is architecting a unified AI Command Center for a Fortune 500 firm or mentoring the next generation of developers, Manpreet is driven by a relentless "human-first" philosophy. Amidst the rapid evolution of the AI landscape, he remains easily recognizable by his warm smile—a reflection of his genuine passion for empowering organizations to achieve more through the power of Agentic AI.

Manpreet leads the Modern Workplace AI Solutions Team at Cognizant, where he designs and scales transformative Microsoft-based solutions for global enterprises. Partnering with leadership across diverse verticals—from Media and Entertainment to Finan... Show more