Most Active Speakers 2024

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

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Adele Carpenter

Adele Carpenter

Adele is a software engineer at Trifork Amsterdam, where she is working on backend systems for the educational sector. Most of her work day is spent in the JVM/Spring ecosystems. Adele got the coding bug later in life but since then has been making up for lost time, going from command line noob to employed software engineer in just one year. Her experiences both in and out of tech have given her a unique perspective on the art of programming together with humans, which she hopes is useful to other humans who program with humans.

Adele is a software engineer at Trifork Amsterdam, where she is working on backend systems for the educational sector. Most of her work day is spent in the JVM/Spring ecosystems. Adele got the coding bug later in life but since then has been making u... Show more

Sharon Smith

Sharon Smith

I'm a dual Microsoft BizApps MVP in Customer Experience and Customer Service. An expert Microsoft Certified Solution Architect for the Dynamics 365 business applications, who's led the delivery and implementation of several tailored and value-oriented solutions to meet diverse global and national business requirements, that lead to positive customer outcomes.

15x Microsoft Certified and Success by Design Accredited, I use Success by Design principles that blend strategic design, rigorous gap analysis, and the pursuit of excellence in service delivery, to craft pathways to success for customers. My strong knowledge and implementation experience is recognized in being appointed as one of ANS Group's Lead Architects for the Microsoft FastTrack Portfolio Partner program.

As a Microsoft Women In Power Mentor, a Microsoft Power Up Program Champ, and a regular Microsoft Community contributor through my HeuristicDev blog posts and public speaking, I have a 'thing' for learning, a thirst for knowledge, and a desire for sharing both.

I'm a dual Microsoft BizApps MVP in Customer Experience and Customer Service. An expert Microsoft Certified Solution Architect for the Dynamics 365 business applications, who's led the delivery and implementation of several tailored and value-orient... Show more

Daniel Laskewitz

Daniel Laskewitz

Daniel is a Senior Cloud Advocate at Microsoft, where he continues to enthuse people about the possibilities of the Power Platform. Daniel loves to talk to you about what the Power Platform can do for you, whether you're a developer, an IT Pro, an architect, or an administrator.

Daniel is a Senior Cloud Advocate at Microsoft, where he continues to enthuse people about the possibilities of the Power Platform. Daniel loves to talk to you about what the Power Platform can do for you, whether you're a developer, an IT Pro, an ar... Show more

Sarath Sasidharan

Sarath Sasidharan

As a Senior Program Manager at Microsoft, I leverage my expertise in Fabric, Azure, and data architecture to help customers in the EMEA region overcome critical challenges and achieve their business goals. I have over 14 years of experience in designing, building, and monitoring data solutions that span integration, preparation, analytics, and reporting layers for various industries and domains.

I am passionate about enabling organizations to generate value from their data and empowering them with next-generation data and AI capabilities. I also contribute to the community by speaking at internal and external events and sharing insights and guidance on data strategy, governance, and architecture both within Microsoft Fabric and beyond.

Co-creator of Data Pancakes Channel, which talks about data management: https://www.youtube.com/@DataPancakes

As a Senior Program Manager at Microsoft, I leverage my expertise in Fabric, Azure, and data architecture to help customers in the EMEA region overcome critical challenges and achieve their business goals. I have over 14 years of experience in design... Show more

Gerald Versluis

Gerald Versluis

Meet Gerald Versluis, software engineer at Microsoft, who wields the power of .NET MAUI to conquer any project that comes his way. With a career spanning over a decade, he's tackled it all, from frontend to backend and everything in between, using Azure, ASP.NET, and all the other .NET goodies.

But it wasn't until he discovered the magic of Xamarin that he truly fell in love with mobile and cross-platform development, becoming an active community member and sharing his knowledge through writing, tweeting, and presentations. When he's not saving the world of software, you can find him on Twitter @jfversluis, blogging at https://blog.verslu.is, or making videos on his YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/GeraldVersluis.

Meet Gerald Versluis, software engineer at Microsoft, who wields the power of .NET MAUI to conquer any project that comes his way. With a career spanning over a decade, he's tackled it all, from frontend to backend and everything in between, using Az... Show more

Michel Murabito

Michel Murabito

I'm Michel Murabito, Mich to my friends! Born in 1986 in Turin with Sicilian roots, I now live in Milan. My journey in software began at 12, coding for fun. At 18, I started my first job as a software developer and have continuously sought new challenges to grow and learn. Today,

I'm a Developer Advocate at Mia-Platform and a Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) Ambassador, sharing my passion for cloud native technologies with a community of curious minds. I'm also an organizer of the Cloud Native Days Italy (formerly KCD Italy) and KCD San Francisco Bay Area, fostering collaboration and innovation within the cloud native ecosystem.

I'm Michel Murabito, Mich to my friends! Born in 1986 in Turin with Sicilian roots, I now live in Milan. My journey in software began at 12, coding for fun. At 18, I started my first job as a software developer and have continuously sought new challe... Show more

Nicola Paro

Nicola Paro

Nicola Paro is a Cloud Solutions Engineer in beanTech with over 8 years of experience in the industry. He loves developing applications using .NET and Blazor.

Nicola Paro is a Cloud Solutions Engineer in beanTech with over 8 years of experience in the industry. He loves developing applications using .NET and Blazor. Show more

Mirco Vanini

Mirco Vanini

Consultant focused on industrial and embedded solutions using .NET and other native SDKs with over 35 years of experience, XeDotNet community co-founder, speaker and Microsoft MVP since 2012. Passionate and curious about everything that revolves around the IoT world.

Consultant focused on industrial and embedded solutions using .NET and other native SDKs with over 35 years of experience, XeDotNet community co-founder, speaker and Microsoft MVP since 2012. Passionate and curious about everything that revolves arou... Show more

Sasha Denisov

Sasha Denisov

Sasha is an experienced software developer with a rich background, in IT for more than 20 years. He worked with different stacks in backend, frontend and mobile fields, but since 2018 his main interest is Flutter. Sasha also has deep expertise in Firebase and Generative AI area, enhancing his capabilities to create robust, intelligent, and scalable applications. Sasha is a Chief Software Engineer and Head of Flutter Discipline in EPAM. Also, he is Flutter, Dart and Firebase GDE and Co-Organizer of Flutter Berlin community

Sasha is an experienced software developer with a rich background, in IT for more than 20 years. He worked with different stacks in backend, frontend and mobile fields, but since 2018 his main interest is Flutter. Sasha also has deep expertise in Fir... Show more

Michael Plettner

Michael Plettner

With more than 2 decades of customer experience, a long history in Microsoft products, Michael is a Cloud Architect who enjoys sharing his experience with the community and help the community grow.
During the last years, Michael was working with customers in Microsoft Teams topics, Microsoft 365 implementations overall and since 2022 he's also working with his customers in different Microsoft Viva projects.
Since more than seven years Michael has its own company, working with the focus on Microsoft topics, Change-Management and Project-Management. He's also a Microsoft MVP for Microsoft 365 Apps and Services since 2021.

With more than 2 decades of customer experience, a long history in Microsoft products, Michael is a Cloud Architect who enjoys sharing his experience with the community and help the community grow. During the last years, Michael was working with cus... Show more

Massimo Crippa

Massimo Crippa

Massimo Crippa is a cloud enthusiast with 20 years of experience with Microsoft enterprise products and technologies. He started his career in the Italian ICT sector as a web developer and later focused on middleware and messaging projects. In 2011 he moved to Belgium where he is working as Azure Domain Lead for Codit.
In this role, he's responsible for the Azure domain where his tasks range from envision the Cloud journey, to demonstrate different Azure PaaS capabilities, and to implement those with customers.

Massimo Crippa is a cloud enthusiast with 20 years of experience with Microsoft enterprise products and technologies. He started his career in the Italian ICT sector as a web developer and later focused on middleware and messaging projects. In 2011 h... Show more

John Morehouse

John Morehouse

John Morehouse is a Principal Consultant with Denny Cherry & Associates Consulting living in Chesapeake, Virginia. Honored to be a Microsoft Data Platform MVP & former VMWare vExpert, having over 2 decades of technical experience, John now focuses on solving crucial business problems with Microsoft SQL Server oriented solutions. John has a passion around speaking, teaching technical topics and giving back to his community whenever possible. He is a blogger, avid tweeter, and a frequent speaker at conferences and user groups whenever possible. If you want to find John, you can find him on Twitter (@sqlrus) or on his blog, http://sqlrus.com.

John Morehouse is a Principal Consultant with Denny Cherry & Associates Consulting living in Chesapeake, Virginia. Honored to be a Microsoft Data Platform MVP & former VMWare vExpert, having over 2 decades of technical experience, John now focuses on... Show more

Nathan Rose

Nathan Rose

Nathan's adventure with Dynamics 365 and the Power Platform began over 10 years ago with CRM 2011. Back when dinosaurs roamed the earth, people used MySpace and xRM was "kind of a big deal". Fast forward to the present Nathan loves all things Power Platform, particularly rapid prototyping of thought bubbles without code! Nathan specialises in using PowerFx to empower app makers and deliver innovative low code solutions. He's passionate about leveraging the respective strengths of AI and humans on the Power Platform.

Nathan's adventure with Dynamics 365 and the Power Platform began over 10 years ago with CRM 2011. Back when dinosaurs roamed the earth, people used MySpace and xRM was "kind of a big deal". Fast forward to the present Nathan loves all things Power P... Show more

Nikos Delis

Nikos Delis

Microsoft Certified x6, MVP for Azure & IoT, Senior Cloud Architect and tech enthusiast. Passionate about software architecture and solution design.

During my 10+ years of hands-on experience in Software Engineering, I have primarily focused on .NET-based solutions and Azure as a cloud-services provider. I have worked with pretty much all kinds of applications, from small Windows Forms tools to large-scale enterprise web-based solutions. The more I code, the more I realize that my true passion is solution design and software architecture, regardless of tech-stack and platform.

Sharing knowledge and insights is the finest thing I know and the one thing I love the most in the IT community.

Microsoft Certified x6, MVP for Azure & IoT, Senior Cloud Architect and tech enthusiast. Passionate about software architecture and solution design. During my 10+ years of hands-on experience in Software Engineering, I have primarily focused on .N... Show more

Tom Colvin

Tom Colvin

Tom Colvin is CTO of Apptaura, the app development specialists in England, and a Google Developer Expert in Android. He has been a developer for over 20 years and worked with Android since Cupcake. He is also founder of the mobile security experts Conseal Security.

Tom Colvin is CTO of Apptaura, the app development specialists in England, and a Google Developer Expert in Android. He has been a developer for over 20 years and worked with Android since Cupcake. He is also founder of the mobile security experts Co... Show more

Rockford Lhotka

Rockford Lhotka

Rockford Lhotka is VP of Strategy at Xebia. He is the creator of the widely used CSLA .NET open-source software framework, the author of numerous books, and regularly speaks at major conferences around the world. Rockford is a member of the Microsoft Regional Director and MVP programs. For more information go to https://lhotka.net.

Rockford Lhotka is VP of Strategy at Xebia. He is the creator of the widely used CSLA .NET open-source software framework, the author of numerous books, and regularly speaks at major conferences around the world. Rockford is a member of the Microsoft... Show more

Carlos Sanchez

Carlos Sanchez

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

Aldan Creo

Aldan Creo

Hi! I'm Aldan, and I'm passionate about technology and research. I studied Computer Science in Spain, France and Switzerland, founded a few associations and contributed to open source projects. I've also been lucky enough to get some recognition for leadership and academic achievements, and I love learning from the community and participating in events. Currently, I'm working on research that combines Natural Language Processing and Knowledge Graphs, two topics I'm always happy to talk about!

Hi! I'm Aldan, and I'm passionate about technology and research. I studied Computer Science in Spain, France and Switzerland, founded a few associations and contributed to open source projects. I've also been lucky enough to get some recognition for ... Show more

Abhinav Jayanty

Abhinav Jayanty

I’m a Data Engineer and data analytics enthusiast specialising in the Azure data platform, Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, and SQL Server. With multiple Azure certifications, I’m passionate about developing and sharing my knowledge and eagerly take any opportunity to present and speak on topics I’ve explored and mastered.

Outside of data, I’m an avid fan of football and Formula 1, and I enjoy cooking, whisky, and making plans to travel the world.

I’m a Data Engineer and data analytics enthusiast specialising in the Azure data platform, Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, and SQL Server. With multiple Azure certifications, I’m passionate about developing and sharing my knowledge and eagerly take any o... Show more

James Eastham

James Eastham

James Eastham is a Serverless Developer Advocate at Datadog and a Microsoft MVP. He has over 10 years of software experience at all layers of the software development process and has spoken at conferences all over the world.

He answered phones in front-line support, administered databases, and built SSIS packages, as well as developed cloud-native backends with serverless technologies. He spent time at AWS working with some of the biggest companies on the planet, migrating workloads from data centers into the cloud and modernizing in the process.

James produces content on YouTube focused on architecting and building applications with serverless technologies using .NET and Rust. He also has a strong interest in and expertise in event-driven architecture and building more loosely coupled systems.

James Eastham is a Serverless Developer Advocate at Datadog and a Microsoft MVP. He has over 10 years of software experience at all layers of the software development process and has spoken at conferences all over the world. He answered phones in ... Show more

Jacob Duijzer

Jacob Duijzer

Jacob is a leader who inspires others through his commitment to learning, sharing knowledge, and fostering growth. With a strong foundation as a software developer, team lead, and technical consultant, he brings real-world experience to every role he takes on.
Jacob actively guides organizations through changes, such as adopting Team Topologies, and supports teams by mentoring developers, creating development teams, and leading workshops. His hands-on approach ensures that his ideas are practical and grounded in experience.
Driven by a passion for helping people and teams succeed, Jacob focuses on building strong, collaborative environments. He combines technical expertise with leadership to advocate for better ways of working and continuous improvement.

Jacob is a leader who inspires others through his commitment to learning, sharing knowledge, and fostering growth. With a strong foundation as a software developer, team lead, and technical consultant, he brings real-world experience to every role he... Show more

Scott Sauber

Scott Sauber

Scott is the Director of Engineering at Lean TECHniques Inc. Besides advising clients and delivering solutions for them, he enjoys helping teams realize their potential through technical practices (such as CI/CD, TDD, IAC, etc.) and working more effectively (such as limiting WIP, visualizing work, etc).

He’s a Microsoft MVP, Redgate Community Ambassador, international speaker, Dometrain author, and co-organizes the Iowa .NET User Group. You can find Scott on Twitter @scottsauber, on Bluesky @scottsauber.com, or on his blog at scottsauber.com.

Scott is the Director of Engineering at Lean TECHniques Inc. Besides advising clients and delivering solutions for them, he enjoys helping teams realize their potential through technical practices (such as CI/CD, TDD, IAC, etc.) and working more effe... Show more

Matt Gordon

Matt Gordon

Matt is a Microsoft Data Platform MVP and has worked with SQL Server since 2000. He is the leader of the Lexington, KY Data Technology Group and a frequent domestic and international community speaker. He's an IDERA ACE alumnus and Redgate Ambassador. His original data professional role was in database development, which quickly evolved into query tuning work that further evolved into being a DBA in the healthcare realm. He has supported several critical systems utilizing SQL Server and managed dozens of 24/7/365 SQL Server implementations. As a consultant, he works with customers large, medium, and small to migrate to the cloud, make their data estate operate efficiently, and find the right tools and solutions within the Microsoft Data Platform.

Matt is a Microsoft Data Platform MVP and has worked with SQL Server since 2000. He is the leader of the Lexington, KY Data Technology Group and a frequent domestic and international community speaker. He's an IDERA ACE alumnus and Redgate Ambassador... Show more

Loek Duys

Loek Duys

I am CTO at Xebia Microsoft Services NL, Cloud architect, and Microsoft Azure MVP, helping companies modernize their IT all the way; Cloud strategy, SecDevOps practices, and Continuous Delivery. I spend most of my days helping teams by providing advice, hands-on assistance, solving problems and delivering technical training.
A couple of times per year, I like to speak at international conferences and to provide workshops.
By being a consultant, international speaker, trainer, active contributor to open-source projects, and forum participant, I love to share knowledge with the community.

Some of my recent public speaking & workshop engagements:
- NDC London, Oslo & Porto
- SDD London
- Copenhagen Developers Festival (NDC)
- DevSum Stockholm
- Techorama & Experts Live Netherlands
- Update Conf Prague
- KCDC USA
- DDC & Developer Week Germany
Want to know more? Send me a message https://www.linkedin.com/in/loekd/

I am CTO at Xebia Microsoft Services NL, Cloud architect, and Microsoft Azure MVP, helping companies modernize their IT all the way; Cloud strategy, SecDevOps practices, and Continuous Delivery. I spend most of my days helping teams by providing advi... Show more

James Reeves

James Reeves

Data enthusiast on a mission to make well architected data platforms accessible to all while navigating the whims of an ADHD-powered mind – it's a bit like juggling flaming torches while riding a unicycle, but he makes it work!

Data enthusiast on a mission to make well architected data platforms accessible to all while navigating the whims of an ADHD-powered mind – it's a bit like juggling flaming torches while riding a unicycle, but he makes it work! Show more

Rui Romano

Rui Romano

I am an experienced data professional with a passion for building scalable and innovative data solutions.

Currently, I work as a Product Manager at Microsoft on the Power BI product team—my dream job! I focus on helping customers maximize the value of their data by designing exceptional, best-in-class experiences, with a special emphasis on pro-dev scenarios.

Previously, I spent over 15 years in consulting, growing from a developer to leading a Data & Analytics team as its head.

As a seasoned speaker, I enjoy sharing knowledge and insights with others while always remaining eager to learn from those around me.

I am an experienced data professional with a passion for building scalable and innovative data solutions. Currently, I work as a Product Manager at Microsoft on the Power BI product team—my dream job! I focus on helping customers maximize the valu... Show more

Kenny Baas-Schwegler

Kenny Baas-Schwegler

I believe in collaborative software design where *‘every voice shapes the software’*. Leveraging a domain-driven design approach with Team Topologies, I facilitate clearer communication between stakeholders and software creators by collaborative modelling and deep democracy, decoding complexities, resolving conflicts and ensuring software remains agile to business demands.

As an independent software consultant and trainer, I specialise in technical leadership, software architecture, and sociotechnical system design. I work with organisations and teams to design and build sustainable and resilient software architecture.

I believe in collaborative software design where *‘every voice shapes the software’*. Leveraging a domain-driven design approach with Team Topologies, I facilitate clearer communication between stakeholders and software creators by collaborative mod... Show more

Tori Tompkins

Tori Tompkins

Tori is a Senior AI Consultant at Advancing Analytics and Microsoft AI MVP. Specialising in MLOps and LLMOps, Tori has worked on many ML and data science projects with Azure and Databricks at all stages of the ML Lifecycle. She is a co-presenter of the Data & AI podcast, Totally Skewed, founder of Girls Code Too UK and regular contributor with Girls in Data.

Tori is a Senior AI Consultant at Advancing Analytics and Microsoft AI MVP. Specialising in MLOps and LLMOps, Tori has worked on many ML and data science projects with Azure and Databricks at all stages of the ML Lifecycle. She is a co-presenter of t... Show more

Chris Ayers

Chris Ayers

Chris Ayers is a Senior Site Reliability Engineer on Microsoft’s AzRel Risk SRE team, drawing on years of experience in cloud architecture, software development, and DevOps practices. He’s passionate about continuous improvement, driving reliability, and sharing industry best practices. Outside of work, Chris is a devoted father, technology enthusiast, and avid gamer. Connect with him online to explore insights into cloud operations, agile methodologies, and more.

Chris Ayers is a Senior Site Reliability Engineer on Microsoft’s AzRel Risk SRE team, drawing on years of experience in cloud architecture, software development, and DevOps practices. He’s passionate about continuous improvement, driving reliability,... Show more

Stefan Pölz

Stefan Pölz

Stefan's passion is to practice Clean Code and test-driven development in order to build maintainable high-performance software in an ever-evolving team, supported by tools from the .NET Ecosystem. He loves to attend and speak at public developer events, co-organize local community gatherings, stream live programming sessions, and author open source projects, complementing his expertise in professional software development. As Microsoft MVP (Developer Technologies), JetBrains Community Contributor (.NET) and co-organizer of DotNetDevs.at, it's his ambition to share knowledge about everything C#.

Stefan's passion is to practice Clean Code and test-driven development in order to build maintainable high-performance software in an ever-evolving team, supported by tools from the .NET Ecosystem. He loves to attend and speak at public developer eve... 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.