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

Warwick Rudd is a Data Platform MVP, Microsoft Certified Master – SQL Server 2008, Founder and Principal Consultant at SQL Master Consulting. With 20+ years of experience beginning with the release of SQL Server 6.5, he has worked in both Australia and England from small start-ups to Multi-National Corporations. He is a frequent speaker at local SQL Server User Groups / Meetups & SQL Saturday events in Australia and New Zealand as well as many international in-person and remote presentations. When not playing with the SQL stack, Warwick likes to get away to the cold and spend time snowboarding.

Warwick Rudd is a Data Platform MVP, Microsoft Certified Master – SQL Server 2008, Founder and Principal Consultant at SQL Master Consulting. With 20+ years of experience beginning with the release of SQL Server 6.5, he has worked in both Australia a... Show more

Kevin Feasel is a Microsoft Data Platform MVP and Proprietor of Catallaxy Services, LLC, where he specializes in data analytics with T-SQL and R, forcing Spark clusters to do his bidding, fighting with Kafka, and pulling rabbits out of hats on demand. He is the lead contributor to Curated SQL (https://curatedsql.com), president of the Triangle Area SQL Server Users Group (https://www.meetup.com/tripass), and author of PolyBase Revealed (https://www.apress.com/us/book/9781484254608) and Finding Ghosts in Your Data (https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-1-4842-8870-2). A resident of Durham, North Carolina, he can be found cycling the trails along the triangle whenever the weather's nice enough.

Kevin Feasel is a Microsoft Data Platform MVP and Proprietor of Catallaxy Services, LLC, where he specializes in data analytics with T-SQL and R, forcing Spark clusters to do his bidding, fighting with Kafka, and pulling rabbits out of hats on demand... Show more

Peter is President of Envision IT and Extranet User Manager, a Microsoft Office Apps & Services MVP since 2011, and President of the Toronto SharePoint User Group. He has lead his team at Envision IT in the use and deep customization of Microsoft 365 and Azure for over 10 years. He is well recognized as an evangelist in the Microsoft 365 and Azure community, speaking regularly at user group meetings, conferences, and Microsoft events.

Peter is President of Envision IT and Extranet User Manager, a Microsoft Office Apps & Services MVP since 2011, and President of the Toronto SharePoint User Group. He has lead his team at Envision IT in the use and deep customization of Microsoft 36... Show more

Sam Debruyn is a Microsoft Data Platform MVP and Data & Cloud Architect passionate about modern data platforms such as Microsoft Fabric. In his day-to-day, he designs and implements data platforms that support customers in harvesting the full potential of their data. Sam has over 10 years of experience with Microsoft Azure and regularly blogs about his adventures in data. He contributes to the data community through blog posts, open-source projects, and speaking engagements at data meetups and conferences.

Sam Debruyn is a Microsoft Data Platform MVP and Data & Cloud Architect passionate about modern data platforms such as Microsoft Fabric. In his day-to-day, he designs and implements data platforms that support customers in harvesting the full potenti... Show more

Ron Klein is a seasoned software architect, leading ultra-wide R&D projects and promoting technical standardization. In his free time, Ron contributes to the NodeJS open source community, runs his own technical blog (ronklein.co.il) and acts as a mentor for career management for software engineers. In between he loves watching movies and listening to music and podcasts.

Ron Klein is a seasoned software architect, leading ultra-wide R&D projects and promoting technical standardization. In his free time, Ron contributes to the NodeJS open source community, runs his own technical blog (ronklein.co.il) and acts as a men... Show more

Microsoft MVP, Microsoft 365 Consultant, Power Platform Developer

Luise helps customers around the globe to improve their business processes and to get rid of everything that only keeps them busy. She is a member of the Microsoft 365 platform community (PnP) team and supports developers in extending Microsoft 365. She loves all things community, open-source, stickers, and the number 42.

Microsoft MVP, Microsoft 365 Consultant, Power Platform Developer Luise helps customers around the globe to improve their business processes and to get rid of everything that only keeps them busy. She is a member of the Microsoft 365 platform comm... Show more

Hemanth Malla is a Senior Software Engineer working on Kubernetes and container networking at Datadog. He is also a Cilium CNCF maintainer. Previously he worked on various distributed systems in industries like e-commerce, fintech and high frequency trading. Apart from computers, he enjoys all things photography, drones and dark chocolate.

Hemanth Malla is a Senior Software Engineer working on Kubernetes and container networking at Datadog. He is also a Cilium CNCF maintainer. Previously he worked on various distributed systems in industries like e-commerce, fintech and high frequency ... Show more

Google Developer Expert in Web Technologies and Angular, also an OpenJs Foundation Member, Nicolas is a French FontEnd specialist and User Interface Designer from Metz, France.

He works as a Developer Advocate and Senior Staff Engineer at Sfeir Luxembourg. Besides that, Nicolas is a speaker, and likes to contribute to the community by giving talks, trainings, writing articles or participating in open source projects like Ng Zorro

Google Developer Expert in Web Technologies and Angular, also an OpenJs Foundation Member, Nicolas is a French FontEnd specialist and User Interface Designer from Metz, France. He works as a Developer Advocate and Senior Staff Engineer at Sfeir Lu... Show more

Dr. Abhilasha Vyas working as Business Unit Head Cloud Security and BI, CloudThat. She is Executive council member, Women in Big Data (WiBD)
India and Core Team member of Women in Tech India. She is Gujarat Chapter
Lead of infosecgirls community. She is also working as Head, Cyber Cell, Suraj
Sansthan, Jaipur. Her research area is Cyber Security and Detection of DDoS
attacks. Dr. Abhilasha is AWS Cloud Solution Architect certified. She has
been invited and honored as keynote speaker, session chair, resource person and
technical committee member of various conferences. Dr. Abhilasha Vyas recognised by The420.in along with Noida-
based NGO Root64 Infosec Research Foundation as CQ100 women as a result of
a pan-India online survey to acknowledge the efforts of women who have made a
difference in the online world and made the digital world safer.

Dr. Abhilasha Vyas working as Business Unit Head Cloud Security and BI, CloudThat. She is Executive council member, Women in Big Data (WiBD) India and Core Team member of Women in Tech India. She is Gujarat Chapter Lead of infosecgirls community. ... Show more

Luciano is an AWS Serverless Hero who was born in 1987, the same year Super Mario Bros was released in Europe, which, by chance is his favorite game! He started coding at the age of 12, hacking away with his father's old i386 armed only with MS-DOS and the QBasic interpreter and since then he has been professionally a software developer for more than 14 years. He is currently a senior Architect at fourTheorem where he is helping companies to get the best of the cloud, AWS, and serverless. He loves the full-stack web, Node.js & Serverless and co-authored "Node.js design patterns" (https://www.nodejsdesignpatterns.com), maintains https://fstack.link and co-hosts https://awsbites.com

Luciano is an AWS Serverless Hero who was born in 1987, the same year Super Mario Bros was released in Europe, which, by chance is his favorite game! He started coding at the age of 12, hacking away with his father's old i386 armed only with MS-DOS a... Show more

Cory is a Pluralsight author, 11 time Microsoft MVP, and international speaker. He is founder of reactjsconsulting, where he helps companies transition to React. He has trained over 10,000 software developers at conferences and businesses worldwide. Cory has authored over a dozen courses on JavaScript, React, C#, testing, and web development on Pluralsight. He shares software development tips daily on Twitter as @housecor.

Cory is a Pluralsight author, 11 time Microsoft MVP, and international speaker. He is founder of reactjsconsulting, where he helps companies transition to React. He has trained over 10,000 software developers at conferences and businesses worldwide. ... Show more

Rob lives to challenge the status quo, a digital transformer, Microsoft MVP & MCT and Founder of M365 Consulting company SkillBridge. All three roles are focusing on driving business success through modern collaboration solutions and new ways to work. Based on this foundation he's now driving overall IT Strategy as AI Enterprise Architect at q.beyond AG.

With this skillset, Rob supports companies mapping their business processes to modern workplace solutions with an AI-First Approach and make them more successful in migrating the business, driving user adoption and protecting their data.

Ask him anything about AI, Microsoft Viva, Information Governance, Teams Adoption Strategies as well as security topics.

Rob lives to challenge the status quo, a digital transformer, Microsoft MVP & MCT and Founder of M365 Consulting company SkillBridge. All three roles are focusing on driving business success through modern collaboration solutions and new ways to work... Show more

Microsoft AI MVP.
AI Partner at KYNDRYL.
Doctor in Artificial Intelligence, with more than 28 years of professional experience. He helps organizations to solve their problems with the use of artificial intelligence and the Internet of things. Passionate about technology, he has more than 193 Microsoft certifications and collaborates in multiple publications in the technology sector.

Microsoft AI MVP. AI Partner at KYNDRYL. Doctor in Artificial Intelligence, with more than 28 years of professional experience. He helps organizations to solve their problems with the use of artificial intelligence and the Internet of things. Pass... Show more

Torsten (MVP, MCSE, MCT) has been working with Microsoft SQL Server since the turn of the millennium and is specialized in performance optimization for large SQL Server environments.
He has been with bp as a database engineer for over two decades and collaborates closely with Sarpedon Quality Lab as a Principal Microsoft SQL Server Consultant.
Torsten has given more than 250 presentations on Microsoft SQL Server performance optimization at national and international conferences and user groups.
Torsten has been recognized as a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional for Data Platform since 2018.

Torsten (MVP, MCSE, MCT) has been working with Microsoft SQL Server since the turn of the millennium and is specialized in performance optimization for large SQL Server environments. He has been with bp as a database engineer for over two decades an... Show more

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

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

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

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

Ruben is a distinguished leader in the world of Data Analytics and AI, currently holding the position of Global Lead of Data Analytics and AI at DUFRY HQ in Switzerland. As the Global Data Lead Architect, he plays a pivotal role in shaping data strategies for this global organization. With a strong commitment to knowledge sharing, Ruben is an active member of the PASS Spanish Group and has taken the initiative to found SQLSaturday events in both Madrid and Barcelona, as well as Power BI Days Spain.
Ruben's expertise is widely recognized, as evidenced by his Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) and Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) credentials in SQL Server. His remarkable contributions to the field have earned him the prestigious Microsoft MVP Data Platform award for 10 years in a row.
Ruben regularly takes the stage at SQLSaturday and PowerPlatform events, captivating audiences with his insights and expertise. Events such as the SQL Server 2008 R2 and 2014 Spanish launch event, Power BI Days, Power BI Virtual Conf, PASS BA Chicago, TugaIT, .NetCoreConf, European SharePoint Summit, TechNet Webcasts, Microsoft Partner Program, and SolidQ Summit.

Ruben is a distinguished leader in the world of Data Analytics and AI, currently holding the position of Global Lead of Data Analytics and AI at DUFRY HQ in Switzerland. As the Global Data Lead Architect, he plays a pivotal role in shaping data strat... Show more

Adam Saxton is just a guy in a cube doing the work! He is on the Fabric CAT team at Microsoft working with customers to help adopt Microsoft Fabric including Power BI. He is based in Texas and started with Microsoft supporting SQL Server connectivity and Reporting Services in 2005. Adam has worked with Power BI since the beginning, on the support side and with documentation. In addition, he produces weekly videos for his Guy in a Cube YouTube channel.

Adam Saxton is just a guy in a cube doing the work! He is on the Fabric CAT team at Microsoft working with customers to help adopt Microsoft Fabric including Power BI. He is based in Texas and started with Microsoft supporting SQL Server connectivity... Show more

Karen Chu is an OSS Community Program Manager. Having participated in the cloud native community since 2015, she is a CNCF Ambassador, Helm community manager/maintainer, emeritus Kubernetes Code of Conduct Committee member, meet-up organizer, and conference organizer. She has also worked on The Illustrated Children’s Guide to Kubernetes book series. When she’s not connecting dots in the community, you can find her pursuing photography, cooking, and sipping on chai lattes.

Karen Chu is an OSS Community Program Manager. Having participated in the cloud native community since 2015, she is a CNCF Ambassador, Helm community manager/maintainer, emeritus Kubernetes Code of Conduct Committee member, meet-up organizer, and con... Show more

Melissa is passionate about Java, DevOps and Continuous Delivery. She is currently Head of Developer Relations for JFrog, the CNCF Governing Board, the Technical Steering Committee of OPEA, and is a Co-Chair of the Interoperability SIG of the Continuous Delivery Foundation. She loves sharing her knowledge with the community as a developer, speaker, and author. Melissa has been recognized as a Java Champion and Docker Captain, is an international speaker at numerous events including KubeCon and DockerCon, and is co-author of the O'Reilly title, DevOps Tools for Java Developers.

Melissa is passionate about Java, DevOps and Continuous Delivery. She is currently Head of Developer Relations for JFrog, the CNCF Governing Board, the Technical Steering Committee of OPEA, and is a Co-Chair of the Interoperability SIG of the Continu... Show more

Full time power platform enthusiast @Microsoft

Full time power platform enthusiast @Microsoft Show more

- Asturiana, amante de los 📊y de los 😸.
- Microsoft MVP Data Platform & AI Platform.
- Consultora de Data & IA en Tokiota.
- Además de trabajar en diversos proyectos de Data, IA, y Power Platform también imparto formaciones de Power BI.
- Linkedin Top Data Analysis Voice.

Certificada en Microsoft:
- Power BI Data Analyst Associate.
- Fabric Analytics Engineer Associate.
- Power Platform App Maker Associate.
- Azure AI Fundamentals

Blog: https://medium.com/@salonsobernardo

- Asturiana, amante de los 📊y de los 😸. - Microsoft MVP Data Platform & AI Platform. - Consultora de Data & IA en Tokiota. - Además de trabajar en diversos proyectos de Data, IA, y Power Platform también imparto formaciones de Power BI. - Linke... Show more

https://ferrandiz.pe/about

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Josip has been involved with computers for the better part of his life. Started with web development back in high school. Since then he's moved to backend and DevOps. Loves security stuff and is obsessed with optimising everything. Works in Zagreb as CTO @ Sofascore

Josip has been involved with computers for the better part of his life. Started with web development back in high school. Since then he's moved to backend and DevOps. Loves security stuff and is obsessed with optimising everything. Works in Zagreb as... Show more

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

Liran Tal is a software developer, and a GitHub Star, world-recognized for his activism in open source communities and advancing web and Node.js security. He engages in security research through his work in the OpenJS Foundation and the Node.js ecosystem security working group, and further promotes open source supply chain security as an OWASP project lead. Liran is also a published author of Essential Node.js Security and O'Reilly's Serverless Security. At Snyk, he is leading the developer advocacy team and on a mission to empower developers with better dev-first security.

Liran Tal is a software developer, and a GitHub Star, world-recognized for his activism in open source communities and advancing web and Node.js security. He engages in security research through his work in the OpenJS Foundation and the Node.js ecosy... Show more

Lizzie serves developers in the Bay Area and beyond on Cloudflare's developer relations team and holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Bryn Mawr. She likes JavaScript, Python, and working with AI. When not organizing or attending hackathons and meetups, she enjoys tennis, ping pong, and all things Disney.

Lizzie serves developers in the Bay Area and beyond on Cloudflare's developer relations team and holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Bryn Mawr. She likes JavaScript, Python, and working with AI. When not organizing or attending hackath... Show more

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 Pen Loop Studio, specializing in helping companies built custom software.

In her free time, she builds apps – Too Phishy, her most recent, recently made the Google Workspace Top Rated – and runs a cybersecurity blog that has made the front page of Hacker News multiple times. 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 Pen Loop Studio, specializing in helping companies built custom ... Show more

Alexander Benoit is the CEO of water IT Security and Defense a company that provides holistic and continuous security. Specializing not only in enterprise security consulting but also in 24/7 managed SOC, Alex has deep threat insights from over 100 thousand endpoints, identities and SaaS usage. He is a Microsoft MVP for Security and a member of the privileged group of Microsoft Regional Directors. With Trust in Tech Cologne, he leads a community of now several thousand white-hats.

Alexander Benoit is the CEO of water IT Security and Defense a company that provides holistic and continuous security. Specializing not only in enterprise security consulting but also in 24/7 managed SOC, Alex has deep threat insights from over 100 t... Show more