She is a Microsoft MVP in Power Apps and Power Automate. Her passion is being involved in the tech community. She currently leads the Power Platform team at iSolve business solutions. She loves to keep up to date with whatever is new.

She is a Microsoft MVP in Power Apps and Power Automate. Her passion is being involved in the tech community. She currently leads the Power Platform team at iSolve business solutions. She loves to keep up to date with whatever is new. Show more

C'est en travaillant sur les trains de marchandises que je découvre l'agilité en 2010 en tant que Product Owner. Depuis, le voyage continue avec des découvertes humaines toujours enrichissantes qui m’ont amenée naturellement vers le coaching agile puis le coaching professionnel.

C'est en travaillant sur les trains de marchandises que je découvre l'agilité en 2010 en tant que Product Owner. Depuis, le voyage continue avec des découvertes humaines toujours enrichissantes qui m’ont amenée naturellement vers le coaching agile pu... Show more

Haripriya Naidu has been working as a SQL Server Database Administrator for 11 years in Boston, MA. She is passionate about databases and enjoys diving into SQL Server engine internals and optimizing performance. She is an AWS Certified Solutions Associate and won "Rookie of the Year" Award at work in 2024 for outstanding performance and "Bookworm of the Year" Award at work in 2025 for continuously learning and sharing knowledge with the team.
She recently started her speaking journey with New Stars of Data and spoke at SQL Saturdays Boston, Albany and San Diego and PASS Summit 2024.

Haripriya Naidu has been working as a SQL Server Database Administrator for 11 years in Boston, MA. She is passionate about databases and enjoys diving into SQL Server engine internals and optimizing performance. She is an AWS Certified Solutions Ass... Show more

Chrissy LeMaire is a dual Microsoft MVP and GitHub Star. She is a well-known speaker and the creator of several PowerShell modules, including dbatools. Chrissy also holds an MSc. in Systems Engineering and currently works as an Automation Engineer in Europe.

Chrissy LeMaire is a dual Microsoft MVP and GitHub Star. She is a well-known speaker and the creator of several PowerShell modules, including dbatools. Chrissy also holds an MSc. in Systems Engineering and currently works as an Automation Engineer in... Show more

Dr. Weimo Liu serves as the CEO of PuppyGraph. He was a former software engineer within Google's F1 team and a research scientist at TigerGraph. In these capacities, he specialized in advancing query languages and engines. Dr. Liu earned his PhD degree from GWU, and his BS degree from Fudan University. Notably, he actively participates as a program committee member and reviewer for esteemed conferences like SIGSPATIAL, TKDE, and KDD. His contributions extend to publications in VLDB and ICDE. He also served on the Expert Group for GQL at the International Committee for Information Technology Standards (INCITS).

Dr. Weimo Liu serves as the CEO of PuppyGraph. He was a former software engineer within Google's F1 team and a research scientist at TigerGraph. In these capacities, he specialized in advancing query languages and engines. Dr. Liu earned his PhD degr... Show more

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

Swetha Lakkaraju is an experienced IT professional with 18 years of expertise in mainframe-based core banking systems, credit card processing, and financial services technology. She has specialized in Systematics (SI) and Visionplus platforms, delivering high-impact solutions across banking and consumer finance domains.
Swetha currently serves as a Project Lead at Tech Mahindra Americas (Mar 2024 - Present), where she leads a conversion initiative for Citibank Commercial Banking, designing scalable interfaces, coordinating global teams, and implementing automation strategies that reduced manual testing by 30%.
Previously, she worked as a Senior Software Engineer at Narwal Inc. (Aug 2022 - Jan 2024) for FIS Global Services (BMO), spearheading the Bank of the West to Bank of Montreal conversion project. Her responsibilities included designing cost-optimized solutions, developing data migration programs, and automating testing processes to improve efficiency by 25%.
Before that, Swetha spent 12 years at Tech Mahindra (Nov 2010 - Aug 2022) in multiple roles, including Tech Manager, Team Lead, and Project Lead, delivering critical enhancements for Citigroup’s core banking systems using Systematics modules (IM, ST, RM). She ensured production stability, managed offshore teams, and played a key role in change management and release operations. Her earlier contributions at Tech Mahindra include compliance testing for RBTT (Royal Bank of Trinidad & Tobago) and implementing 28 regulatory fixes for credit card modules.
Swetha began her career at GE Money Japan (2008-2010), where she provided production support and optimized performance for Visionplus-based credit card processing systems. She successfully tuned batch jobs, improved SLAs, and supported disaster recovery operations.
Technically proficient in COBOL, JCL, CICS, DB2, VSAM, and tools like Control-M, CA-Intertest, and Changeman, Swetha also brings expertise in REST API integration with mainframe systems. She holds a B.E. in Computer Science & Engineering from Osmania University and is recognized for her leadership in delivering zero-incident operations, automation-driven efficiency, and client-focused solutions.

Swetha Lakkaraju is an experienced IT professional with 18 years of expertise in mainframe-based core banking systems, credit card processing, and financial services technology. She has specialized in Systematics (SI) and Visionplus platforms, delive... Show more

I like hacking through software engineering problems. I am currently working as Developer Advocate & Product Manager. Over the past 4 years I have been developing solutions for software reliability. I love everything around cloud-native, open source, and security. As a CNCF ambassador this year, I am meeting other like-minded ambassadors, motivating each other to contribute, support, and inspire. I have also founded the Women in Cloud Native community

I like hacking through software engineering problems. I am currently working as Developer Advocate & Product Manager. Over the past 4 years I have been developing solutions for software reliability. I love everything around cloud-native, open source,... Show more

Pieter Vanhove is a Senior Program Manager in the Security & Governance Azure Database Platform team at Microsoft. He is the feature PM for ledger, Always Encrypted and Transparent Data Encryption which is all about bringing the power of Blockchain to SQL Server and data encryption. He has been working with SQL Server since 2000. Pieter has a profound knowledge in data security and loves the new Azure stuff. He is also a regular speaker at Belgian and international events.

Pieter Vanhove is a Senior Program Manager in the Security & Governance Azure Database Platform team at Microsoft. He is the feature PM for ledger, Always Encrypted and Transparent Data Encryption which is all about bringing the power of Blockchain t... Show more

Sujata Narayana, a data nerd at heart, joined Microsoft’s user analytics team in 2016 and Power BI team in 2018. She leads Power BI's Creator experiences and Fabric integrations. Sujata strives to democratize analytics by empowering everyone to make data-driven decisions.

Sujata Narayana, a data nerd at heart, joined Microsoft’s user analytics team in 2016 and Power BI team in 2018. She leads Power BI's Creator experiences and Fabric integrations. Sujata strives to democratize analytics by empowering everyone to make ... Show more

Amit is the Chief Analytics Officer (CAO)/Data Architect at Kanerika and has more than 20 years of experience in the field of data analytics. Amit is Microsoft's Most Valuable Professional (2023) and Power BI Community Super User since 2020.

Amit is the Chief Analytics Officer (CAO)/Data Architect at Kanerika and has more than 20 years of experience in the field of data analytics. Amit is Microsoft's Most Valuable Professional (2023) and Power BI Community Super User since 2020. Show more

Joe Salisbury is VP Engineering at Giant Swarm. He’s tasked with making Giant Swarm an attractive work environment for engineers and generally a dope place to work. When he’s not ensuring engineering operational excellence, he can be found rowing and playing D&D, but just not at the same time… yet.

Joe Salisbury is VP Engineering at Giant Swarm. He’s tasked with making Giant Swarm an attractive work environment for engineers and generally a dope place to work. When he’s not ensuring engineering operational excellence, he can be found rowing and... Show more

Maya Shenhav is a Group Program Manager at Microsoft, leading the Power BI consumer experiences across mobile applications and Microsoft 365 integrations, including PowerPoint, Teams, and other Office products. In this role, she drives the vision and execution of features that enhance data accessibility and collaboration for millions of users worldwide.
Prior to joining the Power BI product team, Maya served as an Architect at Microsoft Consulting Services, where she partnered with enterprise customers to design and deliver complex business solutions. Before her tenure at Microsoft, she held key roles at multiple independent software vendors, focusing on building innovative software products and technology solutions.

Maya Shenhav is a Group Program Manager at Microsoft, leading the Power BI consumer experiences across mobile applications and Microsoft 365 integrations, including PowerPoint, Teams, and other Office products. In this role, she drives the vision and... Show more

I am a Computer science graduate from Carnegie Mellon University, USA and I am working as a Staff engineer at
Linkedin in the Information Retrieval (IR) team, focusing on cutting-edge challenges in ML infrastructure, ranking algorithms,
and machine learning.

I am a Computer science graduate from Carnegie Mellon University, USA and I am working as a Staff engineer at Linkedin in the Information Retrieval (IR) team, focusing on cutting-edge challenges in ML infrastructure, ranking algorithms, and machine... Show more