Sam Vanhoutte
Startup founder & investor, focus on Cloud & Innovation
Gent, Belgium
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Sam is a Microsoft Azure MVP. As a technical advisor and investor at several cloud start-ups, he is involved in cloud-native architectures and focuses on Serverless technologies, the Internet of Things, and Artificial Intelligence.
While he is currently technical lead and founder at a SaaS-startup, called Sfinx, he has been working as CTO at Codit, one of the leading European Microsoft cloud partners. In working together with Microsoft, Sam has extensive experience in building data-driven, integrated cloud-based solutions.
Sam has been involved in several industrial IoT projects and has been contributing to the open-source Arcus project, focusing on the Machine Learning aspects.
Sam is a frequent speaker at international events and is active in the Belgian and European Microsoft communities.
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7 things I learned from coaching and investing in cloud startups
Not many companies are more exciting to work for than cloud startups. Employees at a startup are really making an impact with every decision that is taken. The difference with working in the enterprise world is huge.
In this session, Sam will share several things and insights he gained from working with several software (cloud) startups. Seven things that he believes can be applied to many projects and products. He will discuss architectural principles, technology choices, and quality decisions and their impact on the success of the startup. But the session will also cover some business aspects, such as pricing models and feature priorities.
From Backend to Full-Stack: My Azure startup odyssey with .NET MAUI and Blazor
After having spent years, journeying through the world of software consultancy, where I helped building and eventually selling a software company, I recently became a founder of a brand-new startup.
For me, this meant transitioning from the comfort zone of backend integrations (where I spent my entire carreer) to suddenly also wearing the hats of a mobile app and website developer. With no prior experience in these domains, I quickly had to learn a lot of things, most of them new to me.
Join me as I delve into how Blazor and .NET MAUI became important in this transition, as they lowered the learning curve for a Backend developer as myself.
- You will learn how to build (web and mobile) apps, by reusing as much as possible code, with Hybrid Blazor and .NET MAUI.
- You will also see how to leverage authentication and security with Azure Active Directory B2C.
- I will demonstrate how I have enabled automated testing with SpecFlow (backend) and Cypress (front end).
This session isn't just about coding; it's about adapting, learning, and overcoming in the ever-evolving tech landscape.
Azure Assured: pragmatic Azure testing
Let's face it – writing tests often feels like a boring, thankless task. It's the spinach of software development: we know it's good for us, but it doesn't always taste great...
In this demo-oriented session, you will learn how pragmatic testing, especially within the versatile Azure ecosystem, can evolve from a cumbersome task into an efficiency-enhancing practice.
I will focus on the aspect of testing for end-to-end applications deployed on Microsoft Azure. The focus will be on dissecting and mastering three critical facets of application testing: Unit Tests, Integration Tests, and Front-End Tests.
I will leverage SpecFlow, Xunit, Cypress.io and Azure Load Testing and demonstrate their value and how they can be integrated in your software release pipelines.
CloudBrew 2023 - A two-day Microsoft Azure event Sessionize Event
Festive Tech Calendar 2023 Sessionize Event
Techorama 2022 BE Sessionize Event
CodeMash 2022 Sessionize Event
NDC Oslo 2021 Sessionize Event
Update Conference Prague 2021 Sessionize Event
Build Stuff 2021 Lithuania Sessionize Event
Azure Community Conference 2021 Sessionize Event
KCDC 2021 Sessionize Event
Developer Week '21 Sessionize Event
AI and IoT Bulgaria Summit 2021 Sessionize Event
dataMinds Saturday Sessionize Event
Update Now 2020 Sessionize Event
Cloud DeveloperDays 2020 Sessionize Event
Azure Lowlands Sessionize Event
IglooConf 2020 Sessionize Event
Intelligent Cloud Conference 2019 Sessionize Event
Intelligent Cloud Conference 2018 Sessionize Event
Sam Vanhoutte
Startup founder & investor, focus on Cloud & Innovation
Gent, Belgium
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