Agriculture, Food & Forestry

Experts in farming, food production, and forestry, contributing to sustainable agriculture, food security, and environmental conservation

Cody Menefee

Cody Menefee

I am cody

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Chloe MacBeth

Chloe MacBeth

Chloé is from Toronto, and made the move to beautiful BC in 2017. A lifelong learner, Chloé holds a diploma in veterinary technology from Seneca College, a certificate in canine rehabilitation from University of Tennessee, as well as a Bachelor of Science in Economics and a Masters of Public Administration both from Northern Michigan University. She has worked across Canada and the US in multiple sectors including animal welfare, veterinary medicine (exotics, small animal, mixed animal, integrative, rehabilitation, shelter medicine), academia, veterinary corporate operations, and non-profits.

Chloé is from Toronto, and made the move to beautiful BC in 2017. A lifelong learner, Chloé holds a diploma in veterinary technology from Seneca College, a certificate in canine rehabilitation from University of Tennessee, as well as a Bachelor of Sc... Show more

Tea Stojanovic

Tea Stojanovic

An IT consultant at Info Support B.V. and a lead in Google Developers Group NL, passionate about everything data related. As a graduate of Wageningen University and Research - active in agriculture, food, retail and logistics sectors.

Interested in successful implementation of IT in the company, assessing the company needs and providing them with tailored solutions through my background in change management and data analytics.

An IT consultant at Info Support B.V. and a lead in Google Developers Group NL, passionate about everything data related. As a graduate of Wageningen University and Research - active in agriculture, food, retail and logistics sectors. Interested i... Show more

Marjorie Mudi Gege

Marjorie Mudi Gege

Gege Marjorie is a trained Agronomist, with over 6 years of active volunteering experience on Environmental and Human rights advocacy with Greenpeace Africa in Cameroon. Her journey in the Internet Governance (IG) space began with her volunteering during the 17th session of the IGF in Addis Ababa-Ethiopia, after which she got integrated into the Cameroon IGF team, serving as a Youth IGF coordinator and as a member of the national executive secretariat. The School of Internet Governance (SIG) by PRIDA and the Internet Society’s (ISOC) E-learning course on IG through the Young Ambassadors Program (YAP), brought a new light of inspiration to Marjorie, as she intends to promote youth engagement for sustainable development, through her new local NGO; Emerge Africa and her start-up; Sabgena. Being mindful of the importance of IG to global economic sustainability, Marjorie joined the ISOC Cybersecurity Special Interest Group (SIG) for knowledge increase on security issues linked to digitalization and is an Instructional Facilitator for the Pan African Youth Ambassadors for Internet Governance.

Marjorie believes nothing is impossible when the right actions are taken towards the right direction.

Gege Marjorie is a trained Agronomist, with over 6 years of active volunteering experience on Environmental and Human rights advocacy with Greenpeace Africa in Cameroon. Her journey in the Internet Governance (IG) space began with her volunteering du... Show more

Gwendoline Karoui

Gwendoline Karoui

Gwendoline has a bachelor's in animal biology and ecology from Paris XI University (France). She graduated from a Master in animal and human behavior (Rennes I University, France).
She began to work in farm animal welfare during this Master. She worked on aggressiveness in young sows (French Institute of Agronomy Research, INRAE) and the mother-young relationship in dairy cows (Aarhus University, Denmark).
She is now a PhD. candidate in animal sciences at University Laval (Quebec city, Canada). She works on emotional welfare in piglets.

Gwendoline has a bachelor's in animal biology and ecology from Paris XI University (France). She graduated from a Master in animal and human behavior (Rennes I University, France). She began to work in farm animal welfare during this Master. She wo... Show more

Abdoulaye Diallo

Abdoulaye Diallo

Passionate about international development & community empowerment. Co-founder of FreeLocalMappers in Guinea, promoting OpenStreetMap & sustainable initiatives for societal growth. Volunteer Support Coordinator for the US Peace Corps Guinea supporting projects in health, agriculture & education.

Passionate about international development & community empowerment. Co-founder of FreeLocalMappers in Guinea, promoting OpenStreetMap & sustainable initiatives for societal growth. Volunteer Support Coordinator for the US Peace Corps Guinea supportin... Show more

Dale Spoonemore

Dale Spoonemore

Dale Spoonemore is the creator of From Seed to Spoon, an iOS & Android mobile app that helps people grow food and manage pests in their garden. He's a member of the Surgical Care Affiliates software development team and lives in Oklahoma City with his wife and 4 children.

Dale Spoonemore is the creator of From Seed to Spoon, an iOS & Android mobile app that helps people grow food and manage pests in their garden. He's a member of the Surgical Care Affiliates software development team and lives in Oklahoma City with hi... Show more

David Drever

David Drever

David is an Associate Director with Protiviti Canada and a 10-time Microsoft 365 & Security MVP with 25 years of experience working within information technology. For 20 years, David has assisted organizations to collaborate efficiently and effectively within SharePoint and Microsoft 365. David assists companies to understand their compliance needs and how to protect their data. He has helped organizations build data protection programs to safeguard their most sensitive information while ensuring the business can collaborate and work with their content. Over the past 25 years, David has built a great deal of experience in a wide variety of areas in IT, ranging from Desktop\Server support to development in C++ and .NET technologies. He has added value to many clients in several sectors, including utilities, government, banking, and agriculture.

David is a knowledgeable and sought-after international speaker within IT circles and is consulted regularly by companies formulating their digital workplace strategies and compliance platforms.

David blogs at http://daviddrever.com

David is an Associate Director with Protiviti Canada and a 10-time Microsoft 365 & Security MVP with 25 years of experience working within information technology. For 20 years, David has assisted organizations to collaborate efficiently and effective... Show more

Daniel Ward

Daniel Ward

Daniel is a Microsoft .NET MVP and software consultant at Lean TECHniques. He helps teams deliver high-quality software while adopting modern practices such as effective CI/CD, automated testing, AI usage, and product management. With experience spanning multiple industries, including finance, retail, and agriculture, he has served as a technical coach, agile coach, and tech lead, with a primary background as a software developer. Outside of work, he enjoys playing piano and guitar, swing dancing, and game development.

Daniel is a Microsoft .NET MVP and software consultant at Lean TECHniques. He helps teams deliver high-quality software while adopting modern practices such as effective CI/CD, automated testing, AI usage, and product management. With experience span... Show more

Valerie Junk

Valerie Junk

Hi there. I am Valerie Junk.
I am passionate about creating insights from data and designing dashboards using Power BI. With my expertise in data analytics and visualization, I support companies in developing effective data-driven strategies that yield results and take the business to the next level.
Microsoft Data Platform MVP

Hi there. I am Valerie Junk. I am passionate about creating insights from data and designing dashboards using Power BI. With my expertise in data analytics and visualization, I support companies in developing effective data-driven strategies that y... Show more

Shannon Mullins

Shannon Mullins

Shannon Mullins is the CEO and founder of a BC Consulting Group and a Microsoft MVP of Business Applications. She has over 20 years' experience across a wide variety of disciplines and products,
including accounting, information technology, professional services, insurance, healthcare, mortgage
lending, distribution, manufacturing, project management and deployment and implementation of CRM and ERP systems. Shannon has a deep understanding of the functional aspects of projects, process automation and system design, and the reporting needs and requirements for complex ERP systems. Shannon is a former controller and accountant and holds a master's degree in Accountancy.

She currently resides in Nashville, TN and is an experienced international speaker and teacher.

Shannon Mullins is the CEO and founder of a BC Consulting Group and a Microsoft MVP of Business Applications. She has over 20 years' experience across a wide variety of disciplines and products, including accounting, information technology, professi... Show more

Brian Odhiambo

Brian Odhiambo

Building intuitive products

Building intuitive products Show more

Maik van der Gaag

Maik van der Gaag

Maik van der Gaag is the CTO of 3fifty, an experienced consultancy company with a strong focus on the Microsoft Cloud. He has over 15 years of experience providing architecture, development, training, and design expertise. During this, he has worked in various projects ranging from Cloud Transformations to DevOps implementations.

He loves to share knowledge, is a public speaker, writes blogs, and organizes events. Microsoft has recognized him as a Microsoft Azure MVP.

If you want to learn more about him or his expertise, check out his blog (https://msftplayground.com).

Maik van der Gaag is the CTO of 3fifty, an experienced consultancy company with a strong focus on the Microsoft Cloud. He has over 15 years of experience providing architecture, development, training, and design expertise. During this, he has worked ... Show more

Grishma Jena

Grishma Jena

Grishma Jena is a Data Scientist with the Product Excellence Office at IBM in San Francisco. As the only Data Scientist in the org, she supports 100+ user researchers and designers and uses data to understand user struggles and opportunities to enhance product experiences. She has received the Outstanding Technical Achievement Award (Major), one of the most prestigious company-wide awards, as recognition of her work.

She earned her Masters in Computer Science at University of Pennsylvania. Her research interests are in Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing. She has delivered 50+ talks and workshops across 10 countries including at PyCon US (largest Python conference in the world), QCon and LeadDev. She has also taught Python at the San Francisco Public Library and frequently guides school and university students.

Grishma is extremely passionate about encouraging, mentoring, and empowering people, especially women and students, in the world of technology. She has been recognized by the Python Software Foundation as a Fellow for her extraordinary efforts and impact upon Python, the community, and the broader Python ecosystem. She won the Silver Stevie Award for Changemaker of the Year (Gender) and was selected as one of Women Impact Tech honorees. She serves on the AI/ML Advisory Board for DevNetwork. She is also an ambassador for the Women in Data Science initiative, as well as a part of the leadership team for Society of Women Engineers - Golden Gate Section. In 2023, she was recognized by Women Who Code as one of 100 Technologists To Watch for her excellence, innovation, and leadership, and was also a finalist for Venture Beat's Women in AI mentorship award.

In her free time, she likes to write, cook, and explore new places.

Grishma Jena is a Data Scientist with the Product Excellence Office at IBM in San Francisco. As the only Data Scientist in the org, she supports 100+ user researchers and designers and uses data to understand user struggles and opportunities to enhan... Show more

Collin Newberry

Collin Newberry

Collin Newberry, Director of DevSecOps at Yahara Software and author of The DevOps Problem, has been in the technology field for nearly two decades.

As a Sergeant operating under 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) in the U.S. Army Mr. Newberry’s experience encompassed the installation, maintenance, management and security of networking systems and satellite communications on a global scale.

Since joining the private sector Mr. Newberry’s experience has expanded to the management of international security and compliance initiatives for Fortune 500 companies, designing and securing DevSecOps pipelines and the modernization of traditional infrastructure to adopt cutting edge tactics and technologies leading to his current role where he oversees DevSecOps and IT strategy.

Collin Newberry, Director of DevSecOps at Yahara Software and author of The DevOps Problem, has been in the technology field for nearly two decades. As a Sergeant operating under 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) in the U.S. Army Mr. Newberry’... Show more

Jose Azevedo

Jose Azevedo

Professional Experience
More than 20 years of experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365
25 years of experience within different ERPs (SAP, Oracle Applications, Sage X3 and Dynamics 365)
University Invited Teacher
Career started in Portugal and moved to London 7 years ago
Different Roles in Consulting (Business Consultant, Functional Consultant, Project Manager, Programme Manager, Engagement Leader, Team Leader, Site Manager, Product Manager and Solution Architect)

Vertical Experience
Fashion, Food and Pharmaceutical (Retail and Manufacturing)
Real Estate

Some Personal
Food, Wine and Gin Lover
Runner (finished 4 marathons), Trekker (finished 10 ways of Camiño to Santiago), Padel and Bodyboarding

Professional Experience More than 20 years of experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 25 years of experience within different ERPs (SAP, Oracle Applications, Sage X3 and Dynamics 365) University Invited Teacher Career started in Portugal and move... Show more

Andrew Wingate

Andrew Wingate

I am passionate about using technology to understand and solve real business problems. I love sharing knowledge, discussing ideas and finding out how others solve problems. My Dynamics journey started with NAV in 2015 as an end-user, I moved to the Microsoft partner channel in 2022 where I've focused on Business Central, AL Coding, Power Platform and more recently AI prompt engineering.

I am passionate about using technology to understand and solve real business problems. I love sharing knowledge, discussing ideas and finding out how others solve problems. My Dynamics journey started with NAV in 2015 as an end-user, I moved to the M... Show more

Aamiruddin Syed

Aamiruddin Syed

Aamiruddin Syed is a Cybersecurity Professional with over a decade of experience specializing in DevSecOps, Shift-Left Security, Cloud Security, and Internal Penetration Testing. He is the OWASP Agentic AI Supply Chain Project Co-Lead and active contributor to the CSA Agentic AI initiative.
He authored Supply Chain Software Security – AI, IoT, Application Security (Apress/Springer) and has deep expertise in automating security in CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and cloud hardening. He routinely conducts internal security assessments of critical systems and is known for bridging the gap between security and engineering teams to embed security directly into products.
As recognized advocate for secure development, he is a frequent speaker and session chair at leading industry conferences including RSA Conference, DEFCON, and Black Hat. In 2024, he was honored with the Impact Award for Professional Excellence in Dubai.

Aamiruddin Syed is a Cybersecurity Professional with over a decade of experience specializing in DevSecOps, Shift-Left Security, Cloud Security, and Internal Penetration Testing. He is the OWASP Agentic AI Supply Chain Project Co-Lead and active cont... Show more

Robin Finnell

Robin Finnell

Robin Finnell is a Functional Consultant who's passionate about the power of change management. She has over 17 years of experience in the Microsoft space, in both D365BC and D365FO and is a Prosci certified Advanced Change Practitioner/Trainer.

Robin Finnell is a Functional Consultant who's passionate about the power of change management. She has over 17 years of experience in the Microsoft space, in both D365BC and D365FO and is a Prosci certified Advanced Change Practitioner/Trainer. Show more

Nigel Cox

Nigel Cox

Manufacturing specialist, also Distribution
Engineer to order, MTO, CTO, MTS. Process, Discrete, Lean.
21+ yrs ERP Leader at Manufacturers (MAPICS in 1975)
29+ yrs ERP Consultant/Educator (20+ yrs AX & D365FSCM)
TechFluent Coach and Mentor volunteer
Regular speaker DynamicsCon and local DUGs
DUG Leader for USA PacPNW
Active on Engage
DUG "AllStar", Community Summit "Legend"
Delivered 30+ 3-day FSCM workshops at Manufacturer sites

Formerly:
Delivered 40+ APICS Certification Workshops (CFPIM, PMP)
APICS & ASQC chapter President, APICS Regional Director
Visiting professor at Community colleges

Manufacturing specialist, also Distribution Engineer to order, MTO, CTO, MTS. Process, Discrete, Lean. 21+ yrs ERP Leader at Manufacturers (MAPICS in 1975) 29+ yrs ERP Consultant/Educator (20+ yrs AX & D365FSCM) TechFluent Coach and Mentor volunt... Show more

Csongor Vogel

Csongor Vogel

I'm a Staff Mobile Software Engineer at talabat, the leading food delivery platform in the MENA region (part of Delivery Hero), and a Google Developer Expert in Flutter & Dart. Based in Dubai and originally from Hungary, I combine engineering leadership with a strong focus on mentorship and developer enablement.

As a developer community organizer (Flutter Abu Dhabi and Dubai ), I'm passionate about helping startups adopt the right technologies early and scale their engineering practices effectively from the beginning.

My current focus is on integrating AI solutions into the Software Developer Life Cycle and building other agentic workflows.

I enjoy sharing my knowledge by speaking at conferences and meetups, as well as teaching students in Hungary's first Flutter University class.

In more details:
- https://github.com/gerfalcon

I'm a Staff Mobile Software Engineer at talabat, the leading food delivery platform in the MENA region (part of Delivery Hero), and a Google Developer Expert in Flutter & Dart. Based in Dubai and originally from Hungary, I combine engineering leaders... Show more

Joinal Ahmed

Joinal Ahmed

Joinal is an experienced Data Science professional with a interest on building solutions with quick prototypes, community engagements and influencing technology adoption. Brings strong technical understanding, experienced in managing cross functional teams of data scientists, data engineers, backend developers and SRE delivering end-to-end ML projects, recruiting and mentoring engineers across levels, streamlining ML & Data workflows for high performing teams, setting up best practices, and developing highly performant and reliable MLOps & Data platforms supporting end to end ml projects and analytics usecases.

Joinal is an experienced Data Science professional with a interest on building solutions with quick prototypes, community engagements and influencing technology adoption. Brings strong technical understanding, experienced in managing cross functional... Show more

Peter Ongom

Peter Ongom

Peter Ongom is a computer scientist specializing in digital innovations for community development. His work spans multiple sectors, including data governance, digital rights, countering digital backlash, climate justice, agriculture, and the expansion of internet connectivity, with a strong emphasis on ICT-driven solutions that respond to real-world challenges.

He currently serves as a Program Officer at Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET) (https://wougnet.org/ ), an NGO promoting ICTs for sustainable development. Additionally, he is the founder and Director of Data and Innovations at the Global Tech Inclusion Network (GTIN) (https://globaltechinc.org/ ), a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing gender-inclusive, data-driven innovations for equitable community development.

Peter is deeply committed to mentoring youth groups by equipping them with digital skills that spark local innovations. Through his work, he fosters an environment where young people can leverage technology to create sustainable solutions tailored to their communities' needs. He is also a passionate advocate for inclusive digital spaces, working to ensure that marginalized communities are not only users of technology, but active shapers of digital tools and innovations, adapting and refining them to reflect their lived realities.

He has collaborated with diverse teams to design impactful digital solutions, many of which have earned national and regional recognition. His work has been honored in innovation competitions such as the We Account Africa Social Innovation Challenge by Innovation for Change – Africa Hub, Kenya, and the Uganda National ICT Initiatives Innovation Challenge.

Peter Ongom is a computer scientist specializing in digital innovations for community development. His work spans multiple sectors, including data governance, digital rights, countering digital backlash, climate justice, agriculture, and the expansio... Show more

Daniel Binggeli

Daniel Binggeli

Daniel Binggeli is the CTO at Puzzle ITC, an open-source-driven company, where he brings over 20 years of experience in the IT industry. With expertise in software development, architecture, and Platform Engineering, Daniel is passionate about how technical innovation can align with organizational transformation to empower teams and streamline operations.

What sets Daniel apart is his ability to connect and navigate across a diverse range of topics. From AI to sustainability in IT, and from his role as a hands-on CTO to his life as a dedicated family man and self-sufficient homesteader, Daniel thrives at the intersection of seemingly contrasting domains. This broad perspective allows him to approach challenges with creativity and balance, leveraging insights from all aspects of his life.

Throughout his career, Daniel has taken on roles such as developer, architect, and team lead, providing him with a well-rounded understanding of the software development lifecycle and operational dynamics. His blend of technical depth, leadership, and versatility makes him a driving force for impactful and sustainable solutions, both in technology and beyond.

Daniel Binggeli is the CTO at Puzzle ITC, an open-source-driven company, where he brings over 20 years of experience in the IT industry. With expertise in software development, architecture, and Platform Engineering, Daniel is passionate about how te... Show more

Ak B

Ak B

In a relentless pursuit of knowledge and awesome experiences. Working with Mobile apps for 9 years, baking well with start(ups(and downs)), and have been part of awesome products and teams. mostly Android.
Now working on reusable components in KMM and UI libraries in Jetpack compose.

In a relentless pursuit of knowledge and awesome experiences. Working with Mobile apps for 9 years, baking well with start(ups(and downs)), and have been part of awesome products and teams. mostly Android. Now working on reusable components in KMM a... Show more

Dr. Kraig Kiehl

Dr. Kraig Kiehl

PA Agriculture Emergency Preparedness Director and retired Army officer focused on food security and infrastructure resilience.

PA Agriculture Emergency Preparedness Director and retired Army officer focused on food security and infrastructure resilience. Show more

Yaswanth Reddy Arumulla

Yaswanth Reddy Arumulla

Yaswanth Reddy is a Lead DevOps Engineer at Arealis, where he works on making cloud infrastructure smarter and more reliable with AWS, Kubernetes, and modern CI/CD practices. He loves experimenting with how cloud and AI come together from building scalable pipelines to using embeddings and vector search in real-world systems. Outside of work, he enjoys mentoring engineers and sharing what he learns with the developer community.

Yaswanth Reddy is a Lead DevOps Engineer at Arealis, where he works on making cloud infrastructure smarter and more reliable with AWS, Kubernetes, and modern CI/CD practices. He loves experimenting with how cloud and AI come together from building sc... Show more

Robinson Otochi

Robinson Otochi

Software Engineer|ICP Blockchain Developer| Founder DrewSky Softwaries LTD ™ | Co-Founder Greencoin Edition |Founder Kencourpus AI | Mobile Developer |Author & Speaker |AI Enthusiast

Software Engineer|ICP Blockchain Developer| Founder DrewSky Softwaries LTD ™ | Co-Founder Greencoin Edition |Founder Kencourpus AI | Mobile Developer |Author & Speaker |AI Enthusiast Show more

Jordi Coll Marin

Jordi Coll Marin

My name is Jordi Coll Marin and I was born in a city called Olot. I am from Spain and I currently live in The Netherlands. I joined Just Eat Takeaway.com on March 2021. As an experienced Android developer, I have worked on a wide range of projects, from small-scale applications to large and complex system integrations. Nowadays and after almost 5 years working in the company, I lead a backend team in the Fintech department at Just Eat Takeaway.com.

I am passionate about sports and I highly recommend incorporating physical activity into your weekly routine. It can truly make a significant difference in various aspects of your life!

My name is Jordi Coll Marin and I was born in a city called Olot. I am from Spain and I currently live in The Netherlands. I joined Just Eat Takeaway.com on March 2021. As an experienced Android developer, I have worked on a wide range of projects, f... Show more

Travis Smith

Travis Smith

Travis Smith is the Director of Engineering at Shift Interactive, a lead engineer on teams that build applications across healthcare, agriculture, insurance, and other industries. Over his 17+ year career, he's worked with organizations ranging from Fortune 500 companies to startups.

Travis is a passionate advocate for Test-Driven Development and Extreme Programming practices. He speaks regularly at Des Moines-area meetups and conferences, covering topics including DORA metrics implementation, branching strategies, delivering software extremely quickly, DevOps, Claude Code, and automated testing for AI features.

Based in the Des Moines metro, Travis is dedicated to helping engineers grow throughout the Midwest.

Travis Smith is the Director of Engineering at Shift Interactive, a lead engineer on teams that build applications across healthcare, agriculture, insurance, and other industries. Over his 17+ year career, he's worked with organizations ranging from ... Show more

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