Business & Management

Professionals who specialize in the organization and oversight of business activities, as well as focus on planning, directing, and controlling company operations

Scott Sosna

Scott Sosna

Architect, engineer, designer, speaker, writer - professionally I've worn many hats spanning diverse business domains and tech stacks, and know a new challenge awaits!

Conferences allow me to share my experiences and insights to help you navigate our constantly-changing technical landscape with confidence. Though implementations differ, the underlying solutions - and problems within - often repeat. My goal is to share what I've learned so you can recognize patterns and make better decisions in your own work.

Architect, engineer, designer, speaker, writer - professionally I've worn many hats spanning diverse business domains and tech stacks, and know a new challenge awaits! Conferences allow me to share my experiences and insights to help you navigate ... Show more

Naga santhosh reddy Vootukuri

Naga santhosh reddy Vootukuri

Naga Santhosh Reddy Vootukuri, a seasoned professional with over 17+ years at Microsoft, reflects on his journey from India to the USA. Graduating from Sreenidhi Institute of Science and Technology in 2008, he now serves as a Senior Software Engineering Manager for Azure SQL. His role involves leading his team through software development cycles, ensuring successful product launches.

Currently, Naga focuses on a significant initiative in Azure SQL Deployment, emphasizing high availability for SQL customers during feature rollouts. Previously, he managed Master Data Services (MDS) within SQL Server, gaining community connections and contributing actively to Microsoft forums.

Aside from technical responsibilities, Naga engages in Microsoft hackathons and mentors junior engineers, finding fulfillment in guiding their career paths. He also champions diversity and inclusion, advocating for equality within the tech industry. Naga sees himself not only as a technical leader but also as a catalyst for positive change at Microsoft.

Naga Santhosh Reddy Vootukuri, a seasoned professional with over 17+ years at Microsoft, reflects on his journey from India to the USA. Graduating from Sreenidhi Institute of Science and Technology in 2008, he now serves as a Senior Software Engineer... Show more

Angela Jones

Angela Jones

Angela Jones is a Microsoft MVP in M365 Copilot and a Modern Workplace Consultant who helps organizations drive business growth and transformation through thoughtful, people-centered technology solutions. Drawing on her background in retail management and recruiting, Angela brings a strong foundation in leadership, talent development, and operational excellence to her technology work.

This experience shapes a consulting approach grounded in trust and a deep understanding of how people and businesses operate, enabling her to design and implement modern workplace solutions that improve adoption, empower employees, and deliver meaningful business outcomes.

A former Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), Angela is passionate about helping organizations and individuals get the most value from Microsoft technologies through enablement, training, and community engagement. She specializes in Microsoft 365, Copilot, SharePoint, Teams, and the Power Platform, with a focus on practical solutions that support productivity, collaboration, and innovation.

A Kansas City native, Angela enjoys traveling and spending time with her family, friends, and fur babies. She is an organizer of the Kansas City Dynamics 365, Power Platform, and AI User Group, where she is passionate about community building, mentoring, and knowledge sharing.

Angela Jones is a Microsoft MVP in M365 Copilot and a Modern Workplace Consultant who helps organizations drive business growth and transformation through thoughtful, people-centered technology solutions. Drawing on her background in retail managemen... Show more

Angela Trego

Angela Trego

Dr. Angela Trego is a rocket scientist turned Confidence & Communication Expert and the #1 bestselling author of Squashing the Imposter Syndrome. She has trained thousands of professionals across six continents to strengthen confidence as a skill so they can communicate more effectively, lead more boldly, and contribute at their full potential. Her core message is simple: confidence is a skill that can be learned, practiced, and strengthened.

Her work focuses on imposter syndrome, soft skills development, mentoring, and practical leadership tools that translate across industries. In addition, she specializes in faculty development and training university educators. She focuses particularly on STEM and engineering fields to implement evidence-based confidence-building strategies, engaged teaching practices, and classroom management approaches that increase student motivation and belonging.

Dr. Trego works with institutions to strengthen teaching effectiveness while reducing faculty burnout. Before dedicating her career to speaking, teaching, and coaching, she held technical and senior leadership roles at Fortune 500 companies across multiple industries and around the globe. She now brings that real-world leadership perspective into both industry and academia.

Whether working with executives, faculty, or emerging leaders, Dr. Trego's mission is simple: equip people with the confidence and skills to thrive.

Available for keynotes, consulting, coaching, and short courses. Every engagement is customized to the client's specific audience, language, and goals. Participants don't just hear these tools. They practice them in the room and carry them out the door as confidence they can actually use. Discover more at www.angelatrego.com

Dr. Angela Trego is a rocket scientist turned Confidence & Communication Expert and the #1 bestselling author of Squashing the Imposter Syndrome. She has trained thousands of professionals across six continents to strengthen confidence as a skill so ... Show more

András Fördős

András Fördős

Experience gathered through 80+ engagements in various roles and industries, leaving a trail of pragmatic approach around the Microsoft cloud ecosystem one step at a time. Andras's main professional focus is on achieving the best business value within your technical landscape in a repeatable fashion, while making sense of the newest buzzwords and where you could benefit from them.

Beyond work, András advoctes for "giving back" mentality, let it be through public speaking, dedicated workshops and trainings, organizing events, building open source tools or mentoring - just make sure knowledge is shared and safe spaces are created for collaborative groups to thrive. In his free time, Andras is an avid beach volleyball player, hiker and a partially successful urban gardener with a green pinky finger.

Experience gathered through 80+ engagements in various roles and industries, leaving a trail of pragmatic approach around the Microsoft cloud ecosystem one step at a time. Andras's main professional focus is on achieving the best business value withi... Show more

Mathew Caplan

Mathew Caplan

Mathew Caplan has spent more than 25 years helping organisations improve cybersecurity and build resilience in an increasingly complex world.

As Director of Professional Services at Orange Cyberdefense, Mathew works with people across multiple industries and countries to address cyber risk and regulatory challenges.

Alongside his leadership role, he is a regular international conference speaker who believes cybersecurity should be accessible, engaging and people focused.

Through real-world insights, practical experience, storytelling and creativity, his talks explore how identity and human behaviour shape modern cybersecurity, making complex concepts understandable, memorable and actionable.

Whether advising executives, leading consulting teams or speaking on stage, his focus remains the same: helping organisations build trust, resilience and confidence amid constant change.

Mathew Caplan has spent more than 25 years helping organisations improve cybersecurity and build resilience in an increasingly complex world. As Director of Professional Services at Orange Cyberdefense, Mathew works with people across multiple ind... Show more

Thomas Kronawitter

Thomas Kronawitter

Thomas is Head of Data-Driven Applications & Services at Grenke in Baden-Baden.
Grenke is a financial solution provider, offering services in more than 30 countries around the world.

His department aims to deliver business value through data and data-related services and applications.
He has spent the last 20 years with data, databases, IT services, and related infrastructure. Before that, he was a paramedic with the German Red Cross.

When he is not pretending to work, you will probably find him on his motorcycle, as far away from paved roads as possible.

Thomas is Head of Data-Driven Applications & Services at Grenke in Baden-Baden. Grenke is a financial solution provider, offering services in more than 30 countries around the world. His department aims to deliver business value through data and ... Show more

Jennifer Ratten

Jennifer Ratten

I bridge business strategy and hands‑on engineering to design data, AI and low code solutions that deliver real impact. Starting my career on the business side gave me a deep understanding of stakeholder needs and organizational dynamics; transitioning into technology allowed me to turn that insight into scalable, production‑ready platforms.

I specialize in modern data architectures, analytics infrastructure, and AI‑driven automation, with a focus on building systems and frameworks that empower teams and move the business forward. I’m an active technical writer, workshop facilitator, and community contributor, and a Microsoft Data Platforms Super User.

I bridge business strategy and hands‑on engineering to design data, AI and low code solutions that deliver real impact. Starting my career on the business side gave me a deep understanding of stakeholder needs and organizational dynamics; transitioni... Show more

Michele Grant

Michele Grant

Michele Grant is a global M&A integration and enterprise transformation executive with 20+ years of enterprise transformation and 10+ years of M&A integration experience guiding complex transactions, private equity portfolio integrations, and enterprise modernization initiatives across media, technology, consumer goods, and financial services. At Cognizant, she serves as Value Realization Office Lead on a multi-billion-dollar post-acquisition managed services transition for a Fortune 500 fintech client. She has led post-merger integration for landmark transactions including the $30 billion ViacomCBS merger and NBCUniversal's $39 billion Sky acquisition, and established the Integration Management Office for a PE-backed consumer goods merger, coordinating 350+ cross-functional stakeholders to advance a $250M synergy case across operations, supply chain, and technology consolidation.

Michele is the creator of Leading at Scale, a video and article series on M&A integration and enterprise transformation published weekly across YouTube, Substack, Medium, and LinkedIn. Her talks cover integration, change management, risk management, governance, M&A due diligence, the first 100 days, value realization, and AI transformation. She delivered the May 2026 Cornell Tech Business Network Forum keynote on post-merger integration, has spoken at the Women Changemakers Forum and Cornell Johnson School of Management, and is a 2026 recipient of the St. John's University Alumnae Achiever Award.

She is the #1 Amazon bestselling author of The Power Dressers™: A Women's Guide to Professional Style and serves as President of the Cornell Johnson Women's Leadership and Advocacy Network, Chair of the Loughlin Society at St. John's University, and Chair of the Cornell EMC2 Fellows Program. Her credentials include a Cornell Johnson Executive MBA (May 2027), the Wharton M&A and Corporate Development credential, NACD Accelerate, and a B.S. in Computer Science from St. John's University. She is based in the New York metropolitan area and speaks in person and virtually.

Michele Grant is a global M&A integration and enterprise transformation executive with 20+ years of enterprise transformation and 10+ years of M&A integration experience guiding complex transactions, private equity portfolio integrations, and enterpr... Show more

Mike Carlo

Mike Carlo

Act like the Business think like IT

I'm very passionate about data and analytics. I've spent a massive amount of time learning Power BI. Through this learning process I felt that others may also be interested. Thus, I created a website, a knowledge repository for all things Power BI, ( powerbi.tips ). This site is uniquely set up for people to read and learn about data modeling and visualizations within Power BI.

Act like the Business think like IT I'm very passionate about data and analytics. I've spent a massive amount of time learning Power BI. Through this learning process I felt that others may also be interested. Thus, I created a website, a knowl... Show more

Brigitte Bergery

Brigitte Bergery

En 2022 creé Emplea Habilidad para facilitar el encuentro entre personas y organizaciones.
Estoy convencida de que enseñar sobre empleabilidad es una tarea fundamental para avanzar en pos de lograr varios de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible: en Argentina solo 3 de cada 10 personas en edad laboral recibió información sobre empleabilidad durante la educación formal. Algunos de los temas que desarrollo:
➡️ Empleabilidad
➡️ Networking
➡️ Armado de CV
➡️ Uso de LinkedIn
➡️ Marca personal y redes sociales

Ya confían en mi: escuelas secundarias, universidades, centros de formación para el trabajo, edtech, organizaciones del tercer sector, comunidades profesionales, eventos, gobierno, consultoras y medios de comunicación.

Participé en:
🚀 33º Jornada de orientación vocacional organizada por la Junta Regional de Educación Católica de San Isidro
⚙️ Expo Laboral del Centro Argentino de Ingenieros
💻 DevOps Days Argentina
🧪 LABURAtorio (evento presencial organizado por Fundación Banco Nación)
🚀 CoderCamp by Coderhouse 3era y 4ta Temporada.
☁️ AWS Community Day Argentina 2024 (evento presencial realizado en UADE).
▶️ Work Festival 2024 (evento presencial organizado por Takenos)

📊 El recorrido hasta HOY:
Career Coach Nº1 Argentina y LATAM
Top Career Coach a nivel mundial
+35000 personas en LATAM participaron en clases, charlas o talleres accediendo a conocimientos clave para el mundo laboral.
+500 jóvenes participaron en la charla “Onboarding al mundo laboral”.
+400 profesionales de habla hispana me eligieron como asesora de empleabilidad para acompañarlos en su reinserción, transición o ascenso laboral
+46 charlas en diferentes formatos.
Emplea Habilidad es community partner de los principales eventos enfocados en el mundo laboral.
Participación en espacios vinculados al área desde el rol de jurado, moderadora o creadora de contenidos.

En 2022 creé Emplea Habilidad para facilitar el encuentro entre personas y organizaciones. Estoy convencida de que enseñar sobre empleabilidad es una tarea fundamental para avanzar en pos de lograr varios de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible: e... Show more

Alain Delachaux

Alain Delachaux

Je suis tombé dans la marmite Agile en 2018, après 17 ans de vie dans l'IT et la conception de produits.
D'abord Product Owner, puis Scrum Master. Aujourd’hui, j’accompagne les équipes dans leur découverte de l’Agilité.
Je me considère comme agnostique en matière d’Agilité. Pour moi les frameworks sont des outils utiles, à condition d’être bien compris et utilisés avec discernement.
Mon objectif est de rester fidèle au Manifeste Agile et à son esprit, tout en étant attentif aux impacts humains, organisationnels et environnementaux — notamment en promouvant un numérique responsable.

Je suis tombé dans la marmite Agile en 2018, après 17 ans de vie dans l'IT et la conception de produits. D'abord Product Owner, puis Scrum Master. Aujourd’hui, j’accompagne les équipes dans leur découverte de l’Agilité. Je me considère comme agnost... Show more

Sue Bayes

Sue Bayes

Microsoft MVP Data Platform
Microsoft Certified: Fabric Data Engineer Associate, Fabric Analytics Engineer Associate, Azure Enterprise Data Analyst Associate, Power BI Data Analyst Associate

Over 7 years successfully working as an independent Power BI developer and data analyst within the public and private sector.

Reporting solutions range from project management, planning , financial reporting, specific service sector reporting, bespoke data cleansing and sentiment analysis.

15 years of lecturing in Business and Computing before starting my own business.

I am passionate about data in general and how we can harness information to grow business. Knowledge of R, SQL and C# but main love is Python, M and DAX.

When not in front of the screen, I love to run and walk my dog and be outside.

Microsoft MVP Data Platform Microsoft Certified: Fabric Data Engineer Associate, Fabric Analytics Engineer Associate, Azure Enterprise Data Analyst Associate, Power BI Data Analyst Associate Over 7 years successfully working as an independent Po... Show more

Modjossorica Elysee

Modjossorica Elysee

Rica Elysée is the founder of BeautyLynk (beautylynk.com), an on-demand beauty service that brings the salon into women's homes and is bookable in more than 180 US markets. She started out as a community organizer and marketer who built an influential beauty and makeup community for women of color in Boston. While helping care for a disabled family member, she saw how much a good hair appointment lifted that family member's confidence - and how hard it was to find an accessible salon and to book and keep appointments. Most women in her beauty group described the same problems: late or canceled appointments and long waits for beauty services. So she used what she knew about the beauty industry, marketing and community building to go after the "beauty bookings" problem.

Rica is also the creator of Care in the Chair™, a training program that prepares licensed beauty professionals - stylists, barbers, nail technicians and estheticians - to recognize signs of distress in the chair and respond in ways that keep both the client and the professional safe. She writes The Beauty Brief, a Substack publication covering the beauty industry.

She has a longstanding passion for helping women entrepreneurs through her work with #AttheTable (atthetable.io) and #FemaleFoundersDay.

Rica speaks in two lanes: trauma-aware client care and the beauty chair as a health-adjacent touchpoint, and building technology-enabled service businesses as a Black woman founder in tech.

Rica Elysée is the founder of BeautyLynk (beautylynk.com), an on-demand beauty service that brings the salon into women's homes and is bookable in more than 180 US markets. She started out as a community organizer and marketer who built an influentia... Show more

Preston Chandler

Preston Chandler

Preston Chandler is a transformation leader and systems strategist with more than 20 years of experience helping complex organizations improve how they operate, innovate, and deliver value.

He currently serves as the Global Lead of Strategic Operations at WPP, where he works across marketing and engineering organizations to improve decision velocity, operational design, and large-scale delivery performance. In parallel, he is a Managing Partner at Centered, advising executive leaders on building innovation-ready teams and sustainable operating models.

Preston’s work sits at the intersection of engineering, product, and marketing — designing systems that reduce friction, accelerate learning, and align technical execution with business strategy. Over his career, he has partnered with more than 100 teams across industries including pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, digital product development, supply chain, and enterprise technology. His client experience includes Pfizer, Merck, Johnson & Johnson, Ford, Sprint, Novartis, and VML.

He specializes in diagnosing systemic bottlenecks, improving alignment in complex environments, and helping senior teams scale without losing adaptability.

Preston brings a pragmatic, systems-level lens to innovation — focusing not just on frameworks, but on how organizations actually behave under pressure.

Preston Chandler is a transformation leader and systems strategist with more than 20 years of experience helping complex organizations improve how they operate, innovate, and deliver value. He currently serves as the Global Lead of Strategic Opera... Show more

Jaroslav Pantsjoha

Jaroslav Pantsjoha

I help enterprises move from AI MVPs to production-grade agent systems, and solutions, as a well-governed, secure, repeatable, and at scale.

I'm a Technical Director and Agentic AI Solution Architect at Cognizant, a Google Developer Expert, and a hands-on builder. Over more than 20 years in technology, my work has spanned enterprise operations, cloud-native platforms, consulting and AI delivery.
Having worked through many AI and agentic PoCS, hackathons, and and now all the way to production - I have even written about Building The Agentic Enterprise.

I spend much of my time solving The New Ways of Work, and business disruption ushered by the AI helping enterprises adopt it at scale and define their new moat.

My next book, Harness Engineering for the New Ways of Work - From Solo Expert to AI-Native Team, is out soon, next.

This is where i connects the enterprise operating model with what I've learned hands- on enabled with Harness and Context engineering principles building and maintaining products with AI, and the responsibilities that come with team delivery.

Recognition includes Google Developer Expert membership in 2025 and 2026, and Google Cloud Champion Innovator recognition in 2023/24 and 2024/25.
I contribute to open source and founded the Google Cloud Community of Practice.

Current active certifications:
Professional Cloud Architect, Professional Cloud Developer, Generative AI Leader and Cloud Digital Leader (Google Cloud);
Certified Partner Specialist Gemini Enterprise Deployment (Google Cloud) and
Claude Certified Architect - Foundations (Anthropic).

My five talks connect personal harness engineering, product maintenance, team agents, enterprise transformation and production operations.

Available for London and English-speaking remote events. All Views are my own.

I help enterprises move from AI MVPs to production-grade agent systems, and solutions, as a well-governed, secure, repeatable, and at scale. I'm a Technical Director and Agentic AI Solution Architect at Cognizant, a Google Developer Expert, and a ... Show more

Shivani Sheth

Shivani Sheth

As an AI specialist at Google Cloud, Shivani works at the cutting edge of modern intelligent systems, focusing on cloud infrastructure, enterprise machine learning, foundation models, and autonomous AI. Her experience spans advising enterprise leaders across digital transformation journeys - helping organizations modernize legacy systems of record, integrate intelligent agent platforms, and execute high-impact AI strategies that deliver sustainable financial and operational ROI.

Having led multiple teams across startups and big tech, Shivani brings a deeply grounded, human-centric approach to leadership and career growth. Beyond her technical expertise, she is a passionate advocate for professional development, mentoring others in building career confidence, personal branding, and effective leadership. Whether speaking on cutting-edge AI architectures or empowering technologists to scale their impact, Shivani bridges the gap between technical execution and personal empowerment.

As an AI specialist at Google Cloud, Shivani works at the cutting edge of modern intelligent systems, focusing on cloud infrastructure, enterprise machine learning, foundation models, and autonomous AI. Her experience spans advising enterprise leader... Show more

Abiodun Alabi

Abiodun Alabi

Abiodun Emiola Alabi is a workforce digital transformation leader, AI Governance, and AI product manager of CareerLens AI, an AI-powered workforce intelligence and employability platform. She helps organisations and professionals navigate the changing world of work by turning emerging AI trends into practical strategies for workforce transformation.

She speaks on AI Product building and management, AI in HR, Workforce Intelligence, Responsible AI, AI Governance, Future of Work, Modern Workplace transformation, Data Privacy in the Workplace, People Analytics, and career readiness in the AI era.

Her work focuses on helping organisations become AI-ready by building the governance, skills, and workforce capabilities needed to adopt AI responsibly. She equips leaders with practical frameworks to transform workplaces, strengthen workforce decision-making, and prepare people for the future of work.

Abiodun is passionate about making AI practical, ethical, and accessible for businesses, HR professionals, educators, and emerging leaders. Her sessions are practical, engaging, and action-oriented, providing audiences with clear strategies they can implement immediately. She's a Women Techmakers Ambassador (Google).

Abiodun Emiola Alabi is a workforce digital transformation leader, AI Governance, and AI product manager of CareerLens AI, an AI-powered workforce intelligence and employability platform. She helps organisations and professionals navigate the changin... Show more

Sidharth Gopakumar

Sidharth Gopakumar

Sidharth Gopakumar is a product manager at Molecule Software, an energy trading and risk platform used by hedge funds and Fortune 100 energy companies that processes nearly $100B in commodity value daily. He builds regulatory decision intelligence systems: the market and regulatory integrations, pricing workflows, and reporting that traders, risk teams, and compliance staff rely on. Before Molecule, he built the AI infrastructure (RAG, vector search, LLM orchestration, and governance) at Rightpage, a Y Combinator-backed startup, as it grew from pre-revenue to 10 enterprise customers. Earlier, he built data platform systems at Swiggy and worked on Soroco's Scout process-discovery product. He is an IEEE-published author and was an invited speaker at IEEE InC4 2026.

Sidharth Gopakumar is a product manager at Molecule Software, an energy trading and risk platform used by hedge funds and Fortune 100 energy companies that processes nearly $100B in commodity value daily. He builds regulatory decision intelligence sy... Show more

Bert Fabry

Bert Fabry

As the founder of FabCore BV, Bert provides leadership, communication, and agile training and coaching to organizations and individuals worldwide, fostering environments that emphasize empathy and efficiency. Drawing on more than 25 years of experience across communication, leadership consulting, training, and IT advisory work, he helps people and teams grow with intention — an approach captured in FabCore's tagline, "From the Heart."
He has also worked at the intersection of technology and road safety, contributing to BUMP where his tech expertise met a strong commitment to safer roads.
An international speaker, he regularly shares his insights at conferences, engaging audiences with his deep knowledge in technology, leadership, and agile practices. With a background spanning the arts, technology, and international development, he draws on a diverse array of experiences to champion empathic leadership and continual learning. His journey through personal challenges has fueled his dedication to professional growth and making a meaningful impact.
Outside of work, he indulges in cooking and storytelling, enhancing life's flavor as a culinary enthusiast and a veteran tabletop roleplaying game master.

As the founder of FabCore BV, Bert provides leadership, communication, and agile training and coaching to organizations and individuals worldwide, fostering environments that emphasize empathy and efficiency. Drawing on more than 25 years of experien... Show more

Bruno Zagorščak

Bruno Zagorščak

Bruno Zagorščak is a content maker, videographer, and live-stream producer. He's Chief Content Officer and co-founder of Neuralab, a full-service team of creative people, managing all aspects of online eCommerce projects. He has nearly two decades of experience creating content across multiple mediums, including video, audio, photography, and text. His role at Neuralab involves leading content creation, often focusing on engaging user experiences. Bruno is also known for his expertise producing interactive content and directing live broadcasts, as well as his participation in various podcasts and webinars related to the tech industry.

Bruno Zagorščak is a content maker, videographer, and live-stream producer. He's Chief Content Officer and co-founder of Neuralab, a full-service team of creative people, managing all aspects of online eCommerce projects. He has nearly two decades of... Show more

Mitchel Sellers

Mitchel Sellers

Mitchel Sellers is globally known as a 17-time Microsoft MVP, an ASPInsider, a DNN MVP, is an MCP (Microsoft .NET, ASP.NET and SQL Server), and CEO of IowaComputerGurus Inc. Sellers has a deep understanding of software development and when speaking focuses on proper architecture standards, performance, stability, security, and overall cost-effectiveness of delivered solutions. This message and his abilities resonate in the technical war room as well as the executive board room.

Mitchel is a prolific public speaker, presenting more than 400 sessions at user groups and conferences globally, such as DevUp, SDN, and Code PaLOUsa. Sellers has been the author of multiple books and a regular blogger on technology topics.

When Mitchel is not working in technology, you will find him flying his airplane, teaching others how to fly, or spending time with his family He is also actively involved in the Open Source Community working diligently to further the movement. Find out more about Sellers at his website http://www.mitchelsellers.com.

Mitchel Sellers is globally known as a 17-time Microsoft MVP, an ASPInsider, a DNN MVP, is an MCP (Microsoft .NET, ASP.NET and SQL Server), and CEO of IowaComputerGurus Inc. Sellers has a deep understanding of software development and when speaking f... Show more

Chris Seferlis

Chris Seferlis

Chris Seferlis is a Director of Technology Strategy at Microsoft where, for the past 7+ years he has helped customers bring their technical strategies to reality with a heavy focus on how they are using their data.

A former CIO with over 25 years’ experience in IT and a deep background in Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence, Chris brings a practical and theoretical approach to business technology challenges using a data driven mindset.

Chris holds an MBA from the University of Massachusetts, is a Microsoft Certified Trainer, and is a Lecturer at Boston University. He’s also a keynote speaker on the topics of Data, Innovation, and AI.

Finally, in 2023, Chris published the book A Practical Guide to Azure Cognitive Services and OpenAI; sure to be the first of publications highlighting the advantages of using AI and helping to maximize ROI and TCO.

Chris Seferlis is a Director of Technology Strategy at Microsoft where, for the past 7+ years he has helped customers bring their technical strategies to reality with a heavy focus on how they are using their data. A former CIO with over 25 years... Show more

Ori Bendet

Ori Bendet

Enterprise product executive with 20+ years scaling AppSec, Al-driven SaaS, and developer platforms through periods of rapid commercial and product transformation. Over the years, I’ve had the opportunity to combine deep technical expertise with a strong go-to-market mindset to deliver products that make a real impact.
At Docker, I'm leading Docker Hub and everything developer tooling.

Before joining Docker, I held executive leadership and engineering roles at Checkmarx, Time To Know, HPE, PicApp, and Bezeq, gaining a 360-degree view of product development — from hands-on engineering to strategic product management and customer engagement.

What drives me is helping teams innovate with confidence, bridging the gap between security and development, and empowering organizations to build software that’s not only powerful but also secure.

Enterprise product executive with 20+ years scaling AppSec, Al-driven SaaS, and developer platforms through periods of rapid commercial and product transformation. Over the years, I’ve had the opportunity to combine deep technical expertise with a st... Show more

Damian Sztankowski

Damian Sztankowski

I'm Senior Cloud Solution Architect with a deep passion for crafting innovative, scalable, and robust solutions in the cloud. With extensive expertise in Google Cloud, AWS, and other cloud platforms, I specialize in designing modern architectures that drive business success.

🚀 What I do:

Architecting and implementing cloud-native solutions.
Leading digital transformation initiatives using cutting-edge cloud technologies.
Enabling businesses with scalable infrastructure and efficient deployment pipelines.

💡 My Skills & Expertise:

Cloud Platforms: Google Cloud, AWS, IBM Cloud, Azure.
Automation & Tools: Terraform, CI/CD pipelines, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
Programming: Python, Bash, and PowerShell for scripting and task automation.
Modern Architectures: Microservices, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and serverless solutions.

I'm Senior Cloud Solution Architect with a deep passion for crafting innovative, scalable, and robust solutions in the cloud. With extensive expertise in Google Cloud, AWS, and other cloud platforms, I specialize in designing modern architectures tha... Show more

Mostafa Nawareg

Mostafa Nawareg

Dr. Mostafa Nawareg is an Egyptian International Marketing Consultant, Corporate Trainer & Author, and business development advisor. He has extensive experience in marketing strategy, brand positioning, business growth, organizational development, and corporate training across the MENA region.

He is the founder of Lighthouse Training Academy, a sole proprietorship established in Egypt in 2013, providing marketing consulting, strategic planning, business development, corporate training, and professional advisory services.

He is also the creator of Marketing Planner, a proprietary AI-powered web platform designed to help business owners, marketing managers, consultants, and entrepreneurs create complete marketing plans through structured tools, guided forms, analysis frameworks, and execution-focused planning templates.

Dr. Nawareg is the author of 40 published books and has delivered consulting and training programs for companies, institutions, and executives across multiple industries and countries.

خبرة 24 سنة في 22 دولة مع +200 شركة تعمل في 41 قطاعا .. صاغها في 40 كتابا
ISNI: 0000 0005 3046 7995 | ORCID: 0009-0007-8742-9270
Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q140563767

Selected Conference Experience:
• African Startups Conference 2025 (4th Edition) — Algeria, December 2025. Keynote on entrepreneurship, strategic marketing, and the African startup ecosystem (by official invitation from the Government of Algeria).
• International Pharmaceutical Federation & UNESCO Conference — Egypt, 2025. Appearance before deans from 6 countries.
• Pharmaceutical Marketing & Selling: Pitfalls and Solutions — Al-Ahliyya Amman University, Jordan, 2025.
• The First Medical Advertising Conference — Egypt, 2024.
• Marketing in the Veterinary Sector: Success or Failure? — Egypt, 2024.
• Marketing Literary Works — El Sawy Culturewheel, Cairo, 2024.
• Post-University Training — Heliopolis University, Cairo, 2024.
• MBA Researchers' Graduation — Brooklyn Business School, Cairo, 2020.

Dr. Mostafa Nawareg is an Egyptian International Marketing Consultant, Corporate Trainer & Author, and business development advisor. He has extensive experience in marketing strategy, brand positioning, business growth, organizational development, an... Show more

Christophe Keromen

Christophe Keromen

🔺 Comment faire évoluer les organisations sans s'épuiser à forcer le changement ?

Christophe Keromen accompagne les acteurs du terrain et de la transformation face aux limites des méthodes traditionnelles.

En combinant pensée complexe, perception systémique, approche narrative et agilité, il aide les collectifs à décoder ce qui se joue vraiment derrière les "résistances".

Formateur, facilitateur, coach et superviseur certifié, il propose une posture de lucidité plutôt que de prescription.

Connu pour sa capacité à questionner, inspirer et challenger avec bienveillance, il aide les organisations à retrouver le temps et l'espace nécessaires pour construire une véritable robustesse systémique.

📕 Il est l'auteur de "Ne vous transformez surtout pas ! Manuel de survie pour accompagnants épuisés de pousser au changement" (2026), ouvrage dans lequel il développe l'ASRO (Accompagnement Systémique des Récits en Organisation).

🔺 Comment faire évoluer les organisations sans s'épuiser à forcer le changement ? Christophe Keromen accompagne les acteurs du terrain et de la transformation face aux limites des méthodes traditionnelles. En combinant pensée complexe, perce... Show more

Michel Fotsing

Michel Fotsing

Michel Fotsing is a cybersecurity and AI governance architect focused on helping organizations adopt AI without losing control over security, risk, and critical decisions.

With over 11 years of experience across cybersecurity, cloud platforms, critical infrastructure, and AI-enabled systems, Michel bridges technical security and executive decision-making. He holds the CISSP credential and contributes to the ISC2 CISSP Examination Review Board.

His work explores a central question for modern organizations: How do you determine what AI can decide, what it should help decide, and what must remain under human control?

Michel developed the Three Zones framework—Automated, Augmented, and Sanctuary—to help organizations classify decisions by risk, define appropriate human oversight, and establish boundaries for AI autonomy. His approach connects AI governance principles with practical cybersecurity, risk management, and organizational accountability.

He is the author of The Digital Architect: Orchestrating Intelligence in the Age of AI and writes for an audience of technology leaders and professionals.

Michel speaks to executives, CIOs, CISOs, risk leaders, and technology teams about AI governance, cybersecurity strategy, AI risk management, and the future of human oversight. His presentations combine strategic frameworks, practical exercises, and real-world scenarios to help organizations turn abstract AI principles into actionable decisions.

Speaking topics: AI governance and accountability · ISO/IEC 42001 and AI management systems · AI risk management · Cybersecurity architecture · Human oversight of autonomous AI · Executive AI strategy.

Michel Fotsing is a cybersecurity and AI governance architect focused on helping organizations adopt AI without losing control over security, risk, and critical decisions. With over 11 years of experience across cybersecurity, cloud platforms, cri... Show more

Dan Bergh Johnsson

Dan Bergh Johnsson

Dan Bergh Johnsson works at the intersection of software architecture, security, and large-scale system design. He has decades of experience designing and reviewing complex systems where security, stability, and delivery speed are in constant tension.
Dan is co-author of Secure by Design (Manning) and a frequent international conference speaker. His talks focus on how architectural and design choices — increasingly involving AI — shape long-term security, system behavior, and organizational responsibility. He is particularly interested in what gets lost when productivity increases faster than system understanding.

Dan Bergh Johnsson works at the intersection of software architecture, security, and large-scale system design. He has decades of experience designing and reviewing complex systems where security, stability, and delivery speed are in constant tensio... Show more

René van Osnabrugge

René van Osnabrugge

As GCD of Xebia Microsoft Services, Rene enables consultants to help organizations and leadership teams to build an engineering culture that allows them to build, deliver, and operate software in a secure and compliant way. With a focus on both the technical and cultural aspects of a company, Rene helps clients transform their work processes, operating model, and culture to become high-speed, innovative, and productive.

Rene is passionate about learning new technologies and exploring the cultural and people aspects of companies. He believes that by focusing on both technical implementation and cultural development, we can drive our industry forward. He loves sharing his knowledge and insights at conferences and training events.

As a frequently asked speaker at well-known industry events like GitHub Universe, NDC, Techorama, AllDayDevOps, NDC, and Visual Studio Live!, Rene is known for his expertise in Microsoft Azure, DevOps and DevOps Culture. In addition to being a Microsoft MVP since 2012, he is also the founder of the popular community event Global DevOps Bootcamp.

As GCD of Xebia Microsoft Services, Rene enables consultants to help organizations and leadership teams to build an engineering culture that allows them to build, deliver, and operate software in a secure and compliant way. With a focus on both the t... Show more

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