Business & Management

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

Jeffrey Palermo

Jeffrey Palermo

Jeffrey Palermo is the CTO at Clear Measure, a software architecture company. He has been recognized as a Microsoft MVP each year since 2006 and has spoken at national conferences such as Microsoft Ignite, TechEd, MVP Summit, VS Live, and DevTeach. He has founded and run several software user groups over the years and is the author of several print books (last is "The Five Pillars: Leadership for Effective Custom Software"), video books, and many articles. A Christian, graduate of Texas A&M University (BA), and the Jack Welch Management Institute (MBA), an Eagle Scout, and an Iraq war veteran, Jeffrey likes to spend time with his family of five camping and riding dirt bikes.

Jeffrey Palermo is the CTO at Clear Measure, a software architecture company. He has been recognized as a Microsoft MVP each year since 2006 and has spoken at national conferences such as Microsoft Ignite, TechEd, MVP Summit, VS Live, and DevTeach. H... Show more

Maxime Beauchemin

Maxime Beauchemin

Original creator of Apache Airflow and Apache Superset, two of the most widely adopted open-source projects in modern data, and the Founder & CEO of Preset. Before Preset, I led data engineering teams at Airbnb, Facebook, and Lyft, working on some of the largest-scale data platforms in the industry. Now, I'm building the same kind of foundational, open-source tooling for the AI era: Agor (agor.live), a collaborative team command center for AI coding teammates. A longtime open-source advocate who builds in the open, I'm betting that the next platform shift is teams of humans and agents working side by side.

Original creator of Apache Airflow and Apache Superset, two of the most widely adopted open-source projects in modern data, and the Founder & CEO of Preset. Before Preset, I led data engineering teams at Airbnb, Facebook, and Lyft, working on some of... 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

Isadora Martin-Dye

Isadora Martin-Dye

Isadora Martin-Dye is the founder of Bloom, a venue intelligence platform for the wedding industry, and the owner-operator of Rixey Manor, a Knot Hall of Fame wedding venue in Rixeyville, Virginia. She runs both - a working venue and a software company - from the same desk.
A non-engineer by training, she ships production AI through 2,700+ lines of living architecture doctrine, versioned prompts with dual-provider fallback, and a cross-tier audit framework she designed to stress-test her own work. British-born and Virginia-based, she builds for industries where the transaction is irreplaceable, the customer is emotional, and "the model hallucinated" isn't an acceptable answer.

Isadora Martin-Dye is the founder of Bloom, a venue intelligence platform for the wedding industry, and the owner-operator of Rixey Manor, a Knot Hall of Fame wedding venue in Rixeyville, Virginia. She runs both - a working venue and a software compa... Show more

Trond Hjorteland

Trond Hjorteland

Trond is an IT architect and sociotechnical systems practitioner at Capra Consulting, where he helps organisations design themselves for a turbulent world. Drawing on decades of research in open systems theory, he bridges domain-driven design, event-driven architecture, and human-centred organisation design. His mantra: great solutions emerge from collaborative sensemaking and design.

Trond is an IT architect and sociotechnical systems practitioner at Capra Consulting, where he helps organisations design themselves for a turbulent world. Drawing on decades of research in open systems theory, he bridges domain-driven design, event-... Show more

Joel Silverstone

Joel Silverstone

“You’re not here to change people. You’re here to move them.”

Joel Silverstone helps leaders and teams have conversations that build trust, create buy-in, and move work forward, especially when the stakes are high or teams are working across silos.

For more than 25 years, Joel has trained and coached thousands of leaders across North America, Asia, Europe, and Africa. He has worked with organizations including QuidelOrtho, Kearney, RBC, TD, BMO, CIBC, Abbott, and Hyundai.

As founder of TFR: This Feels Right, Joel combines practical communication and leadership tools with skills drawn from acting and improvisation: reading the room, choosing your intention, and connecting with what matters to others.

A former professional actor and improviser, Joel brings energy, humour, and “Hollywood Tips” to every session. His approach is simple: “Learn, Laugh, Do.” Participants practise real workplace conversations and leave sounding like themselves, their voice now better matched to their intention.

Joel also hosts the 'TFR: This Feels Right' podcast about leadership, communication and influence.

“You’re not here to change people. You’re here to move them.” Joel Silverstone helps leaders and teams have conversations that build trust, create buy-in, and move work forward, especially when the stakes are high or teams are working across silos... 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 the founder of The Power Dressers™, a professional presence and leadership platform for women, and the #1 Amazon bestselling author of The Power Dressers™: A Women's Guide to Professional Style. The book is a 2024 Page Turner Awards finalist for both Book Award and Cover Design, and it has been featured in Yahoo Entertainment, on the SHRM Podcast, and on radio programs across the country including KBLA Los Angeles, WBAI New York, WSOU, WKIM, and On Point with Carlette Christmas.

Michele speaks on executive presence, professional style as a leadership tool, and how women build visibility and influence in the rooms where decisions are made. She has delivered a keynote at the Page Turner Awards, led a professional presence workshop for SHRM and the Women's Media Group, taught a workshop at Parsons School of Design, and spoken at Women Techmakers NYC, the Women Changemakers Forum, and Cornell Johnson School of Management.

Her perspective on presence comes from 20+ years leading enterprise transformation and 10+ years leading M&A integration for Fortune 500 companies, including the $30 billion ViacomCBS merger and NBCUniversal's $39 billion Sky acquisition. She has spent her career in boardrooms and steering committees where credibility is read before a word is spoken, and The Power Dressers™ grew out of what she learned there.

Michele is the founder of the Power Dressers Academy, a digital learning platform for professional women, and a professional apparel line. She serves as President of the Cornell Johnson Women's Leadership and Advocacy Network and Chair of the Loughlin Society at St. John's University, and she is a 2026 recipient of the St. John's University Alumnae Achiever Award. She holds a B.S. in Computer Science from St. John's University and is completing her Cornell Johnson Executive MBA (May 2027).

Speaking and media inquiries: media@powerdressers.com

Michele Grant is the founder of The Power Dressers™, a professional presence and leadership platform for women, and the #1 Amazon bestselling author of The Power Dressers™: A Women's Guide to Professional Style. The book is a 2024 Page Turner Awards ... 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

Ivan Arribas

Ivan Arribas

https://vandalytic.com (Blog de Power BI)
https://waibbo.com (partner Microsoft especializado en Analítica de Datos)

https://vandalytic.com (Blog de Power BI) https://waibbo.com (partner Microsoft especializado en Analítica de Datos) 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

Alexander Klein

Alexander Klein

Alexander Klein is a Senior Business Intelligence Consultant and Data Architect with over 25 years of experience delivering end-to-end data solutions. Operating as an independent consultant across Europe since 2008, he designs and implements enterprise-scale Data Warehouse, BI, and Analytics platforms for mid-market and enterprise organizations.

His core technical expertise spans the modern Microsoft data ecosystem and advanced cloud analytics—including Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, Azure, Databricks, and SQL Server. A long-time SQL Saturday attendee and active member of the international data community, Alexander has been regularly speaking at conferences and user groups since 2017, delivering practical insights on modern data architecture, cloud analytics, and modernizing BI environments.

Alexander Klein is a Senior Business Intelligence Consultant and Data Architect with over 25 years of experience delivering end-to-end data solutions. Operating as an independent consultant across Europe since 2008, he designs and implements enterpri... 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

Chad Green

Chad Green

Chad Green is a visionary Senior Systems Architect at Jasper Engines & Transmissions with over 35 years of expertise in crafting innovative, customer-centric solutions. He is currently leading the migration of legacy systems to cloud-native technologies. His career spans diverse industries, including automotive, healthcare, education, and government. Recognized as a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) and a dynamic community leader, Chad champions knowledge-sharing by organizing conferences and meetups and delivering speaking engagements at national and international events.

Outside the tech world, Chad proudly embraces his roles as a dedicated father, loving husband, and United States Marine Corps veteran. When he's not leading innovation or empowering communities, you'll find him bringing creativity to life through intricate Lego builds and his ever-growing Lego city.

Chad Green is a visionary Senior Systems Architect at Jasper Engines & Transmissions with over 35 years of expertise in crafting innovative, customer-centric solutions. He is currently leading the migration of legacy systems to cloud-native technolog... Show more

Amanda Lentz

Amanda Lentz

Amanda Lentz is a speaker, podcast host, and Human Resources Business Partner whose work explores identity, change, and the human experience at work. Drawing from lived experience and a foundation in organizational psychology, she helps audiences navigate the moments when life or career disrupts the story they thought they were living.

She is the creator and host of Who We Become — Life Beyond Change, a podcast featuring honest conversations about reinvention and the in‑between spaces of transformation. Her graduate training in I/O Psychology, Leadership Development, and Business Administration shapes her practical, human‑centered approach to growth, resilience, and leadership.

Amanda speaks across industries — from healthcare and HR to women’s leadership, technology, and organizational development — offering language and frameworks for navigating uncertainty, rebuilding identity, and leading with humanity. Her signature talks help audiences name experiences they’ve been living but haven’t yet articulated.

Change is inevitable. Becoming is intentional.

Amanda Lentz is a speaker, podcast host, and Human Resources Business Partner whose work explores identity, change, and the human experience at work. Drawing from lived experience and a foundation in organizational psychology, she helps audiences nav... Show more

Sergiu Wittenberger

Sergiu Wittenberger

I build production AI agents and intelligent document processing for operational enterprises — banking, payments, government, and finance — from Cluj-Napoca and Timișoara.

Wittenberger Industries ships agentic automation where judgment and unstructured input matter, and RPA where the steps are fixed. Recent work includes hyperscale IDP on Kubernetes (5,000 docs/hour, ~14× faster than a robot fleet), agentic voucher validation (~71% faster, 72h → 18h cycles), a Teams-native ERP assistant (Mia), and an Outlook-embedded sales agent grounded in internal precedent.

Previously at UiPath I led technology services teams on Document Understanding and Human-in-the-Loop. I still speak and build at the intersection of UiPath, Python, agents, and cloud scale.

Site: https://wittenberger.io
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/sergiu-wittenberger
GitHub (HyperDU early public cut): github.com/UiPath-Services/HyperDU

I build production AI agents and intelligent document processing for operational enterprises — banking, payments, government, and finance — from Cluj-Napoca and Timișoara. Wittenberger Industries ships agentic automation where judgment and unstruc... 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

Pavan Mani Deep Yaragani

Pavan Mani Deep Yaragani

Pavan Mani Deep Yaragani is a seasoned Power Platform Architect with over 10 years of experience delivering enterprise-scale solutions using Microsoft Power Platform, Dynamics 365, Azure, and AI technologies. He specializes in solution architecture, intelligent automation, enterprise integrations, governance, and digital transformation initiatives that help organizations accelerate innovation and enhance operational efficiency.

Throughout his career, Pavan has led the design and implementation of scalable business applications, low-code platforms, and cloud-native solutions across diverse industries. His expertise includes Power Apps, Power Automate, Dataverse, Copilot Studio, Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement, Azure Integration Services, and Generative AI.

Passionate about technology leadership and knowledge sharing, Pavan actively contributes to the Microsoft community through technical sessions, workshops, and speaking engagements. He enjoys helping organizations and professionals unlock the full potential of Microsoft's cloud and low-code ecosystem to drive meaningful business outcomes.

Pavan Mani Deep Yaragani is a seasoned Power Platform Architect with over 10 years of experience delivering enterprise-scale solutions using Microsoft Power Platform, Dynamics 365, Azure, and AI technologies. He specializes in solution architecture, ... 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

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