Debbie grew up in Rotorua, New Zealand, with 2 siblings.

In 2007, Debbie founded DWR (formerly ShareThePoint Ltd) , a company which specialises in Microsoft 365; implementation, strategy and training. Debbie also organises the annual Digital Workplace Conferences in New Zealand and Australia.

Her focus is helping people understand the business capability and productivity gains that Microsoft 365 can provide. From awareness and education, to change management and adoption, and everything in between, Debbie thrives on the people aspect – understanding the why, along with the what and the how.

Debbie has an extensive Project Management and Solutions background and was awarded the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award for nine years and is now a Microsoft Regional Director. Debbie now lives in the sunny Bay of Plenty in New Zealand.

Debbie grew up in Rotorua, New Zealand, with 2 siblings. In 2007, Debbie founded DWR (formerly ShareThePoint Ltd) , a company which specialises in Microsoft 365; implementation, strategy and training. Debbie also organises the annual Digital Workp... Show more

I combine execution, people-first leadership, and structured thinking to build scalable educational and community-driven projects. My background spans IT and entrepreneurship, giving me a unique perspective on building sustainable ventures.
QA Tester, Community Builder in Iasi and Bucharest, Entrepreneur or Mentor- many hats, same person.

I’m particularly interested in projects at the intersection of education, technology, and human connection.

I combine execution, people-first leadership, and structured thinking to build scalable educational and community-driven projects. My background spans IT and entrepreneurship, giving me a unique perspective on building sustainable ventures. QA Test... Show more

Artur is a data engineer specializing in data analysis and founder and CEO of platformimpulse GmbH. He is responsible for the full-stack implementation of data products from the data source to the final dashboard within the Microsoft ecosystem. As a former lecturer, Artur also focuses on sustainable internal and external knowledge transfer related to Microsoft Power BI and Fabric. Previously, he spent over 12 years as a consultant in IT audit, software projects, implementing reporting solutions in various industries and company sizes, and as head of business intelligence at a mid-sized software company in Germany.
Artur is active in the Power BI and data community as a podcaster, YouTuber, meetup coordinator, member of the TDWI society think tank on Self-Service & Analytics, speaker at events, and book author.

Artur is a data engineer specializing in data analysis and founder and CEO of platformimpulse GmbH. He is responsible for the full-stack implementation of data products from the data source to the final dashboard within the Microsoft ecosystem. As a ... Show more

Consultant senior et formateur certifié SAFe Practice Consultant, ElMehdi Safraoui est un expert passionné par la transformation digitale et Lean Agile, particulièrement dans le secteur public. Fondateur du cabinet Arrioph, il accompagne des organisations basées entre Paris et Casablanca dans leurs parcours de transformation Agile et numérique, en plaçant l’humain et l’innovation au cœur de la performance.

Consultant senior et formateur certifié SAFe Practice Consultant, ElMehdi Safraoui est un expert passionné par la transformation digitale et Lean Agile, particulièrement dans le secteur public. Fondateur du cabinet Arrioph, il accompagne des organisa... Show more

Senior Business-Systems Analyst & Product Owner. Speaker at international conferences. I truly believe that communication matters.
When I'm not at work, you can find me at IT conferences, meetup’s, volunteering somewhere, or spot me when enjoying nature in the middle of mountains or forests.
I'm usually the one, who will challenge your idea to make it bulletproof!

Senior Business-Systems Analyst & Product Owner. Speaker at international conferences. I truly believe that communication matters. When I'm not at work, you can find me at IT conferences, meetup’s, volunteering somewhere, or spot me when enjoying n... Show more

Wiebke Apitzsch is a German expert in artificial intelligence (AI), data-driven transformation, and strategic change in business and industry. She has extensive experience in designing and implementing AI initiatives at the intersection of business, technology, and organizational development, with deep experience in AI Ethics. As co-founder and CTO of the consulting firm AI.IMPACT, she supports organizations across industries in strategically embedding AI solutions and making them operationally effective.

Previously, she held leadership roles at Boston Consulting Group, TTE Strategy, and StatSoft, with a focus on data-driven decision-making models, change management, and translating analytical potential into sustainable business value. Wiebke Apitzsch is a certified Executive Coach (INSEAD), an MBA student in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at LMU Munich, and a sought-after speaker at conferences and podcasts. She is also committed to promoting diversity in the tech sector and advocates for greater visibility of women in technology-driven industries.

Wiebke Apitzsch is a German expert in artificial intelligence (AI), data-driven transformation, and strategic change in business and industry. She has extensive experience in designing and implementing AI initiatives at the intersection of business, ... Show more

Jarle Adolfsen is a partner and senior consultant at bspoke AS with more than 27 years of experience as a developer, architect, CTO, and tech lead. He has led large-scale API and microservice platforms, real-time systems, and performance-critical enterprise solutions using .NET and Azure.

He is also a serial entrepreneur and co-founded Link Mobility, which has grown into a multi-billion NOK international company. Jarle has built engineering teams across multiple countries and worked in South Africa, where he helped design and develop a mobile platform for Glocell.

His fascination with systems started in the 1990s as part of the Norwegian demoscene, programming 3D routines in 68000 assembler alongside fellow technologists such as Ander Norås.

Alongside enterprise architecture, Jarle builds complex systems from scratch — including a custom 3D engine powering the retro-inspired game The Omega Strain. He believes the best way to understand software is to build the hard parts yourself.

Jarle Adolfsen is a partner and senior consultant at bspoke AS with more than 27 years of experience as a developer, architect, CTO, and tech lead. He has led large-scale API and microservice platforms, real-time systems, and performance-critical ent... Show more

Teddy Teece is the Managing Partner of Kea Capital Partners (KCP), an investment firm that connects international capital with New Zealand’s light industrial sector. His experience spans entrepreneurship, investing, philanthropy, finance, technology, executive coaching, and real estate. Throughout his work, he has focused on aligning business activity with purpose, environmental responsibility, and solutions to overlooked market challenges.

Teddy's family connection to New Zealand extends across five generations, and his early life across two hemispheres and coasts helped shape a broad international perspective. He works with long-term and lifestyle-oriented investors who seek financial returns while also building stronger ties to New Zealand and contributing to its economy, environment, and infrastructure.

As Founder and Managing Partner of KCP, Teddy leads acquisition strategies across the “golden triangle,” with a focus on light industrial sectors. The firm acquires, grows, and consolidates established businesses that support the country’s infrastructure. During his first year in an Executive MBA program, he developed the firm’s business plan and investment thesis, strengthened advisory relationships, and tested the strategy. The investment model combines private equity and search fund approaches with local partnerships, community events, and philanthropic opportunities.

Earlier in his career, Teddy served as Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of an investment bank that experienced rapid early growth and processed eight- and nine-figure transactions. He also co-founded a marketplace for unique experiences and built partnerships with established providers. His consulting background includes co-founding a family-business advisory practice within a global consulting firm, where he supported business families, executives, and next-generation leaders across the United States, the Middle East, and New Zealand.

Teddy also developed a non-profit and executive coaching center, built several property features himself, and led teams as a general contractor. Since 2017, he has supported Navy SEAL families through a foundation where he serves in an advisory role. He has also helped raise six- and seven-figure sums for charitable causes.

Teddy Teece is an Executive MBA candidate at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business. He continues to work with a New Zealand-based team, support charitable organizations, work the land, write, drum, and pursue adventure while focusing on service, stewardship, long-term partnerships, businesses, and communities.

Teddy Teece is the Managing Partner of Kea Capital Partners (KCP), an investment firm that connects international capital with New Zealand’s light industrial sector. His experience spans entrepreneurship, investing, philanthropy, finance, technology,... Show more

Godsent Izinyon is Co-CEO and Tech Lead at Kupendo, a Flutter dating app for Africans in the diaspora, live on iOS and Android. He designed and shipped the product end to end: mobile client, Node.js backend, matching flows, and the AI-assisted workflow used to build and iterate it.

He holds a B.Eng. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Benin and two M.S. degrees in Statistics from Georgia State University and Western Michigan University. That mix of hardware-aware engineering, data science, and ML/MLOps shapes how he designs systems that have to work in production, not just in a demo.

Godsent builds as a Flutter developer, data scientist, and ML/MLOps engineer. At DevFest he shares the architecture, tools, and practical decisions behind taking a real consumer app from idea to the stores.

Godsent Izinyon is Co-CEO and Tech Lead at Kupendo, a Flutter dating app for Africans in the diaspora, live on iOS and Android. He designed and shipped the product end to end: mobile client, Node.js backend, matching flows, and the AI-assisted workfl... Show more

Mariano is a former Microsoft BizApps and Power Platform MVP and the Chieft Technology Officer at Mekorma. As a technology professional in the Dynamics space for 30 years, Mariano has been a staple at community events like DynamicsCon, Community Summit North America, Scottish Summit, and DynamicsMinds, delivering engaging presentations throughout the world. Mariano is a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT)

Mariano is a former Microsoft BizApps and Power Platform MVP and the Chieft Technology Officer at Mekorma. As a technology professional in the Dynamics space for 30 years, Mariano has been a staple at community events like DynamicsCon, Community Summ... Show more

Founder of Firm&Fair, international negotiation agency

Ugne Fink-Jensen is an international business negotiator, tech counsel, and speaker with more than 15 years of experience. She has worked across both SMEs and multibillion-dollar conglomerates, consistently operating at the intersection of technology, business, and law, including as Lead Negotiator on complex tech and digital transformation initiatives.

Today, she supports businesses in navigating strategic deals and strengthening their governance capabilities, with a focus on negotiation excellence, responsible AI, and the advantage of human skills in a technology-driven world. In addition, Ugne works closely across the Microsoft Dynamics ecosystem, supporting partners and contributing to Microsoft-led initiatives such as BC Talent.

Founder of Firm&Fair, international negotiation agency Ugne Fink-Jensen is an international business negotiator, tech counsel, and speaker with more than 15 years of experience. She has worked across both SMEs and multibillion-dollar conglomerates... Show more

Eric van Hofwegen brings over 20 years of expertise in Microsoft Dynamics, specializing in analyzing complex business requirements, leading impactful workshops, delivering tailored product specifications, and modeling business processes. He is passionate about helping businesses and partners through strategic insights and practical solutions, ensuring they maximize the value of their Dynamics investments.

Eric van Hofwegen brings over 20 years of expertise in Microsoft Dynamics, specializing in analyzing complex business requirements, leading impactful workshops, delivering tailored product specifications, and modeling business processes. He is passio... Show more

Sumaiya Shrabony is a Technical Program Manager and BI practitioner at the University of Colorado Denver, where she manages enterprise analytics infrastructure across Azure Data Factory, SSAS Tabular models, Power BI, multiple departments, and 500+ users.

Her work sits at the point where ERP systems, data migration, BI reporting, and AI adoption either become useful or break trust. She focuses on the proof layer behind modern analytics: migrated Business Central data, finance balances, semantic models, Power BI reports, governance constraints, and AI workflows that need reliable data before they can be trusted.

Sumaiya speaks on Business Central migration proof, Power BI and Fabric reporting continuity, semantic-layer reliability, and the operator version of AI: not hype, not theory, but the version that has to survive real users, broken dashboards, anxious stakeholders, and workflows that cannot afford confident guessing.

She also writes Ground Truth, a weekly newsletter on practical AI adoption in enterprise data work. Her teaching style is specific, direct, and built for practitioners who need the work to make sense by Monday morning.

Sumaiya Shrabony is a Technical Program Manager and BI practitioner at the University of Colorado Denver, where she manages enterprise analytics infrastructure across Azure Data Factory, SSAS Tabular models, Power BI, multiple departments, and 500+ u... Show more

Prof. Dr. Julian Langenhagen ist Professor für Digital Management und Media Entrepreneurship an der Hochschule der Medien Stuttgart. Sein Schwerpunkt liegt auf innovativen, praxisnahen Lehr-Lern-Formaten, insbesondere auf Gamification und der Gestaltung erfahrungsorientierter Konzepte in stark strukturierten Grundlagenfächern.

Prof. Dr. Julian Langenhagen ist Professor für Digital Management und Media Entrepreneurship an der Hochschule der Medien Stuttgart. Sein Schwerpunkt liegt auf innovativen, praxisnahen Lehr-Lern-Formaten, insbesondere auf Gamification und der Gestalt... Show more

Kristin Nobles is an AI for Good founder, social impact strategist, entrepreneur, and capital innovator working at the intersection of technology, healthcare, media, intellectual property, and impact finance.**

As Founder and CEO of B Noble Impact and Noble Care, Kristin has spent more than 25 years building, financing, and positioning companies, technologies, intellectual property, and mission-driven initiatives. Across her career, she has helped structure more than $500 million in capital and transactions**, bringing an operator’s understanding of how technology, leadership, capital, and storytelling must work together to create meaningful scale.

Today, Kristin is the creator of CAREN AI, an AI-powered healthcare copilot being developed to help patients with complex health conditions navigate fragmented healthcare, organize and control their health information, connect with appropriate providers, and contribute to the research and outcomes data needed to improve care.

Her work began with her own experience navigating complex illness and the questions surrounding breast implant-associated illness. That experience evolved into SickTitties.org, Noble Care Research, and a broader mission to use AI, patient-owned data, research, advocacy, and media to help move underserved health conditions from fragmented information toward evidence, access, and ultimately covered care.

Kristin is also an experienced media entrepreneur and executive producer whose work spans podcasts, film, streaming, branded entertainment, advocacy campaigns, and emerging media technologies. Her projects include Close to the Chest, Creating Woodstock, and the development of new media designed to turn awareness into measurable action.

She has spoken on AI for Good and technology-driven impact at the United Nations and international innovation forums, bringing together perspectives that are too often separated: entrepreneur, financier, technologist, patient advocate, artist, and media creator.

In 2026, Kristin was named Women Entrepreneur of the Year by Women in Cloud, recognizing her leadership in technology, entrepreneurship, and impact.

Her signature framework, TLC: Technology, Leadership + Capital, challenges organizations to think beyond innovation as a product and instead build the complete ecosystem required to fund, communicate, distribute, and scale change.

Whether speaking about artificial intelligence, women’s health, impact investing, entrepreneurship, patient-centered innovation, intellectual property, media, or the future of capital, Kristin’s central thesis is simple:

Kristin Nobles is an AI for Good founder, social impact strategist, entrepreneur, and capital innovator working at the intersection of technology, healthcare, media, intellectual property, and impact finance.** As Founder and CEO of B Noble Impact... Show more

Heather McDaniel is a speaker, writer, and organizational consultant based in Spain. She writes and speaks about how people work, lead, decide, learn, and create together.

Her perspective draws on a 28-year career spanning communication, operations, consulting, learning, and facilitation, including work with international and distributed teams across Europe and North America.

She works with leadership teams on organizational readiness, leadership alignment, decision-making, and how people work together through change. Her current work also includes using training and communication expertise to improve AI models for a leading AI lab, and she is Microsoft Certified as an AI Transformation Leader.

Heather also works in adult learning and Erasmus+ partnerships across Europe, designing and facilitating learning experiences for international and cross-cultural groups.

She writes Letters From the Joyful Rebellion, a personal column about the things she notices, the questions she keeps coming back to, and what they show us about the way we live.

Her speaking brings together practical organizational experience, systems thinking, curiosity, and a longstanding interest in power, language, culture, technology, and how people make sense of change.

She is based in Cullera, Valencia, Spain, and is available for talks, workshops, panels, and facilitated learning across Europe and North America, in person or virtually.

Heather McDaniel is a speaker, writer, and organizational consultant based in Spain. She writes and speaks about how people work, lead, decide, learn, and create together. Her perspective draws on a 28-year career spanning communication, operation... Show more

Patrick Heyde ist Azure Specialist für Microsoft und hat eine lange Azure, SharePoint und SQL Vergangen­heit. Seit 2007 arbeitet er bei Microsoft und war mehrfach Sprecher auf Kon­ferenzen. In Kunden­projekten findet man ihn immer wieder in den Themen­bereichen Azure, SharePoint und SQL Server wieder. Sein Spezialgebiet ist die Archi­tekturberatung und Auto­matisierung sowie die Themen Aufbau von Business-Modellen und deren Transformation und natürlich sein liebstes Thema „Neue verrückte Szenarien entwickeln, die einfach funktio­nieren, die sich keiner vorstellen kann, natürlich auf und mit Microsoft Azure“. In der Rolle des Business Lead verantwortet er das Azure Business rund um die Microsoft Partner Welt.

Patrick Heyde ist Azure Specialist für Microsoft und hat eine lange Azure, SharePoint und SQL Vergangen­heit. Seit 2007 arbeitet er bei Microsoft und war mehrfach Sprecher auf Kon­ferenzen. In Kunden­projekten findet man ihn immer wieder in den Theme... Show more

Ibrahim Fadhili is a founder and edge AI engineer building Denizen, an on-device AI infrastructure and Flutter SDK and Ubuntu Afya, an offline clinical assistant for frontline health workers built on top of it. His work focuses on making AI reach people cloud-first products leave out.

Ibrahim Fadhili is a founder and edge AI engineer building Denizen, an on-device AI infrastructure and Flutter SDK and Ubuntu Afya, an offline clinical assistant for frontline health workers built on top of it. His work focuses on making AI reach peo... Show more

Ingeniero de sistemas y TI con más de 9 años de experiencia en implementación de solución tecnologicas, ERP's, modelado de procesos, análisis de datos, gestión de proyectos.

Con un máster en BPM For Transformation Digital, por la Universidad Internacional de la Rioja (UNIR).

Conferencista nacional e internacional en temas de Business Intelligence, Analítica, Process Mining, SAP Business One, RPA.

Reconocido por Microsofr como MVP Data Platform.

Ingeniero de sistemas y TI con más de 9 años de experiencia en implementación de solución tecnologicas, ERP's, modelado de procesos, análisis de datos, gestión de proyectos. Con un máster en BPM For Transformation Digital, por la Universidad Inter... Show more

Dr. Kenisha Coon-Santiago is a nationally recognized leadership strategist, keynote speaker, systems change consultant, and author with over 15 years of experience advancing equity-centered transformation across child welfare, government, nonprofit, and organizational leadership spaces. Known for her dynamic storytelling, powerful stage presence, and ability to connect lived experience with actionable leadership strategies, she has become a sought-after voice on resilience, workplace culture, transformational leadership, and sustainable systems change.

Dr. Coon-Santiago specializes in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB), leadership development, organizational culture transformation, and evidence-based coaching. She partners with organizations nationwide to help leaders move beyond performative change and build human-centered systems rooted in accountability, belonging, and measurable impact.

As the founder of Kenisha Coon Consulting, she has facilitated leadership trainings, keynote presentations, and systems transformation initiatives for national conferences, executive leadership teams, universities, nonprofit organizations, and public sector agencies. Her work focuses heavily on racial equity, leadership accountability, lived expertise, workforce culture, and advancing equitable outcomes for historically marginalized communities.

Dr. Coon-Santiago recently completed her PhD focused on evidence-based coaching, decision-making, and cultural responsiveness within child welfare systems. Her research explored how coaching and transformational leadership influence equitable decision-making and organizational change.

She is also the author of the memoir And Then She Persisted, a deeply personal and empowering reflection on trauma, resilience, identity, advocacy, and breaking generational cycles. Through both her writing and speaking, Dr. Coon-Santiago challenges audiences to rethink leadership, embrace authenticity, and lead with courage in complex systems.

Her signature presentations explore topics including:
• Equity-Centered Leadership and Organizational Transformation
• Women in Leadership and Breaking Systemic Barriers
• Resilience, Burnout, and Sustainable Leadership
• The Power of Lived Expertise in Systems Change
• Antiracist Leadership in Action
• Human-Centered Workplace Culture and Belonging
• Transformational Leadership Through Storytelling and Vulnerability

Whether speaking to executives, frontline professionals, emerging leaders, or national audiences, Dr. Coon-Santiago delivers experiences that are inspiring, practical, emotionally impactful, and rooted in real-world systems transformation.

Dr. Kenisha Coon-Santiago is a nationally recognized leadership strategist, keynote speaker, systems change consultant, and author with over 15 years of experience advancing equity-centered transformation across child welfare, government, nonprofit, ... Show more

Best-selling author, entrepreneur, coach, and engaging geek Jennifer Buchholz has worked in higher education, training, and development for over 20-years. When she realized that traditional methods weren’t helping her students thrive—she founded Excel & Flourish in 2012. Based in Milwaukee, Excel & Flourish helps organizations and teams improve productivity and reduce frustration with Microsoft products through fun technical skills training. The result? Amped-up collaboration and better success across every aspect of their business and work.
Her background includes a Masters in Human Resource Development and a Microsoft® Teams Adoption Specialist and is a Microsoft® Certified MOS Expert and Master as well as a Microsoft® Certified Trainer.

Best-selling author, entrepreneur, coach, and engaging geek Jennifer Buchholz has worked in higher education, training, and development for over 20-years. When she realized that traditional methods weren’t helping her students thrive—she founded Exce... Show more

Chris Pipito is a software product development coach. Since 2012, Chris has been coaching organizations in multiple industries including Automotive, Financial, Insurance, Retail, Health Care, and Scientific and Technical Services. He is the founder of DDD Philly, a community group focused on helping people learn & practice Domain-Driven Design (DDD). He is a public speaker sharing his experiences, both in-person and virtual, to help people and teams improve. Chris is currently writing a book on Flow and Teaming, drawing on his hands-on experience coaching organizations and teams. Since 2022, Chris has been coaching teams and organizations in the dojo, an immersive learning environment where teams learn, practice, and improve their capabilities all while delivering their real-world work within the constraints of their organization.

Sites of Interest: chrispipito.com; chrispipito.substack.com; dojoandco.com; softwareteaming.com; dddunitedstates.com

Chris Pipito is a software product development coach. Since 2012, Chris has been coaching organizations in multiple industries including Automotive, Financial, Insurance, Retail, Health Care, and Scientific and Technical Services. He is the founder o... Show more

A passionate and results-oriented engineering leader, possesses a proven track record of transforming and empowering high-performing teams across diverse industries, from video games and mobile to cloud computing and AI. As Senior Vice President of Engineering at Betterworks, he leverages his expertise in cloud migrations, SaaS solutions, and building impactful products to cultivate environments where engineers thrive.

Maher's vision extends beyond technology itself, aiming to revolutionize tech workplaces by fostering human potential alongside cutting-edge solutions. He achieves this through his people-centric leadership style, building collaborative environments that empower teams to excel and consistently deliver outstanding results. This commitment to empowerment also extends beyond his team, as he actively mentors fellow engineering leaders and shares his knowledge through mentorship and public speaking.

A passionate and results-oriented engineering leader, possesses a proven track record of transforming and empowering high-performing teams across diverse industries, from video games and mobile to cloud computing and AI. As Senior Vice President of E... Show more

Aashish Pahwa is an AI consultant and the founder of Koso.ai, where he helps companies rethink the way they work using practical AI, smart automation, and strategies that actually make a difference. He has built Koso.ai, Feedough, and more than twenty AI-powered digital products, drawing on his background as an AI generalist, domainer, and long-time digital marketer.

He also leads AI communities of over fifty thousand people who learn, build, experiment, and try to stay human while navigating the rise of intelligent technology.

You can find him on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/okaashish and on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/aashishpahwa/

Aashish Pahwa is an AI consultant and the founder of Koso.ai, where he helps companies rethink the way they work using practical AI, smart automation, and strategies that actually make a difference. He has built Koso.ai, Feedough, and more than twent... Show more

Ki-Youn (Keon) Jung is co-founder and CEO of EON, building execution infrastructure for reliable and economically scalable AI agents. Before EON, she designed semiconductor processors and developed AI and IoT platform strategies for a $20B business. She earned her MBA from MIT Sloan and authored three books on machine learning and data visualization. Her work focuses on the systems, incentives, and product architecture required to turn frontier AI into repeatable real-world work.

Ki-Youn (Keon) Jung is co-founder and CEO of EON, building execution infrastructure for reliable and economically scalable AI agents. Before EON, she designed semiconductor processors and developed AI and IoT platform strategies for a $20B business. ... Show more

Mukund Hirani is the founder of RAXE, an AI Runtime security company building transparent, edge-first detection systems using embedding models. He began his career in cybersecurity and incident response, defending complex environments against nation-state threats across critical infrastructure and enterprise systems.

Mukund’s perspective bridges cybersecurity, applied machine learning, and product engineering, with a strong emphasis on systems that actually ship and hold up in production.

Mukund Hirani is the founder of RAXE, an AI Runtime security company building transparent, edge-first detection systems using embedding models. He began his career in cybersecurity and incident response, defending complex environments against nation-... Show more

Cla-petra is a data and AI professional whose work spans data governance, data/business analysis, and intelligent systems. A graduate of the University of San Diego, she currently works as a Data Steward at Luminor, focusing on data quality, governance, stewardship, and the development of reliable data foundations. Alongside her work at Luminor, she freelances as an AI Backend Engineer on a collaborative educational AI project with the University of San Diego, contributing to the development of AI systems designed to support children’s learning experiences. Her work focuses primarily on context-aware AI, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), backend AI architecture, data systems, and the intersection of data quality and intelligent applications.

Cla-petra is a data and AI professional whose work spans data governance, data/business analysis, and intelligent systems. A graduate of the University of San Diego, she currently works as a Data Steward at Luminor, focusing on data quality, governan... Show more

Charles Mfouapon is the Founder of AfriScore, a B2B alternative-data credit scoring and decisioning infrastructure platform built to extend credit access to unbanked populations across Sub-Saharan Africa and the CEMAC region. His work sits at the intersection of law, quantitative finance, and financial infrastructure design in emerging markets.

His research focuses on regulatory and market-structure gaps in CEMAC’s financial system. He has authored four papers, including a working paper on the exclusion of mobile money operators as credit data furnishers under BEAC regulation and an analysis of the CEMAC SME financing gap currently under review at African Development Review; three of his papers are available on SSRN. He has also authored a book on African financial infrastructure.

Charles Mfouapon is the Founder of AfriScore, a B2B alternative-data credit scoring and decisioning infrastructure platform built to extend credit access to unbanked populations across Sub-Saharan Africa and the CEMAC region. His work sits at the int... Show more

I combine creative passion with analytical precision. After 15 years in the international plant engineering industry, where I established standards, led projects, and developed data-driven tools, I found my professional home in AI & BI. Today, I work at the intersection of business and technology: I not only design AI & BI solutions but also support management in shaping and implementing strategies that turn data into a driver of business success, while ensuring people are taken into account in the journey. My deep interest in Data Governance and Data Management enables me to design frameworks that make data reliable, accessible, and truly valuable. What drives me is creating AI & BI solutions that deliver insights, support decision-making, and make data understandable and actionable across the organization.

I combine creative passion with analytical precision. After 15 years in the international plant engineering industry, where I established standards, led projects, and developed data-driven tools, I found my professional home in AI & BI. Today, I work... Show more

Chris Gambill is the founder and principal advisor at Gambill Data, a founder-led data strategy and architecture advisory firm. With 26+ years of experience across data engineering, governance, architecture, analytics, migration, and leadership, including 14 years in Fortune-scale telecommunications—he helps organizations make high-stakes decisions about data platforms, modernization, operating models, and AI readiness.

His work connects executive priorities with engineering reality. Chris advises leaders on Databricks and Microsoft Fabric strategy, lakehouse and data architecture, governance, platform reliability, and the organizational practices required to turn a roadmap into systems people can trust.

Chris is a Databricks Certified Data Engineer Professional. Gambill Data is a Databricks Bronze Partner and a member of the Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program. He also coaches data engineers in technical judgment, communication, architecture, and leadership.

His sessions are practical, candid, and grounded in the production lessons that rarely appear in tutorials.

Chris Gambill is the founder and principal advisor at Gambill Data, a founder-led data strategy and architecture advisory firm. With 26+ years of experience across data engineering, governance, architecture, analytics, migration, and leadership, incl... Show more