Business & Management

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

Jordan Silva

Jordan Silva

Jordan has spent nearly two decades helping organizations implement and utilize technology to solve business challenges. As Director of Managed Services at Mirazon, Jordan is responsible for delivering Managed IT, Network, and Security Services to customers big and small. Jordan has a Masters of Science in Leadership and Management as well as industry certifications, including the CISSP, C|CISO, and PMP. Given the chance, he will happily talk your ear off regarding anything related to technology, organizational culture, or the best ways to cook meat with fire.

Jordan has spent nearly two decades helping organizations implement and utilize technology to solve business challenges. As Director of Managed Services at Mirazon, Jordan is responsible for delivering Managed IT, Network, and Security Services to cu... Show more

Yassir Jorio

Yassir Jorio

Yassir Jorio is the founder of QTech Consulting, a cybersecurity and cloud services firm helping SMBs build secure, scalable IT environments. With 15+ years of experience across North America, Europe, and North Africa, he specializes in cloud adoption, AI-era security, and managed services. He works with partners like Microsoft, Wasabi, and Sophos to deliver practical, enterprise-grade solutions to small businesses.

Yassir Jorio is the founder of QTech Consulting, a cybersecurity and cloud services firm helping SMBs build secure, scalable IT environments. With 15+ years of experience across North America, Europe, and North Africa, he specializes in cloud adoptio... Show more

Lee Dickson

Lee Dickson

Lee Dickson brings 7+ years of experience in productizing AI solutions and predictive analytics, with a strong track record of streamlining operations and improving customer engagement for SMBs and enterprise clients. With an extensive background in technology and SaaS, he's an advocate for using AI to solve real-world problems that build strong relationships between businesses and their customer base through customizable conversations with digital AI agents.

Lee was part of the founding team that built raia AI, a platform that can rapidly deploy customizable AI assistants with low-to-no code required. These AI agents can handle a variety of job roles that focus around sales, support, marketing, and operational departments across a wide range of industries (software & technology, healthcare, financial services, travel & tourism, marketing agencies, real estate, and more).

Lee has built an AI learning community of over 300,000 subscribers through his podcast "The AI Guys" that makes artificial intelligence easy to understand for everyone. Through this initiative, he has been able to assist countless businesses and industries build a gold standard for their own AI deployment and consulted business leadership teams that manage companies with annual recurring revenues of $5M-$500M+.

Lee Dickson brings 7+ years of experience in productizing AI solutions and predictive analytics, with a strong track record of streamlining operations and improving customer engagement for SMBs and enterprise clients. With an extensive background in ... Show more

Amey Nerkar

Amey Nerkar

Amey, a Google Developer Expert (GDE) in Payments and a Senior Product Manager, is a recognized fintech expert. Passionate about using technology for positive impact, he has a proven track record of building innovative products.

His community-driven approach and innovative solutions have been showcased by Google. As a TEDx speaker, Amey enjoys sharing his insights on fintech and social innovation globally. A certified Google Cloud Engineer, he is committed to technical innovation.

Beyond his professional achievements, Amey is a dedicated community leader. A Facebook-certified community manager, he fosters a supportive environment for developers and entrepreneurs. His love for music and coding demonstrates his ability to draw inspiration from diverse sources and apply it to his work.

Amey, a Google Developer Expert (GDE) in Payments and a Senior Product Manager, is a recognized fintech expert. Passionate about using technology for positive impact, he has a proven track record of building innovative products. His community-dri... Show more

Miguel Universe

Miguel Universe

Founder of Universe: All things Bitcoin| Developer of the DUST-20 protocol | Day-one Ordinals builder | Airline pilot.

Founder of Universe: All things Bitcoin| Developer of the DUST-20 protocol | Day-one Ordinals builder | Airline pilot. Show more

Fernando Calero

Fernando Calero

I'm a data enthusiast and life-long learner. I serve as the link between technology and the business to help companies find insights from their data and help them take actions to achieve their goals. I'm passionate about data and love the positive impact that a well-crafted Power BI report can have in the way people and organizations work and make decisions.

I'm a data enthusiast and life-long learner. I serve as the link between technology and the business to help companies find insights from their data and help them take actions to achieve their goals. I'm passionate about data and love the positive im... Show more

Victor Lyuboslavsky

Victor Lyuboslavsky

Victor is an engineer, author, and entrepreneur with over 25 years of technical leadership and hands-on development experience. Victor has worked in various industries, including semiconductors, health care, and cyber security. He is currently building security telemetry and MDM at Fleet Device Management.

Victor is an engineer, author, and entrepreneur with over 25 years of technical leadership and hands-on development experience. Victor has worked in various industries, including semiconductors, health care, and cyber security. He is currently buildi... Show more

Muhammad Sajid

Muhammad Sajid

Muhammad Sajid is a thought leader in cloud computing and generative AI, a mentor, an internationally recognized speaker, and an author. He is deeply passionate about learning (inspired by the Japanese philosophy of Kaizen, signifying the essence of continuous growth or improvement). He has a great interest in the field of Artificial intelligence (generative AI in particular) and how this innovation is shaping our future. Sajid has helped many organizations and individuals on their cloud transformation journeys and AI adoption by training and mentoring individuals and teams. His superpowers are knowledge sharing, mentoring, storytelling, and leading and building high-performance teams.

Muhammad Sajid is a thought leader in cloud computing and generative AI, a mentor, an internationally recognized speaker, and an author. He is deeply passionate about learning (inspired by the Japanese philosophy of Kaizen, signifying the essence of ... Show more

Victory Brown

Victory Brown

Victory Brown is a researcher, community builder, strategist, and designer who interacts with designers and software owners about the state of digital design. At Design Matters, she works as an organizer for their yearly digital design event. She is also an open-source community leader at sustain OSS, a researcher, and a design coach on Superbloom's coaching program with the German Prototype Fund, She is also a full-time design researcher at Superbloom, working on diverse projects at the intersection of community, open source, and design. With over four years of experience spanning these roles, she has carved out a niche as a multidisciplinary designer, designing experiences for communities, conferences, and projects through content, experience, or sustainability.

Victory Brown is a researcher, community builder, strategist, and designer who interacts with designers and software owners about the state of digital design. At Design Matters, she works as an organizer for their yearly digital design event. She is ... Show more

Nida Sahar

Nida Sahar

Cloud & AI Technologist | Open Source Contributor | Innovator & Mentor

Nida Sahar Rafee is a seasoned technologist with extensive experience in cloud computing, AI, OpenStack, and large-scale distributed systems. She has worked on core backend infrastructure for Oracle Cloud (OCI), contributed to OpenStack, and played a pivotal role in developing a unified interface for multi-datacenter monitoring at EMC2 and HP.

With 30+ awards for innovation and customer success, Nida has a track record of solving complex technical challenges. She is also a patent holder, a published author in Springer, and an advocate for women in technology, mentoring for Google Summer of Code and Google Code-in under AnitaB.org’s Systers community.

Beyond her corporate contributions, she has spoken at HP TechCon (Florida, 2009) and other industry events on topics ranging from GP GPU in servers to effective log management. A passionate open-source contributor and poet, she was the 1st runner-up in Source Code Poetry, blending creativity with technology.

Nida believes in redefining possibilities through innovation, mentorship, and community-driven impact.

Cloud & AI Technologist | Open Source Contributor | Innovator & Mentor Nida Sahar Rafee is a seasoned technologist with extensive experience in cloud computing, AI, OpenStack, and large-scale distributed systems. She has worked on core backend inf... Show more

Brian DeLuca

Brian DeLuca

Brian DeLuca is the co-founder and CEO of The Reporting Hub, a cutting-edge SaaS platform designed to streamline and enhance business reporting processes. With over 20 years of experience in data, analytics, and business intelligence, Brian has been at the forefront of driving innovation in reporting solutions that empower organizations to make informed, data-driven decisions.

The Reporting Hub was born out of Brian's vision to provide organizations with a more efficient, centralized approach to deploying, managing and interpreting business data. Under his leadership, the platform has evolved into a robust tool used by companies across the globe in all industries to simplify complex reporting workflows, integrate real-time data insights, and improve decision-making efficiency.

Prior to The Reporting Hub, Brian founded Shift Analytics in 2016, where he established himself as a global thought leader in Power BI and business intelligence adoption. His ability to connect technology to business outcomes has helped organizations worldwide unlock the full potential of their data.

Brian's passion for innovation and his deep expertise in analytics continue to shape the development of The Reporting Hub, as he works to revolutionize the way businesses interact with their data for strategic advantage.

Brian DeLuca is the co-founder and CEO of The Reporting Hub, a cutting-edge SaaS platform designed to streamline and enhance business reporting processes. With over 20 years of experience in data, analytics, and business intelligence, Brian has been ... Show more

Idris Motiwala

Idris Motiwala

I'm a Principal Product Manager at Micrsoft's Azure Data SQL organization with over 25+ years of experience in Information technology, product management and providing software solutions to startups, enterprises and government organizations.

I'm a Principal Product Manager at Micrsoft's Azure Data SQL organization with over 25+ years of experience in Information technology, product management and providing software solutions to startups, enterprises and government organizations. Show more

Fernando Acosta

Fernando Acosta

MSc Industrial Engineer specialized in Data Analytics and Business Intelligence.
Extensive experience in data modelling, data management and data modernization.
Previous experience in Formula 1 as Control Systems / Digital Twin Specialist.
15+ years experience in Automotive, Life Sciences, Manufacturing, Insurance, Banking and Consulting services.
Fernando is based in Cognizant UK, London

MSc Industrial Engineer specialized in Data Analytics and Business Intelligence. Extensive experience in data modelling, data management and data modernization. Previous experience in Formula 1 as Control Systems / Digital Twin Specialist. 15+ yea... Show more

Steve Upton

Steve Upton

Steve is a Quality Analyst who works to build empowered teams, capable of delivering and taking ownership of quality. He has worked on a wide variety of products, from mainframes to microservices and has a particular interest in complex socio-technical systems and how we work with them.

He is passionate about complexity theory, building quality into culture and testing as part of continuous delivery in modern, distributed architectures. Outside of work, Steve enjoys travel and mountains.

Steve is a Quality Analyst who works to build empowered teams, capable of delivering and taking ownership of quality. He has worked on a wide variety of products, from mainframes to microservices and has a particular interest in complex socio-technic... Show more

Bart Versteegen

Bart Versteegen

Bart has over a decade of experience in Agile Product Management, with roots deep in product roles. He has been responsible for several products and services, covering multi-million budgets, and a transformation partner for multiple organizations. He's a senior consultant at the Prowareness Academy. Currently delivering Scrum.org and LCS trainings, tailormade Product Management workshops or consulting clients in their organizational design.

Bart has over a decade of experience in Agile Product Management, with roots deep in product roles. He has been responsible for several products and services, covering multi-million budgets, and a transformation partner for multiple organizations. He... Show more

Sara Woltjes

Sara Woltjes

🎨 Creative & Strategic – My strength lies in getting to the core in a visual way.
🚀 Challenge & Growth – I'm always looking for new opportunities to learn and challenge myself.
🤝 Connection & Team – Building strong relationships that foster collaboration and growth.
🔍 Curious & Analytical – Solving puzzles, whether it's human behavior or data analysis.
😄 Enthusiastic Approach – Humor, optimism, and contagious enthusiasm in everything I do!

Bridging the gap between business and IT fascinates me—how do you create the best product, ask the right questions, and visualize results in a way that makes the core message clear?
As a BI manager, I’ve gained great experience in team building, leadership, and understanding human behavior, ensuring collaboration between business and IT leads to meaningful results.
Let’s turn data into action!

🎨 Creative & Strategic – My strength lies in getting to the core in a visual way. 🚀 Challenge & Growth – I'm always looking for new opportunities to learn and challenge myself. 🤝 Connection & Team – Building strong relationships that foster coll... Show more

Jess Brock

Jess Brock

Jess is a seasoned coach, technologist, speaker, and author with deep tech industry experience since the mid-2000s. She has coached hundreds, combining empathy, real-world insight, and practical expertise. Focused on generative AI and immersive learning dojos, she’s a leading voice in AI-driven team performance. As the author of The Dojo Coach’s Pocket Guide, Jess distills her diverse experience into action, helping teams maximize their performance.

Jess is a seasoned coach, technologist, speaker, and author with deep tech industry experience since the mid-2000s. She has coached hundreds, combining empathy, real-world insight, and practical expertise. Focused on generative AI and immersive learn... Show more

Arno Uhlig

Arno Uhlig

Arno is an engineering manager and leads the SAP Cloud Infrastructure workload management team.
He has a strong background in workload management, OpenStack, Kubernetes, Observability, and cloud-native technologies.

Arno is an engineering manager and leads the SAP Cloud Infrastructure workload management team. He has a strong background in workload management, OpenStack, Kubernetes, Observability, and cloud-native technologies. Show more

Alan Mendes

Alan Mendes

Tenho ampla experiência em metodologias ágeis, desenvolvimento de software e liderança de equipes.
Ao longo de minha carreira, ajudei empresas a alcançar novos patamares de eficiência através da implementação de boas práticas ágeis como Scrum, Kanban e OKR. Minha atuação se estende desde a liderança técnica até a facilitação de treinamentos em eventos como Agile Brazil e The Developer’s Conference.

Além disso, participo ativamente de comunidades de agilidade, como The Liberators e Open Room Ágil, onde atuo como mentor, organizador e palestrante. Com uma visão voltada para inovação e melhoria contínua, busco constantemente novas formas de integrar tecnologia e pessoas, garantindo a entrega de valor em escala e a maximização de resultados.

Minha paixão é ajudar pessoas a desenvolverem soluções tecnológicas de forma colaborativa e eficaz, sempre com foco em resultados tangíveis para o negócio.

🔎 http://bit.ly/alanmendessp

Tenho ampla experiência em metodologias ágeis, desenvolvimento de software e liderança de equipes. Ao longo de minha carreira, ajudei empresas a alcançar novos patamares de eficiência através da implementação de boas práticas ágeis como Scrum, Kanba... Show more

Infant Vasanth

Infant Vasanth

Infant Vasanth leads the engineering team responsible for the Studio Compute Platform, BlackRock's analytics and automation platform that enables our users to conduct research & analysis, run automations and distribute research at scale.
In addition, Infant is also leading the Data & AI Acceleration team focusing on efforts to enhance Aladdin Studio's AI capabilities along side the Operational AI capabilities(prospectus analyzer, operational agents etc.)

Infant Vasanth leads the engineering team responsible for the Studio Compute Platform, BlackRock's analytics and automation platform that enables our users to conduct research & analysis, run automations and distribute research at scale. In addition... Show more

Carrie "Ms. NFTy" Lyn

Carrie "Ms. NFTy" Lyn

Carrie “Ms. NFTy” Lyn is a veteran business strategist, Web3 expert, and global speaker using blockchain to fuel real-world impact. As California President of Stand With Crypto and Founder of LearnVille, she merges innovation with purpose—leading efforts in crypto education, policy, and access for underserved communities. With 20+ years building multimillion-dollar brands, Carrie now advises companies on integrating Web3 to streamline operations, future-proof marketing, and build culturally relevant ecosystems. Her work has earned partnerships with Gary Vee, Magic Johnson, and Operation HOPE, and stages at NFT.NYC, the United Nations, and VeeCon. She’s available for consulting, brand and business strategy, and speaking.

Carrie “Ms. NFTy” Lyn is a veteran business strategist, Web3 expert, and global speaker using blockchain to fuel real-world impact. As California President of Stand With Crypto and Founder of LearnVille, she merges innovation with purpose—leading eff... Show more

Arnault Etouman

Arnault Etouman

For organizations and teams wishing to carry out their Digital and Agile Transformation, I offer tailor-made and quality support through agile coaching and / or training, face-to-face or remotely (strong remote experience) .
My agility expertise, my passion, my team spirit, my experience as a trainer, my innovation capacity and my geographical mobility are assets that I put at the service of my customers in order to help them achieve their objective: Succeed in their transformation.

For organizations and teams wishing to carry out their Digital and Agile Transformation, I offer tailor-made and quality support through agile coaching and / or training, face-to-face or remotely (strong remote experience) . My agility expertise, m... Show more

David Rohlfs

David Rohlfs

David is a consulting professional with multiple years in developing reports using business intelligence techniques. Specializing in the Business Intelligence and Project Management space with extraordinary depth in Data Analysis, Data Modeling, Data Visualizations, Portfolio Management, and Expert in the use of Power BI.

David’s experience is specialized in Manufacturing, Consumer Goods, Education, and Medical Supply. But he has worked in many other industries as well.

David is a consulting professional with multiple years in developing reports using business intelligence techniques. Specializing in the Business Intelligence and Project Management space with extraordinary depth in Data Analysis, Data Modeling, Data... Show more

Victor Malu

Victor Malu

Victor hopes to be part of the solution that drives value for a sustainable and inclusive digital economy across the world.
Having worked in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Seychelles, Mauritius, Botswana and Ethiopia, Victor will continue to contribute to financial systems development projects through MojaLoop Foundation, where he hopes to resolve financial challenges that affect the bottom of the pyramid, micro and small enterprises.
With over 25 years in banking, 10 years in not-for-profit, and a total of 35 years collaborating with key players in Government and non-government organizations in the Financial Sector, Victor has made a tremendous impact in Digital Finance, Payments Systems, Policy & Regulation, Social Protection, Affordable Housing and Data. His most wins over the years include leading the collaborative Payment Association of Kenya team mandated to regulate retail payments per the NPS Act to delivering the 1st digital credit solution (M-Shwari) that changed the face of consumer credit to having designed the Inua Jamii Choice model and then engaged with key decision-makers in the implementation of the solution.
thought leadership to the sector, Victor was instrumental in the development of the Medium-Term Plan II & III for the financial sector as per vision 2030 for the National Treasury. Victor was instrumental in the development of the Central Bank of Kenya’s Vision & Strategy 2022 to 2032. In addition, Victor conceptualised and designed the Pesalink solution before developing a business case and finally having the Kenya Bankers Association invest in the solution

Victor hopes to be part of the solution that drives value for a sustainable and inclusive digital economy across the world. Having worked in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Seychelles, Mauritius, Botswana and Ethiopia, Victor will continue to contribute to... Show more

Bryan Medrano

Bryan Medrano

Con más de 10 años de experiencia en Business Analytics y Transformación Digital, he liderado proyectos de innovación en canales digitales, business analytics, CRMs y optimización de procesos en mercados Latinoamericanos específicamente en sectores como banca, retail, automotriz, agroindustrias y educación superior. Apasionado por los datos y la educación, he sido Speaker en SQL Saturday, Tableau Community asi como comunidades STEAM.

Paralelamente me he desempeñado como Profesor en especializaciones en Inteligencia de Negocios y Operaciones a nivel internacional, donde comparto mis conocimientos para empoderar a futuros líderes en analítica y transformación empresarial.

Mi enfoque se centra en la innovación, la mejora continua y la transformación digital para generar valor estratégico a través de los datos.

Con más de 10 años de experiencia en Business Analytics y Transformación Digital, he liderado proyectos de innovación en canales digitales, business analytics, CRMs y optimización de procesos en mercados Latinoamericanos específicamente en sectores c... Show more

Mirko Boehm

Mirko Boehm

Mirko Boehm is a free and open source software contributor, community manager, licensing expert and researcher, with contributions to major open source projects like the KDE Desktop, the Open Invention Network, the Open Source Initiative and others. He is a visiting lecturer and researcher on free and open source software at the Technical University of Berlin. Mirko speaks English and German and lives in the Berlin area.

Mirko Boehm is a free and open source software contributor, community manager, licensing expert and researcher, with contributions to major open source projects like the KDE Desktop, the Open Invention Network, the Open Source Initiative and others. ... Show more

Veronique Schmitz

Veronique Schmitz

15 Jahre als Projektlead unterwegs und insbesondere in den letzten 5 Jahren im Rahmen einer Agilen Transformation als Agile Coach und Organisationsentwicklerin im Konzern. Anschließend in einer Unternehmensberatung als Chief Business Officerin und Prokuristin verantwortlich für alle internen Prozesse und Strukturaufbau inkl. HR, Teambuilding, Mitarbeiter- und Führungskräftecoach und Business Development.

15 Jahre als Projektlead unterwegs und insbesondere in den letzten 5 Jahren im Rahmen einer Agilen Transformation als Agile Coach und Organisationsentwicklerin im Konzern. Anschließend in einer Unternehmensberatung als Chief Business Officerin und P... Show more

Sneha Singla

Sneha Singla

Sneha Singla is an Engineering Director at Salesforce. She has been in the tech industry for 19 years and has worn various hats of a Developer, Technical Lead, Scrum master and currently an Engineering Manager. She is a first-generation immigrant and is passionate about bringing awareness about driving gender diversity through intentional recruiting and mentorship. She interviews mentors engineers inside and outside of Salesforce and is a part of the Deloitte and Salesforce’s Pathfinder program. She is the regional President of the SouthAsiaForce employee resource group at Salesforce where she works to advocate for cultural diversity. She is also one of the co-founders of the Women In Engineering Leadership group at Salesforce that works towards helping women realize their potential in tech. She has led programs and moderated panel discussions at various SouthAsiaForce events. She is a member of the GraceHopper Conference 2020 Career Committee as well.

Sneha Singla is an Engineering Director at Salesforce. She has been in the tech industry for 19 years and has worn various hats of a Developer, Technical Lead, Scrum master and currently an Engineering Manager. She is a first-generation immigrant and... Show more

Jimmy Rundstadler

Jimmy Rundstadler

Hello, je suis Jimmy. Mon leitmotiv est d’en apprendre toujours un peu plus chaque jour, mais pour moi, la connaissance n'a de valeur que si elle est transmise et partagée. C'est pourquoi au quotidien, j'aide les équipes dans leurs transformations techniques et organisationnelles, notamment à l'aide de l'approche Agile et du Software Craftsmanship.

Hello, je suis Jimmy. Mon leitmotiv est d’en apprendre toujours un peu plus chaque jour, mais pour moi, la connaissance n'a de valeur que si elle est transmise et partagée. C'est pourquoi au quotidien, j'aide les équipes dans leurs transformations te... Show more

Andreas Collin

Andreas Collin

Andreas Collin har trettio års erfarenhet av varumärkesutveckling i olika ledande roller på kommunikationsbyråer och marknadsavdelningar. De senaste tre åren inom Omegapoint-koncernen.

Andreas Collin har trettio års erfarenhet av varumärkesutveckling i olika ledande roller på kommunikationsbyråer och marknadsavdelningar. De senaste tre åren inom Omegapoint-koncernen. Show more

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