With a broad, multidisciplinary background in software development, architecture, product ownership, and marketing, Fernandez is a gifted technology leader. He holds degrees in informatics and computer science and a Master’s in Finance, which shaped his combined expertise in technical and business realms.

Over the past 20 years, Fernandez has overseen more than 250 projects across four continents and 25 countries, delivering technical solutions in content, commerce, mobile, and martech for some of the world’s most renowned companies. From writing code as a developer and designing systems as an architect to training teams, serving as a CTO, advising global enterprises, defining product roadmaps, and developing marketing strategies, he has taken on nearly every role in technology and digital innovation.

Fernandez has led multicultural teams of managers, content experts, engineers, strategists, and architects (he is fluent in Spanish, Portuguese, and English). His professional mission is to constantly close the gap between business vision and technical execution. His work in media, retail, banking, hospitality, telecoms, and technology has given him a comprehensive view of the possibilities and challenges businesses face in the digital age.

Currently serving as Executive Director of Technology in VML, Fernandez is focused on the future of content, marketing, and automation platforms, investigating how companies can produce, distribute, and profit from emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, composable architectures, and data-driven personalization.

With a broad, multidisciplinary background in software development, architecture, product ownership, and marketing, Fernandez is a gifted technology leader. He holds degrees in informatics and computer science and a Master’s in Finance, which shaped ... Show more

Arquitecto Funcional en MS Dynamics NAV y BUSINESS CENTRAL, Consultor de Proyectos con experiencia liderando equipos y proyectos en todas las fases de implementación, certificado como Scrum Master y Cloud Computing, experiencia en finanzas empresariales.

Arquitecto Funcional en MS Dynamics NAV y BUSINESS CENTRAL, Consultor de Proyectos con experiencia liderando equipos y proyectos en todas las fases de implementación, certificado como Scrum Master y Cloud Computing, experiencia en finanzas empresaria... Show more

Project Manager at Xetechs Group, an Odoo Gold Partner and leading technology consulting firm, where I lead end-to-end ERP implementation projects, aligning business strategy, technology, and cross-functional teams to deliver measurable value for clients.

Previously, I worked as a Project & Management Analyst at Venite and as a Project Analyst at Xelapan + Dinámica Empresarial, managing technology-driven initiatives, business operations, and strategic projects while leveraging Business Intelligence and data visualization to support informed decision-making.

My professional focus lies at the intersection of project management, enterprise systems, data, and automation, helping organizations streamline operations through ERP/CRM implementations, process optimization, APIs, and modern digital solutions.

Beyond my professional work, I have designed and delivered workshops on technology, innovation, and digital transformation, collaborating with organizations such as Bridge for Billions, TuConsejería, and CIG. I am also an active member of technology communities including AWS User Group Guatemala, Google Developers Group, and the502project.

I hold a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Universidad Rafael Landívar and I'm currently pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity and Information Systems Engineering at Universidad Mariano Gálvez de Guatemala.

Passionate about bridging business and technology, I enjoy turning complex challenges into scalable solutions through effective project leadership, data-driven decision-making, and emerging technologies.

Project Manager at Xetechs Group, an Odoo Gold Partner and leading technology consulting firm, where I lead end-to-end ERP implementation projects, aligning business strategy, technology, and cross-functional teams to deliver measurable value for cli... Show more

Directions for Partners Board Member since 2011
Chairman Diections for Partners 2015 to 2021
Managing Director Tecman Deutschland GmbH
Shareholder of various VAR's and ISV's
Expert for business development in the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central ecosystem and ISV space
Member of the German Dynamics IMACP Chapter
Proven Business Coach and podcast creator
Christian lives in Hamburg/Germany, in his free time you can find him often on the golf course, sailing (sometimes) or rowing on his inhouse rowing erg or creating the latest edition of his newest podcast about emotions together with his friends. He is also an AI / Copilot enthusiast and like to play poker.

Directions for Partners Board Member since 2011 Chairman Diections for Partners 2015 to 2021 Managing Director Tecman Deutschland GmbH Shareholder of various VAR's and ISV's Expert for business development in the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business C... Show more

Dave Todaro is the Founder and CEO of Ascendle, a technology advisory firm that helps organizations turn ambitious technology initiatives into measurable business outcomes. Since founding Ascendle in 2012, Dave has advised executive teams on software delivery, product strategy, organizational transformation, and technology leadership across healthcare, insurance, manufacturing, financial services, and other complex industries.

An entrepreneur since his teens, Dave is the author of The Epic Guide to Agile and has taught agile software development to thousands of professionals worldwide. Today, he is exploring how the same execution disciplines that transformed software development can help organizations adopt AI responsibly—balancing innovation with governance, trust, and measurable business value.

Dave Todaro is the Founder and CEO of Ascendle, a technology advisory firm that helps organizations turn ambitious technology initiatives into measurable business outcomes. Since founding Ascendle in 2012, Dave has advised executive teams on software... Show more

Erica Mitchell is a technology and community strategist, and Founder & CEO of Tech Women of ATL and Tech Women Foundation 501(c)(3). With a background in technical project management, software releases, and cross-functional technology delivery, Erica has spent her career working at the intersection of people, systems, and technology.

Today, her work extends into community building and entrepreneurship, where she explores how AI and emerging technologies can move beyond experimentation to become practical tools for how people work, build, and create. Through Tech Women, Erica creates programs, partnerships, and hands-on learning experiences that help women develop future-ready skills and confidently navigate a rapidly changing technology landscape.

She brings a people-centered perspective to AI adoption, with a particular interest in accessibility, tech ownership, and what it takes for new technology to become genuinely useful in everyday workflows and solve real world problems.

Email: ericamitchell.pro@gmail.com

Erica Mitchell is a technology and community strategist, and Founder & CEO of Tech Women of ATL and Tech Women Foundation 501(c)(3). With a background in technical project management, software releases, and cross-functional technology delivery, Erica... Show more

Flávio Fernandes is CEO and Partner at booldata. He got into analytics years ago for a simple reason: he liked the moment when a messy spreadsheet finally made sense to the people using it. That curiosity has never really left, and it eventually led him toward a PhD, where he now researches how organisations can responsibly integrate AI into their decision-making.

Today he spends his time with clients and the booldata team, turning ambitious data goals into something people can run with week to week. He is happiest in the conversation where a business question meets a technical choice: what to build first, what can wait, and how to keep momentum without trying to fix everything at once.

The decade-plus of experience behind that comes from a varied path: early consultancy work with companies of all sizes, a stint at the Betsson Group in Malta that broadened both his technical and people skills, and BI leadership roles at Deco PROTESTE and NOS before founding booldata. He knows the platform stack, Power BI, Microsoft Fabric, the broader Microsoft data ecosystem, but he will be the first to say that tools matter less than clarity: who needs the answer, by when, and what decision it unlocks.

Flávio is based in Porto and helped build booldata for mid-sized organisations that want to move faster on data without adopting a heavyweight consultancy playbook. You will often find his posts here on what is changing in analytics, and increasingly, on where AI fits into all of it.

Flávio Fernandes is CEO and Partner at booldata. He got into analytics years ago for a simple reason: he liked the moment when a messy spreadsheet finally made sense to the people using it. That curiosity has never really left, and it eventually led ... Show more

Mohammed Amine Elmeknassi is a Release Manager, Application Manager and Scrum Master at NTT DATA Europe & Latam, where he leads the delivery of critical applications for clients such as Orange Belgium, Arsenal FC and UN Volunteers. A former Tech Lead, he brings nearly 9 years of experience spanning software development and IT project delivery, and holds a Master's in Project Management and Information Systems Governance (ENSI). He is also the outgoing curator of the Global Shapers Mohammedia Hub (World Economic Forum), where he led a mental health project selected among the top 16 projects worldwide in 2024.

Mohammed Amine Elmeknassi is a Release Manager, Application Manager and Scrum Master at NTT DATA Europe & Latam, where he leads the delivery of critical applications for clients such as Orange Belgium, Arsenal FC and UN Volunteers. A former Tech Lead... Show more

Vitalii Oborskyi is a Head of Delivery & PMO with more than 20 years in software engineering and technology delivery, including over a decade in leadership roles.

He currently oversees a portfolio of around 25 software projects and more than 120 engineers, working across delivery, architecture, risk, and engineering operations.

His recent work focuses on how AI-assisted development and model-mediated software change the engineering system around them: requirements, evaluation, release criteria, operational control, team knowledge, and long-term maintainability.

Vitalii is the author of Uncertainty Architecture, an open engineering framework for designing and governing software systems whose consequential runtime behavior depends partly on probabilistic model judgment. He writes and speaks about AI engineering, software delivery, agentic systems, and the organizational consequences of increasingly capable development tools.

Vitalii Oborskyi is a Head of Delivery & PMO with more than 20 years in software engineering and technology delivery, including over a decade in leadership roles. He currently oversees a portfolio of around 25 software projects and more than 120 e... Show more

Niki Koutsardaki is the creator of the EUTOPIA Framework, a science-based mathematical equation that models the variables determining human happiness, fulfilment and human flourishing. During its development, the framework received an independent review and a positive signed statement from Yale neuroscientist and researcher Dr. Kathleen Garrison and positive academic feedback from Stanford cognitive scientist Professor Jay McClelland.

The EUTOPIA equation received a positive signed statement from Yale neuroscientist Dr. Kathleen Garrison and positive academic feedback from Stanford Prof. Jay McClelland, Lucie Stern Professor, member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and leading researcher in computational cognition and neuroscience, and Stanford Prof. Jo Boaler, internationally recognised in mathematics education and learning sciences and affiliated with Stanford’s Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute.

Behind the EUTOPIA Framework lies a single mission: to bring neuroscience to one of humanity's oldest unanswered questions: How do we build a life that is deeply meaningful, deeply fulfilling and truly worth living? Hidden within it are science-based answers to why we burn out, why success can still feel empty, why extraordinary people never reach their full potential, why some leaders change lives while others quietly diminish them, and perhaps the most important question of all: What is missing?

She holds a degree in Marketing and Communication from the Athens University of Economics and Business and has completed neuroscience studies through HarvardX. She has also completed NLP Mastery training at the Madanes Institute, further expanding her expertise in human behaviour, identity, emotional patterns and transformational change. She is proficient in English and speaks it fluently and confidently in professional, creative and public-speaking settings. An award-winning poet in national poetry competitions across Greece, she combines scientific thinking with the emotional power of language to communicate complex ideas in ways that deeply resonate with people.

Niki is also the host of one of Greece's leading self-development podcasts, which has reached more than 25,000 listeners, where she translates complex neuroscience into simple, practical and emotionally resonant ideas that people can immediately apply to their everyday lives. Her audience has formed an unusually deep connection with her work. Many people use the order notes of her EUTOPIA sportswear brand not to comment on their order, but to tell her what they finally understood about themselves after listening to one of her episodes.

She is also the founder of the EUTOPIA sportswear brand, built around the same philosophy of purpose, identity and personal growth. Through her content, community and brand, she has built a loyal audience that connects not only with her ideas, but with the deeper mission and values behind them.

Based in Greece and available worldwide, Niki's mission is to help people answer one of the most fundamental questions of human existence: What is missing? Through neuroscience, human behaviour and transformational communication, she helps people understand not only how the brain works, but why some lives feel deeply meaningful while others quietly feel empty and how to build a life that is not only successful, but profoundly worth living.

Niki Koutsardaki is the creator of the EUTOPIA Framework, a science-based mathematical equation that models the variables determining human happiness, fulfilment and human flourishing. During its development, the framework received an independent rev... Show more

I’m passionate about technology since childhood, from consumer electronics to enterprise hardware/software and everything in between.

Following this passion, I pursued an education focused on scientific and technical fields, becoming an IT Engineer at the end of my academic career.
I often spend my free time trying to learn something new and be up to date on the topics in my interest, allowing me to maintain and develop my skillset.

Thanks to study and international experiences with customers and employers (in USA, Canada, France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, etc..) and mentors, I’ve developed a transversal knowledge that involves both the elements of an architecture and how to exploit it in order to give to the business the value that needs.

My strong suite is architecting data solutions, from relational DBs to AI applications: I like to know my tech stack from top to bottom, you can't ignore the hardware in the same way you can't ignore the business requirements.

On the job I usually find myself being the go-to guy that both senior and junior employees approach to tackle particularly tricky issues or asking for advice
I appreciate whenever this happens as I’m stimulated by new problems to solve and I enjoy sharing my knowledge to empower others

I’m passionate about technology since childhood, from consumer electronics to enterprise hardware/software and everything in between. Following this passion, I pursued an education focused on scientific and technical fields, becoming an IT Enginee... Show more

Gaurav Saxena is an engineering leader in the field of platform and cloud engineering with over 20 years of experience in the software industry. His technical expertise includes Stream-based architectures, Kubernetes, Service Mesh, Software Supply Chain Security, and Observability.

Gaurav Saxena is an engineering leader in the field of platform and cloud engineering with over 20 years of experience in the software industry. His technical expertise includes Stream-based architectures, Kubernetes, Service Mesh, Software Supply Ch... Show more

Ómu Obilor is an international leadership consultant, executive coach, keynote speaker, facilitator, and transformational trainer who helps leaders and organisations strengthen the human capabilities required to lead effectively in an increasingly complex and AI-driven world.

She is the Principal Consultant at Ómu Consulting Ltd and Managing Partner of AfriLeap Labs, working across leadership development, executive coaching, founder development, and organisational capability.

A Founding Member of the John Maxwell Team, Ómu is a Certified AI Master Trainer and holds certifications in Executive Coaching, Emotional Intelligence, Intelligent Leadership, Brain Health, Neuroencoding, and DEI. Her work increasingly sits at the intersection of leadership, technology, and human potential, exploring how leaders can build trust, exercise sound judgement, communicate effectively, and lead people responsibly as AI reshapes the workplace.

She has trained and facilitated for leaders, entrepreneurs, and professionals across corporate organisations, government, healthcare, and professional associations, bringing an engaging, practical, and highly participatory approach to every room she leads.

Ómu is also the creator of The Authentic Presence Blueprint™, a leadership framework designed to help leaders strengthen executive presence, communicate strategically, increase their influence, and lead with authenticity.

Her insights on leadership and the future of work have been featured in international media, and she is a Senior Level Executive Contributor at Brainz Magazine, where she writes on leadership, human capability, and leading effectively in an AI-driven world.

Her philosophy is simple: technology will continue to evolve, but trust, courage, emotional intelligence, judgement, and authentic human leadership will remain essential.

Lead Bold. Stand Tall. Own The Room.

Ómu Obilor is an international leadership consultant, executive coach, keynote speaker, facilitator, and transformational trainer who helps leaders and organisations strengthen the human capabilities required to lead effectively in an increasingly co... Show more

Anish Jaidka is a cloud native and AI infrastructure engineer working in R&D at NeevCloud. His work focuses on cloud AI, GPU infrastructure, AI inference, serverless computing, and agentic AI systems.

He is interested in the intersection of cloud infrastructure, AI engineering, and go-to-market strategy, with a focus on turning emerging technologies into practical, production ready solutions.

Anish is passionate about learning in public and sharing practical engineering experiences with the developer and cloud native community. His talks explore real-world approaches to building, deploying, and taking modern AI and cloud-native technologies from idea to production.

Anish Jaidka is a cloud native and AI infrastructure engineer working in R&D at NeevCloud. His work focuses on cloud AI, GPU infrastructure, AI inference, serverless computing, and agentic AI systems. He is interested in the intersection of cloud ... Show more

Gerrit ist Trainer und Berater bei INNOQ. Er ist seit 1998 in der IT unterwegs, seit 2001 mit agilen Methoden. Er war viele Jahre lang Software-Architekt in großen Projekten. Nach 10 Jahren agile Coaching hat er 2020 den Hut des Coaches an den Nagel gehängt und um in Zukunft verstärkt Brücken zwischen Organisationsstrukturen und langlebigen Software-Architekturen.

Gerrit hat Informatik studiert, ist Autor zahlreicher Fachartikel und regelmäßig als Sprecher auf Konferenzen zu den Themen Software-Architektur und Agile zu treffen.

Gerrit ist Trainer und Berater bei INNOQ. Er ist seit 1998 in der IT unterwegs, seit 2001 mit agilen Methoden. Er war viele Jahre lang Software-Architekt in großen Projekten. Nach 10 Jahren agile Coaching hat er 2020 den Hut des Coaches an den Nagel ... Show more

D365 Business Central Developer | Product-minded builder focused on real-world impact

D365 Business Central Developer | Product-minded builder focused on real-world impact Show more

Julie Koesmarno is a Principal Group Product Manager at Microsoft, leading AI innovation across the Dataverse platform and Work IQ. She heads the Dataverse product management organization, driving advancements in enterprise AI transformation, from Work IQ and Dataverse Search to Microsoft Copilot integrations that power the next generation of business applications and AI agents.

With more than a decade of experience in data management and analytics, Julie has shaped flagship data products including SQL Server and Azure SQL. A frequent speaker at global conferences, she is also the co‑author of SQL Server 2017 Machine Learning Services with R.

Julie Koesmarno is a Principal Group Product Manager at Microsoft, leading AI innovation across the Dataverse platform and Work IQ. She heads the Dataverse product management organization, driving advancements in enterprise AI transformation, from Wo... 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

Heya, I'm Erik Zaadi!

R&D Director leading a group of talented teams, still responsible for Dad puns at Port, bringing joy to platform engineers (and even agents!). Passionate about Open Source, Architecture, and an unhealthy obsession with monitoring and incident management, addicted to automating ALL THE THINGZ, from CI to doors. Lately, obsessed with what governance looks like when your fastest team member never pauses to ask "should I actually do this?"

Part of the core team behind DevOpsDays Tel Aviv, and a regular on stages and mentoring circles at conferences like Reversim.

Heya, I'm Erik Zaadi! R&D Director leading a group of talented teams, still responsible for Dad puns at Port, bringing joy to platform engineers (and even agents!). Passionate about Open Source, Architecture, and an unhealthy obsession with monito... Show more

📣📣Desde hace 25 años estoy comprometido con varios proyectos empresariales en el ámbito de las tecnologías de la información y comunicación.

Principalmente vinculadas a la tecnología de Microsoft en la nube en el 2014 me incorpore a la estrategia de Microsoft Office 365, Microsoft Dynamics 365 y Microsoft Azure. Siempre con una clara vocación de crear soluciones empresariales que superen la gestión para mejorar la productividad, la generación de negocio y la automatización de los procesos desde los servicios webs, dispositivos hasta el análisis empresarial.🚀🚀

Durante el año 2015 participe activamente el circuito TIC for you, con mas de 52 conferencias que me ayudaron a conocer mejor la #TRANSFORMACIONDIGITAL.

En 2020 emprendimos un proyecto de consolidación de la unidad de negocio de CRM & Dynamics 365 que hoy supone la punta de lanza de más de 100 micro empresas, y empresas de gran tamaño de la mano de Microsoft, y de todo su ecosistema de aplicaciones.

Hoy podemos decir las ventas & marketing se consolidan como uno de los principales retos de las empresas, la digitalización impulsa la necesidad de pasar a la acción y apostar por metodología frente a vocación.

"El éxito no es definitivo, el fracaso no es letal, es el valor para continuar lo que cuenta" W.C

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For 25 years I have been committed to several business projects in the field of information and communication technologies.

Primarily linked to Microsoft's cloud technology in 2014 I'm on the basis of Microsoft Office 365, Microsoft Dynamics 365, and Microsoft Azure. Always with a clear vocation to create business solutions that outperform management to improve productivity, business generation and process automation from web services, devices to business analytics.

During 2015, the ICT for you circuit actively participates, with more than 52 conferences that helped me learn more about the #TRANSFORMACIONDIGITAL.

In 2020 we undertook a project to consolidate the CRM & Dynamics 365 business unit that today is the spearhead of more than 100 micro companies, and large companies by Microsoft, and its entire application ecosystem.

Today we can say sales & marketing are consolidated as one of the main challenges of companies, digitalization drives the need to take action and bet on methodology versus vocation.

📣📣Desde hace 25 años estoy comprometido con varios proyectos empresariales en el ámbito de las tecnologías de la información y comunicación. Principalmente vinculadas a la tecnología de Microsoft en la nube en el 2014 me incorpore a la estrateg... Show more

Kamil Panfil er CFO, styreleder og foredragsholder med bred erfaring fra både oppstartsbedrifter og etablerte selskaper. Han kombinerer solid finansforståelse med praktisk innsikt i teknologi, automatisering og ledelse. Kamil har jobbet med å bygge selskaper fra idé til skalering, ledet digitale transformasjonsprosesser og hjulpet ledere å ta smartere beslutninger raskere. På scenen er han kjent for sin energiske, ærlige og inspirerende stil som gjør komplekse temaer konkrete og relevante – enten det handler om vekst, strategi eller menneskene bak tallene.

Kamil Panfil er CFO, styreleder og foredragsholder med bred erfaring fra både oppstartsbedrifter og etablerte selskaper. Han kombinerer solid finansforståelse med praktisk innsikt i teknologi, automatisering og ledelse. Kamil har jobbet med å bygge s... Show more

Data analyst and marketing specialist with more than 10 years of experience in several sectors. Persevering, analytical, proactive, with high involvement and motivation adding value. Results-oriented, fulfillment of goals, with adaptation to changing environments and fast learning. I am always ready to accept new projects and duties.

Data analyst and marketing specialist with more than 10 years of experience in several sectors. Persevering, analytical, proactive, with high involvement and motivation adding value. Results-oriented, fulfillment of goals, with adaptation to changing... Show more

Polina Moshenets is a Security Engineer and Founder of SichGate, an AI model integrity testing company focused on safety and security evaluation of language models in highly regulated industries. Her background spans application security, supply chain risk in AI/ML pipelines, and security posture across healthtech and biometric companies. She is the author of Safety as a Secondary Objective, evaluating open-weight SLMs across hundreds of adversarial interactions. She organizes security and AI safety awareness events across US and Canada.

Polina Moshenets is a Security Engineer and Founder of SichGate, an AI model integrity testing company focused on safety and security evaluation of language models in highly regulated industries. Her background spans application security, supply chai... Show more

As Applied AI Lead and Staff Engineer at Trade Republic, I set technical direction, grow teams and stay hands-on with architecture and software delivery. I speak about applied AI, agentic systems and engineering leadership, using examples from building and operating real systems.

I enjoy occasional OpenSource contributions and experimenting on my HomeLab. A few examples are https://agents-skill-eval.com/ and https://ca.unraid.net/apps/unraid-rsync-1q5v71x1vub5v5

I write a blog occasionally published on https://sasa-fajkovic.com

As Applied AI Lead and Staff Engineer at Trade Republic, I set technical direction, grow teams and stay hands-on with architecture and software delivery. I speak about applied AI, agentic systems and engineering leadership, using examples from buildi... Show more

Desislava is a certified DevOps engineer with over eight years of progressive experience helping teams build scalable, reliable infrastructure in cloud-native environments.

With a background in Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, CI/CD pipelines, and Terraform she has contributed to the success of major tech companies like DraftKings, Nexo, and PokerStars.

She is passionate about creating strong foundations for fast-moving teams - whether that’s through better automation, smarter observability, or simplifying complex ops workflows

Desislava is a certified DevOps engineer with over eight years of progressive experience helping teams build scalable, reliable infrastructure in cloud-native environments. With a background in Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, CI/CD pipelines, and Terraform ... Show more

I am a software engineer focused on distributed systems, database infrastructure, and backend platform engineering, with a strong interest in building reliable and scalable systems at the intersection of cloud-native infrastructure and low-level systems behavior.

My work spans PostgreSQL internals, Kubernetes-based architectures, observability, fault tolerance, and high-availability system design. I actively work with backend technologies in Java and Go, designing production-grade systems with a focus on resilience, performance, and operational simplicity under real-world scale and failure conditions.

Coming from a background in Physics with research experience in computational and applied scientific domains, I approach engineering through first-principles thinking and systems-level problem solving. My research interests include distributed coordination, database recovery mechanisms, storage systems, performance optimization, and the behavior of stateful systems under infrastructure instability.

I have experience building products and backend platforms from the ground up, spanning engineering, product development, and operational ownership. Alongside infrastructure engineering, I am deeply interested in open-source ecosystems, modern data systems, and understanding how complex distributed architectures behave under chaos, replication failures, and large-scale operational workloads.

I am a software engineer focused on distributed systems, database infrastructure, and backend platform engineering, with a strong interest in building reliable and scalable systems at the intersection of cloud-native infrastructure and low-level syst... Show more

Ankur Gosar is a full-stack engineer and cloud practitioner who specializes in building scalable, serverless applications and automating real-world business operations. With a deep focus on Google Cloud, Node.js, and modern distributed web architectures, he bridges the gap between software design and on-the-ground physical logistics. He is passionate about modernizing traditional SMB workflows - transforming fragile spreadsheets and chaotic chat threads into resilient, automated cloud systems. An active tech community participant, Ankur enjoys sharing practical, battle-tested engineering lessons and pragmatic architectures with fellow developers.

Ankur Gosar is a full-stack engineer and cloud practitioner who specializes in building scalable, serverless applications and automating real-world business operations. With a deep focus on Google Cloud, Node.js, and modern distributed web architectu... Show more

I’m a Senior Data Engineering Leader at Amazon with over 17 years of experience building enterprise-scale data platforms that power analytics, AI, and revenue-critical decision systems. I lead large data engineering organizations responsible for petabyte-scale infrastructure, thousands of pipelines, and globally distributed stakeholders.

My work sits at the intersection of enterprise data architecture, governance design, and AI-enabled platform strategy. I’ve led multi-year data transformation initiatives, built GenAI-enabled data platforms, and driven cross-organizational alignment to establish authoritative, trusted data foundations for multi-billion-dollar businesses.

I focus on designing governance-first architectures that balance autonomy with control - enabling enterprises to innovate rapidly while maintaining interoperability, security, and compliance at scale.

I’m a Senior Data Engineering Leader at Amazon with over 17 years of experience building enterprise-scale data platforms that power analytics, AI, and revenue-critical decision systems. I lead large data engineering organizations responsible for peta... Show more

Experienced professional with expertise in corporate and NGO accounting, human resource management, procurement.

Recognized as a specialist in human rights and climate finance, with a strong commitment to promoting sustainable development and social justice.

Experienced professional with expertise in corporate and NGO accounting, human resource management, procurement. Recognized as a specialist in human rights and climate finance, with a strong commitment to promoting sustainable development and soci... Show more

Kishawna Peck is the founder of Woven, a company she started in 2018 to advance women in data and AI. She created Canada's first conference for women in data and built a community that's reached more than 6,000 professionals.

She advises companies on AI strategy and product development - from startups to enterprises. She also teaches women in data and AI how to build consulting businesses, price their work, and position themselves as experts.

Her work has been featured in The Globe and Mail, Breakfast Television, and CP24. She previously served as Toronto Public Library's AI Innovator in Residence. She has a Master's in AI Management from Queen's University and over a decade of experience in data strategy.

Kishawna Peck is the founder of Woven, a company she started in 2018 to advance women in data and AI. She created Canada's first conference for women in data and built a community that's reached more than 6,000 professionals. She advises companies... Show more