Business & Management

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

Ivan Milanov

Ivan Milanov

Ivan Milanov is an engineering leader with 16 years of experience in Microsoft Dynamics NAV and Business Central, including six years leading engineering teams. He currently leads Business Central engineering at PubliCare in regulated healthcare, with responsibility for the team, platform direction, vendors and budget planning.

His career spans consulting, ERP product development, e-commerce and healthcare. His work includes reducing weekly ERP incidents from about 20 to 3–4 and leading the approval of a controlled AI coding pilot. These experiences inform his talks about recurring technical problems, team practices and decisions under pressure.

Ivan speaks about engineering leadership, reliable systems and responsible AI. His approach to leadership brings together Scrum, Stoicism and Systems Thinking in what he calls the 3S Method. His talks draw on decisions made while leading teams and running production systems. His sessions have been selected for conferences across the United States and Europe, including DynamicsCon Las Vegas, KCDC Kansas City, ASCENT Orlando, JavaCro'26 and the Dynamics 365 Summit in Lisbon.

Outside work, Ivan enjoys live music, basketball, road trips, experimenting with AI tools and taking far too many notes.

Ivan Milanov is an engineering leader with 16 years of experience in Microsoft Dynamics NAV and Business Central, including six years leading engineering teams. He currently leads Business Central engineering at PubliCare in regulated healthcare, wit... Show more

Ashraf Ghonaim

Ashraf Ghonaim

Ashraf Ghonaim is a Strategic Management Consultant and his core areas of expertise are: Strategy Management, Performance Measurement, Process Improvement and Data Analytics.

Ashraf holds a Computer Engineering degree and an MBA degree in Strategic Management with special emphasis on IT-Business Strategic Alignment using Balanced Scorecard. He is also a certified Balanced Scorecard Professional, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, Project Management Professional (PMP).

Ashraf is the leader of Toronto Fabric & Power BI User Group and he has been a Microsoft MVP in Data Platform (Fabric & Power BI) since 2018. He is also a Microsoft Certified Trainer MCT and he teaches Fabric and Power BI courses at the University of Calgary. Ashraf is a co-author of 2 books about Power BI and Microsoft AI and he is a frequent community events organizer and speakers around Fabric and Power BI.

Ashraf Ghonaim is a Strategic Management Consultant and his core areas of expertise are: Strategy Management, Performance Measurement, Process Improvement and Data Analytics. Ashraf holds a Computer Engineering degree and an MBA degree in Strategi... Show more

Amanda Kollmorgan

Amanda Kollmorgan

Amanda Kollmorgan is the Security Engineering & Architecture Lead at Veolia North America, with nearly 20 years across federal and state government service, most recently as Deputy IT Director for the WI Dept. of Military Affairs. Developing strategy in one seat while executing defense in the other taught her the widest gaps in cyber are rarely technical. They are language, trust, and translation. She mentors people with the same passion she brings to the profession.

Amanda Kollmorgan is the Security Engineering & Architecture Lead at Veolia North America, with nearly 20 years across federal and state government service, most recently as Deputy IT Director for the WI Dept. of Military Affairs. Developing strategy... Show more

Michael Tenner

Michael Tenner

Michael is a passionate data analyst with a keen interest in transforming complex data into appealing and easily understandable visualizations, with a soft spot for finance, controlling and clear reporting standards like IBCS.

With his extensive consulting experience across various industries, from finance to transport and logistics to travel, Michael understands the diverse challenges that companies face. He finds technically innovative solutions to adapt to different situations and deliver real business value. Today this often means combining Power BI, Microsoft Fabric and AI coding agents: from a vague request to a semantic mockup to a report or Fabric App that is built, tested and deployed in a reproducible way, while humans keep the final decision.

His enthusiasm for knowledge sharing is highly evident in the community. As part of Daten-WG in Cologne, he speaks at conferences and user groups and builds the Knowledge Kitchen (datenwgknowledgekitchen.com): a free guide to more than 120 Daten-WG episodes, plus open tools like ChartKitchen for IBCS-inspired charts and Power BI custom visuals, MockupKitchen for build-ready report mockups and an open-source AI Power BI coach. He enjoys addressing new technical topics in realistic and illustrative use cases, preferably live.

Michael is a passionate data analyst with a keen interest in transforming complex data into appealing and easily understandable visualizations, with a soft spot for finance, controlling and clear reporting standards like IBCS. With his extensive c... Show more

Stefan Grasmann

Stefan Grasmann

Stefan Grasmann is an independent voice on digital assets and the new financial system. He advises financial institutions and Web3 companies on digital-asset strategy, serving as the bridge between the two, after 23 years at Zühlke, most recently as Partner, Chief of Blockchain and Group Head of Thought Leadership.

A hands-on crypto and DeFi user since 2017, Stefan is a frequent speaker and moderator at leading industry conferences, among them Point Zero Forum, the Singapore Fintech Festival and Frankfurt Digital Finance. He also curates programmes, most recently as Senior Advisor to CV Summit 2026 in Zurich. He co-hosts the podcast Bitcoin, Fiat & Rock’n’Roll, writes the monthly newsletter Future settles here, and follows the intersection of digital assets and AI: agentic payments and machine-to-machine money.

Stefan Grasmann is an independent voice on digital assets and the new financial system. He advises financial institutions and Web3 companies on digital-asset strategy, serving as the bridge between the two, after 23 years at Zühlke, most recently as ... Show more

Giulia Scalaberni

Giulia Scalaberni

Giulia began her journey as a web dev, moved to data analyst and today she’s a product manager of a BI tool in an IT healthcare company, leading remote Scrum teams with members from 8 different cultures, starting from India. She’s relentlessly people‐centric, fascinated by how diverse cultures interact and always reading and exploring differences to make teamwork more “human”. When she’s not shaping product strategy or pondering team dynamics, you’ll find her at concerts imagining the tour management behind the scenes, or with a plane ticket already booked - Osaka and Lisbon are her places of the heart. She’s hopelessly obsessed with bubble tea, loves kangaroos and shares honest storytelling and practical insights that anyone can steal and use tomorrow.

Giulia began her journey as a web dev, moved to data analyst and today she’s a product manager of a BI tool in an IT healthcare company, leading remote Scrum teams with members from 8 different cultures, starting from India. She’s relentlessly people... Show more

Collin Newberry

Collin Newberry

Collin Newberry, Director of DevSecOps at Yahara Software and author of The DevOps Problem, has been in the technology field for nearly two decades.

As a Sergeant operating under 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) in the U.S. Army Mr. Newberry’s experience encompassed the installation, maintenance, management and security of networking systems and satellite communications on a global scale.

Since joining the private sector Mr. Newberry’s experience has expanded to the management of international security and compliance initiatives for Fortune 500 companies, designing and securing DevSecOps pipelines and the modernization of traditional infrastructure to adopt cutting edge tactics and technologies leading to his current role where he oversees DevSecOps and IT strategy.

Collin Newberry, Director of DevSecOps at Yahara Software and author of The DevOps Problem, has been in the technology field for nearly two decades. As a Sergeant operating under 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) in the U.S. Army Mr. Newberry’... Show more

Mauricio Alan Illera Diaz

Mauricio Alan Illera Diaz

Mauricio Alan Illera Díaz es Chief Security & Risk Officer (CSRO), subdirector de operaciones y conferencista internacional especializado en gobierno corporativo, gestión integral de riesgos, criminología corporativa y comportamiento humano aplicado a la seguridad.

Cuenta con más de 10 años de trayectoria liderando seguridad, auditoría, SSHE, expansión y continuidad del negocio en entornos multisitio en Latinoamérica, dirigiendo operaciones con más de 4,500 colaboradores y reportando directamente a comités ejecutivos y dirección general.

A lo largo de su carrera ha desarrollado modelos de prevención basados en análisis del comportamiento humano y analítica de riesgos, logrando reducciones de hasta 65 % en incidentes operativos, 30 % en accidentes laborales y hasta 70 % en pérdidas logísticas mediante estrategias preventivas y cultura organizacional.

Ha liderado proyectos de expansión corporativa con inversiones cercanas a 48 millones de dólares, garantizando continuidad operativa, cumplimiento normativo internacional y certificaciones ISO sin sanciones regulatorias.

Su experiencia abarca sectores logísticos, retail, manufactura, banca y operaciones multinacionales, habiendo ocupado posiciones estratégicas en organizaciones como Unilever, Miniso, Paquetexpress, Scotiabank y Prestalana.

Es autor de diversos modelos y publicaciones sobre seguridad basada en datos, criminología corporativa y prevención del delito organizacional, con difusión internacional y más de 80 reconocimientos profesionales.

En el ámbito académico y de divulgación, ha impartido conferencias en congresos internacionales, universidades y organismos gubernamentales sobre criminología, psicología forense, gestión de crisis, seguridad logística, deepfakes, ingeniería social y prevención del riesgo humano.

Mauricio cuenta con formación en criminología y criminalística, ingeniería en mecatrónica, hipnoterapia y atención médica prehospitalaria, además de certificaciones internacionales en auditoría, seguridad, investigación y gestión de riesgos.

Su trabajo se centra en transformar la seguridad tradicional en modelos preventivos basados en conducta humana, inteligencia aplicada y cultura organizacional, ayudando a empresas e instituciones a anticiparse a los riesgos antes de que se conviertan en crisis.

Mauricio Alan Illera Díaz es Chief Security & Risk Officer (CSRO), subdirector de operaciones y conferencista internacional especializado en gobierno corporativo, gestión integral de riesgos, criminología corporativa y comportamiento humano aplicado ... Show more

Arik Fletcher

Arik Fletcher

Arik Fletcher spends his career building things that make expertise, community and opportunity more accessible, in technology and beyond.

Over more than 25 years, that has meant moving from hands-on infrastructure and engineering into strategic consulting leadership, winning over £10m in competitive technology tenders, building and scaling a global technology PMO, and designing and delivering technical solutions for thousands of users across education, non-profit, SME and enterprise sectors. His current focus spans cyber security, AI strategy and adoption, cloud infrastructure, and governance, risk and compliance, delivered through fractional CIO, CTO, CISO and DPO leadership that gives organisations senior expertise they could not otherwise afford, alongside AI-augmented delivery models and a platform-agnostic evaluation methodology that have doubled consulting capacity and returned three to five times ROI for clients.

The same instinct to build access and community runs through everything else he does. He founded Greyface Guild, a community interest company built around the same principle: that creative and community work should be diverse, accessible and open to more people. Under its umbrella sit the Techie Brunch Club, a technologist community of over 1,000 members; South Devon Sound, a community radio station he funded and helped develop, giving local artists and presenters a platform; and Greyface Games, an indie studio building games and stories in its own Discordian Tales universe with accessibility and inclusive design built in from the first design document. He has spoken at game development industry events on that work.

He carries the same mentoring instinct into his professional life: as London Regional Lead for the Microsoft Global Community Initiative, a British Computer Society member and mentor, a Chartered Institute of Information Security member, a career coach for Ada, the National Digital Skills College, and a mentor and speaker with the London CTOs.

Arik Fletcher spends his career building things that make expertise, community and opportunity more accessible, in technology and beyond. Over more than 25 years, that has meant moving from hands-on infrastructure and engineering into strategic c... Show more

Wojtek Gawroński

Wojtek Gawroński

Wojtek is a software engineer and architect with 15+ years in IT, ex-Amazon, 14x AWS-certified, and co-founder of a cloud-native consultancy that advised CTOs and CIOs across Europe and the US. He has delivered 100+ talks and workshops since 2014. FeatureOps brought him to Unleash: reliable software that solves real user problems, released safely and under control. Now he helps large enterprises adopt an AI-native SDLC while keeping quality and stability high, so they build the right software in the right way, without losing speed or confidence.

Wojtek is a software engineer and architect with 15+ years in IT, ex-Amazon, 14x AWS-certified, and co-founder of a cloud-native consultancy that advised CTOs and CIOs across Europe and the US. He has delivered 100+ talks and workshops since 2014. Fe... Show more

Sabrina Hota

Sabrina Hota

Sabrina Hota is a Microsoft 365 Team Lead and Senior Solution Architect at Wiener Linien in Vienna. With experience at Microsoft, HPE, and in IT consulting, she focuses on governance, collaboration, and automation across Microsoft 365 and Power Platform.

As co-lead of the Austrian Power Platform Enthusiasts (APPE), she brings people together to learn, connect, and share their experiences. Whether building solutions, leading her team, or growing the community, Sabrina puts people at the heart of technology.

Sabrina Hota is a Microsoft 365 Team Lead and Senior Solution Architect at Wiener Linien in Vienna. With experience at Microsoft, HPE, and in IT consulting, she focuses on governance, collaboration, and automation across Microsoft 365 and Power Platf... Show more

Eric Riz

Eric Riz

Eric Riz
Eric is an internationally recognized technology strategist, author, and keynote speaker who challenges organizations to rethink their relationship with technology, artificial intelligence, and the growing burden of digital complexity. With more than two decades of experience advising global enterprises, including Disney and Kellogg’s, Eric has built a career helping leaders navigate digital transformation, strengthen governance, and unlock the business value of emerging technologies.

As the author of Digital Debt, Eric explores one of the most pressing challenges facing modern organizations: the accumulation of fragmented systems, unmanaged information, outdated processes, and technology decisions that quietly undermine productivity, innovation, and growth. His work examines how artificial intelligence can both accelerate these challenges and create opportunities to overcome them, offering business leaders a practical framework for reducing digital debt and building AI-ready organizations.

A sought-after keynote speaker and conference presenter, Eric brings a compelling combination of executive insight, technical expertise, real-world experience, and engaging storytelling to the stage. His presentations challenge conventional thinking about AI adoption, Microsoft Copilot, digital transformation, cybersecurity, and organizational readiness. Rather than focusing solely on emerging technology, Eric examines the leadership decisions, governance failures, and operational realities that determine whether innovation delivers measurable business value.

Through his speaking engagements, Eric helps executives, technology leaders, and business professionals understand the hidden costs of digital complexity, the risks of accelerating AI without a strong foundation, and the strategies required to turn technological investment into lasting competitive advantage. His presentations translate complex technical and strategic challenges into accessible, actionable insights that resonate with audiences across industries.

Eric’s expertise extends across the Microsoft ecosystem, including Microsoft 365, Copilot, SharePoint, Teams, Purview, Defender, Sentinel, and enterprise AI governance. As a six-time Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) and member of the Microsoft Cloud Advisory Board, he has contributed to the evolution of enterprise technology while advising organizations on responsible AI adoption, security, compliance, and digital modernization.

His perspectives have been featured in prominent media outlets, including Fox Business, The Globe and Mail, Entrepreneur Magazine, and The Huffington Post. He has also served as a judge for the Microsoft Imagine Cup, supporting the next generation of innovators and technology leaders.

Based in Toronto, Eric continues to advise global organizations while bringing the message of Digital Debt to conferences, executive leadership forums, and industry events. His mission is to help organizations recognize that the greatest obstacle to AI-driven transformation is often not the technology they lack, but the digital debt they already carry.

Eric Riz Eric is an internationally recognized technology strategist, author, and keynote speaker who challenges organizations to rethink their relationship with technology, artificial intelligence, and the growing burden of digital complexity. With... Show more

Matthew Philip

Matthew Philip

Matthew is a product-management practice lead in Austin, Texas. He helps organizations and their teams reduce friction and work more effectively in their missions by aligning strategy and encouraging leadership at all levels. The creator of the NoEstimates game, Matthew has published articles ranging from product mindset to transformational leadership and contributed to O'Reilly's 97 Things Every Engineering Manager Should Know.

Matthew is a product-management practice lead in Austin, Texas. He helps organizations and their teams reduce friction and work more effectively in their missions by aligning strategy and encouraging leadership at all levels. The creator of the NoEst... Show more

Stephan Torres

Stephan Torres

Stephan Torres is Head of Data & AI at ENCAMINA, a Microsoft partner, where he leads the data and AI practice and its team of consultants, working with SQL Server, Azure Databricks, Microsoft Fabric and Azure AI for customers across Western Europe. Before ENCAMINA he was CTO for Microsoft Cloud at Devoteam Spain.

He started in business intelligence, building SQL Server data warehouses and OLAP solutions, and later worked as a data platform architect at SolidQ. He spent a decade in Microsoft roles, most recently as a Cloud Solution Architect for Central America and then for Western Europe from Dublin, where he was an Azure VMware Solution Champ and App Innovation Advance Cloud Expert. He holds AZ-305 and Nutanix NCP-MCI certifications and has coached and led Microsoft OpenHacks on data warehousing and app modernization.

His work sits where architecture meets the business case: modernizing data estates, governance and security, and making AI measurable. He insists on capturing the baseline before a project starts, so its impact can be proven afterwards.

A computer engineer from Costa Rica, based in Valencia and with 20 years in the industry, he speaks at data and Microsoft community events.

Stephan Torres is Head of Data & AI at ENCAMINA, a Microsoft partner, where he leads the data and AI practice and its team of consultants, working with SQL Server, Azure Databricks, Microsoft Fabric and Azure AI for customers across Western Europe. B... Show more

Kurt Rolland

Kurt Rolland

As a Microsoft MVP and Principal AI Architect, I lead a transformative wave, evangelizing AI agents and Low-Code solutions to help organizations achieve high-value business transformation. With over 20 years of experience in this role, I have successfully designed and implemented integrated enterprise solutions that leverage AI Factory, AI/Copilot, Power Platform, Dataverse, Microsoft 365, SharePoint, and Azure technologies.

My passion is to support business visionaries in achieving significant and sustainable results by applying my expertise in Artificial Intelligence, Adoption and Change Management, Enterprise Architecture, Cloud Services, and Low-Code Solutions. I also enjoy giving back to the community as an organizer of the Global AI St. Louis Chapter. I hold multiple awards/certifications, including Microsoft MVP and Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT). CPMAI (Cognitive Project Management for AI), Project Management Professional (PMP), Advanced Project Management, Microsoft Certified Professional.

As a Microsoft MVP and Principal AI Architect, I lead a transformative wave, evangelizing AI agents and Low-Code solutions to help organizations achieve high-value business transformation. With over 20 years of experience in this role, I have success... Show more

Sarang Brahme

Sarang Brahme

Sarang Brahme is a Principal AI Architect who builds AI systems that go into production for regulated enterprises and the public sector, including insurance, energy and government.
Equal parts strategist and hands-on leader, he helps enterprises turn LLMs, copilots, and intelligent automation into measurable outcomes—powering smarter customer experiences across retail, hospitality, sports, and beyond.
His work is grounded in systems thinking and mathematical discipline: defining clear objective functions, designing feedback loops, and engineering reliability through evaluation, uncertainty-aware patterns, and performance trade-offs (latency, cost, accuracy).
Known for bridging the gap between what’s possible and what’s provable in production, Sarang is a trusted voice on operationalizing AI responsibly, making it approachable, actionable, and scalable in the real world. His recent speaking events include Vancouver Microsoft 365 Summit and AICO Microsoft New York Summit, among others.
More info on the dev site: https://gospinup.dev/

Sarang Brahme is a Principal AI Architect who builds AI systems that go into production for regulated enterprises and the public sector, including insurance, energy and government. Equal parts strategist and hands-on leader, he helps enterprises tu... Show more

Marco Lubig

Marco Lubig

Marco Lubig is a Senior Consultant and Team Lead with extensive experience in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central.

He specializes in implementing and optimizing ERP solutions, helping businesses streamline operations and enhance productivity.

Marco is passionate about leveraging technology to drive business success and is committed to delivering innovative solutions tailored to client needs. His expertise and leadership make him a valuable asset in the field of business technology.

Marco Lubig is a Senior Consultant and Team Lead with extensive experience in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. He specializes in implementing and optimizing ERP solutions, helping businesses streamline operations and enhance productivity. ... Show more

Vivek Trivedi

Vivek Trivedi

Vivek Trivedi is an AI Strategist, international speaker, and Founder of ArnavTech Consultants , helping organisations across the Middle East, Europe, and Asia transform the way they work with Microsoft Copilot, Agentic AI, and modern workplace technologies.

With more than 20 years of experience in technology consulting, cloud transformation, and workforce enablement, Vivek works with enterprises, government organisations, and educational institutions to turn AI from a concept into measurable business value. His expertise spans Microsoft Copilot, Azure AI, Power Platform, intelligent automation, and responsible AI adoption.

A Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) and frequent conference speaker, Vivek is passionate about helping leaders and teams improve productivity, strengthen governance, and build practical AI solutions that deliver real-world outcomes. His sessions combine strategic insights, live demonstrations, and lessons learned from enterprise AI adoption initiatives.

Vivek Trivedi is an AI Strategist, international speaker, and Founder of ArnavTech Consultants , helping organisations across the Middle East, Europe, and Asia transform the way they work with Microsoft Copilot, Agentic AI, and modern workplace techn... Show more

Niladri Sekhar Hore

Niladri Sekhar Hore

With more than a decade across data engineering and cybersecurity, Niladri is a security engineering leader currently serving as Manager, Threat Detection and Applied Intelligence at StoneX Group, a Fortune 50 financial services firm. He owns the strategy, roadmap, and delivery for how the organization detects, investigates, and responds to threats — strengthening cyber defense, deepening observability, and building secure, scalable data and AI systems. His career spans global organizations including Cognizant, Eli Lilly, Accenture, and KPMG, where he led initiatives across eDiscovery, digital forensics, GRC, security engineering, and cloud engineering.

Blending deep technical expertise with strategic direction, he works at the intersection of data, threat operations, and governance — turning security operations from a manual, alert-driven function into an AI-native, evidence-driven discipline. His recent work spans synthetic media abuse and deepfake detection, adversarial AI in enterprise settings, and the production of machine-learning models and real-world AI systems that solve tangible business problems — underpinned by strong command of AI guardrails and model-exploitation protection, built human-in-the-loop and governed to OWASP LLM Top 10 and NIST AI RMF.

With more than a decade across data engineering and cybersecurity, Niladri is a security engineering leader currently serving as Manager, Threat Detection and Applied Intelligence at StoneX Group, a Fortune 50 financial services firm. He owns the str... Show more

Caroline Nicole Letaru

Caroline Nicole Letaru

**Caroline Nicole Letaru** is a Career Coach, Talent Strategist, and Founder of Kazini Consults, with **7 years of experience** helping professionals navigate career growth, employability, and international opportunities. Her work focuses on helping African professionals build future-ready careers through strategic career planning, skills development, and practical positioning in an evolving world of work.

Nicole has led technical recruitment for global institutions, including the United Nations and UNHCR, and has coached over 500 professionals across technical and non-technical fields, including software engineering, UX design, PowerShell, and AI. She brings a talent-market perspective to conversations about how people develop relevant skills, navigate changing industry expectations, and translate their capabilities into meaningful opportunities.

Her international speaking experience includes the International AIDS Society Conference in Germany, the Going Global Conference in the United Kingdom, and the SCORE Conference in Tanzania. She also received the Best Essay Award at the South American Business Forum in Argentina for her contribution to conversations on youth, development, and innovation.

Through Kazini Consults, Nicole champions practical, people-centred approaches to career development and the future of work, helping African talent navigate change, recognise emerging opportunities, and build sustainable professional pathways.

**Caroline Nicole Letaru** is a Career Coach, Talent Strategist, and Founder of Kazini Consults, with **7 years of experience** helping professionals navigate career growth, employability, and international opportunities. Her work focuses on helping ... Show more

Emily Harden

Emily Harden

Emily Harden is a knowledgeable consultant, skillful speaker, and community builder dedicated to fostering growth and impact. As the Founder and Owner of Harden Consulting, she provides tailored coaching to help people clarify what they want, navigate pivots, and thrive at work; so your passion becomes a sustainable path.
Emily draws on her deep roots in the tech ecosystem, where she previously served as Techlahoma's Executive Director, to connect challenges with creative solutions.

When she’s not working, you can probably find her playing board games, trying out new video games, or off on an adventure with her husband and their dog, Patches!

Emily Harden is a knowledgeable consultant, skillful speaker, and community builder dedicated to fostering growth and impact. As the Founder and Owner of Harden Consulting, she provides tailored coaching to help people clarify what they want, navigat... Show more

Suren Konathala

Suren Konathala

Suren Konathala is a technologist, enterprise architect, engineering leader, and speaker with more than 25 years of experience building large-scale digital platforms and enterprise software solutions. He currently works at Microsoft as a Digital Platforms Capability Lead and has held roles as a developer, architect, consultant, and engineering leader across startups, consulting firms, and Fortune 100 enterprises. He holds a master’s degree in Computer Science and has studied at Carnegie Mellon University and Stanford University.

Suren is passionate about Open source software, Java, enterprise architecture, digital experience platforms and artificial intelligence. He is an international conference speaker, published author, mentor, IEEE Senior Member, RSA Fellow, and Jakarta EE Ambassador. He enjoys sharing practical lessons from real-world implementations and advocates for a more inclusive, open, and community-driven approach to technology innovation.

Connect with him on X at @thesurenk or on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/ksurendra/.

Suren Konathala is a technologist, enterprise architect, engineering leader, and speaker with more than 25 years of experience building large-scale digital platforms and enterprise software solutions. He currently works at Microsoft as a Digital Plat... Show more

Alejandro Araujo Rajzner

Alejandro Araujo Rajzner

Alejandro Araujo Rajzner is a Telecommunications Engineer, Microsoft Certified Trainer, and Azure AI Architect who has spent the last several years doing one thing: making AI actually work in the real world — securely, responsibly, and at scale.
He coaches Microsoft employees and top global partners on data, AI, and Copilot at L200 through L400 in collaboration with lab providers including Technofocus, Skillable, and Spektra Labs. He has presented at the Microsoft AI Tour, the North America MCT Summit in Redmond, and community events across Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.
He is also the founder of GDO Health GmbH, a Swiss health tech startup using privacy-preserving generative AI to expand mental health access for Spanish-speaking populations — built with clinical partners, Swiss data residency, and zero tolerance for shortcuts.
His current obsession: helping organizations move from AI experimentation to agent-first operating models that hold up under scrutiny. He serves on the AI Certs Advisory Board and spends a lot of time thinking about who is liable when the agent gets it wrong.

Alejandro Araujo Rajzner is a Telecommunications Engineer, Microsoft Certified Trainer, and Azure AI Architect who has spent the last several years doing one thing: making AI actually work in the real world — securely, responsibly, and at scale. He ... Show more

Kasper Højdal

Kasper Højdal

Kasper is VP of Enterprise Sales for Europe at LS Retail, a global unified commerce and ERP provider built on Microsoft Dynamics 365. He leads enterprise sales strategy across the Nordics, Benelux, UK, Ireland, Germany and the Baltics, working through a partner led model to bring large, multi-country retail, pharmacy and hospitality groups onto unified commerce platforms. He is Danish, based in Copenhagen, and spends much of his time helping partners qualify, price and close deals that sit above the SMB threshold.

Speaker ID: R2FP6FODX6.

Kasper is VP of Enterprise Sales for Europe at LS Retail, a global unified commerce and ERP provider built on Microsoft Dynamics 365. He leads enterprise sales strategy across the Nordics, Benelux, UK, Ireland, Germany and the Baltics, working throug... Show more

Janet Robb

Janet Robb

Janet has been working within the Microsoft ego system for over 27 years. Both within Microsoft , Partner networks & Consultancy. She is one of the leading change practitioners in AI, Dynamics and Power Platform, she knows what works & the effort it requires to be successful.

Janet is one of the founding members of the power platform community & known for mentoring & supporting up & coming talent. Janet is passionate about ensuring a safe & equal opportunities for women within the IT industry.
She is known for being straight talking – you have be warned.

Janet has been working within the Microsoft ego system for over 27 years. Both within Microsoft , Partner networks & Consultancy. She is one of the leading change practitioners in AI, Dynamics and Power Platform, she knows what works & the effort it... Show more

Linda Mohamed

Linda Mohamed

Linda has been navigating the tech landscape for over a decade. She is specialized in Cloud Technologies, IT Process Optimization, and Agile Methodologies. When she is not guiding companies on their cloud journey, she is diving into AI/ML Services and Technologies, and sharing her insights at AWS community events and other tech platforms.

Beyond her professional commitments, Linda is an AWS Community Hero and deeply involved in Women in Tech initiatives, advocating for greater representation and inclusivity. In Vienna, she is the familiar face behind AWS meetups and other community gatherings, creating a welcoming space where every voice is valued and heard. In addition, Linda is one of the founding members of the AWS Community DACH Support Association and is the Vice Chairwoman of the Funding Advisory Board of netidee.

Linda has been navigating the tech landscape for over a decade. She is specialized in Cloud Technologies, IT Process Optimization, and Agile Methodologies. When she is not guiding companies on their cloud journey, she is diving into AI/ML Services an... Show more

Laetitia Aegerter-Cuello

Laetitia Aegerter-Cuello

Laetitia is a Coach, passionate about fostering collaboration, psychological safety, and continuous learning. She helps people decode themselves and their teams for better decisions, stronger leadership and sustainable performance. She supports organizational transformations across both tech and non-tech teams, guiding leaders through changes. With a strong HR background, she designs people-centric frameworks that align development with business goals. Her empathetic approach and communication style build trust and engagement.

Laetitia is a Coach, passionate about fostering collaboration, psychological safety, and continuous learning. She helps people decode themselves and their teams for better decisions, stronger leadership and sustainable performance. She supports organ... Show more

Yuri Winche Achermann

Yuri Winche Achermann

Aerospace engineer building AI agents for manufacturing plants in Brazil. Former CTO and co-founder of a manufacturing-tech startup in Germany, built a CNC predictive-maintenance system with RWTH and Fraunhofer.

Overall, contributed to projects with NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts and MIT GeneSys, worked with Artefact data consulting, the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology (IPT) and the startups later on.

Aerospace engineer building AI agents for manufacturing plants in Brazil. Former CTO and co-founder of a manufacturing-tech startup in Germany, built a CNC predictive-maintenance system with RWTH and Fraunhofer. Overall, contributed to projects wi... Show more

Elena Briones

Elena Briones

Elena is a data enthusiast with solid experience in analytics, data engineering and visualization using Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, Synapse and Databricks. She works in Barcelona, helping organizations turn raw data into valuable insights with a strategic and creative approach. She's also passionate about combining technology with social and community-driven projects, and is an active learner and collaborator in the data community.

Elena is a data enthusiast with solid experience in analytics, data engineering and visualization using Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, Synapse and Databricks. She works in Barcelona, helping organizations turn raw data into valuable insights with a stra... Show more

Francesco Facconi

Francesco Facconi

Engineer, manager, former startupper, broadcasting every Monday evening on Digitalia, one of the longest-lasting Podcast in Italy, speaking about technology and how this interacts with our lives. His last book is "Almanacco Digitaliano 2024" from Ledizioni Publishing. Musician and performer with more than 400 gigs.

Engineer, manager, former startupper, broadcasting every Monday evening on Digitalia, one of the longest-lasting Podcast in Italy, speaking about technology and how this interacts with our lives. His last book is "Almanacco Digitaliano 2024" from Led... Show more

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