Business & Management

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

Hanna Schwab

Hanna Schwab

Hanna Schwab is Data & AI Lead at teccle group, where she designs and delivers data platforms and AI solutions with Microsoft Fabric and Azure AI.

She enjoys working at the intersection of data, technology, and business, helping organizations build data platforms and AI applications that solve real-world challenges. She combines deep technical expertise with a strong focus on creating practical solutions that people actually use.

Outside of her project work, Hanna mentors aspiring professionals through ITgirls and organizes her own career events for women in tech. She is passionate about making technology more accessible and encouraging more diverse voices in the industry.

Hanna Schwab is Data & AI Lead at teccle group, where she designs and delivers data platforms and AI solutions with Microsoft Fabric and Azure AI. She enjoys working at the intersection of data, technology, and business, helping organizations buil... Show more

Karoliina Kettukari

Karoliina Kettukari

Karoliina is the Head of Modern Work at OP Financial Group, the largest financial services group in Finland. She has over ten years of experience in developing teamwork and internal communications with modern digital tools and leading long-term change in organisations. Karoliina is a Microsoft MVP and a multi-awarded role model for her enthusiasm, knowledge-sharing, and community leadership. She is an experienced and inspiring speaker at international conferences, and she co-organizes the Finnish M365 Copilot User Group and CollabDays Finland Conference 💜 Community rocks!

Karoliina is the Head of Modern Work at OP Financial Group, the largest financial services group in Finland. She has over ten years of experience in developing teamwork and internal communications with modern digital tools and leading long-term chang... Show more

Suzana Melo

Suzana Melo

Suzana Melo is a full-stack developer and AWS Cloud Practitioner who transitioned into software development in her 40s without a tech background. She holds a bachelor's degree in Communications and has over 20 years of experience. As a strong advocate for diversity and inclusion, she actively works on initiatives that empower women and underrepresented groups in tech, mentors juniors and graduates, and drives tech community enablement across Europe, West Asia, Africa, Asia-Pacific, and the Americas. Suzana is an AWS Community Builder, founder of the AWS Women's User Group Sweden, and co-organizer of AWS Community Day Baltic. She is enrolled in a postgraduate specialization in AI and Machine Learning at PUC Minas, is a featured speaker at AWS re:Invent 2024, and writes articles reaching 14,000+ readers on LinkedIn and suzanamelo.com

Suzana Melo is a full-stack developer and AWS Cloud Practitioner who transitioned into software development in her 40s without a tech background. She holds a bachelor's degree in Communications and has over 20 years of experience. As a strong advocat... Show more

Montaine Marteau

Montaine Marteau

I lead product and tech teams for several companies at once, on a fractional basis, mostly in healthcare. I work alongside the teams day to day: I listen, I make the calls, I move things forward one topic at a time, without breaking everything and without getting stuck in the fog. I simplify and I automate.

Biomedical engineer by training, 20+ years in product (PM, VP Product, CPTO, up to ExCom), in large groups and startups alike. I've been teaching product management at university since 2019, I build my side projects with AI to scout what I'll later bring into companies, and I run Tech Speak'her, a community that prepares women in tech to take the stage.

Off-hours, I read the novels my teenagers will love before they do (and I love them too), and I can't walk past a board game shop without going in.

I lead product and tech teams for several companies at once, on a fractional basis, mostly in healthcare. I work alongside the teams day to day: I listen, I make the calls, I move things forward one topic at a time, without breaking everything and wi... Show more

Juho Nevalainen

Juho Nevalainen

Juho is the Head of Enterprise AI Services at Sofigate - the leading Nordic business technology company. With 15 years of experience in management consulting and digital development, Juho helps clients create continuous value and competitive advantage of technology and agentic AI by working as an advisor and strategist.

Juho shares lessons learned from his experience in management consulting for digital management across industries and across the Northern Europe. He uses customer references, case examples and technical demos to bring concrete stories around for the audience.

Juho is the Head of Enterprise AI Services at Sofigate - the leading Nordic business technology company. With 15 years of experience in management consulting and digital development, Juho helps clients create continuous value and competitive advantag... Show more

Yosef Arbiv

Yosef Arbiv

Yosef Arbiv is married to Adi and a father of four, currently an Engineering Team Leader at Elementary and a CNCF Ambassador.

Yosef is passionate about people, software, and combining the two.

Yosef Arbiv is married to Adi and a father of four, currently an Engineering Team Leader at Elementary and a CNCF Ambassador. Yosef is passionate about people, software, and combining the two. Show more

Sahithya B A

Sahithya B A

Sahithya Balasubramaniam is a Senior Software Engineer, SelfPreneur, open-source contributor, and Founder of Logic Soul Lens. She builds innovative AI-powered and microSaaS products, with launches on Product Hunt achieving global rankings of 21st and 25th on their respective launch days.

A dynamic public speaker and emcee, Sahithya has delivered 25+ talks across conferences, meetups, and industry events, including Google DevFest and SheBuilds Conference. Her areas of interest span AI, software engineering, open source, entrepreneurship, personal branding, and community building.

Beyond technology, she is an Amazon bestselling and award-winning author of five books, an international writer and poetess, and the Founder and Chief Editor of The Logic–Soul Lens Newsletter, where she explores the human side of business, leadership, communication, and technology. Through her work, she is committed to building products, communities, and conversations that create meaningful impact.

Sahithya Balasubramaniam is a Senior Software Engineer, SelfPreneur, open-source contributor, and Founder of Logic Soul Lens. She builds innovative AI-powered and microSaaS products, with launches on Product Hunt achieving global rankings of 21st and... Show more

Joel Silverstone

Joel Silverstone

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

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

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

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

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

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

“You’re not here to change people. You’re here to move them.” Joel Silverstone helps leaders and teams have conversations that build trust, create buy-in, and move work forward, especially when the stakes are high or teams are working across silos... Show more

Margo Sakova

Margo Sakova

Margo Sakova is a B2B SaaS marketing leader, OKR strategist, and the Head of Marketing at Oboard. With over a decade of experience scaling growth engines, she specializes in bridging the gap between high-level business strategy and daily technical execution.

Recognized globally as an Atlassian ecosystem Champion, Margo builds vibrant tech communities and designs the systems that power them. Today, she helps marketing teams move beyond basic tools to implement agile frameworks, data-driven OKRs, and custom AI workflows.

On stage, Margo translates complex operational methodologies into practical, actionable playbooks, equipping business leaders with the exact blueprints they need to automate growth without losing their brand's human edge.

Margo Sakova is a B2B SaaS marketing leader, OKR strategist, and the Head of Marketing at Oboard. With over a decade of experience scaling growth engines, she specializes in bridging the gap between high-level business strategy and daily technical ex... Show more

Sagar Das

Sagar Das

Sagar is a Staff Android Engineer who has been building apps for 11 years now. He is also a Google developer expert in Android and a co-organizer for Google Developer Groups at Boston and enjoys educating for the mobile dev community.

Sagar is a Staff Android Engineer who has been building apps for 11 years now. He is also a Google developer expert in Android and a co-organizer for Google Developer Groups at Boston and enjoys educating for the mobile dev community. 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

Rakia Finley

Rakia Finley

Rakia Finley is a strategist, founder, and systems thinker working at the intersection of AI governance, organizational transformation, and human-centered innovation.

As the Founder and CEO of Copper & Vine Studio, she advises startups, enterprises, public-sector organizations, and emerging leaders on how to responsibly scale technology, build resilient operating systems, and prepare institutions for the next era of AI-enabled business and society.

Her work focuses on translating complex innovation into practical implementation — helping organizations move from fragmented experimentation into scalable systems, governance frameworks, operational clarity, and measurable growth. She is especially known for her ability to bridge executive strategy, emerging technology, security, human behavior, and organizational design into conversations that are both visionary and deeply actionable.

Rakia’s speaking explores the future of AI adoption, trust, governance, workforce transformation, digital infrastructure, and institutional resilience. Her sessions challenge organizations to think beyond tools and automation toward the deeper question: what kind of systems, leadership, and human experience are we building for the future?

She has spoken on topics spanning responsible AI, organizational transformation, secure system design, inclusive innovation, and the future of work — with a focus on helping leaders navigate complexity while building systems people actually trust.

Rakia Finley is a strategist, founder, and systems thinker working at the intersection of AI governance, organizational transformation, and human-centered innovation. As the Founder and CEO of Copper & Vine Studio, she advises startups, enterprise... Show more

Deepak Gupta

Deepak Gupta

Deepak Gupta founded and scaled LoginRadius (a CIAM platform) to serve 1B+ users, navigating identity architecture and privacy regulations across global markets. He holds 5 patents in DDoS defense, searchable encryption, and AI security, and is the author of Don't Ever Think About Passwords Again and Data Privacy - What Enterprises Need to Know?

He now builds Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) infrastructure for B2B SaaS and cybersecurity companies, helping them get cited by ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews as buyers shift from search engines to AI assistants.

Deepak also founded startwithidentity.com, a technical community for IAM and security practitioners. More at guptadeepak.com/about

Deepak Gupta founded and scaled LoginRadius (a CIAM platform) to serve 1B+ users, navigating identity architecture and privacy regulations across global markets. He holds 5 patents in DDoS defense, searchable encryption, and AI security, and is the a... Show more

Jérôme Urvoas

Jérôme Urvoas

Jérôme is a professional coach, agile coach, facilitator and trainer.
For 19 years, he has been one of the pioneers who have develop an agile culture within Lectra teams. He is now in charge of a team of internal coaches that he created and who support his company in its many changes.
Passionate about human dynamics, he has developed over the years an expertise in the fields of agility, change management and the management of teams and organizations.
Active member of the Agile community and of the European Mentoring and Coaching Council France, he likes to share his experience and his convictions through conferences and training.

Jérôme is a professional coach, agile coach, facilitator and trainer. For 19 years, he has been one of the pioneers who have develop an agile culture within Lectra teams. He is now in charge of a team of internal coaches that he created and who supp... Show more

Tudor Damian

Tudor Damian

With over 20 years in the IT industry, Tudor is a Certified Ethical Hacker and Microsoft MVP who loves everything about technology. In his day-to-day role, he advises organizations on Cybersecurity, AI & Cloud Governance, helps improve their security posture, and assists them in moving past "paper tiger" compliance strategies.

Being a regular presence at local and international events, Tudor combines deep industry experience with a genuine passion for sharing knowledge. After hundreds of talks and training sessions, his goal remains the same: to help IT professionals cut through the noise and build effective strategies dealing with AI-driven threats, Post-Quantum Cryptography challenges, Zero Trust adoption, and the high-stakes transition from traditional software (SDLC) to the probabilistic world of AI development (ADLC), all of this while facing an ever-growing EU regulatory compliance landscape.

With over 20 years in the IT industry, Tudor is a Certified Ethical Hacker and Microsoft MVP who loves everything about technology. In his day-to-day role, he advises organizations on Cybersecurity, AI & Cloud Governance, helps improve their security... Show more

Samuel Kehinde Ayo

Samuel Kehinde Ayo

Sam Ayo is a technology leader and AI research engineer focused on building intelligent systems that operate at the intersection of artificial intelligence, financial infrastructure and complex regulatory technology. His work is centered on a problem he believes will define the next generation of applied AI: How do we turn increasingly capable AI models into dependable infrastructure for consequential, real-world systems?

Sam Ayo's work sits at the intersection of AI research and systems engineering. He has designed and deployed intelligent systems spanning machine learning, large language models, data platforms and distributed software, with a focus on the challenges of taking AI from experimental models into reliable production infrastructure. His technical interests include machine intelligence, quantitative modelling, AI systems, distributed computing and the application of intelligent systems to complex real-world problems.

His background combines quantitative economics with computer science, machine learning and production engineering giving him an unusually broad view of both the mathematical foundations of AI and the engineering required to make those systems useful at scale. He has been heavily involved in building ML solutions across various cross-industry fields, including Media & Advertising, IoT, Retail, and Energy.

Sam Ayo's expertise and achievements have earned him speaking opportunities at prestigious events. He was honoured by the Federal Minister for Digital Economy and Innovation, Dr Bosun Tijani at the National AI Strategy Conference 2024 in Abuja.

Sam Ayo has spoken at so many top AI conferences and workshops including Nigeria AI Trust Workshop 2026 organized by the office of Dr Bosun Tijani, Honorble Minister of Communication, Innovation and Digital Economy, AIFest, the Nigeria Computer Society [the global body for computer science in Nigeria, where he shared insights on the intersection of AI and business impact], DataFest, Data Science Conference Europe, OscaFEST, GDG DevFest, AWS westAfrica, including the Microsoft Student Learn Community, delivering a talk on leveraging AI for real-world applications to aspiring technologists.

In addition to these engagements, Sam Ayo has been a featured speaker at the Ehingbeti Summit for technology, a renowned conference that brings together thought leaders and industry experts to discuss technological advancements and their impact on various sectors. At the Ehingbeti Summit, Sam Ayo provided valuable insights into the transformative power of AI and data science in driving innovation and sustainable development.

As a versatile and dynamic professional, Sam Ayo is renowned for his results-driven leadership. He thrives on complex problem-solving, creating value streams across product delivery lifecycles, and delivering outstanding results that help companies take their data strategy from plan to prototype to profitability.

Beyond his professional accomplishments, Sam Ayo is dedicated to knowledge sharing and collective growth. He actively engages in community mentorship, open-source development, meetups facilitation, technical writing, and research, contributing to the advancement of AI and data science.

With his deep expertise, commitment to excellence, and passion for sharing knowledge, Sam Ayo is a sought-after speaker and a valuable asset in driving innovation and success in the field of AI engineering and data science.

Sam Ayo is a technology leader and AI research engineer focused on building intelligent systems that operate at the intersection of artificial intelligence, financial infrastructure and complex regulatory technology. His work is centered on a problem... Show more

Tricia Diamond

Tricia Diamond

Dr. Tricia Diamond is a portfolio and program management executive, aerospace engineer, and organizational strategist with more than two decades of leadership across the public sector, technology, and consulting in the United States and the Netherlands. She holds a PhD in Aerospace Engineering and professional aviation experience, alongside advanced credentials including the PfMP®, PMP®, PMI-ACP®, PMO-CP®, CPMAI, GPM-b®, CAL®, ITIL®, AWS-CCP, AWS-AIP, MCASE. As Director of ARPA Implementation for a major U.S. city, she built and led a PMO governing a $386M federal recovery portfolio with 100% regulatory compliance. She has spoken at ASPA and PMI conferences, previously served as VP of Professional Development for PMI Puget Sound, and is a Seattle Parks and Recreation Commissioner. She is the founder of Diamond PMO Solutions, an MWBE owned management consultancy specializing in portfolio governance, PMO design, and organizational strategy as well as PMI certification trainings. Her book, Second Line Leadership: How New Orleans Solved Coordination Without Controls, was published in September 2026.

Dr. Tricia Diamond is a portfolio and program management executive, aerospace engineer, and organizational strategist with more than two decades of leadership across the public sector, technology, and consulting in the United States and the Netherlan... Show more

Sven Peters

Sven Peters

Sven Peters, AI evangelist at Atlassian, has been studying trends in software development for the last 15 years, uncovering the cultural and technical attributes to help development teams work effectively and drive innovation. He has 20 years of experience in writing code, leading teams, and sharing his experience with thousands of developers at countless conferences in 25+ countries.

Sven Peters, AI evangelist at Atlassian, has been studying trends in software development for the last 15 years, uncovering the cultural and technical attributes to help development teams work effectively and drive innovation. He has 20 years of expe... Show more

Barbara Gaspar

Barbara Gaspar

Especialista FinOps con 7 años de experiencia liderando implementaciones técnicas, operaciones en la nube (AWS, AZURE, GCP) y gestión de soporte técnico para clientes de diferentes sectores, resolviendo casos técnicos con la colaboración de equipos internos y externos. Ganadora de la presea Jóvenes con Valores, y del primer lugar del premio Daniel Cosío Villegas, autora de 7 libros sobre tecnología y FinOps. Cuenta con todas las certificaciones de la FinOps Foundation

Especialista FinOps con 7 años de experiencia liderando implementaciones técnicas, operaciones en la nube (AWS, AZURE, GCP) y gestión de soporte técnico para clientes de diferentes sectores, resolviendo casos técnicos con la colaboración de equipos i... Show more

Kimasia Ayers

Kimasia Ayers

Kimasia Ayers is a sociologist, systems thinker, consultant, and strategist whose work lives at the intersection of business analysis, human behavior, design, and organizational change. She is widely recognized for helping organizations navigate complexity with clarity, guiding insight from discovery through decision and into action in ways that hold under real-world conditions.

Rooted in social innovation, Kimasia brings a rare blend of creative human-centered insight and rigorous structure to change enablement. Her work centers on preserving meaning under pressure, designing for adoption, and strengthening how understanding moves across strategy, technology, governance, and execution. She is known for developing original frameworks that help teams communicate complexity, align across disciplines, and sustain transformation within the complexity of society.

Through her consulting practice, Kimasia partners with organizations, institutions, and leaders to support thoughtful, resilient change. She also leads a social enterprise dedicated to translating complex social and organizational dynamics into accessible, actionable understanding that empowers individuals, teams, and communities. Grounded in empathy, systems awareness, and deep analytical discipline, Kimasia’s work reflects a core belief that meaningful change emerges when human insight and structured analysis work together.

Kimasia Ayers is a sociologist, systems thinker, consultant, and strategist whose work lives at the intersection of business analysis, human behavior, design, and organizational change. She is widely recognized for helping organizations navigate comp... Show more

Cat Morris

Cat Morris

Cat is a Staff Product Manager at Syntasso, where she works at the intersection of developer experience, infrastructure strategy, and product design. With a background in enterprise platform tooling and developer productivity, she focuses on helping teams treat platforms as products that deliver measurable value. Cat brings experience from both engineering and product management roles in fast-scaling tech environments.

Cat is a Staff Product Manager at Syntasso, where she works at the intersection of developer experience, infrastructure strategy, and product design. With a background in enterprise platform tooling and developer productivity, she focuses on helping ... Show more

Pavan Mani Deep Yaragani

Pavan Mani Deep Yaragani

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

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

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

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

Michael Coté

Michael Coté

Michael Coté studies how large organizations improve how they build software to run and grow their business. His books Changing Mindsets, Monolithic Transformation, and The Business Bottleneck cover these topics. He’s been an industry analyst at RedMonk and 451 Research, done corporate strategy and M&A, and was a programmer. He also co-hosts several podcasts, including Software Defined Talk. His daily-ish newsletter is at newsletter.cote.io.

Michael Coté studies how large organizations improve how they build software to run and grow their business. His books Changing Mindsets, Monolithic Transformation, and The Business Bottleneck cover these topics. He’s been an industry analyst at RedM... Show more

Ivan Milanov

Ivan Milanov

Ivan Milanov is an ERP engineering leader with 16 years of experience in Microsoft Dynamics NAV and Business Central, including six years in engineering leadership. He currently leads Business Central engineering in regulated healthcare, supporting business-critical systems used across warehouse, finance, and clinical operations.

His international career spans consulting, ERP product development, e-commerce, and regulated healthcare. His work combines engineering leadership with operational reality: improving ERP performance, stabilizing systems, strengthening engineering culture, and making sound decisions when technology and people are under pressure.

Ivan speaks about ERP reliability, engineering leadership, Scrum, Systems Thinking, Stoicism, and responsible AI. On stage, he speaks as “The Agile Jedi,” using practical stories and lessons from real production environments rather than abstract theory. His sessions have been selected for conferences across the United States and Europe, including DynamicsCon Las Vegas, KCDC in Kansas City, 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 ERP engineering leader with 16 years of experience in Microsoft Dynamics NAV and Business Central, including six years in engineering leadership. He currently leads Business Central engineering in regulated healthcare, supporting b... Show more

Michelle "MishManners" Duke

Michelle "MishManners" Duke

Mish is a multi-talented personality in the tech and gaming communities. Mish has worked in the technology space for the last decade and has a tonne of experience in developer advocacy, community management, marketing, and content creation. Mish has spoken at over 400 events on topics like AI, the future of work, communication, teamwork, and has given technical demos. She's a respected leader in the hackathon community, having won, organised, and mentored over 120 hackathons.

Mish is a successful entrepreneur and founder, having co-founded several companies – including an artificial intelligence company, and as a result, sits at the forefront of Melbourne’s science, tech, esports, and startup scenes. In her 'spare' time she’s a streamer, journalist, loves playing sports, and is always working on something exciting.

Mish is a multi-talented personality in the tech and gaming communities. Mish has worked in the technology space for the last decade and has a tonne of experience in developer advocacy, community management, marketing, and content creation. Mish has ... Show more

Sammie Walker Herrera

Sammie Walker Herrera

Sammie Walker Herrera runs a public speaking coaching consultancy called Speak Y'all (yes, she's from Texas), leveraging 10+ years coaching leaders on their impromptu speaking, interviewing, and leadership skills. Her clients are senior leaders at companies like Amazon, IBM, Oracle, and Microsoft. She focuses on creating a fun, non-judgmental space for folks to hone their speaking strengths. Sammie is a Certified ADHD Coach through the ADD Coach Academy & the International Coaching Federation. She is passionate about supporting fellow neurodivergent professionals. Sammie earned two Bachelor's degrees from Carnegie Mellon University and a Master's of Arts in Student Affairs in Higher Education from Slippery Rock University. Sammie is also a Latin dance instructor and performs improv comedy.

Sammie Walker Herrera runs a public speaking coaching consultancy called Speak Y'all (yes, she's from Texas), leveraging 10+ years coaching leaders on their impromptu speaking, interviewing, and leadership skills. Her clients are senior leaders at co... Show more

Gunnard Engebreth

Gunnard Engebreth

Gunnard Engebreth is a software engineering manager, architect, author, and conference speaker with more than 30 years of experience building software and leading engineering teams.

His career began during the early web and Dot Com era in Atlanta, where he moved from Perl into PHP and never really stopped building things. Since then, he has worked across application development, APIs, architecture, cloud infrastructure, DevOps, legacy modernization, and engineering leadership.

Gunnard's current interests are where software engineering is heading next: AI-assisted development, agentic software engineering, developer productivity, automation, and the challenges of applying these technologies to real-world production systems. He is particularly interested in how teams can use AI to move faster while maintaining the testing, architecture, security, and engineering discipline required to ship reliable software.

He is also passionate about legacy application modernization and the practical techniques required to bring aging systems into the modern development ecosystem without simply throwing them away and starting over.

A longtime advocate for Free and Open Source Software, Gunnard has contributed to projects including WordPress, Devilbox, and DischordPHP. He has written for php[architect] and is the author of two PHP 8 books published by Apress.

Gunnard has spoken at MadisonPHP, LonghornPHP, Techlahoma, Chaos Carnival, and other technology events. He currently works as an engineering manager and architect while continuing to build software products, experiment with emerging technologies, and write about what he learns.

He lives with his wife and two sons in the North Georgia mountains.

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Gunnard Engebreth is a software engineering manager, architect, author, and conference speaker with more than 30 years of experience building software and leading engineering teams. His career began during the early web and Dot Com era in Atlanta,... Show more

Mathew Caplan

Mathew Caplan

Mathew Caplan has spent more than 25 years helping organisations improve cybersecurity and build resilience in an increasingly complex world.

As Director of Professional Services at Orange Cyberdefense, Mathew works with people across multiple industries and countries to address cyber risk and regulatory challenges.

Alongside his leadership role, he is a regular international conference speaker who believes cybersecurity should be accessible, engaging and people focused.

Through real-world insights, practical experience, storytelling and creativity, his talks explore how identity and human behaviour shape modern cybersecurity, making complex concepts understandable, memorable and actionable.

Whether advising executives, leading consulting teams or speaking on stage, his focus remains the same: helping organisations build trust, resilience and confidence amid constant change.

Mathew Caplan has spent more than 25 years helping organisations improve cybersecurity and build resilience in an increasingly complex world. As Director of Professional Services at Orange Cyberdefense, Mathew works with people across multiple ind... Show more

Fabrice Bloch

Fabrice Bloch

Statisticien public, agiliste militant, formateur en design-thinking et en leadership

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Haja (Yadz) Rambelontsalama

Haja (Yadz) Rambelontsalama

With a zest culture hacker and a dose of product coach, I wear the mask of product manager on a daily basis. I like to take care of a close-knit team crafting a software that works in a healthy and psychologically secure environment.

Avec un zeste de culture hacker et une dose de coach produit, je porte le masque de product manager au quotidien. J'aime m'occuper d'une équipe soudée qui conçoit un logiciel qui fonctionne dans un environnement sain et psychologiquement sûr.

With a zest culture hacker and a dose of product coach, I wear the mask of product manager on a daily basis. I like to take care of a close-knit team crafting a software that works in a healthy and psychologically secure environment. Avec un zeste... Show more

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