Energy & Basic Resources

Valued experts focusing on the exploration, production, and management of energy sources and raw materials

Ajinkya Soitkar

Ajinkya Soitkar

Ajinkya Soitkar is a Database Specialist Solutions Architect(SA) based out of Amsterdam, Netherlands. He is passionate about helping customers modernise their data strategy. He has worked as a Technical Trainer, Subject Matter Expert and DBA. As a DB Specialist SA, Ajinkya helps customers design, evaluate, and optimize their workloads backed by multitude of AWS database services.

Ajinkya Soitkar is a Database Specialist Solutions Architect(SA) based out of Amsterdam, Netherlands. He is passionate about helping customers modernise their data strategy. He has worked as a Technical Trainer, Subject Matter Expert and DBA. As a DB... Show more

Gianfranco Di Pietro

Gianfranco Di Pietro

Geospatial expert, data scientist - PhD student.

Geospatial expert, data scientist - PhD student. Show more

Julia Førde

Julia Førde

Experienced professional specializing in Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing within the Microsoft ecosystem with 5 years experience .

Passionate about leveraging technology to solve complex business challenges, particularly drawn to the capabilities of Azure Databricks. Throughout my journey, I've had the privilege of seamlessly transitioning between data engineering and architect roles in various projects. This experience has equipped me with a versatile skill set, allowing me to contribute effectively to crafting end-to-end solutions. With a background in collaborative consulting roles across sectors, I bring a pragmatic approach to solving problems and driving success.

Experienced professional specializing in Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing within the Microsoft ecosystem with 5 years experience . Passionate about leveraging technology to solve complex business challenges, particularly drawn to the cap... Show more

Breccan McLeod-Lundy

Breccan McLeod-Lundy

Breccan is CEO and Founder of Ackama, a software development company with offices in New Zealand, and Australia. He believes in applying pragmatic solutions to make lives better.

Breccan is CEO and Founder of Ackama, a software development company with offices in New Zealand, and Australia. He believes in applying pragmatic solutions to make lives better. Show more

Hanif Olayiwola

Hanif Olayiwola

Hanif is a multi-disciplinary writer who has spent the last 3 years writing evergreen content for pro-innovation brands across various verticals in the Web2 and Web3 spaces. He writes web, marketing, social media, and technical content, teaches GenZs how to code (Web Development and Scratch), loves speaking to people and communities, and loves good food.

On some days, you'll find Hanif writing articles, while on others, he could be in multiple meetings, managing events, people, and making the internet a better place. On less hectic days, Hanif spends time playing FPS games, rollerskating, and attending/volunteering at tech communities/events.

Feel free to engage Hanif in conversations surrounding Tech, Software Development, GenZ, Web3, Writing, Growth, EduTech, Tech Events, Communities, Volunteering, Public Speaking, Product Management, Tech Careers, etc.

Here's his best Quote from an unknown wise source: "You're born weak, you'll die weak, but what you are in between is up to you".

Hanif is a multi-disciplinary writer who has spent the last 3 years writing evergreen content for pro-innovation brands across various verticals in the Web2 and Web3 spaces. He writes web, marketing, social media, and technical content, teaches GenZs... Show more

Sebastian Kister

Sebastian Kister

Sebastian is an award winning global thought leader for enterprise transformation and CTO Summit member at CNCF. He is a startup-professional who helped to shape products from genesis to market leader with bleeding-edge technology. Always striving to innovate and question the status quo, he helps to break dogmas, implement a new culture and never settles while pursuing constant progress. Currently, he is leading a competence center in IT infrastructure and aligning all brands in the VW Group with the mission to once again boldly go where no one has gone before.

Sebastian is an award winning global thought leader for enterprise transformation and CTO Summit member at CNCF. He is a startup-professional who helped to shape products from genesis to market leader with bleeding-edge technology. Always striving to... Show more

Brian Contos

Brian Contos

With two IPOs & eight acquisitions, Brian has helped build some of the most successful security companies in the world. He has over 25 years in the security industry as a security company entrepreneur, board advisor, investor, and author. After getting his start with the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) and later Bell Labs, Brian began the process of building security startups and taking multiple companies through successful IPOs and acquisitions, including Riptech, ArcSight, Imperva, McAfee, Solera Networks, Cylance, JASK, Verodin, and Mandiant.

Brian has worked in over 50 countries across six continents. He authored the book Enemy at the Water Cooler and co-authored Physical & Logical Security Convergence with former NSA Deputy Director William Crowell. He was featured in the cyberwar documentary 5 Eyes alongside General Michael Hayden, former NSA, and CIA Director. Brian writes for Forbes and regularly presents at conferences like Black Hat, RSA, OWASP, and BSides.

With two IPOs & eight acquisitions, Brian has helped build some of the most successful security companies in the world. He has over 25 years in the security industry as a security company entrepreneur, board advisor, investor, and author. After getti... Show more

Minh Pham Huu Phut

Minh Pham Huu Phut

Business Analyst depuis 11 ans, d'abord chez Amadeus IT Group puis chez Sopra Steria, l'agilité fait partie de ma vie depuis près de 5 ans.
Passionné de nouveautés et de nouvelles technologies, je suis toujours partant pour essayer des nouvelles méthodes et progresser.

Business Analyst depuis 11 ans, d'abord chez Amadeus IT Group puis chez Sopra Steria, l'agilité fait partie de ma vie depuis près de 5 ans. Passionné de nouveautés et de nouvelles technologies, je suis toujours partant pour essayer des nouvelles mét... Show more

Caleb Nanigah

Caleb Nanigah

I am a versatile professional with a background in petroleum engineering and over a decade of experience in the technology industry. Currently working as a Quality Assurance Engineer at Viamo, a social enterprise.

In my position at Viamo, I work with and oversee the quality assurance process and collaborate with cross-functional teams to establish testing strategies and provide valuable feedback.

I write code in PHP/JS as a hobby.

I am a versatile professional with a background in petroleum engineering and over a decade of experience in the technology industry. Currently working as a Quality Assurance Engineer at Viamo, a social enterprise. In my position at Viamo, I work w... Show more

Arnaud Thenint

Arnaud Thenint

Consultant en management des systèmes d’information avec une spécialisation dans la gestion de programmes digitaux, la transformation d’organisation (agilité à l'échelle) et l’amélioration de processus (ISO 9001 et ITIL)

Dans mon travail, j'aime accompagner les directions informatiques et métiers à relever leurs défis :
- Réduire le time to market, augmenter la qualité, améliorer l’engagement des équipes
- Optimiser la productivité
- Accompagner les équipes (de 8 à 500 personnes) à transformer leur organisation, en utilisant les Valeurs et Principes Agile
- Aider les directions à revoir leurs modes de décision et leur système de gouvernance (Value Stream Mapping et Lean-Budget)

Consultant en management des systèmes d’information avec une spécialisation dans la gestion de programmes digitaux, la transformation d’organisation (agilité à l'échelle) et l’amélioration de processus (ISO 9001 et ITIL) Dans mon travail, j'aime a... Show more

Saravanan K Nagarajan

Saravanan K Nagarajan

Saravanan is an Architect working at Rabobank, Netherlands and one of the leads of the Growing Greener (Sustainability) community in the bank.

He has more than 22 years of experience in diverse IT and business roles with different banks across the world.

His passion is in Architecture, IT sustainability and Green Software and how we can generate more interest among the IT community in sustainable software.

Saravanan is an Architect working at Rabobank, Netherlands and one of the leads of the Growing Greener (Sustainability) community in the bank. He has more than 22 years of experience in diverse IT and business roles with different banks across th... Show more

Robert de Leeuw

Robert de Leeuw

Robert is an EV charging protocol expert.
He has a bachelor degree in computer science.
During his carrier Robert has been involved in protocol development: Bluetooth, Zigbee, OCPP and OCPI.
Robert has been leading the development of OCPP and OCPI protocols for years. OCA TWG chair: 7 years, Architect of OCPI: 6 years.
OCPP and OCPI are the leading protocols for EV charging station industry.

Robert joined PIONIX in 2023. PIONIX is leading the development of EVerest.
Since 2024 LFE Ambassador

Robert is an EV charging protocol expert. He has a bachelor degree in computer science. During his carrier Robert has been involved in protocol development: Bluetooth, Zigbee, OCPP and OCPI. Robert has been leading the development of OCPP and OCP... Show more

Shawn Kyzer

Shawn Kyzer

Shawn is passionate about harnessing the power of data strategy, engineering, and analytics in order to help businesses uncover new opportunities. As an innovative technologist with over 15 years of experience, Shawn removes technology as a barrier and broadens the art of the possible for business and product leaders. His holistic view of technology and emphasis on developing and motivating strong engineering talent, with a focus on delivering outcomes whilst minimising outputs, is one of the characteristics which sets him apart from the crowd.

Shawn’s deep technical knowledge includes distributed computing, cloud architecture, data science, machine learning, and engineering analytics platforms. He has years of experience working as a consultant practitioner for a variety of prestigious clients ranging from secret clearance level government organizations to Fortune 500 companies.

Shawn is passionate about harnessing the power of data strategy, engineering, and analytics in order to help businesses uncover new opportunities. As an innovative technologist with over 15 years of experience, Shawn removes technology as a barrier a... Show more

Mesut Güneş

Mesut Güneş

I started as a software developer in 2007, but from 2010 onwards, I have become particularly interested in test automation and later in DevOps. My main goal is to automate all stages of the development process to accelerate software development. I have a strong passion for open-source tools and technologies. Over the past 7 years, I have been providing consultancy services in test automation for both corporate firms and startups, in addition to delivering talks on testing at various meetups and conferences, and creating blog posts and testing resources.

I started as a software developer in 2007, but from 2010 onwards, I have become particularly interested in test automation and later in DevOps. My main goal is to automate all stages of the development process to accelerate software development. I ha... Show more

Aiden Ziegelaar

Aiden Ziegelaar

Aiden Ziegelaar is a Lead Consultant at Cognizant Servian, with a diverse industry background ranging from startup scale embedded IOT and Industry 4.0 through to enterprise scale Edutech companies and utility providers. His expertise lies in cloud native, secure software development, with a keen interest in exploring emerging technologies.

Aiden Ziegelaar is a Lead Consultant at Cognizant Servian, with a diverse industry background ranging from startup scale embedded IOT and Industry 4.0 through to enterprise scale Edutech companies and utility providers. His expertise lies in cloud na... Show more

Hany Elemary

Hany Elemary

Hany Elemary is a Founder & CTO at Navalia. Hany has multidisciplinary experience in software development, architecture and technology organization design. He worked across software startups and large technology organizations in industries such as library science, biopharma, fintech, retail & grocery, and QSRs (Quick Service Restaurants). He is an author of online courses and conference presentations in the technology space.

Hany is a coffee lover who believes coffee is to be enjoyed without a lid at all times, at the risk of peril. He firmly believes the lid compromises the integrity of the coffee’s flavor profile.

Hany Elemary is a Founder & CTO at Navalia. Hany has multidisciplinary experience in software development, architecture and technology organization design. He worked across software startups and large technology organizations in industries such as li... Show more

Aisosa Obasohan

Aisosa Obasohan

As a self-taught product designer, over the past 4 years of my design career, it's been a fun and rewarding experience helping start-up and cross-functional teams globally design and build products across the Fintech, Social commerce, Entertainment and Transportation industries with an impact on over 100's of users.

Currently, I am part of the product team at Rafiki.works fostering growth opportunities for freelancers in Africa. In addition, as a Mentor at Na'amal, a UK-based non-profit organisation for social good, I provide mentorship training for refugees and individuals in underrepresented communities with skills training and mentorship needed to strive in the digitised global labour market in collaboration with the World Bank.

As a self-taught product designer, over the past 4 years of my design career, it's been a fun and rewarding experience helping start-up and cross-functional teams globally design and build products across the Fintech, Social commerce, Entertainment a... Show more

Alessandro Cardoso

Alessandro Cardoso

Alessandro Cardoso, Microsoft Program Architect. Former Microsoft MVP, speaker, author, evangelist and a subject matter expert in Azure, Data & AI, Security and Cloud Native

As a Program Architect at Microsoft, I am a trusted advisor with a customer-centric mindset, open-mindedness, and creativity. I have over 28 years of success in the IT industry, working with business leaders and stakeholders to solve complex problems, deliver excellence, and improve outcomes with leading technologies. I am a Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) .

My mission is to make the market with innovative digital transformation and modernization projects, enabling and empowering customers to unlock their cloud journey, leverage the benefits of cloud computing, and enhance their security posture. I have received the prestigious 2023 Microsoft Platinum Summit Award for leading large-scale and high-quality cloud solutions for major customers across various industries and regions. I am also an international speaker, author, evangelist, and a former Microsoft MVP, with a passion for sharing my knowledge and insights with the community.

Past speak experiences include: TechEd/Ignite Australia and New Zeland (2009-2013); Azure Global Bootcamp; KubeSec Enterprise Summit (2021-2022), India Cloud Summit (2022-2023), Experts Live Australia 2023

Alessandro Cardoso, Microsoft Program Architect. Former Microsoft MVP, speaker, author, evangelist and a subject matter expert in Azure, Data & AI, Security and Cloud Native As a Program Architect at Microsoft, I am a trusted advisor with a custom... Show more

Daniel Walsh

Daniel Walsh

Daniel Walsh is a Lean and Agile consultant, product development coach, international keynote speaker, professional facilitator, and systems engineer. He passionately advocates for Lean, Agile, and applied complexity methods and practices with 25+ years of engineering and product development experience. He was an engineering manager and a product manager at Intel Corp. for 18 years and has developed heuristics for successful, sustainable Lean & Agile transformations. Walsh led and coached diverse groups' transformation efforts, including digital transformation in the tech, energy, finance, and pharmaceutical sectors.

Walsh is a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) graduate with an M.S. in Engineering Systems and an M.B.A. from the MIT Sloan School of Business. He drives business results while cultivating work environments where people thrive and do their best work. He specializes in Lean, Agile, Product Management, OKRs, JTBD, Cynefin, strategy, culture change, Kanban, and other heuristics. These methodologies emphasize agility, autonomy, and capacity-building, empowering clients to become more effective, efficient, and resilient.

Daniel Walsh is a Lean and Agile consultant, product development coach, international keynote speaker, professional facilitator, and systems engineer. He passionately advocates for Lean, Agile, and applied complexity methods and practices with 25+ ye... Show more

Arend-Jan Kauffmann

Arend-Jan Kauffmann

Arend-Jan Kauffmann is CTO at Lumos 365 Ltd., a UK-based partner with a Business Central solution for the energy sector.

With over 20 years of experience with Microsoft Dynamics NAV / Business Central and 30 years of experience in the IT industry, he has a solid track record in this business. With a strong focus on architecture, design and integration, he worked in different roles and with a broad range of technologies and platforms, including C/SIDE & VS Code development, C/AL and AL, Microsoft .Net, Microsoft Azure and Office 365.

He strongly believes that knowledge increases by sharing it, not by saving it. By delivering workshops and being a frequent speaker at conferences, he can put this into practice. Since 2013 Arend-Jan is awarded as Microsoft MVP Business Solutions.

Arend-Jan Kauffmann is CTO at Lumos 365 Ltd., a UK-based partner with a Business Central solution for the energy sector. With over 20 years of experience with Microsoft Dynamics NAV / Business Central and 30 years of experience in the IT industry,... Show more

Carolyn Warburton

Carolyn Warburton

Carolyn Warburton is a user researcher renowned for her innovative approach. A strong advocate for data-driven decisions, she promotes an openness to change and the courage to push boundaries.

Carolyn's work is instrumental in innovative projects that not only meet but exceed expectations. By integrating the latest research methods, she ensures work is grounded in solid evidence.

As a thought leader in Lean Research, Carolyn has introduced agile research methods that speed up innovation.. Her efforts empower teams to navigate complexity and deliver exceptional value to their users.

Carolyn is dedicated to continuous learning and sharing her knowledge with the broader community.

Carolyn Warburton is a user researcher renowned for her innovative approach. A strong advocate for data-driven decisions, she promotes an openness to change and the courage to push boundaries. Carolyn's work is instrumental in innovative projects... Show more

Olivier Toffin

Olivier Toffin

Olivier is an Agile transformation leader and coach at Schneider Electric, holding a Master's Degree in Engineering from UTC, France. Throughout his career in France, Germany, Singapore, and India, he has held diverse managerial positions encompassing Industrialization, Product & Project Management (Hardware, Software, complex Systems), and Agile transformation.
He continually strives to create value through innovation in Energy management, Electrical Distribution and Industrial Automation, placing customers at the center of everything he is doing, and enabling organizations to reach their utmost potential

Olivier is an Agile transformation leader and coach at Schneider Electric, holding a Master's Degree in Engineering from UTC, France. Throughout his career in France, Germany, Singapore, and India, he has held diverse managerial positions encompassin... Show more

Kelvin Miles

Kelvin Miles

Kelvin Denzel Miles aka Poison Peso De' Gretzsky was born in Brooklyn , NY , when my mom passed my grandparents thought it would be better for me to be raised in North Carolina. I was a great student and learned how to be a man from my grandfather. Art was always my thing and just being a creative person. Music was always my passion from singing in youth church to choir at school. Other than that is was athletics and education. My father was and still lives in brooklyn and i tell him little things about nfts all the time. NFTS changed and are changing my life. Co-Founder of United Realities "URL to the IRL"

Kelvin Denzel Miles aka Poison Peso De' Gretzsky was born in Brooklyn , NY , when my mom passed my grandparents thought it would be better for me to be raised in North Carolina. I was a great student and learned how to be a man from my grandfather. A... Show more

Alianna Inzana

Alianna Inzana

Ali is a speaker, product leader in the API space, and VP of Product at WeTransfer. Her career has spanned institutional finance, energy, cyber security, and has led her to building the software that makes those other platforms possible. Her product management SuperPower is asking weird questions at the right moment.

Ali is a speaker, product leader in the API space, and VP of Product at WeTransfer. Her career has spanned institutional finance, energy, cyber security, and has led her to building the software that makes those other platforms possible. Her product ... Show more

Tadeh Hakopian

Tadeh Hakopian

With a background in Architecture and Development Tadeh has supported building large scale projects with diverse teams for over 10 years. By promoting open dialogue, systems thinking, and long term planning he has improved operational efficiencies in all his endeavors. He is a course author, trainer, and open source contributor as well as a speaker at national conferences in technology, architecture, design. He loves to talk about the new possibilities with technology and innovation at everyone’s disposal while building communities along the way.

With a background in Architecture and Development Tadeh has supported building large scale projects with diverse teams for over 10 years. By promoting open dialogue, systems thinking, and long term planning he has improved operational efficiencies in... Show more

Dr. Denise Turley

Dr. Denise Turley

Dr. Denise Turley is a dynamic and influential leader with over a decade of experience in bridging the gap between technology and education. As a Vice President of Technology, she spearheads the strategic development and operational oversight of enterprise-wide technology solutions, driving efficiency and AI innovation. In her role, she cultivates a forward-looking vision, guiding the evolution, adoption, and performance of key corporate systems.

Dr. Turley is also an esteemed Assistant Professor, where she integrates cutting-edge AI tools into her curriculum to enhance learning outcomes. Her dual role in academia and industry uniquely positions her as a bridge builder, empowering the next generation of tech leaders while fostering an environment of continuous improvement and innovation.

A sought-after speaker, Dr. Turley captivates audiences with her infectious enthusiasm and actionable insights, inspiring them to embrace AI and technology in transformative ways. Her dedication to education and technology, combined with her commitment to diversity and inclusion, makes her a compelling voice in the field.

Previous Speaking Topics:

Bridging the Gap Between Technology and Education
AI Innovations in Enterprise Technology Solutions
Integrating AI Tools in Academic Curriculum
Driving Efficiency with AI
Empowering Women in Technology
Creating Supportive Networks for Women
Fostering Diversity and Inclusion in Technology Fields

Dr. Turley's expertise and passion have made her a guiding light for aspiring women in tech, a champion of AI-driven solutions, and a leader in creating supportive networks that push the boundaries of what is possible.

Dr. Denise Turley is a dynamic and influential leader with over a decade of experience in bridging the gap between technology and education. As a Vice President of Technology, she spearheads the strategic development and operational oversight of ente... Show more

Hans Henrik Groth

Hans Henrik Groth

Hans Henrik Groth has a background as HR Director within Tech in Denmark and have worked 20 years with IT Nearsoring and Offshoreing from Pakistan, Ukraine and Egypt.

In the past 15 years Hans Henrik have build up a Delivery center in Cairo – a overlooked Tech hub education 50.000 IT candidates a year. The operation is runed based on Scandinavian Management - takeing the best from both cultures.

In a situation for all foreseeable time with an increasing lack of High-end IT professionals in Europe, companies have to apply new delivery methods and work in distributed Teams. The discipline of using IT Nearshore is a must have competence for professional Tech companies in Europe to stay competitive.
Interestingly, used correctly IT Nearshoreing can also benefit the retention of employees Onshore as career paths can get more interesting and HR/Recruitment can at the same time help reduce cost.

IT Nearshore is not at the expense of European jobs, but often a prerequisite for retaining jobs and competitiveness

Hans Henrik Groth has a background as HR Director within Tech in Denmark and have worked 20 years with IT Nearsoring and Offshoreing from Pakistan, Ukraine and Egypt. In the past 15 years Hans Henrik have build up a Delivery center in Cairo – a ov... Show more

Alessandra Rivolta

Alessandra Rivolta

Acostumbrada al cambio constante, a enfrentarme cada reto buscando nuevos puntos de vista y abordando las difilcultades de diversas formas.

Me gusta la agilidad y la biología a partes iguales. He pasado de científico de bota y bata, a un perfil de Gestión y Agilidad en un proceso de cambio continuo donde ha aprendido que la mejor forma de enfrentar los nuevos retos es tomando el riesgo sin lanzarse al vacío.

Siempre estratega de cada plan que ejecuta, mis años de experiencia me han permitido ser consciente de que, es muy importante estudiar,pero lo mejor que me ha pasado es escuchar a la gente y aprender de todos, quedandome con todo lo positivo que me proporcionan y conseguir así una visión 360 de todo lo que me rodea.

Acostumbrada al cambio constante, a enfrentarme cada reto buscando nuevos puntos de vista y abordando las difilcultades de diversas formas. Me gusta la agilidad y la biología a partes iguales. He pasado de científico de bota y bata, a un perfil de... Show more

Rodney Osodo

Rodney Osodo

I am an experienced software engineer specializing in Back-end development, with a track record of designing, building and maintaining efficient and scalable software systems.

I am an experienced software engineer specializing in Back-end development, with a track record of designing, building and maintaining efficient and scalable software systems. Show more

Cyril Gagnaire

Cyril Gagnaire

Cyril has been working with data since finishing university. First as a data producer while working on offshore oil rigs. Then as a subsurface data manager, which brought him to Perth 12 years ago. Cyril pivoted career into Business Intelligence and Data Engineering 5 years ago and is now a lead data consultant for Arkhana.

Cyril has been working with data since finishing university. First as a data producer while working on offshore oil rigs. Then as a subsurface data manager, which brought him to Perth 12 years ago. Cyril pivoted career into Business Intelligence and ... Show more

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