Bethwel Kiplagat is a Software Engineer passionate about building with AI, Cloud technologies, and creating great Developer Experiences (DX). He has spoken on several events and served as a jury member for tech events, bringing a well-rounded perspective on what makes technology accessible and impactful.

He is a universal mentor at the GeeKulcha Student Society (GKSS), helping new developers navigate the tech ecosystem, and actively contributes to open-source projects—often focusing on improving documentation and contributor guides. He believes great code alone isn't enough; users need clear, kind, and useful documentation to truly benefit from any product.

This belief in clarity and empowerment drives everything he does.

Bethwel Kiplagat is a Software Engineer passionate about building with AI, Cloud technologies, and creating great Developer Experiences (DX). He has spoken on several events and served as a jury member for tech events, bringing a well-rounded perspec... Show more

Aakash is a seasoned Engineering Leader with experience in leading complex transformations in disruptive markets. Aakash is able to broker trusted relationships quickly, coupled with a strong executive presence to influence across organizations on how to build world-class product experiences. Having the opportunity to work across many industries like Retail, Healthcare and Financial Services, Aakash has led the innovation and experimentation of many new and modern practices. Aakash is always focused on taking a data-driven approach, learning from what has worked and what has failed before. Aakash solemnly believes that everyone in an organization is capable of delivering great outcomes and focuses on enabling high-performing nimble teams.

Aakash is a seasoned Engineering Leader with experience in leading complex transformations in disruptive markets. Aakash is able to broker trusted relationships quickly, coupled with a strong executive presence to influence across organizations on ho... Show more

Kevin Barona is the founder and CEO of Cycore, a managed service that embeds fractional CISOs and compliance leaders directly into teams to execute security, privacy, and compliance programs. Cycore handles the end-to-end work for SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, and other frameworks. Before founding Cycore, Kevin worked in cybersecurity at Deloitte and Booz Allen, served as a legislative aide on Capitol Hill, and began his career securing nuclear systems.

Kevin Barona is the founder and CEO of Cycore, a managed service that embeds fractional CISOs and compliance leaders directly into teams to execute security, privacy, and compliance programs. Cycore handles the end-to-end work for SOC 2, ISO 27001, H... Show more

Amanda Kollmorgan is the Security Architect for Veolia North America with almost twenty years of experience across federal and state government service, most recently as Deputy IT Director for the Wisconsin Department of Military Affairs and concurrently as Operations Manager of the WI Army National Guard's Defensive Cybersecurity Operations Element. That dual seat, building the compliance programs auditors sign off on while running the operations meant to survive a real attacker, taught her that the widest gaps in cyber rarely show up on paper. She has spent an equal amount of her career mentoring emerging leaders and building people-first teams as she has building architecture and running operations.

Amanda Kollmorgan is the Security Architect for Veolia North America with almost twenty years of experience across federal and state government service, most recently as Deputy IT Director for the Wisconsin Department of Military Affairs and concurre... Show more

From IT to business - around in the industry for 25 years, always consulting clients and organizations. After many years of tech projects, tech consulting and tech trainings, I turned my focus to organizations, strategy and collaboration. Translator between business and IT, transformer of both to greater benefit for all. OKR Coach, SAFe Practice Consultant and Microsoft Copilot Sensei.

From IT to business - around in the industry for 25 years, always consulting clients and organizations. After many years of tech projects, tech consulting and tech trainings, I turned my focus to organizations, strategy and collaboration. Translator ... Show more

Lene is a designer with an extra love for systems and order and the nitty gritty. During her over 20 years as a designer, she has used her craft to create engaging, useful, and memorable digital experiences.

Her passion lies in designing solutions that enhances people's lives. Lene has always been interested in system thinking in design (and everything else), and have spent the last decade working with design systems. She likes to deep-dive into things, and thinks it's important to ask questions about things we take for granted. Lene has experience both as a consultant and in-house, and now works as design lead in Enova SF.

Lene is a designer with an extra love for systems and order and the nitty gritty. During her over 20 years as a designer, she has used her craft to create engaging, useful, and memorable digital experiences. Her passion lies in designing solutions... Show more

Originally started as Android Software Engineer, moved to Flutter 2019 after Flutter Live conference. I try my best to contribute to the community as public speaker, and GDG organizer. My biggest passion is architecture, which drives me always to new challenges.
Ukrainian in Austria :)

Originally started as Android Software Engineer, moved to Flutter 2019 after Flutter Live conference. I try my best to contribute to the community as public speaker, and GDG organizer. My biggest passion is architecture, which drives me always to new... Show more

Jyoti Phogat is the founder and AI strategy researcher behind Lotus & Dorje and Student-LAD, an AI-supported platform designed to help students and institutions manage planning, decisions, documents, reminders, and workflows in secure, context-aware environments.
Her work focuses on translating AI strategy into governed and verifiable implementation. She is developing frameworks for strategic AI initiative selection, multi-level value measurement, agentic software delivery, continuous context evolution, and evidence-based verification. Her research examines how organizations can choose the appropriate level of AI autonomy while protecting sensitive information, maintaining human accountability, and connecting technical performance to measurable educational and operational outcomes.
Through the applied development and testing of Student-LAD, Jyoti identified the “false-success” problem: an AI system can communicate that an action was completed even though the authoritative application state remains unchanged. Her work turns this implementation challenge into practical guidance for education executives, project managers, technology leaders, developers, and AI governance teams.

Jyoti Phogat is the founder and AI strategy researcher behind Lotus & Dorje and Student-LAD, an AI-supported platform designed to help students and institutions manage planning, decisions, documents, reminders, and workflows in secure, context-aware ... Show more

Moyin Ipinmoroti is a lead designer and product thinker working at the intersection of design, technology, and business growth. He has mentored over 50 designers across different stages of their careers, helping them sharpen their craft, think strategically, and transition into high-impact roles within product teams and startups.

Moyin has partnered with early-stage companies to translate vision into compelling digital products, using design as a lever for clarity, traction, and trust. Through this work, he has directly supported teams in raising seed funding by shaping investor-ready products, narratives, and user experiences that resonate with both users and stakeholders.

He is currently a Marketplace Reviewer at Framer, where he evaluates and helps maintain the quality of design templates and tools used by designers and founders globally. Moyin is known for his thoughtful approach to design leadership, his commitment to mentorship, and his belief that great design is a strategic advantage, not just a visual one.

Moyin Ipinmoroti is a lead designer and product thinker working at the intersection of design, technology, and business growth. He has mentored over 50 designers across different stages of their careers, helping them sharpen their craft, think strate... Show more

Kubestronaut | PhD in telecommunications | RF Microelectronics | PHY & MAC/Open RAN/NTN/Cloud-Native/IoT/5G broadcast/Private networks/+G/Metaverse/AI/QC | Speaker | Organizer: Colombia OpenInfra User Group & KCD Colombia 2025

Kubestronaut | PhD in telecommunications | RF Microelectronics | PHY & MAC/Open RAN/NTN/Cloud-Native/IoT/5G broadcast/Private networks/+G/Metaverse/AI/QC | Speaker | Organizer: Colombia OpenInfra User Group & KCD Colombia 2025 Show more

Simi Olabisi is a Director, AI Specialist (Global Black Belt Team) at Microsoft responsible for accelerating market adoption of AI and driving some of the most strategic and innovative customer AI projects leveraging Azure AI/ML products and services. She boasts an impressive career in the technology sector. Her journey commenced with notable stints at Cisco, Google (GCP), and Amazon Web Services where she helped customers enable innovative technologies such as Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.

Simi is the Founder of Project Omoverhi (Featured on ABC News), where she invented an innovative, cost-effective solar powered infant incubator for premature infants in developing countries. She also embarked on a two-year venture in the startup arena, where she dedicated her efforts to empowering African software engineers through training and forging connections to international opportunities in Europe, Canada, and the United States.

Her profound insights and career expertise led to her being featured in Glamour Magazine (print, podcast, and YouTube) as a prominent thought leader, particularly in the realm of women's salary negotiation. Simi's educational background includes a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering from Santa Clara University. She is currently based in Austin, TX, was born in Lagos, Nigeria, and grew up in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia before moving to the United States.

Simi Olabisi is a Director, AI Specialist (Global Black Belt Team) at Microsoft responsible for accelerating market adoption of AI and driving some of the most strategic and innovative customer AI projects leveraging Azure AI/ML products and services... Show more

With 10+ years in Dev, 20 in Ops, and 30 in Sec, Grant Ongers (rewtd) is the Head of esynergy’s Security Practice; a Principal Security Architect at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and a former OWASP® Foundation Global Board member. A firm believer that security should enable delivery rather than block it, he holds certifications including ITIL® Expert, ISO/IEC 27002 Advanced, and CISSP®, and is well known in the international InfoSec community for the view that DevSecOps is simply DevOps done right. Alongside his DSIT role, Grant provides C-suite security guidance to organisations across financial services, government, and the third sector, and contributes to thought leadership through advisory roles at The Cyber Helpline and The Retired Investigators' Guild.

With 10+ years in Dev, 20 in Ops, and 30 in Sec, Grant Ongers (rewtd) is the Head of esynergy’s Security Practice; a Principal Security Architect at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and a former OWASP® Foundation Global Board mem... Show more

Charly is a PostgreSQL enthusiast and Principal Solutions Engineer who is passionate about databases and performance. He has been working with databases and development for over 20 years and has participated in many projects, from the design of a small sensor to count how many times a ball passes through a basketball hoop to complex database proxy applications.

Outside work, he loves sports, as a good Brazilian he practices football (or soccer), volleyball, and surprisingly ping-pong. Charly is also passionate about new cultures, their languages, and traditions, and has lived and/or worked in a few different countries. Today he basically lives between Brazil and China. Not really in between, but stays some time in Brazil and some time in China :D

Charly is a PostgreSQL enthusiast and Principal Solutions Engineer who is passionate about databases and performance. He has been working with databases and development for over 20 years and has participated in many projects, from the design of a sma... Show more

Employed with Nutanix as Technical Product Manager, working on the Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) and focused on Kubernetes, platform engineering, and cloud-native infrastructure. I have spent more than a decade building and shaping enterprise platforms across CI/CD, API management, and cloud infrastructure.

Employed with Nutanix as Technical Product Manager, working on the Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) and focused on Kubernetes, platform engineering, and cloud-native infrastructure. I have spent more than a decade building and shaping enterprise pla... Show more

Aakansha Jagga is an ML researcher and student exploring multilingual voice AI, AI agents, and low-resource language systems. Her work focuses on making intelligent systems more reliable in real-world settings, especially when language, speech, and uncertainty collide. She enjoys building and evaluating practical open-source AI systems and turning research ideas into working prototypes.

Aakansha Jagga is an ML researcher and student exploring multilingual voice AI, AI agents, and low-resource language systems. Her work focuses on making intelligent systems more reliable in real-world settings, especially when language, speech, and u... Show more

I am a Sr. Consultant at Quantum Technology Inc, where I provide software consultancy services for Architecture, Design and Development of Enterprise-level applications and system integration solutions using Microsoft and open-source technologies. Master in Computer Science (MCS) and have over 24 years of experience in multiple domains of business, artificial intelligence, machine learning, data science, cloud, big data, and mixed reality.

My mission is to leverage my expertise in AI and ML to build cutting-edge solutions that solve real-world problems and create value for my clients. I am proficient in C#, Python, Unity, Azure, OpenAI, and other tools and frameworks that enable me to design and implement innovative and scalable solutions. I am also a certified programmer, developer, and AI specialist, as well as a speaker, trainer, and visiting faculty in the field of AI and ML.

Domains:
Business Application, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Image Processing, Finance, B2B, Operation Research, VoIP, Security Application Forensics, SSL VPN, e-commerce, Social, Content management, Cloud, Big Data, NoSQL, Medical - Health, Financial products including enterprise Framework as well as Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Mixed Reality and many more.

Specialties:
Azure, C#, Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Machine Learning (ML), Data Science, Python, Unity3D, C++/C, Mixed Reality, Virtual Reality (VR) Augmented Reality (AR), ASP.NET, .NET, OOP, ORM (Entity Framework), Architecture Pattern, OOAD, Design Pattern, UML, SOA, Web API, LINQ, TFS, GitHub, Visual Studio, SQL Server, Oracle, NoSQL (MongoDB, Cosmos DB), HoloLens, OpenAI, Azure ML, Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Services etc.

Education & Certifications:
Masters in computer science (MCS) along with many academic and commercial certificates.
For further details, please see LinkedIn section for Azure, Artificial Intelligence (AI) / Machine Learning (ML), Data Science, etc.

I am a Sr. Consultant at Quantum Technology Inc, where I provide software consultancy services for Architecture, Design and Development of Enterprise-level applications and system integration solutions using Microsoft and open-source technologies. Ma... Show more

From engineering floors to global boardrooms, Srishti has built trust across languages and time zones.
Surrounded by gears and doubts, she learned that impact creates space for belonging.

Lessons have followed her through four continents—designing EV parts in the U.S., leading cross-cultural teams in Europe, and managing a $120M manufacturing project at Northvolt.

There, in a melting pot of languages, cultures and metric systems, she saw the real challenge: it wasn’t strategy, budget or deadlines.

It was trust.

So she flipped her leadership style: informal tech huddles replaced rigid meetings, rituals replaced policies, and engineers started celebrating together instead of competing in silence.

The result? Engagement soared. Silos cracked. Delays dropped.

Today, Srishti brings those same tools to stages and boardrooms, helping leaders everywhere build teams that don’t just work together, but thrive together.

Her talks blend engineering clarity with cultural empathy, packed with real-world strategies you can use next week, not next quarter.

From engineering floors to global boardrooms, Srishti has built trust across languages and time zones. Surrounded by gears and doubts, she learned that impact creates space for belonging. Lessons have followed her through four continents—designin... Show more

Sunidhi Shende is a Software Engineer and systems builder with interests spanning AI, cybersecurity, distributed systems, and intelligent infrastructure. Her work focuses on designing scalable backend systems and practical AI-driven tools, with experience across graph technologies, fraud analytics, cloud platforms, and developer ecosystems. She is deeply interested in understanding complex systems from first principles and applying that mindset to emerging areas like autonomous systems. Outside of engineering, she enjoys adventurous travel and connecting with people and ideas from diverse tech communities.

Sunidhi Shende is a Software Engineer and systems builder with interests spanning AI, cybersecurity, distributed systems, and intelligent infrastructure. Her work focuses on designing scalable backend systems and practical AI-driven tools, with exper... Show more

Rafik MEKKI
Senior Agile Coach & Trainer
Leadership Catalyst & Speaker
Creator & Co-Writer Of Infinity Guide

Rafik MEKKI Senior Agile Coach & Trainer Leadership Catalyst & Speaker Creator & Co-Writer Of Infinity Guide Show more

Jack McCauley an Innovator in Residence at Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation at UC Berkeley,
Professor at UC Berkeley, Co-Founder of Oculus, an American engineer, hardware designer, inventor,
video game developer and philanthropist. Jack is best known for designing the guitars and drums for
the Guitar Hero video game series, and as a co-founder and former chief engineer at Oculus VR. At
Oculus, Jack designed and built the Oculus DK1 and DK2 virtual reality headsets. Oculus was acquired
by Facebook for $2 Billion. McCauley holds numerous U.S. patents for inventions in software, audio
effects, virtual reality, motion control, computer peripherals, and video game hardware and
controllers. Jack was awarded a full scholarship to attend University of California, Berkeley where he
earned as BSc., EECS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in 1986. Jack has authored
numerous research papers in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) and mathematical modeling of AI-
based systems and is currently pursuing new projects at his private R&D facility and hardware
incubator in Northern California.

Jack McCauley an Innovator in Residence at Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation at UC Berkeley, Professor at UC Berkeley, Co-Founder of Oculus, an American engineer, hardware designer, inventor, video game developer and philanthropist. Jack is be... Show more

As a versatile IT consultant, I draw on my cross-functional skills - both technical and organisational - to support businesses with their digital projects. I am actively involved in community and organisational life, and I firmly believe in the power of collaboration to create innovative and sustainable solutions.

As a versatile IT consultant, I draw on my cross-functional skills - both technical and organisational - to support businesses with their digital projects. I am actively involved in community and organisational life, and I firmly believe in the power... Show more

John Mwangi Megwe is a Master’s student at the Pan African University Institute for Basic Sciences, Technology and Innovation (PAUSTI), pursuing a degree in Mathematical Sciences with a specialization in Data Science and Analytics. He is a budding data scientist with strong expertise in statistical analysis, data-driven problem solving, and research, with a keen interest in applying advanced analytics to real-world challenges.

John Mwangi Megwe is a Master’s student at the Pan African University Institute for Basic Sciences, Technology and Innovation (PAUSTI), pursuing a degree in Mathematical Sciences with a specialization in Data Science and Analytics. He is a budding da... Show more

Elvis Kwabena Asare Nkrumah is a Data Scientist and incoming Master's student in Data Science at Bowling Green State University, with a research focus spanning interpretable and uncertainty-aware machine learning for healthcare, climate AI, and computational neuroscience. His recent work includes GIS-based flood risk modelling with the National Geographic Society and The Nature Conservancy to understand Accra's growing exposure to flooding, alongside a machine learning thesis predicting road traffic accident severity using XGBoost and Optuna-tuned models. He's attended the Climate Change AI Summer School, Cohere Labs ML Summer School, and TReND in Africa's CAMINA Summer School in computational neuroscience, reflecting the breadth of problems he's drawn to solve with data.

Alongside his research, Elvis is deeply invested in growing the data science community across Africa. He founded and led the Data Science Wing of UGASS, building it into a 100+ member community and securing 500 DataCamp licenses for members, and currently serves as a Zindi Ambassador, leading data science and AI initiatives across Ghana. As a Tableau Academic Ambassador, he hosted 6+ workshops and competitions that trained 300+ students in data visualisation, and he co-organizes Google Developer Groups on Campus at the University of Ghana. He speaks about the intersection of applied ML research and the grassroots work of building the next generation of data practitioners.

Elvis Kwabena Asare Nkrumah is a Data Scientist and incoming Master's student in Data Science at Bowling Green State University, with a research focus spanning interpretable and uncertainty-aware machine learning for healthcare, climate AI, and compu... Show more

With a keen focus on servant leadership, stakeholder management, process improvement, and data my passion is to foster collaborative environments where anything is possible and the work that I lead is impactful and valuable. I have consistently built high performing teams and systems which enable accessibility of data, operate at world scale, communicate effectively to both technical and non-technical people, and fortify partnerships with all personas.

With a keen focus on servant leadership, stakeholder management, process improvement, and data my passion is to foster collaborative environments where anything is possible and the work that I lead is impactful and valuable. I have consistently buil... Show more

I'm working with SQL Server and Microsoft Data platform for almost 20 years. I worked in this area from MS BI application solution development through MS BI infrastructure projects to pre-sales engineer. I like Microsoft BI very much and I follow the new trends in this area as well as the competing technologies. The most important thing for me is that I advance with experience and know-how in this area. I do consultation services for Power BI adoption and data strategy.

I'm working with SQL Server and Microsoft Data platform for almost 20 years. I worked in this area from MS BI application solution development through MS BI infrastructure projects to pre-sales engineer. I like Microsoft BI very much and I follow the... Show more

Aben Melvis Anep is an Environmental Management and Climate Policy professional and researcher from Cameroon, with expertise in natural resource management, ecosystem restoration, climate policy, community engagement, and sustainable development.

She holds a B.Sc. in Environmental Science from the University of Buea, an M.Sc. in Environmental Sciences from the University of Yaoundé I, and an M.Sc. in International Relations from the University of Yaoundé II, Cameroon. In 2024, She was awarded the Commonwealth Scholarship at the University of Sussex, United Kingdom.

Melvis is an alumna of the Centre for International Postgraduate Studies of Environmental Management (CIPSEM) at Technische Universität Dresden, Germany. In 2022, she received an Innovation Fellowship Grant from the German Federal Ministry for the Environment and the German Environment Agency. In 2023, she served as a Assistant Lecturer in Ecosystem Restoration Towards Green recovery at Technische Universität Dresden.

She currently serves as an Environmental and Climate Change Facilitator at ISEC Cameroon and Technical Adviser to the Youth Network for Climate Action (YONECA). She has contributed to national, regional, and international climate and environmental initiatives, including serving as Team Lead for Green Friends of Earth under the UNEP/UNSSC My Sustainable Lifestyles Challenge 2024. She is also an alumna of AGNES Africa and an Ambassador for Youth Adaptation Finance for Africa.

Her international engagement includes serving as a Guest Speaker at the Dresden Nexus Conference 2022, facilitating the Cameroon Economic Day in China in 2019, and participating in the Climate Justice Caravan during COP27. She has reviewed articles that has international contributions in the areas of Leadership, Circular economy, Corporate Social responsibility, and environmental conservation on marine ecosystem.She is a Member of Africa Forest Forum, International Women Peace Group,Global Biodiversity Youth Forum, Network for Women led organization CSOs in Cameroon

Aben Melvis Anep is an Environmental Management and Climate Policy professional and researcher from Cameroon, with expertise in natural resource management, ecosystem restoration, climate policy, community engagement, and sustainable development. ... Show more

Raghav Sood is a backend optimizer and AI systems strategist with a focus on making advanced machine learning models production-ready. His work bridges software architecture and applied AI, helping teams scale LLM-based systems across fintech, edtech, and enterprise applications. Raghav has mentored early-stage start-ups on AI deployment strategy, contributed to open-source optimization frameworks, and delivered talks on system design for generative AI. His sessions blend deep technical understanding with clear, actionable insights for practitioners building the next generation of intelligent systems.

Raghav Sood is a backend optimizer and AI systems strategist with a focus on making advanced machine learning models production-ready. His work bridges software architecture and applied AI, helping teams scale LLM-based systems across fintech, edtech... Show more

I currently work at Google Cloud as a Security Engineer and am part of the Google Cybershield team. With 13+ years of experience in Cybersecurity, I have consistently worked with customers in high-security and highly regulated industries including Semiconductor, Banking, Fintech, and Insurance.

I am an active member of the Google Cloud Community BeNeLux and Google Cloud Security Community Amsterdam, bringing cloud security practitioners and engineers together to share knowledge, architectures, and security best practices.

I currently work at Google Cloud as a Security Engineer and am part of the Google Cybershield team. With 13+ years of experience in Cybersecurity, I have consistently worked with customers in high-security and highly regulated industries including Se... Show more

Kasper is a Cloud Data Architect specializing in modern data platforms, AI infrastructure, and MLOps. He has delivered large-scale projects for international clients across life sciences, aquaculture, retail, and fintech, focusing on turning raw data into business value. He frequently speaks at conferences and hackathons, sharing practical insights on Databricks, Snowflake, and AI-driven analytics.

Kasper is a Cloud Data Architect specializing in modern data platforms, AI infrastructure, and MLOps. He has delivered large-scale projects for international clients across life sciences, aquaculture, retail, and fintech, focusing on turning raw data... Show more

I am a managing director of the German Association of Technologies and Structures in Agriculture (KTBL) and an agricultural scientist. https://www.ktbl.de/international
Prior to this role, I was a project manager in the field of smart farming and innovation in Germany. Daniel completed his bachelor's and master's degree in agricultural sciences at the University of Hohenheim, Wageningen University and Cornell University. Subsequently, Daniel undertook his second state examination.

I am a managing director of the German Association of Technologies and Structures in Agriculture (KTBL) and an agricultural scientist. https://www.ktbl.de/international Prior to this role, I was a project manager in the field of smart farming and in... Show more