Finance & Banking

Experienced individuals involved in financial services, including banking, investment, insurance, and real estate

Justine Clarke

Justine Clarke

Meet Justine Clarke, a Salesforce Certified Admin and Developer turned dynamic Product Owner specializing in fintech and payments. With technical roots in Salesforce and software development and an MBA from the Quantic School of Business and Technology, Justine is a blend of tech-savvy problem solver and strategic innovator. She brings a unique mix of technical proficiency and social consciousness to her work, driving not only technological excellence but also making strides in diversity and representation within the IT landscape.

In her current role, she is transforming antiquated payment systems and boosting digital solutions, shaping the future of financial transactions one payment at a time. As the maestro of a high-performing distributed Agile team, she exhibits a blend of excellent communication skills, meticulous organization, and a knack for forging meaningful relationships.

Guided by her vision for a more inclusive IT industry, Justine mentors the next generation of professionals, promotes best practices, and builds supportive communities for those traditionally underrepresented. Beyond her role, she's also an advocate for community, educational and economic opportunities, having served on the board of the United Negro College Fund Inter-Alumni Council in Indiana, chaired the 2022 Scholarship Committee for NSBE Boston and volunteered her skills with local non-profits.

An ardent believer in continuous learning and improvement, Justine stays abreast of industry trends, lending her expertise to not just shape products but also impact customer experiences globally. She's not just navigating the complexities of modern payments; she's also bridging the gap between technology and business while actively contributing to social impact initiatives.

Meet Justine Clarke, a Salesforce Certified Admin and Developer turned dynamic Product Owner specializing in fintech and payments. With technical roots in Salesforce and software development and an MBA from the Quantic School of Business and Technolo... Show more

Pål Bendiksen

Pål Bendiksen

PB has been in the industry for more than 20 years. His work experience includes companies like Universal Music, Deloitte, DNV and 10 years at Microsoft. Since 2010 he has worked on cloud solutions, focusing on hybrid cloud and integration. Working at Microsoft, Azure naturally became the cloud of preference, but he has great passion for technologies that enables systems to cooperate across different cloud providers. His primary focus is his delivery to client and mentoring colleagues.

PB has been in the industry for more than 20 years. His work experience includes companies like Universal Music, Deloitte, DNV and 10 years at Microsoft. Since 2010 he has worked on cloud solutions, focusing on hybrid cloud and integration. Working a... Show more

Dan Edwards

Dan Edwards

Dan is a CPA with over 30 years of experience in the ERP industry. During this time, he has worked in many different roles allowing him to truly understand the complete industry. The combined experience of marketing, sales, presales, consulting and training allows him to provide a truly unique perspective to prospects and customers.

Most recently he has specialized in Dynamics 365 Finance & Supply Chain, Business Intelligence and Power Platform, helping customers and partners understand their pains with reporting and analyzing the volumes of data they have. He has helped them identify proper solutions so they can truly gain value from their data.

In addition, Dan is an Adjunct Professor of Business teaching Accounting Information Systems and Data Analytics. He is also the leader of the Southern California Dynamics 365 user group.

He is a frequent speaker and presenter at Microsoft and other related industry conferences and events including Microsoft Convergence, AXUG Summit, Microsoft Technical Conference and Power BI World Tour. He was recently recognized as a DUG Product Expert Superhero.

Dan is a CPA with over 30 years of experience in the ERP industry. During this time, he has worked in many different roles allowing him to truly understand the complete industry. The combined experience of marketing, sales, presales, consulting and t... Show more

Devang Sharma

Devang Sharma

Devang is a Senior Full Stack Developer with 7+ Years of hands-on experience in Analysis, Development, and Implementation with solid Programming expertise in - Java, Golang, Node.js, C#, Perl, Javascript, Typescript, ReactJs, Angular, PHP, C/C++, Python, Microservices and Distributed Services along with System Design and Object-Oriented Methodologies with a demonstrated history of working in the Internet Industry.

Devang is a Senior Full Stack Developer with 7+ Years of hands-on experience in Analysis, Development, and Implementation with solid Programming expertise in - Java, Golang, Node.js, C#, Perl, Javascript, Typescript, ReactJs, Angular, PHP, C/C++, Pyt... Show more

Antonino Cangialosi

Antonino Cangialosi

Hi there, I'm Nino! An Italian-Finnish theoretical physicist turned into Big Data for a living. My relentless curiosity drives me to continuously explore new languages and frameworks.
Over the past five years, I've thrived in roles ranging from DevOps and Full-Stack to Platform and Big Data Engineering.

When I'm not diving into data, you can find me challenging gravity with bouldering, centering my mind through yoga, or strategizing my next chess move.

Hi there, I'm Nino! An Italian-Finnish theoretical physicist turned into Big Data for a living. My relentless curiosity drives me to continuously explore new languages and frameworks. Over the past five years, I've thrived in roles ranging from Dev... Show more

Valery Penev

Valery Penev

Valery Penev has over a decade of experience in data warehouse consulting and data engineering at Adastra. He has worked in various industries with various clients, technologies, and positions (QA, QA Lead, ETL, ETL Lead, BA). Valery is goal-oriented and hard-working, with strong interpersonal and analytical skills. For the past six years, he has taken the role of Talent Manager and is responsible for growing ten people's expertise. In addition, he has been a lector at the Adastra Academy since 2016. Furthermore, he is involved in the recruitment process as a technical expert in the interviewing procedure.
He also co-founded a company for web services, "Out of the Box Ltd." in 2020.
His superpower is to be creative and always positive.

Valery Penev has over a decade of experience in data warehouse consulting and data engineering at Adastra. He has worked in various industries with various clients, technologies, and positions (QA, QA Lead, ETL, ETL Lead, BA). Valery is goal-oriented... Show more

Christopher May

Christopher May

Christopher has been working in project management for the last 25+ years and in agile coaching for the past 10 years. His passion is transformation; in the past he helped his clients as a consultant in digital and agile transformations. His view is always product and people centric. He loves agility, and teaches agility and project management as well as design-thinking for the past 8 years.
He loves to share his knowledge, teach others and engage with audiences.
He takes on new and interesting challenges and goes a step beyond.
Besides his professional passion in Transformation / consultancy, he is also very passionate about stand-up comedy, which he started 2 years ago, and he is very active in the German and international stand up scene in Berlin.

Christopher has been working in project management for the last 25+ years and in agile coaching for the past 10 years. His passion is transformation; in the past he helped his clients as a consultant in digital and agile transformations. His view is ... Show more

Marcin Samsonowski

Marcin Samsonowski

Architect, software engineer, consultant. Eager on learning. Passionate about teaching.
Focused on people and processes, quality and effectiveness.
Having diverse experiences in multiple roles and sectors and tiny to huge companies.
Found best match in holistic understanding. Choose to keep an eye especially on Enterprise and Solution Architecture.
In free time mostly passionate about music (singing, playing, dancing) and sports (from martial arts to snowboarding).

Architect, software engineer, consultant. Eager on learning. Passionate about teaching. Focused on people and processes, quality and effectiveness. Having diverse experiences in multiple roles and sectors and tiny to huge companies. Found best mat... Show more

Theresa Lubelski

Theresa Lubelski

At First Horizon Bank, Theresa Lubelski manages Microsoft 365 collaboration technology, focusing on SharePoint and the Power Platform. Her diverse background includes 20+ years of experience in public relations, technical support, corporate training, and IT leadership. She enjoys traveling, especially when it involves giving back to the Microsoft 365 community, as well as spoiling her dog and growing her collection of Buc-ee's t-shirts.

At First Horizon Bank, Theresa Lubelski manages Microsoft 365 collaboration technology, focusing on SharePoint and the Power Platform. Her diverse background includes 20+ years of experience in public relations, technical support, corporate training,... Show more

Gal Shelach

Gal Shelach

I am a team leader of a production team in the Infrastructure group.

I boast an MSc in Electrical Engineering, though I haven't quite dabbled in eclectric engineering.
Toting an MBA as well, but you won't find me managing businesses.
I'm a certified financial planner too - and yes, I do dip my toes into that realm occasionally.

Beyond all that, inefficiency is my arch-nemesis, and I've been on a decade-long crusade to make systems run smoother.

And, just for the record, I have a soft spot for dad jokes.

I am a team leader of a production team in the Infrastructure group. I boast an MSc in Electrical Engineering, though I haven't quite dabbled in eclectric engineering. Toting an MBA as well, but you won't find me managing businesses. I'm a ce... Show more

Stephen Parkins

Stephen Parkins

If you're comfortable with the status quo, you won't enjoy listening to Stephen Parkins.

Stephen is a seasoned innovation strategist, executive coach and business leader with over two decades of experience turning uncertainty into opportunity.

With a career spanning roles as an energy trader, global head of innovation, and startup founder, Stephen has worked with companies of all sizes—from nimble one-person ventures, to European scale-ups, to multinational corporations with over 100,000 employees.

As the founder of Culturedge, Stephen advises medium to large enterprises on building the structures and strategies they need to embed innovation, take manageable risks and achieve exponential growth.

Known for pushing boundaries and telling executives what they need to hear, Stephen has helped redesign flagship products like ABN AMRO Bank's Tikkie and established global innovation frameworks at organisations like SGS.

A polyglot and global citizen, Stephen has lived in five countries and speaks five languages, bringing an international perspective to every new challenge.

If you're comfortable with the status quo, you won't enjoy listening to Stephen Parkins. Stephen is a seasoned innovation strategist, executive coach and business leader with over two decades of experience turning uncertainty into opportunity. ... Show more

Emiliano Soldi

Emiliano Soldi

Emiliano è un professionista appassionato, che lavora in ambito IT e consulenza, da oltre venti anni.

Nasce come sviluppatore nei primi anni novanta. Ha poi guidato per quindici anni una società di consulenza e sviluppo software; periodo in cui è entrato in contatto diretto con approcci metodologici come Lean, Agile e di Change Management.
Competenze che ha consolidato nel tempo come Agile Enterprise Coach, facilitando diverse trasformazioni agili in ambiti Banking, Energy, Telco, Pharma, Automotive.
Oggi ricopre il ruolo di Business Agility Practice Lead in una primaria società di consulenza.

Ha partecipato come speaker a conferenze in italia e all'estero su temi inerenti Agile e Business Agility, Leadership e Project Management.

Emiliano è un professionista appassionato, che lavora in ambito IT e consulenza, da oltre venti anni. Nasce come sviluppatore nei primi anni novanta. Ha poi guidato per quindici anni una società di consulenza e sviluppo software; periodo in cui è ... Show more

Abbas Kudrati

Abbas Kudrati

Abbas Kudrati is a highly experienced cybersecurity practitioner and CISO, currently serving as Silverfort's Regional Chief Identity & Security Advisor. Previously, Abbas was Microsoft Asia's Chief Cybersecurity Advisor for the Security Solutions Area. Alongside his work at Silverfort, Abbas serves as an executive advisor to multiple prestigious institutions, including LaTrobe University, HITRUST ASIA, EC Council ASIA, and various security and technology start-ups. Abbas also actively supports the wider security community by mentoring students and working with ISACA Chapters.

With extensive expertise in Identity Security, Identity and Access Management (IDM), Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR), and Identity Governance, Abbas has a proven track record of helping organizations strengthen their security postures and protect critical digital assets in an increasingly complex threat landscape.

As a bestselling author, Abbas has published several books that have become industry-standard references, including "Threat Hunting in the Cloud" by Wiley, "Zero Trust Journey Across the Digital Estate" by CRC Press, and "Managing Risks in Digital Transformation" by Packt. He is also the Technical Editor for two books, "Effective Crisis Management" by BPB and "IoT Security with Microsoft Defender for IoT" by Packt.

In addition to his writing, Abbas is a part-time Professor of Practice with LaTrobe University and a sought-after keynote speaker on topics such as Zero-Trust, Cybersecurity, Identity Security, Cloud Security, Governance, Risk, and Compliance. His extensive experience and knowledge make him a valuable asset to any organization seeking to improve its cybersecurity and identity security strategies.

https://aka.ms/abbas

Abbas Kudrati is a highly experienced cybersecurity practitioner and CISO, currently serving as Silverfort's Regional Chief Identity & Security Advisor. Previously, Abbas was Microsoft Asia's Chief Cybersecurity Advisor for the Security Solutions Are... Show more

Wale Ayandiran

Wale Ayandiran

Software product engineer Over a decade, I’ve built and scaled mission-critical platforms—from HR analytics systems to distributed Engineering as a Service at scale. Now building ProteusAI, helping organizations think clearly, act quickly and execute better while preserving knowledge.

Software product engineer Over a decade, I’ve built and scaled mission-critical platforms—from HR analytics systems to distributed Engineering as a Service at scale. Now building ProteusAI, helping organizations think clearly, act quickly and execut... Show more

Usama Wahab Khan

Usama Wahab Khan

I am Microsoft MVP and MCT and community leader from UAE. I working as CTO evolution Technologies, Azure community Hero

I am Microsoft MVP and MCT and community leader from UAE. I working as CTO evolution Technologies, Azure community Hero Show more

Ian Okumu

Ian Okumu

A Kotlin developer building Android, Server and Web applications.

A Kotlin developer building Android, Server and Web applications. Show more

Jaroslav Reken

Jaroslav Reken

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

Benjamin Igna

Benjamin Igna

Benjamin Igna is a partner at it-agile, where he leads transformation efforts and supports agile coaches in creating sustainable change. As the founder of Stellar Work, he focuses on guiding organizations through transformations that measurably improve their business and help them reach their goals. With experience working with renowned companies like Ford Motor Company, Siemens, Wandelbots, and 3M, Benjamin’s approach combines deep organizational analysis with practical strategies. Through his Stellar Work podcast, he engages with industry leaders to explore cutting-edge insights into business transformation and the future of work.

Benjamin Igna is a partner at it-agile, where he leads transformation efforts and supports agile coaches in creating sustainable change. As the founder of Stellar Work, he focuses on guiding organizations through transformations that measurably impro... Show more

Robert Bruckner

Robert Bruckner

Robert is the Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Microsoft Dataverse and leads the technical design and architecture of a managed low-code SaaS data, compute, and AI platform that enables many enterprises to run their interconnected business applications and processes in a highly scalable and compliant manner. Furthermore, Robert oversees generative AI innovations in Dataverse, Copilot Studio real-time knowledge RAG, including bi-directional zero-copy integrations with Microsoft Fabric as well as additional big data systems, including enabling AI agents atop enterprises' structured business data and unstructured documents.

Robert is the Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Microsoft Dataverse and leads the technical design and architecture of a managed low-code SaaS data, compute, and AI platform that enables many enterprises to run their interconnected busin... Show more

Teresa Cain

Teresa Cain


Teresa Cain is an author, speaker, entrepreneur and technology executive who has led global product and user experience teams for more than 17 years and has held significant roles at SS&C Technologies, H&R Block, Lexmark, Netsmart Technologies, Service Management Group and TreviPay. Teresa is the Founder and President of Lucid Startup Consulting and has diverse experience as a speaker and coach for startups and technology firms and in leading product management, design, research, strategy, and innovation sessions. Her impressive journey includes hundreds of high profile organizations including teams at Amazon, Microsoft, Tesla, Vanguard, Deloitte, and Red Ventures.

Teresa is the Bestselling author of Solving Problems in 2 Hours: How to Brainstorm and Create Solutions with Two Hour Design Sprints released in 2023 and is also the highest-rated and best-selling instructor for design sprint and product management courses on Udemy for her courses “Product Strategy & Roadmapping” and “2 Hour Design Sprints: Learn how to solve problems and design products in just 2 hours vs. 5 days.”

In 2024, Teresa received a Forty Under 40 Award from Ingram’s Magazine. Teresa received a prestigious Emerging Scholar Award in 2023 from the International Conference on Design Principles and Practices for her research “Putting Into Practice Evolving Design Thinking Methods at Technology Firms: The Evolution To 2 Hour Design Sprints.” She was also a 2022 Women in IT Summit & Award Series Finalist for Advocate of the Year.
Teresa earned a BS in Journalism from the William Allen White School of Journalism and a BA in English from The University of Kansas. She earned an Executive MBA (EMBA) from Rockhurst University and a Master’s of Integrated Innovation for Products and Services (MIIPS) at Carnegie Mellon University. She also completed Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management Executive Program for Product Strategy methods, a program with a focus on discovering, developing, managing and marketing products as a business. Her certifications include Pragmatic Marketing Certified III ©, Net Promoter Certified Associate, Certified Scrum Product Owner, Certified Scrum Master, Project Management Professional and Lean Six Sigma Green Belt.

Teresa Cain is an author, speaker, entrepreneur and technology executive who has led global product and user experience teams for more than 17 years and has held significant roles at SS&C Technologies, H&R Block, Lexmark, Netsmart Technologies, Ser... Show more

Michael S Dougherty

Michael S Dougherty

“Agile Mike” has over 30 years of experience with software development and product leadership. He is published under the “Built for Success” column in CIO.com magazine and held the position of Vice President in the Agile Leadership Network. Michael has taught multiple SAFe courses for over the past five years to over 1000 people + certified SAFe SPC6, AWS Cloud Architect, ICP-CAT (Coaching Agile Transitions), ICP-ENT (Enterprise Agile coaching), AHF (Agility Health Facilitator), Scrum CSP (Certified Scrum Professional), and PMP (Project Management Professional).

During the past seven years, Michael has led the Agile transition for a billion-dollar contract with the US Government and overseen an annual Portfolio of over $100 Million, consisting of over 80 engagements with over 30 Scrum Masters. Michael led and contributed to two AI initiatives, seven digital transformations, nine SAFe engagements, and coached over 20 clients.

Michael has spoken during multiple public events and co-wrote a book called, "Shift: From Product to People" available on Amazon.

“Agile Mike” has over 30 years of experience with software development and product leadership. He is published under the “Built for Success” column in CIO.com magazine and held the position of Vice President in the Agile Leadership Network. Michael h... Show more

Leon Gordon

Leon Gordon

Leon Gordon, is a leader in data analytics. A current Thought Leader at the Forbes Technical Council, an Executive Contributor to Brainz Magazine, a Thought Leader in Data Science for the Global AI Hub, Microsoft Data Platform MVP based in the UK and founder of Onyx Data.

During the last decade, he has helped organisations improve their business performance, use data more intelligently, and understand the implications of new technologies such as artificial intelligence and big data.

Leon is a chair for the Microsoft Power BI – UK community group and the DataDNA data visualization community as well as an international speaker and advisor.

Leon Gordon, is a leader in data analytics. A current Thought Leader at the Forbes Technical Council, an Executive Contributor to Brainz Magazine, a Thought Leader in Data Science for the Global AI Hub, Microsoft Data Platform MVP based in the UK and... Show more

Mou Rakshit

Mou Rakshit

26 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN SUCCESSFUL IT LEADERSHIP • DATA MANAGEMENT & ARCHITECTURE •
BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE ANALYTICS & REPORTING • AGILE AND PREDICTIVE PROJECT MANAGEMENT

EDUCATION
• MS, Computer Science, Honors, Wayne State University, 2006-2008
• Master's in Health Services Administration - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (2017-2020)
• MS in Analytics and Data Science (In Progress), Georgia Tech 2021-2026
• BE in Electronics & Telecommunications, IIEST, 1994-1998
• Chief Technology Officer Certificate Program from Wharton Executive Education, June 2023-May 2024

Certification
• Microsoft Certified: Fabric Data Engineer Associate
• Microsoft Certified: Fabric Analytics Engineer Associate
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Engineer Associate
• Microsoft Certified: Azure for SAP Workloads Specialty
• Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Engineer Associate
• Microsoft Certified: Power BI Data Analyst Associate

• Databricks certified Data Engineer Professional
• Databricks certified Data Engineer Associate
• Databricks certified Data Analyst Associate
• Databricks certified GenAI Engineer Associate
• Databricks certified Machine Learning Engineer Associate
• Databricks certified Machine Learning Engineer Professional
• Databricks certified solution architect essentials

26 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN SUCCESSFUL IT LEADERSHIP • DATA MANAGEMENT & ARCHITECTURE • BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE ANALYTICS & REPORTING • AGILE AND PREDICTIVE PROJECT MANAGEMENT EDUCATION • MS, Computer Science, Honors, Wayne State University, 2006-20... Show more

Kutaje J. Oghenevwaire

Kutaje J. Oghenevwaire

Kutaje is a seasoned product designer with over half a decade of experience crafting intuitive, impactful designs for start-ups, scale-ups, and design agencies. His expertise has been instrumental to companies like Parkway, a leading fintech innovator providing secure payment platforms across Africa, and Reliance Health, a YC backed health tech start-up using technology to make quality healthcare delightful, affordable and accessible in emerging markets.

Currently, Kutaje serves as a UX Design Mentor at Designlab, where he passionately guides designers worldwide to hone their craft and becoming more effective professionals. He is the Global Lead for Webflow Lagos and Benin City communities, advocating no-code development at every opportunity he gets.

Beyond his professional roles, Kutaje is dedicated to creating positive change. He actively supports sustainability initiatives that improve lives and protect the environment.

Kutaje is a seasoned product designer with over half a decade of experience crafting intuitive, impactful designs for start-ups, scale-ups, and design agencies. His expertise has been instrumental to companies like Parkway, a leading fintech innovato... Show more

Ramakrishna Yekulla

Ramakrishna Yekulla

Ramakrishna Yekulla "Ramky" is a Principal Architect within the Application Developer Business Unit at Red Hat. In this role, he focuses on creating distinctive platform features that enhance developer efficiency, streamline data and application connections, and empower customers with the knowledge and resources to prioritize software supply chain security, minimize technical obligations, and achieve compliance goals. His interests lies in System Design, Functional Programming and Observability

Ramakrishna Yekulla "Ramky" is a Principal Architect within the Application Developer Business Unit at Red Hat. In this role, he focuses on creating distinctive platform features that enhance developer efficiency, streamline data and application conn... Show more

Godfrey Nolan

Godfrey Nolan

Godfrey Nolan is founder and president of RIIS LLC a mobile development firm in the Detroit Metro area. He is also author of Agile Swift (Apress), Agile Android (Apress), Bulletproof Android (Pearson), Android Best Practices (Apress), Decompiling Java (Apress) and Decompiling Android (Apress).

Godfrey Nolan is founder and president of RIIS LLC a mobile development firm in the Detroit Metro area. He is also author of Agile Swift (Apress), Agile Android (Apress), Bulletproof Android (Pearson), Android Best Practices (Apress), Decompiling Jav... Show more

Ram Pedapatnam

Ram Pedapatnam

Ram is a Staff Software Engineer at Walmart Global Tech and has 18 years of experience. He is specialized in building large-scale streaming applications, scalable event-driven microservices, data platforms, multi-tenant integrations. His favorite area is “data at scale,” whether it be insights, analytics, batch processing, streaming, or machine learning. He believes that “frameworks and languages are temporary, whereas concepts and problems are permanent.”

Ram is a Staff Software Engineer at Walmart Global Tech and has 18 years of experience. He is specialized in building large-scale streaming applications, scalable event-driven microservices, data platforms, multi-tenant integrations. His favorite are... Show more

Emerson Taymor

Emerson Taymor

Emerson Taymor is an explorer who is currently the SVP of Design at InfoBeans. He co-founded the digital product studio, Philosophie, where he worked with enterprise executives and startup founders to launch over 300 digital products before it was acquired by InfoBeans in 2019. Emerson helps companies cut through the hype to deliver business results with AI.

https://linkedin.com/in/etaymor

Emerson Taymor is an explorer who is currently the SVP of Design at InfoBeans. He co-founded the digital product studio, Philosophie, where he worked with enterprise executives and startup founders to launch over 300 digital products before it was ac... Show more

Michael Jonsson

Michael Jonsson

Michael works as a Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft Denmark, he is a former Microsoft Azure MVP.
Usually engaged in big projects, helping customers to modernize their IT estate and realizing cloud Journeys while enabling the workforce to innovate and give quick results.
With experience in most areas of Microsoft Infrastructure, he welcomes the Cloud and the new IT state it brings with PaaS, IaaS, Serverless, containers, Analytics, AI, generative AI, and all the open-source love it comes with.

For the past years, the focus has been withing Financial Industries and Michael is taking experiences from these big cloud projects and sharing them by speaking at various conferences.
Previous talks have been held at conferences like Techdays, Techx, Expertslive EU, Expertslive NL, and other community events. He also spends time as co-host of the Azure Skåne User Group (#AzureSkane) arranging meetups and boot camps, sometimes speaking.

Michael works as a Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft Denmark, he is a former Microsoft Azure MVP. Usually engaged in big projects, helping customers to modernize their IT estate and realizing cloud Journeys while enabling the workforce to innova... Show more

Priyanka Shah

Priyanka Shah

Winner of CHANNEL ASIA WOMEN IN TECHNOLOGY 2023 award. As an AI/IoT specialist at Avanade, I lead advanced analytics with a focus on AI and IoT solutions across Southeast Asia. I have over 10 years of experience in strategy consulting, presales, technical architecture, and innovation for data and AI projects. I am also a Microsoft AI MVP ( three times) and a certified Azure AI Engineer.

I have hands-on expertise in generative AI, large language models, prompt engineering, model fine-tuning, and vector embeddings. I have successfully led the first enterprise integration of Gen AI in SEA, working with Azure Open AI, Vector db, LangChain, and other open source tools. I am passionate about solving complex business problems with AI, such as knowledge mining, sustainability, ethical AI, predictive analytics, hyper personalization, and intelligent decision support systems. I have also delivered AI/IoT solutions for various industry verticals and sectors, such as government, retail, energy, and FSI, using Azure Cognitive Services, Azure Digital Twins, Azure IoT Edge, and other cloud and edge computing technologies.

As a public speaker and a blogger, I enjoy sharing my insights and learnings on AI/ML topics, such as Generative AI, conversational AI, Azure AI, and ML.NET. I have spoken at Microsoft conferences and other technical events globally, and mentored and trained teams for AI hackathons and trainings. I am also involved in AI research and development, creating AI/ML accelerators, MLOps frameworks, and data science tooling. My mission is to help businesses grow and optimize their processes with AI/IoT, and to empower and inspire others to embrace the power and potential of AI.

Winner of CHANNEL ASIA WOMEN IN TECHNOLOGY 2023 award. As an AI/IoT specialist at Avanade, I lead advanced analytics with a focus on AI and IoT solutions across Southeast Asia. I have over 10 years of experience in strategy consulting, presales, tech... Show more

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