LaShawnda Rodgers, MBA, PMP, CSM, is a global speaker, workplace transformation strategist, technology leader, entrepreneur mentor, and founder of Rodgers Global Leadership Consortium. With over 20 years of experience across technology, project management, operations, leadership development, organizational strategy, workforce development, and innovation, she helps organizations and professionals prepare for the future of work with clarity, confidence, and practical execution.

LaShawnda’s work sits at the intersection of technology, people, leadership, operations, and transformation. She equips organizations to navigate AI adoption, cybersecurity awareness, digital skills development, workplace culture, leadership effectiveness, and business growth. Her approach bridges the technical and human sides of change, helping leaders understand not only what technology can do, but how people, processes, and culture must evolve to use it responsibly and effectively. She is passionate about helping businesses understand the human side of technology including how AI, automation, cybersecurity, and digital transformation impact employees, leaders, customers, and long-term business success.

As the founder of Rodgers Global Leadership Consortium, LaShawnda provides consulting, workshops, leadership programs, technical training, and strategic advisory services that support organizational growth, employee development, customer experience, and workforce readiness. Her experience includes leading global initiatives, supporting technical teams, managing complex projects, improving business processes, and helping organizations align strategy with execution.

LaShawnda is also deeply committed to expanding access and opportunity in technology and entrepreneurship. She mentors women pursuing careers in tech, serves on IT and technology advisory boards for institutions such as Wake Tech Community College and Durham Tech Community College, and advises entrepreneurs and small business owners through platforms and ecosystems including Verizon Small Business Digital Ready. Her work helps professionals identify their value, build confidence, strengthen their career strategy, and position themselves for success in emerging industries.

A recognized speaker and thought leader, LaShawnda brings a unique blend of technical insight, leadership wisdom, operational strategy, creativity, and people-centered transformation. Whether speaking to executives, entrepreneurs, students, cyber professionals, workforce leaders, or emerging tech talent, she delivers practical, engaging, and empowering sessions that help audiences take action.

Her speaking topics include AI transformation, cybersecurity awareness, leadership in the digital age, workforce readiness, organizational growth, entrepreneurship, personal branding, career advancement, emotional intelligence, innovation, and future-ready workplace strategy.

LaShawnda Rodgers, MBA, PMP, CSM, is a global speaker, workplace transformation strategist, technology leader, entrepreneur mentor, and founder of Rodgers Global Leadership Consortium. With over 20 years of experience across technology, project manag... Show more

With 15+ years in full-stack engineering and architecture, I’ve led teams across e-commerce, finance, and healthcare. At Quantiphi, I will be working on technical architecture, and cloud adoption—using AWS, Python, Angular, React and open-source tools to deliver scalable and cost effective solutions.

Beyond work, I’m an AWS Community Builder, blogger, and speaker, sharing lessons on building smarter, cost-efficient products. My goal is to combine technical depth with product vision—helping teams build systems that scale while keeping costs in check.

I believe in learning together and growing together—and in using technology to drive meaningful change. I also create educational content on InternetKatta.com and @LearnWithAvinashDalvi to simplify complex topics through storytelling.

With 15+ years in full-stack engineering and architecture, I’ve led teams across e-commerce, finance, and healthcare. At Quantiphi, I will be working on technical architecture, and cloud adoption—using AWS, Python, Angular, React and open-source tool... Show more

Michael serves as the head of the Professional Services organization at NowSecure, which supplies mobile app penetration testing, compliance assessments, security education, automation engineering, security research and consulting to customers in healthcare, financial, state and federal government and other regulated spaces. Michael's background is heavily focused in offensive security testing and security accreditation, having spent much of his career supporting the US Department of Defense and Intelligence Community. Using his combined 20+ years security engineering and app development expertise, Michael now focuses his attention on evaluating mobile, medical, automotive, and cloud systems for use in wireless, cellular, and high-threat environments. Michael is also an avid security and privacy standards advocate and has contributed to efforts by OWASP, NIST, App Defense Alliance MASA, and NIAP.

Michael serves as the head of the Professional Services organization at NowSecure, which supplies mobile app penetration testing, compliance assessments, security education, automation engineering, security research and consulting to customers in hea... Show more

I am an AI Engineer and Architect specializing in Agentic systems, production-grade GenAI, and Responsible AI design. As a GenAI Developer/Advocate at AWS, I work at the intersection of building multi-agent architectures, observability, and real-world AI deployment to helping developers move from demos to scalable, trustworthy systems.
Previously innovating and architecting KnowRA+, a hybrid RAG + GenAI platform that won multiple awards and generated $10M+ in value. I specialize in LLM architecture, NLP, and scalable ML solutions across BFSI, Travel, Healthcare, and Retail domains, with 8+ granted USPTO patents.

I am an AI Engineer and Architect specializing in Agentic systems, production-grade GenAI, and Responsible AI design. As a GenAI Developer/Advocate at AWS, I work at the intersection of building multi-agent architectures, observability, and real-worl... Show more

I'm an AI Architect with 18 years in software engineering. I currently lead the rollout of AI tooling and an AI-enabled SDLC at a global insurance company, and I run TrolleyRelay, a production SaaS built by one human directing AI agents through a fully gated delivery process: hundreds of PRs, more test code than product code, and every rule in the process traceable to a real incident that produced it.

My current talk and article series, "You can't install an AI-SDLC", is about what it actually takes to run AI-driven delivery accountably: quality floors, review and judgment gates, agent identity and attribution, and infrastructure that keeps agents constrained, observable, and reviewable. Nothing in it is claimed practice; it is all demonstrated, dated, and public.

Before the AI wave I spent most of my career in LegalTech and HealthTech, and co-founded Realta Logic, an Australian startup digitising regulation and making it operational, built on two decades of CSIRO research. My earlier talks sit where those threads meet: domain-specific languages, graph databases, and turning complex regulation into something visual and computable.

I'm an AI Architect with 18 years in software engineering. I currently lead the rollout of AI tooling and an AI-enabled SDLC at a global insurance company, and I run TrolleyRelay, a production SaaS built by one human directing AI agents through a ful... Show more

Dr. Michelle Smith’s unusual background gives her a fresh perspective on the tech industry and what it takes to build and keep great teams. She is a veterinarian by education, and she still practices in the State of Ohio. She’s also been an executive at a global software company and an active leader in her local community. But her real passions are entrepreneurship and building successful organizations. Along with her husband and business partner, Steve Smith, Michelle has built and sold several technology companies. Michelle and her current team (which include several alumni from previous companies!) work with organizations to help them not only improve the quality of their code, but their overall teamwork.

Dr. Michelle Smith’s unusual background gives her a fresh perspective on the tech industry and what it takes to build and keep great teams. She is a veterinarian by education, and she still practices in the State of Ohio. She’s also been an executi... Show more

Colette Grail is a 25-year U.S. Navy veteran, former DHS/CISA strategy leader, and author of The Fallacy of Laying Flat. She writes and speaks on resilience, decision-making, and the physics of breaking points — drawing on decades of experience in high-pressure federal and military systems.

Colette Grail is a 25-year U.S. Navy veteran, former DHS/CISA strategy leader, and author of The Fallacy of Laying Flat. She writes and speaks on resilience, decision-making, and the physics of breaking points — drawing on decades of experience in hi... Show more

Markus and his teams have been working on Java IDE and database tools, frameworks, as well as on various open-source projects for 20+ years. Markus is the CEO and founder of Cyrock.AI, Inc., which is the company behind the Eclipse open-source projects EclipseStore, Eclipse Serializer, and Eclipse Data Grid, powering Cyrock.AI as the first AI Memory based on a serverless microservices architecture. He is also the editor-in-chief for the free JAVAPRO magazine and the founder and co-organizer of the Java community conference series JCON. He is an independent editor for several magazines, and loves speaking at developer conferences and user groups around the world.

Markus and his teams have been working on Java IDE and database tools, frameworks, as well as on various open-source projects for 20+ years. Markus is the CEO and founder of Cyrock.AI, Inc., which is the company behind the Eclipse open-source project... Show more

I am an AI Engineer and Researcher holding a PhD in Computer Science, driven by a desire to unravel complex mysteries and build elegant, scalable solutions. My career spans across high-impact domains—including cybersecurity, FinTech, Blockchain, and gaming—giving me a unique perspective on applying cutting-edge machine learning to real-world challenges.
Most recently, my work has focused on the frontier of intelligent automation and autonomous decision-making. Across my last two professional endeavors, I have deeply specialized in designing and implementing advanced AI agents for vulnerability reports classification and developing prediction Agents within open-source frameworks. By leveraging modern architectures and distributed systems, I focus on taking complex AI models from the research phase and building them into production-ready platforms.
Outside of engineering, I stay curious about the world by exploring astrophysics, organizing tech community events or giving talks around AI, and volunteering in urban family gardens. Let’s connect to talk about the future of AI agents, machine learning, or open-source innovation!

I am an AI Engineer and Researcher holding a PhD in Computer Science, driven by a desire to unravel complex mysteries and build elegant, scalable solutions. My career spans across high-impact domains—including cybersecurity, FinTech, Blockchain, and ... Show more

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

Elena is a highly-rated professional speaker with 20+ years of experience as a leadership coach, group facilitator and collegiate faculty member. Elena works with groups, individuals, and organizations to amplify their authenticity and empower them to become effective leaders. Elena is the President of and Lead Consultant with Marquetti Consulting.

Elena is a highly-rated professional speaker with 20+ years of experience as a leadership coach, group facilitator and collegiate faculty member. Elena works with groups, individuals, and organizations to amplify their authenticity and empower them t... Show more

Sahil is an AI researcher and innovator with over three years of experience pioneering solutions in optimisation, safety, and responsible AI. His research on making large language models more self-aware and trustworthy includes over ten presentations at leading NLP venues such as NAACL, ACL, IASEAI and IEEE, showcasing new methods that reduce hallucinations by up to 20% and improve AI self-awareness by nearly 37% for safer responses. He has received over $7500 in fellowships and grants over the years for his impactful research.

Beyond his industrial work, Sahil loves bridging cutting-edge research with real-world impact, from designing an AI-powered geodatabase of 700,000 healthcare facilities that helps 1.4 billion people access emergency care in India to a fairness-driven AI algorithm for electoral boundary mapping to ensure free and fair elections. His experience as a guest researcher at TU Eindhoven and UC Irvine has shaped a truly global perspective on trustworthy and efficient AI design.

Driven by a vision to make AI safe, and impactful, Sahil continues to develop scalable frameworks that combine technical innovation with social responsibility ensuring AI systems serve humanity truthfully and with utmost safety.

Sahil is an AI researcher and innovator with over three years of experience pioneering solutions in optimisation, safety, and responsible AI. His research on making large language models more self-aware and trustworthy includes over ten presentations... Show more

I help organizations bridge the gap between robust Cloud-Native infrastructure and the frontier of Gen AI.

I specialize in architecting high-availability, multi-cloud platforms that are secure & scalable by design and AI-ready. Currently I am leading AI initiatives for my organization, helping global enterprises in BFSI, Telecom, and E-commerce transition from traditional cloud setups to AI-augmented ecosystems.

My foundation is rooted with proven record in Platform Engineering and DevSecOps, leveraging Kubernetes, Terraform, and GitOps (ArgoCD) to build resilient systems. Today, I am evolving that stack to include Agentic Workflows, Vertex AI, and Multi-Agent Systems, ensuring the next generation of business applications is not just scalable, but intelligent.

What I bring to the table:

- AI Transformation: Leading the integration of GenAI (Gemini/LLMs) and Agentic Workflows into enterprise architecture.
- Cloud Security: Embedding DevSecOps with Prisma Cloud, Kyverno, and Checkov to ensure a "Secure-by-Design" posture.
- Platform Reliability: Building high-performance SRE cultures powered by Prometheus, Grafana, and Mimir.
- Community Leadership: Empowering the global dev community through my persona @acloudpotato and my channel 'Guys In The Cloud.'

Specialties: Technical Leadership | Gen AI | Cloud Security | Platform Engineering | Cloud Solution Architecture | SRE | DevSecOps | Google Cloud | AWS | Kubernetes | Observability

Medium Profile - https://medium.com/@acloudpotato
Youtube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/@guysinthecloud
Github - https://github.com/acloudpotato

I help organizations bridge the gap between robust Cloud-Native infrastructure and the frontier of Gen AI. I specialize in architecting high-availability, multi-cloud platforms that are secure & scalable by design and AI-ready. Currently I am lead... Show more

Markus Westergren is a staff engineer with over 20 years of experience. During his work with large backend projects, Markus has repeatedly seen the big impact software engineering has on the outcome of the projects and the careers of the developers working on them. Because of that, Markus focuses on helping professional Java back-end developers bring real engineering judgment to AI-assisted development so that you become harder to replace, not easier. Follow Markus on Bluesky at @maswen.bsky.social.

Markus Westergren is a staff engineer with over 20 years of experience. During his work with large backend projects, Markus has repeatedly seen the big impact software engineering has on the outcome of the projects and the careers of the developers w... Show more

Owner of a 2022 Workplace Wellness "Hot List" company, one of the top 10 Organizational Change Management Companies of 2022, named a top 100 HR Professional of 2020, and recently elected as the global psychological health and safety liaison for ISO, Dr. Allessandria Polizzi has 20 years of experience leading teams across multiple industries to unlock the potential in people and help organizations thrive. Following her own burnout in 2021, Dr. Al found the marketplace for practical solutions for leaders in crisis to be insufficient for her needs. She decided to reboot her consulting practice, Verdant Consulting, with a renewed focus on solving this issue in the hopes that future leaders would have better options. In addition, she has co-founded HR Wellbeing Week and Kite HR, which provide targeted programs that address the specific needs of HR teams. She also hosts the Be Verdant podcast, which shares the latest in resiliency and psychological safety from around the globe.

Owner of a 2022 Workplace Wellness "Hot List" company, one of the top 10 Organizational Change Management Companies of 2022, named a top 100 HR Professional of 2020, and recently elected as the global psychological health and safety liaison for ISO, ... Show more

Rhiana Heppenstall is a senior front-end developer specialising in making web sites and applications accessible for people with disabilities. Combining her background in educational psychology and a love of computers she prides herself in developing software that is a delight for users and fellow developers alike. She has spoken and given workshops to businesses, at meetups and conferences around Australia, as she is a big advocate for professional development. Based in Melbourne when she isn't working she's going to the latest festival, museum or zoo with her two children.

Rhiana Heppenstall is a senior front-end developer specialising in making web sites and applications accessible for people with disabilities. Combining her background in educational psychology and a love of computers she prides herself in developing ... Show more

Sai K. Puli is an accomplished Technology Executive, Technical Program Manager, and Solution Architect with more than 20 years of experience leading enterprise-scale digital transformation initiatives. He has a proven track record of delivering innovative, high-impact technology solutions across Cloud Computing, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), Data Science, Advanced Analytics, and Cybersecurity, enabling organizations to accelerate innovation, improve operational efficiency, and achieve strategic business outcomes.
As a Technical Program Manager, Sai leads multidisciplinary teams of cloud architects, AI/ML engineers, data scientists, and software professionals in designing and delivering next-generation technology solutions for leading global enterprises. His leadership spans the successful execution of complex, mission-critical programs that align business strategy with emerging technologies and drive measurable business value.

Sai holds a Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) in Computer Science and Engineering and is a Project Management Professional (PMP®). He also holds certifications in Artificial Intelligence Fundamentals, cloud technologies, and other industry-recognized technology and project management disciplines. He is widely recognized for his expertise in Technology Leadership, Enterprise Solution Architecture, Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Computing, Data Science, Machine Learning, Data Analytics, Cybersecurity, and Product Management. Through his strategic vision, technical excellence, and ability to lead high-performing teams, Sai continues to drive innovation and deliver scalable, future-ready solutions that help organizations succeed in an increasingly digital world.

Professional Memberships:
Senior Member IEEE
IETE Fellow Membership
Sigma XI Full Membership
IAEME Fellow Membership
SCRS Fellow Membership
ScienceDirect
East African Nature & Science Organization Journals
ORCID
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Editorial board membership - Journal of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry (JPMC)

Awards:
Multiple Prestigious awards include Titan Business Awards, Titan Innovation Awards
SCRS Fellow Award

Technical Program Committee Member and Reviewer:
Contributed to over 50 International Conferences as Technical Program Committee Member and Reviewer
Reviewed over 250 Scholarly Articles and Mentored researchers and Authors

Media:
Multiple Media Articles coverage including:
Medium.com
Analytics insight
Techbullion.com
IB Times

Published Articles in Google Scholar, ResearchGate, SSRN, IAEME, Scientific Research

Sai K. Puli is an accomplished Technology Executive, Technical Program Manager, and Solution Architect with more than 20 years of experience leading enterprise-scale digital transformation initiatives. He has a proven track record of delivering innov... Show more

Toddy has over 25 years of experience in software engineering and design, consulting, and product management for companies like Microsoft, T-Mobile, and SAP. He started his cloud journey 14 years ago as part of the Azure team. Since then, Toddy worked on large-scale cloud implementations using Azure and AWS by utilizing cloud-native technologies. Now, he is part of the Azure Cloud Native and Ecosystem team and is responsible for container supply chain security for Azure services and customers.

Toddy has over 25 years of experience in software engineering and design, consulting, and product management for companies like Microsoft, T-Mobile, and SAP. He started his cloud journey 14 years ago as part of the Azure team. Since then, Toddy worke... Show more

an AI executive with over seven years of experience transforming data into action across Africa’s public and development sectors. She currently manages the AI Solutions Delivery at Data Science Nigeria as a director, where she drives the design and deployment of AI-powered solutions in health, governance, digital inclusion, and agriculture. Her work spans AI platforms for microplanning and governance, and digital solutions that scale inclusion for small businesses, AI tools that support farmers with climate-smart insights. She has led projects across Nigeria, Kenya, Senegal, and South Africa, trained hundreds of young professionals, and showcased her expertise at global forums including Deep Learning Indaba, DHIS2 Annual Conference, and GITEX. Passionate about ethical and inclusive AI, Chinazo is committed to building solutions that transform lives and strengthen Africa’s agricultural value chains.

an AI executive with over seven years of experience transforming data into action across Africa’s public and development sectors. She currently manages the AI Solutions Delivery at Data Science Nigeria as a director, where she drives the design and d... Show more

Over 9 years, I've learned that great engineering is about building systems that survive chaos, leading teams that solve hard problems, and making decisions rooted in judgment. I'm a backend engineer at heart—architecting cloud-native systems in Go, Node.js, and PHP that handle millions of users. I've optimized databases that shaved seconds off response times, designed microservices that let teams move independently, and built APIs that scale. But I'm equally comfortable shipping complete solutions—writing responsive frontends, orchestrating DevOps, ensuring every piece works seamlessly. My foundation is backend depth; my flexibility is full-stack breadth.

What excites me most is impact through people and systems. I lead with technical credibility, whether managing engineering teams, establishing standards, or mentoring engineers toward mastery. I've contributed to meaningful missions: scaling systems for millions, driving digital transformation in government, and as an organizer at GDG Bandung, cultivating a thriving developer community where engineers learn new technologies, connect with peers, and grow their careers.

Over 9 years, I've learned that great engineering is about building systems that survive chaos, leading teams that solve hard problems, and making decisions rooted in judgment. I'm a backend engineer at heart—architecting cloud-native systems in Go, ... Show more

I’m an AI & Modern Work consultant and Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) helping people and organizations adopt technology, build capabilities, and turn AI and Microsoft technologies into practical outcomes.

My work sits at the intersection of technology, learning, adoption, and innovation. I deliver corporate training, workshops, talks, and hands-on learning experiences covering Microsoft 365, Copilot, Data & AI, Power BI, Modern Work, and responsible AI adoption.

My perspective is shaped by experience across technology education, digital transformation, and innovation. Before focusing on independent consulting and training, I worked in digital innovation roles at global organizations including Sanofi and Mondelēz International, collaborating with international teams and leading initiatives across Latin America.

I’m particularly interested in the human side of technology adoption: how people learn to work with new tools, how organizations build the capabilities needed to use them effectively, and how AI can extend rather than replace human expertise and creativity.

I speak and deliver training in English, Portuguese, and Spanish, and I’m interested in collaborating with technology communities, conferences, organizations, and international partners.

I’m an AI & Modern Work consultant and Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) helping people and organizations adopt technology, build capabilities, and turn AI and Microsoft technologies into practical outcomes. My work sits at the intersection of tec... Show more

Vipin Tanna is the technical founder and CEO of Gabriel Operator, a Utrecht-based platform for AI personas: domain-specific agents that see, hear, speak and act, rehearse every action in a simulation, and wait for human approval before anything irreversible happens. He has built and shipped 14 of these personas across banking, logistics, retail, hospitality, recruiting and education.

Before founding Gabriel Operator, Vipin spent 15 years in software engineering in the UK and the Netherlands, including five years in R&D at ING Innovation Labs and contract roles at Air France-KLM, Essent and PinkRoccade, where he delivered software used by 140 Dutch municipalities. He started his career at sensewhere, ANDigital and Accenture in London and Edinburgh. He is an alumnus of Techstars Amsterdam and Antler, and holds an MSc in Computing Science from Durham University.

Vipin gives talks and hands-on workshops on agentic AI, and helps organisations become AI native with people always in control.

Vipin Tanna is the technical founder and CEO of Gabriel Operator, a Utrecht-based platform for AI personas: domain-specific agents that see, hear, speak and act, rehearse every action in a simulation, and wait for human approval before anything irrev... Show more

Vandana Rajagopal is an Agile Coach supporting clients from various industries. From her multi-faceted experience in healthcare and IT, she has been involved in implementing Agile and developing a product centric approach in healthcare, insurance, utility, and software product industries.

Vandana specializes in growing the mindset and behaviors of individuals and teams, enabling them as change agents to embrace new ways of working to deliver value-based outcomes. She is passionate about developing skill sets in teams and helping individuals grow in their core capabilities along a self-discovery path.

In an effort to giving back to the community, Vandana serves as a lead in the Women in Agile Columbus chapter. She provides opportunities for individuals to share knowledge and creates space for new voices. During her free time, she is a yoga instructor and helps create and safe and healthy community by building mindfulness in both adults and children.

Vandana Rajagopal is an Agile Coach supporting clients from various industries. From her multi-faceted experience in healthcare and IT, she has been involved in implementing Agile and developing a product centric approach in healthcare, insurance, ut... Show more

Sahil Garg is a Principal AI Researcher leading AI research for offensive and defensive security, spanning LLM post-training, reinforcement learning and continual learning, with applications in penetration testing, vulnerability discovery, threat detection and remediation. With over 1,500 citations, he has published at ICML, AAAI, EMNLP, UAI and IJCAI and in Nature Partner Journals (npj). He has applied machine learning to high-stakes problems in cancer biology (PhD, USC), computational psychiatry (postdoc, Mount Sinai) and finance (Vice President, Machine Learning Research, Morgan Stanley), where he co-authored the time-series foundation model Lag-Llama. His focus is robust, data-efficient deep learning.

Sahil Garg is a Principal AI Researcher leading AI research for offensive and defensive security, spanning LLM post-training, reinforcement learning and continual learning, with applications in penetration testing, vulnerability discovery, threat det... Show more

As an experienced Functional Architect based in Germany, I specialise in seamlessly integrating AI into the SDLC. My diverse background spans significant companies, with a notable focus on the health sector, where my determination lies in integrating SDLC best practices with the latest AI technologies. Beyond tech, I also teach at Pompeu Fabra University, where I have the privilege of nurturing the next generation of IT professionals.

As an experienced Functional Architect based in Germany, I specialise in seamlessly integrating AI into the SDLC. My diverse background spans significant companies, with a notable focus on the health sector, where my determination lies in integrating... Show more

Raza is a Senior iOS Developer at MyPostcard.com in Berlin, with 13+ years building iOS apps. He leads the iOS team and has been building AI agent workflows into their production development process. Former community manager for Swift Pakistan.

Raza is a Senior iOS Developer at MyPostcard.com in Berlin, with 13+ years building iOS apps. He leads the iOS team and has been building AI agent workflows into their production development process. Former community manager for Swift Pakistan. Show more

Mou Rakshit is a Senior Manager of Data, AI & Analytics Engineering at Accenture/Avanade and a Principal Data & AI Solution Architect specializing in building modern, unified, AI-ready data platforms using Microsoft Fabric and Databricks. She leads enterprise-scale data strategy and platform architecture initiatives that enable organizations to move from fragmented analytics environments to governed, high-performance lakehouse ecosystems.

Her work focuses on designing scalable medallion architectures, implementing robust governance models, enabling real-time intelligence, and operationalizing AI and advanced analytics across the enterprise. Mou bridges executive strategy with hands-on technical execution, ensuring that modern data platforms are production-ready, resilient, and aligned to business outcomes.

She holds a Master of Science in Computer Science from Wayne State University and a Master’s in Health Services Administration from the University of Michigan.

A Databricks Champion and frequent industry speaker, Mou shares practical frameworks and real-world lessons on architecting unified data foundations that power AI at scale.
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Mou Rakshit is a Senior Manager of Data, AI & Analytics Engineering at Accenture/Avanade and a Principal Data & AI Solution Architect specializing in building modern, unified, AI-ready data platforms using Microsoft Fabric and Databricks. She leads e... Show more

Plus de 20 ans d'expérience sur le terrain des organisations complexes et des dynamiques humaines :

- Concepteur de La Ruche® : Créateur de la démarche basée sur les Forces et de notre référentiel éprouvé de 86 situations concrètes de travail, pour mesurer objectivement la maturité de vos collectifs et accélérer leur alignement stratégique.

- Accompagnement de Dirigeants & de Groupes dans des contextes variés : Interventions en environnements Agiles comme en organisations traditionnelles (secteur de la santé, industrie, fonctions support) : coaching de CODIR, DSI et groupes métiers vers un fonctionnement coopératif, fondé sur la confiance et l'efficacité durable.

- Transmission & Référence Académique : Intervenant en MBA Management de Projets & Innovation (IPAG Business School) et plus de 800 professionnels formés aux pratiques de coopération et de transformation.

- Créateur d'expériences en ateliers de Form'Action (Approche TBR) : À l'opposé des formations traditionnelles passives et descendantes, nous concevons de véritables expériences d'action collective. Grâce à une ingénierie issue du Training from the Back of the Room, chaque groupe construit et teste directement ses propres solutions en situation réelle.

Plus de 20 ans d'expérience sur le terrain des organisations complexes et des dynamiques humaines : - Concepteur de La Ruche® : Créateur de la démarche basée sur les Forces et de notre référentiel éprouvé de 86 situations concrètes de travail, pou... Show more

Chris Cranford is a Principal Software Engineer at IBM, previously at Red Hat, and one of the longest-serving maintainers of Debezium, the open-source change data capture project, where he serves on the extended governance committee. He is the primary maintainer of the Oracle connector and helps set the project's technical direction. He started Debezium's JDBC sink connector and its upcoming Elasticsearch sink, and contributed the Debezium Quarkus extensions for the outbox pattern and for running connectors. Chris also worked on Hibernate ORM through its 4, 5, and 6 releases. Off the clock, he's usually buried in a book or losing a tug-of-war to his dog, who has no respect for transaction boundaries.

Chris Cranford is a Principal Software Engineer at IBM, previously at Red Hat, and one of the longest-serving maintainers of Debezium, the open-source change data capture project, where he serves on the extended governance committee. He is the primar... Show more

José Luis Latorre is a Microsoft AI MVP, LinkedIn Learning Trainer, and Agentic & Software Architect at Swiss Life, where he leads the Developer Community, helps shape the AI strategy—while also building agentic applications that have to work on Mondays, not just in demos.

Since 2023, he’s been contributing to Microsoft’s agentic AI frameworks (as in: building it, not just using it): Semantic Kernel, AutoGen, and now Microsoft Agent Framework (MAF)—where he’s Contributor #29. Nights and weekends, alongside the day job. Because apparently he enjoys pain… and shipping PRs.

He has released 4 courses and is working on the next one (Agent Framework), teaching up to 60,000 learners.

Frustrated by unreliable agents in the real world, he built AgentEval—the .NET evaluation toolkit that brings validation discipline to agents and agentic workflows (think: what RAGAS / DeepEval are for Python, AgentEval is for .NET).

On stage, expect real engineering lessons, practical patterns, and live demos—helping teams build agents that are not just impressive, but measurably better.

Tagline: “I don’t just build agents. I help build the frameworks… and then I measure whether they behave.”

José Luis Latorre is a Microsoft AI MVP, LinkedIn Learning Trainer, and Agentic & Software Architect at Swiss Life, where he leads the Developer Community, helps shape the AI strategy—while also building agentic applications that have to work on Mond... Show more