Health & Medical

Health professionals looking to deliver care, enhance well-being and address physical and mental health challenges

Quintin Balsdon

Quintin Balsdon

I am a mobile accessibility engineer with Evinced, who makes automation tools for accessibility checking for Android, iOS and Web. I have has been an Android Engineer since 2011 and have been specialising in accessibility since 2020. I was a contributor to mobile accessibility at Spotify for 2 and half years, and worked on the accessibility of the National Health Service Covid-19 track and trace app.

I developed and presented Droidcon Academy's "Accessibility in Jetpack Compose" course (https://academy.droidcon.com/course/accessibility-in-android-jetpack-compose). I have also developed an Android Accessibility plugin for Android Studio called the "Android Ally" (https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/23902-android-ally)

I am a mobile accessibility engineer with Evinced, who makes automation tools for accessibility checking for Android, iOS and Web. I have has been an Android Engineer since 2011 and have been specialising in accessibility since 2020. I was a contribu... Show more

Rupesh Kumar

Rupesh Kumar

Rupesh Kumar is an Offensive Security Researcher specializing in web application testing, red team operations, and vulnerability research. His methodology focuses on real-world attack paths that combine infrastructure misconfigurations with application logic flaws, uncovering critical gaps often missed by conventional assessments. Active in cybersecurity since his academic tenure, he has built a track record of high-impact disclosures to government and critical infrastructure entities, including the Indian Armed Forces, DRDO, the US Department of Energy, and the French Overseas Academy of Science.
His demonstrated expertise has led to selective, confidential invitations to contribute to private security assessments for major stakeholders in the automotive, pharmaceutical, and European critical infrastructure sectors. These invitation-only engagements, coordinated through trusted vulnerability platforms, reflect the trust placed in his ability to deliver actionable findings while maintaining strict confidentiality and responsible disclosure standards.
Currently, Rupesh is deepening his expertise in exploit development, cloud security, and defensive tradecraft to bridge offensive insights with resilient system design. His work remains driven by a singular goal: strengthening real-world systems through precise, research-led offensive security.

Rupesh Kumar is an Offensive Security Researcher specializing in web application testing, red team operations, and vulnerability research. His methodology focuses on real-world attack paths that combine infrastructure misconfigurations with applicati... Show more

Prabhakar Damor

Prabhakar Damor

Cybersecurity leader, Independent director, Startup advisor & Tech entrepreneur.
On a mission to make humans the strongest link in cybersecurity. Researcher on predictive threat modelling, OSINT, Cloud, Threat intelligence,AI/ ML integration. Passionate about cultivating security mindset.

Cybersecurity leader, Independent director, Startup advisor & Tech entrepreneur. On a mission to make humans the strongest link in cybersecurity. Researcher on predictive threat modelling, OSINT, Cloud, Threat intelligence,AI/ ML integration. Passio... Show more

Janusz Nowak

Janusz Nowak

- Software Development/Architecture 15 years ⚡ - DevOps 12 years 🚀 - Azure Cloud 7 years ☁

Senior software developer with 15 years of experience specialized on Microsoft and Web technologies, enterprise solutions architecture, programming and Azure Cloud computing, PaaS, SaaS, focused on Application Life Cycle Management, DevOps, Cloud,

Passionate about ALM, Cloud, Serverless, Infrastructure as Code 🚀☁ keeping DevOps mindset about value. Providing many success stories like:
-Generate 6M$ savings/year (~70%, 2 days work)
-Delivering MVP Solution, winning 2 CES awards ( in 10 days work)

Worked with multiple Microsoft Technology's starting from .NET 1.1 and VS2003 up to .NET 6 and VS2022 , Microsoft SQL Server, Team Foundation Server, Visual Studio Team Services keeping the big and small picture what is going on.

Master of Computer Science from University of Warsaw

Specialties: DevOps, Azure, Cloud, C#, .NET, ALM, MS-SQL, Systems Architecture and Design, Git, T, multi layer applications, Open Source, Azure DevOps, Azure Cloud PaaS, SaaS.

Certifications:
-Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert
-Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
-Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate
-Microsoft Certified: Azure Database Administrator Associate
-Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Engineer Associate
-Microsoft Certified: Data Analyst Associate
-Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate
-Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Engineer Associate
-Specialty: Microsoft Certified: Azure IoT Developer Specialty
-Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals
-Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Fundamentals
-Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals
-Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate: Web Applications (Charter)
-Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer: Web Applications (Inactive)
-Microsoft Certified Professional: Microsoft Certified Professional
-Microsoft Specialist: Programming in HTML5 with JavaScript and CSS3
-Trainer: MCT Enrollment
-Azure Hero - Content Hero
-Azure Hero - Maker
-OpenHack: DevOps
-DevOps Leader (DOL)® Certification
-DevSecOps Foundation (DSOF) Certification
-Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Foundation Certification
-DevOps Foundation® Certification
-Friends of BI Master - Power BI
-Friends of BI Wizard - Power BI
-Friends of BI Builder - Power BI
-D&A Extended DevOps (level 1) at P&G
-Certified SAFe® 5 Practitioner
-Certified SAFe® 5 Agilist
-Information security in the cloud according to ISO / IEC 27017: 2015

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- Software Development/Architecture 15 years ⚡ - DevOps 12 years 🚀 - Azure Cloud 7 years ☁ Senior software developer with 15 years of experience specialized on Microsoft and Web technologies, enterprise solutions architecture, programming and Azu... Show more

Santosh Durgam

Santosh Durgam

Santosh Durgam is a data engineering & analytics leader with 20+ years building governed, high-scale data platforms across retirement/401(k), broader financial services, and healthcare. He leads cross-functional teams that deliver production-grade data lakes, lineage-aware pipelines, and ML-enabled analytics on cloud—translating governance into measurable business outcomes.

Recent speaking includes SQL Saturday Minnesota 2025, where he presented “From Ingestion to Insights: Building Robust Data Pipelines in AWS” to an in-person community audience. He has also contributed to international research forums and science conferences, and is invited to speak at ICDPN-2025 (International Conference on Data Processing & Networking), engaging practitioners and scholars on data engineering, governance, and analytics at scale. Santosh actively publishes/curates work via Google Scholar and shares practical playbooks for data quality, metadata/lineage, and operating models that connect data platforms to financial decisioning.

Beyond delivery, Santosh serves the community as a peer reviewer of scholarly work on data/ML methodologies and as a judge/mentor for select industry and academic competitions, reinforcing peer validation and public recognition. He champions modern data culture—mentoring engineers and product leaders, and advocating automation (incl. AI agents) to elevate reliability, speed, and auditability in regulated environments. Santosh recently completed his Executive MBA, sharpening strategy and value-creation at the intersection of data, risk, and growth

Santosh Durgam is a data engineering & analytics leader with 20+ years building governed, high-scale data platforms across retirement/401(k), broader financial services, and healthcare. He leads cross-functional teams that deliver production-grade da... Show more

Kasper Norregaard

Kasper Norregaard

Microsoft infrastructure specialist with over 20 years of experience in implementing, operating, and securing complex IT environments for large organizations. Specialized in leading Microsoft 365 migration projects, delivering solutions that are both technically robust and aligned with strategic business goals.

In recent years, the focus has shifted toward cybersecurity, with deep expertise in Zero Trust architecture, Active Directory tiering and hardening, data loss prevention (DLP), and Microsoft Purview Information Protection.

Over the past year, particular attention has been given to data security in a Copilot-enabled environment. With Microsoft Copilot becoming a key part of the modern workplace, extensive experience has been gained in helping organizations manage the associated security and compliance risks ensuring that Copilot serves as a controlled and value-generating platform rather than a potential data exposure.

Combines strong technical capabilities with a solid understanding of regulatory requirements and operational practices across both public and private sectors. Supports organizations in navigating the evolving, AI-driven IT landscape with clarity, control, and confidence.

Microsoft infrastructure specialist with over 20 years of experience in implementing, operating, and securing complex IT environments for large organizations. Specialized in leading Microsoft 365 migration projects, delivering solutions that are both... Show more

Sergio Freire

Sergio Freire

Sergio Freire is a solution architect and testing advocate, working closely with many teams worldwide from distinct yet highly demanding sectors (Automotive, Health, and Telco among others) to help them achieve great, high-quality, testable products. By understanding how organizations work, their needs, context and background, processes and quality can be improved, while development and testing can "merge" towards a common goal: provide the best product that stakeholders need.
He also teaches programming and software quality related courses at University of Aveiro, Portugal.

Sergio Freire is a solution architect and testing advocate, working closely with many teams worldwide from distinct yet highly demanding sectors (Automotive, Health, and Telco among others) to help them achieve great, high-quality, testable products.... Show more

Leon Zimmermann

Leon Zimmermann

Born on 21 of  June 2000 in Essen, Germany, I began self‑studying Java at age 13 to create video games. Since then I have pursued my passion as a professional software engineer: from a working‑student role and then entry-level job at adesso to my current position at iits‑consulting GmbH.

Core Stack
Backend Development: Kotlin & Spring Boot
Frontend Development: Vue / TypeScript

Notable Projects
Diagnosis & Treatment Search System for healthcare: end‑to‑end design, implementation, and deployment with Docker, Spring Boot, Thymeleaf, PostgreSQL
Billing system for surgeons and therapists with selective contracts with health insurers

Personal Note
I’m always eager to explore new technologies—whether it’s software architecture, DevOps practices or programming languages. Outside of tech, I enjoy reading diverse literature (novels, psychology, economics) and spending time with my wife, dog, family, and friends.

Born on 21 of  June 2000 in Essen, Germany, I began self‑studying Java at age 13 to create video games. Since then I have pursued my passion as a professional software engineer: from a working‑student role and then entry-level job at adesso to my cur... Show more

Melanie Suzanne Wilson

Melanie Suzanne Wilson

Melanie Suzanne Wilson is now available as a keynote speaker, emcee, or facilitator.

Melanie shares insights about personal branding, sustainable lifestyle, networking, diversity, inclusion, and confident public speaking.

Melanie Suzanne Wilson founded The Motivate Collective, a wellness discussion provider. Melanie hosted podcast recordings with acclaimed experts, storytellers, and advocates.

Melanie has been a speaker for more than a decade and a half. Melanie learned presentation techniques from her grandparents, Gary Wilson OAM and the late Elizabeth Wilson OAM.

She is available now in Sydney, regional NSW, further locations in Australia, and internationally.

Melanie Suzanne Wilson is now available as a keynote speaker, emcee, or facilitator. Melanie shares insights about personal branding, sustainable lifestyle, networking, diversity, inclusion, and confident public speaking. Melanie Suzanne Wilson... Show more

Eduardo Spotti

Eduardo Spotti

I'm a passionate professional about business, entrepreneurship, technology, continue improving of human and technical skills to me and teams that I worked.
I'm acquired experience and knowledge in differents roles and practices that I like share and still learning from others. I was fortunate to work in the largest companies in our region and the globe. Argentine Telecom, Globant, Mercadolibre, Amazon Web Services
My mainly skill topics are SaaS, Platform engineering, SRE, Dev(Sec)Ops, Agile, Lean and Cloud Architecture.
I'm a football fan, animal lover, MMA practitioner and father of two beautiful childs.

I'm a passionate professional about business, entrepreneurship, technology, continue improving of human and technical skills to me and teams that I worked. I'm acquired experience and knowledge in differents roles and practices that I like share and... Show more

Anjie Adeyemo

Anjie Adeyemo

Anjie Adeyemo is a data analyst, researcher, and mentor with expertise in health disparities, and data science. She teaches middle and high school girls coding as a Club Facilitator in the Girls Who Code Club. Through her mentorship, she strives to bridge the gap of minorities in the data field. When she is not participating in hackathons, she loves to sew and listen to music.

Anjie Adeyemo is a data analyst, researcher, and mentor with expertise in health disparities, and data science. She teaches middle and high school girls coding as a Club Facilitator in the Girls Who Code Club. Through her mentorship, she strives to b... Show more

John Halberstadt

John Halberstadt

John Halberstadt is a strategic technology and product executive, advisor, and published author focused on helping organizations modernize how they build, deliver, and scale digital products. With a background spanning CIO/CTO leadership and enterprise consulting, work centers on aligning product, engineering, and business strategy to drive measurable outcomes in complex environments.

Current role as Head of Consulting Operations at En Dash focuses on guiding organizations through product operating model transformation, AI-enabled platform strategy, and modern engineering practices. Engagements span enterprise product transformation, governance design, and the integration of AI into both customer-facing solutions and internal operating models.

Prior leadership experience includes serving as Chief Information & Technology Officer for a Property & Casualty insurer, where responsibility included core platform modernization, cloud transformation, and enterprise delivery evolution. Additional experience includes leading product, UX, and customer experience for AI and NLP platforms at Next IT, delivering conversational AI solutions across financial services, healthcare, and travel.

Consulting and advisory work across LitheSpeed and independent engagements has supported large-scale enterprise transformation initiatives, with emphasis on enterprise agility, product-centric organizations, and aligning portfolio governance with value delivery.

John is also a published author on consulting, artificial intelligence, and governance, with work focused on practical approaches to modern consulting, responsible AI adoption, and enabling organizations to operate effectively in increasingly complex, technology-driven environments.

Regular speaker topics include product operating models, enterprise agility, AI in product development, and the intersection of governance, strategy, and execution.

KEY TOPICS
— Product Operating Models & Product Leadership
— AI & NLP in Products and Organizations
— Enterprise Agility & Modern Delivery
— Technology & Platform Modernization
— Governance, Strategy, and Value Alignment

EXPERIENCE HIGHLIGHTS
— Head of Consulting Operations, En Dash
— Vice President, Consulting, LitheSpeed
— Chief Information & Technology Officer, Capital Insurance Group
— SVP Customer Experience (AI/NLP), Next IT
— Enterprise Technology Leadership, FIS & First American

AUTHOR
Published author on consulting, artificial intelligence, and governance, focused on practical frameworks for modern consulting and AI-enabled organizations.

https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B0GC3R4G83/allbooks

John Halberstadt is a strategic technology and product executive, advisor, and published author focused on helping organizations modernize how they build, deliver, and scale digital products. With a background spanning CIO/CTO leadership and enterpri... Show more

Devanshi Kakade

Devanshi Kakade

Devanshi Kakade is a seasoned IT professional with over nine years of industry experience and a bachelor's degree in computer science. Starting as a .NET software developer, she quickly advanced to a Sitecore developer, a role she has excelled in for over six years. Devanshi has collaborated with clients worldwide, including the US, UK, Dubai, and India, across Finance, Healthcare, and Commerce domains, enhancing her communication skills and cultural perspective.

Currently a promoted as Associate Tech Lead at Horizontal, Devanshi is a Certified Sitecore Developer (9.x, 10.x), Sitecore CDP and Personalize Developer, Sitecore XM Cloud Developer, Sitecore CDP Certified Developer and is working towards more certifications. She is awarded 2X Sitecore Technology MVP 2026-2025. Her dedication, strong communication skills, and ability to manage complex projects make her an invaluable asset to any team.

Devanshi Kakade is a seasoned IT professional with over nine years of industry experience and a bachelor's degree in computer science. Starting as a .NET software developer, she quickly advanced to a Sitecore developer, a role she has excelled in for... Show more

Aisha Nancoo

Aisha Nancoo

I’m a strategist and systems thinker who helps organizations rethink how they build and live with technology, bridging the gap between innovation and execution with clarity, purpose, and just enough rebellion. My work focuses less on tools and more on how people and organizations think, especially as AI reshapes how work gets done.

I’ve led digital transformation and AI initiatives across government, healthcare, education, and enterprise environments, often in moments of ambiguity, constraint, and rapid change. I specialize in untangling complexity, surfacing hidden assumptions, and helping organizations design systems that can adapt, rather than break, the moment priorities shift.

In my talks, I blend systems strategy, organizational insight, and storytelling to challenge how we define “future-ready” technology. Because the real challenge with AI isn’t capability, it’s whether the systems we build can move with change, and whether humans are still allowed room for judgment, context, and evolution inside them.

I’m a strategist and systems thinker who helps organizations rethink how they build and live with technology, bridging the gap between innovation and execution with clarity, purpose, and just enough rebellion. My work focuses less on tools and more o... Show more

Ramanpreet Singh Khinda

Ramanpreet Singh Khinda

𝐑𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐡 𝐊𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐚 is a Staff Software Engineer and Tech Lead at LinkedIn, where he architects privacy-first mobile infrastructure serving over 1 billion members globally. His 12+ year career has defined the mobile stack for the world's largest technology platforms—his original contributions to the Android ecosystem have been productionized by Google, cited as industry best practices, and deployed to billions of devices.

𝐈𝐄𝐄𝐄 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Raman is an IEEE Senior Member and appointed member of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society's Technical Committee on Integrated Sensing & Mobile Intelligence, where he helps define industry standards for Next-Gen Mobile AI and 6G Edge Computing.

★ 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 & 𝐊𝐄𝐘𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐄𝐒
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Raman is an internationally sought-after voice on mobile infrastructure, privacy engineering, and on-device AI:

➤ 𝐀𝐢𝟒 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 (Las Vegas) — Invited speaker at America's largest AI conference (12,000+ attendees, 90+ countries); speaker roster include Geoffrey Hinton, Fei-Fei Li, and Andrew Ng

➤ 𝐃𝐫𝐨𝐢𝐝𝐜𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐛𝐮 𝐃𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐢 — Selected as Keynote Speaker alongside the Director of AI Office (UAE Ministry of Health) and Staff Engineer from X. One of the few non-Google Developer Expert speakers chosen for keynote—selected purely on industry track record

➤ 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐭𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 — Google Developer Groups flagship conference around the globe; 1 of 12 distinguished speakers alongside SVP of AI/ML at JPMorgan Chase

➤ 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 — World's largest gathering of women technologists (25,000+ attendees). Expert Braindate Host with sessions fully booked and 100+ attendees on waitlist. Attendees included engineers from Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Meta, Apple, NVIDIA, and students from MIT, Stanford, Carnegie Mellon, and UC Berkeley

➤ 𝐀𝐈𝐨𝐓 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐨 — Invited Keynote speaker at a major annual event focusing on the convergence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT)

➤ 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 — Selected among few LinkedIn employees to represent at the conference

★ 𝐓𝐄𝐂𝐇𝐍𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐉𝐔𝐃𝐆𝐈𝐍𝐆 & 𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐘 𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐏
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Recognized expert judge and technical advisor across elite competitions worldwide:

✰ 𝐌𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐇𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠: Technical Judge at Cornell (BigRed//Hacks), Johns Hopkins (HopHacks), University of Washington (DubHacks), UC Berkeley (Cal Hacks; mentor only), Carnegie Mellon (NexHacks)

✰ 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐇𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐬: Judge for Monday.com × Lovable × Railway Full-Stack Founder Hackathon (served alongside Member of Technical Staff at Anthropic and AI Director at Verizon); AceMakers GTM Hackathon (Munich); Venture Miner (Vibe Demo Day)

✰ 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐩 𝐆𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐍𝐘𝐂: Strategic Technical Advisor evaluating ventures on mobile architecture, on-device AI, and enterprise scalability

✰ 𝐇𝐚𝐜𝐤-𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐈 𝐇𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐧: Technical Mentor for Harvard/MIT participants competing for $10,000 grant

★ 𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐏 & 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐔𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐘 𝐈𝐌𝐏𝐀𝐂𝐓
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Long-term mentor in LinkedIn's Possibilities in Tech program supporting underrepresented students at Duke and Rutgers. Former career coach for Google's multi-billion dollar Grow with Google initiative, recognized as "Volunteer of the Week." Principal Technical Lead for $100,000 AHRQ-funded research on mobile health technology, with work published in ACM Digital Library.

A believer in mindful leadership, Raman integrates Sikh-inspired principles of humility, stillness, and selfless service (seva) into his approach to engineering and mentorship—fostering cultures that value both excellence and empathy.

𝐑𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐡 𝐊𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐚 is a Staff Software Engineer and Tech Lead at LinkedIn, where he architects privacy-first mobile infrastructure serving over 1 billion members globally. His 12+ year career has defined the mobile stack for... Show more

Angel Ceballos

Angel Ceballos

Angel Ceballos is the Founder and CEO of SeraphicGuardian and an architect of defensible systems.

Her work focuses on how complex data and decision systems are designed, governed, and held accountable in real-world environments. Rather than treating governance as documentation or policy layered on top of technology, she builds it directly into system architecture.

With a foundation in data engineering and enterprise architecture, Angel designs and implements accountable infrastructure that governs risk, fairness, and long-term resilience. She challenges organizations to move beyond performance metrics and build systems that withstand scrutiny, degrade safely under stress, and produce defensible evidence by design.

Her mission is to ensure accountability and safety are not policy add-ons but engineered foundations that preserve the human voice, lived experience and narrative behind the number.

Angel Ceballos is the Founder and CEO of SeraphicGuardian and an architect of defensible systems. Her work focuses on how complex data and decision systems are designed, governed, and held accountable in real-world environments. Rather than treati... Show more

Joshua Mabina

Joshua Mabina

JavaScript, Vim and Community

JavaScript, Vim and Community Show more

Ariel Fogel

Ariel Fogel

Ariel Fogel is a founding engineer & researcher at Pillar Security, where he hardens AI applications against real-world attacks and compliance risks. Over the past decade, he has built production systems in Ruby, TypeScript, Python, and SQL, shipping everything from full-stack web apps to data analytics pipelines. His academic and professional research work spans data-science methods, learning analytics, health policy, and cybersecurity. Ariel co-hosts the podcast “LLM Cybersecurity,” dissecting academic papers to demystify jailbreaks, prompt injections, and emerging AI-security research. In the few hours a week he's not thinking about AI, engineering, and security, Ariel spends time with his family or plays jazz on the upright bass. He's found that whether you're plucking strings or navigating family dynamics, success is all about harmony and knowing how to improvise.

Ariel Fogel is a founding engineer & researcher at Pillar Security, where he hardens AI applications against real-world attacks and compliance risks. Over the past decade, he has built production systems in Ruby, TypeScript, Python, and SQL, shipping... Show more

Eveli Karner

Eveli Karner

Agile Coach | Team Coach and Supervisor | SAFe SPC|

Eveli has 25+ years of experience in leading and coaching teams, processes and large projects in private, public and non-governmental organizations. Passionate about relentlessly improving herself and ways of working in organizations focusing on business value delivery and IT agility. She has worked extensively with teams in healthcare, finance and IT & telecommunication sectors.

She specializes in agile coaching, continuous improvement, and feedback/feedforward methodologies. Eveli is ANSE certified supervisor (Association of National Organisations for Supervision in Europe). She has introduced peer coaching and supervision methods to agile coaches and scrum masters as a way to learn and grow both individually and as a group.

At Building Adaptive Teams, she is focusing on supporting teams and organizations in turning various challenges into growth and resilience. As organizations integrate AI into core operations, resistance, both conscious and unconscious, can quietly erode productivity and morale. We help leaders and teams align people, culture, and technology to turn AI adoption into a catalyst for innovation and collaboration.

Agile Coach | Team Coach and Supervisor | SAFe SPC| Eveli has 25+ years of experience in leading and coaching teams, processes and large projects in private, public and non-governmental organizations. Passionate about relentlessly improving hersel... Show more

Yevgen Nebesov

Yevgen Nebesov

Yevgen Nebesov is a systems architect based in Bruchsal, Germany. He provides consultancy services to companies across various sectors, including railways, defence, logistics, medical devices, and retail. His expertise spans software architecture, organization design, team leadership, and business analysis.

His consultancy focuses primarily on managing the complexity arising from intertwined uncertainties across technical, operational, and political domains within organizations.

Yevgen is the author of two practical frameworks:
- “Sociotechnical Engineering” — an approach that applies classical Systems Engineering principles, such as requirements elicitation and requirements-driven design, to sociotechnical systems, including software development projects.
- “The Architecture of Power” — a framework for structural change designed for people with or without formal authority.

Yevgen Nebesov is a systems architect based in Bruchsal, Germany. He provides consultancy services to companies across various sectors, including railways, defence, logistics, medical devices, and retail. His expertise spans software architecture, or... Show more

Tega Edwin

Tega Edwin

Dr. Tega Edwin helps companies reduce turnover and boost employee engagement through trauma-informed leadership and strategic career development.

As a Licensed Professional Counselor and former Associate Professor of Counseling, she bridges clinical psychology with business outcomes, teaching leaders how to retain top talent, navigate difficult conversations with confidence, and build cultures where people actually want to stay.

Dr. Edwin has delivered keynotes and trainings for Northwestern Mutual, Lockheed Martin, St. Louis Public Schools, and universities, including the University of Houston Clear Lake and New Jersey City University. Through her signature coaching program, Find Your Fulfilling Career, her clients have secured roles at KPMG, Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services, and Henkel, with salary increases averaging $35,000+.

Her award-winning research on career development has been published in Career Development Quarterly (2019 Article of the Year), Professional School Counselor, and other leading journals. As a professor at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, she trained the next generation of career counselors in the evidence-based communication and relational skills that drive meaningful change.Dr. Edwin is the author of Helping Relationship Skills: Facilitative Skills that Foster Change (Cognella), which teaches the relational communication framework that transforms managers into leaders who inspire engagement, navigate difficult conversations, and drive measurable results.

She holds a Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision from Penn State and an M.A. in Counseling from Johns Hopkins University. She's a National Certified Counselor and Certified Salary Negotiation Facilitator.

When she's not on stage or coaching clients, you'll find her on the pickleball court or diving into her Bible.

Dr. Tega Edwin helps companies reduce turnover and boost employee engagement through trauma-informed leadership and strategic career development. As a Licensed Professional Counselor and former Associate Professor of Counseling, she bridges clini... Show more

Lindsay Bourdeau

Lindsay Bourdeau

My name is Lindsay Bourdeau, and I am a solo travel and lifestyle blogger. I have been on a mission to rediscover myself through soulful solo journeys. Once a music artist, I simultaneously did humanitarian work in developing countries which broadened my perspective of the world. These experiences not only led to personal and professional development, but further solidified by passion for inspiring others to see the beauty of the world through travel. Now a doctor of pharmacy, my followers continue to watch me detail my many life experiences.

My name is Lindsay Bourdeau, and I am a solo travel and lifestyle blogger. I have been on a mission to rediscover myself through soulful solo journeys. Once a music artist, I simultaneously did humanitarian work in developing countries which broadene... Show more

Bethany Parnell

Bethany Parnell

Bethany Parnell is the Senior Product Manager at the American College of Surgeons and the founder of Resilient Product Leadership. With over a decade of experience driving digital transformation across the insurance, hospitality, and healthcare industries, Bethany specializes in building systems that bend, not break. From AI integration to headless CMS migrations, her work bridges the gap between technical scalability and human resilience. She is a passionate advocate for psychological safety and teaches frameworks that help cross-functional teams navigate high-stakes, regulated environments without burning out.

Bethany Parnell is the Senior Product Manager at the American College of Surgeons and the founder of Resilient Product Leadership. With over a decade of experience driving digital transformation across the insurance, hospitality, and healthcare indus... Show more

Robinson Otochi

Robinson Otochi

Software Engineer|ICP Blockchain Developer| Founder DrewSky Softwaries LTD ™ | Co-Founder Greencoin Edition |Founder Kencourpus AI | Mobile Developer |Author & Speaker |AI Enthusiast

Software Engineer|ICP Blockchain Developer| Founder DrewSky Softwaries LTD ™ | Co-Founder Greencoin Edition |Founder Kencourpus AI | Mobile Developer |Author & Speaker |AI Enthusiast Show more

Utkarsh Rastogi

Utkarsh Rastogi

I'm a Cloud Specialist and AWS Community Builder with 7 years of experience architecting scalable, secure cloud solutions on AWS and Azure. I work primarily with serverless technologies, data engineering, and generative AI—building production systems using Lambda, Step Functions, AWS Glue, Athena, and Amazon Bedrock.

Over the years, I've delivered cloud platforms for healthcare, logistics, insurance, and public services. My work focuses on event-driven architectures, infrastructure as code with CloudFormation, streaming and batch ETL pipelines with PySpark and Apache Iceberg, and cost optimization strategies that make a real difference at scale.

What drives me is community. I host free hands-on AWS workshops where we build real projects—AI chatbots, serverless data lakes, Bedrock-powered GenAI apps. I run awslearner.hashnode.dev, sharing deep-dive tutorials and project blueprints. I also built an AI-powered AWS Project Idea Generator to help learners discover their next project. I've mentored dozens of people breaking into cloud careers and earning certifications.

As a speaker, I focus on practical, demo-driven sessions. I love breaking down complex topics with live coding and real production examples—whether it's streaming data with Glue, building with Bedrock, or designing cost-efficient serverless systems.

I'm passionate about turning cloud concepts into real-world solutions and helping others do the same.

I'm a Cloud Specialist and AWS Community Builder with 7 years of experience architecting scalable, secure cloud solutions on AWS and Azure. I work primarily with serverless technologies, data engineering, and generative AI—building production systems... Show more

Bruce Abernethy

Bruce Abernethy

Bruce Abernethy is a seasoned developer with over 30 years of experience in corporate, consulting, and product companies. He has developed, written, presented, and taught front-end development as user interface technologies have evolved since 1992. He is currently the Software Development Manager for a financial services company in Grand Rapids, Michigan - leading two teams working on active development in Flutter and supporting back-end technologies.

Bruce Abernethy is a seasoned developer with over 30 years of experience in corporate, consulting, and product companies. He has developed, written, presented, and taught front-end development as user interface technologies have evolved since 1992. ... Show more

Kristina Mishra

Kristina Mishra

Senior Microsoft Data Platform Professional with a masters in business analytics, and multiple Microsoft/AWS certifications. Kristina has provided Leadership and Data Solutions for over 20 years for domestic and global organizations with a special passion in health informatics, finance, and manufacturing. Nicknamed "Data Generalist" for her ability to quickly pivot, Kristina has held data roles across the spectrum including Data Architect, Data Engineer, DBA, Developer, Consultant, Data Analyst, Manager, Coach, and more. Her current role is Lead Data Architect for Kent Worldwide's Data and the Analytics & Data Management Team, as well as serving on their Center of Cloud Excellence (CCoE) board. Her current technical passion is Microsoft Fabric and Machine Learning Technologies.

In her free time, Kristina organizes/co-organizes several user groups, travels globally, sometimes blogs, rambles on various social media, takes pics of her dog, and runs around to her kids' events. She has spoken at large conferences and small user groups both internationally and here in the US on topics including AI, the Microsoft Data Platform, and neurodiversity. She has a special passion for WIT and co-leads the DATAWIT group.

Senior Microsoft Data Platform Professional with a masters in business analytics, and multiple Microsoft/AWS certifications. Kristina has provided Leadership and Data Solutions for over 20 years for domestic and global organizations with a special pa... Show more

Varsha Das

Varsha Das

Varsha Das loves helping developers bridge the gap between AI experimentation and production-ready services. After seven years as a backend engineer in healthcare and fintech, she shifted from being just a consumer to becoming a creator—writing Medium articles, producing YouTube videos, mentoring developers, and publishing her first e-book on Spring Boot. As a Developer Advocate for Java + AI at AWS, she focuses on translating enterprise Java complexity into digestible narratives through storytelling that transforms confusing concepts into "aha!" moments. Varsha believes most technical concepts aren't inherently complex—they're just poorly told stories waiting for better narrators. Outside of work, you'll find her cafe-hopping with a good book, pizza, and hot chocolate, or writing personal essays exploring neuroscience and psychology.

Varsha Das loves helping developers bridge the gap between AI experimentation and production-ready services. After seven years as a backend engineer in healthcare and fintech, she shifted from being just a consumer to becoming a creator—writing Mediu... Show more

Pablo Gonzalez (Sultanovich)

Pablo Gonzalez (Sultanovich)

DevSecOps professional with a strong background in Linux infrastructure and security. Contributor to the Wazuh project, developing solutions for threat detection and compliance in hybrid cloud environments. Committed to the open source ecosystem, he collaborates with the Debian community and free software events in Latin America, promoting security, transparency, and collaboration in technology

DevSecOps professional with a strong background in Linux infrastructure and security. Contributor to the Wazuh project, developing solutions for threat detection and compliance in hybrid cloud environments. Committed to the open source ecosystem, he ... Show more

Nyah Macklin

Nyah Macklin

Nyah Macklin is a seasoned researcher and speaker on topics around AI, ML, Ethics, Governance, and Responsibility. Nyah serves as a Senior Developer Advocate for Artificial Intelligence at Neo4j, specializing in context engineering, knowledge graphs, and AI-driven developer tooling where Nyah has built high-impact technical communities and led initiatives that advance a critical understanding of AI and its use cases. They are also the Founder & CTO of Afros in AI, a technical community dedicated to showcasing the multifaceted nature of artificial intelligence. Beyond Nyah's technical expertise, Nyah has a background in government leadership and technology policy, having served as Chief of Staff in the U.S. state government, where they helped shape tech-driven legislative initiatives and equity-driven legislation. When not immersed in their work, Nyah cares about empowering, teaching, and tutoring engineers, live-streaming technical deep dives, and building open-source tools that make software more accessible, explainable, and community-driven.

Nyah Macklin is a seasoned researcher and speaker on topics around AI, ML, Ethics, Governance, and Responsibility. Nyah serves as a Senior Developer Advocate for Artificial Intelligence at Neo4j, specializing in context engineering, knowledge graphs,... Show more

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