Information & Communications Technology
Seasoned technologists, digital innovators, and other ICT experts, dedicated to advancing the field of information and communications technology

Kenny Baas-Schwegler
Catalysing teams to design sustainable, resilient software through leadership and sociotechnical expertise.
I believe in collaborative software design where *‘every voice shapes the software’*. Leveraging a domain-driven design approach with Team Topologies, I facilitate clearer communication between stakeholders and software creators by collaborative mod... Show more
William is an Azure & .NET App Innovation Consultant at Arinco with a strong focus on building cloud-native solutions on Azure and enjoys developing great software engineering practices for teams. He is an active member of the Melbourne developer ... Show more
Microsoft MVP in AI | Microsoft Regional Director | Board Member at Pioneer Center for AI, Danish Data Science Community & BLG Emilie Lundblad stands at the forefront of Data & AI, holding prestigious roles such as Microsoft MVP in AI and Microsof... Show more
Lindsey Broos is a .NET Consultant at Team4Talent and Pluralsight author. Lindsey runs Visug, the .NET user group in Belgium, and is a content crew member for Techorama, the largest Microsoft-focused conference in Belgium and the Netherlands. With a ... Show more
Microsoft MVP Alumni, SAFe PO/PM certified, passionate about mobile apps and AI, joined the 'Xamarin' dev world more than sevenyears ago, now onboarding into MAUI. Passionate about UX and UI, with an eye on cross-platform solutions, mostly for Xamar... Show more
An IT consultant with 20+ years of industry experience, Tudor is a Certified Ethical Hacker, and a Microsoft MVP. His commitment to staying at the forefront of technology trends enables him to provide valuable guidance and support to organizations se... Show more
For over 15 years, I have been working in the field of Enduser Computing, with a focus on Citrix products. My professional journey in IT began over 20 years ago as a career changer at the service desk of a large transportation company in Switzerland.... Show more
Clemens Vasters is Lead Architect in Microsoft’s Azure Messaging team that builds and operates a fleet of hyper-scale messaging services, including Event Grid, Service Bus, Event Hubs, Stream Analytics and Microsoft Fabric Eventstreams. Clemens repre... Show more
My IT journey began as an operations technician hosting data centers, but I discovered my love for the cloud almost a decade ago and specialized in Azure. I have a deep enthusiasm for the modern Ops role and I thrive on being an enabler, taking ide... Show more
Heini is a math teacher turned Azure expert. With her background in mathematics and teaching, she has a great passion for problem solving, simplifying complex things and a unique approach to architectures. She is a Co-founder at Bruvo and a Data Pla... Show more
James McGillivray, Data Management and Analytics MCSE, has been working in Business Intelligence for over a decade. He spends his working hours building solutions that allow people to make informed decisions. quickly and accurately. He is a Director ... Show more
As an experienced .NET Engineer and a Microsoft MVP in Developer Technologies in the heart of Zurich, Steven Giesel bring a substantial breadth of knowledge and expertise to each project. His enthusiasm for technology goes beyond his professional ... Show more
Nicolas Fränkel is a technologist focusing on cloud-native technologies, DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and system observability. His focus revolves around creating technical content, delivering talks, and engaging with developer communities to promote the... Show more
Scott McAllister is a Developer Advocate for LoftLabs. He has been building web applications in several industries for over a decade. Now he's helping others learn about a wide range of web and infrastructure technologies. When he's not coding, writi... Show more
Vladimir is an experienced Infrastructure and Azure Cloud Architect with over 15 years in IT. He’s a Microsoft Certified Trainer Regional Lead and Microsoft Azure MVP, known for building reliable, scalable solutions in critical environments. He en... Show more
Nikki Chapple is a Principal Cloud Architect at CloudWay, specialising in Microsoft 365 data security, governance, and compliance. With over 35 years of experience in IT and business, she helps organisations with risk-based digital transformations. A... Show more
Rafael works as a software consultant in Oslo, Norway. He is a proponent of static typing and a JVM enthusiast with particular interest in code instrumentation, concurrency and functional programming. Rafael blogs about software development, regularl... Show more
Xavier was born in Valencia, but currently living in Madrid. He has +10 years of experience. He focuses on Cloud, Kubernetes, DevOps, Q&A, microservices, Generative AI & Conversational AI and mentoring startups thanks to the Google & Microsoft For St... Show more

Damir Matešić
Microsoft Data Platform MVP | Senior Database Architect @Span | SQL Server User Group Croatia - Lead
For many years Damir is a passionate programmer and a Microsoft SQL Server developer (ver. 2000+). He is a certificated Microsoft professional on various technologies. He leads the Croatian SQL Server User Group and he introduced SQL Saturday Eve... Show more
Grishma Jena is a Data Scientist with the Product Excellence Office at IBM in San Francisco. As the only Data Scientist in the org, she supports 100+ user researchers and designers and uses data to understand user struggles and opportunities to enhan... Show more
Passionate software developer and architect. Proud father. #CloudNativeNerd. Leander is the CTO at QAware. He’s continuously looking for innovations in software engineering and ways to combine and apply state-of-the-art technology in real-world proje... Show more
As a SharePoint developer I started my career in September 2010. After 8 years of immersing myself in the world of backend development, I learned and discovered the wonderful world of client side development by getting started with SPFx. As a result... Show more
Gabriel is an engineering executive with extensive experience in security and developer platforms. Over the years, I have worked as a technical leader and principal engineer at large corporations such as Cisco and Palo Alto Networks and a few startup... Show more
Charles is a technical speaker and low-code advocate with a pro-code background, specializing in transforming business data architecture. With a passion for innovation, he shares his expertise to solve complex business problems and guide organization... Show more
Bert Verbeek is a Microsoft MVP and is working for almost 15 years with Navision / Business Central in several rolls like Finance consultant and productmanagemer. Currently he is working as a Productmanager new innovations at 4PS group. His focus... Show more
With over 7 years of experience in the tech industry, currently working as a Solutions Engineer at Sysdig, focusing on cloud native security. He actively contributes to open source by maintaining the Portuguese (Brazil) translations of the Kubernetes... Show more
Meet our data pro and Microsoft Certified Power BI specialist! She’s all about turning raw data into cool, actionable insights. With her deep knowledge of Power BI's advanced features, she's famous for her creative and innovative reports that really ... Show more
Marvin is a team lead and senior software engineer at Kubermatic, maintainer for the kcp project and CNCF Ambassador. He started out as a Linux sysadmin, and found himself gradually turning into a software engineer while automating Kubernetes cluster... Show more
Andrew Madson is a Data Analytics, Data Science, and AI Evangelist at Dremio, where he leverages his extensive expertise in data analytics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence to drive innovation and educate the wider community. With a stro... Show more

Albert Hoitingh
Architect at the Microsoft Innovation Hub, working on Modern Work and Copilot. Former dual Microsoft MVP, CEH and CISSP with a taste for Governance, Risk and Compliance.
I live in The Hague (NL) with my partner and two sons, and have over 30 years of IT experience. Primarily, I've worked as a Consultant, Solution Architect, or Business Consultant. Since Microsoft launched SharePoint Server 2001, I’ve specialized in M... Show more
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