Information & Communications Technology

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

Andreas Wänqvist

Andreas Wänqvist

Andreas has been working in different positions within enterprise during the last two decades. A few years ago his focus was on all things mobile, then it shifted towards building web systems. After that, the focus was on cloud solutions and planet-scale architecture. Nowadays it's producing customer value using AI, for real - not writing chatbots for everything.

Andreas is the AI architect at Voyado, one of Sweden's fastest-growing SAAS companies. In his spare time he spends time with his family, lifts things in the gym, and is involved in OSS as an Aurelia Core Team member.

Andreas has been working in different positions within enterprise during the last two decades. A few years ago his focus was on all things mobile, then it shifted towards building web systems. After that, the focus was on cloud solutions and planet-s... Show more

Bob Walker

Bob Walker

Bob Walker is a Field CTO Octopus Deploy. Bob started as a developer in the early days of .NET when web forms were the hottest new thing, and manual deployments were the norm. After one too many five-hour 2 AM Saturday deployments, he searched for any automation to stop that pain. His original focus was on automating database deployments. Since then, his passion has expanded from writing code to creating full CI/CD pipelines and implementing DevOps practices.

Bob Walker is a Field CTO Octopus Deploy. Bob started as a developer in the early days of .NET when web forms were the hottest new thing, and manual deployments were the norm. After one too many five-hour 2 AM Saturday deployments, he searched for ... Show more

Rivu Chakraborty

Rivu Chakraborty

Rivu Chakraborty is an Android GDE (Google Developer Expert) and India's first Kotlin GDE, a community person, & one of the early adopters of Kotlin. With overall 13+ years of experience, he works at JioHotstar / JioCinema (India's biggest OTT platform) as Mobile Architect. He previously used to work at Meesho (a promising unicorn E-Commerce Startup from India), Gojek (one of South-East Asia's biggest startups), Paytm (India's biggest Fintech startup), and Byju's (one of India's biggest Edtech startup).

He has contributed to multiple Kotlin and Android Development books including authoring Reactive Programming in Kotlin, co-authoring Functional Kotlin the first-ever book to help Kotlin developers learn Functional Programming and use Arrow-kt in their projects, and co-authoring Hands-On Data Structures and Algorithms with Kotlin.

He has been using Kotlin since December 2015. Rivu formed KotlinKolkata User Group, the first active Kotlin User Group in India. Before he had to move out of Kolkata, he was organizing meetups and events for both KotlinKolkata and GDG Kolkata. Along with organizing community & events, he also speaks at events/conferences and local meetups.

Rivu Chakraborty is an Android GDE (Google Developer Expert) and India's first Kotlin GDE, a community person, & one of the early adopters of Kotlin. With overall 13+ years of experience, he works at JioHotstar / JioCinema (India's biggest OTT platfo... Show more

Kanwal Khipple

Kanwal Khipple

Kanwal Khipple is the CEO and Founder of 2toLead, a trailblazing consulting firm dedicated to innovative digital workplace transformations. Over the past decade, he has established himself as a trusted authority in creating engaging, award-winning employee experiences that seamlessly blend design, technology, and human-centric thinking. Recognized by the Nielsen Norman Group for designing two Top 10 Intranets, Kanwal continues to influence how modern organizations enhance collaboration, learning, and performance.

As AI reshapes how employees interact with information and one another, Kanwal focuses on leveraging cutting-edge tools—like personalization engines, intelligent chatbots, and workplace analytics—to drive meaningful, future-ready workplaces. A long-standing Microsoft 365 community contributor and Microsoft and Business Applications MVP since 2009, he frequently speaks on the value of embracing emerging technologies to amplify rather than replace human connection. His mission is to ensure that as we evolve our workplaces with AI, we do so ethically, responsibly, and with enduring human value at the core.

Kanwal Khipple is the CEO and Founder of 2toLead, a trailblazing consulting firm dedicated to innovative digital workplace transformations. Over the past decade, he has established himself as a trusted authority in creating engaging, award-winning em... Show more

Arin Roy

Arin Roy

Arin is a Tech Lead at Capgemini in Netherlands with focus on Cloud Native and Intelligent Applications on Microsoft Azure. As a Tech Lead with a specialization in Azure and AI, Arin excels at pioneering new services in Azure, bringing innovative solutions to his projects.

He is dedicated to keeping the developer community updated with new technology, advocating for best practices, and fostering a culture of continuous learning and innovation.

He combines his expertise in Azure and AI with a passion for mentoring and leadership, driving technological excellence and community engagement. He is also deeply passionate about the Microsoft Development Ecosystem and .NET, integrating these technologies seamlessly into his projects to deliver optimal results.

Arin is a Tech Lead at Capgemini in Netherlands with focus on Cloud Native and Intelligent Applications on Microsoft Azure. As a Tech Lead with a specialization in Azure and AI, Arin excels at pioneering new services in Azure, bringing innovative sol... Show more

Jay Leask

Jay Leask

I facilitate discussions on modern IT practices, using 25 years of IT experience to engage customers in solutions design with a focus on increased the value and decreased risk within collaboration investments. I am a former 3x MVP (Microsoft Teams and SharePoint), a PMP, a certified Microsoft practitioner, and a Washington DC area community leader.

Since 2010, my focus has been on public sector organizations including state, local, and Federal government, as well as education institutions. Today, I lead strategic and technical discussions at the Microsoft Innovation Hub (formerly know as the Microsoft Technology Center), helping connect strategic business and mission requirements with AI capabilities.

Find more about my conference presentations, blogs, and podcasts at https://my.link.gallery/jayleask

I facilitate discussions on modern IT practices, using 25 years of IT experience to engage customers in solutions design with a focus on increased the value and decreased risk within collaboration investments. I am a former 3x MVP (Microsoft Teams an... Show more

Monica Rathbun

Monica Rathbun

Monica Rathbun, a Microsoft MVP for Data Platform, resides in Virginia and brings two decades of experience across various database platforms, with a particular focus on SQL Server and the Microsoft Data Platform. She is a frequent speaker at IT industry conferences, where she shares her expertise on performance tuning and configuration management for both on-premises and cloud environments. Monica leads the Hampton Roads SQL Server User Group and is passionate about SQL Server and its community, she is dedicated to giving back in any way she can. You can often find her online (@sqlespresso) offering helpful tips or blogging at sqlespresso.com.

Monica Rathbun, a Microsoft MVP for Data Platform, resides in Virginia and brings two decades of experience across various database platforms, with a particular focus on SQL Server and the Microsoft Data Platform. She is a frequent speaker at IT indu... Show more

Oliver Drotbohm

Oliver Drotbohm

Oliver Drotbohm has been a member of the Spring open source engineering team for 15 years. His work focused on software architecture, DDD, REST, and persistence technologies. His new book, “Modulithic Applications with Spring”, is due for release in 2025.

Oliver Drotbohm has been a member of the Spring open source engineering team for 15 years. His work focused on software architecture, DDD, REST, and persistence technologies. His new book, “Modulithic Applications with Spring”, is due for release in ... Show more

Abdelrahman Awad

Abdelrahman Awad

An open-source maintainer and a GDE in Web Technologies. I created vee-validate and villus for Vue.js. I host the Untyped podcast and co-host “Web workers” podcast. I’m also one of the organizers of the EgyptJS monthly meetup.

I write about Vue.js and the composition API and also TypeScript on my Blog. I am passionate about learning and teaching Vue.js and TypeScript.

An open-source maintainer and a GDE in Web Technologies. I created vee-validate and villus for Vue.js. I host the Untyped podcast and co-host “Web workers” podcast. I’m also one of the organizers of the EgyptJS monthly meetup. I write about Vue.j... Show more

Patrick Koch

Patrick Koch

Cloud Adoption Engineer | Blogger "DevOps Experiences" 🚀 | Speaker | Co-organizer Microsoft Developer User Group Graz | Microsoft MVP | HashiCorp Ambassador

Cloud Adoption Engineer | Blogger "DevOps Experiences" 🚀 | Speaker | Co-organizer Microsoft Developer User Group Graz | Microsoft MVP | HashiCorp Ambassador Show more

Ankit Sharma

Ankit Sharma

As a Software Architect at DataNimbus, I design, develop, and maintain robust web applications using Angular, TypeScript, and NgRx. My expertise extends to ASP.NET, SQL Server, and C#, enabling me to build and consume web APIs, manage data efficiently, and deliver scalable solutions. I thrive on solving complex problems and creating high-quality applications that meet client and user needs.

Passionate about giving back to the tech community, I’m honored to be a Google Developer Expert (Angular) and a Microsoft MVP (Developer Technologies). I’ve authored two books—Blazor Quick Start Guide and Learn C# Programming—and regularly contribute articles to platforms like Medium and freeCodeCamp. As a frequent speaker at conferences, webinars, and tech events, I enjoy sharing insights on web development, Angular, .NET, and Blazor.

Always eager to learn and grow, I aim to inspire and empower fellow developers through knowledge-sharing and continuous innovation.

As a Software Architect at DataNimbus, I design, develop, and maintain robust web applications using Angular, TypeScript, and NgRx. My expertise extends to ASP.NET, SQL Server, and C#, enabling me to build and consume web APIs, manage data efficientl... Show more

Derek Bingham

Derek Bingham

Derek is a long time developer with a passion for building software, as a Developer Advocate he enjoys talking and writing about what he used to do for a living... for a living. Derek helps and supports various technical communities across Australia and New Zealand and is excited to see how software development technology and practices are constantly evolving, he is also happy mentoring people who are navigating the ambiguities and complexities of a career in tech.

Derek is a long time developer with a passion for building software, as a Developer Advocate he enjoys talking and writing about what he used to do for a living... for a living. Derek helps and supports various technical communities across Australia ... Show more

Fatih Kadir Akın

Fatih Kadir Akın

Fatih is a passionate software developer from Istanbul, Turkey, currently leading Developer Relations at Teknasyon. He is an award-winning GitHub Star. He has authored books on JavaScript and prompt engineering for AI tools. With a deep enthusiasm for web technologies and AI-assisted development, he actively contributes to open-source projects and builds innovative things on GitHub. Beyond coding, Fatih enjoys organizing conferences and sharing knowledge through talks. A strong advocate for open-source collaboration, he specializes in JavaScript and Ruby (particularly Ruby on Rails). He also created prompts.chat, a platform for exploring and optimizing AI prompts for LLMs.

Fatih is a passionate software developer from Istanbul, Turkey, currently leading Developer Relations at Teknasyon. He is an award-winning GitHub Star. He has authored books on JavaScript and prompt engineering for AI tools. With a deep enthusiasm fo... Show more

Reza Dorrani

Reza Dorrani

Reza Dorrani works at Microsoft as a Principal Program Manager as part of the Power CAT Team.

His passion is to share his knowledge and learnings around Microsoft 365 & Power Platform. He video blogs on all things Power Platform on his YouTube channel https://youtube.com/rezadorrani

Reza Dorrani works at Microsoft as a Principal Program Manager as part of the Power CAT Team. His passion is to share his knowledge and learnings around Microsoft 365 & Power Platform. He video blogs on all things Power Platform on his YouTube cha... Show more

Lewis Baybutt

Lewis Baybutt

Hi there!

I'm Lewis, a Dual Microsoft MVP in Business Applications & M365 and a Modern Workplace Consultant at Avanade.

I've been in the Microsoft space for a while now, starting as a Sixth Form student collaborating with my school's wider trust to build 10+ solutions for faculty operations and classroom productivity. With the numerous opportunities I've encountered since in the workplace and community, I now work with enterprise / s500 Power Platform customers, focusing on their implementations and enabling their organisations with low-code tools. My team and I collaborate with enterprise low-code customers from various industries on different use cases, from custom sales processes to Customer Service implementations, operational process automation, and enabling organizations to succeed with low-code in a safe environment with the appropriate and relevant guardrails.

I'm also active in the Microsoft community, focusing on Copilot for Microsoft 365 and Power Platform technologies, I run the Bletchley AI User Group, and write regularly on my blog lewisdoes.dev. I also enjoy speaking at community conferences and on online webcasts.

Hi there! I'm Lewis, a Dual Microsoft MVP in Business Applications & M365 and a Modern Workplace Consultant at Avanade. I've been in the Microsoft space for a while now, starting as a Sixth Form student collaborating with my school's wider trus... Show more

Stephen Cleary

Stephen Cleary

Stephen Cleary is a Christian, husband, and father who feels like he does software development in his spare time. :)

He is a Microsoft MVP and the author of "Concurrency in C# Cookbook" (O'Reilly) on asynchronous and parallel programming, as well as several MSDN articles. He's the top async/await answerer on Stack Overflow, he's assisted hundreds of companies with async adoption across all kinds of applications, his blog has been the go-to source for async advice for years, he contributed some of the MS documentation on subjects such as ValueTask, and he's the maintainer of AsyncEx, a library with >50M downloads which provides asynchronous coordination primitives and other async helper types.

He published a .NET-oriented version of the classic TCP/IP FAQ on his blog almost 15 years ago, and has helped countless developers debug their application protocols. At his first job ever, he ended up fixing the primary protocol used in all their systems as well as implementing a TCP/IP replacement for an old serial protocol, and at another job he designed and implemented a multiplexed streaming protocol for embedded devices from scratch. More recently, he recorded a YouTube series where he live-coded a fully asynchronous chat-like TCP/IP protocol using modern .NET pipelines and channels.

Stephen Cleary is a Christian, husband, and father who feels like he does software development in his spare time. :) He is a Microsoft MVP and the author of "Concurrency in C# Cookbook" (O'Reilly) on asynchronous and parallel programming, as well ... Show more

Tim te Beek

Tim te Beek

Tim te Beek is a staff software engineer at Moderne, which automates software refactoring at scale. He has extensive experience contributing to and presenting on Open Source software within the Java ecosystem. Previously he worked as a consultant specializing in migration engineering and developer productivity.

Tim te Beek is a staff software engineer at Moderne, which automates software refactoring at scale. He has extensive experience contributing to and presenting on Open Source software within the Java ecosystem. Previously he worked as a consultant spe... Show more

Angeliki Patsiavou

Angeliki Patsiavou

I am a Microsoft Business Applications MVP and Prosci® certified, Dynamics 365 and Power Platform functional lead. My experience is in business applications, CRM operations and enterprise change. With a FTSE 100 client background in Financial Services, CRM and Marketing across Microsoft, Adobe, and Salesforce platforms, I manage global transformation and adoption programs with deep human impact. I am also a speaker in the Microsoft Community, advocating as a human evangelist about user-centered design and enabling governance.

I am a Microsoft Business Applications MVP and Prosci® certified, Dynamics 365 and Power Platform functional lead. My experience is in business applications, CRM operations and enterprise change. With a FTSE 100 client background in Financial Service... Show more

Sébastien Paulet

Sébastien Paulet

20 years as consultant, dev, tech lead, project manager, trainer, team leader, speaker around SharePoint and M365 technologies and fond of topics around #compliance, #GDPR, #ITSec, #AI, #documentManagement, #recordsManagement, #lean, #scrum, #roi.
Various aMS events around the world + MWCP Paris organizer.

20 years as consultant, dev, tech lead, project manager, trainer, team leader, speaker around SharePoint and M365 technologies and fond of topics around #compliance, #GDPR, #ITSec, #AI, #documentManagement, #recordsManagement, #lean, #scrum, #roi. V... Show more

Paolo Insogna

Paolo Insogna

Node.js TSC Member, Principal Engineer at Platformatic, Polyglot Developer. RPG and LARP addicted and nerd on lot more. Surrounded by lovely chubby cats.

Node.js TSC Member, Principal Engineer at Platformatic, Polyglot Developer. RPG and LARP addicted and nerd on lot more. Surrounded by lovely chubby cats. Show more

Sai Prudhvi Neelakantam

Sai Prudhvi Neelakantam

Looking to leverage the power of your business data?

Join Sai Prudhvi Neelakantam, a triple Microsoft and Databricks-certified data professional at Evidi, for practical sessions on Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, Azure, Databricks, and Azure AI. He'll share applied strategies for building data pipelines and lakehouses, developing and deploying AI/ML models, and creating compelling data stories in Power BI.

Get ready to take your data skills to the next level!

Looking to leverage the power of your business data? Join Sai Prudhvi Neelakantam, a triple Microsoft and Databricks-certified data professional at Evidi, for practical sessions on Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, Azure, Databricks, and Azure AI. He'l... Show more

Dave Stork

Dave Stork

I am Dave Stork – a Cloud Architect. I have been working in IT for over 20 years, mostly with Exchange and Microsoft 365. I am currently a Microsoft Most Valued Professional (MVP) in ‘Office Apps & Services’ since 2014 and a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) since 2015. I blog at https://dirteam.com/dave and co-authored a book with fellow MVP Damian Scoles: Practical PowerShell - Exchange 2016. www.practicalpowershell.com.

I am Dave Stork – a Cloud Architect. I have been working in IT for over 20 years, mostly with Exchange and Microsoft 365. I am currently a Microsoft Most Valued Professional (MVP) in ‘Office Apps & Services’ since 2014 and a Microsoft Certified Train... Show more

Peter Klapwijk

Peter Klapwijk

Peter is an Security (Intune) and Windows MVP since 2020 and is working as Senior Modern Workplace Engineer at Wortell in The Netherlands. He has more than 15 years of experience in IT, with a strong focus on Microsoft technologies like Microsoft Intune, Windows, and low-code automation.

Peter is an Security (Intune) and Windows MVP since 2020 and is working as Senior Modern Workplace Engineer at Wortell in The Netherlands. He has more than 15 years of experience in IT, with a strong focus on Microsoft technologies like Microsoft Int... Show more

Borja Piris de Castro

Borja Piris de Castro

Como me gusta a mi decirlo, soy la "mascota" que se dedica al desarrollo, con una experiencia de más de 15 años en c#, con una pasión con todo lo que tenga ver con la tecnología, otorgándome competencias transversales en seguridad, sistemas, arquitectura e IA.

Apasionado de dos maravillosos monstruos a los que llamo hijos y que me hacen cada día la vida más "sencilla" pero muy bonita...​

Mi vida laboral se puede resumir como fundador y empresario con más de 15 años de experiencia de varias empresa, docente en el master de MCSD y en este relax de vida decidí unirme a Encamina gracias a unos amigos buscando disfrutar del camino.​

En los tiempos que me dejan estar entre pantallas, ratones y teclados hago las veces de Principal Tech Lead creando metodología, método, soluciones reusables e innovando en Encamina​

Comencé en comunidad a los 14 años, en los antiguos servidores públicos y privados del IRC, programando en ensamblador para verificar la robustez de los sistemas de entonces, asistiendo a eventos cuando eran de ámbito privado y con invitación, los cuales normalmente se indicaban en que ciudad se realizabas y la ubicación se comunicaba en las últimas horas... Otros tiempos...

Así que como os podéis imaginar me encanta compartir y crear comunidad:​

- Staff de Tech Rider.​

- Ponentes en múltiples conferencias.

Como me gusta a mi decirlo, soy la "mascota" que se dedica al desarrollo, con una experiencia de más de 15 años en c#, con una pasión con todo lo que tenga ver con la tecnología, otorgándome competencias transversales en seguridad, sistemas, arquitec... Show more

João Antunes

João Antunes

Hey folks! My name is João Antunes and I'm an experienced tech professional who's always trying to push things forward.

I've worked across different projects and industries, building (micro)services, web applications, IPTV applications and a bunch of other stuff.

I love to explore new technologies, dig up some fringe topics and dive into over-engineering sessions, but always trying not to forget the basics and how they're essential to everything else.

Hey folks! My name is João Antunes and I'm an experienced tech professional who's always trying to push things forward. I've worked across different projects and industries, building (micro)services, web applications, IPTV applications and a bunch... Show more

Helvira Goma

Helvira Goma

Helvira Goma is a Paris-based software engineer. Chameleon-like, Helvira Goma divides her time between whispering in computers' ears; participating in international tech events as a speaker, and enticing others to join the other side through her community: Motiv'Her.

### Given Conferences

- Tremplin de l'Agile Tour Rennes [2022]
- Codeurs en Seine [2022]
- Agile Tour Rennes [2022]
- Tourraine Tech [2023]
- Very Tech Trip [2023]
- DevFest Lille [2023]
- Web2Day [2023]
- DevFest Nantes [2023]
- Asynconf [2023]
- JCON Europe [2024]
- Method Conference [2024]
- DevFest Hamburg [2024]
- PHPCon Poland [2024]
- AppDevCon [2025]

### Meet-ups

- NantesJS [2023]

Helvira Goma is a Paris-based software engineer. Chameleon-like, Helvira Goma divides her time between whispering in computers' ears; participating in international tech events as a speaker, and enticing others to join the other side through her comm... Show more

Elif Samedin

Elif Samedin

Senior DevOps Engineer with extensive experience in IT Infrastructure Automation. HashiCorp Ambassador. Advocate for Continuous Learning, Open Source Communities, and Technical Innovation.

Senior DevOps Engineer with extensive experience in IT Infrastructure Automation. HashiCorp Ambassador. Advocate for Continuous Learning, Open Source Communities, and Technical Innovation. Show more

François Bouteruche

François Bouteruche

I am currently a Senior Developer Productivity Specialist at Microsoft, dedicated to helping developers enhance their productivity in this new AI era.

I have over 15 years of experience as a .NET developer. I have had the honor of being recognized as a Microsoft MVP in 2014 & 2015. After spending three years at Microsoft as a technical expert specializing in Visual Studio products and .NET, I joined Amazon Web Services (AWS) in 2019. At AWS, I assisted .NET developers in efficiently and securely building, testing, and deploying applications on the AWS Cloud.

Now, I am back at Microsoft, focusing on their extensive developer tools ecosystem.

I am currently a Senior Developer Productivity Specialist at Microsoft, dedicated to helping developers enhance their productivity in this new AI era. I have over 15 years of experience as a .NET developer. I have had the honor of being recognized... Show more

Antón Rodríguez

Antón Rodríguez

Antón is a Principal Software Engineer at New Relic, specializing in Data in Motion and high-throughput streaming systems. As an enthusiastic Java developer, he frequently works with Apache Kafka and Flink. Beyond his core engineering work, Antón is a Rust aficionado and keen on reducing his carbon footprint 🌱.

Antón is a Principal Software Engineer at New Relic, specializing in Data in Motion and high-throughput streaming systems. As an enthusiastic Java developer, he frequently works with Apache Kafka and Flink. Beyond his core engineering work, Antón is ... Show more

Dennis Vroegop

Dennis Vroegop

CTO, Team lead, developer. I do it all. Passionate about spreading knowledge on technology, people, management, developing and all the Douglas Adams books. I have been speaking at conferences, meetups and business meetings all over the world, always trying to get the audience to be as enthusiastic about the topics I talk about as I am. I have been active in the techindustry for over 30 years and still get a lot of joy writing code. But I also enjoy enabling other people to experience that: as a leader I always try to make sure people are safe, secure and have fun doing what they do best! Even more important: I love spreading my experience so others can do the same!

CTO, Team lead, developer. I do it all. Passionate about spreading knowledge on technology, people, management, developing and all the Douglas Adams books. I have been speaking at conferences, meetups and business meetings all over the world, always ... Show more

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