Gauri Yadav, currently working as a DevSecOps and CloudSecOps Engineer, brings over 2 years of experience in the field. She has a passion for delving deep into security aspects of cloud and DevOps, and enjoys sharing her knowledge through articles and content creation on platforms like Medium and LinkedIn. Gauri is also actively participating in technical events and conferences such as AWS Community Day Mumbai, Aws Community Day Pune etc. She is dedicated to promoting women in tech and derives fulfillment from making positive contributions to the community, whether it involves creating content, offering mentorship, or assisting individuals.

Gauri Yadav, currently working as a DevSecOps and CloudSecOps Engineer, brings over 2 years of experience in the field. She has a passion for delving deep into security aspects of cloud and DevOps, and enjoys sharing her knowledge through articles an... Show more

Hi, I'm Hamish Sheild,

I am the founder of AppRising and a Microsoft MVP in Business Applications with over 15 years of experience across Dynamics 365 and Power Platform. I help large New Zealand organisations move from AI ideas to working business solutions through structured collaboration and responsible delivery.

Working at the intersection of business, technology, and people, my approach is grounded in human-centred design, practical governance, and building internal capability so teams can sustain their own systems long after an engagement ends.

I speak about AI adoption, co-design methods, and what it takes to build AI solutions that organisations actually use.

Hi, I'm Hamish Sheild, I am the founder of AppRising and a Microsoft MVP in Business Applications with over 15 years of experience across Dynamics 365 and Power Platform. I help large New Zealand organisations move from AI ideas to working busines... Show more

James Eastham is a Serverless Developer Advocate at Datadog, AWS Community Builder and a Microsoft MVP. He answered phones in front-line support, administered databases and developed modern application backends with a range of technologies. He worked AWS working with some of the biggest companies on the planet, migrating workloads from data centers into the cloud and modernizing in the process.

James produces content on YouTube focused on architecting and building applications with serverless technologies using .NET and Rust. He also has a strong interest in and expertise in event-driven architecture and building more loosely coupled systems.

James Eastham is a Serverless Developer Advocate at Datadog, AWS Community Builder and a Microsoft MVP. He answered phones in front-line support, administered databases and developed modern application backends with a range of technologies. He worked... Show more

José Andrés is an Azure Cloud Engineer from Caracas, Venezuela, currently based in London, United Kingdom. With a passion for cloud technology, he has worked with clients in the United States, Belgium, and the United Kingdom, helping them maximise the benefits of Azure.

José Andrés is an Azure Cloud Engineer from Caracas, Venezuela, currently based in London, United Kingdom. With a passion for cloud technology, he has worked with clients in the United States, Belgium, and the United Kingdom, helping them maximise th... Show more

Brian Korzynski is an architect and founder of Intelligent Document Processing Solutions (IDPS), where he builds scalable, secure platforms for document classification and data extraction. With deep expertise in .NET, cloud architecture, and machine learning, he designs high-throughput IDP systems for enterprise cloud and on-prem environments. Drawing on years of hands-on experience, Brian shares practical insights on deploying AI in production, with a focus on performance, reliability, and real-world tradeoffs.

Brian Korzynski is an architect and founder of Intelligent Document Processing Solutions (IDPS), where he builds scalable, secure platforms for document classification and data extraction. With deep expertise in .NET, cloud architecture, and machine ... Show more

William Assaf is a principal content developer for Microsoft Learn. Formerly a Data Platform MVP and a consultant, and before that a .NET developer, William currently works with Microsoft product groups on content related to Microsoft SQL offerings, specifically over Azure SQL Database and Microsoft Fabric. As a consultant for 13 years he worked with clients on SQL Server and Azure SQL platform optimization, management, disaster recovery, and high availability, and led a multi-city team of senior consulting SQL DBA's. William has written for Microsoft SQL certification exams since 2011 and was the team lead author of the 2017, 2019, 2022 editions of "SQL Server Administration Inside Out" by Microsoft Press.

William is a past lead of the annual SQLSaturday Baton Rouge Planning Committee and is a big fan of data platform communities far and wide.

William Assaf is a principal content developer for Microsoft Learn. Formerly a Data Platform MVP and a consultant, and before that a .NET developer, William currently works with Microsoft product groups on content related to Microsoft SQL offerings, ... Show more

I'm Ivan Pesenti. A passionate gopher who has been working in the software industry since 2014.

I'm a software engineer focused on server-side programming. Throughout my career, I've always been accompanied by two obsessions: testing and writing secure code. I consider myself a detail-oriented person.

My career took a turning point in 2021 when the Go programming language crossed my path. Since then, I've fallen in love with it.

I believe in empathy, kindness, mutual help, growth, determination, and trust. These values have led me to give back to the community through speaking, coaching, writing, and more. Helping others is one of the most satisfying experiences I've ever had.

During my free time, I train my body, play football, watch anime, and hang out with family and friends.

One of my favorite quotes is: "Hard work beats talent."

I'm Ivan Pesenti. A passionate gopher who has been working in the software industry since 2014. I'm a software engineer focused on server-side programming. Throughout my career, I've always been accompanied by two obsessions: testing and writing s... Show more

Balkrishna works as an engineering lead at ING Bank. He is a frequent speaker at renowned tech conferences. He has passion for continuous learning and genuine desire to sharing knowledge. Although he has been working with Java for many years, he finds latest developments in Java quite exciting. He is also an Oracle ACE Associate for Java.

Balkrishna works as an engineering lead at ING Bank. He is a frequent speaker at renowned tech conferences. He has passion for continuous learning and genuine desire to sharing knowledge. Although he has been working with Java for many years, he find... Show more

Barbara Forbes is an Azure Architect & consultant at Zure in the Netherlands, a Microsoft Azure MVP, Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), and a GitHub Star. She works at the intersection of technology, strategy, education, and development. Her focus is on the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework, Generative AI, Infrastructure as Code, PowerShell, and GitHub.
Barbara loves explaining things in an accessible manner; in person, as a teacher for LinkedIn Learning and as a frequent speaker at conferences and user groups. She is actively involved in the tech community, including being part of the organization of European events

Barbara Forbes is an Azure Architect & consultant at Zure in the Netherlands, a Microsoft Azure MVP, Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), and a GitHub Star. She works at the intersection of technology, strategy, education, and development. Her focus is... Show more

I'm an experienced web developer and a passionate IT and electronics trainer, specializing in frontend development and enterprise applications built with Angular.
I spend most of my time exploring what's new in the tech world and helping other developers improve their skills.
As a conference speaker, I bring advanced Angular topics, tips for the integration of smart contracts and best solutions for web3 applications.

I'm an experienced web developer and a passionate IT and electronics trainer, specializing in frontend development and enterprise applications built with Angular. I spend most of my time exploring what's new in the tech world and helping other devel... Show more

Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) in Data Platform for the last 9 years and MVP in AI.

Over 20 years of experience in business and technology working with organizations at various stages of digital transformations. Over the years, worked with several industry sectors including Retail, Banking, Minery, Oil & Gas, and Media/Entertainment. Also led several products and applications that have been in the cusp of data, strategy, technology, and business transformation. Passion for data , emerging technologies and new offerings enables clients to make fact-based decisions and drive actions in the market together.​

Provided recommendations and guidance on revamping Analytics and Reporting enterprise architecture for different companies in helping drive a Customer Data Exchange working closely with the C-Suite to help them design their New Data Services Organization with Data Products. Stood up new capabilities required to effectively operate and move toward Data Monetization using advanced Data consolidation and Data Sharing capabilities focusing on Privacy/Compliance and Data Governance

YouTube channel Power Mates: https://www.youtube.com/@PowerMatesMS

Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) in Data Platform for the last 9 years and MVP in AI. Over 20 years of experience in business and technology working with organizations at various stages of digital transformations. Over the years, worked ... Show more

Barun likes hacking on low level stuff and fiddling around developer toolings. He currently works as a Software Engineer, simplifying OpenTelemetry Auto Instrumentation at Odigos and is a maintainer for KubeArmor, CNCF Sandbox project. He loves to speak at conferences talking about Open Source, Cloud Native, Observability and Security. He is a proud CNCF Ambassador. He has been associated and am actively mentoring with programs like Google Summer of Code and LFX Mentorship.

Barun likes hacking on low level stuff and fiddling around developer toolings. He currently works as a Software Engineer, simplifying OpenTelemetry Auto Instrumentation at Odigos and is a maintainer for KubeArmor, CNCF Sandbox project. He loves to s... Show more

Carlos Gonçalves is a Principal Security Engineer at a large Brazilian financial institution, where he leads cross-domain threat-led defense for an environment serving tens of millions of clients across 88 countries. With 12+ years in financial-sector security, he has spoken at conferences such as RSA Conference and BSides on intelligence-driven purple teaming and attacker journey mapping. His background in physics informs how he approaches security problems.

Carlos Gonçalves is a Principal Security Engineer at a large Brazilian financial institution, where he leads cross-domain threat-led defense for an environment serving tens of millions of clients across 88 countries. With 12+ years in financial-secto... Show more

Joe Griffin is CEO of proMX UK Limited, a Microsoft Inner Circle partner within the proMX group of companies. As a holder of over 40+ Microsoft technical certifications covering the entire Microsoft cloud stack, including Dynamics 365, Power Platform, Microsoft Azure, Artificial Intelligence and more, Joe is a seasoned professional, technical architect and trainer, with a passion for implementing effective technology solutions. Joe's experience covers a variety of industries, including energy, managed services, retail, print & direct mail and the UK utility sector. Joe has been a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) since 2020, and contributes regularly at conferences and user groups across the globe. When Joe is not working, he enjoys reading, learning about history, walking, video games and catching up with the latest film and TV shows.

Joe Griffin is CEO of proMX UK Limited, a Microsoft Inner Circle partner within the proMX group of companies. As a holder of over 40+ Microsoft technical certifications covering the entire Microsoft cloud stack, including Dynamics 365, Power Platform... Show more

Saquib Saifee is a Security Engineer in IBM's Product Security organization, where he develops security automation platforms that enhance software transparency and vulnerability response at scale. His work has helped establish capabilities that are now leveraged and extended by teams across IBM. His expertise spans software supply chain security, vulnerability lifecycle management, AI security, offensive security, and Software Bill of Materials (SBOM), where he serves as a Subject Matter Expert.

A dedicated advocate for the profession, Saquib volunteers with ISC2 as a Subject Matter Expert for Certified in Cybersecurity (CC) exam development and with the Center for Cyber Safety and Education as a scholarship reviewer. He regularly speaks at conferences and universities, including BSides Las Vegas, and mentors aspiring cybersecurity practitioners and early-career professionals.

Saquib holds the CISSP and eCPPT certifications and earned a Master's Degree in Cybersecurity from The George Washington University. He is currently expanding his focus on application security and the evolving challenges of securing AI-enabled systems.

Saquib Saifee is a Security Engineer in IBM's Product Security organization, where he develops security automation platforms that enhance software transparency and vulnerability response at scale. His work has helped establish capabilities that are n... Show more

Sakshi Nasha is a Software Engineer with a passion for building software and driving diversity in tech. An open-source enthusiast and OpenSearch Ambassador, she actively contributes to FOSS communities and speaks internationally on topics including GO, APIs, Security, PostgreSQL and open-source technologies. Outside of work, she’s an avid athlete who finds balance through trekking and cycling.

Sakshi Nasha is a Software Engineer with a passion for building software and driving diversity in tech. An open-source enthusiast and OpenSearch Ambassador, she actively contributes to FOSS communities and speaks internationally on topics including G... Show more

Anders Norås started out in arts and design, but for the last 25 years he has been creating magic with code instead of paint. Blending creativity with technical skill, he brings a perspective on technology that is as much about people as it is about software.

He has given more than 100 talks at conferences around the world. His presentations are not just lectures, they are experiences. With a sharp delivery and high energy, Anders turns even dry technical material into something lively, memorable and often funny.

Whether you are into computer science, design, media or anything else, Anders offers insights that will make you think and probably make you laugh. He does not just talk about technology. He brings it to life.

Anders Norås started out in arts and design, but for the last 25 years he has been creating magic with code instead of paint. Blending creativity with technical skill, he brings a perspective on technology that is as much about people as it is about ... Show more

Aditi Gupta is a Software Engineer at Disney+ Hotstar, working on high-scale distributed systems serving millions of users. Her work focuses on performance, reliability, and observability under high-concurrency conditions.
She has experience in cloud-native technologies, including containerisation, microservices architecture, and Kubernetes-based orchestration. Her interests span across distributed systems, cloud-native platforms, and AI/ML-driven workflows with current focus on applying distributed systems and observability principles to AI-driven workflows - making agentic systems more traceable, debuggable, and production-ready.
She has presented her work at international conferences, with a focus on understanding system behavior, tracing complex workflows, and debugging failures in large-scale systems.

Aditi Gupta is a Software Engineer at Disney+ Hotstar, working on high-scale distributed systems serving millions of users. Her work focuses on performance, reliability, and observability under high-concurrency conditions. She has experience in clou... Show more

Tejas Chopra is a Senior Software Engineer, working in the Data Storage Platform team at Netflix, where he is responsible for architecting storage solutions to support Netflix Studios and Netflix Streaming Platform. Prior to Netflix, Tejas was working on designing and implementing the storage infrastructure at Box, Inc. to support a cloud content management platform that scales to petabytes of storage & millions of users. Tejas has worked on distributed file systems & backend architectures, both in on-premise and cloud environments as part of several startups in his career. Tejas is an International Keynote Speaker and periodically conducts seminars on Micro services, NFTs, Software Development & Cloud Computing and has a Masters Degree in Electrical & Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University, with a specialization in Computer Systems.

Tejas Chopra is a Senior Software Engineer, working in the Data Storage Platform team at Netflix, where he is responsible for architecting storage solutions to support Netflix Studios and Netflix Streaming Platform. Prior to Netflix, Tejas was workin... Show more

I’m a Software Engineer and a Developer Advocate at Google in London. I build tools, demos, tutorials, and give talks to educate and help developers to be successful on Google Cloud.

I’m a Software Engineer and a Developer Advocate at Google in London. I build tools, demos, tutorials, and give talks to educate and help developers to be successful on Google Cloud. Show more

Olivier Van Steenlandt is a Business Intelligence Professional who spent most of his early career assisting retail companies to get more value of their data using the Microsoft BI Stack (SSIS, SSAS, SSRS, Power BI).

As his first experience in the field (in Business Intelligence), Olivier worked as a Big Data Analyst using tools such as Hadoop and Spark.

In 2015 the focus changed to traditional data warehousing & reporting using SSIS, SSRS & MicroStrategy. A bit later, around June 2019, the opportunity arose to fill the position of BI Teamlead. In this function he was able to set up a hybrid BI Team (team members in Belgium and Belarus).

Early 2020, Olivier joined the dataMinds crew as a core member, assisting to organise several events.

Around April 2021, Olivier started a new position as BI Teamlead in another Retail Company to support business growth. Besides the challenge to help the BI Team grow and deliver projects on time, he started to use SSAS & Power BI.

In April 2025, Olivier stepped away from internal positions and became an independent consultant.

When Olivier is not working there is a high chance that you find him on a football field, studying (BI Related), playing music (Saxophone / Piano) or cooking.

Olivier Van Steenlandt is a Business Intelligence Professional who spent most of his early career assisting retail companies to get more value of their data using the Microsoft BI Stack (SSIS, SSAS, SSRS, Power BI). As his first experience in the ... Show more

Marc is a Sr Developer Advocate at Diagrid and enjoys sharing knowledge on how to build distributed applications. He's one of the Dapr Community Managers, and he loves helping developers to achieve more every day.

You might have seen Marc at a developer meetup or conference, since he's a regular speaker and event-organizer in the area of Dapr, Azure cloud, and serverless technologies. From 2019 to 2025 Marc received the Microsoft Azure MVP award for his community contributions.

In his spare time, Marc likes to give attention to the creative part of his brain. He likes to create pixel art (check out VSCode Pets), code visuals & music, and create an occasional retro game.

Marc is a Sr Developer Advocate at Diagrid and enjoys sharing knowledge on how to build distributed applications. He's one of the Dapr Community Managers, and he loves helping developers to achieve more every day. You might have seen Marc at a dev... Show more

My career has taken me through a diverse journey, spanning roles that include full-stack developer, business analyst, IT manager, and now thriving in cybersecurity. Throughout this journey, my deep passion for technology has remained a constant driving force.

For me, security resembles solving a 10,000-piece puzzle that's been turned upside down. You understand the end goal, yet you're uncertain about where each piece belongs. Achieving this requires close collaboration with developers, business stakeholders, and others, necessitating me to consistently bridge different disciplines within technology. Whether it's simplifying intricate development concepts for security and business professionals or vice versa, every piece added brings us nearer to the solution. This challenge deeply motivates me.

I approach my work with a clear focus on prioritizing people first, followed by refining processes, and then utilizing technology to enhance these efforts. This philosophy ensures that technological changes are seamlessly integrated and readily embraced by our teams and organizations.

My career has taken me through a diverse journey, spanning roles that include full-stack developer, business analyst, IT manager, and now thriving in cybersecurity. Throughout this journey, my deep passion for technology has remained a constant drivi... Show more

I'm David Rodriguez, a Spanish Microsoft Regional Director and Azure Microsoft Most Valuable Professional, living in Tenerife, Canary Islands. On 2011, I co-founded Intelequia, a company focused on helping customers to adopt the cloud model, as well as the TenerifeDev user group.

Over the last years I worked at DNN Corp. (a.k.a. DotNetNuke) as the Cloud Team Lead engineer, building Evoq OnDemand and the new microservices architecture for DNN Platform based products and services. I have authored some open source modules for DNN and Azure available at GitHub, allowing to integrate Azure AD, Redis, Application Insights and many other services in the platform.

You can find me organizing the local user group once or twice per month, mainly talking about cloud related matters, and lately on building intelligent apps and bots with cognitive services, and of course, at the Global Azure Bootcamp in Madrid. I don't miss any Microsoft Inspire conference edition, so if you plan to go there we can meet and talk with a cup of coffee. BTW, if you come to the island, I will be happy to show you the best "guachinches" on Tenerife, only local people know the best ones.

I'm David Rodriguez, a Spanish Microsoft Regional Director and Azure Microsoft Most Valuable Professional, living in Tenerife, Canary Islands. On 2011, I co-founded Intelequia, a company focused on helping customers to adopt the cloud model, as well ... Show more

On stage I share my passion for IT and its continuous developments. I am specialized in Microsoft Technologies and I like sharing my personal opinion about those. And, more importantly, what is the actual value for companies and their employees.

I have 25 years experience as a technical trainer of which the recent years mainly focused on AI, Security, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365 and Mobile Device Management. The main audiences I teach are IT Engineers and IT managers.

On stage I share my passion for IT and its continuous developments. I am specialized in Microsoft Technologies and I like sharing my personal opinion about those. And, more importantly, what is the actual value for companies and their employees. I... Show more

Clarissa Rodrigues is graduated by University of Vale dos Sinos (UNISINOS), specialist in Software Engineering by Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) and master student in Applied Computing by UNISINOS. With more than 10 years of IT experience, she has been working in different roles and companies, such as a Business Analyst at SISPRO, ADP, SAP and most current Technical Quality & Program Manager at Uber. On her journey, she has been advocated for quality inside QAs work to make sure goods and services are designed, developed, and made to meet or exceed customers’ expectations and requirements.

Clarissa Rodrigues is graduated by University of Vale dos Sinos (UNISINOS), specialist in Software Engineering by Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) and master student in Applied Computing by UNISINOS. With more than 10 years of IT exper... Show more

Saiyam is working as Principal Developer Advocate at Loft Labs. He is the founder of Kubesimplify, focusing on simplifying cloud-native and Kubernetes technologies. Previously at Civo, Walmart Labs, Oracle, and HP, Saiyam has worked on many facets of Kubernetes, including machine learning platforms, scaling, multi-cloud, and managed Kubernetes services. He has implemented Kubernetes solutions in various organizations. When not coding, Saiyam contributes to the community by writing blogs and organizing local meetups for Kubernetes and CNCF. He is also a CNCF TAG sustainability lead, runs a YouTube channel, and can be reached on Twitter @saiyampathak

Saiyam is working as Principal Developer Advocate at Loft Labs. He is the founder of Kubesimplify, focusing on simplifying cloud-native and Kubernetes technologies. Previously at Civo, Walmart Labs, Oracle, and HP, Saiyam has worked on many facets of... Show more

Thorsten Hans is a Senior Developer Advocate at Akamai, Docker Captain, and Wasm enthusiast. He thrives on pushing the limits of WebAssembly and Edge Computing to help developers build high-performance distributed systems. Thorsten shares his technical deep-dives via his blog and on global stages to shape the cloud’s future.

Thorsten Hans is a Senior Developer Advocate at Akamai, Docker Captain, and Wasm enthusiast. He thrives on pushing the limits of WebAssembly and Edge Computing to help developers build high-performance distributed systems. Thorsten shares his technic... Show more

Eberhard Wolff has 20+ years of experience as an architect and consultant - often on the intersection of business and technology. He is Head of Architecture at SWAGLab. As a speaker, he has given talks at international conferences and as an author, he has written more than 100 articles and books e.g. about Microservices and Continuous Delivery. His technological focus is on modern architectures – often involving Cloud, Domain-driven Design, and Microservices.

Eberhard Wolff has 20+ years of experience as an architect and consultant - often on the intersection of business and technology. He is Head of Architecture at SWAGLab. As a speaker, he has given talks at international conferences and as an author, h... Show more

Hari Krishnan is Founder and CEO of Polarizer Technologies (https://polarizer.in/), where he helps teams build AI-native products and adopt AI-augmented development practices at scale. He has over two decades of experience working across industry verticals including finance, telecom, logistics, and retail, and has led enterprise-wide initiatives in architecture, developer experience, test automation, and AI adoption. He is also the creator of Intent-Driven Dev (https://intent-driven.dev/), where he shares Spec-Driven Development and other context-engineering techniques to enable human–agent collaboration through effective intent articulation.

He has spoken at several premier international conferences, actively contributes to several open-source projects. His areas of interest include distributed systems, AI native products, AI augmented and agentic software delivery.

Hari Krishnan is Founder and CEO of Polarizer Technologies (https://polarizer.in/), where he helps teams build AI-native products and adopt AI-augmented development practices at scale. He has over two decades of experience working across industry ver... Show more