Information & Communications Technology

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

Rabieh Fashwall

Rabieh Fashwall

A distinguished Software Engineer with a rich 15-year trajectory in the computer software landscape, I specialize in architecting robust Cloud Native and Web applications through a strategic blend of technical expertise and innovative problem-solving. My technical arsenal spans Golang, .NET, and React (TypeScript), complemented by comprehensive proficiency in C#, JavaScript, and a versatile range of contemporary development technologies.

With a proven track record of delivering high-performance solutions, I excel in designing scalable applications across multiple cloud environments, including AWS, Google Cloud Platform, and DigitalOcean. My approach transcends conventional coding—I view each project as an opportunity to push technological boundaries and deliver transformative digital solutions.

A distinguished Software Engineer with a rich 15-year trajectory in the computer software landscape, I specialize in architecting robust Cloud Native and Web applications through a strategic blend of technical expertise and innovative problem-solving... Show more

Manu Chandrasekhar

Manu Chandrasekhar

Manu is an experienced AWS DevOps consultant with close to 20 years in the industry wearing Test/DevOps/Software engineering and management hats. He is a certified HashiCorp engineer who aims to empower the teams he works with to become self-sufficient in cloud infrastructure modeling and provisioning. He believes that by enhancing the developer experience and lowering the barrier of entry to various technologies through advancements in automation and AI, the software development and delivery process can become seamless and routine.

Manu is an experienced AWS DevOps consultant with close to 20 years in the industry wearing Test/DevOps/Software engineering and management hats. He is a certified HashiCorp engineer who aims to empower the teams he works with to become self-sufficie... Show more

Maurizio Rinder

Maurizio Rinder

As a software engineer, I work mainly on application architecture, often focusing on clean code, solid principles, design patterns and domain-driven design. I believe in developing sustainable software that is easy to maintain, offers potential for growth and also gives space for people to improve their skills and enjoy their work.

Aside from my passion for Software Development and -Architecture, I enjoy archery, working out, playing music, and cooking.

My professional career as a software engineer started with 2013. From that year on I helped a startup company to realease its project, joined willhaben for around four years and the journey of new experiences goes on ...

As a software engineer, I work mainly on application architecture, often focusing on clean code, solid principles, design patterns and domain-driven design. I believe in developing sustainable software that is easy to maintain, offers potential for g... Show more

Oren Nakdimon

Oren Nakdimon

Oren Nakdimon is an Oracle ACE Director with 30+ years of extensive and continuous experience with Oracle-based systems, as a developer, DBA, manager and instructor. Oren gained lots of knowledge about databases in general, and Oracle in particular, and likes sharing it - by blogging, tweeting, presenting in local and international conferences, and more.
He is the VP of Databases at Moovit, where he has been working since 2012.
Oren has recently won the "UKOUG Best Tech International Speaker of the Year (2022) Award" and the "Top Speaker Award for the Core & Database track" at Kscope22.

Oren Nakdimon is an Oracle ACE Director with 30+ years of extensive and continuous experience with Oracle-based systems, as a developer, DBA, manager and instructor. Oren gained lots of knowledge about databases in general, and Oracle in particular, ... Show more

Halil İbrahim Kalkan

Halil İbrahim Kalkan

I am software architect and developer. I love to work on open source projects, producing articles, videos and having talks on software development.

I'm the lead developer of the ABP framework (see https://github.com/abpframework/abp and https://abp.io/)

I'm mostly interesting in developing reusable framework & libraries, distributed systems, multi-threaded and scalable solutions. I'm talking at local and international conferences about multi-tenancy, microservice architecture, domain-driven design, modular systems and developer tools.

Visit my website to see a list of my previous talks: https://halilibrahimkalkan.com

I am software architect and developer. I love to work on open source projects, producing articles, videos and having talks on software development. I'm the lead developer of the ABP framework (see https://github.com/abpframework/abp and https://ab... Show more

Ivan Porta

Ivan Porta

Ivan Porta is a Customer Engineer at Buoyant, creators of Linkerd. With deep expertise in Kubernetes, cloud-native infrastructure, and DevOps automation, Ivan helps enterprises succeed with their service mesh strategies and operational excellence.

Ivan Porta is a Customer Engineer at Buoyant, creators of Linkerd. With deep expertise in Kubernetes, cloud-native infrastructure, and DevOps automation, Ivan helps enterprises succeed with their service mesh strategies and operational excellence. Show more

Alberto Mori

Alberto Mori

Software Developer. In love with Web and .NET. I like to try and learn always something new.

I try to share my experience living the community. I'm the host of "Spike time" (https://www.ugidotnet.org/tv/3307/Spike-time) and sometimes you can find me live on my Twitch channel, writing code.

Currently working @ ABLE TECH S.P.A.

Software Developer. In love with Web and .NET. I like to try and learn always something new. I try to share my experience living the community. I'm the host of "Spike time" (https://www.ugidotnet.org/tv/3307/Spike-time) and sometimes you can find ... Show more

Hila Fish

Hila Fish

Hila Fish is a Solutions Architect @ AWS, with over 15 years of experience in the tech industry.
Hashicorp & Women tech Makers Ambassador, and an International public speaker who believes the DevOps culture is what drives a company to perform at its best and talks about that and other DevOps/Infrastructure topics at conferences.
She advocates for enhancing business success through the strategic application of technology.

In her spare time, Hila is a lead singer of a cover band, giving back to the community by co-organizing DevOps-related conferences (Inc. "DevOpsDays TLV" & "StatsCraft" monitoring-focused event), providing mentorship and managing programs in “Baot” (The largest technical women’s community in Israel), and enjoys sharing her passion and knowledge wherever she can, including across diverse technology communities, initiatives and social media.

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hila-fish
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Hilafish1

Hila Fish is a Solutions Architect @ AWS, with over 15 years of experience in the tech industry. Hashicorp & Women tech Makers Ambassador, and an International public speaker who believes the DevOps culture is what drives a company to perform at its... Show more

Blaize Stewart

Blaize Stewart

Blaize is a Microsoft Azure MVP and has been interested in software development since childhood and wrote his first software while still in high school. Since that time, Blaize has had broad experience in all things IT ranging from a network administrator to a software architect and everything in between.

Blaize is a Microsoft Azure MVP and has been interested in software development since childhood and wrote his first software while still in high school. Since that time, Blaize has had broad experience in all things IT ranging from a network administ... Show more

Truls Dahlsveen

Truls Dahlsveen

Hi, I’m Truls. I’m an architect/engineer with a passion for automation and security. I’m a Microsoft MVP in Security for the “SIEM & XDR” and “Cloud Security” categories.

I like to speak and write to give insights on various topics related to security and automation, where I cover a wide range of subjects from cloud security strategies and log ingestion techniques, to hands-on tutorials for tools like Microsoft Sentinel, Defender and Azure DevOps. Outside work I spend most of my time in either Azeroth, on Anubis or in the forests of Norway.

Hi, I’m Truls. I’m an architect/engineer with a passion for automation and security. I’m a Microsoft MVP in Security for the “SIEM & XDR” and “Cloud Security” categories. I like to speak and write to give insights on various topics related to secu... Show more

Anna Leushchenko

Anna Leushchenko

Anna Leushchenko is a mobile development expert, passionate about quality software, from Ukraine. She is a Women Techmakers Ambassador and Google Developer Expert in Dart and Flutter. Anna talks and blogs about cross-platform development, contributes to OSS, and mentors talented women in tech.

Sessions are listed chronologically, scroll to the bottom for Anna's most recent work.

Anna Leushchenko is a mobile development expert, passionate about quality software, from Ukraine. She is a Women Techmakers Ambassador and Google Developer Expert in Dart and Flutter. Anna talks and blogs about cross-platform development, contributes... Show more

Bart Oevering

Bart Oevering

Bart Oevering is an enthusiastic Infrastructure Consultant at Conscia, specializing in physical and virtual networks. He holds VMware certifications, including VCIX-DCV and VCAP-NV, demonstrating his expertise in enterprise network architecture and virtualization. Bart actively engages in the VMware community, participating in events like VMware Odyssey and earning recognition as a vExpert. His proactive approach and commitment to continuous learning reflect his dedication to delivering high-quality solutions and supporting his team.

Bart Oevering is an enthusiastic Infrastructure Consultant at Conscia, specializing in physical and virtual networks. He holds VMware certifications, including VCIX-DCV and VCAP-NV, demonstrating his expertise in enterprise network architecture and v... Show more

Frederik Hahne

Frederik Hahne

Frederik has been developing mainly web applications since 2007, but he has also experience in building desktop applications. He has created JSP-based applications, Wicket web applications and SPAs with angular.js and vue.js.
Since 2022, Frederik has been contributing his knowledge as a Software Architect/Senior Software Engineer for adesso SE at the beautiful Paderborn site.
in various, mostly Java-based, projects. In his scarce free time, he organises the Java User Group Paderborn to
promote the exchange of knowledge in and around Paderborn.
He has been part of the JHipster Core Team since 2015 and is responsible for
especially the Gradle support and lately the integration with Spring
integration with Spring Native and GraalVM.

Frederik has been developing mainly web applications since 2007, but he has also experience in building desktop applications. He has created JSP-based applications, Wicket web applications and SPAs with angular.js and vue.js. Since 2022, Frederik ha... Show more

Andreas Grabner

Andreas Grabner

Andreas Grabner (@grabnerandi) has 20+ years of experience as a software developer, tester and architect and is an advocate for high-performing cloud scale applications. He is a CNCF ambassador, contributor to the CNCF project keptn, Co-Author of Platform Engineering for Architects and a Fellow DevRel for Dynatrace.
Andreas is also a regular contributor to the DevOps, Platform Engienering and Cloud Native community and a frequent speaker at technology conferences.
In his spare time you can most likely find him on one of the salsa dancefloors of the world!

Andreas Grabner (@grabnerandi) has 20+ years of experience as a software developer, tester and architect and is an advocate for high-performing cloud scale applications. He is a CNCF ambassador, contributor to the CNCF project keptn, Co-Author of Pla... Show more

Yolanda Cuesta Altieri

Yolanda Cuesta Altieri

Economist Excel expert
Microsoft MVP since 2014 to 2024 Excel y 2023 Data Platform
Linkedin Learning Instructor

Economist Excel expert Microsoft MVP since 2014 to 2024 Excel y 2023 Data Platform Linkedin Learning Instructor Show more

Olivier Bierlaire

Olivier Bierlaire

Ex-founding team of Canva, I've worked at Elastic, and now focused on founding Carbonifer.io
Based in Nantes, France, I'm interested in sustainability of the Cloud and ICT in general.

Ex-founding team of Canva, I've worked at Elastic, and now focused on founding Carbonifer.io Based in Nantes, France, I'm interested in sustainability of the Cloud and ICT in general. Show more

Itsik Mantin

Itsik Mantin

Itsik Mantin, MSc -
As the Head of AI Security Research at Intuit, Itsik spearheads efforts to map, comprehend, and evaluate threats targeting AI-powered applications, including LLM, Multimodal, and Agentic AI. He also leads innovative security initiatives aimed at developing and implementing effective mitigation strategies.
Itsik is a seasoned security veteran. Prior to his current role, he held key security leadership positions at NDS, F5, Imperva, and Imvision. His expertise spans directing research in threat modeling and pioneering security advancements across multiple high-risk domains, including cryptography, DRM systems, secure execution environments, web application security, database security, automotive systems security, API security, and fraud prevention.
Itsik holds an M.Sc. in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, and over the past two decades, he has leveraged AI and other algorithmic technologies to drive security innovation and protect numerous domains.

Itsik Mantin, MSc - As the Head of AI Security Research at Intuit, Itsik spearheads efforts to map, comprehend, and evaluate threats targeting AI-powered applications, including LLM, Multimodal, and Agentic AI. He also leads innovative security ini... Show more

Anurag Dutt

Anurag Dutt

Anurag is a Cloud Engineer with expertise in multi-cloud architectures, automation, and infrastructure management across AWS, Azure, and GCP. Passionate about cloud-native technologies and open-source, he helps teams optimize cloud workloads for scalability, security, and cost efficiency. With hands-on experience in IaC, Kubernetes, and DevOps, Anurag simplifies complex cloud concepts into practical, real-world strategies for developers and engineers.

Anurag is a Cloud Engineer with expertise in multi-cloud architectures, automation, and infrastructure management across AWS, Azure, and GCP. Passionate about cloud-native technologies and open-source, he helps teams optimize cloud workloads for scal... Show more

Aroh Shukla

Aroh Shukla

Aroh works as a Regional Microsoft Cloud Architect Lead, Microsoft MVP (AI) & MCT i& MCT. He is primarily focusing on Azure AI, Power Platform & Microsoft 365 Collaboration suite. He helps customers with their digital transformation journey through cutting-edge Microsoft solutions.

Aroh works as a Regional Microsoft Cloud Architect Lead, Microsoft MVP (AI) & MCT i& MCT. He is primarily focusing on Azure AI, Power Platform & Microsoft 365 Collaboration suite. He helps customers with their digital transformation journey through... Show more

Seif Bassem

Seif Bassem

As a Cloud Solution Architect, I specialize in designing and delivering scalable cloud solutions that drive global customer success. In addition to cloud transformation, I help customers architect AI-driven solutions, ensuring they leverage the cloud effectively for innovation, scalability, security and resiliency. My expertise extends beyond technical implementation—I actively lead and contribute to high-impact initiatives like the Cloud adoption and the Well-architected frameworks, Azure Landing Zones, Azure Arc Jumpstart, Azure Verified Modules, and FinOps Hub. Additionally, I have developed and released multiple public tools, some of which have grown into full-fledged products. I am also deeply involved in thought leadership, spearheading internal and external initiatives, publishing field content, accelerators, and articles, and sharing insights through webinars, community events, user groups, and large-scale conferences such as Microsoft Ignite.

As a Cloud Solution Architect, I specialize in designing and delivering scalable cloud solutions that drive global customer success. In addition to cloud transformation, I help customers architect AI-driven solutions, ensuring they leverage the cloud... Show more

Dr. Gomathi S

Dr. Gomathi S

Dr. S. Gomathi is a distinguished Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP), Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) Community Lead, and Microsoft Learn Expert, renowned for her expertise in data analytics, AI-driven solutions, and data visualization. She holds 7+ Microsoft certifications, including Microsoft Certified Data Analyst Associate and Power Platform Solution Architect Expert, in addition to being a Google for Education Certified Trainer.

With over 14 years of experience in academia and industry, Dr. Gomathi has excelled as a trainer, professor, and thought leader, specializing in Business Central, Power BI, Power Apps, Tableau, Data Science, ETL tools, Big Data, and Machine Learning. Her work has empowered professionals and organizations to leverage data insights for innovation and efficiency.

She is an active member of the Computer Society of India and has made significant contributions as a peer reviewer and editor for SCOPUS-indexed and international journals. Her expertise in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is reflected in her authorship of two published books, further establishing her authority in the field.

Dr. Gomathi has earned several prestigious awards, including Asia Book of Records and India Book of Records titles, as well as the "Young Scientist" and "Women Scientist" awards. As a holder of seven national and international patents, she continues to inspire the tech and analytics communities, leading the way in the ever-evolving world of innovation.

Dr. S. Gomathi is a distinguished Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP), Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) Community Lead, and Microsoft Learn Expert, renowned for her expertise in data analytics, AI-driven solutions, and data visualization. She... Show more

Priyank Shankar

Priyank Shankar


My Socials -
GitHub - https://github.com/shankarpriyank
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/shankarpriyank
Twitter - https://twitter.com/priyank312002

My Socials - GitHub - https://github.com/shankarpriyank LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/shankarpriyank Twitter - https://twitter.com/priyank312002 Show more

Christina Wheeler

Christina Wheeler

Christina Wheeler is a Senior Technical Specialist for Business Applications at Microsoft, focusing on the Financial Services Industry. A highly respected expert in Microsoft 365, Christina's journey as a tech enthusiast began at a young age. She started programming at 11 and built her first computer at 13. With over 20 years of industry experience, Christina initially worked as a .NET developer in the financial services industry before transitioning to consulting.

Specializing in SharePoint, Dynamics 365 (F&O and CRM), the Power Platform, and Business Intelligence, Christina has provided expert guidance to organizations worldwide. Her portfolio includes architecting and implementing solutions for financial, educational, commercial, and government sectors.

Christina is also a published author, with notable contributions including technical editor for "SharePoint 2007 Developer’s Guide to Business Data Catalog," co-author of "SharePoint 2010 Field Guide" and "SharePoint 2013 Inside Out," and author of "Mastering Microsoft Teams: Creating a Hub for Successful Teamwork in Office 365."

Recognized for her contributions, Christina received her first MVP award in M365 Apps & Services in October 2017, later earning the Business Applications MVP title in 2022. She retired her MVP status in October 2022 to join Microsoft, where she continues to drive innovation and excellence in Business Applications for FSI customers.

Christina Wheeler is a Senior Technical Specialist for Business Applications at Microsoft, focusing on the Financial Services Industry. A highly respected expert in Microsoft 365, Christina's journey as a tech enthusiast began at a young age. She sta... Show more

Carlos Robles

Carlos Robles

Carlos Robles is a tech professional with over 14 years of experience, having held roles such as Software Engineer, Data Professional, Solutions Architect, and Consultant. Currently, he serves as a Principal Product Manager at Microsoft, where he is responsible for shaping the local development experience for Azure SQL Database, driving innovation, and enhancing the tools developers rely on.

With a rich history that includes working at AWS and earning the prestigious Microsoft MVP title, he brings a unique perspective to designing and delivering end-to-end architectures across various platforms. His expertise also extends to data management, having worked on projects utilizing Azure SQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, and MongoDB.

His technical prowess extends to a wide array of programming languages and frameworks, including .NET, JavaScript (Node.js, TypeScript, React, Next.js), and Python. Whether it's developing software, implementing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with ARM, Bicep, Terraform, CloudFormation, or Pulumi, or driving DevOps practices across cloud platforms, he brings unparalleled versatility and innovation to every project.

An international speaker, author, and mentor, he is passionate about sharing knowledge, empowering developers, and advancing the field of technology. In his free time, he enjoys playing video games, discussing geek culture with friends, and spending quality time with his family.

Carlos Robles is a tech professional with over 14 years of experience, having held roles such as Software Engineer, Data Professional, Solutions Architect, and Consultant. Currently, he serves as a Principal Product Manager at Microsoft, where he is ... Show more

Sander Hoogendoorn

Sander Hoogendoorn

Sander Hoogendoorn is an independent dad, traveler, and lifelong software craftsman. With over four decades of hands-on coding experience, he still writes code daily, proving that real developers never stop learning. Throughout his career, he has navigated the tech world in roles ranging from CTO at companies like iBOOD (currently), ANVA, and Klaverblad to serving as Capgemini's global agile thought leader.

Known for his post-agile mindset and fearless approach to challenging the status quo, Sander helps organizations and teams break free from outdated practices and embrace innovation. He’s not just about writing code—he’s about rewriting the rules.

As an author and dynamic international speaker, Sander shares his insights at conferences worldwide, covering topics such as disruption, culture, life beyond agile, continuous delivery, microteams, software architecture, monads, microservices, and the art of writing elegant code. He champions critical thinking, strategic design, and mindful development to help teams build better software, faster.

Discover Sander—the coding rebel who believes in small steps, big impact, and the mind as the ultimate tool for success.

Sander Hoogendoorn is an independent dad, traveler, and lifelong software craftsman. With over four decades of hands-on coding experience, he still writes code daily, proving that real developers never stop learning. Throughout his career, he has nav... Show more

Eric Overfield

Eric Overfield

Eric Overfield is a Microsoft Regional Director, a Microsoft MVP, a PnP team member, and a leading expert in Generative AI, Microsoft 365, data insights, and Azure architecture, strategy, and development. Chief Innovation Officer of Creospark, Eric has over 25 years' experience with web design best practices and techniques, and over 19 years' experience in digital workplace architecture and implementation. Besides his in-depth knowledge of SharePoint’s capabilities, his expertise includes AI, data, Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, Microsoft 365, and Azure technology, design, and architecture along with custom solutions, TypeScript, JavaScript, and React. He is a co-author of Pro SharePoint 2013 Branding and Responsive Web Development (Apress 2013) and Black Magic Solutions for White Hat SharePoint (EUSP Press 2013). An engaged speaker and organizer of Microsoft 365 events as well as an active member of the PnP team.

Eric Overfield is a Microsoft Regional Director, a Microsoft MVP, a PnP team member, and a leading expert in Generative AI, Microsoft 365, data insights, and Azure architecture, strategy, and development. Chief Innovation Officer of Creospark, Eric h... Show more

Pratik Mahalle

Pratik Mahalle

Hey, I am Pratik, currently working as DevRel. I am also an AWS Community Builder and I love spending my time in community.

Hey, I am Pratik, currently working as DevRel. I am also an AWS Community Builder and I love spending my time in community. Show more

Peter Kruis

Peter Kruis

Peter is a SQL Consultant at Monin-IT who enjoys working across the full spectrum of SQL Server since 2010, though he likes the performance tuning the most. Since stepping into the speaker scene in 2023, he has shared his knowledge at events like SQLBits and SQL/Data Saturday. Peter’s sessions are known for being informative, demo-filled and delivered with an approachable style that is very suitable for newcomers and accidental DBA's. Whether it’s diving into wait stats, tackling tricky query plans, or just having a laugh while learning something new; Peter is always up for making SQL a little more fun.

Peter is a SQL Consultant at Monin-IT who enjoys working across the full spectrum of SQL Server since 2010, though he likes the performance tuning the most. Since stepping into the speaker scene in 2023, he has shared his knowledge at events like SQL... Show more

Björn Sundling

Björn Sundling

With a background in ops, Björn got stuck in the DevOps movement a long time ago. Working alongside both dev and ops gave him a good view in to all sides of the company, and today he spends his days helping with everything from communication, through infra as code, to CI/CD pipelines.
By night he Maintains a number of PowerShell modules at https://GitHub.com/bjompen, Writes blog posts at https://bjompen.com, Builds pipelines in Azure DevOps and GitHub, Tries to figure out how Azure works, solders and repairs old tech, and dreams of playing in a Norwegian black metal band.

With a background in ops, Björn got stuck in the DevOps movement a long time ago. Working alongside both dev and ops gave him a good view in to all sides of the company, and today he spends his days helping with everything from communication, through... Show more

Anupama Natarajan

Anupama Natarajan

Anu is a Data and AI Consultant with 20+ years of experience working in design and development of Data Warehouse, Business Intelligence, AI enabled applications and SaaS integrated solutions. Anu is a Microsoft Data Platform and AI MVP, Microsoft Certified Trainer and really passionate in sharing knowledge. Anu loves solving complex business problems with innovative solutions using technologies.

Anu do speak at Conferences (PASS Summit, SQL Saturdays, Data Platform Summit, Difinity) and organise local user group meetups.

Anu is a Data and AI Consultant with 20+ years of experience working in design and development of Data Warehouse, Business Intelligence, AI enabled applications and SaaS integrated solutions. Anu is a Microsoft Data Platform and AI MVP, Microsoft Cer... Show more

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