Information & Communications Technology

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

Dimitris Kiriakakis

Dimitris Kiriakakis

Fullstack developer with 10+ years of experience, passionate about beautiful UIs, sustainability and super fast web applications.

Fullstack developer with 10+ years of experience, passionate about beautiful UIs, sustainability and super fast web applications. Show more

Marius Boden

Marius Boden

Marius Boden is an all-rounder when it comes to modern software development. As a developer, architect, cloud, and DevOps expert, he has built a broad skill set that makes him a sort of "missing link" between teams, technologies, and processes. His focus is not just on understanding agility, DevOps, cloud, infrastructure, automation, and software architecture, but on connecting them in a smart and efficient way. At Xebia, he drives innovative solutions and helps companies unlock their full technological potential.

Marius Boden is an all-rounder when it comes to modern software development. As a developer, architect, cloud, and DevOps expert, he has built a broad skill set that makes him a sort of "missing link" between teams, technologies, and processes. His f... Show more

Geetha Sivasailam

Geetha Sivasailam

Geetha is a Practice Lead/Architect/Dev at Lantern in Dallas, Texas. She has several years of consulting experience delivering cutting-edge business solutions leveraging Microsoft Business Applications, Custom App Dev implementations and various Emerging technologies (Azure/AI/Analytics).

She is a Business Applications MVP, organizer of the Dallas Fort Worth Power Platform UG and Director of Women in Power (non-profit) - Events and Networking pillar. She is passionate about enabling others to expand their possibilities and act more effectively with emerging tools, trends and technologies.

Geetha is a Practice Lead/Architect/Dev at Lantern in Dallas, Texas. She has several years of consulting experience delivering cutting-edge business solutions leveraging Microsoft Business Applications, Custom App Dev implementations and various Emer... Show more

Martin Schvartzman

Martin Schvartzman

Meet Martin! Martin is a results-driven professional with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry, primarily around IT and Cyber Security with vast knowledge of Cloud Services. Martin has a proven track record of delivering successful projects, managing cross-functional teams, driving business growth, and managing product life cycle - from product requirements, competitive analysis, evangelism, roadmaps, and driving adoption. Martin is passionate about technology and innovation, and he is committed to staying up to date with the latest trends and best practices in his field. Beyond his work, Martin is an avid mentor, eager to share his knowledge and empower others to succeed. Martin believes in giving back to the community and often volunteers his time to speak at technology events and mentor aspiring professionals.

Meet Martin! Martin is a results-driven professional with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry, primarily around IT and Cyber Security with vast knowledge of Cloud Services. Martin has a proven track record of delivering successful ... Show more

Rajani Ekunde

Rajani Ekunde

Rajani is a skilled DevOps Engineer with over 3 years of experience, passionate about cloud technologies and DevOps practices. As a recognized Docker Captain and Women Techmakers (WTM) Ambassador, she actively contributes to the tech community through content creation and public speaking. Rajani shares her expertise on platforms like Medium and LinkedIn, aiming to educate and empower others in the DevOps space.

Her participation in major cloud and DevOps conferences highlights her commitment to continuous learning. As a public speaker, she engages with the global tech community on trending topics. Rajani finds fulfillment in mentoring aspiring engineers, inspiring and uplifting fellow professionals and students through her articles, talks, and mentorship.

Rajani is a skilled DevOps Engineer with over 3 years of experience, passionate about cloud technologies and DevOps practices. As a recognized Docker Captain and Women Techmakers (WTM) Ambassador, she actively contributes to the tech community throug... Show more

Eddie Wassef

Eddie Wassef

Eddie Wassef is an expert in Kubernetes, cloud-native technologies, and startup innovation. He has extensive experience in minimalistic web design and full-stack development. He is the creator of Vega, a cutting-edge product that provides a comprehensive suite of portals, including the Marketplace, Fleet Manager, and Developer portals, designed to streamline operations and foster innovation for developers and enterprises. Eddie’s work focuses on creating scalable, user-friendly solutions that empower organizations to optimize their Kubernetes ecosystems.

As a Kubernetes Community Days (KCD) Texas user group organizer, Eddie is dedicated to bringing the cloud-native community together through engaging events and knowledge sharing. His leadership in planning KCD Texas 2024, featuring hands-on workshops and interactive sessions, demonstrates his commitment to fostering collaboration and growth in the Kubernetes space.

Eddie has a strong presence in the open-source community, contributing to projects and tools that enable developers to build, deploy, and manage cloud-native applications efficiently. His expertise extends to creating Kubernetes operators, semantic versioning for container management, and integrating tools like Anchore’s Grype for vulnerability analysis.

Beyond his technical achievements, Eddie is a seasoned executive. He helps startups scale by crafting impactful strategies that bridge the gap between technology and market needs. His GitHub profile (https://github.com/ewassef) showcases his technical contributions, and his LinkedIn profile (www.linkedin.com/in/eddiewassef) highlights his professional endorsements and community engagement.

Eddie Wassef is an expert in Kubernetes, cloud-native technologies, and startup innovation. He has extensive experience in minimalistic web design and full-stack development. He is the creator of Vega, a cutting-edge product that provides a comprehen... Show more

Stefan Toth

Stefan Toth

Stefan Toth is software engineer, architect and public speaker. His books discuss software architecture in agile environments and lightweight software reviews. As consultant he supports start-ups, medium-sized and bigger companies with technical and organizational transformations.

Stefan Toth is software engineer, architect and public speaker. His books discuss software architecture in agile environments and lightweight software reviews. As consultant he supports start-ups, medium-sized and bigger companies with technical and ... Show more

Oskar Dudycz

Oskar Dudycz

I'm a developer, technical team leader, and architect. I started a career before StackOverflow existed. For over 17 years, I've been creating systems close to the business process. I believe that Event-Driven Architecture and Event Sourcing are great ways to achieve that.

I'm an active open-source developer active especially in the Event Driven space (I was working on tools like Marten, EventStoreDB, and now Emmett). I'm sharing my journey and findings on my blog https://event-driven.io and practical samples at https://github.com/oskardudycz.

I'm a developer, technical team leader, and architect. I started a career before StackOverflow existed. For over 17 years, I've been creating systems close to the business process. I believe that Event-Driven Architecture and Event Sourcing are great... Show more

Øystein Hagen Blixhavn

Øystein Hagen Blixhavn


Øystein Hagen Blixhavn is passionate about getting stuff done, in basically all senses of the words. If it reduces wasteful effort and time, fantastic. If it improves the developer experience and increases their flow, amazing! This aspiration has led him to roles as system- and platform architect and platform developer, because these roles are directly concerned with increasing rate of stuff getting done.

Learning stuff and gaining cool insights is another thing that drives him, and his talks always seek to stimulate curiosity and induce this feeling in the audience.

Øystein Hagen Blixhavn is passionate about getting stuff done, in basically all senses of the words. If it reduces wasteful effort and time, fantastic. If it improves the developer experience and increases their flow, amazing! This aspiration has ... Show more

Cristian Angyal

Cristian Angyal

Cristian is a “Project Management Professional turned into a Data Guy” working as a link between two worlds: Business and IT.
Having worked for the last 20+ years with data in different roles he was fascinated when he discovered Power Query and Power Pivot back in 2014 and then, Power BI in 2015.

He’s holding several Microsoft Certifications (MS Fabric Analytics Engineer, Power BI Certified Data Analyst, Trainer (MCT), MCSE Data Management and Analytics, MCSA BI Reporting, MOS Master, Excel Expert, etc) and he loves getting insights from data and then, using these insight solving real business problems.

He is the founder of Romania Power BI and Modern Excel User Group (https://www.meetup.com/romaniapug/) and has been recognized as Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) in 2022.

Cristian is a “Project Management Professional turned into a Data Guy” working as a link between two worlds: Business and IT. Having worked for the last 20+ years with data in different roles he was fascinated when he discovered Power Query and Powe... Show more

Corrado De Bari

Corrado De Bari

Developer Evangelist in MAA Platform Engineering team at Oracle, with more than 25 years of experience in Information Technology, he is currently focused on AI Microservices platform development with the Oracle Database. In Oracle Italy since 2010, he joined Technology Sales Consulting team, working on Italian large and medium accounts on OCI, AI/ML, DataLakes and BPM/SOA platforms. Formerly Sales Engineer at Sun Microsystems, as well as Java & Software Ambassador for Italy, starting his career as architect in Telecom Italia Mobile. He holds the CEFRIEL Master in Information Technology and a bachelor's degree in Computer Science.

Developer Evangelist in MAA Platform Engineering team at Oracle, with more than 25 years of experience in Information Technology, he is currently focused on AI Microservices platform development with the Oracle Database. In Oracle Italy since 2010, h... Show more

Michael Coté

Michael Coté

Michael Coté studies how large organizations improve how they build software to run and grow their business. His books Changing Mindsets, Monolithic Transformation, and The Business Bottleneck cover these topics. He’s been an industry analyst at RedMonk and 451 Research, done corporate strategy and M&A, and was a programmer. He also co-hosts several podcasts, including Software Defined Talk. His daily-ish newsletter is at newsletter.cote.io.

Michael Coté studies how large organizations improve how they build software to run and grow their business. His books Changing Mindsets, Monolithic Transformation, and The Business Bottleneck cover these topics. He’s been an industry analyst at RedM... Show more

Denis Germain

Denis Germain

Je suis spécialiste de Kubernetes depuis 2017. J'ai accompagné les entreprises où j'ai travaillé dans la migration de workloads legacy vers des plateformes conteneurisées, tout en aidant les équipes de développement à adopter ce nouveau paradigme.

Blogger tech sur blog.zwindler.fr et membre organisateur des conférences (Kubernetes Community Days France 2023, BDX I/O 2024), je suis passionné par l'infrastructure, son automatisation et son observabilité. Je partage activement mes découvertes dans des conférences internationales (FOSDEM, DevoxxFR, Voxxed Days) et sur mon blog personnel.

Je suis spécialiste de Kubernetes depuis 2017. J'ai accompagné les entreprises où j'ai travaillé dans la migration de workloads legacy vers des plateformes conteneurisées, tout en aidant les équipes de développement à adopter ce nouveau paradigme. ... Show more

Andrew Welch

Andrew Welch

Cloud technology leader, founder and CTO of Cloud Lighthouse, Microsoft MVP (Most Valuable Professional), speaker, published author, and regular writer of essays and white papers on cloud technology including the multi-edition Crafting your Future-Ready Enterprise AI Strategy, Ecosystem-Oriented Architecture in the Public Sector, Power Platform in a Modern Data Platform Architecture, and many others. Andrew works directly with CXOs, Microsoft partners, Microsoft product engineering groups, technologists, and investors to guide cloud strategy and ecosystem architecture. His previous service includes that as CTO, global Vice President, Practice Director, and VP of Operations, and other tech and business focused roles at various Microsoft partners. He’s led some of the world’s largest Microsoft adoptions on all seven continents (yes, including Antarctica), serving startup to Fortune 100 organizations, public sector agencies, and global NGOs. Based in London and Boston, Andrew makes frequent visits worldwide.

Cloud technology leader, founder and CTO of Cloud Lighthouse, Microsoft MVP (Most Valuable Professional), speaker, published author, and regular writer of essays and white papers on cloud technology including the multi-edition Crafting your Future-Re... Show more

Muhammad Suzaril Shah bin Zakaria

Muhammad Suzaril Shah bin Zakaria

I am a Microsoft MVP (Azure AI Platform), Microsoft Certified Trainer and a Technophilic! I like exploring technology, especially the Cloud, IoT, and Networking. I am more of an IT Infrastructure person than I am a Software Developer/Engineer, and even so, I like to code! I am pursuing a Master in Engineering Technology (Electrical and Electronics) at Universiti Kuala Lumpur, and my research objective is to integrate Cloud (Azure) functions into IoT applications. Putting all my technical experiences aside, I also like to lead, and my goal is to empower and contribute as much as possible to the community. Given my past experiences as a Microsoft Learn Student Ambassador, I have hosted countless events and workshops for my student community at my university. I also like creating tech-related videos (https://www.youtube.com/@suzarilshah) and blogs ( https://blog.suzarilshah.uk ).

I am a Microsoft MVP (Azure AI Platform), Microsoft Certified Trainer and a Technophilic! I like exploring technology, especially the Cloud, IoT, and Networking. I am more of an IT Infrastructure person than I am a Software Developer/Engineer, and ev... Show more

Anne Cahalan

Anne Cahalan

Anne is an iOS developer at Giant Eagle, where she is constantly delighted by the niftiness of Swift. Passionate about clean code, craft cocktails, and nice yarn, she dreams of an elegantly-designed app that pairs cocktails with knitting patterns. She is contractually required to mention her three-legged cat, Wobbles.

Anne is an iOS developer at Giant Eagle, where she is constantly delighted by the niftiness of Swift. Passionate about clean code, craft cocktails, and nice yarn, she dreams of an elegantly-designed app that pairs cocktails with knitting patterns. Sh... Show more

Abdul Kazi

Abdul Kazi

My name is Abdul Kazi and I am a Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals (MVP) for Azure, Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), Solutions Architect with 18+ years of IT industry experience and have been working with Microsoft Azure since 2014. Also, I am the co-host of Come Cloud With Us meetup where we are joined by guest speakers to talk about cloud related topics.

My name is Abdul Kazi and I am a Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals (MVP) for Azure, Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), Solutions Architect with 18+ years of IT industry experience and have been working with Microsoft Azure since 2014. Also, I am ... Show more

Siva Yakkanti

Siva Yakkanti

I am Siva Yakkanti having 18+ years of experience with IT Infra, Cloud and Automation, passionate IT professional and Yoga practitioner.

I am Siva Yakkanti having 18+ years of experience with IT Infra, Cloud and Automation, passionate IT professional and Yoga practitioner. Show more

Piet van Dongen

Piet van Dongen

Piet van Dongen is a senior software architect and engineering consultant at OpenValue, helping organizations solve complex technology challenges through effective software practices. With expertise spanning architecture, engineering, and education, he delivers practical solutions focused on resilient architectures and short development cycles. Known for his calm demeanor under pressure and strategic use of humor, Piet has guided clients through large-scale transformations, trained architects and engineers, and built an extensive professional network across the European tech community as organizer of the Dutch iSAQB Software Architecture Community and former leader of the Dutch AWS User Group.

A regular speaker at international conferences including AWS re:Invent, DevOpsDays, Codemotion, and Devoxx, Piet shares insights on effective software architecture practices, cloud migrations, and resilience engineering, with a blend of technical depth and engaging humor. His pragmatic approach combines technical expertise with business acumen, enabling teams to successfully adopt modern software architecture and engineering practices and DevOps methodologies. Whether consulting, speaking, or training, Piet partners with organizations to deliver tangible value and navigate their software delivery journeys with confidence.

Piet van Dongen is a senior software architect and engineering consultant at OpenValue, helping organizations solve complex technology challenges through effective software practices. With expertise spanning architecture, engineering, and education, ... Show more

Rafael Báguena Girbés

Rafael Báguena Girbés

Working in BI analytics solutions since 2010, I love learning new things and pushing the technology further.
Passionate about data, video games, comics and memes alike.

Working in BI analytics solutions since 2010, I love learning new things and pushing the technology further. Passionate about data, video games, comics and memes alike. Show more

Devang Shah

Devang Shah

Devang is a Principal Program Manager specializing in working on terabyte to petabyte-scale big data analytics projects in the EMEA region. He specializes in product innovation, product evangelization, community building, and product adoption strategies. With a strong educational and professional background in technology, software development, cloud adoption, and data analytics, he has spent the last decade advising clients on implementing large-scale and complex software systems, and data analytics solutions. Devang has been involved in producing training content, and tutorials for Microsoft Fabric experiences.

Devang is a Principal Program Manager specializing in working on terabyte to petabyte-scale big data analytics projects in the EMEA region. He specializes in product innovation, product evangelization, community building, and product adoption strateg... Show more

Cristian Schuszter

Cristian Schuszter

Dr. Cristian Schuszter holds a PhD in Systems Engineering with a focus on distributed fault-tolerant software architectures and machine-learning based failure prediction. In his day-to-day, he is somewhere between a Data and Full-stack Software Engineer, with a wide range of tech & job exposure both in academia and industry.

For the past 7 years he's been working with various teams in CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research). Currently he's focusing on the architectural directions of the CERN business computing group, with an emphasis on enterprise Java systems and UI.

Dr. Cristian Schuszter holds a PhD in Systems Engineering with a focus on distributed fault-tolerant software architectures and machine-learning based failure prediction. In his day-to-day, he is somewhere between a Data and Full-stack Software Engin... Show more

Austin Gil

Austin Gil

Hi, my name is Austin Gil.
I'm a web developer from Portland, Oregon, and I help people (like you?) build better websites.
Over the last ten years, I’ve built projects for award-winning agencies, innovative start-ups, government organizations, and more.

Today, I create fun, educational content in the form of writing, open-source, videos, presentations, and workshops.

Hi, my name is Austin Gil. I'm a web developer from Portland, Oregon, and I help people (like you?) build better websites. Over the last ten years, I’ve built projects for award-winning agencies, innovative start-ups, government organizations, and ... Show more

Daniel Kec

Daniel Kec

Works on Helidon project at Oracle. Co-organizer of Czech Java User Group.

Works on Helidon project at Oracle. Co-organizer of Czech Java User Group. Show more

Prashant Ramhit

Prashant Ramhit

Prashant is a seasoned technologist with over two decades of experience, specializing in cloud-native systems, DevOps, and platform engineering. Currently based in Mauritius, he began his career as a Linux System Administrator in the late 1990s and advanced into roles such as SRE, Golang developer, and later, Product Manager and Project Manager. Prashant has contributed to global-scale systems while working at renowned organizations like the BBC and Netflix. An MSc graduate from Portsmouth University, UK, he combines academic knowledge with practical expertise to design cutting-edge infrastructure solutions.

With extensive experience in leading cross-functional teams, managing complex projects, and aligning technical and business goals, Prashant thrives at the intersection of technology and strategy. Outside of work, he enjoys contributing to open-source communities and cultivating vegetables on his aquaponic farm, embracing the serene island life in Mauritius.

Prashant is a seasoned technologist with over two decades of experience, specializing in cloud-native systems, DevOps, and platform engineering. Currently based in Mauritius, he began his career as a Linux System Administrator in the late 1990s and a... Show more

Kevin Griffin

Kevin Griffin

Kevin Griffin is an author, teacher, mentor, and consultant focusing in software development. He is also a 15-time Microsoft MVP, specializing in ASP.NET and web development. As the owner of Swift Kick, a software training and services company, Kevin specializes in helping businesses push their technology stacks into the 21st century. You can often find Kevin speaking at conferences and user groups nationwide or blogging at https://consultwithgriff.com.

Kevin Griffin is an author, teacher, mentor, and consultant focusing in software development. He is also a 15-time Microsoft MVP, specializing in ASP.NET and web development. As the owner of Swift Kick, a software training and services company, Kev... Show more

Mark Tinderholt

Mark Tinderholt

Mark is an experienced technologist whose journey began in application development, spanning web and client-server applications to sophisticated distributed systems and microservices. Along this path, he developed deep expertise in automation and DevOps, leading diverse project teams and guiding cloud practice organizations through strategic, operational, and pre-sales leadership roles. Currently, Mark holds a hands-on engineering position at Microsoft, contributing directly to the Microsoft Azure platform.

Beyond his professional work, Mark shares his passion for cloud computing through his YouTube channel, "The Azure Terraformer." He is also the author of "Mastering Terraform," a practical, multi-cloud guide to Infrastructure-as-Code covering AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, and has created the Udemy course "Terraform 101."

Mark is an experienced technologist whose journey began in application development, spanning web and client-server applications to sophisticated distributed systems and microservices. Along this path, he developed deep expertise in automation and Dev... Show more

Tobias Kluge

Tobias Kluge

Tobias Kluge helps organizations harness AI and cloud technologies with impact and integrity. As a hands-on expert and “technisches Gewissen” for leadership teams, he guides companies through AI governance, digital transformation, and sustainable IT. Tobias is a Microsoft-certified Azure & Security specialist, meetup organizer, speaker, and trusted partner for building mature, future-ready tech teams.

Tobias Kluge helps organizations harness AI and cloud technologies with impact and integrity. As a hands-on expert and “technisches Gewissen” for leadership teams, he guides companies through AI governance, digital transformation, and sustainable IT.... Show more

Uxue Otaegui

Uxue Otaegui

Soy ingeniera informática y me apasiona el mundo de la tecnología. Me encanta la fotografía de paisaje, y disfrutar del monte y la naturaleza

Soy ingeniera informática y me apasiona el mundo de la tecnología. Me encanta la fotografía de paisaje, y disfrutar del monte y la naturaleza Show more

Peter Ward

Peter Ward

I'm now the CEO (former CTO) of SoHo Dragon, a New York-based Microsoft Partner. I'm involved with developing and delivering Microsoft cloud solutions, as well as presenting new ideas and motivating the people within the team to provide outstanding service to our clients. In many ways, my goal is to help clients master the best of what other people have already figured out.

I prefer taking the lead on technical Microsoft Azure / O365 projects to architect and deploy. Other traits include:

-In many ways, I’m old school as I Iike projects delivered on time and on a budget without surprises
-UX simplicity
-Good O365 trainer and motivator
-Co-authored 4 SharePoint books and frequent contributor to Github
-Author of the book- Leadership in a zoom economy with Microsoft Teams
-Staying on the leading edge, not the bleeding edge of technology
-Good at thinking on my feet in meetings or complex situations
-I find myself often being able to get to the heart of the issue whilst not ruffling to many feathers
-Love yoga, vegetarian food, and reading Malcolm Gladwell books

www.sohodragon.nyc
www.wardpeter.com

I'm now the CEO (former CTO) of SoHo Dragon, a New York-based Microsoft Partner. I'm involved with developing and delivering Microsoft cloud solutions, as well as presenting new ideas and motivating the people within the team to provide outstanding ... Show more

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