Information & Communications Technology

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

Dmitry Katson

Dmitry Katson

Dmitry Katson is a 🏆 Microsoft MVP 🏆 Contribution Hero and Founder of CentralQ.ai, an AI-powered knowledge and agent platform built for the Business Central.

With over 20 years of experience, he is recognized for turning ideas into real-world AI solutions — from copilots to autonomous agents.

Dmitry focuses on bringing human and machine intelligence together to create agents that understand, analyze, and act inside Business Central.

A frequent speaker at Directions, BC TechDays, and global AI events, he continues to push the boundaries of what’s possible when AI meets enterprise systems.

Dmitry Katson is a 🏆 Microsoft MVP 🏆 Contribution Hero and Founder of CentralQ.ai, an AI-powered knowledge and agent platform built for the Business Central. With over 20 years of experience, he is recognized for turning ideas into real-world AI... Show more

Onyinye Madubuko

Onyinye Madubuko

Onyinye is an IT professional with substantial work experience in the Information Technology industry. Her expertise lies in digitally transforming organizations via modernized communications, advising intelligent strategies to adopt hybrid workplaces, and promoting creative solutions to collaborate effectively. She has successfully led multiple projects across the Modern Workplace technology across various sectors.
She is passionate about innovations in Information Technology, technical research, and investigative studies which has led to her collaboration in publishing journal and conference papers on IEEE.

Onyinye is an IT professional with substantial work experience in the Information Technology industry. Her expertise lies in digitally transforming organizations via modernized communications, advising intelligent strategies to adopt hybrid workplace... Show more

Michael Johnson

Michael Johnson

Michael Johnson is a Microsoft Data Platform MVP and co-lead of the Johannesburg Data Platform User Group. Professionally, he is the owner and principal consultant at Cobalt Analytics, based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Michael regularly presents at many local and international user groups and conferences on topics including data engineering and analytics.

Michael Johnson is a Microsoft Data Platform MVP and co-lead of the Johannesburg Data Platform User Group. Professionally, he is the owner and principal consultant at Cobalt Analytics, based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Michael regularly presents a... Show more

Vadym Kazulkin

Vadym Kazulkin

I'm Vadym Kazulkin 🇺🇦, husband and father of 3. I'm AWS Serverless Hero and Head of Development at ip.labs based in Bonn. I have been in the tech industry for over 25 years. My current focus and interests include the design and implementation of highly scalable and available applications in the AWS Cloud, with a special passion for Serverless, Generative, and Agentic AI, as well as the optimization of Java applications (also utilizing Spring Boot, Micronaut, and Quarkus frameworks) on AWS Lambda.

I'm also the co-organizer of the Java User Group Bonn meetup, a frequent speaker at various national and international events, and a regular author of articles in different published and online magazines and on my online blog.

I'm Vadym Kazulkin 🇺🇦, husband and father of 3. I'm AWS Serverless Hero and Head of Development at ip.labs based in Bonn. I have been in the tech industry for over 25 years. My current focus and interests include the design and implementation of hi... Show more

Annie Talvasto

Annie Talvasto

Annie Talvasto is an award-winning international technology speaker and leader. She has spoken at over 100+ tech events worldwide, including KubeCon + CloudNativeCon and Microsoft Build & Ignite. She has been recognized with the CNCF Ambassador, Azure & AI Platform MVP awards. She has co-organized the Kubernetes & CNCF Finland meetup since 2017. In the past, she has also served as a track chair for KubeCon + CloudNativeCon, Program Chair for Secure AI Summit (powered by Cloud Native) and hosted Cloud Native Live, a weekly livestream by CNCF, for over 3 years.

Annie Talvasto is an award-winning international technology speaker and leader. She has spoken at over 100+ tech events worldwide, including KubeCon + CloudNativeCon and Microsoft Build & Ignite. She has been recognized with the CNCF Ambassador, Azur... Show more

Andrea Saltarello

Andrea Saltarello

I believe technology only makes sense when it creates real value for people and organizations.

Today, I bring this vision to life as the founder of Improove, where we work to strengthen the Italian tech ecosystem through community initiatives, events, and training. I also teach Artificial Intelligence at the Graduate School of Management of Politecnico di Milano, helping executives and decision-makers understand both the opportunities and the strategic challenges of AI.

My journey started in software development: I co-founded UGIdotNET (one of the longest-established Italian communities about software development), authored books, and have spoken at conferences across Europe. Today, I leverage that experience to build bridges between technology and business, to make innovation understandable, accessible, and truly impactful.

I believe technology only makes sense when it creates real value for people and organizations. Today, I bring this vision to life as the founder of Improove, where we work to strengthen the Italian tech ecosystem through community initiatives, eve... Show more

John Martin

John Martin

John is an experienced data platform professional having spent over fifteen years working with Microsoft SQL Server, Azure, and AWS technologies. Working closely with clients to solve their data platform problems with innovative solutions with a focus on simplicity, maintainability, and automation.

John is an experienced data platform professional having spent over fifteen years working with Microsoft SQL Server, Azure, and AWS technologies. Working closely with clients to solve their data platform problems with innovative solutions with a focu... Show more

Kendi J

Kendi J

I'm a software engineer who enjoys solving problems and building cool things.
When I'm not working, I love soaking in the beauty of mountains and staying connected with awesome tech communities =)

I'm a software engineer who enjoys solving problems and building cool things. When I'm not working, I love soaking in the beauty of mountains and staying connected with awesome tech communities =) Show more

Greg Strzyminski

Greg Strzyminski

Greg is a Business Intelligence Team Lead at Kearney Warsaw. He serves as a Power BI technical Lead for Kearney.

He has proved his lecturing and teaching skills by running Power BI community events as well as internal trainings at Kearney at all levels, ranging in audience size from 5 to 250. Greg has been leading a number of Power BI workshops aimed at experienced professionals, students as well people willing to explore the art of possible in Business Intelligence. He has experience at conveying his knowledge at various levels, ranging from beginner to expert.

Greg holds a number of Microsoft Certifications including those in Fabric: DP-600 and Power BI: PL-300, DA-100 and 70-778.

Greg is a Business Intelligence Team Lead at Kearney Warsaw. He serves as a Power BI technical Lead for Kearney. He has proved his lecturing and teaching skills by running Power BI community events as well as internal trainings at Kearney at all l... Show more

Sumit Kumar

Sumit Kumar

Fast track recognised Power platform Engagement Director at HCL Technologies formerly known as PowerObjects with over 18 years of professional experience in the analysis of business problems and application of IT-based solutions - primarily in government, Housing and public authority. Mr. Kumar is delivery-focused and pragmatic with considerable team leading, architectural and technical design experience, allied with appreciation of business requirements and effective people management skills. He has experience of the entire life cycle - from pre-sales through to transition and service delivery

Fast track recognised Power platform Engagement Director at HCL Technologies formerly known as PowerObjects with over 18 years of professional experience in the analysis of business problems and application of IT-based solutions - primarily in gove... Show more

Éric Sauvé

Éric Sauvé

With more than 20 years of experience in IT and with a diverse path that led me to build new businesses from scratch as well as participate actively in the growth of other companies that I've joined... I've developed an awareness of what are the business key drivers that allow technology to be impactful.

Very agile and adaptive to rapid changes and involved in the community, I've gained great knowledge about the potential the Power Platform brings to different organizations.

Dynamics CE, Power Apps (Canvas and Model-Driven), Dataverse, Power Automate (flows), Power Pages, Microsoft Copilots, AI Builder... Yeah, I've worked on that ;-)

In my free time, I enjoy spending time with my family and engaging in some outdoor sports by participating in deep-diving and rock/boulder climbing.

With more than 20 years of experience in IT and with a diverse path that led me to build new businesses from scratch as well as participate actively in the growth of other companies that I've joined... I've developed an awareness of what are the busi... Show more

Chris Bradshaw

Chris Bradshaw

Chris has over 25 years' experience within IT covering a variety of technologies. His current focus is on platform infrastructure supporting applications both on-premises and in Microsoft Azure.

You can catch his latest musings on his award-winning technical blog: "I.T. Should Just Work" (www.isjw.uk) where he offers up a mixture of analysis, the occasional opinion, and hopefully helpful information for the IT community.

Chris has over 25 years' experience within IT covering a variety of technologies. His current focus is on platform infrastructure supporting applications both on-premises and in Microsoft Azure. You can catch his latest musings on his award-winnin... Show more

Andrea Ceroni

Andrea Ceroni

Senior software architect, R&D team @Elfo.
I started my career working for advertising and cinema companies, using Maya and Python.
I have been working in .NET C# for more than ten years, with special interest in Azure cloud architectures, Infrastructure as Code, mobile applications, async/concurrent code and functional programming.
I'm a proud Microsoft MVP and I do my best to support communities.
Mountains and MTB enthusiast!
Married with Federica, we have a golden retriever, Mila.

Senior software architect, R&D team @Elfo. I started my career working for advertising and cinema companies, using Maya and Python. I have been working in .NET C# for more than ten years, with special interest in Azure cloud architectures, Infrastr... Show more

Ricardo Ferreira

Ricardo Ferreira

Ricardo leads the Developer Relations team at Redis. Previously, he held roles at AWS, Elastic, Confluent, and Oracle.

He has more than 25 years of experience in distributed systems, databases, and software development. He began his career focused on software engineering and developer education, then moved into solution architecture, helping customers design, build, and deploy data-intensive applications. Over time, he found his passion in DevRel, where he combines deep technical expertise, teaching experience, and customer empathy to help developers succeed.

Ricardo leads the Developer Relations team at Redis. Previously, he held roles at AWS, Elastic, Confluent, and Oracle. He has more than 25 years of experience in distributed systems, databases, and software development. He began his career focused... Show more

Ahmed Hamdan

Ahmed Hamdan

Ahmed Hamdan is the Flutter Unit Head at MaibornWolff, where he drives the strategic adoption and growth of Flutter both within the company and across the wider tech ecosystem.

Specializing in Flutter since 2017, Ahmed has become a recognized expert and advocate, frequently sharing his knowledge with global audiences through conference talks and community events.

As a Community Organizer for Flutter Valencia and GDG Valencia, he is passionate about building vibrant developer communities that empower people to connect, learn, and grow together.

Ahmed Hamdan is the Flutter Unit Head at MaibornWolff, where he drives the strategic adoption and growth of Flutter both within the company and across the wider tech ecosystem. Specializing in Flutter since 2017, Ahmed has become a recognized expe... Show more

Zoe Steinkamp

Zoe Steinkamp

I’m Zoe Steinkamp, a Developer Advocate at ClickHouse, with a strong foundation in front-end software engineering. My mission is to empower developers by enhancing their experience with ClickHouse’s high-performance database and real-time analytics capabilities. I also have a growing interest in data science. In my spare time, I love to travel and tend to my garden. Let’s connect on LinkedIn—I’m eager to exchange insights and knowledge at both virtual and in-person events!

I’m Zoe Steinkamp, a Developer Advocate at ClickHouse, with a strong foundation in front-end software engineering. My mission is to empower developers by enhancing their experience with ClickHouse’s high-performance database and real-time analytics c... Show more

Lucien Immink

Lucien Immink

A former Java developer that saw the light and embraced Clippy as his digital overlord.
Over two decades in the front-end field has taught Lucien how we often reinvent the wheel to accommodate new shiny frameworks.
Now, as a Principal Consultant, his mission is to discover elegant solutions for his clients. While we’ve moved beyond Flash and jQuery, the web platform technologies: HTML, CSS, and JavaScript remain essential. Rather than battling the platform, let’s embrace it.
Lucien is a rewarded Google Developer Expert for Web Technologies and capabilities since 2022.

A former Java developer that saw the light and embraced Clippy as his digital overlord. Over two decades in the front-end field has taught Lucien how we often reinvent the wheel to accommodate new shiny frameworks. Now, as a Principal Consultant, h... 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 is currently running Mobrio Studio (https://mobrio.studio).

He has previously worked with the biggest organisations from India and South-East-Asia, his last stint was working at JioHotstar / JioCinema (India's biggest OTT+Streaming platform) as Mobile Architect / Principal Engineer, he also previously worked at Meesho (a leading 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 is currently running Mobrio Studio (https://mobrio.studio).... Show more

Eric Woodruff

Eric Woodruff

Throughout his 25-year career in the IT field, Eric has sought out and held a diverse range of roles. Currently the Chief Identity Architect for Semperis; Eric previously was a member of the Security Research and Product teams. Prior to Semperis, Eric worked as a Security and Identity Architect at Microsoft partners, spent time working at Microsoft as a Sr. Premier Field Engineer, and spent almost 15 years in the public sector, with 10 of them as a technical manager.

Eric is a Microsoft MVP for security, recognized for his expertise in the Microsoft identity ecosystem. His security research has also been recognized by Microsoft, most notably for his findings he dubbed “UnOAuthorized”. Eric is a strong proponent of knowledge sharing and spends a good deal of time sharing his insights and expertise at conferences as well as through blogging. Eric further supports the professional security and identity community as an IDPro member, working as part of the IDPro Body of Knowledge committee.

Throughout his 25-year career in the IT field, Eric has sought out and held a diverse range of roles. Currently the Chief Identity Architect for Semperis; Eric previously was a member of the Security Research and Product teams. Prior to Semperis, Eri... Show more

Adam Furmanek

Adam Furmanek

My name is Adam, and I am an internationally recognized software architect, consultant, marketing and strategy engineer, and book writer with over 15 years of experience in software architecture and development across a range of domains. In my career, I worked with all layers of the software engineering and multiple types of applications, including logistics, e-commerce, machine learning, data analysis, and database management. I am always interested in digging deeper, exploring machine code, and going through implementation details to better understand the internals of the technologies I use every day. That's why I like debugging, decompiling and disassembling the code to understand memory models, concurrency problems and other details hidden deep inside. In my free time, I play ping-pong, watch Woody Allen's movies and blog stuff at http://blog.adamfurmanek.pl

My name is Adam, and I am an internationally recognized software architect, consultant, marketing and strategy engineer, and book writer with over 15 years of experience in software architecture and development across a range of domains. In my career... 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

Mattias Fjellström

Mattias Fjellström

Mattias is a cloud engineer with a background in physics and cloud development. He's a HashiCorp Ambassador, deeply passionate about infrastructure-as-code and platform engineering. He is also a published author and an avid blogger.

Mattias is a cloud engineer with a background in physics and cloud development. He's a HashiCorp Ambassador, deeply passionate about infrastructure-as-code and platform engineering. He is also a published author and an avid blogger. Show more

Magnus Goksöyr

Magnus Goksöyr

More than 25 years of experience in collaboration tools and services. Has worked with Microsoft 365 since the beginning of time and with Modern Work even before it became modern. Specialized on Microsoft Teams in particular and with a peculiar passion for Information Governance, Information Structure, Information Security and context -based collaboration. Enjoy being thrown into a chaos to create order.

More than 25 years of experience in collaboration tools and services. Has worked with Microsoft 365 since the beginning of time and with Modern Work even before it became modern. Specialized on Microsoft Teams in particular and with a peculiar passio... Show more

Tiffany Songvilay

Tiffany Songvilay

Tiffany Songvilay is a powerhouse in modern workplace transformation and AI enablement. As the Global Tech Lead for Avanade’s Copilot Adoption Program and a key player on the North America Copilot Rapid Response Team, she’s helped enterprise clients go from “just testing” to “fully thriving” with AI—boosting productivity, collaboration, and digital know-how along the way.

A Copilot MVP and go-to advisor, Tiffany leads global teams, builds enablement and security frameworks, and hosts Prompt-a-thons that make prompt engineering feel less like rocket science and more like second nature. She’s a pro at showing off Copilot in action—whether it’s in Microsoft 365, SharePoint Premium, Viva, or Power Platform—and her sessions are known for being both insightful and refreshingly real.

From breaking down metadata extraction in SharePoint to helping teams master the new collab stack (hello Loop, Teams, and Copilot!), Tiffany brings clarity, energy, and a whole lot of credibility to every stage she steps on.

Outside of work, she’s a fierce advocate for women of color in STEM and a champion for diversity and LGBTQ+ inclusion. Her LinkedIn posts are packed with practical tips on prompt engineering, and she’s a fan favorite for making even the nerdiest topics fun. Oh—and when she’s not leading AI transformations? You’ll find her on a motorcycle or cuddling her senior rescue dog.

Tiffany Songvilay is a powerhouse in modern workplace transformation and AI enablement. As the Global Tech Lead for Avanade’s Copilot Adoption Program and a key player on the North America Copilot Rapid Response Team, she’s helped enterprise clients ... Show more

George Doubinski

George Doubinski

Microsoft MVP since 2007.

Mediocre runner, average coder, good speaker, excellent trainer.

Most importantly, I enable others to build remarkable things on the Power Platform and Azure with code both high and low.

If you cannot find me online committing code to GitHub, tipping on https://crmtipoftheday.com, or talking on https://crm.audio, it must be a rare occasion when I run, spend time with the family, or travel from A to B.

Microsoft MVP since 2007. Mediocre runner, average coder, good speaker, excellent trainer. Most importantly, I enable others to build remarkable things on the Power Platform and Azure with code both high and low. If you cannot find me onlin... Show more

Marco Rocca

Marco Rocca

I'm a Cloud Solution Architect Modern Work and deals mainly (but not only ...) with SharePoint, a product that has been with him for 15 years and has experienced the birth and growth of all the latest versions. However, collaboration is not just SharePoint, but all Microsoft 365 applications that are helping to revolutionize the way we work. Today in my work I support customers to identify the better strategy for adopt new products and technologies. In the last period I'm focusing on Copilot, AI, Power Platform and SharePoint. As a speaker I have participated in several conferences as a speaker among which WPC Milan, Scottish Summit, CollabDays, European Collaboration Summit, European Power Platform Conference, Thrive and more.

I'm a Cloud Solution Architect Modern Work and deals mainly (but not only ...) with SharePoint, a product that has been with him for 15 years and has experienced the birth and growth of all the latest versions. However, collaboration is not just Shar... Show more

Cecilia Geraldo

Cecilia Geraldo

Mobile Engineering Manager focused on building scalable platforms and AI-enabled engineering systems.
At Thoughtworks, she leads mobile teams operating across 15+ engineering teams in high-scale environments, applying modular architecture, server-driven UI, and platform-as-product thinking to enable sustainable growth and team autonomy.
Her work integrates AI agents and Model Context Protocol (MCP) into developer workflows, documentation systems, and internal tooling, bridging mobile engineering with next-generation engineering practices.
As a Latina engineering leader working in global tech ecosystems, she champions technical excellence, inclusive leadership, and knowledge-sharing as pillars for long-term impact.

Mobile Engineering Manager focused on building scalable platforms and AI-enabled engineering systems. At Thoughtworks, she leads mobile teams operating across 15+ engineering teams in high-scale environments, applying modular architecture, server-dr... Show more

Michael Megel

Michael Megel

Michael Megel is a Microsoft MVP (AI Foundry & Power Apps) and Data Platform Architect specializing in Databricks on AWS and Microsoft Fabric.

With extensive experience across Azure, AWS, Generative AI, Power Platform, and intelligent automation, he connects enterprise data platforms with low-code and AI-driven solutions that deliver measurable business value.

Michael is an active speaker and community contributor who strongly believes in Never Stop Learning.

Michael Megel is a Microsoft MVP (AI Foundry & Power Apps) and Data Platform Architect specializing in Databricks on AWS and Microsoft Fabric. With extensive experience across Azure, AWS, Generative AI, Power Platform, and intelligent automation, ... Show more

Anshika Tiwari

Anshika Tiwari

Anshika is a passionate DevOps/SRE Engineer who is always eager to learn & implement cloud-native solutions, she has contributed to streamlining deployment processes and enhancing system reliability. She is eager to share her experiences and insights at conferences, contributing to the open-source community through talks, mentorship, and collaboration.

Anshika is a passionate DevOps/SRE Engineer who is always eager to learn & implement cloud-native solutions, she has contributed to streamlining deployment processes and enhancing system reliability. She is eager to share her experiences and insights... Show more

Augustin Dokoza Bukvic

Augustin Dokoza Bukvic

Augustin is an Analytics Architect, Microsoft Certified Trainer, Speaker, and Power Platform User Group Stuttgart founder and leader.
Working as a CoE lead and a Solution Architect with the main focus on the Power BI platform and Data Governance.
Working with Power BI since the public preview version, and delivered multiple large-scale enterprise analytics projects for Fortune 500 companies. Passionate about data culture and governance.

Augustin is an Analytics Architect, Microsoft Certified Trainer, Speaker, and Power Platform User Group Stuttgart founder and leader. Working as a CoE lead and a Solution Architect with the main focus on the Power BI platform and Data Governance. ... Show more

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