Information & Communications Technology
Seasoned technologists, digital innovators, and other ICT experts, dedicated to advancing the field of information and communications technology
Michael Johnson, a Microsoft data platform MVP and leader of the Johannesburg SQL User Group, is a business intelligence consultant at SQLSA. Michal regularly presents at many of the local user groups and SQL Saturday events in South Africa. Show more
I’m a geek and proud to admit it! I’m also a rather large, talkative South African who plays drums, wears horrendous Hawaiian shirts and has an affinity for engaging in as many social gatherings as humanly possible, because, well….I want to experienc... Show more
Mihail Mateev is an owner, Solution Architect, Senior Technical Evangelist at SoftProject, responsible for .Net, IoT and cloud solutions. Mihail currently works as a Senior Solution Architect at EPAM Systems. He also worked many years like a Techni... Show more
I'm a Microsoft MVP in Azure, Artificial Intelligence, and Developer Technologies. I am currently pursuing a PhD in Engineering Informatics at Tomas Bata University in Zlin, Czech Republic. I've been developing .NET apps for +10 years. I find C# a... Show more
Immersed in the dynamic world of Android development, Jessica Randall is an aspiring Kotlin developer on a mission. She not only navigates through the intricacies of Jetpack Compose with ease but also flourishes in the teamwork-centric environment of... Show more
True believer in (Kotlin) Multiplatform and working with it for over 4 years now. Builds solutions for Android. Maintainer and developer of KMock. Co-Organizer of KUG Berlin, GDG Android Berlin, Rust Berlin and XTC Berlin. Show more
Mark is a senior engineer on the Component Testing team at Cypress.io. His background before Cypress is in front-end development in agency and enterprise contexts, and before that he spent many years in developmental disability support at the Atlanta... Show more
Speaker, author, and software developer. Stacy has been developing solutions since the mid-1990s in various companies and industries ranging from facilitating contract jobbing to allowing consumers to close a mortgage without the help of a financial ... Show more
Craig Forshaw is a Cloud and IaC solution architect working at Atea. He is a Microsoft MVP in cloud security and Azure IaC and is a founding member of the Microsoft Security User Group. He is an active speaker with over 18 years of experience inside ... Show more
Hey there, I'm Achraf Ben Alaya! I wear many hats in the tech world. I'm a Microsoft Certified Trainer, Azure architect, and a DevSecOps engineer. I've got a solid background as a full-stack developer in .NET and Xamarin. But what really gets me goin... Show more
Enterprise Architect and Microsoft MVP with over 15 years of experience in Microsoft 365. Since 2003 I have been focusing on delivering solutions to meet short term and long term business goals using Microsoft 365 workloads, such as SharePoint, Team... Show more
Shawn Dorward (Vice President at sa.global) is a business and technology professional focusing on efficiencies and maximizing the return on projects and technology investments. Shawn proudly serves the Dynamics Community and can often be found p... Show more
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Kevin McDonnell
Group Manager - Modern Workplace @ Avanade, Co-host GreyHatBeardPrincess, Viva Explorer
Inspired by those in the community that have gone before me, I try to share what I learn by looking at what the services from Microsoft can offer, understanding challenges people have and bringing those two things together. Having learned from 13 yea... Show more
I am Adam Furmanek, and I am a professional software engineer with over a decade of experience. In my career, I worked with all layers of the software engineering and multiple types of applications, including logistics, e-commerce, machine learning, ... Show more
Accompagnatrice agile & DevOps chez Apside, co-créatrice de TADx, j'ai parcouru des kilomètres de lignes de développements, d'analyses fonctionnelles et d'architectures orientées données avant de revenir à mes premières amours : le travail d'équipe, ... Show more
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Andrea Saltarello
CTO @ Managed Designs, Microsoft Regional Director, Chuck addict, Depeche Mode überfan
I am an entrepreneur and consultant in the Software Architecture field from Milan, Italy, serving as the CTO of Managed Designs while still eager to write code in real projects to get feedback about my architectural decisions. I am a Microsoft Re... Show more
My name’s Joe Griffin, and I’m CEO of proMX UK, a Microsoft Inner Circle partner within the proMX group of companies. I hold various Microsoft certifications in Dynamics CRM/365 Customer Engagement, Azure, Power BI and SQL Server and am also a PRINCE... Show more
Steve Jones has been working with databases and computers for over two decades. He has worked with SQL Server since 1991, from v4.2 through SQL Server 2016. He has been a DBA, developer, and manager in a variety of large and small companies across mu... Show more
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Mervyn Manilall
Microsoft MVP | C# Corner MVP| Founder of vroume.com | Senior Software engineer - MCB
- Graduated in computer science and started freelance web development in 2016 - Data engineer at The Cloud Factory EMEA from 2016 - 2017 - Specialist in Information System at Orange Business Service 2017- 2019 - Software engineer at MCB 201... Show more
Alan has been an IT Professional for over 25 years. Specialising in infrastructure, he has a strong focus on cloud services and in particular with Microsoft Azure which he has been using since 2015. Alan is a Microsoft MVP and a Microsoft Certified T... Show more
With a diverse background in journalism and retail, Linda brings both business insight and attention to storytelling to the table as a data warehouse developer. Coupled with her passion for learning new tech and trying new things. Show more
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Parv Chana
Microsoft Data Platform MVP | BI Architect | PowerBI Consultant/Trainer | DAX/Power Query Expert
With over 20 years in the industry, he is a seasoned BI Architect and Consultant. Running his own consulting company, PeryTUS IT Solutions, he provides Power BI solutions to clients ranging from small to large enterprises. He has a diverse background... Show more
Thomas Stensitzki owns Granikos GmbH & Co. KG, Germany, and focuses as a principal consultant on Exchange Server, Office 365, and Microsoft Azure. He is an MVP for M365. He holds various Microsoft certifications, like Microsoft Certified Master for ... Show more
Sue Bayes Data Platform MVP Microsoft Certified: Azure Enterprise Data Analyst Associate Microsoft Certified: Power BI Data Analyst Associate Over 5 years successfully working as an independent Power BI developer and data analyst within the pu... Show more
Nicola Paro is a Cloud Solutions Engineer in beanTech with over 8 years of experience in the industry. He loves developing applications using .NET and Blazor. Show more
Having previously led the Power BI and Microsoft Fabric capabilities at both UK and global level for a large multi-national Microsoft consultancy, James has recently established a new, ambitious data company Tekantis, enabling him to focus on geospat... Show more
Mandi Walls is a DevOps Advocate on the Community and Advocacy Team at PagerDuty. Before joining PagerDuty, Mandi spent a number of years at Chef Software, working with customers and community members in the US and Europe. Originally a large-scale sy... Show more
Oliver Engels is CEO of oh22data AG, a Microsoft Gold Partner in Germany specialized in CRM and BI. His interests are on Azure, Data Governance and Integration, Machine Learning and Visualization Tools like SSRS, Power BI and Tableau. Oliver has work... Show more
Julia is a Global Technologist on the Product Strategy team - Office of the CTO at Veeam Software. Her passion is making Cloud and Cloud Native technologies easier to understand by sharing her knowledge and experiences. She is also committed to empow... Show more
Marco is an experienced engineer and technologist who has a deep expertise in Microsoft technologies. As the Global Alliance CTO, Marco leads the technology innovation and digital transformation for the Microsoft and KPMG alliance. He works closely w... Show more
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