Information & Communications Technology

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

Dave Rendon

Dave Rendon

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I'm David Rendon (Dave Rendon), a Microsoft Azure and AI MVP for 13 consecutive years and a Microsoft Certified Trainer. As an IT professional with more than 15 years of experience, I have focused strongly on Microsoft technologies and Azure since 2010.

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Fernando Garcia

Fernando Garcia

With 19 years at Petrobras, he serves as a executive leading Strategic Information, specializing in data, AI, career development, and management.

He has led pioneering cloud, data, and analytics projects recognized internationally by DGIQ.

A nine-time Microsoft MVP awardee in Data Platform and M365 Copilot, he is a digital influencer with nearly 200,000 followers across social media and a five-time LinkedIn Top Community Voice.

He is a Petrobras brand ambassador and the Brazilian ambassador for the Global STEM Women project. A distinguished instructor at Petrobras University and an official LinkedIn Learning instructor, he has trained over 22,000 professionals through e-learning programs and 8,000 professionals in the classroom.

He is also a frequent speaker at major innovation and technology events, including RIW – Rio Innovation Week, OTC – Offshore Technology Conference, TDC – The Developer’s Conference, Microsoft Ignite.

With 19 years at Petrobras, he serves as a executive leading Strategic Information, specializing in data, AI, career development, and management. He has led pioneering cloud, data, and analytics projects recognized internationally by DGIQ. A ni... Show more

Pamela Paterson

Pamela Paterson

Pamela Paterson, MS, CBAP, PMP, is a speaker, best-selling author of 12 books, and senior tech consultant specializing in business systems analysis and project management. With a strong background in systems engineering and experience working with over 100 organizations, Pamela has delivered workshops, webinars, and presentations worldwide and authored 10 books, including two international best-sellers. Pamela has also taught project management for over ten years in Toronto, Canada. In 2023, 2024, and 2025 she stands out as one of the most active speakers on Sessionize. For more details, visit her LinkedIn profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/pamelapaterson/, or contact her at pamelatheba@gmail.com.

Pamela Paterson, MS, CBAP, PMP, is a speaker, best-selling author of 12 books, and senior tech consultant specializing in business systems analysis and project management. With a strong background in systems engineering and experience working with ov... Show more

Biju Thomas

Biju Thomas


Biju Thomas is an Oracle ACE Director (since 2015) and a Cloud Technical Solutions Expert leading Data Intensity’s Digital Transformation practice. With a background spanning software development and enterprise database architecture, he brings a practitioner’s perspective to building scalable, production-ready cloud solutions.

Biju specializes in modern data platforms, cloud migrations, and multicloud architectures, helping organizations integrate robust data foundations with hyperscaler ecosystems such as Microsoft Azure. A long-time community contributor and frequent speaker, he focuses on practical patterns that bridge enterprise data platforms with modern AI and application development.

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Biju Thomas is an Oracle ACE Director (since 2015) and a Cloud Technical Solutions Expert leading Data Intensity’s Digital Transformation practice. With a background spanning software development and enterprise database architecture, he brings a pr... Show more

Gauri Yadav

Gauri Yadav

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

Atuoha Anthony

Atuoha Anthony

Atuoha Anthony is a Senior Mobile and AI Software Engineer with a track record of building scalable, high-performance applications across various platforms, including Android, iOS, web, and others, primarily using Flutter & Dart, alongside Kotlin and Swift, and leveraging AI.

Atuoha Anthony is a Senior Mobile and AI Software Engineer with a track record of building scalable, high-performance applications across various platforms, including Android, iOS, web, and others, primarily using Flutter & Dart, alongside Kotlin and... Show more

Hamish Sheild

Hamish Sheild

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

James Eastham

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

Julian Frey

Julian Frey

Julian Frey is founder of CITE GmbH. During his more than 10 years of consulting he has gained a lot of experience in many areas, especially in the areas of HA, Engineered Systems and Monitoring. He is a frequent speaker and founder of the Oracle Beer Bern Meetup Group. Julian is a member of the Oracle ACE Program as an Oracle ACE Director.

Julian Frey is founder of CITE GmbH. During his more than 10 years of consulting he has gained a lot of experience in many areas, especially in the areas of HA, Engineered Systems and Monitoring. He is a frequent speaker and founder of the Oracle Bee... Show more

Annabella Kadavanich

Annabella Kadavanich

Annabella is a Senior AI Engineer and advisor with over a decade of experience helping organizations turn AI from hype into real business impact. She works with Fortune 500 executives and founders to evaluate, build, and deploy AI systems that deliver measurable results, specializing in AI strategy, multi-agent systems, RAG, and LLM post-training.

Beyond enterprise consulting, she mentors software engineers that want to transition into AI, helping several transform their careers and double their salaries, and advises investors on AI startup due diligence. She has spoken at international conferences including INFORMS Analytics (Orlando, FL, 2024), the John Hopkins AI Symposium (May 2024), Google DevCon Tampa, FL (2024), and Kiron AI Upskilling (Dec 2025) and is known for sessions that are direct, practical, and built for decision-makers who want to understand what actually works in AI today.

Annabella is a Senior AI Engineer and advisor with over a decade of experience helping organizations turn AI from hype into real business impact. She works with Fortune 500 executives and founders to evaluate, build, and deploy AI systems that delive... Show more

Luis Mañez

Luis Mañez

Microsoft AI (former M365 Development) MVP. Around 25 years of experience working with Microsoft Technologies. MS Certified Teams Application Developer, specialist in Developing Azure and SharePoint MCPD. Passionate about technology, blogger, technical writer and MS community active member.

Microsoft AI (former M365 Development) MVP. Around 25 years of experience working with Microsoft Technologies. MS Certified Teams Application Developer, specialist in Developing Azure and SharePoint MCPD. Passionate about technology, blogger, technic... 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

Thomas Künneth

Thomas Künneth

Thomas fell in love with Android in 2009. He has been constantly contributing to the community since then. Thomas loves writing books (four titles, 15 editions) and articles. He enjoys speaking at conferences and meetups. Thomas' first encounter with programming was in the era of home computers during the early 1980s. Later came C, Perl and a few more. During the 90s he wrote a bunch of programs for the Atari ST series. The first decade of Thomas' professional career centered around Java Enterprise. Today it’s all things Android and Kotlin.

Thomas fell in love with Android in 2009. He has been constantly contributing to the community since then. Thomas loves writing books (four titles, 15 editions) and articles. He enjoys speaking at conferences and meetups. Thomas' first encounter with... 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

Maddy Dahl

Maddy Dahl

Maddy is driven by the prospect of navigating uncharted territories in tech and is committed to fostering environments where technology serves as a catalyst for growth and efficiency. The educational foundation and experiences gained contribute directly to Maddy’s current endeavors of shaping transformative training strategies as a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) and Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP).

In her current role, her focus is crafting tailored training initiatives that foster adoption of Microsoft 365 technologies, including Copilot for M365. Bridging the gap between tech capabilities and strategic business objectives, she's equipped numerous organizations to embrace innovation swiftly and effectively. Maddy’s role centers on translating complex technical requirements into actionable learning paths, aligning closely with her strategic vision to unlock potential through empowered technology use.

Maddy is driven by the prospect of navigating uncharted territories in tech and is committed to fostering environments where technology serves as a catalyst for growth and efficiency. The educational foundation and experiences gained contribute direc... Show more

Maurice Daly

Maurice Daly

Maurice has been working in the IT industry for the past 25 years. His focus is on the areas of Windows deployment, device management, Entra ID security, and secure productivity. Maurice has been an MCSE since 2008 and received his first MVP award in Enterprise Mobility (now Security) in March 2017.

Most recently, his focus has been on automating deployment tasks, creating and sharing PowerShell scripts, log analytics reports, and Azure Functions to help others streamline their deployment processes.

Maurice has been working in the IT industry for the past 25 years. His focus is on the areas of Windows deployment, device management, Entra ID security, and secure productivity. Maurice has been an MCSE since 2008 and received his first MVP award in... Show more

Piotr Przybyl

Piotr Przybyl

Notorious engineer at work and after hours, tracing meanders of the art of software engineering. Java Champion. Docker Captain. Testcontainers Champion. Remote Software Gardener, mostly working in web-oriented Java gardens. Programming usually in Java (since 1.3), Scala and Go, but in other languages too. Fan of agility, seen mostly as choosing the right tools and approaches after asking the right questions. Developer, trainer and conference speaker. In his talks, Piotr covers not only hardcore Java but also software architecture, computer security, and soft-skills.

Notorious engineer at work and after hours, tracing meanders of the art of software engineering. Java Champion. Docker Captain. Testcontainers Champion. Remote Software Gardener, mostly working in web-oriented Java gardens. Programming usually in Jav... Show more

Aurélie Vache

Aurélie Vache

Aurélie Vache is a Developer Advocate at OVHcloud in Toulouse, France. She is a Docker Captain, CNCF ambassador, Google Cloud Developer Expert & Women techmarkers Ambassador. She has been working as a Developer and Ops for over 20 years. Cloud enthusiast and advocates DevOps/Cloud/Golang best practices.

Technical writer (dev.to/aurelievache), a book author & reviewer, a sketchnoter and a speaker at international conferences.
Conferences and meetups organizer since 2016.

Creator and maintainer of https://developers.events/, a collaborative, open-source platform that aggregates & list developer/tech-focused conferences/events and call-for-papers (CFP) opportunities worldwide, helping speakers, organizers, sponsors and attendees.

She created a new visual way for people to learn and understand Cloud technologies: "Understanding Kubernetes/Istio/Docker in a visual way" in sketchnotes, books and videos.

Blog: https://dev.to/aurelievache/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AurelieVache

Aurélie Vache is a Developer Advocate at OVHcloud in Toulouse, France. She is a Docker Captain, CNCF ambassador, Google Cloud Developer Expert & Women techmarkers Ambassador. She has been working as a Developer and Ops for over 20 years. Cloud enthus... Show more

Aman Sharma

Aman Sharma

Aman is a serial AI entrepreneur with 3 successful exits and over a dozen digital/AI products. His journey began as an ML researcher at TU Wien, where he pioneered CNN for large-scale recommendation systems. A pillar of the South Florida tech scene, Aman leads the AI Collective Miami Chapter. Aman has delivered 100+ tech talks with his signature Miro Diagram style storytelling, which has inspired thousands of founders, executives, and developers worldwide, establishing him as a two-time Most Active Speaker and respected AI innovator.

Aman is a serial AI entrepreneur with 3 successful exits and over a dozen digital/AI products. His journey began as an ML researcher at TU Wien, where he pioneered CNN for large-scale recommendation systems. A pillar of the South Florida tech scene, ... Show more

Anjuli Jhakry

Anjuli Jhakry

Meet Anjuli Jhakry: A Microsoft MVP and .NET developer at 4DotNet by day and a Microsoft Entra ID explorer by night. I'm navigating the vast ecosystem of Microsoft, always eager to learn. Beyond this, I am passionate about giving presentations and advocating for the incredible potential of tech to everyone.

Meet Anjuli Jhakry: A Microsoft MVP and .NET developer at 4DotNet by day and a Microsoft Entra ID explorer by night. I'm navigating the vast ecosystem of Microsoft, always eager to learn. Beyond this, I am passionate about giving presentations and ad... Show more

Jose Andres Rodriguez Perez

Jose Andres Rodriguez Perez

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

Ram Mohan Rao Chukka

Ram Mohan Rao Chukka

Ram is a Senior Software Engineer at JFrog R&D . Previously worked for startup companies like CallidusCloud (SAP Company), Konylabs. Loves Automation, Linux, openSource

Ram is a Senior Software Engineer at JFrog R&D . Previously worked for startup companies like CallidusCloud (SAP Company), Konylabs. Loves Automation, Linux, openSource Show more

Brian Korzynski

Brian Korzynski

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

Sébastien Goodwin

Sébastien Goodwin

Agile Coach and Kanban expert (certified Kanban trainer and coach, AKT, KCP), Sébastien has a solid experience in supporting organizations in their Agile and Lean transformation.

He helps teams of all sizes, from the smallest to projects of +150 people, and works daily in collaboration with geographically distributed teams both in France and internationally. Sébastien also has expertise in complex project management, problem solving, and continuous improvement.

After 20 years of experience in a large company, in 2023 he launched his training & consulting company - Kudja.fr - to share his expertise on Kanban.

Agile Coach and Kanban expert (certified Kanban trainer and coach, AKT, KCP), Sébastien has a solid experience in supporting organizations in their Agile and Lean transformation. He helps teams of all sizes, from the smallest to projects of +150 p... Show more

Dylan Beattie

Dylan Beattie

Dylan Beattie is an independent consultant who has been building data-driven web applications since the 1990s. He’s managed teams, taught workshops, and worked on everything from tiny standalone websites to complex distributed systems. He’s a Microsoft MVP, and he regularly speaks at conferences and user groups all over the world.

Dylan is the creator of the Rockstar programming language, and the founder, vocalist and lead guitarist with The Linebreakers, the world's greatest nerd comedy classic rock disco alt punk covers band.

Dylan Beattie is an independent consultant who has been building data-driven web applications since the 1990s. He’s managed teams, taught workshops, and worked on everything from tiny standalone websites to complex distributed systems. He’s a Microso... Show more

Elkhan Yusubov

Elkhan Yusubov

Elkhan is a cloud architect, tech trainer, and mentor with experience in Microsoft Azure, AWS, IBM Cloud, and enterprise healthcare systems.
He is an active Microsoft MVP and MCT Regional Lead, a member of the Microsoft Tech Community, and an Azure SME (Architecture, DevOps, Security) - who is leading the cloud and infrastructure group at T-REX Solutions.

He is a community speaker and has volunteered for local and global events; Global Azure, Cloud Lunch and Learn, Azure Back to School, Azure Spring Clean, Festive Tech Calendar, Give Camps, Azure Data Fest, SQL Saturdays, Cyber Back to School, Come cloud with Us, and others.

Over the years, Elkhan proudly contributed to Microsoft Azure, Security, and HL7 FHIR communities to advance data interoperability, secure design, and help communities move forward.

Elkhan is a cloud architect, tech trainer, and mentor with experience in Microsoft Azure, AWS, IBM Cloud, and enterprise healthcare systems. He is an active Microsoft MVP and MCT Regional Lead, a member of the Microsoft Tech Community, and an Azure ... Show more

Ethiel Adiassa

Ethiel Adiassa

Ethiel Adiassa is a Senior Software Engineer and Google Developer Expert (GDE) in Flutter and Dart. He works at the intersection of mobile architecture, developer productivity, and applied AI. Ethiel builds developer tools and AI-powered products, including FlutterGigs and LucidClip. As an international conference speaker, he shares practical insights on designing scalable mobile systems, integrating AI into real applications, and building software that remains maintainable as technology evolves.

Ethiel Adiassa is a Senior Software Engineer and Google Developer Expert (GDE) in Flutter and Dart. He works at the intersection of mobile architecture, developer productivity, and applied AI. Ethiel builds developer tools and AI-powered products, in... Show more

Angelo Gulisano

Angelo Gulisano

Microsoft MVP for Business Applications and Microsoft Certified Trainer. I help organizations design and deliver modern digital solutions by combining Power Platform, Microsoft 365, and cloud technologies into a cohesive ecosystem.

With over 18 years of experience in IT, I bring together development, architecture, and training to drive meaningful digital transformation. I work at the intersection of low-code, automation, AI, and enterprise solutions—turning complex requirements into scalable, well-governed systems focused on real business value.

Speaker at national and international tech events. Passionate about technology, music, and travel.

Microsoft MVP for Business Applications and Microsoft Certified Trainer. I help organizations design and deliver modern digital solutions by combining Power Platform, Microsoft 365, and cloud technologies into a cohesive ecosystem. With over 18 ye... Show more

Johannes Bechberger

Johannes Bechberger

Johannes Bechberger is a JVM developer working on profilers and their underlying technology in the SapMachine team at SAP. This includes improvements to async-profiler and its ecosystem, a website to view the different JFR event types, and improvements to the FirefoxProfiler, making it usable in the Java world. His work today comprises many open-source contributions and his blog, where he regularly writes on in-depth profiling and debugging topics. He also works on hello-ebpf, the first eBPF library for Java. His most recent contribution is the new CPU Time Profiler in JDK 25.

Johannes Bechberger is a JVM developer working on profilers and their underlying technology in the SapMachine team at SAP. This includes improvements to async-profiler and its ecosystem, a website to view the different JFR event types, and improvemen... Show more

Mike Irving

Mike Irving

A professional developer for over 20 years, based in Macclesfield.

For the past 10+ years I have been heavily involved in mobile development, and have utilised both Native code (Swift, Kotlin, Objective-C, Java) and Cross-Platform app development systems including Xamarin, .NET MAUI, Uno Platform and Cordova on different projects.

A constant in my journey has been the use of C# / .NET. I also do web development work, and I am equally happy working front-end in HTML, CSS and JavaScript.

Microsoft MVP. Co-organiser of Dot Net North and Macc Tech.

Regular speaker and presenter.

A professional developer for over 20 years, based in Macclesfield. For the past 10+ years I have been heavily involved in mobile development, and have utilised both Native code (Swift, Kotlin, Objective-C, Java) and Cross-Platform app development... Show more

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