Information & Communications Technology

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

Norm Young

Norm Young

Norm Young is a Sr Strategic Consultant at AvePoint. He is a 4-time Microsoft MVP with a focus on building collaborative solutions using SharePoint, Microsoft Teams and the Power Platform. Prior to working at AvePoint, Norm worked in higher-education developing analytic and collaboration solutions using SharePoint, Teams and the Power Platform.

Norm blogs and speaks about Microsoft 365, the Power Platform and how they are better together and with a little bit of help from the community we can all do awesome things with technology.

Norm Young is a Sr Strategic Consultant at AvePoint. He is a 4-time Microsoft MVP with a focus on building collaborative solutions using SharePoint, Microsoft Teams and the Power Platform. Prior to working at AvePoint, Norm worked in higher-education... Show more

Guillaume Faas

Guillaume Faas

Currently Senior .Net Developer Advocate for Vonage, Guillaume has been in the Software industry for 15 years. With a passion for software craftsmanship, he's always willing to share ideas during workshops, talks, or mentoring sessions.
Guillaume's favourite topics include code quality, test automation, mobbing, and code katas.
Outside tech, he enjoys spending time with his wife & daughter, working out, or gaming.

Currently Senior .Net Developer Advocate for Vonage, Guillaume has been in the Software industry for 15 years. With a passion for software craftsmanship, he's always willing to share ideas during workshops, talks, or mentoring sessions. Guillaume's ... Show more

Jonas Bøgvad

Jonas Bøgvad

I'm Jonas, a proud recipient of the Microsoft MVP in Security award. As a Cloud Security Consultant, I specialize in the Microsoft 365 Cloud Security Stack, assisting clients to navigate and overcome their security challenges.

In my professional and community interactions, I highly value empathy and inclusivity, and I deeply believe in the power of honesty for growth and improvement. I'm driven by the thrill of new technologies and I relish tackling challenges head-on.

I'm Jonas, a proud recipient of the Microsoft MVP in Security award. As a Cloud Security Consultant, I specialize in the Microsoft 365 Cloud Security Stack, assisting clients to navigate and overcome their security challenges. In my professional a... Show more

Julia Furst Morgado

Julia Furst Morgado

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 empowering communities as a CNCF Ambassador, an AWS Container Hero, a Civo ambassador, a Google Women Techmakers Ambassador, and Girl Code Ambassador. Additionally, she organizes the KCD NY, AWS Community Day NY, NY Code & Coffee Meetup, and the AWS User Group Lisbon - Women in Tech chapter, further fostering collaboration and learning opportunities.

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

Sergey Chubarov

Sergey Chubarov

Sergey Chubarov is a Security and Cloud Expert, Instructor with 15+ years' experience on Microsoft technologies.

His day-to-day job is to help companies securely embrace cloud technologies.

He has certifications and recognitions such as Microsoft MVP: Security, OSCP, OSEP, eCPPT, eCPTX, Microsoft Certified Trainer, MCT Regional Lead, EC Council CEH, CPENT, LPT, CCSE, CEI, CREST CPSA, CRT and more.

Frequent speaker at local and international conferences like Global Azure, DEF CON, Black Hat Europe, Wild West Hackin' Fest, Security BSides, Workplace Ninja, Midwest Management Summit, Hack in the Box, Hack in Paris etc.

Prefers live demos and cyberattacks simulations.

Sergey Chubarov is a Security and Cloud Expert, Instructor with 15+ years' experience on Microsoft technologies. His day-to-day job is to help companies securely embrace cloud technologies. He has certifications and recognitions such as Microso... Show more

Marjolein Opsteegh

Marjolein Opsteegh

With a background in B-to-B pricing, Marjolein has spent years using her analytical skills to determine the perfect price levels. Her discovery of Power BI marked a turning point in her career, after which she moved into consultancy at Inergy.

In recent years she has specialized in developing dashboards that are distinguished by their clear and well-arranged design. Her expertise lies in working with clients to transform raw data into valuable insights, selecting the perfect visuals to present a compelling story ready for action.

As a passionate Business Intelligence enthusiast, Marjolein regularly participates in global dashboard challenges. Her skills and dedication have taken her to the finals several times. Her enthusiasm is contagious; she likes to inspire and guide others in their learning process, and helps them to apply the acquired knowledge in their daily work. In recognition of her contribution to the community, she was honorably inducted into Maven's Hall of Fame in 2021.

With a background in B-to-B pricing, Marjolein has spent years using her analytical skills to determine the perfect price levels. Her discovery of Power BI marked a turning point in her career, after which she moved into consultancy at Inergy. In ... Show more

Mihail Mateev

Mihail Mateev

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 Technical evangelist in the Infragistics. Last years Mihail was focused on various areas related to technology Microsoft: Visual Studio , ASP.Net, Windows client apps, MS SQL Server and Microsoft Azure.

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

Cristiano Casella

Cristiano Casella

Passionate about IT, technology, music and cooking, I wander through the different areas of IT looking for the perfect formula to transform caffeine into code and complex architectures. A strong obsession with business flows and processes, in my free time I continue to deal with technology and lost tanukis.

Passionate about IT, technology, music and cooking, I wander through the different areas of IT looking for the perfect formula to transform caffeine into code and complex architectures. A strong obsession with business flows and processes, in my free... Show more

Maina Wycliffe

Maina Wycliffe

Google Developer Expert, Author of All Things Typescript Newsletter, Open Source Contributor and Enthusiast, Developer, Speaker, and Writer.

Google Developer Expert, Author of All Things Typescript Newsletter, Open Source Contributor and Enthusiast, Developer, Speaker, and Writer. Show more

Louis Musole

Louis Musole

I'm a passionate Android developer with over 5 years of experience bringing innovative mobile applications to life. I'm particularly big fan of the Kotlin programming language, appreciating its conciseness, expressiveness and it ability to execute to multiple platforms.

Beyond development, I'm dedicated to empowering others. I create French educational content on Android and Kotlin Multiplatform for the DrcMind YouTube channel, reaching thousands of learners. Witnessing their growth and success fuels my passion for knowledge sharing.

I'm a passionate Android developer with over 5 years of experience bringing innovative mobile applications to life. I'm particularly big fan of the Kotlin programming language, appreciating its conciseness, expressiveness and it ability to execute to... Show more

Ana Inés Urrutia de Souza

Ana Inés Urrutia de Souza

Ana is a forward-thinking HR champion, curious and passionate about innovation. She likes to help others, her interests bridge creative pursuits like fashion and photography but also a proud nerd exploring AI-powered HR and process engineering. A member of the LGBTIQA+ community and an ally for the neurospicy community. Loves to travel, cool music, and contemporary artists and get new experiences, including traveling to events, conferences, networking, and blogging.

Ana is a forward-thinking HR champion, curious and passionate about innovation. She likes to help others, her interests bridge creative pursuits like fashion and photography but also a proud nerd exploring AI-powered HR and process engineering. A mem... Show more

Mohamed Derhalli

Mohamed Derhalli

Mohamed has been working with Microsoft technologies for 16 years & awarded 6 times as an MVP. He has a passion for SharePoint, Teams & Power Platform!
Mohamed obtained his Master's degree in Software Engineering from the university of Hertfordshire with the Golden Herts Award.

Mohamed has been working with Microsoft technologies for 16 years & awarded 6 times as an MVP. He has a passion for SharePoint, Teams & Power Platform! Mohamed obtained his Master's degree in Software Engineering from the university of Hertfordshire... Show more

Florian Bader

Florian Bader

Florian Bader is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for Azure IoT and is working as a Solution Architect for Siemens Advanta Solutions. He helps customers in the area of Microsoft .NET and DevOps with a focus on software development and architecture. Through his experience in the industry and his broad knowledge, he supports companies as a know-how supplier in various areas.

Florian Bader is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for Azure IoT and is working as a Solution Architect for Siemens Advanta Solutions. He helps customers in the area of Microsoft .NET and DevOps with a focus on software development and arc... Show more

Elias Nogueira

Elias Nogueira

Elias is a Java Champion, Oracle ACE Pro, Java Magazine NL and Senior Principal Software Engineer at Backbase.

He shares content related to Java, OSS and Quality Engineering at conferences, meetups, articles and open-source conferences.

Elias is a Java Champion, Oracle ACE Pro, Java Magazine NL and Senior Principal Software Engineer at Backbase. He shares content related to Java, OSS and Quality Engineering at conferences, meetups, articles and open-source conferences. Show more

Hila Fish

Hila Fish

Hila Fish is a Senior DevOps Engineer, with over 15 years of experience in the tech industry.
AWS Community Builder, Hashicorp & WTM 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 carries the vision to enhance and drive business success by taking care of its infrastructure.

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 Senior DevOps Engineer, with over 15 years of experience in the tech industry. AWS Community Builder, Hashicorp & WTM Ambassador, and an International public speaker who believes the DevOps culture is what drives a company to perform ... Show more

Davide Passafaro

Davide Passafaro

I'm a Senior Frontend Engineer at awork and the community lead of GDG Roma Città and Angular Rome Community.

As an Angular enthusiast, I enjoy speaking at tech communities and conferences, as well as writing articles on my Medium blog.

When I’m offline, I like playing board games, practicing archery, solving escape rooms, and creating memes.

I'm a Senior Frontend Engineer at awork and the community lead of GDG Roma Città and Angular Rome Community. As an Angular enthusiast, I enjoy speaking at tech communities and conferences, as well as writing articles on my Medium blog. When I’m... Show more

Marcel Britsch

Marcel Britsch

Marcel Britsch is an independent Digital Consultant, Product Owner and Agile Transformation specialist. Born in Germany, he has been living and working in London for over 20 years. He has worked with creatively and technically focused agencies and clients across retail, conservation, automotive, finance, healthcare and energy.
He helps organisations build solid products and services in a sustainable way by facilitation, pairing, coaching or hands-on product management.

He believes that project success is strongly linked to happy teams, value-focused decision- making and fast feedback cycles. He is passionate about finding the best tools and techniques to optimise team culture, ways of working and solution design. He considers projects that follow classic waterfall / big-design-up-front practices to be too likely doomed to go anywhere near them, but loves to help organisations build products and transform in incremental evolutionary fashion.

Outside of work he is interested in SciFi and comic books, Theravada Buddhist meditation and number theory.

He is a regular speaker at conferences, blogs at www.thedigitalbusinessanalyst.com, co-hosts the https://www.theburnup.com podcast about 'all things agile', and can be found at https://www.beautifulabstraction.com.

Marcel Britsch is an independent Digital Consultant, Product Owner and Agile Transformation specialist. Born in Germany, he has been living and working in London for over 20 years. He has worked with creatively and technically focused agencies and cl... Show more

Chad M. Crowell

Chad M. Crowell

Chad is a CNCF Ambassador and Platform Engineer at Civo. Chad is the author of the book "Acing the Certified Kubernetes Administrator Exam." Chad also enjoys teaching Kubernetes in the small community-led group KubeSkills.

Chad is a CNCF Ambassador and Platform Engineer at Civo. Chad is the author of the book "Acing the Certified Kubernetes Administrator Exam." Chad also enjoys teaching Kubernetes in the small community-led group KubeSkills. Show more

Ivan Arribas

Ivan Arribas

https://vandalytic.com (Blog de Power BI)
https://waibbo.com (partner Microsoft especializado en Analítica de Datos)

https://vandalytic.com (Blog de Power BI) https://waibbo.com (partner Microsoft especializado en Analítica de Datos) Show more

Anmol Agarwal

Anmol Agarwal

Dr. Anmol Agarwal is a senior security researcher focused on securing 5G and 6G. Dr. Agarwal is an active speaker and has spoken at numerous international events and conferences to educate the public about cybersecurity and data science concepts. As a part of her role, she regularly contributes new ideas for securing AI used in the next generation of wireless communication networks. She has published papers in prestigious international IEEE conferences. She is also an adjunct professor teaching Machine Learning to doctoral students. She holds a doctoral degree in cybersecurity analytics. In her free time, she enjoys mentoring others in the tech community and traveling.

Dr. Anmol Agarwal is a senior security researcher focused on securing 5G and 6G. Dr. Agarwal is an active speaker and has spoken at numerous international events and conferences to educate the public about cybersecurity and data science concepts. As ... Show more

Thomas Stensitzki

Thomas Stensitzki

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 Exchange Server 2010 and Microsoft Certified Solutions Master Messaging. When not working as a consultant, he teaches Microsoft technology courses as an MCT. He is an MCT Regional Lead for Germany.

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

Georgiy Mogelashvili

Georgiy Mogelashvili

In his almost 20 years experience Georgiy had a chance to work for small local companies, country scale enterprises, non-profit organisations and international big tech corporations, such as Booking.com, Shopify and Grafana Labs.

Georgiy joined JetBrains in 2024 as Engineering Manager to help the company, teams and people ship products more efficiently.

Georgiy also works as individual mentor and coach for developers and team leads, helping people from different organisations become better every day. He is a funder of GetMentor.dev, online tool which helps people find mentors.

In his spare time Georgiy likes building Lego, planespotting in airports around the world, and spending time with his family.

In his almost 20 years experience Georgiy had a chance to work for small local companies, country scale enterprises, non-profit organisations and international big tech corporations, such as Booking.com, Shopify and Grafana Labs. Georgiy joined Je... Show more

Feline Parein

Feline Parein

Feline Parein is a business consultant with a big focus on all things Microsoft. She’s a certified Power Platform consultant and has hands-on experience with setting up enterprise-level applications and processes within the Power Platform.

Feline Parein is a business consultant with a big focus on all things Microsoft. She’s a certified Power Platform consultant and has hands-on experience with setting up enterprise-level applications and processes within the Power Platform. Show more

Dante De Ruwe

Dante De Ruwe

Dante is a technical consultant and full-stack software developer. His passion is designing and building software solutions, mainly with C# and .NET. He is fascinated by software architecture, clean code, and software craftsmanship.

Dante is a technical consultant and full-stack software developer. His passion is designing and building software solutions, mainly with C# and .NET. He is fascinated by software architecture, clean code, and software craftsmanship. Show more

Lutz Huehnken

Lutz Huehnken

Lutz is the Head of Engineering Excellence at Upvest, a FinTech company in Berlin that aims to democratize investment. Previously, taking on roles with titles such as "Head of Engineering" or "Chief Architect", he lead the development of software for container shipping, online retailers, financial institutions, cruise ships' in-cabin entertainment, and others. His current focus is on event-driven architecture, highly available and scalable systems, domain-driven design, and the intersection of architecture and organization.

Lutz is the Head of Engineering Excellence at Upvest, a FinTech company in Berlin that aims to democratize investment. Previously, taking on roles with titles such as "Head of Engineering" or "Chief Architect", he lead the development of software for... Show more

Dieter Gobeyn

Dieter Gobeyn

Dieter is a seasoned IT professional and Azure cloud expert, certified since 2012, with hands-on experience. Throughout his consulting career, he has specialized in crafting end-to-end enterprise architectures that prioritize clarity, simplicity, and scalability.

A certified TOGAF practitioner, Scrum Master, and Azure Architect, Dieter excels at designing clear and effective solutions to complex technical challenges. He has spent recent years working with international organizations, navigating the complexities of cross-border collaboration and fostering teamwork across multi-country setups.

As a passionate advocate for technology, Dieter shares his insights as a public speaker from experiences, focusing on his expertise in cloud solutions, enterprise integration, and the lessons learned from managing global teams in distributed environments.

Dieter is a seasoned IT professional and Azure cloud expert, certified since 2012, with hands-on experience. Throughout his consulting career, he has specialized in crafting end-to-end enterprise architectures that prioritize clarity, simplicity, and... Show more

Joe Griffin

Joe Griffin

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 PRINCE2 Project Manager and Agile Practitioner. I have a broad knowledge of working with and managing projects involving Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement, Azure, Power BI, .NET and other technologies within the Microsoft cloud stack. During this time, I’ve developed a keen interest in coding, and love working with Transact-SQL, JScript, PowerShell, DAX & C#. Thanks to my previous experience, I have practical knowledge operating within the energy efficiency, managed services, retail, print & direct mail and utility sectors. I love getting involved as part of the Business Applications technical community and was very fortunate to receive the Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award from Microsoft in 2020, in recognition of my contributions in this area. When I’m not blogging or tinkering, I enjoy reading, catching up on the latest films/TVs and also enjoy learning about and studying history.

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

Mats Necker

Mats Necker

I like lots of stuff 👉 Power Platform 💘 Dynamics 365 🚀 Azure 🧙‍♂️

Microsoft MVP ✍ blogs at https://nckr.de

Worked for over 10 years with Microsoft Biz Apps as a solution architect / developer, started with Business Central nowadays loving the Power Platform & Azure

Building repeatable software at knk Group 🏭

I like lots of stuff 👉 Power Platform 💘 Dynamics 365 🚀 Azure 🧙‍♂️ Microsoft MVP ✍ blogs at https://nckr.de Worked for over 10 years with Microsoft Biz Apps as a solution architect / developer, started with Business Central nowadays loving t... Show more

Steven Renders

Steven Renders

Steven is a trainer/consultant, with skills spanning business and technical domains, with more than 20 years of experience. He provides training and consultancy focused on Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central and Power BI.

Steven is a Partner at Plataan | Companial, based in Belgium. Plataan is a leading off and online learning company. Plataan helps organizations and individuals excel through learning and training programs.

On Januari 1st, 2016, Steven received the Microsoft® MVP Award. This award is given to exceptional technical community leaders who actively share their high quality, real world expertise with others.

Steven is the author of the books:
- Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009: Professional Reporting
- Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015: Professional Reporting

Specialties:
• Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
• Business Intelligence & Reporting

Steven is a trainer/consultant, with skills spanning business and technical domains, with more than 20 years of experience. He provides training and consultancy focused on Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central and Power BI. Steven is a Partner a... Show more

Yuriy Bezsonov

Yuriy Bezsonov

With over 25 years in the tech, Yuriy has progressed from a software developer to an engineering manager and now AWS Senior Solutions Architect, working across the telco, finance, and software development industries.
As a Senior Solutions Architect at AWS, he assists partners and customers in developing cloud solutions, focusing on container technologies, application modernization, SaaS, developer experience, and GenAI.
Yuriy holds 15 AWS certifications and 5 Kubernetes certifications, and he is a recipient of the AWS Golden Jacket and the CNCF Kubestronaut Blue Jacket.

With over 25 years in the tech, Yuriy has progressed from a software developer to an engineering manager and now AWS Senior Solutions Architect, working across the telco, finance, and software development industries. As a Senior Solutions Architect ... Show more

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