Information & Communications Technology

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

Steve Jones

Steve Jones

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 multiple industries. In 2001 Steve founded SQLServerCentral with two partners and has been publishing technical articles and facilitating discussions among SQL Server professionals ever since. He currently is the full time editor of SQLServerCentral, as well as an evangelist for Redgate Software. Steve is a 10 year Microsoft Data Platform MVP and lives on a horse ranch in Colorado.

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

Joakim Nilsson

Joakim Nilsson

Joakim has a background in Mathematics and is working as Knowledge Graph Lead for Capgemini. He has experience running Knowledge Graph project both from the public and private sector - in Sweden and abroad.

Joakim has a background in Mathematics and is working as Knowledge Graph Lead for Capgemini. He has experience running Knowledge Graph project both from the public and private sector - in Sweden and abroad. Show more

Dan Bergh Johnsson

Dan Bergh Johnsson

Dan Bergh Johnsson works at the intersection of software architecture, security, and large-scale system design. He has decades of experience designing and reviewing complex systems where security, stability, and delivery speed are in constant tension.
Dan is co-author of Secure by Design (Manning) and a frequent international conference speaker. His talks focus on how architectural and design choices — increasingly involving AI — shape long-term security, system behavior, and organizational responsibility. He is particularly interested in what gets lost when productivity increases faster than system understanding.

Dan Bergh Johnsson works at the intersection of software architecture, security, and large-scale system design. He has decades of experience designing and reviewing complex systems where security, stability, and delivery speed are in constant tensio... Show more

Martin Thwaites

Martin Thwaites

Martin is a Developer Advocate at Honeycomb, o11y enthusiast, and a delivery-focused Developer from the UK. With over 20 years experience in development in the .NET ecosystem, he’s worked with many companies on scaling up engineering teams and products. The past few years have been spent working on solving complex problems with some of the UK’s big names, including e-commerce retailers and credit lenders.

Martin is a Developer Advocate at Honeycomb, o11y enthusiast, and a delivery-focused Developer from the UK. With over 20 years experience in development in the .NET ecosystem, he’s worked with many companies on scaling up engineering teams and produc... Show more

Clément Serafin

Clément Serafin

I am Clément SERAFIN, architect and MVP on Microsoft 365.
Specialized in tenant 365 migrations during merge & acquisitions, I currently advise companies on several areas of Microsoft 365:
– Entra ID (Security, IAM)
– Teams (Call center, Teams Premium, Mesh)
– Exchange Online / Hybrid (Migration, Security)
– Copilot 365
– Defender for Office 365
– PowerShell advanced automation (Graph, Xaml Gui)

I am Clément SERAFIN, architect and MVP on Microsoft 365. Specialized in tenant 365 migrations during merge & acquisitions, I currently advise companies on several areas of Microsoft 365: – Entra ID (Security, IAM) – Teams (Call center, Teams Prem... Show more

Peter Ruiter

Peter Ruiter

I am a Principal Solution Architect and Microsoft CX CTO at Capgemini NL, a global leader in consulting, digital transformation, and technology services.

With over 20 years of experience in the IT industry, I have a strong passion for creating simple solutions for complex problems, using my expertise in generative AI, Power Platform, and cloud technologies.

I helped numerous clients across various sectors improve their operational efficiency, customer experience, and business outcomes, by architecting, implementing, and delivering innovative and scalable solutions.

As a Microsoft MVP, Certified Trainer and a speaker at various events, I also enjoy sharing my knowledge and insights with my colleagues, partners, and the wider community, inspiring them to embrace the power of digital transformation and innovation.

I am a Principal Solution Architect and Microsoft CX CTO at Capgemini NL, a global leader in consulting, digital transformation, and technology services. With over 20 years of experience in the IT industry, I have a strong passion for creating sim... Show more

Michał Ziemba

Michał Ziemba

I use my passion for Microsoft 365 and Power Platform to make business processes more optimized, efficient and secure.
I co-organize Baltic Summit, Baltic Power Platform Community live events, CollabDays Poland and Global Power Platform Bootcamp Polish Edition.
I share my almost three decades of experience in change management adopting Microsoft services with others during classes and conferences.

I use my passion for Microsoft 365 and Power Platform to make business processes more optimized, efficient and secure. I co-organize Baltic Summit, Baltic Power Platform Community live events, CollabDays Poland and Global Power Platform Bootcamp Pol... Show more

Leslie Welch

Leslie Welch

Leslie Welch is the Principal Architect, Data & AI at SHI with over 18 years of experience in automation, data analysis and visualization, and strengthening organizations’ knowledge of data. Leslie is a Microsoft MVP and has worked end-to-end in the data arena from capture and ETL to database design/engineering to analysis and dashboard design to ML use cases with a focus on improving productivity, performance, and data quality. She has extensive experience in enterprise deployment of Power BI, both as an admin and Power BI architect, and as a trainer and technical community organizer. She is passionate about data governance, truth-telling in data, and creating collaborative environments across data practitioners and the numerous data stakeholders.

Leslie co-organizes Power BI DC and frequently attends and speaks at data community meetups in the DC metro area, including but not limited to Data Viz DC, Data Science DC, Women Who Code DC, Washington DC Power Platform User Group, and Generative AI DC. Leslie was recognized as a 2023 New Power Woman in Tech by DCA Live, and on the RealLIST Engineers 2024 as one of 15 technologists helping the DMV ecosystem grow.

Leslie Welch is the Principal Architect, Data & AI at SHI with over 18 years of experience in automation, data analysis and visualization, and strengthening organizations’ knowledge of data. Leslie is a Microsoft MVP and has worked end-to-end in the ... Show more

Gilles Pommier

Gilles Pommier

Gilles Pommier is a senior SharePoint Consultant and Office 365 MVP. During the last 15 years, he has helped numerous companies in their implementation for SharePoint architecture and development. Since 2005, he has also participated in several events such as SharePoint Saturday, SQL Saturday, Microsoft TechEd U.S., TechEd Australia, TechEd EMEA TechEd Dubai TechDays France as a speaker on Office 365, SharePoint, .Net and VSTO technologies.

Gilles Pommier is a senior SharePoint Consultant and Office 365 MVP. During the last 15 years, he has helped numerous companies in their implementation for SharePoint architecture and development. Since 2005, he has also participated in several even... Show more

Maik van der Gaag

Maik van der Gaag

Maik van der Gaag is the CTO of 3fifty, an experienced consultancy company with a strong focus on the Microsoft Cloud. He has over 15 years of experience providing architecture, development, training, and design expertise. During this, he has worked in various projects ranging from Cloud Transformations to DevOps implementations.

He loves to share knowledge, is a public speaker, writes blogs, and organizes events. Microsoft has recognized him as a Microsoft Azure MVP.

If you want to learn more about him or his expertise, check out his blog (https://msftplayground.com).

Maik van der Gaag is the CTO of 3fifty, an experienced consultancy company with a strong focus on the Microsoft Cloud. He has over 15 years of experience providing architecture, development, training, and design expertise. During this, he has worked ... Show more

Tobias Fenster

Tobias Fenster

Tobias Fenster started as a developer in the 1990s. Holding different positions including Head of Technical Consulting, Head of Development and CTO for multiple Microsoft partners during his career, he is now a Managing Director at 4PS Germany and Chief Engineer at Hilti. He is also a Microsoft Regional Director, holds dual Microsoft MVP awards for Business Applications and Azure and is a Docker Captain.

He is blogging on tobiasfenster.io, where he writes about Business Applications, Docker and Windows Containers, but also tooling like Azure DevOps, Visual Studio Code and infrastructure automation. His other focus is Azure, mainly around container environments and SQL.

Tobias Fenster started as a developer in the 1990s. Holding different positions including Head of Technical Consulting, Head of Development and CTO for multiple Microsoft partners during his career, he is now a Managing Director at 4PS Germany and Ch... Show more

Jeremy Davis

Jeremy Davis

Jeremy is a Principal Architect at Red Hat. He helps Red Hat's customers to design and deliver applications, works with Red Hat engineers to create great products, and occasionally speaks at conferences.

Before joining Red Hat he wrote a lot of code in C, C#, Groovy, Java, JavaScript, Objective-C, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, Visual Basic; mostly Java.

He currently co-lead Red Hat’s Application Development Community of Practice, and used to lead Red Hat's Microservices Community of Practice and the Business Rules and Workflow SME group. He has recently spent a lot of time with Quarkus and Kubernetes.

He recently acquired a Marshall amp after relying on Fenders for years.

Jeremy is a Principal Architect at Red Hat. He helps Red Hat's customers to design and deliver applications, works with Red Hat engineers to create great products, and occasionally speaks at conferences. Before joining Red Hat he wrote a lot of co... Show more

YK Sugi

YK Sugi

Developer Experience Manager at Eventual. Also the creator of an open-source coding assistant with ~1200 stars on GitHub, and a Claude Code tips repo with 8000+ stars. Founder of CS Dojo, a programming education YouTube channel with 1.9M+ subscribers.

Developer Experience Manager at Eventual. Also the creator of an open-source coding assistant with ~1200 stars on GitHub, and a Claude Code tips repo with 8000+ stars. Founder of CS Dojo, a programming education YouTube channel with 1.9M+ subscribers... Show more

Claire Edgson

Claire Edgson

Microsoft Fast Track Recognized Architect. I have 30+ years experience in Data Analytics, Infrastructure and Integration Architecture. 20+ years of Microsoft Business Applications and Azure, including SharePoint, Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365CE, FO & HR. Business experience as IT Manager and IT Director allows Claire to work closely with customer IT teams and understand their pain through transformation programs.
9 years experience with Power platform architecture and design, with Dataverse , SharePoint, SQL , Azure cognitive services, Azure Blob and Azure datalakes. I am passionate about Learning new things and sharing that knowledge with others as well as being incredibly passionate about the outcomes we give our customers.
My prime focus is on Security, Governance and Integrations with the PowerPlatform.

Microsoft Fast Track Recognized Architect. I have 30+ years experience in Data Analytics, Infrastructure and Integration Architecture. 20+ years of Microsoft Business Applications and Azure, including SharePoint, Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365CE, FO ... Show more

Rachel Sullivan

Rachel Sullivan

I started out on a help desk over 20 years ago while still in high school. I've now worked my way up to Manager of IT System Administration at Mastercam and Microsoft MVP.

These days I work supporting and building solutions in Microsoft 365. It's amazing to see how you can utilize all of the tools within M365 to streamline business processes. I love showing others what can be accomplished with M365, it's one of the favorite parts of my job!

I started out on a help desk over 20 years ago while still in high school. I've now worked my way up to Manager of IT System Administration at Mastercam and Microsoft MVP. These days I work supporting and building solutions in Microsoft 365. It's... Show more

Timothy Boettcher

Timothy Boettcher

Timothy Boettcher is a senior go-to-market and product marketing leader and Microsoft MVP for M365 Copilot, specializing in enterprise AI, data governance, and adoption strategy across global markets. He is known for translating complex technology into clear, trusted narratives that help leaders make confident decisions and drive responsible AI adoption at scale.

Connect with me here: https://timothyb.com.au/

Timothy Boettcher is a senior go-to-market and product marketing leader and Microsoft MVP for M365 Copilot, specializing in enterprise AI, data governance, and adoption strategy across global markets. He is known for translating complex technology in... Show more

Sagar Das

Sagar Das

Sagar is a Staff Android Engineer who has been building apps for 11 years now. He is also a Google developer expert in Android and a co-organizer for Google Developer Groups at Boston and enjoys educating for the mobile dev community.

Sagar is a Staff Android Engineer who has been building apps for 11 years now. He is also a Google developer expert in Android and a co-organizer for Google Developer Groups at Boston and enjoys educating for the mobile dev community. Show more

Traci Sewell

Traci Sewell

Traci joined the community to take the tech down a notch! She lives in Somerset with some (very cute) cats, some horses, some sheep, and her husband, Rob. When not looking after all of those, she also works to sooth people's minds as a psychotherapist. Being tech-adjacent she has been drawn into the tech event organising world and the wider community, where she brings her life long knowledge, expertise and fearsome determination to empower and protect those who are outside of the generic majority box. Over the past few years she has also found a voice as a speaker, sharing information and insights into all things mental health and wellbeing - which has lead to providing Team Dynamics training and Project Management.

Traci joined the community to take the tech down a notch! She lives in Somerset with some (very cute) cats, some horses, some sheep, and her husband, Rob. When not looking after all of those, she also works to sooth people's minds as a psychotherapis... Show more

Prathyusha(Prathy) Kamasani

Prathyusha(Prathy) Kamasani

I’m Prathyusha (Prathy) Kamasani, a solopreneur behind Data Nova, a small, purpose-driven business specialising in Microsoft BI solutions. With over 15 years of experience in the data space, I take a design-first approach to everything I build. Whether I’m developing well-structured data platforms or creating user-centric Power BI reports, my goal is to make data accessible, intuitive, and genuinely impactful.

From delivering end-to-end Microsoft Fabric solutions to crafting interactive data visualisations, I bring together design and data to help organisations uncover the insights that truly matter.

I’m also passionate about sharing knowledge and building community. Since 2016, I’ve been running the London Microsoft Fabric User Group. You’ll often find me speaking at conferences or hosting events at the London Fabric User Group

I’m Prathyusha (Prathy) Kamasani, a solopreneur behind Data Nova, a small, purpose-driven business specialising in Microsoft BI solutions. With over 15 years of experience in the data space, I take a design-first approach to everything I build. Wheth... Show more

Patrick Baumgartner

Patrick Baumgartner

Patrick Baumgartner is a Java Champion, passionate software crafter, and technical agile coach at 42talents. He helps teams build elegant, simple, and robust solutions, specializing in cloud software with Java, the Spring ecosystem, and other open-source technologies.

Patrick is an active member of the Software Craft, Java, and Agile communities in Switzerland. As a trainer and coach, he focuses on making a real impact by sharing knowledge, experimenting, and fostering continuous improvement. He enjoys learning with and from others.

Patrick Baumgartner is a Java Champion, passionate software crafter, and technical agile coach at 42talents. He helps teams build elegant, simple, and robust solutions, specializing in cloud software with Java, the Spring ecosystem, and other open-so... Show more

Megan V. Walker

Megan V. Walker

Megan Walker is a Microsoft Business Applications MVP and a Power Platform consultant with experience in web design, social media and marketing. She's a passionate blogger, writing about tips, tricks and ideas for non developer geeks.

Megan Walker is a Microsoft Business Applications MVP and a Power Platform consultant with experience in web design, social media and marketing. She's a passionate blogger, writing about tips, tricks and ideas for non developer geeks. Show more

Alberto Castro

Alberto Castro

Del 81 y de A Coruña. En 2020 se cruza por mi camino profesional la Power Platform y actualmente desempeño tareas de administración y gobierno sobre la misma.
Enganchadísimo a la comunidad que hay detrás de la Power intento aportar mi granito de arena en todo lo que puedo.

Del 81 y de A Coruña. En 2020 se cruza por mi camino profesional la Power Platform y actualmente desempeño tareas de administración y gobierno sobre la misma. Enganchadísimo a la comunidad que hay detrás de la Power intento aportar mi granito de are... Show more

Isabelle Van Campenhoudt

Isabelle Van Campenhoudt

Isabelle Van Campenhoudt is a seasoned Microsoft Data Platform architect with thirteen years as an MVP in Data Platform, bringing over two decades of experience in data management. Based in Belgium, her expertise spans Business Intelligence and Database Administration.
Isabelle is a prolific trainer, speaker, and consultant, engaging with a diverse range of stakeholders including developers for BI solutions, architecture and performance design teams, infrastructure personnel, and business users. She has also served as a faculty member at EPHEC, Brussels, teaching in the Bachelor of Computer Science program.
An active contributor to the technical community, Isabelle co-founded the Global Francophone V-Chapter in 2015 and has held the vice presidency of the Club Power BI user group in Paris for multiple years. She organizes various professional gatherings such as meetups, master classes, Power Saturday, and other significant conferences.
Isabelle is a frequent guest speaker at international conferences, driven by her passion for knowledge sharing. Alongside fellow MVP Serge Luca, she co-founded Power Platform Associates, further solidifying her deep engagement with the entire Power Platform ecosystem.

Isabelle Van Campenhoudt is a seasoned Microsoft Data Platform architect with thirteen years as an MVP in Data Platform, bringing over two decades of experience in data management. Based in Belgium, her expertise spans Business Intelligence and Datab... Show more

Antti Koskela

Antti Koskela

Antti Koskela is a proud digital native nomadic millennial full-stack developer, who works as the Head of Managed Customizations at Omnia Intranet.

He's a Microsoft MVP for Azure and M365, and he's been a developer since 2004 (starting with PHP and Java, then graduating to C# and TypeScript professionally), and bending and twisting SharePoint into different shapes since MOSS.

Lately, he's building, running, and extending scalable SaaS solutions on Azure and occasionally builds things with Blazor and MAUI.

Antti Koskela is a proud digital native nomadic millennial full-stack developer, who works as the Head of Managed Customizations at Omnia Intranet. He's a Microsoft MVP for Azure and M365, and he's been a developer since 2004 (starting with PHP an... Show more

Michel Murabito

Michel Murabito

I'm Michel Murabito, Mich to my friends! Born in 1986 in Turin with Sicilian roots, I now live in Milan. My journey in software began at 12, coding for fun. At 18, I started my first job as a software developer and have continuously sought new challenges to grow and learn. Today,

I'm a Tech Evangelist @Fractal Cloud and a Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) Ambassador, sharing my passion for cloud native technologies with a community of curious minds. I'm also an organizer of the Cloud Native Days Italy (formerly KCD Italy) and KCD San Francisco Bay Area, fostering collaboration and innovation within the cloud native ecosystem.

I'm Michel Murabito, Mich to my friends! Born in 1986 in Turin with Sicilian roots, I now live in Milan. My journey in software began at 12, coding for fun. At 18, I started my first job as a software developer and have continuously sought new challe... Show more

Elaine Dias Batista

Elaine Dias Batista

Elaine is a Senior Staff Engineer at SFEIR where she works on projects including mobile technologies since 2013. She has worked on several projects in native Android/iOS and Flutter. She's a GDE for the Google Assistant, Flutter and Dart

Elaine is a Senior Staff Engineer at SFEIR where she works on projects including mobile technologies since 2013. She has worked on several projects in native Android/iOS and Flutter. She's a GDE for the Google Assistant, Flutter and Dart Show more

Gora Leye

Gora Leye

Je suis MVP (Visual Studio and Developpent Technologies) Architect et Expert Technique Microsoft.NET

Je suis MVP (Visual Studio and Developpent Technologies) Architect et Expert Technique Microsoft.NET Show more

Marco Dal Pino

Marco Dal Pino

Marco Dal Pino is working in IT for more than 30 years as Developer, Team Leader, PM and Cloud Architect.
He mostly experienced Microsoft dev Platforms around .NET, for LOB, Desktop, Mobile and embedded apps.
He is a Microsoft Certified Trainer and a Speaker at the main technical conferences all around the world.
He is part of the staff of DotNetToscana a community focused on Microsoft technologies.
He received many awards from IT companies as independent Advisor like:
Microsoft MVP, Intel BlackBelt & Innovator, Nokia DevChamp, Hackster Live Ambassador
He works in Microsoft as a Senior Technical Consultant.

Marco Dal Pino is working in IT for more than 30 years as Developer, Team Leader, PM and Cloud Architect. He mostly experienced Microsoft dev Platforms around .NET, for LOB, Desktop, Mobile and embedded apps. He is a Microsoft Certified Trainer and... Show more

Lorenzo De Francesco

Lorenzo De Francesco

I am the CTO of Azimut Marketplace with over 10 years of experience in IT development. In the last year alone, I have successfully reduced IT costs by 80%, enhancing the operational efficiency of the platform. My primary commitment is to create IT solutions that not only drive profits but are also robust, durable, and flexible enough to meet the ever-evolving needs of our modern society. I am driven by a passion for innovation and technology, and I consistently strive to promote excellence in the management and development of technological systems.

I am the CTO of Azimut Marketplace with over 10 years of experience in IT development. In the last year alone, I have successfully reduced IT costs by 80%, enhancing the operational efficiency of the platform. My primary commitment is to create IT so... Show more

Rajendra Ongole

Rajendra Ongole

I am currently working as a BI Lead Specialist within the Engineering and Tech Lead Team at Bosch Digital. Holding more than 8 certifications from Microsoft, such as Microsoft Certified Fabric Analytics Engineer, Power BI Analyst, and Microsoft Certified Trainer. I’ve shared insights in Power Platforms forums through sessions, and I contribute through blogging. I worked on different projects, delivering insights to clients. My current skills include: Microsoft Fabric, Microsoft Power BI, SQL, Azure Databricks, Microsoft Excel, Python, and Spark My knowledge-sharing efforts extend across various platforms, including writing blogs, technical reviews of books, forum participation, and live sessions. I take pride in actively participating in and contributing to the Microsoft forums, where I consistently share valuable insights and knowledge.

I am currently working as a BI Lead Specialist within the Engineering and Tech Lead Team at Bosch Digital. Holding more than 8 certifications from Microsoft, such as Microsoft Certified Fabric Analytics Engineer, Power BI Analyst, and Microsoft Certi... Show more

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