Information & Communications Technology

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

Andrew Bibby

Andrew Bibby

I'm part of the team of experts at Proximo 3, a specialist Microsoft consulting company. Our team provides consultancy and advice on Dynamics 365 CRM and Power Platform projects. I'm a passionate believer in applying change management to CRM projects and a certified Prosci practitioner.

I've been a Microsoft Business Applications MVP, specialising in Dynamics 365 and Power Platform, since 2017.

I'm part of the team of experts at Proximo 3, a specialist Microsoft consulting company. Our team provides consultancy and advice on Dynamics 365 CRM and Power Platform projects. I'm a passionate believer in applying change management to CRM projects... 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

Haflidi Fridthjofsson

Haflidi Fridthjofsson

Haflidi, a Principal Cloud Architect & Tech Lead, is a recognized Microsoft MVP with a specialization in Azure & Security. His expertise evolve mostly around Azure Infrastructure, Security, and Automation, with a particular emphasis on Secure Code, Identity & Access Management, Policies & Governance, Azure DevOps, PowerShell, GitHub, and Infrastructure as Code using both Terraform and Bicep.

Passionate about knowledge sharing, Haflidi has a knack for making complex concepts approachable. He regularly contributes to his blog at https://www.azureviking.com and on LinkedIn, where he shares insights and tutorials on various topics. As a relatively new but engaging speaker at conferences and user groups, he actively participates in the tech community, sharing his knowledge and learning from others.

In addition to his professional commitments, Haflidi is dedicated to fostering and contribute to a vibrant and inclusive tech community. As a co-owner and organizer of the Microsoft Security User Group (MSUG) https://meetup.com/microsoft-security-user-group, he plays a pivotal role in its growth and development.

Haflidi, a Principal Cloud Architect & Tech Lead, is a recognized Microsoft MVP with a specialization in Azure & Security. His expertise evolve mostly around Azure Infrastructure, Security, and Automation, with a particular emphasis on Secure Code, I... Show more

Thomas Kurth

Thomas Kurth

I’m a Microsoft MVP, consultant, trainer and architect for endpoint management, identity and enterprise mobility projects with Microsoft Technologies in the past ten years. I love to push and design the modern workplace based on Microsoft 365 for my customers which is the only answer for the current security threats, agile world and the fast-changing business requirements of my customers. Important for me is to simplify and automate the operational processes, because there are the highest costs.

I’m a Microsoft MVP, consultant, trainer and architect for endpoint management, identity and enterprise mobility projects with Microsoft Technologies in the past ten years. I love to push and design the modern workplace based on Microsoft 365 for my ... Show more

Philipp Krenn

Philipp Krenn

Philipp lives to demo interesting technology. Having worked as a web, infrastructure, and database engineer for more than ten years, Philipp is now working as a developer advocate at Elastic — the company behind the Elastic Stack consisting of Elasticsearch, Kibana, Beats, and Logstash. Based in Vienna, Austria, he is constantly traveling Europe and beyond to speak and discuss about search, databases, infrastructure, and security.

Philipp lives to demo interesting technology. Having worked as a web, infrastructure, and database engineer for more than ten years, Philipp is now working as a developer advocate at Elastic — the company behind the Elastic Stack consisting of Elasti... Show more

Gianni Castaldi

Gianni Castaldi

Gianni Castaldi is a NinjaCat @ KustoWorks, he started in IT in 2008 and in cybersecurity since 2017. His blogs can be read at kustoking.com and on medium.com/@giannicastaldi

He spends most of his time securing companies with the Microsoft Security Stack, Palo Alto Networks, and Tenable products and has also secured several ICS/SCADA related environments.

Gianni Castaldi is a NinjaCat @ KustoWorks, he started in IT in 2008 and in cybersecurity since 2017. His blogs can be read at kustoking.com and on medium.com/@giannicastaldi He spends most of his time securing companies with the Microsoft Securit... Show more

Benjamin Nothdurft

Benjamin Nothdurft

Benjamin has a long-term and hands-on experience with introducing, building, running, coaching and speaking about Java, Microservices (including DDD and events), Docker/Containerization, distributed/self-contained systems (SCS) and disruptive technologies.

At day he works as Tech Lead for Cloud Technologies at codecentric. At night he hacks on innovative trends like FaaS, Service Meshes, Voice UIs and IoT. At evenings he organizes workshops, talks and code retreats at the Software Crafters Community Jena (Softwerkskammer Jena) and the Java User Group Thüringen. On weekends he serves as a board member at the Java Aktuell Magazine and at the JavaLand conference – leading the Architecture and Methodology & Culture streams.

He also runs Open Data Hackathons as well as Devoxx4Kids events. Regularly he also gives university lectures on OOP, Java, Docker, Git, Project Management and Agile Methodologies. In his leisure time he enjoys road cycling, art & theaters, wine/gin/whiskey tastings and discussions about politics and improving IT organizations.

Benjamin has a long-term and hands-on experience with introducing, building, running, coaching and speaking about Java, Microservices (including DDD and events), Docker/Containerization, distributed/self-contained systems (SCS) and disruptive technol... Show more

Eugene Meidinger

Eugene Meidinger

Eugene Meidinger works as a BI consultant and Pluralsight author, specializing in Power BI and Azure. He has been working with data for 10 years.

Eugene Meidinger works as a BI consultant and Pluralsight author, specializing in Power BI and Azure. He has been working with data for 10 years. Show more

Bernat Agulló

Bernat Agulló

Passionate about Power BI in general and DAX and Calculation Groups in particular. Strong background in Excel, T-SQL and SSIS. Stints in Tableau and Qlik.
Coming from Engineering background and working with consulting companies I like understanding the business problem working directly with the customer.

Passionate about Power BI in general and DAX and Calculation Groups in particular. Strong background in Excel, T-SQL and SSIS. Stints in Tableau and Qlik. Coming from Engineering background and working with consulting companies I like understanding... Show more

Jess Pomfret

Jess Pomfret

Jess Pomfret is a Data Platform Engineer and a dual Microsoft MVP. She started working with SQL Server in 2011, and enjoys problem-solving and automating processes with PowerShell.

She also enjoys contributing to dbatools and dbachecks, two open source PowerShell modules that aid DBAs with automating the management of SQL Server instances. She has also contributed to the SqlServerDsc module, adding several new resources to use when configuring your SQL Servers.

She grew up in the South West of England and outside of her DBA life enjoys Crossfit, cycling and watching proper football.

Jess Pomfret is a Data Platform Engineer and a dual Microsoft MVP. She started working with SQL Server in 2011, and enjoys problem-solving and automating processes with PowerShell. She also enjoys contributing to dbatools and dbachecks, two open ... Show more

Tim Kumpat

Tim Kumpat

Tim is a 18 year old Software Engineer and Founder from Munich, Germany. At the age of 13, he taught himself how to code and at the age of 15 he founded his first software company, where he develops software for B2B clients. At the age of 17 he also interned @ Nordcloud, an IBM company as a Software Engineer and joined them afterwards. Currently, he's working at his own company, at Nordcloud and recently finished high school.

Tim is a 18 year old Software Engineer and Founder from Munich, Germany. At the age of 13, he taught himself how to code and at the age of 15 he founded his first software company, where he develops software for B2B clients. At the age of 17 he also ... Show more

Kristina Mishra

Kristina Mishra

Senior Microsoft Data Platform Professional with a masters in business analytics, and multiple Microsoft/AWS certifications. Kristina has provided Leadership and Data Solutions for over 20 years for domestic and global organizations with a special passion in health informatics, finance, and manufacturing. Nicknamed "Data Generalist" for her ability to quickly pivot, Kristina has held data roles across the spectrum including Data Engineer, DBA, Developer, BI Specialist, Consultant, Data Analyst, Database Manager, Coach, and more. Her current role is Lead Data Architect for Kent Corporation's Global Divisions Data and BI Analytics Team, as well as serving on their Center of Cloud Excellence (CCoE) board.

In her free time, Kristina currently runs the Kansas City SQL Server User Group and was a lead organizer for SQL Saturday Atlanta (7+ years). She has spoken at large conferences and small user groups both internationally and here in the US on topics including AI, the Microsoft Data Platform, and neurodiversity.

Senior Microsoft Data Platform Professional with a masters in business analytics, and multiple Microsoft/AWS certifications. Kristina has provided Leadership and Data Solutions for over 20 years for domestic and global organizations with a special pa... Show more

Filipi Pires

Filipi Pires

I’ve been working as Security and Threat Researcher at senhasegura, Founder at Black&White Technology, Cybersecurity Advocate, Snyk Ambassador, Application Security Specialist and Hacking is NOT a crime Advocate. International Speaker at Security and New technologies events in many countries such as US, Canada, France, Spain, Germany, Poland, and others, I’ve been served as University Professor in Graduation and MBA courses at Brazilian colleges, in addition, I'm Creator and Instructor of the Course - Malware Attack Types with Kill Chain Methodology (PentestMagazine), PowerShell and Windows for Red Teamers(PentestMagazine) and Malware Analysis - Fundamentals (HackerSec).

I’ve been working as Security and Threat Researcher at senhasegura, Founder at Black&White Technology, Cybersecurity Advocate, Snyk Ambassador, Application Security Specialist and Hacking is NOT a crime Advocate. International Speaker at Security and... Show more

Dawid Ziolkowski

Dawid Ziolkowski

Over 12 years in IT, 7 years of pure SharePoint, 5 years Office 365 and almost 3.5 years in Power Platform.
Fall in love with Power Platform and want to contribute to the community. Strongly believe in: Sharing is caring.

Over 12 years in IT, 7 years of pure SharePoint, 5 years Office 365 and almost 3.5 years in Power Platform. Fall in love with Power Platform and want to contribute to the community. Strongly believe in: Sharing is caring. Show more

Rob Litjens

Rob Litjens

I am a DBA since 1997 and have worked with SQL6, 6,5 and upwards. My interest are merely platform based, but also interested in performance and monitoring. With the requirements changing I am working in DevSEcOps for SQL for my employer. Security is getting more focus. That means I am trying to setup builds that are secure by designed and securely designed. Tools help with that.

I am a DBA since 1997 and have worked with SQL6, 6,5 and upwards. My interest are merely platform based, but also interested in performance and monitoring. With the requirements changing I am working in DevSEcOps for SQL for my employer. Security is ... Show more

Jody Donetti

Jody Donetti

20+ years of experience designing, developing and evolving software.

Created FusionCache: an easy to use, fast and robust hybrid cache with advanced resiliency features.

🏆 Google OSS Award
🏆 Microsoft MVP Award

20+ years of experience designing, developing and evolving software. Created FusionCache: an easy to use, fast and robust hybrid cache with advanced resiliency features. 🏆 Google OSS Award 🏆 Microsoft MVP Award Show more

Eric Boyd

Eric Boyd

Eric D. Boyd is the Founder and CEO of responsiveX, a Microsoft Azure MVP, a Microsoft Regional Director, a regular conference speaker, and the co-author of Step-by-Step Azure SQL Database from Microsoft Press. He is so passionate about cloud, mobile and modern applications, that he founded responsiveX (www.responsiveX.com), a technology company that helps customers deliver great web, mobile and enterprise apps using the cloud and Azure. Eric launched his technology career almost two decades ago with a web development startup and has served in multiple roles since including developer, consultant, technology executive and business owner. You can find Eric blogging at http://www.EricDBoyd.com and on Twitter at http://twitter.com/EricDBoyd.

Eric D. Boyd is the Founder and CEO of responsiveX, a Microsoft Azure MVP, a Microsoft Regional Director, a regular conference speaker, and the co-author of Step-by-Step Azure SQL Database from Microsoft Press. He is so passionate about cloud, mobile... Show more

Scott Gerard

Scott Gerard

Dr. Scott Gerard carved out a distinguished career as a Certified Distinguished Data Scientist specializing in the Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT) and as a Fractional Lead Data Scientist. His journey in the technical field spans over four decades at IBM, where he honed his expertise in various technical domains. His leadership skills were showcased by successfully managing teams of up to 50 engineers. His consulting experience is global, having worked with local, national, and international clients across countries like Canada, England, Germany, France, Spain, Japan, Singapore, and Latvia. Among his numerous projects, one near and dear to his heart involved deploying IoT sensors and data analytics to enable the elderly to live independently in their homes for as long as possible and as long as prudent.

Dr. Gerard's demonstrated his technical prowess in his role as the initial technical leader to implement IBM's Watson commercialization in Financial Services. His academic credentials include a PhD in Computer Science, focusing on Multiagent Systems—a subfield of AI. This was preceded by a solid foundation in science, with a Masters of Science in Physics and a Bachelors of Science in both Physics and Mathematics. His extensive education and experience at IBM have made him a respected figure in the field of AI and technology.

Dr. Gerard recently founded a data science consultancy, addressing a wide spectrum of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) challenges. He holds a particular interest in AIoT, reflecting his lifelong passion for integrating multiple "things" to achieve significant objectives, evolving from integrating multiple software components, to multiple autonomous agents, and now, to networks of Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Dr. Gerard's enduring interest in distributed and collaborative systems and his many patents, demonstrate his innovative spirit and his commitment to advancing the field of analytics.

Dr. Scott Gerard carved out a distinguished career as a Certified Distinguished Data Scientist specializing in the Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT) and as a Fractional Lead Data Scientist. His journey in the technical field spans over four de... Show more

Michael Dowden

Michael Dowden

Michael is a technology leader with over 30 years experience in software development, working alongside more than 100 companies during his career to build human-centered solutions. As an international and keynote speaker he has spoken on every continent covering a wide range of technology topics including Serverless Architecture, Accessibility, and User Experience. Michael is the author of Programming Languages ABC++, Approachable Accessibility, and Architecting CSS, and is honored to have been recognized as a Google Developer Expert and Microsoft MVP.

Michael is a technology leader with over 30 years experience in software development, working alongside more than 100 companies during his career to build human-centered solutions. As an international and keynote speaker he has spoken on every contin... Show more

Brian Bønk

Brian Bønk

Brian has worked with SQL Server for more than two decades - varying projects on both size and complexity. Now he's working to support the Data & Analytics team at Fellowmind.

Honored with MVP on Data Platform from 2023.

Currently given the honor of being Microsoft Recognized Fasttrack Solution Architect since 2022.

Brian loves data and is always trying to glue the business and tech together using his knowledge and experience.

He is always open to meet new people and help them get better at their job or task.

Brian has worked with SQL Server for more than two decades - varying projects on both size and complexity. Now he's working to support the Data & Analytics team at Fellowmind. Honored with MVP on Data Platform from 2023. Currently given the ho... Show more

Mario-Leander Reimer

Mario-Leander Reimer

Passionate software developer and architect. Proud father. #CloudNativeNerd. Leander is the CTO at QAware. He’s continuously looking for innovations in software engineering and ways to combine and apply state-of-the-art technology in real-world projects. As a speaker at national and international conferences he shares his tech experiences and he teaches cloud computing and software quality assurance as a part-time lecturer.

Passionate software developer and architect. Proud father. #CloudNativeNerd. Leander is the CTO at QAware. He’s continuously looking for innovations in software engineering and ways to combine and apply state-of-the-art technology in real-world proje... Show more

Alyssa Nicoll

Alyssa Nicoll

Alyssa is an Angular Developer Advocate for Kendo UI and a Google Developer Expert for Angular. She has spoken at over 30 conferences Internationally. She streams weekly on the Angular Air podcast and Twitch CodeItLive channel. She enjoys gaming, scuba diving, and has a little one that fondly goes by "Mr. Milks".

Alyssa is an Angular Developer Advocate for Kendo UI and a Google Developer Expert for Angular. She has spoken at over 30 conferences Internationally. She streams weekly on the Angular Air podcast and Twitch CodeItLive channel. She enjoys gaming, scu... Show more

Mohamed Taman

Mohamed Taman

Adopts Java SE.next(), JakartaEE.next(), a JCP member, was a JCP Executive Committee member, JSR 354, 363 & 377 Expert Group member, EGJUG leader, Oracle Egypt Architects Club board member, speaks Java, loves Mobile, Big Data, Cloud, Blockchain, and DevOps.

An International speaker, book and video author of “JavaFX essentials,” “Getting Started with Clean Code, Java SE 9”, and “Hands-On Java 10 Programming with JShell”, And I won Duke’s Choice 2015, 2014, and 2013 awards, and JCP Outstanding Adopt-a-Jar Participant 2013 awards.

Adopts Java SE.next(), JakartaEE.next(), a JCP member, was a JCP Executive Committee member, JSR 354, 363 & 377 Expert Group member, EGJUG leader, Oracle Egypt Architects Club board member, speaks Java, loves Mobile, Big Data, Cloud, Blockchain, and ... Show more

Diana Montalion

Diana Montalion

If you’ve read The Economist, donated to Wikipedia, or contributed to The World Monuments Fund, you’ve interacted with systems that Diana helped to architect.

She has 18+ years experience delivering initiatives, independently or as part of a professional services group, to clients including Stanford, The Gates Foundation and Teach For All. She is founder of Mentrix, a consultancy providing enterprise systems architecture, technology strategy and diverse workshops on nonlinear approaches. She publishes From Software to Systems weekly. In 2023, she is writing an O'Reilly book, Learn Systems Thinking: Essential Nonlinear Skills & Practices for Software Professionals.

If you’ve read The Economist, donated to Wikipedia, or contributed to The World Monuments Fund, you’ve interacted with systems that Diana helped to architect. She has 18+ years experience delivering initiatives, independently or as part of a profe... Show more

Emanuel Palm

Emanuel Palm

Solves problems using code, with PowerShell and C# as his tools of choice while soaring through the clouds of Azure.

Blogs about Azure, PowerShell, .NET and various IT adventures on https://pipe.how. Enjoys open source, baking, playing D&D and combining his interests into quirky apps.

Solves problems using code, with PowerShell and C# as his tools of choice while soaring through the clouds of Azure. Blogs about Azure, PowerShell, .NET and various IT adventures on https://pipe.how. Enjoys open source, baking, playing D&D and com... Show more

Aidan Finn

Aidan Finn

Aidan Finn (@joe_elway), Azure MVP, is a Principal Consultant with Innofactor Norway working on Azure infrastructure projects and managed services. He is also the MD and trainer at Cloud Mechanix (http://www.cloudmechanix.com), a company delivering custom-written Azure training in Europe.

Aidan writes about Azure and on-premises server technologies on his own site, http://www.aidanfinn.com and for http://www.petri.com.

Aidan Finn (@joe_elway), Azure MVP, is a Principal Consultant with Innofactor Norway working on Azure infrastructure projects and managed services. He is also the MD and trainer at Cloud Mechanix (http://www.cloudmechanix.com), a company delivering c... Show more

Abdelrahman Awad

Abdelrahman Awad

An open-source maintainer and a GDE in Web Technologies. I created vee-validate and villus for Vue.js. I host the Untyped podcast and co-host “Web workers” podcast. I’m also one of the organizers of the EgyptJS monthly meetup.

I write about Vue.js and the composition API and also TypeScript on my Blog. I am passionate about learning and teaching Vue.js and TypeScript.

An open-source maintainer and a GDE in Web Technologies. I created vee-validate and villus for Vue.js. I host the Untyped podcast and co-host “Web workers” podcast. I’m also one of the organizers of the EgyptJS monthly meetup. I write about Vue.j... Show more

Amarender Peddamalku

Amarender Peddamalku

Amarender Peddamalku is a Microsoft MVP in Business Applications. As a Digital Transformation Leader and Microsoft Modern Work Practice Lead at Perficient, my focus is on Employee Experience and Power Platform. Has over 15 years of experience with Microsoft Technologies and worked with every single version of SharePoint since its inception.

Amarender Peddamalku is a Microsoft MVP in Business Applications. As a Digital Transformation Leader and Microsoft Modern Work Practice Lead at Perficient, my focus is on Employee Experience and Power Platform. Has over 15 years of experience with Mi... Show more

André Kamman

André Kamman

André is a Data Engineer and architect mostly in Azure. He has done a lot of DBA work on 1000’s of SQL Servers where he discovered his love for Powershell, architecting data solutions, building and tuning ETL processes (with BIML), and even implementing PDW. Having to wrangle a lot of data he's using Python, SparkSQL in Azure Databricks, Data Factory, dbt and Power BI as well these days. André is a Data Platform MPV since 2009, Dutch Microsoft Data Platform Meetup lead, organiser of Data Saturday Holland and Data & BI track volunteer for Techorama Holland

André is a Data Engineer and architect mostly in Azure. He has done a lot of DBA work on 1000’s of SQL Servers where he discovered his love for Powershell, architecting data solutions, building and tuning ETL processes (with BIML), and even implement... Show more

Karl Groves

Karl Groves

With 20 years of experience in web development, usability, and accessibility, Karl Groves is widely regarded as a pragmatic solution-finder and thought leader in the accessibility industry. In his role as CEO of AFixt, Karl focuses on pragmatic and efficient ways of improving the accessibility of websites and software.

With 20 years of experience in web development, usability, and accessibility, Karl Groves is widely regarded as a pragmatic solution-finder and thought leader in the accessibility industry. In his role as CEO of AFixt, Karl focuses on pragmatic and e... Show more

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