Kilian is a front-end developer with over 20 years of experience that switched from building websites to building apps to build websites with. He is interested in modern web development, desktop app development and new technologies, and regularly speaks about topics like responsive websites, accessibility, design systems and Electron. Kilian is a frequent open source contributor.

Kilian is a front-end developer with over 20 years of experience that switched from building websites to building apps to build websites with. He is interested in modern web development, desktop app development and new technologies, and regularly spe... Show more

Nico Orschel is an author, speaker, and DevOps Whisperer for Azure DevOps/GitHub at Xebia and has been recognized by Microsoft as a Most Valuable Professional for Development Technologies (DevOps) since 2012. Nico helps companies improve their software development, delivery, and testing processes using Azure DevOps (Team Foundation Server) and GitHub. This enables them to achieve higher quality and shorter release cycles. He specializes in Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD), test management, and test automation on Azure DevOps, GitHub, and Visual Studio platforms.

Nico Orschel is an author, speaker, and DevOps Whisperer for Azure DevOps/GitHub at Xebia and has been recognized by Microsoft as a Most Valuable Professional for Development Technologies (DevOps) since 2012. Nico helps companies improve their softwa... Show more

Carlos Sanchez is a Principal Scientist at Adobe Experience Manager, specializing in software automation, from build tools to Continuous Delivery and Progressive Delivery. Involved in Open Source for over 20 years, he is the author of the Jenkins Kubernetes plugin and a member of the Apache Software Foundation amongst other open source groups, contributing to several projects, such as Kubernetes, Jenkins or Apache Maven.

Carlos Sanchez is a Principal Scientist at Adobe Experience Manager, specializing in software automation, from build tools to Continuous Delivery and Progressive Delivery. Involved in Open Source for over 20 years, he is the author of the Jenkins Kub... Show more

Mehdi is a Software Architect, Open Source Developer and Microsoft MVP in Developer Technologies with over 13 years of experience in software development. He specializes in designing and implementing distributed systems and cloud-native applications on top of cutting-edge technologies.

Mehdi is an active open source developer, the creator and maintainer of over 20 open-source projects and libraries on GitHub, including Awesome-Software-Architecture, Go-MediatR, and Vertical-Slice-Api-Template.

He shares his knowledge through his blog at https://mehdihadeli.com and practical samples on GitHub at https://github.com/mehdihadeli.

Mehdi has received the "Microsoft Most Valuable Professional" (MVP) award in Developer Technologies.

Mehdi is a Software Architect, Open Source Developer and Microsoft MVP in Developer Technologies with over 13 years of experience in software development. He specializes in designing and implementing distributed systems and cloud-native applications ... Show more

Gittitat is a software engineer and game developer who obtained Unity Certified Professional: Programmer from Unity.
With a background in Game Development and AR/VR Development, Gittitat is passionate about sharing his knowledge with others. He has a keen interest in learning more about Computer Graphics, Optimization, Machine Learning on Unity.
He also manages a small Facebook fan page This is Unity where he shares knowledge about shaders and Unity tips and tricks with the community.
Additionally, Gittitat has been a speaker at .Net Conf Thailand for several years

Gittitat is a software engineer and game developer who obtained Unity Certified Professional: Programmer from Unity. With a background in Game Development and AR/VR Development, Gittitat is passionate about sharing his knowledge with others. He has ... Show more

Thomas LaRock is a Microsoft Certified Master, Microsoft Data Platform MVP, VMware vExpert, and former Microsoft Certified Trainer. He has over 20 years’ experience in the IT industry in roles including programmer, developer, analyst, and database administrator.

Thomas LaRock is a Microsoft Certified Master, Microsoft Data Platform MVP, VMware vExpert, and former Microsoft Certified Trainer. He has over 20 years’ experience in the IT industry in roles including programmer, developer, analyst, and database ad... Show more

I'm making music from the data! Power BI and Microsoft Fabric addict, Microsoft Data Platform MVP, Pluralsight Author, O'Reilly Instructor, blogger, speaker...Interested in everything related to data - always eager to extract valuable info from raw data in the most effective way. Multi-year experience working with (predominantly) Microsoft Data Platform (SQL Server, SSAS, SSIS, SSRS, and Power BI). Father of 2 and true football (and Barca) fan!

I'm making music from the data! Power BI and Microsoft Fabric addict, Microsoft Data Platform MVP, Pluralsight Author, O'Reilly Instructor, blogger, speaker...Interested in everything related to data - always eager to extract valuable info from raw d... Show more

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 accessibility consultant at 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 accessibility consultant at AFixt, Karl focus... Show more

Mfonobong is a Community Manager with 6+ years of experience building, engaging, and scaling online communities, particularly in design and developer spaces. With a background in Product Design, she transitioned into community management, where she thrives in fostering connections, creating educational content, and driving engagement strategies.

She has a strong track record of increasing engagement, launching brand-boosting initiatives, and writing insightful articles. As a skilled technical writer and programmer with Golang expertise, Mfonobong blends her technical knowledge with strategic community-building.

Mfonobong is a Community Manager with 6+ years of experience building, engaging, and scaling online communities, particularly in design and developer spaces. With a background in Product Design, she transitioned into community management, where she t... Show more

Into the Android world for more than 10 years, I experienced California the startup way of life before coming back to France. I am currently Lead Android Engineer at Aircall where we are building the best phone system for modern businesses. Alongside Android, I have a great interest in backend development with Kotlin and AR/VR technology. In 2021, I became an Android GDE to continue my journey to always share and learn with the Android community.
In my spare time, I am a world traveler and a beer lover always looking for the best IPAs!

Into the Android world for more than 10 years, I experienced California the startup way of life before coming back to France. I am currently Lead Android Engineer at Aircall where we are building the best phone system for modern businesses. Alongside... Show more

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

Troy is a Power Platform consultant with Hitachi Solutions America, focusing on connectors, Power Automate and Copilot Studio. Since 2022, he is a Microsoft Business Applications MVP. He is also a project coordinator for the Independent Publisher Connector program and has published over 200 open-source Power Platform connectors.

Troy is a Power Platform consultant with Hitachi Solutions America, focusing on connectors, Power Automate and Copilot Studio. Since 2022, he is a Microsoft Business Applications MVP. He is also a project coordinator for the Independent Publisher Con... Show more

Miley is a Developer Advocate commited to build and contribute to open source. She is the co-chair and keynote speaker for KubeCon+Open Source Summit and AI Dev China 2024. She works on WasmEdge runtime in CNCF sandbox as the founding member for over 6 years. She talks at KubeCon, KCD Beijing+Shenzhen, CloudDay Italy, DevRelCon, Open Source Summit Japan, AWS User Group, Global AI Note, KubeDay Singapore etc. Miley writes tech content and organizes dev events, including KCDs, MCP and AI Agent Meetups, GOSIM, WebAssembly & Rust Meetups in Taipei, Singapore, China, and more.

Miley is a Developer Advocate commited to build and contribute to open source. She is the co-chair and keynote speaker for KubeCon+Open Source Summit and AI Dev China 2024. She works on WasmEdge runtime in CNCF sandbox as the founding member for over... Show more

A seasoned technologist with over 20 years of experience in the Ops space. He is currently serving as the Global Field CTO for a leading cloud-native and open-source data protection company.

Exploring the world of Cloud,Cloud-Native, DevOps and Open-Source Software software and raising awareness that there is still very much a requirement to protect data and workloads within these platforms.

Author of 90DaysOfDevOps, an Open Learning resource for the community with over 20,000 GitHub Stars sharing structured route to learning the world of DevOps.

Current Project: Up The Stack, a look into the graduated and incubating projects that we see within the CNCF Landscape.

A seasoned technologist with over 20 years of experience in the Ops space. He is currently serving as the Global Field CTO for a leading cloud-native and open-source data protection company. Exploring the world of Cloud,Cloud-Native, DevOps and Op... Show more

Ex Microsoft, MVP data platform and a truly passionate about SQL Server on all of its editions (that include express as well (?)). I’m speaker of the PASS Argentina chapter, father of Pedro, Fan of Club atletico Independiente from Argentina (Soccer or futbol fan 😛😛) and Rocky Balboa’s Soldier💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻. I have the following certifications -> Microsoft certified trainer, Azure Database administrator, Azure data engineer and Azure administrator but the most important one is that I LOVE AZURE SQL! On all of the versions :P

Ex Microsoft, MVP data platform and a truly passionate about SQL Server on all of its editions (that include express as well (?)). I’m speaker of the PASS Argentina chapter, father of Pedro, Fan of Club atletico Independiente from Argentina (Soccer o... Show more

George is a Cloud Solutions Architect with over 20 years of experience driving innovation in AI-powered technologies and cloud computing. Originally from Thessaloniki, Greece, where he earned a bachelor's in Applied Informatics and associate degrees in Software and Network Engineering, George now lives in Munich, where he continues to design and implement intelligent systems that transform the tech landscape.

As a recognized Microsoft MVP for Developer Technologies, George is an influential figure in the Microsoft ecosystem. He is the founder of the "Munich .NET Meetup," which has grown to a community of over 1,700 members, and focuses on collaboration and innovation in Azure, .NET and AI-driven solutions. Passionate about knowledge sharing, George speaks at conferences and user groups, writes blog posts, and actively contributes to open-source projects on GitHub. Additionally, he supports the next generation of innovators as a judge and mentor for the Microsoft Imagine Cup, inspiring groundbreaking advancements in artificial intelligence and emerging technologies.

George is a Cloud Solutions Architect with over 20 years of experience driving innovation in AI-powered technologies and cloud computing. Originally from Thessaloniki, Greece, where he earned a bachelor's in Applied Informatics and associate degrees ... Show more

Hey folks! My name is João Antunes and I'm an experienced tech professional who's always trying to push things forward.

I've worked across different projects and industries, building (micro)services, web applications, IPTV applications and a bunch of other stuff.

I love to explore new technologies, dig up some fringe topics and dive into over-engineering sessions, but always trying not to forget the basics and how they're essential to everything else.

Hey folks! My name is João Antunes and I'm an experienced tech professional who's always trying to push things forward. I've worked across different projects and industries, building (micro)services, web applications, IPTV applications and a bunch... Show more

I am working as a Cloud Architect with APENTO in Denmark. My primary focus is helping customers see the benefit of moving services to Microsoft Azure. Through conversations, analysis, and customer workshops, I identify the services that will value their business. Once services are identified, I help plan and migrate them to Azure.

I am passionate about sharing insights with the community and enjoy helping wherever possible. I run my blog at https://www.cloudninja.nu, where I share my insights on Microsoft Azure, Azure DevOps, and cloud automation.

I am a Microsoft MVP in both Azure infrastructure as code and cloud security, and I was previously also a Citrix CTP

I am working as a Cloud Architect with APENTO in Denmark. My primary focus is helping customers see the benefit of moving services to Microsoft Azure. Through conversations, analysis, and customer workshops, I identify the services that will value th... Show more

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

Danica began her career as a software engineer in data visualization and warehousing with a business intelligence team where she served as a point-person for standards and best practices in data visualization across her company. In 2018, Danica moved to San Francisco and pivoted to backend engineering with a derivatives data team which was responsible for building and maintaining the infrastructure that processes millions of financial market data per second in near real-time. Her first project on this team involved Kafka Streams and Kafka Connect. From there, she immersed herself in the world of data streaming and found herself quite at home in the Apache Kafka and Apache Flink communities. She now leads the open source advocacy efforts at Snowflake, supporting Apache Iceberg and Apache Polaris (incubating).

Outside of work, Danica is passionate about sustainability, increasing diversity in the technical community, and keeping her many houseplants alive. She can be found on X (Bluesky and Mastodon), talking about tech, plants, and baking @TheDanicaFine.

Danica began her career as a software engineer in data visualization and warehousing with a business intelligence team where she served as a point-person for standards and best practices in data visualization across her company. In 2018, Danica moved... Show more

Principal Full-Stack Engineer with 12+ years of experience in open-source technologies. A fervent accessibility advocate, Jag champions an inclusive web, demonstrating technical excellence in TypeScript, JavaScript, Node.js, Python, and with a focus on Front-end technologies including React, Angular and Vue. He's also a dedicated DevOps enthusiast and a strong believer in test-driven development.

Principal Full-Stack Engineer with 12+ years of experience in open-source technologies. A fervent accessibility advocate, Jag champions an inclusive web, demonstrating technical excellence in TypeScript, JavaScript, Node.js, Python, and with a focus ... Show more

I'm an experienced web developer and a passionate IT and electronics trainer, specializing in frontend development and enterprise applications built with Angular.
I spend most of my time exploring what's new in the tech world and helping other developers improve their skills.
As a conference speaker, I bring advanced Angular topics, tips for the integration of smart contracts and best solutions for web3 applications.

I'm an experienced web developer and a passionate IT and electronics trainer, specializing in frontend development and enterprise applications built with Angular. I spend most of my time exploring what's new in the tech world and helping other devel... Show more

Lizzie serves developers in the Bay Area and beyond on Cloudflare's developer relations team and holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Bryn Mawr. She likes JavaScript, Python, and working with AI. When not organizing or attending hackathons and meetups, she enjoys tennis, ping pong, and all things Disney.

Lizzie serves developers in the Bay Area and beyond on Cloudflare's developer relations team and holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Bryn Mawr. She likes JavaScript, Python, and working with AI. When not organizing or attending hackath... Show more

Liz Rice is Chief Open Source Officer at Isovalent, the creators of the Cilium project, and now part of Cisco. Currently on the governing board of the CNCF, she was chair of the CNCF's Technical Oversight Committee 2019-2022, and Co-Chair of KubeCon + CloudNativeCon in 2018, and was previously on the board of OpenUK. She is an award-winning speaker, and the author of O'Reilly books on "Container Security" and "Learning eBPF".

She has a wealth of software development, team, and product management experience from working on network protocols and distributed systems, and in digital technology sectors such as VOD, music, and VoIP. When not writing code, or talking about it, Liz loves riding bikes in places with better weather than her native London, competing in virtual races on Zwift, and making music under the pseudonym Insider Nine.

Liz Rice is Chief Open Source Officer at Isovalent, the creators of the Cilium project, and now part of Cisco. Currently on the governing board of the CNCF, she was chair of the CNCF's Technical Oversight Committee 2019-2022, and Co-Chair of KubeCon ... Show more

Sinan is an Android GDE and he works as Staff Engineer at Delivery Hero, food delivery company. He has been working with Android since 2011 and has 13 years of professional experience with software development. He is passionate about Kotlin and loves to contribute open-source.

Sinan is an Android GDE and he works as Staff Engineer at Delivery Hero, food delivery company. He has been working with Android since 2011 and has 13 years of professional experience with software development. He is passionate about Kotlin and loves... Show more

Microsoft MVP on AI Platform
Author | Trainer | Speaker | Senior Software Engineer

Daniel Costea is a seasoned trainer and Senior Software Engineer with over two decades of experience in .NET technologies and AI. His passion for C# dates back to its inception in 2001. As a dedicated educator, Daniel has delivered more than 1200 hours of training in .NET technologies to over 700 students. His expertise extends to AI engineering, reflecting his status as a Microsoft MVP in the AI Platform category and Azure AI Services area.
A frequent international speaker, Daniel has presented at conferences across Europe and the US for the past 8 years. He actively contributes to the tech community by organizing meetings and workshops.
Daniel's commitment to sharing knowledge extends beyond the classroom. He is a published author of "Microsoft Semantic Kernel in Action" - Manning, and articles on .NET technologies and has been recognized as a Microsoft MVP on Developer Technologies since 2019, and Microsoft MVP on AI Platform starting with year 2024.

Microsoft MVP on AI Platform Author | Trainer | Speaker | Senior Software Engineer Daniel Costea is a seasoned trainer and Senior Software Engineer with over two decades of experience in .NET technologies and AI. His passion for C# dates back to ... Show more

Evgeny is a contributor to various open source projects, including OpenJDK, and a speaker at international conferences and JUGs. He is also one of the project leads of widely adopted code coverage library for Java and Kotlin - JaCoCo, and the award-winning EclEmma project at the Eclipse Foundation that integrates JaCoCo into Eclipse. In his day job at Sonar he develops SonarQube’s static source code analysis for languages such as Java, Kotlin, C, and C++.

Evgeny is a contributor to various open source projects, including OpenJDK, and a speaker at international conferences and JUGs. He is also one of the project leads of widely adopted code coverage library for Java and Kotlin - JaCoCo, and the award-w... Show more

Fabien Vauchelles is an Anti-Ban Expert. With over a decade of experience in Web Scraping, Fabien's passion for code and technology helps him to bypass protections. He is the creator of Scrapoxy, a mature free and open-source proxy waterfall tailored for the Web Scraping industry.

He had the opportunity of sharing his insights at many events including Devoxx conferences, Voxxed Days, API Days, PyCon, PyData and others.

Fabien Vauchelles is an Anti-Ban Expert. With over a decade of experience in Web Scraping, Fabien's passion for code and technology helps him to bypass protections. He is the creator of Scrapoxy, a mature free and open-source proxy waterfall tailored... Show more

Passionate about development experience, platform engineering, security, reliability and governance, I see myself as a support for IT teams building complex Power Platform applications at the center of the of their digital transformation. I dream of a world where every Power Platform developer not only enjoys the process of building applications but also benefits from robust governance and security practices that elevate the overall developer experience and deliver true value to end-users.

Passionate about development experience, platform engineering, security, reliability and governance, I see myself as a support for IT teams building complex Power Platform applications at the center of the of their digital transformation. I dream of ... Show more

Derek is a long time developer with a passion for building software, as a Developer Advocate he enjoys talking and writing about what he used to do for a living... for a living. Derek helps and supports various technical communities across Australia and New Zealand and is excited to see how software development technology and practices are constantly evolving, he is also happy mentoring people who are navigating the ambiguities and complexities of a career in tech.

Derek is a long time developer with a passion for building software, as a Developer Advocate he enjoys talking and writing about what he used to do for a living... for a living. Derek helps and supports various technical communities across Australia ... Show more