Information & Communications Technology

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

Dinoy Raj

Dinoy Raj

Product-focused Android developer and Droidcon speaker with strong expertise in Jetpack Compose, Kotlin, and on-device AI. I’ve built scalable, high-performance mobile apps with robust modular structures, efficient CI/CD pipelines, and delightful user experiences.

Currently building next-gen travel experiences at Strollby, where I lead Android development across hotel, flight, and activity bookings. My work spans multi-module architecture, Apollo GraphQL, payment integrations, and deep UI performance optimisations.

I’m currently exploring on-device AI, especially MediaPipe LLM inference and the Prompt API.

Beyond work, I built and published my own minimalist Android launcher, Simple Launcher - Minimalist applying Compose, design systems, and automated release workflows to real-world product challenges.

I’m also speaking at Droidcon Abu Dhabi ’25, Devfest Dubai'25 and Devfest Mumbai,25 where I’ll be sharing insights on building AI-enhanced Android experiences with Jetpack Compose and on-device intelligence.
I’ve previously spoken at Droidcon Uganda as well.

Product-focused Android developer and Droidcon speaker with strong expertise in Jetpack Compose, Kotlin, and on-device AI. I’ve built scalable, high-performance mobile apps with robust modular structures, efficient CI/CD pipelines, and delightful use... Show more

Andreas Laeubli

Andreas Laeubli

Andreas Läubli is an experienced software developer with 10 years of expertise in the Microsoft stack. He specializes in Microsoft Data Platform with Microsoft Fabric. He shares his knowledge and experience through his blog, offering low-level, easy-to-follow guidance for those interested in learning more about the Microsoft Fabric

Andreas Läubli is an experienced software developer with 10 years of expertise in the Microsoft stack. He specializes in Microsoft Data Platform with Microsoft Fabric. He shares his knowledge and experience through his blog, offering low-level, easy-... Show more

Martin Catherall

Martin Catherall

Martin Catherall is a Data Architect working on Microsoft Data Platform technologies. He is currently based in Brisbane, Australia.

Martin’s career has expanded from the world of SQL Server Administration and T-SQL development to encompass data engineering and architecture on the Microsoft Azure Platform.

He has over 15 years’ experience in the data industry and has been a recipient of the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Award since 2014

When he is not engaged in data related activities, he can be found exploring the Queensland landscape (he’s recently escaped Melbourne), learning about Minecraft or Super Mario from his kids and learning the guitar – despite being tone deaf!

Martin is the co-host of DataPlatform downunder
https://www.meetup.com/en-AU/data-platform-downunder-meetup-group/

Martin Catherall is a Data Architect working on Microsoft Data Platform technologies. He is currently based in Brisbane, Australia. Martin’s career has expanded from the world of SQL Server Administration and T-SQL development to encompass data en... Show more

Awar Abdulkarim

Awar Abdulkarim

Working at Sopra Steria Norway as a Senior Engineer and Lead for Cloud Native Competency group.

My experience and expertise covers both technical and non-technical roles and competencies. In terms of technology, working with containerized applications, Kubernetes platforms and whatever is bleeding edge and complex. Working to help people achieve a way of work, strategy and mentality which is DevOps centric. I love sharing my experiences, learning new things and apply what I leaern.

Working at Sopra Steria Norway as a Senior Engineer and Lead for Cloud Native Competency group. My experience and expertise covers both technical and non-technical roles and competencies. In terms of technology, working with containerized applica... Show more

Alan Cox

Alan Cox

Alan Cox is a Microsoft MVP for Copilot & Microsoft 365 and has been in IT for almost 30 years and consulting for 25. His passion is helping organizations achieve more from their Microsoft 365 investments. Alan currently is the Director of Microsoft Governance for Genworth Financial.

Alan Cox is a Microsoft MVP for Copilot & Microsoft 365 and has been in IT for almost 30 years and consulting for 25. His passion is helping organizations achieve more from their Microsoft 365 investments. Alan currently is the Director of Microsoft ... Show more

Anastasiia Gubska

Anastasiia Gubska

Anastasiia Gubska, the first Deaf CNCF Ambassador and an SRE/DevOps Engineer, develops and implements best practices for software delivery.

Anastasiia enjoys sharing practical insights on Argo and advocating for accessibility and inclusion in open source. She actively contributes to the CNCF Deaf and Hard of Hearing Working Group (DHHWG) and leads Deaf in Cloud Native, a global community that supports Deaf signing technologists through collaboration, knowledge sharing, and visibility.

Anastasiia Gubska, the first Deaf CNCF Ambassador and an SRE/DevOps Engineer, develops and implements best practices for software delivery. Anastasiia enjoys sharing practical insights on Argo and advocating for accessibility and inclusion in ope... Show more

Micah Silverman

Micah Silverman

Micah is Snyk's Director of AI Acceleration. With 30 years of Java Experience (yup, that's from the beginning) and as a security professional Micah's authored numerous articles, co-authored a Java EE book, and spoken at many conferences. He's a maker, who's built full-size MAME arcade cabinets and repaired old electronic games (https://dogeared.dev/2011/10/16/weekend-project-fix-dark-tower/). He brings his love of all things security and Java to a conference near you!

Micah is Snyk's Director of AI Acceleration. With 30 years of Java Experience (yup, that's from the beginning) and as a security professional Micah's authored numerous articles, co-authored a Java EE book, and spoken at many conferences. He's a maker... Show more

Sigal Shaharabani

Sigal Shaharabani

Sigal Shaharabani is a Technical Leader and a Group Leader in Tikal and a Couchbase ambassador, with a great passion for backend and data systems. She started her technological career way back in 1996, working for the government, a variety of corporations, and small start-ups. Her favorite programming language is Kotlin, and will love any excuse to talk about it. In her spare time she enjoys swimming and Israeli folk dancing.

Sigal Shaharabani is a Technical Leader and a Group Leader in Tikal and a Couchbase ambassador, with a great passion for backend and data systems. She started her technological career way back in 1996, working for the government, a variety of corpora... Show more

Mariam reba Alexander

Mariam reba Alexander

Software Engineer, Cyber Security Champion at Maersk. Passionate about frontend development, secure coding practices, testing, Devops, data analytics and automation. I am also certified in Cybersecurity by ISC2 and CompTIA Security +. Occasionally writes blogs at https://dev.to/ms_74 and speaks at conferences. My goal is to make secure and quality solutions that benefits businesses and makes peoples lives easier.

Software Engineer, Cyber Security Champion at Maersk. Passionate about frontend development, secure coding practices, testing, Devops, data analytics and automation. I am also certified in Cybersecurity by ISC2 and CompTIA Security +. Occasionally wr... Show more

Ásgeir Gunnarsson

Ásgeir Gunnarsson

Ásgeir brings nearly two decades of experience in designing and implementing scalable data platforms using Microsoft technologies. With deep expertise in data architecture, data engineering, and analytics, he helps organizations turn complex data landscapes into streamlined, high-performing solutions. In addition to hands-on delivery, Ásgeir advises clients on governance, security, and platform strategy.

As a recognized Microsoft Data Platform MVP and active speaker at global data events, he stays ahead of industry trends and brings cutting-edge insights to every project. In addition to speaking at events Ásgeir is a co-organizer of Data Platform Next Step, Power BI Next Step and Power BI Cruise in Denmark.

Ásgeir focuses primarily on the data technologies in the Azure cloud.

Ásgeir is the co-author of Pro Power BI Administration from APRESS and the Power BI MVP book

Ásgeir is passionate about data and loves solving problem with BI.

Ásgeir brings nearly two decades of experience in designing and implementing scalable data platforms using Microsoft technologies. With deep expertise in data architecture, data engineering, and analytics, he helps organizations turn complex data lan... 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

Laurent Gil

Laurent Gil

Passionate by technology and automation, I started my DevOps 🚊journey🚊 roughly 10 years ago in creating a first CI Jenkins pipelines. Few years later, I spread the DevOps culture across the DXC company as DevOps Coach.

During the DXC hours, I have been in charge of the AWS Cloud hosting the CI/CD tools chain. Among those tools, as administrator, I had the opportunity to scale the company Jenkins infrastructure to host more than 20K company jobs spread across more than 200 teams, to administrate JFrog Artifactory, and to deploy a monitoring stack to keep everything stable.

This CI/CD tool chain administrator role allowed me to discover the AWS cloud. In accordance with my DevOps culture and because I had to provide the company client with services, I embraced the SRE path.

At the same time, I also discovered Kubernetes and I self-educated until I had enough knowledge to become a Kubernetes evangelist.

Nowadays, I am still passionate about :

* ❤️Cloud
* ❤️Infrastructure
* ❤️Kubernetes
* ❤️Coaching
* ❤️DevOps
* ❤️Automation

and I do my best to remains at the cutting edge of this technologies and movement.

Passionate by technology and automation, I started my DevOps 🚊journey🚊 roughly 10 years ago in creating a first CI Jenkins pipelines. Few years later, I spread the DevOps culture across the DXC company as DevOps Coach. During the DXC hours, I ha... Show more

Jeremy Meiss

Jeremy Meiss

Jeremy is an international speaker and is currently the Director of DevRel at OneStream Software, previously at CircleCI, Solace, Auth0, and XDA. With almost 30 years in Tech, covering just about every functional area, including support, system and database administration, application and web development, project management, program management, and systems analysis, Jeremy is active in the DevRel and DevOps communities, a co-creator of DevOpsPartyGames.com, and organizer for DevOpsDays Kansas City. A lover of all things coffee, community, open source, and tech, he’s also house-broken, and (generally) plays well with others.

Jeremy is an international speaker and is currently the Director of DevRel at OneStream Software, previously at CircleCI, Solace, Auth0, and XDA. With almost 30 years in Tech, covering just about every functional area, including support, system and d... Show more

Carl Cookson

Carl Cookson

Power Platform seasoned (ex) developer with a passion for community and enabling everyone.
I am a seasoned professional developer who has experience with Dynamics 365 as well as other CRMs for over 20 years.
Microsoft MVP for Business Applications since 2020

Power Platform seasoned (ex) developer with a passion for community and enabling everyone. I am a seasoned professional developer who has experience with Dynamics 365 as well as other CRMs for over 20 years. Microsoft MVP for Business Applications ... Show more

Michael Hewitt

Michael Hewitt

Michael Hewitt leads the BI and Analytics team at Hunt Brothers Pizza, based in Nashville, TN. He enjoys data visualization and working with business users to help them leverage data more effectively in their daily jobs. In previous roles, Michael has delivered Microsoft based BI solutions in the healthcare, distribution, and manufacturing industries. He has also had the privilege of developing and delivering custom Power BI training for the Department of Defense. Outside of work, Michael is a husband, father of 3 children, is a leader in his local church, co-organizes the Nashville Power BI user group, and enjoys drumming, woodworking, and hiking.

Michael Hewitt leads the BI and Analytics team at Hunt Brothers Pizza, based in Nashville, TN. He enjoys data visualization and working with business users to help them leverage data more effectively in their daily jobs. In previous roles, Michael ha... Show more

Marco Ippolito

Marco Ippolito

Marco is a Senior Security Engineer at HeroDevs.
Active contributor, releaser, and member of the Node.js Technical Steering Committee, he is a renowned international speaker and a former Microsoft MVP. Marco is actively involved in many projects within the Node.js ecosystem and also serves as a delegate in TC39.

Marco is a Senior Security Engineer at HeroDevs. Active contributor, releaser, and member of the Node.js Technical Steering Committee, he is a renowned international speaker and a former Microsoft MVP. Marco is actively involved in many projects wit... Show more

Madona Wambua

Madona Wambua

Madona S. Wambua is a Google Developer Expert for Android, an Author, and a Keynote Speaker with over a decade of experience in software engineering. She also serves as a Women Techmakers Ambassador and AnitaB.org Co-Chair, where she advocates for diversity and inclusion in technology. Madona hosts the podcast Tech Talks with Madona and is passionate about sharing her Android expertise, teaching others how to build impactful mobile applications, and inspiring the next generation of developers.

Madona S. Wambua is a Google Developer Expert for Android, an Author, and a Keynote Speaker with over a decade of experience in software engineering. She also serves as a Women Techmakers Ambassador and AnitaB.org Co-Chair, where she advocates for di... Show more

André Silva

André Silva

I am a passionate software developer originally from Portugal and currently based in Ireland. I specialize in building robust applications using .NET and am a dedicated advocate for open standards in feature management. As a maintainer for OpenFeature, I contribute to the project's .NET library, help shape its telemetry conventions and support efforts to standardize feature flagging across the industry.
I am committed to creating tools that simplify and enhance users’ daily lives, and I actively share my expertise through technical writing and community engagement.

I am a passionate software developer originally from Portugal and currently based in Ireland. I specialize in building robust applications using .NET and am a dedicated advocate for open standards in feature management. As a maintainer for OpenFeatur... Show more

Sam Debruyn

Sam Debruyn

Sam Debruyn is a Microsoft Data Platform MVP and Cloud & Data Platform Architect passionate about modern data platforms such as Microsoft Fabric. In his day-to-day, he designs and implements data platforms that support customers in harvesting the full potential of their data. Sam has over 10 years of experience with Microsoft Azure and often blogs about his adventures in data. He contributes to the data community through blog posts, open-source projects, and speaking engagements at data meetups and conferences.

Sam Debruyn is a Microsoft Data Platform MVP and Cloud & Data Platform Architect passionate about modern data platforms such as Microsoft Fabric. In his day-to-day, he designs and implements data platforms that support customers in harvesting the ful... Show more

Franck Pachot

Franck Pachot

Franck is a Developer Advocate at MongoDB. He has extensive experience in database consulting for development and operations teams and is passionate about improving the developer experience, data modeling, and performance troubleshooting. Franck holds several certifications, including Oracle Certified Master and MongoDB Certified Associate Data Modeler, and is a recognized expert in PostgreSQL and YugabyteDB. Amazon acknowledges him as an AWS Data Hero.

Franck is a Developer Advocate at MongoDB. He has extensive experience in database consulting for development and operations teams and is passionate about improving the developer experience, data modeling, and performance troubleshooting. Franck hold... Show more

Craig Porteous

Craig Porteous

I'm a lifelong learner with a passion for creative problem-solving. I share my expertise and insights with the data community through talks, video content, and bringing people together with the DATA:Scotland event.

I'm a lifelong learner with a passion for creative problem-solving. I share my expertise and insights with the data community through talks, video content, and bringing people together with the DATA:Scotland event. Show more

Andreas Wänqvist

Andreas Wänqvist

Andreas has been working in different positions within enterprise during the last two decades. A few years ago his focus was on all things mobile, then it shifted towards building web systems. After that, the focus was on cloud solutions and planet-scale architecture. Nowadays it's producing customer value using AI, for real - not writing chatbots for everything.

Andreas is the AI architect at Voyado, one of Sweden's fastest-growing SAAS companies. In his spare time he spends time with his family, lifts things in the gym, and is involved in OSS as an Aurelia Core Team member.

Andreas has been working in different positions within enterprise during the last two decades. A few years ago his focus was on all things mobile, then it shifted towards building web systems. After that, the focus was on cloud solutions and planet-s... Show more

Cristian Schuszter

Cristian Schuszter

Dr. Cristian Schuszter holds a PhD in Systems Engineering with a focus on distributed fault-tolerant software architectures and machine-learning based failure prediction. In his day-to-day, he is somewhere between a Data and Full-stack Software Engineer, with a wide range of tech & job exposure both in academia and industry.

For the past 7 years he's been working with various teams in CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research). Currently he's focusing on the architectural directions of the CERN business computing group, with an emphasis on enterprise Java systems and UI.

Dr. Cristian Schuszter holds a PhD in Systems Engineering with a focus on distributed fault-tolerant software architectures and machine-learning based failure prediction. In his day-to-day, he is somewhere between a Data and Full-stack Software Engin... Show more

Mitchel Sellers

Mitchel Sellers

Mitchel Sellers is globally known as a 17-time Microsoft MVP, an ASPInsider, a DNN MVP, is an MCP (Microsoft .NET, ASP.NET and SQL Server), and CEO of IowaComputerGurus Inc. Sellers has a deep understanding of software development and when speaking focuses on proper architecture standards, performance, stability, security, and overall cost-effectiveness of delivered solutions. This message and his abilities resonate in the technical war room as well as the executive board room.

Mitchel is a prolific public speaker, presenting more than 400 sessions at user groups and conferences globally, such as DevUp, SDN, and Code PaLOUsa. Sellers has been the author of multiple books and a regular blogger on technology topics.

When Mitchel is not working in technology, you will find him flying his airplane, teaching others how to fly, or spending time with his family He is also actively involved in the Open Source Community working diligently to further the movement. Find out more about Sellers at his website http://www.mitchelsellers.com.

Mitchel Sellers is globally known as a 17-time Microsoft MVP, an ASPInsider, a DNN MVP, is an MCP (Microsoft .NET, ASP.NET and SQL Server), and CEO of IowaComputerGurus Inc. Sellers has a deep understanding of software development and when speaking f... Show more

Luke Moloney

Luke Moloney

Luke works in the Microsoft Fabric Strategic Accounts and ISV team based out of Dublin. Working with customers and ISVs building platforms with Fabric. Previous to Microsoft, he worked for Aginic - an Analytics consultancy in Australia implementing Azure oriented data solutions. Outside of technology you can find him watching F1 or Rugby

Luke works in the Microsoft Fabric Strategic Accounts and ISV team based out of Dublin. Working with customers and ISVs building platforms with Fabric. Previous to Microsoft, he worked for Aginic - an Analytics consultancy in Australia implementing A... Show more

Jakub Wawrzyniak

Jakub Wawrzyniak

Senior Data Solution Engineer at Microsoft, passionate about innovation in the field of data and artificial intelligence. PhD in Computer Science, former Microsoft MVP Data Platform, co-leader of the Data Community Poznań group. He helps organizations discover the full potential of the cloud by creating scalable analytics platforms based on Azure, Microsoft Fabric, and Databricks. He combines technical knowledge with a business approach to support companies in their digital transformation and building competitive advantage. Speaker at industry events, promoter of modern solutions, and ambassador for technologies that are changing the way we work with data.

Senior Data Solution Engineer at Microsoft, passionate about innovation in the field of data and artificial intelligence. PhD in Computer Science, former Microsoft MVP Data Platform, co-leader of the Data Community Poznań group. He helps organization... Show more

Prasham Sabadra

Prasham Sabadra

20+ years of IT experience. 15+ years of experience in SharePoint.

Passionate SharePoint Techie. SharePoint / Microsoft 365 Consultant / Azure Consultant / Power Automate, PowerShell, Cybersecurity

Author/Blogger, Speaker. Avid reader.

Runs the web site https://microsoft365junction.com/

20+ years of IT experience. 15+ years of experience in SharePoint. Passionate SharePoint Techie. SharePoint / Microsoft 365 Consultant / Azure Consultant / Power Automate, PowerShell, Cybersecurity Author/Blogger, Speaker. Avid reader. Runs ... Show more

Keval Solanki

Keval Solanki

Azure consultant, AI enthusiastic, M365 wanderer, M365 Migration Specialist, Power Platform Explorer! Keval has been working for many years in IT industry managing different enterprise applications ranging from mid to large scale clients. He is an ex-MCT, speaker and loves to share his knowledge on various Microsoft technologies. He is also a technical community member and organizer.

Azure consultant, AI enthusiastic, M365 wanderer, M365 Migration Specialist, Power Platform Explorer! Keval has been working for many years in IT industry managing different enterprise applications ranging from mid to large scale clients. He is an ex... Show more

Nikola Pancic

Nikola Pancic

I am a Lead Tech Consultant specializing in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement and the Power Platform. Throughout my career, I have delivered tailored business solutions that help organizations transform their operations using Microsoft Business Applications. As the leader of BizSource, a community user group dedicated to Microsoft Business Applications, I am passionate about fostering knowledge sharing and collaboration among professionals and enthusiasts.

I have had the privilege of speaking at numerous international conferences, where I share practical insights and real-world experiences from complex implementation projects. My approach combines deep technical expertise with a genuine passion for empowering others, making my sessions both informative and engaging. Whether I am guiding teams through digital transformation or mentoring the next generation of tech professionals, I am committed to advancing the Microsoft ecosystem and building a vibrant, connected community.

I am a Lead Tech Consultant specializing in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement and the Power Platform. Throughout my career, I have delivered tailored business solutions that help organizations transform their operations using Microsoft Busin... Show more

Joël Crest

Joël Crest

Former Microsoft Data Platform MVP
MCSE Data Management & Analytics / MCSE Business Intelligence

Former Microsoft Data Platform MVP MCSE Data Management & Analytics / MCSE Business Intelligence Show more

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