George is a distributed systems expert and a hands-on engineering leader. He is a Director of Engineering at MongoDB, focusing on implementing cloud native technologies at enterprise scale. He is an Ambassador of the Data on Kubernetes community and the author of The Platform Engineering Playbook, by Packt. Most recently, he has been a speaker at global events like Kubecon, OpenSource Summit, Hashiconf, LeadDev, SaaStr, and more.

George is a distributed systems expert and a hands-on engineering leader. He is a Director of Engineering at MongoDB, focusing on implementing cloud native technologies at enterprise scale. He is an Ambassador of the Data on Kubernetes community and ... Show more

Senior Frontend Developer en Intercorp Retail. Google Developer Expert en Firebase. Organizador de las comunidades Google Developer Groups Callao y Angular Perú. Me encanta crear experiencias web únicas a través del código.

Senior Frontend Developer en Intercorp Retail. Google Developer Expert en Firebase. Organizador de las comunidades Google Developer Groups Callao y Angular Perú. Me encanta crear experiencias web únicas a través del código. Show more

Eric D. Boyd is a highly experienced entrepreneur, public speaker, and author with nearly 30 years of experience in the technology industry. He is the founder and CEO of responsiveX, a Microsoft partner and digital innovation consultancy. Eric is a sought-after speaker and thought leader, delivering keynote speeches, breakout sessions, and participating in panel discussions at many industry events. He is a Microsoft Azure and AI MVP, a Regional Director, and has extensive experience helping organizations with system design and architecture, cloud-native development, and artificial intelligence. Eric is the co-author of "Step-by-Step Azure SQL Database" and has contributed to several other publications. He shares his expertise and insights through his blog, social media, podcast interviews, and educational videos. Eric is committed to giving back to the community and supporting the next generation of technology leaders.

Eric D. Boyd is a highly experienced entrepreneur, public speaker, and author with nearly 30 years of experience in the technology industry. He is the founder and CEO of responsiveX, a Microsoft partner and digital innovation consultancy. Eric is a s... Show more

I’m a SharePoint and Power Platform Administrator based in Singapore, driven by curiosity and a deep interest in how technology works behind the scenes. My career has been shaped by continuous learning and meaningful connections, both of which continue to fuel my growth and perspective.

I’m passionate about helping individuals and organizations unlock the full potential of Microsoft 365—transforming the way teams collaborate, communicate, and get work done. Whether it’s simplifying processes or enabling smarter workflows, I enjoy making technology more approachable and impactful.

Beyond my day-to-day role, I’m an active member of the tech community. I believe in giving back through knowledge sharing, mentoring, and community engagement, and I’m always excited to connect with others who are equally curious and eager to learn.

I’m a SharePoint and Power Platform Administrator based in Singapore, driven by curiosity and a deep interest in how technology works behind the scenes. My career has been shaped by continuous learning and meaningful connections, both of which contin... Show more

I started programming in VB when I was 6 taking advantage of my father’s strong passion for computer science. I’ve always dreamt to be an engineer and I’ve worn different “hats”: data scientist, data analyst, web developer, sysadmin… This gave me the opportunity to gain experience in the design and dev of solutions from scratch. During the day I’m an Enterprise Architect, while I love writing at night when I get a hot cup of tea!

I started programming in VB when I was 6 taking advantage of my father’s strong passion for computer science. I’ve always dreamt to be an engineer and I’ve worn different “hats”: data scientist, data analyst, web developer, sysadmin… This gave me the... Show more

Keren is a senior software developer with over a decade of experience in the industry. She holds an M.Sc. in Computer Science and is passionate about React and learning new technologies. Keren volunteers as a program manager at Baot, a community that supports women in R&D in their professional growth. She instructs and inspires people to write blogs in her tech blogging workshops. Keren has experience as a dev community leader and a co-organizer of meetups and events. And in her not-so-spare time, she studies psychology. Her hobbies include drawing, photography, and singing.

Keren is a senior software developer with over a decade of experience in the industry. She holds an M.Sc. in Computer Science and is passionate about React and learning new technologies. Keren volunteers as a program manager at Baot, a community that... Show more

Hello! My name is Matěj Samler!

I'm a Staff Senior Engineer at NETWORG with hands-on expertise across the entire Power Platform — plugins, Power Automate, PCFs, Power Apps, and everything in between. Whatever corner of the platform a problem lives in, I've usually been there.

My core focus, though, is pro development: building robust, extensible solutions from a developer's perspective rather than clicking through the maker experience. Lately I've been going deep on the agentic side of the platform — designing and engineering AI-driven, agent-based approaches to extend what Power Platform can do.

I've spoken at multiple conferences about Power Platform extensibility from a pro dev's point of view, and I'm always happy to talk!

I'm looking forward to hearing from you!

Hello! My name is Matěj Samler! I'm a Staff Senior Engineer at NETWORG with hands-on expertise across the entire Power Platform — plugins, Power Automate, PCFs, Power Apps, and everything in between. Whatever corner of the platform a problem live... Show more

Suman is a Solutions Architect at Platform9 systems. He is a consultant and advisor for Kubernetes & Cloud Native Solutions, helping Customers and End users in their application modernisation journey and adoption with DevOps best practices. Suman has been a distinguished speaker and had delivered sessions on Devops, Cloud-Native tools, Kubernetes & Serverless technology at KubeCon India, Open Source Summit, Hashitalks (HashiCorp), Devops India Summit, DockerCon

Suman is a Solutions Architect at Platform9 systems. He is a consultant and advisor for Kubernetes & Cloud Native Solutions, helping Customers and End users in their application modernisation journey and adoption with DevOps best practices. Suman has... Show more

Önder is the founder of SHIP and award-winning AI engineering leader. He's a GDE in Web Technologies and AI for Web Developers. He has worked across software engineering, developer platforms, technical leadership, open source, and developer training for the past 2 decades. His work focuses on the systems that help people and AI agents build reliable software together.

Önder is the founder of SHIP and award-winning AI engineering leader. He's a GDE in Web Technologies and AI for Web Developers. He has worked across software engineering, developer platforms, technical leadership, open source, and developer training ... Show more

Fabrizio Chignoli has been writing software since 1993. His experience includes real-time Olympic results systems, IoT and HPC. Today he is an engineering manager building agentic systems that work with real code and business processes.

On stage, he shares the mistakes, discoveries and decisions that change how people work with AI: delegating, sharing domain knowledge and retaining judgement. He speaks to developers, technical leaders and non-technical audiences, in English and Italian.

When ChatGPT came out, he said: “This is the dumbest thing we’ll interact with from now on.” Today he pays agents to work alongside him. In his spare time, he tempers chocolate.

Fabrizio Chignoli has been writing software since 1993. His experience includes real-time Olympic results systems, IoT and HPC. Today he is an engineering manager building agentic systems that work with real code and business processes. On stage, ... Show more

I am an independent Microsoft Certified Trainer MCT, M365 Copilot Adoption Consultant, and Microsoft Most Valuable Professional MVP based in Austria. I make M365 Copilot understandable to everyone, so M365 Copilot turns into your productivity booster.

❤️ I am enthusiastic about the digital employee experience, teamwork, and how AI gives us superpowers.

I am a computer scientist with over 20 years of experience in the IT field and over 12 years of experience driving cloud transformation with Microsoft 365.

I make M365 Copilot understandable to everyone (end-users, help desk, administrators, executives, and more). I am a trainer offering energizing learning experiences. I am a technical consultant and a consultant for adoption & change.

I love sharing my knowledge with the global Microsoft community. I love communities as unlimited source of collective learning experiences. I regularly speak about Microsoft 365 Copilot, contribute with blog posts on the Microsoft Tech Community, and organize the Austrian Power Platform Enthusiast User Group meetup every month.

Thanks to my community leadership and engagemente, Microsoft has awarded me as Most Valuable Professional MVP for M365 Copilot. 🙌

When I am not working with M365 Copilot, you can find me building robots with Power Automate or Copilot Studio or teaching kids how to code with Micro:Bit (tiny microcomputers).

I am an independent Microsoft Certified Trainer MCT, M365 Copilot Adoption Consultant, and Microsoft Most Valuable Professional MVP based in Austria. I make M365 Copilot understandable to everyone, so M365 Copilot turns into your productivity booster... Show more

Julia helps teams improve system reliability, observability, and scalability by guiding the adoption of modern infrastructure and operational practices.
Beyond her work, Julia is a a Community Manager to the OpenTelemetry project, CNCF Ambassador, AWS Container Hero, Docker Captain, Google Women Techmakers Ambassador, and Girl Code Ambassador. She’s an active community leader who helps organize KCD NY, AWS Community Day NY, and the Cloud Native Meetup NYC.

Julia helps teams improve system reliability, observability, and scalability by guiding the adoption of modern infrastructure and operational practices. Beyond her work, Julia is a a Community Manager to the OpenTelemetry project, CNCF Ambassador, A... Show more

I currently lead the engineering team at CETIN a.s., where we design and build enterprise information systems on a diverse tech stack built mainly on Dataverse, Power Apps and Azure. Beyond business application development, I remain actively involved in identity management, data analytics and information security. I am actively participating in a local CZ/SK Power Platform User Group and do technical deep dives on my blog

I currently lead the engineering team at CETIN a.s., where we design and build enterprise information systems on a diverse tech stack built mainly on Dataverse, Power Apps and Azure. Beyond business application development, I remain actively involved... 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

Joe Thompson's IT career is near the end of its third decade. He's been part of the cloud-native community since 2014, starting with OpenStack and taking on Kubernetes a few months after it debuted. He's spoken at KubeCon, Cloud Native Rejekts and many local meetups and enjoys showing how well-known tools and techniques are relevant to new platforms. Currently he's providing Kubernetes expertise to (mostly) public-sector customers as part of the team at Clarity Business Solutions, based in Linthicum, Maryland.

Joe Thompson's IT career is near the end of its third decade. He's been part of the cloud-native community since 2014, starting with OpenStack and taking on Kubernetes a few months after it debuted. He's spoken at KubeCon, Cloud Native Rejekts and ma... Show more

Joe has spent more than a decade working with data, from SQL Server and SSIS through Azure Data Factory, Synapse and Power BI, and more recently Microsoft Fabric. He is a consultant and senior data engineer at Purple Frog Systems, where he helps organisations design, build and modernise their data platforms.

Joe is passionate about the data community. He runs the Microsoft Data Platform Birmingham user group, writes about data engineering on his blog, and regularly speaks at user groups and conferences. For Joe, community is about sharing what he's learned the hard way and picking up new ideas from the brilliant people he meets along the way, this is what inspired him to co-found the FabFest conference.

Away from the keyboard, Joe is a self-confessed guitar geek. Whether it's playing, collecting, repairing or building instruments from scratch, he shares it all on his Data Luthier blog, where tech and guitars collide.

Joe has spent more than a decade working with data, from SQL Server and SSIS through Azure Data Factory, Synapse and Power BI, and more recently Microsoft Fabric. He is a consultant and senior data engineer at Purple Frog Systems, where he helps orga... Show more

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

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

Amaury is an active international conference speaker, presenting at events such as HashiTalks, HashiConf, AWS Community Days, DevOpsDays, SREday, and security conferences across different regions. His talks explore not only security tools, but the engineering and leadership challenges behind them: how to scale security, influence technical decisions, enable developer autonomy, and make the secure path the easiest path.

Beyond the conference stage, Amaury is an MBA Professor at FIAP and an Instructor at Alura, where he teaches and creates hands-on content around Cloud Security, Secure SDLC, Infrastructure as Code, and AI-assisted Security. He is passionate about turning real-world engineering challenges into practical learning experiences and helping professionals grow their technical skills and security mindset.

Amaury is an active international conference speaker, presenting at events such as HashiTalks, HashiConf, AWS Community Days, DevOpsDays, SREday, and security conferences across different regions. His talks explore not only security tools, but the en... Show more

Milena’s vision is to grow excellence in Software Engineering. She supports leadership to build high performing teams in Software Engineering organisations as a trainer and mentor for both leaders and their teams.

Milena has more than a decade of experience working hands on as a Software Engineer and about four years of experience as a software engineering leader at various companies, always keen on learning more about how agile mindset, principles and practices as well as technical excellence enable teams to succeed.

Driven by her passion for learning, she’s also teaching coding and Software Engineering at different universities.
Recently, she's getting into cyber security by studying a Master's programme in order to become an AppSec Expert.

Milena lives in Hamburg, Germany, and loves to work remotely and internationally.

Milena’s vision is to grow excellence in Software Engineering. She supports leadership to build high performing teams in Software Engineering organisations as a trainer and mentor for both leaders and their teams. Milena has more than a decade of ... Show more

Johnie Karr is a Senior Software Engineer at Hygiena, where he builds APIs for the food safety industry. With almost 20 years building enterprise software — including a nationally-recognized funding platform for Kentucky Housing Corporation and backend systems for organizations like the International Student Exchange Program and ScholarRx — he's spent a career in the unglamorous but critical parts of applications: authentication, data architecture, and the decisions that determine whether a system scales gracefully or falls over.

Johnie is a Six Sigma Yellow Belt with certifications in SQL Server administration and HIPAA security, and has volunteered on his church's IT team since 2012.

Johnie Karr is a Senior Software Engineer at Hygiena, where he builds APIs for the food safety industry. With almost 20 years building enterprise software — including a nationally-recognized funding platform for Kentucky Housing Corporation and backe... Show more

Focusing on web interfaces that are beautiful, functional, accessible, and usable, Martine approaches User Experience from both Art and Science, drawing from her degrees in Psychology and Visual Communications. She is a Web Technologies, Firebase, and Angular GDE as well as a Microsoft MVP in Developer Technologies. Martine stays active in the industry by writing articles, leading workshops, and speaking at conferences and meetups worldwide. An accomplished author, her latest book, Tiny CSS Projects was released in 2023.

Focusing on web interfaces that are beautiful, functional, accessible, and usable, Martine approaches User Experience from both Art and Science, drawing from her degrees in Psychology and Visual Communications. She is a Web Technologies, Firebase, an... Show more

Roy specializes in cloud solution architecture on the Microsoft stack, helping customers to modernize their (legacy) software to be cloud ready. His technology interests are in message & event driven systems with .NET and Azure. He prefers to get his hands dirty with coding. Inside Xebia, Roy works with teams around the globe to build and foster a signature company culture that promotes knowledge sharing and a true people first approach.

In his spare time, Roy is a total foodie and home cook, sourdough bread baker, leisure guitar player, and an aspiring graphic artist. Chances are you'll see one of his sticker designs at a Xebia booth.

Roy specializes in cloud solution architecture on the Microsoft stack, helping customers to modernize their (legacy) software to be cloud ready. His technology interests are in message & event driven systems with .NET and Azure. He prefers to get his... Show more

Estoy especializado en el diseño de soluciones cloud-native sobre Azure, con foco en arquitecturas escalables, DevOps, platform engineering y sistemas basados en inteligencia artificial, incluyendo GenAI, agentes y RAG.

A lo largo de más de 15 años de experiencia, he trabajado en la intersección entre negocio y tecnología, ayudando a organizaciones a definir, diseñar y aterrizar soluciones reales, desde la idea inicial hasta la arquitectura, el modelo de entrega y la estimación de costes.

Mi día a día consiste en resolver problemas complejos en entornos enterprise:
– Diseño de arquitecturas en Azure
– Estrategias DevOps y automatización
– Aplicación del Well-Architected Framework
– Construcción de plataformas preparadas para la era de la IA

Tengo un enfoque pragmático y orientado a resultados: la tecnología solo tiene sentido si aporta valor real, es viable y escala.

Además, participo activamente en la comunidad técnica compartiendo conocimiento sobre cloud, arquitectura e inteligencia artificial.

Estoy especializado en el diseño de soluciones cloud-native sobre Azure, con foco en arquitecturas escalables, DevOps, platform engineering y sistemas basados en inteligencia artificial, incluyendo GenAI, agentes y RAG. A lo largo de más de 15 año... Show more

Ayca Bas is a Principal Cloud Advocate at Microsoft focused on helping developers adopt AI technologies through technical storytelling, hands-on experiences, and developer education. She works closely with product and engineering teams to translate complex capabilities into practical guidance and learning experiences. She focuses on Microsoft IQ and context-aware AI, helping developers explore enterprise knowledge, grounding, retrieval, and the context that powers intelligent agents. Her work centres on making advanced AI concepts accessible and actionable for the developer community.

Ayca Bas is a Principal Cloud Advocate at Microsoft focused on helping developers adopt AI technologies through technical storytelling, hands-on experiences, and developer education. She works closely with product and engineering teams to translate c... Show more

Joel is part of the team building the cloud native 5G core at Swisscom, where he works on moving from box-centric telco practices towards Kubernetes-first automation using GitOps, the Kubernetes Resource Model and custom Operators. He is a co-creator of the open source NetBox Operator and contributes to Sylva as well as the Cloud Native Telco Forum, pushing the industry conversation on modernising telco beyond containerised network functions. Joel spoke in the KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2025 keynote on cloud native evolution in telecom and regularly presents at conferences like KubeCon, Open Source Summit and ContainerDays. Outside the tech sphere he is an active musician, both live and in the studio.

Joel is part of the team building the cloud native 5G core at Swisscom, where he works on moving from box-centric telco practices towards Kubernetes-first automation using GitOps, the Kubernetes Resource Model and custom Operators. He is a co-creator... Show more

Prashant Dalai is a Software Engineer, Flutter Developer, and technology speaker with 4.5+ years of experience in mobile development and AI. He is also passionate about **environmental conservation**, actively promoting tree plantation and sustainable technology initiatives.

Prashant Dalai is a Software Engineer, Flutter Developer, and technology speaker with 4.5+ years of experience in mobile development and AI. He is also passionate about **environmental conservation**, actively promoting tree plantation and sustainabl... Show more

Data & AI Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft, based in Dubai. I help public sector and enterprise organizations design modern data platforms and Agentic AI solutions using Microsoft Fabric, Azure Databricks and cloud-native AI services, always with a strong focus on governance, responsibility and real-world impact.

My journey into tech wasn’t linear! From Biology and cabin crew at Emirates to architecting AI-driven solutions at Microsoft. Today, I’m especially passionate about Agentic AI, end-to-end analytics and turning complex architectures into platforms that actually get adopted. I have also lectured in a Portuguese University for 2 years on Big Data and Data Engineering.

I am a speaker, mentor and lifelong learner with an Executive MBA from Quantic. I am architecting with purpose, and a little AI magic!

Data & AI Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft, based in Dubai. I help public sector and enterprise organizations design modern data platforms and Agentic AI solutions using Microsoft Fabric, Azure Databricks and cloud-native AI services, always wit... Show more

Oleksandr Olashyn is a Technical Architect specializing in Microsoft Power Platform, React, and enterprise systems, and is a recognized Microsoft MVP (2021–2026). With extensive experience building pure Single Page Applications on Power Pages and designing complex Dataverse architectures, he frequently shares his insights at industry events. He also writes about advanced Power Platform development and modern web frameworks at dancingwithcrm.com.

Oleksandr Olashyn is a Technical Architect specializing in Microsoft Power Platform, React, and enterprise systems, and is a recognized Microsoft MVP (2021–2026). With extensive experience building pure Single Page Applications on Power Pages and des... Show more

Christopher Judd is Head of App/Dev at Intelliguard (https://intelliguardhealth.com), an international speaker, Java Champion, an open source evangelist, and the Central Ohio Java Users Group (http://www.cojug.org) leader.  He is an accomplished writer having co-authored Beginning Groovy and Grails (Apress, 2008), Enterprise Java Development on a Budget (Apress, 2003) and Pro Eclipse JST (Apress, 2005) as well as the author of the children’s book “Bearable Moments”.  Based in Columbus Ohio, he has spent over 20 years architecting and developing software for organizations ranging from Fortune 500 to start-ups across various industries including insurance, health care, education, retail, government, manufacturing, service, and transportation.  Mr. Judd spends most of his time consulting while continuing to focus on mentoring and training in Java, mobile and related technologies.

Christopher Judd is Head of App/Dev at Intelliguard (https://intelliguardhealth.com), an international speaker, Java Champion, an open source evangelist, and the Central Ohio Java Users Group (http://www.cojug.org) leader.  He is an accomplished writ... Show more

.NET, Azure, inteligencia artificial y modernización de aplicaciones empresariales. A lo largo de mi carrera he trabajado en arquitecturas cloud, migraciones de sistemas legacy, plataformas distribuidas y soluciones basadas en agentes de IA y LLMs.
También soy organizador de NetCoreConf y me gusta participar activamente en la comunidad tecnológica, compartiendo experiencias reales sobre arquitectura, desarrollo de software e inteligencia artificial aplicada.
Me interesa especialmente convertir problemas complejos en soluciones comprensibles, explorar nuevas formas de construir software y contar lo que realmente pasa cuando una buena idea llega a producción: decisiones difíciles, unos cuantos cafés y algún TODO que nadie quiere tocar.

.NET, Azure, inteligencia artificial y modernización de aplicaciones empresariales. A lo largo de mi carrera he trabajado en arquitecturas cloud, migraciones de sistemas legacy, plataformas distribuidas y soluciones basadas en agentes de IA y LLMs. ... Show more