Pritesh Kiri is a DevRel Engineer at Harness and a community manager and maintainer of LitmusChaos, an open-source cloud-native chaos engineering platform.

He works at the intersection of AI agents, MCP, agent protocols, platform engineering, and cloud-native technologies. He regularly speaks at technical conferences and contributes to open-source projects, developer education, and technical documentation.

Beyond his engineering work, Pritesh organizes AI Dev Circle by ReactPlay and the Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF) Bengaluru community, bringing developers together through technical meetups, workshops, and hands-on learning.

Pritesh Kiri is a DevRel Engineer at Harness and a community manager and maintainer of LitmusChaos, an open-source cloud-native chaos engineering platform. He works at the intersection of AI agents, MCP, agent protocols, platform engineering, and ... Show more

☁️ AWS Community Builder
👨‍💻 Cloud Solutions Architect Lead @ Rena Ware
💻 Creador de contenido TryCatch.tv
💖 Nikol Daniela

Creando una comunidad que aprenda haciendo y generando un mindset de crecimiento que permita a miles de personas en Latam salir adelante con la tecnología.

☁️ AWS Community Builder 👨‍💻 Cloud Solutions Architect Lead @ Rena Ware 💻 Creador de contenido TryCatch.tv 💖 Nikol Daniela Creando una comunidad que aprenda haciendo y generando un mindset de crecimiento que permita a miles de personas en ... Show 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 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

Barkha Herman is a technologist, experienced developer advocate, and the founder of WiTVoices and South Florida Women in Tech. With a deep understanding of technology and a love for fostering inclusive and diverse tech communities, Barkha is dedicated to empowering individuals and organizations to thrive in the rapidly evolving digital landscape.

In addition to her work at WiTVoices, she takes great pride in leading South Florida Women in Tech. These organizations are committed to empowering women in technology and creating a supportive environment for their professional growth. Through mentorship programs, networking events, and educational initiatives, they strive to break barriers and foster inclusivity in the tech industry.

Barkha Herman is a technologist, experienced developer advocate, and the founder of WiTVoices and South Florida Women in Tech. With a deep understanding of technology and a love for fostering inclusive and diverse tech communities, Barkha is dedicate... Show more

Zain Hasan is a Staff AI/ML DX Engineer at Together AI a company that allows people to train, fine-tune, and inference generative AI models faster, at lower cost, and at production scale. He is an engineer and data scientist by training, who pursued his undergraduate and graduate work at the University of Toronto building artificially intelligent assistive technologies. He then founded his company developing a digital health platform that leveraged machine learning to remotely monitor chronically ill patients. More recently he practiced as a consultant senior data scientist in Toronto. He is passionate about open-source software, education, community, and machine learning and has delivered workshops and talks at multiple events and conferences.

Zain Hasan is a Staff AI/ML DX Engineer at Together AI a company that allows people to train, fine-tune, and inference generative AI models faster, at lower cost, and at production scale. He is an engineer and data scientist by training, who pursued ... Show more

Alvin Ashcraft is a veteran developer, author, and community leader with over three decades of industry experience. As a Senior Content Developer at Microsoft, he helps developers build the next generation of intelligent apps using Microsoft Foundry. Previously, he managed the documentation for WinUI, the Windows App SDK, and Windows SDK.

Alvin is a dedicated community builder, serving as a founding organizer, Treasurer, and acting VP for the TechBash conference. He has authored definitive guides for developers, including Learn WinUI 3 and Parallel Programming and Concurrency with C# and .NET.

Alvin Ashcraft is a veteran developer, author, and community leader with over three decades of industry experience. As a Senior Content Developer at Microsoft, he helps developers build the next generation of intelligent apps using Microsoft Foundry.... Show more

Jasveen Singh Sandral is a software engineer based in Japan. He speaks in a personal capacity. His open-source work ships in production: the CSV::TSV class in Ruby's csv library, an encoding fix in Ruby's debugger, and five merged pull requests hardening the streaming internals of the Rage web framework. Since 2025, he has spoken at DroidKaigi in Tokyo (2025 and 2026), Helvetic Ruby in Geneva, Balkan Ruby in Sofia and DevFest Pescara in Italy. He has spoken at community conferences since 2020.

Jasveen Singh Sandral is a software engineer based in Japan. He speaks in a personal capacity. His open-source work ships in production: the CSV::TSV class in Ruby's csv library, an encoding fix in Ruby's debugger, and five merged pull requests harde... Show more

Oleg is a developer tools hacker, community builder, and DevRel consultant. He's passionate open source software, open ecosystems and open hardware advocate. Oleg is a core maintainer and ex board member in the Jenkins project. He's a CNCF ambassador, Testcontainers Champion, GSoC mentor and a former CDF TOC Chair. Oleg has a PhD degree in electronics design and volunteers in Ukrainian support and Russian anti-war organizations.

Oleg is a developer tools hacker, community builder, and DevRel consultant. He's passionate open source software, open ecosystems and open hardware advocate. Oleg is a core maintainer and ex board member in the Jenkins project. He's a CNCF ambassador... Show more

I’ve been in the IT trenches for over 20 years, but it all started back in 1993 with Turbo Pascal on a 286 AT for a primary school project. Luckily, I eventually upgraded to a 486 DX2, which finally let me run Doom and Heroes of Might and Magic :D.

Since then, I’ve walked the full path: from SysAdmin and .NET Dev to Architect, DevOps, and even a 2-year stint as a CTO in a fintech startup. For the last 4 years, I’ve been a Product Architect at Dynatrace, where I focus on making AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud observability signals actually work for people, not against them.

Outside of work and family, I’m all about "home-keeping" – managing both the physical systems in my garden and the digital ones powered by Home Assistant. If there’s any time left: I’m traveling. The further, the better. :)

I’ve been in the IT trenches for over 20 years, but it all started back in 1993 with Turbo Pascal on a 286 AT for a primary school project. Luckily, I eventually upgraded to a 486 DX2, which finally let me run Doom and Heroes of Might and Magic :D. ... Show more

Callum Whyte is a x7 Microsoft MVP and x9 Umbraco MVP specialising in building robust scalable solutions on Azure and the .NET stack, as well as websites with the open-source Umbraco CMS. By day he heads up the award-winning team at Bump, across the UK and Australia.

Away from his desk you can find him organising community events; from local meetups and hackathons, to global conferences and roadshows. He’s an active contributor to open source projects, a regular speaker at events all over the world, as well as co-host of a weekly YouTube series “UmbraCoffee”!

Callum Whyte is a x7 Microsoft MVP and x9 Umbraco MVP specialising in building robust scalable solutions on Azure and the .NET stack, as well as websites with the open-source Umbraco CMS. By day he heads up the award-winning team at Bump, across the ... Show more

After 20+ books (mostly with Microsoft Press) that educated two generations of developers, 1000+ articles, hundreds of conference talks and 10000+ hours of training, Dino returned to software development and architecture. After two years of in energy, within his role as CTO of Crionet, Dino now leads the IT team that runs everyday, worldwide operations for professional tennis and padel. His latest publishing works are "Designing Modular Applications with DDD" course on Pluralsight and "Clean Architecture with .NET" for Microsoft Press. Dino shares sharp and often counterstream thoughts on LinkedIn and pragmaticopinions.wordpress.com.

After 20+ books (mostly with Microsoft Press) that educated two generations of developers, 1000+ articles, hundreds of conference talks and 10000+ hours of training, Dino returned to software development and architecture. After two years of in energy... Show more

April Dunnam is a Principal Cloud Advocate at Microsoft, Microsoft Certified Trainer, and author of The Copilot Compass (Apress, 2026), a practical guide to navigating Copilot and agents in Microsoft 365. Known for her ability to demystify the Power Platform and AI for both developers and makers, she blends deep technical knowledge with a knack for making complex topics approachable and fun.

With a passion for community and sharing knowledge, April runs a popular YouTube channel dedicated to Power Platform, AI, and low-code development. She actively contributes to the Microsoft 365 and Power Platform community through sample contributions, community calls, and mentorship.

April's expertise has been recognized with the Microsoft Technology Excellence Award for her innovative Power Platform solutions. She is a frequent speaker at international conferences, helping businesses and developers harness the full potential of AI and the Power Platform. When she's not advocating for the Power Platform, you can find her performing with her rock band or fueling her caffeine and LEGO building habits.

April Dunnam is a Principal Cloud Advocate at Microsoft, Microsoft Certified Trainer, and author of The Copilot Compass (Apress, 2026), a practical guide to navigating Copilot and agents in Microsoft 365. Known for her ability to demystify the Power ... Show more

Microsoft MVP Alumni and SAFe PO/PM certified professional with a strong passion for building impactful mobile applications and exploring the evolving landscape of AI. With over seven years of experience in the Xamarin ecosystem and now deeply engaged in .NET MAUI, has consistently focused on delivering high-quality, cross-platform solutions that balance performance, usability, and scalability.
Author of AI-Enabled Apps with .NET MAUI: How to Build Cross-Platform .NET MAUI Apps with the Latest AI Capabilities, bringing together hands-on development experience and a forward-looking perspective on integrating AI into modern applications.
Particularly passionate about UX and UI design, with a keen eye for creating intuitive, user-centered experiences across platforms. In recent years, has specialized in UI testing, best practices, continuous integration, and performance optimization within .NET MAUI projects, helping teams build more robust and maintainable applications.
Naturally curious and continuously learning, with a growing interest in AI and machine learning, especially in how these technologies can enhance real-world products. More recently, has expanded focus into product management and digital product strategy, combining technical expertise with a user- and business-oriented mindset to drive meaningful product outcomes.

Microsoft MVP Alumni and SAFe PO/PM certified professional with a strong passion for building impactful mobile applications and exploring the evolving landscape of AI. With over seven years of experience in the Xamarin ecosystem and now deeply engage... Show more

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

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

Ulrikke Akerbæk, Microsoft MVP since 2021, was named one of the top 50 women in tech in Norway in 2022. She is a leading expert in Power Pages, has 15 years of experience working in tech, and started her career as a SharePoint consultant. She now works as a Power Platform Practice Lead, advisor, architect, developer, and consultant at Itera Fredrikstad.

She is a #PowerAddict and an active contributor in the Power Platform community, peaking at events worldwide and helping others on their journey with the Power Platform. She has been leading the organizing committee for the Arctic Cloud Developer Challenge; a three-day hackathon in Oslo, a yearly event since 2011. She is one of the leaders in the Oslo Power Platform and Dynamics 365 User Groups and hosts "Portallunsj"; a Power Pages meetup, every quarter. Ulrikke also hosts the Power Platform BOOST Podcast with community champion, Nick Doelman, and is on the organising committee for Nordic Summit.

Ulrikke Akerbæk, Microsoft MVP since 2021, was named one of the top 50 women in tech in Norway in 2022. She is a leading expert in Power Pages, has 15 years of experience working in tech, and started her career as a SharePoint consultant. She now wor... Show more

Whether it’s operators or observability, agile or accessibility, my expertise shines because I’m passionate about all of it. I’ve been building software for more than a decade and I love sharing experiences via public speaking. I’m currently a Developer Advocate for Altinity where I help create educational content about ClickHouse and OpenTelemetry, and I am a contributor to the OpenTelemetry project.

Whether it’s operators or observability, agile or accessibility, my expertise shines because I’m passionate about all of it. I’ve been building software for more than a decade and I love sharing experiences via public speaking. I’m currently a Develo... Show more

Daniel is a Microsoft .NET MVP and software consultant at Lean TECHniques. He helps teams deliver high-quality software while adopting modern practices such as effective CI/CD, automated testing, AI usage, and product management. With experience spanning multiple industries, including finance, retail, and agriculture, he has served as a technical coach, agile coach, and tech lead, with a primary background as a software developer. Outside of work, he enjoys playing piano and guitar, swing dancing, and game development.

Daniel is a Microsoft .NET MVP and software consultant at Lean TECHniques. He helps teams deliver high-quality software while adopting modern practices such as effective CI/CD, automated testing, AI usage, and product management. With experience span... Show more

A professional with more than 20years of experience in the IT Industry, all of them working with Microsoft Technologies. His principal activities are Development and Solution Analysts on his first years and as Team Leader and Solution Architect on the last 6 years. Currently Chief Technology Innovation Officer in ENCAMINA, leading Microsoft technology software development and member of the management board.

For the Spanish Community, he works as organizer and speaker in the most important Microsoft technologies conferences which he is one of the most important leaders. Author of several books and articles in professional magazine, from 2013 he began a new career as co-director of CompartiMOSS, a Microsoft technologies magazine.

In 2011 he was named Microsoft MVP and he still retaining recognition for the seventh consecutive year. He defined himself as a geek, smartphones lover and developer. For the community, has founded TenerifeDev (www.tenerifedev.com) with other friends, a technical community in Tenerife, coordinator at SUGES (SharePoint Users Group on Spain, www.suges.es) and at Comunidad Office 365 Spain.

A professional with more than 20years of experience in the IT Industry, all of them working with Microsoft Technologies. His principal activities are Development and Solution Analysts on his first years and as Team Leader and Solution Architect on th... Show more

Jernej Kavka (JK) is a Microsoft AI MVP, SSW Solution Architect, and organizer of several user groups like AI Hack Days and Global AI The Podcast. JK is a full-stack .NET developer, but his passion lies in Azure Cognitive Services, AI and machine learning. He is the main architect behind SSW's virtual receptionist - SophieAI: https://sswsophie.com

He is also very active in the developer community and enjoys speaking at conferences like NDC, DDD, as well as User Groups and Hack Days.

Jernej Kavka (JK) is a Microsoft AI MVP, SSW Solution Architect, and organizer of several user groups like AI Hack Days and Global AI The Podcast. JK is a full-stack .NET developer, but his passion lies in Azure Cognitive Services, AI and machine lea... Show more

Alex Riviere is a Senior Front End Developer for Hygiena and a Co-Organizer for the Atlanta Vue.js Meetup.

Alex Riviere is a Senior Front End Developer for Hygiena and a Co-Organizer for the Atlanta Vue.js Meetup. Show more

Aurélie Vache is a Developer Advocate at OVHcloud in Toulouse, France. She is a Docker Captain, CNCF ambassador, Google Cloud Developer Expert & Women techmarkers Ambassador. She has been working as a Developer and Ops for over 20 years. Cloud enthusiast and advocates DevOps/Cloud/Golang best practices.

Technical writer (dev.to/aurelievache), a book author & reviewer, a sketchnoter and a speaker at international conferences.
Conferences and meetups organizer since 2016.

Creator and maintainer of https://developers.events/, a collaborative, open-source platform that aggregates & list developer/tech-focused conferences/events and call-for-papers (CFP) opportunities worldwide, helping speakers, organizers, sponsors and attendees.

She created a new visual way for people to learn and understand Cloud technologies: "Understanding Kubernetes/Istio/Docker in a visual way" in sketchnotes, books and videos.


Blog: https://dev.to/aurelievache/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AurelieVache

Aurélie Vache is a Developer Advocate at OVHcloud in Toulouse, France. She is a Docker Captain, CNCF ambassador, Google Cloud Developer Expert & Women techmarkers Ambassador. She has been working as a Developer and Ops for over 20 years. Cloud enthus... Show more

Elizabeth Fuentes is a Developer Advocate and AI engineer specializing in agent harness architecture. Her work spans context engineering, agent memory, security guardrails, and taking agents to production. Through hands-on demos she breaks complex concepts into simple, understandable pieces of code, helping developers build more efficient agents and democratizing the adoption of advanced AI for everyone. Master's in Data Science, bilingual English/Spanish.

Elizabeth Fuentes is a Developer Advocate and AI engineer specializing in agent harness architecture. Her work spans context engineering, agent memory, security guardrails, and taking agents to production. Through hands-on demos she breaks complex co... Show more

From humble beginnings in Brazil, Jeferson has reshaped his life via open-source, significantly impacting his family. With 20 years of OSS experience, he advocates for open-source, knowledge-sharing, and community growth. He runs a YouTube channel with 99k subscribers. His initiatives like "Chama as Mina" have trained 4000+ women in tech skills, and another program has empowered 1000+ black individuals with Docker, K8s, and Istio expertise. Jeferson holds CKA, CKAD, and RHCE certifications.

From humble beginnings in Brazil, Jeferson has reshaped his life via open-source, significantly impacting his family. With 20 years of OSS experience, he advocates for open-source, knowledge-sharing, and community growth. He runs a YouTube channel wi... Show more

James Eastham is a Serverless Developer Advocate at Datadog, AWS Community Builder and a Microsoft MVP. He answered phones in front-line support, administered databases and developed modern application backends with a range of technologies. He worked AWS working with some of the biggest companies on the planet, migrating workloads from data centers into the cloud and modernizing in the process.

James produces content on YouTube focused on architecting and building applications with serverless technologies using .NET and Rust. He also has a strong interest in and expertise in event-driven architecture and building more loosely coupled systems.

James Eastham is a Serverless Developer Advocate at Datadog, AWS Community Builder and a Microsoft MVP. He answered phones in front-line support, administered databases and developed modern application backends with a range of technologies. He worked... Show more

I am a Microsoft MVP (Azure AI Platform), Microsoft Certified Trainer and a Technophilic! I like exploring technology, especially the Cloud, IoT, and Networking. I am more of an IT Infrastructure person than I am a Software Developer/Engineer, and even so, I like to code! I am pursuing a Master in Engineering Technology (Electrical and Electronics) at Universiti Kuala Lumpur, and my research objective is to integrate Cloud (Azure) functions into IoT applications. Putting all my technical experiences aside, I also like to lead, and my goal is to empower and contribute as much as possible to the community. Given my past experiences as a Microsoft Learn Student Ambassador, I have hosted countless events and workshops for my student community at my university. I also like creating tech-related videos (https://www.youtube.com/@suzarilshah) and blogs ( https://blog.suzarilshah.uk ).

I am a Microsoft MVP (Azure AI Platform), Microsoft Certified Trainer and a Technophilic! I like exploring technology, especially the Cloud, IoT, and Networking. I am more of an IT Infrastructure person than I am a Software Developer/Engineer, and ev... Show more

Eldert is always enthusiastic about embarking on new journeys with the Cloud, and Azure in particular. He is very passionate about growing his dreams and teams, and goes above and beyond to help those with the same spark. Eldert comes from a background as a cloud solution architect and Technology Lead, was an Azure MVP for 5 consecutive years, and is now working as a Principal Product Manager at Microsoft for Azure Service Bus.

Always having a smile on his face, Eldert can be found delivering noteworthy sessions at in-person conferences, meetups, and online platforms. He values sharing and spreading knowledge while building genuine connections regardless of background and expertise. His goal is to bring people closer and work together to influence the outcome and optimize the future of Cloud technologies.

Eldert is always enthusiastic about embarking on new journeys with the Cloud, and Azure in particular. He is very passionate about growing his dreams and teams, and goes above and beyond to help those with the same spark. Eldert comes from a backgrou... Show more

Rachel Irabor is a Microsoft MVP in Business Applications and a Power Platform Developer at a Microsoft Partner company, where she builds enterprise solutions with Power Apps, Power Automate, Dynamics 365 CRM, and AI-powered agents.
She speaks internationally on Power Platform, AI, and enterprise adoption and governance. She also hosts the A Girl in Love with Tech podcast and teaches adoption of AI to businesses and users.

Rachel Irabor is a Microsoft MVP in Business Applications and a Power Platform Developer at a Microsoft Partner company, where she builds enterprise solutions with Power Apps, Power Automate, Dynamics 365 CRM, and AI-powered agents. She speaks inter... Show more

Jo is a Developer Advocate with a passion for the web and the people who build it. She champions great developer experience and loves teaching good use of JS, TS, and AI by making complex concepts feel approachable and fun. When she's not on a conference stage or mentoring the next generation of developers, you'll find her crafting sparkly, wearable, internet-connected tech. Jo is also a vocal advocate for mental health awareness and is deeply committed to building a more diverse and inclusive tech industry.

Jo is a Developer Advocate with a passion for the web and the people who build it. She champions great developer experience and loves teaching good use of JS, TS, and AI by making complex concepts feel approachable and fun. When she's not on a confer... Show more

Michele Grant is a global M&A integration and enterprise transformation executive with 20+ years of enterprise transformation and 10+ years of M&A integration experience guiding complex transactions, private equity portfolio integrations, and enterprise modernization initiatives across media, technology, consumer goods, and financial services. At Cognizant, she serves as Value Realization Office Lead on a multi-billion-dollar post-acquisition managed services transition for a Fortune 500 fintech client. She has led post-merger integration for landmark transactions including the $30 billion ViacomCBS merger and NBCUniversal's $39 billion Sky acquisition, and established the Integration Management Office for a PE-backed consumer goods merger, coordinating 350+ cross-functional stakeholders to advance a $250M synergy case across operations, supply chain, and technology consolidation.

Michele is the creator of Leading at Scale, a video and article series on M&A integration and enterprise transformation published weekly across YouTube, Substack, Medium, and LinkedIn. Her talks cover integration, change management, risk management, governance, M&A due diligence, the first 100 days, value realization, and AI transformation. She delivered the May 2026 Cornell Tech Business Network Forum keynote on post-merger integration, has spoken at the Women Changemakers Forum and Cornell Johnson School of Management, and is a 2026 recipient of the St. John's University Alumnae Achiever Award.

She is the #1 Amazon bestselling author of The Power Dressers™: A Women's Guide to Professional Style and serves as President of the Cornell Johnson Women's Leadership and Advocacy Network, Chair of the Loughlin Society at St. John's University, and Chair of the Cornell EMC2 Fellows Program. Her credentials include a Cornell Johnson Executive MBA (May 2027), the Wharton M&A and Corporate Development credential, NACD Accelerate, and a B.S. in Computer Science from St. John's University. She is based in the New York metropolitan area and speaks in person and virtually.

Michele Grant is a global M&A integration and enterprise transformation executive with 20+ years of enterprise transformation and 10+ years of M&A integration experience guiding complex transactions, private equity portfolio integrations, and enterpr... Show more

Faith is a software engineer, published researcher, and community builder based in the United Kingdom, with a career spanning fintech, media technology, and enterprise systems across Nigeria and the UK. Currently a Software Engineer at Bauer Media Outdoor UK, he specialises in building technology that is both technically rigorous and deeply human-centred.

Faith's work extends well beyond the codebase. He is a published author whose writing has been featured across international outlets including Vanguard, Independent.ng, Techpression, and Biz Weekly, covering topics from .NET performance engineering to cybersecurity strategy and the future of cross-platform mobile development in Africa. His preprint research on unified multimodal deep learning architectures was accepted for presentation at MultiModal AI '26 in London, which reflects her growing focus on intelligent systems and AI-driven decision support.

On stage, Faith brings the same clarity and conviction he brings to his engineering work. He has spoken at PyData Manchester, the .NET Liverpool Meetup, DevelopersUpNorth Conference, and delivered webinars reaching engineers across the UK and West Africa. He is a recognised Nigeria Tech Global Leader and a 2025 Crest Africa Tech Impact Award recipient, with media appearances on ChannelsTV and TVC.

Faith is also Codebar coach and co-organiser, a long-term mentor in the Women Coding Community (WCC), and a consistent presence in spaces that exist to bring more people, particularly underrepresented voices into the rooms where decisions are made. He has directly coached over 10 students and co-organised 3+ workshops to date.

He holds an MSc in Cybersecurity from the University of Salford and is available for speaking engagements, mentoring conversations, podcast appearances, and collaborative projects.

Faith is a software engineer, published researcher, and community builder based in the United Kingdom, with a career spanning fintech, media technology, and enterprise systems across Nigeria and the UK. Currently a Software Engineer at Bauer Media Ou... Show more