Media & Information

Esteemed specialists working in the fields of media education, digital media, multimedia and radio services

Sonal Premi

Sonal Premi

Sonal is a Business Architect, with close to two decades of tech experience. The core of her experience has been in understanding key business drivers and needs, to shape solutions that address business challenges. She’s passionate about all things agility, technology transformation, outcomes that benefit end users, and challenging conventionally accepted norms. Her experience within tech is supported by a Master’s degree in Cyber Security and an MBA.

Sonal has a relentless commitment to building people and communities, and enjoys engaging with tech communities. You can find her co-organising the domain-driven design Australia meetups as well as the analysis-design-architecture focussed conference ADAConf.

Sonal is partial to conversations about problem solving and decision making processes. When not saving the world one problem at a time, she spends her time learning new skills, mentoring people, travelling and drinking copious amounts of tea.

Sonal is a Business Architect, with close to two decades of tech experience. The core of her experience has been in understanding key business drivers and needs, to shape solutions that address business challenges. She’s passionate about all things a... Show more

Silviu Virlan

Silviu Virlan

I worked in the last 20 years with Microsoft technologies, contributing to solid .NET applications in the financial industry and ERP.
Last 10 years I worked with Microsoft’s version of ERP for small businesses, also known as Business Central and its precursor Dynamics NAV.
My community contributions are an attempt to help those that, just like me, searched and found solutions online or at conferences.

I worked in the last 20 years with Microsoft technologies, contributing to solid .NET applications in the financial industry and ERP. Last 10 years I worked with Microsoft’s version of ERP for small businesses, also known as Business Central and its... Show more

Heather Thacker

Heather Thacker

Heather is a Developer Advocate at Gatling where she enjoys building content and community around making performance testing approachable and essential to teams. Her perspective is shaped by four years as a software developer followed by two years advocating for DevOps best practices. She’s an international speaker that enjoys comparing theory with reality of software development lifecycles, using practical examples and analogies. Her goal is to give engineers different perspectives that will build the confidence they need to make performance a core part of their workflow.

Heather is a Developer Advocate at Gatling where she enjoys building content and community around making performance testing approachable and essential to teams. Her perspective is shaped by four years as a software developer followed by two years ad... Show more

James Strong

James Strong

James has been working in the Cloud and with Kubernetes for several years. He helped build a private cloud at GE Appliances and developed and supported REST APIs in AWS on docker. He helps companies migrate their applications to Kubernetes. James is a Solution Architect with Isovalent at Cisco; James helps companies navigate their adoption of Cilium.

James has been working in the Cloud and with Kubernetes for several years. He helped build a private cloud at GE Appliances and developed and supported REST APIs in AWS on docker. He helps companies migrate their applications to Kubernetes. James is... Show more

Nadia Tokerud

Nadia Tokerud

Nadia is skilled at being angry and even more skilled at seeing through the anger of others. She revels in frustration and loves figuring out what angry users really need.

Nadia is skilled at being angry and even more skilled at seeing through the anger of others. She revels in frustration and loves figuring out what angry users really need. Show more

Soroosh Khodami

Soroosh Khodami

Soroosh is a software engineer and software architecture enthusiast, passionate about building simple but impactful solutions. With over 10 years of experience in diverse domains, including Telecom, Media & Entertainment, and E-Commerce. He has worked with small startups and large enterprises serving 80 million active subscribers. Currently working as a Solutions Architect at Rabobank via Code Nomads Amsterdam. Soroosh strongly believes in the power of collaborative learning and enjoys sharing his experiences and insights with other developers.

Soroosh is a software engineer and software architecture enthusiast, passionate about building simple but impactful solutions. With over 10 years of experience in diverse domains, including Telecom, Media & Entertainment, and E-Commerce. He has worke... Show more

Michael Braun

Michael Braun

56 - verheiratet - 3 erwachsene Kinder - natur und insbesondere Berge verbunden.
mehr als 25 Jahre Erfahrung im Bereich PeopleDevelopment und PeopleManagement (angestellt und selbstständig)
14 Jahre Geschäftsführer bei :verteko Unternehmen für systematische Personalentwicklung
6 Jahre Führungskraft Deutsche Telekom IT
Seit Anfang des Jahres unterstütze ich als CPO (Chief Passion Officer) der Passioneers GmbH mit all meiner Leidenschaft unsere Kunden neue, menschenzentrierte und nachhaltige Wege in der Unternehmensentwicklung zu gehen.

56 - verheiratet - 3 erwachsene Kinder - natur und insbesondere Berge verbunden. mehr als 25 Jahre Erfahrung im Bereich PeopleDevelopment und PeopleManagement (angestellt und selbstständig) 14 Jahre Geschäftsführer bei :verteko Unternehmen für syst... Show more

Boston Cartwright

Boston Cartwright

Contributed to engineering and software management as a Software Engineering Manager and Senior Software Engineer Team Lead, showcasing leadership and technical acumen in software solution management. Proficient in engineering management and AI technologies, with a focus on creating impactful solutions in collaboration with cross-functional teams to drive innovation and operational success. He has a strong proficiency in Golang, TypeScript and has been actively involved in the engineer community, having spoken at conferences such as GoWest, GoLab, BSidesRedRocks and Commit Your Code Conference. Based in St. George, UT, Boston loves spending time with his kids and playing deck-building board games.

Contributed to engineering and software management as a Software Engineering Manager and Senior Software Engineer Team Lead, showcasing leadership and technical acumen in software solution management. Proficient in engineering management and AI techn... Show more

Dominika Tasarz

Dominika Tasarz

With 15 years in the Java industry, I’m a dedicated community builder and senior marketing professional focused on growing and supporting the global Java and Jakarta EE ecosystems. I specialise in creating spaces for developer collaboration, driving open source engagement, and promoting education across Java communities.

Throughout my career, I’ve supported developers by organising educational events, creating technical content, and fostering meaningful connections. I’ve spoken at Java and open source conferences, worked closely with Java Champions and Jakarta EE experts, and contributed to the growth of developer communities worldwide.

As one of the original team members at Payara, I played a key role in shaping the Payara brand and building its user community from the ground up. In my current role as Community Manager, I continue to support and grow developer communities by amplifying their voices, encouraging knowledge-sharing, and driving innovation in the enterprise Java space.

With 15 years in the Java industry, I’m a dedicated community builder and senior marketing professional focused on growing and supporting the global Java and Jakarta EE ecosystems. I specialise in creating spaces for developer collaboration, driving ... Show more

Niv Yungelson

Niv Yungelson

Hi! I’m Niv—an early tech enthusiast from before “DevOps” was even a word. I’m a Cloud Architect at Opsfleet and AWS Community Hero, co-leading the AWS Israel User Group where I help connect and empower builders. I love sharing knowledge through public speaking and I’ve had the privilege of speaking at events like AWS re:Invent, KubeCon, DevOpsDays, and Geektime Code.

Hi! I’m Niv—an early tech enthusiast from before “DevOps” was even a word. I’m a Cloud Architect at Opsfleet and AWS Community Hero, co-leading the AWS Israel User Group where I help connect and empower builders. I love sharing knowledge through publ... Show more

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