Barry (he/him/his) is a .NET Software Engineer who has been creating business solutions for enterprise customers for more than 30 years. Barry is also an Election Integrity Activist, baseball and hockey fan, husband of one genius and father of another, and a 30+ year resident of Phoenix Arizona USA. When Barry is not traveling around the world to speak at Conferences, Code Camps and User Groups or to participate in GiveCamps, he spends his days as a Solution Architect for Carvana and his nights thinking about the next Arizona GiveCamp, an annual event where software developers come together to build websites and apps for some great non-profit organizations.

Barry (he/him/his) is a .NET Software Engineer who has been creating business solutions for enterprise customers for more than 30 years. Barry is also an Election Integrity Activist, baseball and hockey fan, husband of one genius and father of anothe... Show more

Renato Romão is a highly experienced and influential professional in the Microsoft ecosystem. With over 10 years of experience developing solutions with Microsoft/Office 365 and more than 7 years focused on the Power Platform, Renato stands out as an active speaker, founder of technical communities, and a valuable resource for anyone seeking to learn and grow in the field. He shares his knowledge through public talks, training sessions, and tutorials on his YouTube channel, covering best practices related to Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Virtual Agents, Dataverse, and Power BI. His extensive experience in Microsoft business solutions and international recognition for his team as 'The world’s best Microsoft Project and Portfolio Management Partner' solidify his position as a leader and influencer in the technology community.

Renato Romão is a highly experienced and influential professional in the Microsoft ecosystem. With over 10 years of experience developing solutions with Microsoft/Office 365 and more than 7 years focused on the Power Platform, Renato stands out as an... Show more

As a Field Marketing Specialist at Codemagic, Renuka Kelkar is a trailblazing figure in the tech industry, known for her multifaceted roles as Co-Founder of ARNA Genext Solutions, Google Developer Expert for Flutter and Dart, and Founder of the TechPowerGirls Community. With a passion for fostering diversity and inclusion, she serves as an organizer for GDG London and a WomenTechmaker ambassador. Renuka's impactful contributions were recognized with the prestigious Diversity and Inclusion Award from Google in 2023. Her dynamic speaking prowess has earned her the prestigious title of Most Active Speaker for the past two years consecutively on Sessionize, cementing her reputation as a driving force in the tech community.

As a Field Marketing Specialist at Codemagic, Renuka Kelkar is a trailblazing figure in the tech industry, known for her multifaceted roles as Co-Founder of ARNA Genext Solutions, Google Developer Expert for Flutter and Dart, and Founder of the Tec... Show more

Senior Azure Evangelist & Technical Manager at NTT DATA | Microsoft MVP Azure.
Passionate about new technologies, highlighting Netcore , Microsoft Azure, Xamarin, IA, Bots and ASP.NET. Passionate about team management. I contribute to the developers community writing articles in my personal blog and giving speeches in numerous events. I am also one of the Netcoreconf leads.

Senior Azure Evangelist & Technical Manager at NTT DATA | Microsoft MVP Azure. Passionate about new technologies, highlighting Netcore , Microsoft Azure, Xamarin, IA, Bots and ASP.NET. Passionate about team management. I contribute to the developer... Show more

J'ai toujours évolué dans le domaine des composants d'infrastructures Microsoft, en passant par des expériences professionnelles sur les technologies de gestion des identités et des accès, de messagerie, de communications unifiées, de réseaux et télécoms.

Initié dans le domaine de l'IAM Microsoft depuis la fin des années 90, Active Directory est une de mes passions et occupations quotidiennes depuis sa naissance, puis Azure Active Directory/Entra ID depuis son plus jeune age.
En complément, j'ai débuté sur les communications unifiées avec Live Communications Server et continue d'intervenir sur les communications unifiées avec Teams.

Depuis quelques années, mon expertise porte principalement sur les solutions de cybersécurité du cloud Microsoft, et la téléphonie Teams.

J'ai toujours évolué dans le domaine des composants d'infrastructures Microsoft, en passant par des expériences professionnelles sur les technologies de gestion des identités et des accès, de messagerie, de communications unifiées, de réseaux et télé... Show more

Originally educated in arts and design, Anders has spent the last twenty years writing code.

He has given numerous talks and keynotes at conferences such as JavaZone, NDC, J-Fall, Øredev and many more. Have given 100+ conference talks to a variety of audiences including media, design and hardcore computer science. Known for an energetic and highly engaging presentations.

Originally educated in arts and design, Anders has spent the last twenty years writing code. He has given numerous talks and keynotes at conferences such as JavaZone, NDC, J-Fall, Øredev and many more. Have given 100+ conference talks to a variety... Show more

J’aide les femmes et les hommes à mieux comprendre et appréhender les grands chantiers de transformation de leur entreprise.

J’aide les femmes et les hommes à mieux comprendre et appréhender les grands chantiers de transformation de leur entreprise. Show more

Lori has a passion and enthusiasm for working with the developer and open source community. She is a CNCF Ambassador, former CNCF Marketing Committee Chair, former Chair of the CDF Outreach Marketing Committee, program chair of cdCon 2023, and is active in the OpenSSF devrel committee. She co-hosts the CD Pipeline on behalf of the CDF with TechstrongTV. She is committed to helping open source and other tech communities grow and adapt in our ever changing environment. She is currently Head of Community for Percona.

Lori has a passion and enthusiasm for working with the developer and open source community. She is a CNCF Ambassador, former CNCF Marketing Committee Chair, former Chair of the CDF Outreach Marketing Committee, program chair of cdCon 2023, and is act... Show more

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MCPx98
Author at @ENIeditions
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I'm a Front-end Developer with over 30 years of experience in the field and an independent recording artist. With a background in Behavioral Psychology, specializing in Neurology and Graphic Design, I bring a wealth of knowledge and expertise to my role. As a Staff UI Engineer, certified accessibility professional, and international speaker, I focus on advancing accessible front-end development.

I'm a Front-end Developer with over 30 years of experience in the field and an independent recording artist. With a background in Behavioral Psychology, specializing in Neurology and Graphic Design, I bring a wealth of knowledge and expertise to my r... Show more

Ray Kim is an advocate for documentation and technical communication. He is a co-founder of the Albany, NY SQL group (CASSUG) and a member of the Society for Technical Communication (STC). He has spoken at PASS Summit and STC Summit, as well as numerous SQL Saturdays and other events. He has worked various positions in technology, including as a developer, webmaster, analyst, technical writer, and instructor. He holds an MS in technical communication from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a BS in computer science from Syracuse University. He currently works as a technical writer and trainer for The Professional Development Program at The Research Foundation for SUNY.

A musician in his spare time, Ray plays four different instruments (piano, clarinet, mallet percussion, saxophone). He also enjoys going to ball games and doing CrossFit, and is a two-time SQLServerCentral.com fantasy football champion. He lives in Troy, NY with his wife, Lianne, and their tuxedo cat, Bernard.

Ray Kim is an advocate for documentation and technical communication. He is a co-founder of the Albany, NY SQL group (CASSUG) and a member of the Society for Technical Communication (STC). He has spoken at PASS Summit and STC Summit, as well as nume... Show more

Feridun Kadir is a Power Platform and Dynamics 365/CRM freelance consultant and trainer. He graduated in Electronic Engineering from York University, England in 1984. He started his career in IT training delivering Windows Server 200, Active Directory and other infrastructure courses. In 2005, he crossed over into the Microsoft Dynamics CRM world starting with version 1.2.

Since then Feridun has built up extensive Microsoft Dynamics 365/CRM and Power Platform experience which includes delivering training, consulting, customization, support and speaking at community events.

He has worked on Microsoft courseware and exam development and has delivered Train-the-Trainer courses to Dynamics professionals interested in becoming Microsoft Certified Trainers.

Feridun has received the Most Valuable Professional award from Microsoft every year since 2011 for his contributions to the Dynamics 365/CRM community.

Feridun Kadir is a Power Platform and Dynamics 365/CRM freelance consultant and trainer. He graduated in Electronic Engineering from York University, England in 1984. He started his career in IT training delivering Windows Server 200, Active Director... Show more

Augustin is an Analytics Architect, Microsoft Certified Trainer, Speaker, and Power Platform User Group Stuttgart founder and leader.
Working as a CoE lead and a Solution Architect with the main focus on the Power BI platform and Data Governance.
Working with Power BI since the public preview version and delivered multiple large-scale enterprise analytics projects for Fortune 500 companies. Passionate about data culture and governance.
Currently working as a Director Analytics Center of Enablement at Thrasio a next-generation consumer goods company reimagining how the world’s most-loved products become accessible to everyone.

Augustin is an Analytics Architect, Microsoft Certified Trainer, Speaker, and Power Platform User Group Stuttgart founder and leader. Working as a CoE lead and a Solution Architect with the main focus on the Power BI platform and Data Governance. ... Show more

Damien Jones is an experienced data professional and cloud enthusiast with a proven history of designing, building, and optimizing data solutions to drive business insights. He is proficient in SQL, cloud architectures and data modelling methodologies, with a passion for using emerging technologies to solve complex business challenges and optimize data-driven decision-making processes. Damien is active in the cloud community as a content creator and public speaker.

Outside of work, he is a keen runner, amateur gardener, dance music enthusiast and dog dad to two furry boys.

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Damien Jones is an experienced data professional and cloud enthusiast with a proven history of designing, building, and optimizing data solutions to drive business insights. He is proficient in SQL, cloud architectures and data modelling methodologie... Show more

Prathy Kamasani, a Solution Architect at Avanade, specializes in Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, and Azure data solutions. With extensive experience in MSBI and the Power BI platform, she crafts custom, high-quality BI systems that empower organizations to make informed decisions.

Her approach is both design-centric and user-focused, ensuring that her BI solutions are not only functional but also visually appealing. Prathy collaborates with clients across diverse sectors, helping them harness the power of data.

Beyond her professional role, Prathy is an active member of the BI community. She shares her insights through her blog, prathy.com, where she delves into topics related to Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, and more. Her passion extends to community engagement, including participation in the London Fabric User Group and speaking at industry events like SQLBits, the Microsoft Fabric Community Conference, and Microsoft Business Applications Summit.

Prathy’s outstanding contributions to the BI field have earned her the prestigious Microsoft Data Platform MVP award, recognizing her impactful work.

Prathy Kamasani, a Solution Architect at Avanade, specializes in Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, and Azure data solutions. With extensive experience in MSBI and the Power BI platform, she crafts custom, high-quality BI systems that empower organizations ... Show more

Zoe is the Global Modern Work Data, Apps & Workflow Practice Lead and an Executive at Avanade, as well as leading globally for Copilot in Modern Work, including Copilot for Microsoft 365.

In this role, Zoe is working with colleagues and clients to help them realise the value of their investments in workplace technology, with a focus on reinventing work, transforming content to knowledge, driving innovation and improving employee experience, productivity & effectiveness for both knowledge and frontline workers.

Innovation and technology evangelism are both core to the success of this role, as well as a passion for delighting and exciting customers with the art of the possible. Additionally, she also works closely with partners like Microsoft on technology innovations, and contributes to many events across the Microsoft tech community through speaking, volunteering as part of various event teams, and more recently was a member of the organising team for Scottish Summit.

Zoe brings together a customer-focused solution background with several years of technology leadership experience and almost 20 years experience working with collaborative tools such as SharePoint and other Microsoft technologies. She is passionate about solving business problems in an innovative and exciting way, and although her primary tech focus has been SharePoint, Teams and Microsoft 365, she now has the pleasure of working across a much broader range of technologies.

Early in 2022, Zoe joined a group of other like-minded MVPs to form the Viva Explorers, who actively promote, evangelize and champion a modern employee / workplace experience under-pinned by tools such as Microsoft Viva.

Zoe is the Global Modern Work Data, Apps & Workflow Practice Lead and an Executive at Avanade, as well as leading globally for Copilot in Modern Work, including Copilot for Microsoft 365. In this role, Zoe is working with colleagues and clients to... Show more

Guy works for Redis as a Developer Advocate. Combining his decades of experience in writing software with a passion for learning—and for sharing what he has learned—Guy explores interesting topics and spreads the knowledge he has gained around developer communities worldwide.

Teaching and community have long been a focus for Guy. He runs his local JavaScript meetup in Ohio and has served on the selection committees of numerous conferences. He'll happily speak anywhere that will have him and has even has helped teach programming at a prison in central Ohio.

In his personal life, Guy is a hard-boiled geek interested in role-playing games, science fiction, and technology. He also has a slightly less geeky interest in history and linguistics. In his spare time he likes to camp and studies history and linguistics.

Guy lives in Ohio with his wife, his sons, and an entire wall of board and role-playing games.

Guy works for Redis as a Developer Advocate. Combining his decades of experience in writing software with a passion for learning—and for sharing what he has learned—Guy explores interesting topics and spreads the knowledge he has gained around develo... Show more

Antje Lamartine is Microsoft MVP for Microsoft Apps & Services and Lead for M365 Adoption & Change Management at IF-Blueprint in Munich.

She accompanies M365 implementations in local and international companies with her M365 Change Management expertise. She helps identify the challenges and fears associated with change and transforms them into possibilities and opportunities.

This includes developing change strategies, roadmaps and action plans and implementing them in close collaboration with her clients. Her passion is to help people successfully master the challenging journey into the "new normal", while ensuring that companies get the most out of their M365 investment.

Antje Lamartine is Microsoft MVP for Microsoft Apps & Services and Lead for M365 Adoption & Change Management at IF-Blueprint in Munich. She accompanies M365 implementations in local and international companies with her M365 Change Management exp... Show more

With a degree in computer science I've been working with Microsoft Technologies over the last ten years, mainly focused on creating collaboration and productivity solutions that drive the adoption of Microsoft Modern Workplace.
A true tech enthusiast, Hands-On Microsoft Teams and Hands-On Microsoft Lists book author and owner of four blogs "HANDS ON SharePoint", "HANDS ON Teams", "HANDS ON Lists" and "HANDS ON Tek".
I love to share my knowledge.

With a degree in computer science I've been working with Microsoft Technologies over the last ten years, mainly focused on creating collaboration and productivity solutions that drive the adoption of Microsoft Modern Workplace. A true tech enthusias... Show more

Chris Klug is a developer badass-as-a-service that either creates or solves problems depending on who you ask. He loves creating and building things. Whether it be a new application, a new kitchen or a new RC helicopter, you will see him building things all the time. Most of the time, that means writing code and solving problems for clients at a company called Active Solution in Stockholm though. Except for the many days he spends at conferences and usergroups, talking about doing things he is passionate about, and for the days he goes mountain biking, IPSC shooting, kiteboarding or RC helicopter flying.
For the last 15-something years, he has been solving problems for customers, and loving it. But if he gets to choose, he'll go to the beach and kitesurf every day!

Chris Klug is a developer badass-as-a-service that either creates or solves problems depending on who you ask. He loves creating and building things. Whether it be a new application, a new kitchen or a new RC helicopter, you will see him building thi... Show more

I am Adam Furmanek, and I am a professional software engineer with over a decade of experience. In my career, I worked with all layers of the software engineering and multiple types of applications, including logistics, e-commerce, machine learning, data analysis, and database management. I am always interested in digging deeper, exploring machine code, and going through implementation details to better understand the internals of the technologies I use every day. That's why I like debugging, decompiling and disassembling the code to understand memory models, concurrency problems and other details hidden deep inside. In my free time, I play ping-pong, watch Woody Allen's movies and blog stuff at http://blog.adamfurmanek.pl

I am Adam Furmanek, and I am a professional software engineer with over a decade of experience. In my career, I worked with all layers of the software engineering and multiple types of applications, including logistics, e-commerce, machine learning, ... Show more

I'm a Data Engineer and overall data enthusiast who loves working with Azure, SQL Server and Microsoft Fabric/PowerBI, taking any opportunity I can to present and speak about anything I have discovered. Having worked in data and AI for just over a year I've achieved multiple Azure certifications and I'm still keen to learn as much as I can about Azure's analytics platforms and services.

When I'm not playing with data, I'm playing FIFA and FPS games as well as being completely obsessed with all things football, cricket, Formula 1 and wider motorsport.

I'm a Data Engineer and overall data enthusiast who loves working with Azure, SQL Server and Microsoft Fabric/PowerBI, taking any opportunity I can to present and speak about anything I have discovered. Having worked in data and AI for just over a ye... Show more

I'm a Swedish Microsoft MVP in Office Apps & Services. With a long background in Unified Communication area I'm now working as a consultant at Uclarity helping customers in their projects focusing on Microsoft Teams, Skype for Business and other parts of Office 365.

You can follow my blog at www.lync.se, listen to my pod cast Teamspodden (Swedish) about Teams. I'm also one of the organiser of the Swedish conference Teamsdagen.

I'm a Swedish Microsoft MVP in Office Apps & Services. With a long background in Unified Communication area I'm now working as a consultant at Uclarity helping customers in their projects focusing on Microsoft Teams, Skype for Business and other part... Show more

Matteo Emili is a Director of Software Engineering at Avanade UK and Ireland, leading the talent in Software Engineering and always looking at new ways of applying technology to solve business problems.

He is a passionate Agile advocate and a technologist at heart, a Cloud Architect who is always driven by using technology as a vehicle for change and continuous improvement.
A Microsoft MVP since 2010 (currently in the Azure DevOps and GitHub category), he enjoys sharing back as much as he can with the worldwide technical communities – especially about Agile and DevOps.

He founded several User Groups around Europe and he is a regular speaker at meetups and conferences.

Matteo Emili is a Director of Software Engineering at Avanade UK and Ireland, leading the talent in Software Engineering and always looking at new ways of applying technology to solve business problems. He is a passionate Agile advocate and a tech... Show more

I'm David Rodriguez, a Spanish Microsoft Regional Director and Azure Microsoft Most Valuable Professional, living in Tenerife, Canary Islands. On 2011, I co-founded Intelequia, a company focused on helping customers to adopt the cloud model, as well as the TenerifeDev user group.

Over the last years I worked at DNN Corp. (a.k.a. DotNetNuke) as the Cloud Team Lead engineer, building Evoq OnDemand and the new microservices architecture for DNN Platform based products and services. I have authored some open source modules for DNN and Azure available at GitHub, allowing to integrate Azure AD, Redis, Application Insights and many other services in the platform.

You can find me organizing the local user group once or twice per month, mainly talking about cloud related matters, and lately on building intelligent apps and bots with cognitive services, and of course, at the Global Azure Bootcamp in Madrid. I don't miss any Microsoft Inspire conference edition, so if you plan to go there we can meet and talk with a cup of coffee. BTW, if you come to the island, I will be happy to show you the best "guachinches" on Tenerife, only local people know the best ones.

I'm David Rodriguez, a Spanish Microsoft Regional Director and Azure Microsoft Most Valuable Professional, living in Tenerife, Canary Islands. On 2011, I co-founded Intelequia, a company focused on helping customers to adopt the cloud model, as well ... 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

As a Microsoft Power Platform technical specialist, and Microsoft Business Application MVP, I help organization to get the most out of Microsoft Power Platform.
With 10+ years of experience in Microsoft ecosystem, most of them building business applications with low-code platforms and enhancing collaboration, I work today exclusively on Power Platform.
I help my all kind of organizations, SMB as well as multinationals to:
- Secure and Govern their Power Platform. With customized CoE StarterKit we collect and analyze Power Platform artifacts, define environments strategy and secure the platform by defining appropriate Data Loss Prevenion Policies.
- Design, develop and maintain their Power Platform solutions. Using Dataverse or SharePoint as a datasource, I develop Solutions with Canvas Apps, Model-driven apps, Cloud Flows and hybrid technical architecture with Azure PaaS products.
- Train their IT Pros, developers or citizen-developers to build business solutions using Power Platform.

Speaker and Organizer @ aMS Community
Speaker and Organizer @ Biz Apps French Community

As a Microsoft Power Platform technical specialist, and Microsoft Business Application MVP, I help organization to get the most out of Microsoft Power Platform. With 10+ years of experience in Microsoft ecosystem, most of them building business appl... Show more

Marvin Bangert works as a Cloud Architect at glueckkanja AG in Germany, is the organizer of the Power Platform User Group Cologne, speaker, blogger and Power Platform Community Contributor. Started many years ago with SharePoint Server On-Premises, for more than 7 years he has mainly been dealing with cloud topics related to Power Platform and Microsoft 365, in particular Modern Collaboration. With his broad expert knowledge of the various Microsoft products, he advises and accompanies customers in the introduction of a modern workplace.

Marvin Bangert works as a Cloud Architect at glueckkanja AG in Germany, is the organizer of the Power Platform User Group Cologne, speaker, blogger and Power Platform Community Contributor. Started many years ago with SharePoint Server On-Premises, f... Show more

Eve is a skilled Data Scientist and AI Engineer.

Eve has been working close to Microsoft since her first years of university, as a Microsoft Student Partner first, and now as a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional. She has worked with Azure Infrastructure (Azure AD, Datacenters, etc.), then Mobile and Web development, and today she has expanded her focus with Data Science and the Machine Learning (ML)/AI services provided by Microsoft.

She’s a familiar face as a speaker at conferences, meetups and other community events, sharing her passion for AI and how it can be used to improve life quality around the world. Board member of Global AI Community and co-owner of AI42.

Eve also writes articles about her projects and researches and is mentoring and supporting people who would like to start in the field of Data Science and AI.

Eve is a skilled Data Scientist and AI Engineer. Eve has been working close to Microsoft since her first years of university, as a Microsoft Student Partner first, and now as a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional. She has worked with Azure Infras... Show more

Alex Dunn is the founder of Cephable - the platform that empowers people to control their digital world in ways that work best for them. He's also an inductee of The Game Awards Future Class, Forbes 30u30 in Boston, Microsoft MVP, and PubConf Champion. His background in accessibility, application development, and applied AI has leaned into enabling applications to do more for people and businesses using scalable architectures and design, distributed services, cloud infrastructure, and innovative edge technologies. Alex does his best to remain platform agnostic in his practices and development with specialties in C#, Kotlin, and TypeScript while building for cross-platform compatibility. You might find him speaking at all sorts of conferences and events around the world, streaming on Twitch, and on Pluralsight.

Outside technology, you can find him playing guitar, working with animal rescue, or exploring the great outdoors.

Alex Dunn is the founder of Cephable - the platform that empowers people to control their digital world in ways that work best for them. He's also an inductee of The Game Awards Future Class, Forbes 30u30 in Boston, Microsoft MVP, and PubConf Champio... Show more