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Aurélie Vache

Aurélie Vache

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

Jody Donetti

Jody Donetti

30 years designing, developing and evolving software.

Created FusionCache: an easy to use, fast and robust hybrid cache with advanced resiliency features.

With the release of v2, FusionCache became the world's first production-ready implementation of Microsoft HybridCache: not just the first 3rd party implementation but the very first at all, including Microsoft's one.

🏆 Google OSS Award
🏆 Microsoft MVP Award

30 years designing, developing and evolving software. Created FusionCache: an easy to use, fast and robust hybrid cache with advanced resiliency features. With the release of v2, FusionCache became the world's first production-ready implementat... Show more

Nikki Eke

Nikki Eke

Nikki is an experienced software engineer with a sharp eye for detail and craft. She focuses on building high-performant, resilient products that solve real problems for individuals and organizations. She is also a technical writer and speaker who has authored several articles featured across widely read developer platforms.

A Rive ambassador and package author, Nikki is passionate about community building. She believes deeply in knowledge sharing as a way to spark collaboration and support continuous learning across the tech ecosystem.

Outside tech, Nikki is a thinker with a curious mind and a love for art.

Nikki is an experienced software engineer with a sharp eye for detail and craft. She focuses on building high-performant, resilient products that solve real problems for individuals and organizations. She is also a technical writer and speaker who ha... Show more

Jo Franchetti

Jo Franchetti

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

Falek Miah

Falek Miah

Databricks Champion and Microsoft & Databricks certified consultant with over 15 years of experience in data, analytics, and Azure.

Specialises in designing and delivering end-to-end data platforms using Azure, Databricks, and the Power Platform, with a strong focus on automation, DevOps, and scalable analytics. Works closely with engineers and stakeholders to turn complex data problems into practical solutions.

An active member of the data community who enjoys sharing real-world lessons through talks, blogs and mentoring.

Outside work, enjoys running, swimming, football, and learning new technologies.

Databricks Champion and Microsoft & Databricks certified consultant with over 15 years of experience in data, analytics, and Azure. Specialises in designing and delivering end-to-end data platforms using Azure, Databricks, and the Power Platform, ... Show more

Dux Raymond Sy

Dux Raymond Sy

Dux Raymond Sy helps organizations worldwide turn AI ambition into meaningful impact — built on a trusted, secure, and well-governed data foundation. As Chief Transformation Officer at AvePoint (Nasdaq: AVPT), he works directly with business leaders and partners to navigate the most consequential technology shift of our time: not just adopting AI, but governing it, scaling it, and building organizations that can sustain it. His core belief: trust is not a feature of AI adoption. It is the prerequisite.

A Microsoft Regional Director and 16-year Most Valuable Professional (MVP), Dux brings rare cross-functional depth to every stage he stands on — having served as CTO, CMO, and CBO at a Nasdaq-listed company, with 20+ years operating globally across the cloud and AI ecosystem.

He has delivered keynotes and interactive sessions to more than 25,000 professionals at events including Microsoft Ignite, Gartner Digital Workplace Summit, and industry conferences across North America, EMEA, and APAC. His sessions consistently blend technical credibility with storytelling that makes complex ideas accessible and actionable for executives and practitioners alike.

Dux is the host of the popular #shifthappens podcast, author of SharePoint for Project Management (O'Reilly Media), and creator of the LinkedIn Learning course How to Build Your Personal Brand. He writes regularly for Fast Company and Reworked on AI leadership, digital transformation, and the future of work.

Born and raised in the Philippines, now a global executive based in Washington DC — Dux brings a distinctly human perspective to every conversation about technology, leadership, and what it means to transform with purpose.

Connect with Dux: http://linkedin.com/in/meetdux

Dux Raymond Sy helps organizations worldwide turn AI ambition into meaningful impact — built on a trusted, secure, and well-governed data foundation. As Chief Transformation Officer at AvePoint (Nasdaq: AVPT), he works directly with business leaders ... Show more

Chris Lloyd-Jones

Chris Lloyd-Jones

I'm VP of AI Consulting Transformation at Kyndryl, where I created the Forward Deployed Engineering capability - engineers embedded with clients to build, ship, and own outcomes, not just advise; now scaling to 22,000. I focus on agentic AI, open source, and governance that ships rather than stalls.

I've been recognised six times as a Microsoft MVP in Artificial Intelligence, and I'm a contributor to ISO/IEC 21031:2024 (Software Carbon Intensity) through my work with the Green Software Foundation, where I formerly served as Steering Committee Vice-Chair. I'm currently pursuing a doctorate in Green Software Engineering at the University of East London (2022-2027) and was an OpenUK New Year's Honours 2025/26 recipient for contributions to open source.

I co-host Securing the Realm, a D&D-inspired podcast on AI governance and AI-driven development (securing.quest). My background spans law, engineering, and open source leadership - I think about regulation, liability, and compliance as design constraints, not afterthoughts. I stay hands-on, building with agentic AI, open source tooling, and green software.

I'm VP of AI Consulting Transformation at Kyndryl, where I created the Forward Deployed Engineering capability - engineers embedded with clients to build, ship, and own outcomes, not just advise; now scaling to 22,000. I focus on agentic AI, open sou... Show more

Codrina Merigo

Codrina Merigo

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

Haja (Yadz) Rambelontsalama

Haja (Yadz) Rambelontsalama

With a zest culture hacker and a dose of product coach, I wear the mask of product manager on a daily basis. I like to take care of a close-knit team crafting a software that works in a healthy and psychologically secure environment.

Avec un zeste de culture hacker et une dose de coach produit, je porte le masque de product manager au quotidien. J'aime m'occuper d'une équipe soudée qui conçoit un logiciel qui fonctionne dans un environnement sain et psychologiquement sûr.

With a zest culture hacker and a dose of product coach, I wear the mask of product manager on a daily basis. I like to take care of a close-knit team crafting a software that works in a healthy and psychologically secure environment. Avec un zeste... Show more

Thierry DEMAN-Barcelo

Thierry DEMAN-Barcelo

MVPx24
MCPx102
Author at @ENIeditions
https://sessionize.com/thierry-deman-barcelo

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Simon Doy

Simon Doy

Simon is the founder of iThink 365 and has a background as a Microsoft 365 / Azure Solution Architect.
He has been organising the Leeds-based M365 North User Group since September 2014.
A proud core member of the Maturity Model for Microsoft 365 since July 2020 he has been helping businesses and consultants understand the true value and impact that Microsoft 365 can have on businesses.

Hooked on SharePoint in July 2006. Since then, he has been building large-scale solutions using SharePoint and Microsoft 365 for customers in the Finance, Healthcare, Government and Entertainment industries.

Recently he has been struggling to stay in his lane and loves, Development, consulting, and a bit of IT Pro too.

Simon is the founder of iThink 365 and has a background as a Microsoft 365 / Azure Solution Architect. He has been organising the Leeds-based M365 North User Group since September 2014. A proud core member of the Maturity Model for Microsoft 365 s... Show more

Homer Gaines, CPACC

Homer Gaines, CPACC

I'm a designer, UI engineer, and certified accessibility professional with over 30 years of experience. With a background in behavioral psychology and neurology, I focus on leading, promoting, and advancing accessibility at every stage in the product development lifecycle.

I'm a designer, UI engineer, and certified accessibility professional with over 30 years of experience. With a background in behavioral psychology and neurology, I focus on leading, promoting, and advancing accessibility at every stage in the product... Show more

Wael Baazouzi

Wael Baazouzi

Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) and holder of 22 Microsoft certifications, I am the founder of SimpliTraining. Specialized in the Data domain, I support companies and professionals in adopting Microsoft technologies, with deep expertise in Power BI and Microsoft Fabric. Passionate about knowledge sharing, I deliver sessions focused on real-world use cases, best practices, and field experience, helping attendees design high-performing, modern, and scalable analytics solutions.

Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) and holder of 22 Microsoft certifications, I am the founder of SimpliTraining. Specialized in the Data domain, I support companies and professionals in adopting Microsoft technologies, with deep expertise in Power BI... Show more

Kim Maida

Kim Maida

Kim is the Head of Developer Relations and Founding GTM Engineer working on security for agents at Keycard. Kim's career is rooted in Identity, software engineering, and developer experience strategy. She enjoys teaching, mentoring, and learning from folks in the product technology space and loves to travel, overland, design stickers, and craft miniatures and artisan keycaps.

Kim is the Head of Developer Relations and Founding GTM Engineer working on security for agents at Keycard. Kim's career is rooted in Identity, software engineering, and developer experience strategy. She enjoys teaching, mentoring, and learning from... Show more

Martin Förtsch

Martin Förtsch

Martin Förtsch is an IT-consultant of TNG Technology Consulting GmbH based in Unterföhring near Munich who studied computer sciences. Work wise his focus areas are Agile Development (mainly) in Java, Search Engine Technologies, Information Retrieval and Databases.

As an Intel Software Innovator and Intel Black Belt Software Developer he is strongly involved in the development of open-source software for gesture control with 3D-cameras like e.g. Intel RealSense and has built an Augmented Reality wearable prototype device with his team based on this technology.

Furthermore, he gives many talks at national and international conferences about Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things, 3D-camera technologies, Augmented Reality and Test Driven Development as well. He was awarded with the Oracle JavaOne Rockstar.

Martin Förtsch is an IT-consultant of TNG Technology Consulting GmbH based in Unterföhring near Munich who studied computer sciences. Work wise his focus areas are Agile Development (mainly) in Java, Search Engine Technologies, Information Retrieval ... Show more

Harshad Sadashiv Kadam

Harshad Sadashiv Kadam

Harshad Sadashiv Kadam is a Senior Infrastructure Security Engineer at Indeed where he architects Zero Trust, SASE, edge-native security, and multi-cloud infrastructure at enterprise scale.

A CISM-certified practitioner and member of the ISACA Emerging Trends Working Group, his open-source research in AI agent detection and edge infrastructure security has drawn independent citation from security vendors and practitioners globally. He is the founding chapter lead of AI Security Engineers Austin and a conference speaker whose talks span AI security, deception engineering, and edge infrastructure at security conferences globally.

Harshad Sadashiv Kadam is a Senior Infrastructure Security Engineer at Indeed where he architects Zero Trust, SASE, edge-native security, and multi-cloud infrastructure at enterprise scale. A CISM-certified practitioner and member of the ISACA Eme... Show more

Brigitte Bergery

Brigitte Bergery

Enseñar sobre empleabilidad es una tarea fundamental para avanzar en pos de lograr varios de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible: en Argentina solo 3 de cada 10 personas en edad laboral recibió información sobre empleabilidad durante la educación formal. Algunos de los temas que desarrollo:
➡️ Empleabilidad
➡️ Networking
➡️ Armado de CV
➡️ Uso de LinkedIn
➡️ Marca personal y redes sociales

Ya confían en mi: escuelas secundarias, universidades, centros de formación para el trabajo, edtech, organizaciones del tercer sector, comunidades profesionales, eventos, gobierno, consultoras y medios de comunicación.

Participé en:
🚀 33º Jornada de orientación vocacional organizada por la Junta Regional de Educación Católica de San Isidro
⚙️ Expo Laboral del Centro Argentino de Ingenieros
💻 DevOps Days Argentina
🧪 LABURAtorio (evento presencial organizado por Fundación Banco Nación)
🚀 CoderCamp by Coderhouse 3era y 4ta Temporada.
☁️ AWS Community Day Argentina 2024 (evento presencial realizado en UADE).
▶️ Work Festival 2024 (evento presencial organizado por Takenos)

Enseñar sobre empleabilidad es una tarea fundamental para avanzar en pos de lograr varios de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible: en Argentina solo 3 de cada 10 personas en edad laboral recibió información sobre empleabilidad durante la educación ... Show more

Carsten Meilbak

Carsten Meilbak

Carsten Meilbak is a Microsoft MVP for Microsoft Teams and an experienced IT architect specializing in Microsoft Teams, meeting rooms, and telephony. With more than 15 years of experience in Microsoft communications — and several years in the telecom industry before that — Carsten brings a practical, real-world perspective to modern collaboration, enterprise voice, and hybrid meeting experiences.

His work focuses on helping organizations design, implement, and optimize Microsoft Teams solutions that connect people across locations, devices, and meeting spaces. Carsten has deep experience with Teams Phone, enterprise voice, session border controllers, Teams Rooms on both Windows and Android, and the wider ecosystem of certified meeting room devices and AV technologies.

Over the years, Carsten has worked with customers ranging from smaller national organizations to large international enterprises and public sector organizations, including municipalities and ministries. His implementation experience spans many industries, geographies, and deployment models — from remote advisory and design work to hands-on onsite implementation.

Carsten is passionate about making technology work in the room — not just on paper. He enjoys bridging the gap between Microsoft 365, Teams, telephony, network infrastructure, and AV hardware, ensuring that meeting rooms are reliable, intuitive, and ready for the way people actually collaborate.

As a speaker, Carsten is known for combining technical depth with practical examples from real deployments and lab testing. He regularly shares knowledge with the Microsoft Teams community on topics such as Teams Rooms, Teams Phone, meeting room architecture, device management, and the evolving role of AI and Copilot in meetings.
His core areas of expertise include:

• Microsoft Teams Phone and enterprise voice
• Microsoft Teams Rooms for small, medium, and large meeting spaces
• Meeting room architecture across Windows and Android platforms
• Session Border Controllers, gateways, and telephony integration
• AV, network, and device management for modern collaboration spaces
• Contact center and operator solutions integrated with Microsoft Teams

Carsten’s goal is to help organizations create communication and meeting experiences that feel simple for users, while being technically robust, secure, and manageable for IT.

Carsten Meilbak is a Microsoft MVP for Microsoft Teams and an experienced IT architect specializing in Microsoft Teams, meeting rooms, and telephony. With more than 15 years of experience in Microsoft communications — and several years in the telecom... Show more

Stephen Simon

Stephen Simon

Stephen SIMON is a Program Manager at the Global AI Community and a Microsoft MVP in AI, recognized for his hands-on work in applied AI systems, developer enablement, and large-scale program execution.

He works at the intersection of AI engineering and program leadership, helping teams and communities design, build, and scale real-world AI solutions. His expertise spans AI agents, multi-agent systems, Model Context Protocols (MCPs), cloud-native AI architectures, and production-grade LLM applications.

As a global speaker, he has delivered sessions at conferences including Experts Live Europe, WOW Summit Hong Kong, and AgentCon Istanbul, where he speaks on topics such as AI agents in production, modern AI architectures, cloud-native AI systems, and the future of developer tooling.

Beyond product and platform work, Stephen has built and scaled some of the largest developer communities and programs in the region.

Stephen SIMON is a Program Manager at the Global AI Community and a Microsoft MVP in AI, recognized for his hands-on work in applied AI systems, developer enablement, and large-scale program execution. He works at the intersection of AI engineerin... Show more

Blaize Stewart

Blaize Stewart

Blaize is a Microsoft MVP and has been interested in software development since childhood and wrote his first software while still in high school. Since that time, Blaize has had broad experience in all things IT ranging from a network administrator to a software architect and everything in between.

Blaize is a Microsoft MVP and has been interested in software development since childhood and wrote his first software while still in high school. Since that time, Blaize has had broad experience in all things IT ranging from a network administrator ... Show more

Phillip Wylie

Phillip Wylie

Phillip Wylie is an offensive security professional with over 22 years of cybersecurity experience, building on six years as a systems administrator before transitioning into cybersecurity. His diverse background spans multiple disciplines including network security, application security, web application pentesting, Wi-Fi assessments, social engineering, and red team operations. He holds industry-recognized certifications including CISSP, OSCP, and GWAPT. Currently serving as Chief Evangelist and Senior Consultant at Suzu Labs, Phillip brings a uniquely well-rounded perspective to both the technical and strategic sides of offensive security.

Phillip is a dedicated educator who has taught pentesting and web application pentesting as an adjunct instructor at Dallas College, and has created and delivered offensive security content for P3F and INE. His personal brand, "The Hacker Maker," reflects his passion for making cybersecurity accessible to non-traditional career entrants.

His contributions to the cybersecurity community extend well beyond the technical. Phillip is the concept creator and co-author of The Pentester Blueprint: Starting a Career as an Ethical Hacker, a widely respected book that grew from a lecture he gave at Dallas College into a conference talk and ultimately a published resource for aspiring pentesters. He is also a featured contributor in Tribe of Hackers Red Team.

Phillip hosts The Phillip Wylie Show and Simply Offensive, co-hosts CYBR.HAK.Cast, and previously hosted The Hacker Factory Podcast, a SANS Difference Makers Award recipient. He is a frequent speaker and workshop instructor at US and international conferences including DEF CON, Black Hat, BSides, and RSAC, and remains an active mentor and community advocate throughout the cybersecurity industry.

Phillip Wylie is an offensive security professional with over 22 years of cybersecurity experience, building on six years as a systems administrator before transitioning into cybersecurity. His diverse background spans multiple disciplines including ... Show more

Duncan Boyne

Duncan Boyne

Duncan is a Power BI and Fabric consultant, based in Norfolk and running Boyne
Business Intelligence. He builds reporting that reflects how a business actually
works, rather than what looks good on a dashboard. Semantic models, report design,
governance, and a fair bit of working out where AI is genuinely useful in data work
and where it's just noise. Accessibility runs through all of it, and since he's
red-blind himself, it has never been theoretical.

The community is the part he'll talk about longest. He runs the Norfolk Power
Platform User Group and is the founder of the East of England Summit, creating
spaces for people at all levels to learn, connect, and grow. He found this community
by accident, and it's still the best accident he's made.

Outside of tech, he's a dad of two, usually being outnumbered at home by kids and a
dog. When he does get a bit of time, it's spent gaming, reading, getting lost in
manga, or listening to music that most people would describe as "a bit aggressive."

Duncan is a Power BI and Fabric consultant, based in Norfolk and running Boyne Business Intelligence. He builds reporting that reflects how a business actually works, rather than what looks good on a dashboard. Semantic models, report design, gove... Show more

Sachin Gupta

Sachin Gupta

I am a senior backend and platform engineer at eBay with over 15 years of experience building and modernizing enterprise systems. I work on large scale billing and financial platforms that demand high reliability, strong security, and precise data correctness. I spend most of my time modernizing legacy architectures, designing cloud ready services, and building APIs and pipelines that hold up under heavy traffic and real world failure modes.

Lately, I have been integrating AI into engineering workflows, focusing on diagnostics, observability, testing, and automation that help teams move faster without sacrificing safety.

On stage, I share field tested patterns and mistakes to avoid, from migrations and cutovers to incident driven design and operational readiness. My goal is to give engineers practical takeaways they can apply immediately when building and modernizing systems at scale.

I am a senior backend and platform engineer at eBay with over 15 years of experience building and modernizing enterprise systems. I work on large scale billing and financial platforms that demand high reliability, strong security, and precise data co... Show more

Kaan Turgut

Kaan Turgut

I'm a passionate tech professional who loves turning cutting-edge ideas into reality. As a Hybrid Cloud Solution Architect with deep expertise in the Microsoft Azure ecosystem, I thrive on designing scalable cloud solutions, building smart AI-driven applications, and streamlining development workflows. My mission? Helping organizations unlock the full potential of the cloud to drive innovation and growth.

But my impact goes beyond code and infrastructure. I'm a huge believer in the idea that “sharing is caring.” That’s why I'm always trying to share my knowledge with the tech community—whether it’s through mentoring up-and-coming developers, hosting hands-on workshops, or speaking at industry events. I'm even on YouTube, sharing tips, tutorials, and insights to help others grow. For me, it’s all about making a meaningful impact on the ecosystem and the lives of those around me.

Want to explore how cloud and AI can transform your business? Or swap ideas and stories? Reach out to me—I'd love to connect!

I'm a passionate tech professional who loves turning cutting-edge ideas into reality. As a Hybrid Cloud Solution Architect with deep expertise in the Microsoft Azure ecosystem, I thrive on designing scalable cloud solutions, building smart AI-driven ... Show more

Tarek Hussein

Tarek Hussein

Dr. Tarek Hussein is a pharmacist-entrepreneur and clinical leader dedicated to building healthcare systems that are faster, safer, and measurably more impactful. With a career spanning acute hospital care, community pharmacy, and digital health, Tarek speaks at the intersection of operational excellence and social health equity.

Speaking & Consulting Expertise:
• Operational Excellence (Lean & Agile): As a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt and ICP-ACC Agile Coach, Tarek helps healthcare organizations move beyond traditional silos. He shares frameworks for designing evidence-based systems that reduce waste, improve safety, and empower interprofessional teams.
• Sustainability & Climate Resilience: As a Climate Health Fellow (Harvard Medical School/CHA) and Co-Chair of the Sustainable Prescribing Working Group, Tarek is a leading voice on greening the healthcare supply chain. He provides actionable insights on sustainable prescribing and climate-resilient practice.
• Leadership & Innovation: A Chartered Manager and 2x digital health founder, Tarek speaks on the "builder’s mindset" required to scale innovation. He shares lessons from founding SociaLink Rx (Canada’s first precision social prescribing platform) and MedaKi (e-commerce infrastructure for the pharmacy industry).
• Social Prescribing: Tarek is a published researcher and pioneer in shifting the clinical focus from the "prescription as end-point" to the "prescription as starting point," integrating social determinants of health into standard primary care.
Professional Background:
Tarek is currently a Clinical Pharmacist at Brockville General Hospital and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Medicine. He previously spent 13 years building Weller Pharmacy into Ontario’s first sustainability-certified independent practice and a Living Wage Champion.

Education & Credentials: Tarek holds a BPharm, a PharmD, and an MBA from IE Business School. He is currently pursuing an MSc in Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Toronto. His leadership credentials include being a Chartered Manager (C.Mgr), a Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM), and a former President of the Board for KEYS Employment & Newcomer Services.

Engagement Style: Tarek combines the rigour of a clinician with the agility of a tech founder. He is known for translating complex systemic challenges—whether they be "leadership debt" or "environmental footprint"—into practical, high-performance strategies for health system leaders, policymakers, and frontline practitioners.**

Dr. Tarek Hussein is a pharmacist-entrepreneur and clinical leader dedicated to building healthcare systems that are faster, safer, and measurably more impactful. With a career spanning acute hospital care, community pharmacy, and digital health, Tar... Show more

Guille Ojeda

Guille Ojeda

Guillermo "Guille" Ojeda is a Cloud and GenAI innovation leader focused on AI strategy and technical leverage. He works as a Principal Architect - Innovation at Caylent's Office of the CTO, where he architects and builds cutting-edge Generative AI applications. He's an experienced international speaker and recognized content creator, author of the Simple AWS newsletter with 43,000 subscribers.

Guillermo "Guille" Ojeda is a Cloud and GenAI innovation leader focused on AI strategy and technical leverage. He works as a Principal Architect - Innovation at Caylent's Office of the CTO, where he architects and builds cutting-edge Generative AI ap... Show more

Travis South

Travis South

Director of Marketing for a certified Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement consulting partner focused on using technical content, digital strategy, and data-driven insights to influence CRM decisions and long-term customer relationships. Areas of focus include digital strategy, analytics and reporting, technical content development, marketing automation, ecosystem engagement, and speaking within the Microsoft partner community.

Director of Marketing for a certified Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement consulting partner focused on using technical content, digital strategy, and data-driven insights to influence CRM decisions and long-term customer relationships. Areas ... Show more

Grant Fritchey

Grant Fritchey

Grant Fritchey is a Data Platform MVP and AWS Community Builder with over 30 years’ experience in IT, including time spent in support and development. Grant works with multiple data platforms including SQL Server and PostgreSQL as well as multiple cloud platforms. He has also developed in VB, VB.NET, C#, and Java. Grant writes books for Apress and Simple-Talk. Grant presents at conferences and user groups, large and small, all over the world. He joined Redgate Software as a product advocate in January 2011.

Grant Fritchey is a Data Platform MVP and AWS Community Builder with over 30 years’ experience in IT, including time spent in support and development. Grant works with multiple data platforms including SQL Server and PostgreSQL as well as multiple cl... Show more

Ayoade Adegbite

Ayoade Adegbite

Ayoade Adegbite is an accomplished data and analytics engineer with extensive experience leveraging advanced data tools and enterprise ecosystems to deliver actionable insights across diverse industries. He designs sophisticated analytical models, ensures data integrity, and implements impactful data solutions. With a strong background in ETL processes, data visualization, and robust documentation practices, Ayoade has consistently driven significant improvements in data-driven decision-making and operational efficiency.

Ayoade’s professional journey includes notable roles such as Data Analyst Engineer at WirePick, where he achieved a 35% improvement in data integration accuracy and developed a 12% enhancement in data delivery. His expertise extends to consulting roles, where he optimized business processes and revitalized operations using advanced technologies like Airflow and dbt. Ayoade holds Tableau and Apache Airflow certifications, reflecting his commitment to continuous learning and professional growth. He has also contributed as a speaker and mentor in various data-focused events and programs. Based in Lagos, Nigeria, Ayoade continues to push the boundaries of data analytics and engineering.

Ayoade Adegbite is an accomplished data and analytics engineer with extensive experience leveraging advanced data tools and enterprise ecosystems to deliver actionable insights across diverse industries. He designs sophisticated analytical models, en... Show more

Ankur Roy

Ankur Roy

I am a Solutions Architect at Online Partner AB and a Cloud GDE. I have worked on several projects involving Google Cloud services and Google Workspace along with multiple other technology stacks and platforms.

I am a Solutions Architect at Online Partner AB and a Cloud GDE. I have worked on several projects involving Google Cloud services and Google Workspace along with multiple other technology stacks and platforms. Show more

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