Media & Information
Esteemed specialists working in the fields of media education, digital media, multimedia and radio services
Shawn Wildermuth has been tinkering with computers and software since he got a Vic-20 back in the early ‘80s. As a Microsoft MVP since 2003. He’s the author of over twenty Pluralsight courses, written eight books, has a popular YouTube channel, and i... Show more
Courtney Yatteau is a Developer Advocate on Esri's Developer Experience Team, where she helps developers build better web applications with modern JavaScript tools, libraries, and mapping technology. Before Esri, she taught computer science and mathe... Show more
Jigyasa Grover
AI/ML Lead Engineer • 12x AI + Open Source Award Winner • Google Advisory Board Member • 'Sculpting Data for ML' Book Author • Featured @ Business Insider, Google, UN, and more!
12-time award-winning AI visionary and 'Sculpting Data For ML' author Jigyasa Grover drives rider personalization innovation at Uber after transforming Twitter/X, Facebook/Meta, Faire, and Bordo AI with large-scale ML systems. Handpicked by Google fo... Show more
Ginger Grant is a distinguished Microsoft Data Platform MVP and Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), renowned for her deep expertise in advanced analytics, machine learning, AI, data warehousing, and the evolving landscape of Microsoft Fabric. As a sou... Show more
Damian Synadinos has many labels. He spent 25 years as a software executive across diverse industries, gaining deep experience in technology, quality, and leadership. Along the way, he’s also been a schoolteacher, a children’s book author, a comedic ... Show more
Business Applications MVP - I breathe, innovate, design and develop as a way of survival. If curiosity killed the cat, I think I have no more lives left. With a developer background, working with .NET and C#, I got my first consultancy job developin... Show more
Peter van den Bos is a Business Intelligence Consultant, speaker, and founder of Dutch BI Geek. For over a decade, he has helped organizations get a better grip on their data – making Power BI not just look good, but also run fast and make sense. Wit... Show more
I'm an experienced web developer and a passionate IT and electronics trainer, specializing in frontend development and enterprise applications built with Angular. I spend most of my time exploring what's new in the tech world and helping other devel... Show more
Tudor Damian is a Certified Ethical Hacker and Microsoft MVP with 20+ years in IT. In his day-to-day role, he advises advises organizations on Cybersecurity, AI and Cloud governance - aiming to help them improve their security posture, and move them ... Show more
Cortney Nickerson is a Principal Product Marketing Manager at Akamai Technologies. As a CNCF Ambassador, she leads the Kyverno Community and is highly active in the cloud native community co-organizing various Kubernetes Community Day events, serving... Show more
Dean Schuster has been envisioning and creating human-centered digital products since the advent of the commercial web. He is founder and owner of the user experience strategy firm truematter, leading the team to help national and international organ... Show more
Darren "Dazbo" Lester
Cloud architect, leader, Google Cloud & AI evangelist, and technology blogger. Known to the community as Dazbo.
I've worn many hats over my IT career, including developer, tech lead, people manager, infrastructure architect, enterprise architect and cloud architect. Regardless of the role, I discovered that the best way to master a complex topic is to write it... Show more
25 years in tech, marketing and leadership roles. All about software delivery optimization. 5 years in technical and executive training. Expert in Leadership, DevOps, Lean, Systems Thinking, Continuous Delivery, Cloud Native and Agentic Systems. Cod... Show more
David Kjerrumgaard
Committer on the Apache Pulsar Project | Published Author | International Speaker | Big Data Expert
David Kjerrumgaard is a Developer Advocate at StreamNative and a committer on the Apache Pulsar project, where he focuses on the intersection of real-time data streaming and agentic AI. With over a decade of experience building distributed systems at... Show more
Michael Plettner
Microsoft MVP (Teams and Copilot), Lead of the Microsoft Teams User Group Germany, Co-Host "Talk Microsoft 365" and "Decode AI", Viva Explorer
With more than 2 decades of customer experience, a long history in Microsoft products, Michael is a Cloud Architect who enjoys sharing his experience with the community and help the community grow. During the last years, Michael was working with cus... Show more
Tori is a Principal AI Consultant at Advancing Analytics. Specialising in MLOps and LLMOps, Tori has worked on many ML and data science projects with Azure and Databricks at all stages of the ML Lifecycle. She is a co-presenter of the Data & AI podca... Show more
Sabrina Göttlinger
Cloud Solution Architect @ Microsoft / Former Microsoft MVP (Copilot and Loop) / Speaker and LinkedIn Learning Creator
My passion is to make technical information easy to understand and accessible to everyone. As a speaker at various events, I share information on key points in the M365, Loop and AI area. Within my social networks, I prepare the information in sm... Show more
Victor Dantas has over 25 years of experience in digital transformation. Recognized as a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP), he is part of a select group of over 3,000 global MVPs known for their deep expertise in Microsoft technologies. Vict... Show more
Anja Schröder
MVP | Modern Work Architect | Microsoft 365 | Teams | Trainer | Focus: Collaboration in companies
Anja Schröder is a Microsoft MVP and Modern Workplace Architect at Skaylink. She designs and builds Microsoft 365 architectures and leads their technical implementation from initial concept to rollout. Her approach ensures that solutions are not only... 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 harde... Show more
I’m Valerie Junk, Microsoft Data Platform MVP, and I believe a report is only as good as the decisions it leads to. With a master’s degree in psychology and years of hands-on work in Power BI and Microsoft Fabric, I focus on how people read and use... Show more
Nico Vermeir is a Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft, where he has a strong focus on application innovation and AI. Being a strong believer in the importance of communities he tries to share knowledge wherever he can, be it on BlueSky, at a use... Show more
Shri is an AI Data Engineer with over a decade of experience in automation , bringing a strong quality-first mindset to modern data and AI systems. She has deep, hands-on expertise in Apache Airflow–based data platforms, with a focus on building reli... Show more
Toni Granell
Microsoft MVP & MVS - Aglaia Microsoft Ambassador & Power Platform Techa Lead - Nextraining Microsoft Ambassador - IAMCP Regional Director Baleares - Global AI Community: AI & Low Code
Microsoft MVP & MVS. Apasionado por la tecnología, iniciándome en el mundo de la programación como hobby con calculadoras programables en el año 1982... Trabajando con Microsoft CRM desde el año 2004, evolucionando hacia el mundo Microsoft 365 y la P... 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 dedicate... Show more
I’ve been part of the Microsoft Dynamics ecosystem for over 25 years, and I’m still learning something new every day. I’ve always enjoyed exploring new technologies, tackling new challenges, and learning from the people I meet along the way. Being... Show more
Pritesh Kiri
DevRel Engineer at Harness | LitmusChaos Maintainer | Organizer, AI Dev Circle & AAIF Bengaluru
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
With 20 years of experience in web development, usability, and accessibility, Karl Groves is widely regarded as a pragmatic solution-finder and thought leader in the accessibility industry. In his role as accessibility consultant at AFixt, Karl focus... Show more
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
👋 ¡Hola! Soy Jorge Fernández, un apasionado de la tecnología con más de 24 años de experiencia en el ecosistema Microsoft. A lo largo de mi carrera, he trabajado como desarrollador y líder de equipo, impulsando proyectos innovadores y ayudando a emp... Show more
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