Media & Information

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

Jasveen Sandral

Jasveen Sandral

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

Sharon Weaver

Sharon Weaver

Sharon is the founder and CEO of Smarter Consulting, a business and technology consulting company. She founded her business to grow and diversify the technology resource pool. She has created a business based on diversity, inclusion, and opportunity.

As a Microsoft RD, MVP, MCT, and Productivity Expert, Sharon's background in Software Development, Business and Systems Analysis, Project Management, and Agile combined with her Developmental Psychology degree and Six Sigma Black Belt blend perfectly with her love of helping and training people to make her a well-rounded leader, consultant, and coach.

Solving both process and technical problems, Sharon has the unique ability to listen and uncover client pain points to develop a plan that will not only build the needed solutions but also drive change, adoption, and education in a way not typically seen from technical consultants.

Being part of the community is extremely important and she is an active leader, participant, and mentor. Sharon speaks professionally globally on subjects such as Microsoft 365, Business Analysis, Leadership, Teamwork, and Women in Technology. She is the founder and lead organizer of the Kansas City M365 User Group, CollabCon, and the Founding President of the Kansas City IIBA chapter.

When she's not working, Sharon watches tv and movies, reads, hangs out with her family, or is traveling somewhere interesting, most likely on a cruise ship out of the country with limited access to communication.

Sharon is the founder and CEO of Smarter Consulting, a business and technology consulting company. She founded her business to grow and diversify the technology resource pool. She has created a business based on diversity, inclusion, and opportunity.... Show more

Bhargav Parmar

Bhargav Parmar

Bhargav Parmar is a DevOps and Platform engineer with over five years of experience building, shipping, and operating production infrastructure across fintech trading platforms, telecom, and developer platforms.

A CNCF Kubestronaut, he holds all five Kubernetes certifications — CKA, CKAD, CKS, KCNA, and KCSA and spends much of his time exploring the layers beneath Kubernetes: Linux internals, eBPF, networking, observability, and the kernel datapath.

Bhargav is an open-source contributor to the OpenTelemetry ecosystem, with contributions to OpenTelemetry eBPF Instrumentation (OBI), where he works on extending and improving zero-code, eBPF-based application observability. His recent work includes protocol instrumentation and contributions around systems such as Aerospike, alongside continued exploration of how eBPF, OpenTelemetry, and kernel-level telemetry can be used to understand production systems without modifying application code.

He regularly participates in cloud-native communities and speaks at CNCF events, where he enjoys turning low-level debugging, networking, observability, and Linux internals into practical engineering sessions that are easier to understand and reproduce.

He writes about Kubernetes, Linux, eBPF, OpenTelemetry, and systems engineering at bhargavparmar.dev.

Bhargav Parmar is a DevOps and Platform engineer with over five years of experience building, shipping, and operating production infrastructure across fintech trading platforms, telecom, and developer platforms. A CNCF Kubestronaut, he holds all f... Show more

Vladi Stevanovic

Vladi Stevanovic

Vladi is a developer marketing and content leader with over a decade of experience turning complex technical products into content that drives awareness, adoption, and growth. Her background spans the full developer journey: from content, DevRel, community, and demand generation through product adoption and customer growth, at Multiplayer, Prisma, MongoDB, and Squarespace.

Across roles Vladi has worked at the intersection of technical content, developer relations, community, and growth. She has built content programs from the ground up, led developer and customer growth initiatives, shaped positioning and company narratives alongside founders, and created technical thought leadership published in The New Stack, LeadDev, and DZone.

At Maximize, Vladi leads the content practice across its portfolio, combining technical storytelling with distribution, SEO/AEO, community, and developer relations.

Vladi is a developer marketing and content leader with over a decade of experience turning complex technical products into content that drives awareness, adoption, and growth. Her background spans the full developer journey: from content, DevRel, com... Show more

Nico Vermeir

Nico Vermeir

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 user group or conference. He has spoken on many international conferences such as NDC Oslo, NDC Sydney, NDC London, Swetugg, Build Stuff, DotNext.
Nico is a former Microsoft MVP in Developer Technologies, crew member of Techorama BE and NL and crew member of VISUG, Belgium's largest .NET user group.

In his spare time he enjoys brewing (and tasting) beer, playing the guitar, riding his Harley-Davidson and doing Karate.

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

Shrividya Hegde

Shrividya Hegde

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 reliable, scalable, and well-orchestrated data pipelines.
An Apache Airflow Champion and Chapter Lead for Women in Data, Shri is also an active technical writer on Medium and Substack, and an editor for multiple tech publications on Medium, where she also shares insights on Data engineering and AI. Her work centers on helping teams move GenAI initiatives from experimentation to production by emphasizing observability, robust orchestration, and rigorous testing practices.

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

Geoff Ables

Geoff Ables

Geoff Ables is a keynote speaker, best-selling author, and a Microsoft MVP recognized in the Copilot, Power Platform, Dynamics 365, and Modern Work (SharePoint, Teams and Viva) categories.

A recognized thought leader on artificial intelligence and people-centric digital transformation, Geoff's most recent book, "The LUCK Principle: Business Results at the Intersection of People and Profit," delivers fresh insight and inspiration into the people, processes, and technologies driving business ROI today.

His firm, C5 Insight, has twice been named an Inc 5000 company, and advises clients on digital customer and employee experience projects.

Geoff is also an avid motorcycle and wine enthusiast and has appeared as a guest on TruTVs's, "The Impractical Jokers."

Geoff Ables is a keynote speaker, best-selling author, and a Microsoft MVP recognized in the Copilot, Power Platform, Dynamics 365, and Modern Work (SharePoint, Teams and Viva) categories. A recognized thought leader on artificial intelligence an... Show more

Barkha Herman

Barkha Herman

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

Cruz Margaix

Cruz Margaix

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 part of the Dynamics community means a lot to me. I love sharing what I learn, exchanging ideas, and learning from others. Speaking at community events in both Spanish and English has given me the opportunity to connect with people who share my passion for technology and give back to a community that has given me so much.

My main technical interests are Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations, integrations across the Dynamics ecosystem, and the ways AI will transform both these solutions and how we work with them. I’m excited to explore the possibilities this evolution brings and share experiences and insights that other professionals can put into practice in their day-to-day work.

As a woman who has spent over 25 years in technology, I also believe in the importance of making our industry more diverse and inclusive. I’m particularly passionate about encouraging girls and young women to explore technology, discover their potential, and see the many opportunities a career in tech can offer.

For me, being part of this community is about much more than technology. It’s about people, shared experiences, continuous learning, and helping each other grow.

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

Pritesh Kiri

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

Karl Groves

Karl Groves

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 focuses on pragmatic and efficient ways of improving the accessibility of websites and software.

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

April Dunnam

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

Jorge Fernández Sánchez

Jorge Fernández Sánchez

👋 ¡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 empresas a potenciar sus soluciones con tecnologías de vanguardia.

Me motiva el aprendizaje continuo y el intercambio de conocimientos, lo que me llevó a fundar @guarandingaTECH y compartir contenido en #AzureBrains y Global AI Spain Madrid. Mi compromiso con la comunidad es inquebrantable, siempre explorando nuevas formas de conectar, enseñar y seguir creciendo juntos. 🚀

👋 ¡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

Michael Dowden

Michael Dowden

Michael is a technology leader with over 30 years experience in software product development, working alongside more than 100 companies during his career to build human-centered solutions. As an international and keynote speaker he has spoken on every continent covering a wide range of technology topics including Serverless Architecture, Accessibility, and User Experience. Michael is the author of Programming Languages ABC++, Approachable Accessibility, and Architecting CSS, and is honored to have been recognized as a Google Developer Expert and Microsoft MVP.

Michael is a technology leader with over 30 years experience in software product development, working alongside more than 100 companies during his career to build human-centered solutions. As an international and keynote speaker he has spoken on ever... Show more

Gerrit Grunwald

Gerrit Grunwald

Gerrit Grunwald is a software engineer that loves coding for around 40 years already. He is a true believer in open source and he is an active member of the Java community, where he founded and leads the Java User Group Münster (Germany), he is a JavaOne rockstar and a Java Champion. He is a speaker at conferences and user groups internationally and writes for several magazines.

Gerrit Grunwald is a software engineer that loves coding for around 40 years already. He is a true believer in open source and he is an active member of the Java community, where he founded and leads the Java User Group Münster (Germany), he is a Jav... Show more

María Soto Castro

María Soto Castro

Apasionada de la tecnología y del marketing, actualmente, obsesionada con Chat GPT.
GlobalAI Bootcamp | W4TT

Apasionada de la tecnología y del marketing, actualmente, obsesionada con Chat GPT. GlobalAI Bootcamp | W4TT Show more

Marco González

Marco González

Sr. Software Engineer at Red Hat with 13+ years of global experience in 3G, 4G, and 5G network integration. US patent creator and Telco Automation expert. Active CNCF Program Committee member and speaker at KubeCon, Kubedays, and CNCF events. 2026 AAIF Ambassador and Event organizer and contributor to Kserve, AgentGateway, MCP, Kepler, and kube-compare projects. Currently focused on MCP ecosystem architecture and production standards for AI tool interoperability on Kubernetes.

Sr. Software Engineer at Red Hat with 13+ years of global experience in 3G, 4G, and 5G network integration. US patent creator and Telco Automation expert. Active CNCF Program Committee member and speaker at KubeCon, Kubedays, and CNCF events. 2026 AA... Show more

Phil Wilkins

Phil Wilkins

Phil Wilkins has spent over 30 years in the software industry with a breadth of experience in different types of businesses and environments, from multinationals to software startups and consumer organizations, including a global optical and auditory healthcare provider. He started out as a developer on real-time mission-critical solutions and has worked his way up through technical and development leadership roles, primarily in Java-based environments. These days, Phil focuses on APIs, Integration, and development technologies and techniques. In 2022, Phil joined Oracle as a Cloud Developer Evangelist, building on his previous work contributing to the developer community.

Phil has authored or co-authored books on Fluent Bit, Fluentd, API, and Integration tools. He has also had a number of articles published in technical journals in his own right, as well as being an active blogger. When not writing, Phil is exploring new tech or presenting at conferences physically & virtually around the world - from DeveloperWeek to JAXLondon.

TOGAF Certified Architect
former Oracle Ace Director (like Microsoft MVP or Java Rockstars for Oracle PaaS / Cloud Native Development)

Phil Wilkins has spent over 30 years in the software industry with a breadth of experience in different types of businesses and environments, from multinationals to software startups and consumer organizations, including a global optical and auditory... 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

Sarah Kundla

Sarah Kundla

Sarah Kundla has always been curious about people: how we communicate, how we learn, and how our experiences and environments shape the way we see the world. That curiosity grew through years of teaching, facilitating, and living and working across cultures, where she saw firsthand how differently people can approach the same conversation, relationship, or challenge.

Today, Sarah is the founder of Questing Insight, where she turns that curiosity into practical learning experiences focused on emotional intelligence, communication, and leadership development. As a speaker, facilitator, and designer, she blends research with real-world experience and storytelling to help people better understand themselves and the people they work with.

Sarah has trained more than 1,900 professionals across the U.S. and internationally, is a Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach, and has spoken at conferences including Learn & Lead, WITCON, and CodeMash. At the heart of her work is a simple goal: helping people become more thoughtful about how they communicate, more curious about perspectives beyond their own, and ultimately, better at working with other humans.

Sarah Kundla has always been curious about people: how we communicate, how we learn, and how our experiences and environments shape the way we see the world. That curiosity grew through years of teaching, facilitating, and living and working across c... Show more

George Hantzaras

George Hantzaras

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

Maria Zakourdaev

Maria Zakourdaev

Maria is a Data Platform Microsoft MVP and a technology expert with more than 20 years of experience, a community leader with a profound knowledge of Microsoft products and services, while also being able to bring together diverse platforms, products, and solutions, to solve real-world problems.
She has a hands-on experience managing various data management technologies in Azure, AWS and Google public cloud platforms, including SQL Server, Azure CosmosDB, AWS DynamoDB, MemSQL, MySQL, Postgresql, Snowflake, Redis, Amazon Redshift, Couchbase and Elasticsearch, Spark, Databricks, Big Query. She is the main organizer of the Israel annual conference "DATA TLV" datatlv.com, one of the featured authors at mssqltips.com (mssqltips.com/sqlserverauthor/305/maria-zakourdaev) and her personal blog is queryqurious.com

Maria is a Data Platform Microsoft MVP and a technology expert with more than 20 years of experience, a community leader with a profound knowledge of Microsoft products and services, while also being able to bring together diverse platforms, products... Show more

Eldert Grootenboer

Eldert Grootenboer

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

Paul Andrew

Paul Andrew

Paul (AKA @mrpaulandrew) is the Co-Founder & CTO of Cloud Formations, a specialist data consultancy based in the UK. With nearly 20 years’ experience designing and delivering Microsoft data architectures, Paul leads a passionate team of engineers, supporting businesses small and large with scalable cloud platforms. Business value delivered through data insights. Over the years, Paul has covered the breadth and depth of design patterns and industry leading concepts, including Lambda, Kappa, Delta Lake, Data Mesh and Data Fabric.

Paul is also a Microsoft Data Platform MVP, director for the Data Relay community conference, East Midlands user group leader, book author and mentor. In addition to the day job(s), Paul is a father of three, husband, foodie, runner, blood donor, geek, Lego, and Star Wars fan! Lastly, Paul confesses to enjoying a Ramstein playlist when given half a chance to do some coding for a customer project.

Paul (AKA @mrpaulandrew) is the Co-Founder & CTO of Cloud Formations, a specialist data consultancy based in the UK. With nearly 20 years’ experience designing and delivering Microsoft data architectures, Paul leads a passionate team of engineers, su... Show more

Ashwin Hariharan

Ashwin Hariharan

Ashwin Hariharan is a Developer Advocate at Redis, with over eight years of experience as a full-stack software engineer. He's passionate about making complex ideas simple, helping developers build faster, more reliable systems, and understand the "why" behind the tools they use. His current work focuses on applied AI, and exploring how intelligent, real-time applications can be built using retrieval-augmented generation, vector search, agentic AI, and other emerging technologies.

Outside of tech, he spends time learning piano and basic music production, hitting the gym, and exploring big questions about how the world works. He's also fascinated by how people think and learn, often channeling that curiosity into talks, writing, and conversations about science and critical thinking.

Ashwin Hariharan is a Developer Advocate at Redis, with over eight years of experience as a full-stack software engineer. He's passionate about making complex ideas simple, helping developers build faster, more reliable systems, and understand the "w... Show more

Sally Dabbah

Sally Dabbah

Meet Sally! Sally serves as a Data Engineer with an expertise in Azure Cloud Analytics Services, with years of experience under her belt.
Since earning her M.Sc. degree in Software Engineering, Sally has become a significant voice in Azure Cloud Analytics Services, publishing over ten blogs on Microsoft's Tech Community blog. What excites Sally most about her work is the opportunity to build Proof of Concepts (POCs) that help Microsoft customers unlock their business potential – by doing so, she remains true to her ultimate mission: to empower innovation through Azure's boundless possibilities. Away from her professional endeavors, Sally finds joy in baking pastries, a hobby she shares with her followers on Instagram for inspiration.

Meet Sally! Sally serves as a Data Engineer with an expertise in Azure Cloud Analytics Services, with years of experience under her belt. Since earning her M.Sc. degree in Software Engineering, Sally has become a significant voice in Azure Cloud An... Show more

YK Sugi

YK Sugi

Senior Developer Relations Engineer at Google. Founder of CS Dojo, a programming education YouTube channel with 1.9M+ subscribers. Also the creator of an open-source coding assistant with ~1200 stars on GitHub, and a Claude Code tips repo with 10,000+ stars.

Senior Developer Relations Engineer at Google. Founder of CS Dojo, a programming education YouTube channel with 1.9M+ subscribers. Also the creator of an open-source coding assistant with ~1200 stars on GitHub, and a Claude Code tips repo with 10,000... Show more

Jared Kuehn

Jared Kuehn

Currently a Microsoft Data Platform MVP, Jared has been a data engineering consultant for over a decade, implementing Microsoft products. For more than three decades, he has been honing his skills in theater and other performing arts. As a speaker, Jared marries these two disciplines together, creating dynamic presentations that add entertainment to education. This symbiotic relationship can improve presentation engagement, support attendees in knowledge retention, and foster a culture of passion for the data industry.

As a speaker, Jared has spoken at events such as:
-FabCon Vegas and Atlanta
-DataCon Seattle (Microsoft Data Conference)
-PASS Summit
-SQL Saturdays, Multiple
-Microsoft Fabric Global Online Conference
-Future Data Driven Summit
-GroupBy Conference
-and more!

He also runs the YouTube channel DataBard, focused on making Data fun and teaching techniques along the way.

Technically-speaking, Jared has multiple Microsoft certifications in both on-prem and cloud technologies. He has extensive knowledge in:
-Microsoft Fabric
-SQL Query Development and Performance tuning
-Kimball Data Modeling
-ETL design patterns
-Azure SQL DB and Azure SQL MI

In his spare time, he continues to perform in community theater productions, as well as musically for his church. Upon request, he would be happy to assist with more theatrical portions of events, such as performing musical numbers.

Currently a Microsoft Data Platform MVP, Jared has been a data engineering consultant for over a decade, implementing Microsoft products. For more than three decades, he has been honing his skills in theater and other performing arts. As a speaker, J... Show more

Jared Rhodes

Jared Rhodes

Jared Rhodes is a Principal Consultant at EPAM Systems and a Microsoft MVP with more than 15 years of experience in enterprise technology. He has led digital transformation work for Fortune 100 clients across insurance, retail, and life sciences, with a focus on cloud architecture, IoT, AI, and modern application platforms.

His current work spans Azure, AWS, and local private cloud infrastructure, with an emphasis on practical hybrid and edge architectures that connect devices, data, and applications. With a background in physics and a career that has included insurance systems, software engineering, and consulting across mobile, web, services, and cloud, Jared brings both technical depth and cross-domain range to modernization efforts.

His published work reflects a practical approach to architecture, particularly around reusable patterns such as event-driven edge inference and cloud feedback loops.

Jared Rhodes is a Principal Consultant at EPAM Systems and a Microsoft MVP with more than 15 years of experience in enterprise technology. He has led digital transformation work for Fortune 100 clients across insurance, retail, and life sciences, wit... Show more

Damian Synadinos

Damian Synadinos

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 improviser, and a portrait artist - experiences that sharpened his ability to communicate, connect, and think creatively. In 2016, he founded Ineffable Solutions to become a full-time speaker focused on people and fundamental topics such as communication, empathy, risk, identity, and trust – areas that are timeless and universal. His keynotes, talks, and workshops feature original content that blends conceptual depth, practical insight, and interactive humor, engaging the audiences’ hearts, minds, and funny bones. The result is a thought-provoking, relatable message that creates a lasting impact in any context.

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

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