Physical & Life Sciences

Scholars dedicating their careers to the study of living organisms and non-living systems

Daniela Chiru

Daniela Chiru

AntiFragile Mindset and Leadership Professional/Adaptive Organisation Design/Brain-Based Learning Expert/Plenary Speaker International Conference Soft Skills Development/ Motivation at Play in Institutional Contexts Author/ EODF member/Community Agile Marketing Italia

AntiFragile Mindset and Leadership Professional/Adaptive Organisation Design/Brain-Based Learning Expert/Plenary Speaker International Conference Soft Skills Development/ Motivation at Play in Institutional Contexts Author/ EODF member/Community Agil... Show more

Joscha Wirtz

Joscha Wirtz

Joscha Wirtz is project lead of the RRI Hub at the Technical University in Aachen (RWTH). The hub initiates and supports projects in the fields of "social innovation", "impact architectures" and "social responsibility of universities". His research focuses on complex systems engineering and the traceability of digital and non-digital resource flows to accelerate the circular transition on a European level.

Joscha Wirtz is project lead of the RRI Hub at the Technical University in Aachen (RWTH). The hub initiates and supports projects in the fields of "social innovation", "impact architectures" and "social responsibility of universities". His research ... Show more

Hüseyin Bilgen

Hüseyin Bilgen

I was born in North Cyprus and living in Istanbul/Turkey. I have one daughter and one boy. I enjoy taking photos, reading books and cooking.
As a result of being using comupters since I'm 12, I studied Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering and then jumped to SAP Basis area in 1999. Done lots of projects and conducted technical trainings around Europe and Middle East area between 2005-2012.
In 2013, I founded CoreToEdge with 5 consultants to do SAP on Cloud business. For this purpose, we've signed Partnership with SAP, AWS and then Microsoft to do SAP business on Cloud.
We're providing Private Cloud for Global companies (40 companies inc. Apple, Shell, Amazon, Google) since 2013 and also deployed many S/4HANA GreenField or BrownField projects on Private and Public Clouds. Penti Giyim and Mopas are some of our Global Success Stories we deployed in 2018 and still providing Managed SAP and Cloud.
In 2019, my company CoreToEdge is acquired by GlassHouse ( Mediterra Capital PE Company) to accelerate their Cloud and SAP adoption and I'm currently working as a Lead SAP Architect and Business Development Executive at GlassHouse.

I was born in North Cyprus and living in Istanbul/Turkey. I have one daughter and one boy. I enjoy taking photos, reading books and cooking. As a result of being using comupters since I'm 12, I studied Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering a... Show more

Shannon Rollins

Shannon Rollins

Shannon Rollins is a Performance Coach with more than eight years of experience enabling individuals to improve their mental health and physical wellbeing through one-on-one coaching, group wellness programs, corporate workshops, and health education services.

Through her corporate workshops and motivational speaking engagements, companies turn to Rollins to help increase their employee productivity and engagement. With experience developing solutions for thousands of employees nationwide; her end goal is to help individuals live happier, healthier, and more fulfilled lives.

Rollins possesses a Master of Science degree in Health Education & Behavior from the University of Florida. To complement her professional experience, Rollins is a Certified Health Education Specialist, a Master Certified Life Coach, a Certified Integrative Health Coach, and a Certified Career Coach. Rollins currently resides in Orlando, Florida, where she spends her time enjoying the sun, reading books, and developing new wellness programs.

Shannon Rollins is a Performance Coach with more than eight years of experience enabling individuals to improve their mental health and physical wellbeing through one-on-one coaching, group wellness programs, corporate workshops, and health education... Show more

Jannis Born

Jannis Born

Jannis is a first-year PhD. student jointly between the Computational Systems Biology group at IBM Research in Zurich and the Machine Learning for Computational Biology group at ETH Zurich. His main Ph.D. topic intersects systems biology and drug discovery using deep learning methods. His current research also involves explainable medical image analysis of ultrasound.

He received a BSc. in Cognitive Science and a MSc. in Neural Systems and Computation (both with highest distinction). In 2019, he was awarded the FXH Scientific Excellence Award from Roche, a scientific excellence award about the future of healthcare. He received several scholarships, is an iOS developer and co-founded a summer school in computational neuroscience.

Jannis is a first-year PhD. student jointly between the Computational Systems Biology group at IBM Research in Zurich and the Machine Learning for Computational Biology group at ETH Zurich. His main Ph.D. topic intersects systems biology and drug dis... Show more

Marina Ivasic-Kos

Marina Ivasic-Kos

Marina Ivasic-Kos is an Associate Professor at the Department of informatics, University of Rijeka. She earned her Ph.D. in Computer Science at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing in Zagreb in 2012. She was involved in several business and research projects in information and computer science fields as well as several ICT COST and Erasmus+ projects. She is the leader of the research project Automatic recognition of actions and activities in multimedia content from the sports domain and principal researcher at project Knowledge-based approach to crowd analysis in video surveillance both funded by National Research Agency.
Her research interests are focused on artificial intelligence, computer vision, knowledge representation, and soft computing. She is a technical committee member and reviewer for numerous scientific conferences and reviewer for high-cited journals such as Elsevier Pattern Recognition Journal (PR), Expert Systems with Applications (ESWA), IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, Transactions on Cybernetics, Signal Processing and Access, International Journal of Uncertainty, Fuzziness and Knowledge-Based Systems, MDPI Sensors, and Entropy.

Marina Ivasic-Kos is an Associate Professor at the Department of informatics, University of Rijeka. She earned her Ph.D. in Computer Science at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing in Zagreb in 2012. She was involved in several busines... Show more

Calistus Igwilo

Calistus Igwilo

Calistus Igwilo holds an MSc from the University of Nottingham. He has practical experience in managing cloud infrastructure and deploying apps in Docker containers.

Calistus Igwilo holds an MSc from the University of Nottingham. He has practical experience in managing cloud infrastructure and deploying apps in Docker containers. Show more

Per Bay

Per Bay

Per Bay är en av de mest erfarna affärssystemskonsulterna på Dynamics 365 Business Central i Sverige. Under drygt 20 år har han deltagit i ett 100-tal upphandlingar och implementationer av affärssystem.

Per Bay är en av de mest erfarna affärssystemskonsulterna på Dynamics 365 Business Central i Sverige. Under drygt 20 år har han deltagit i ett 100-tal upphandlingar och implementationer av affärssystem. Show more

Shruti Sharma

Shruti Sharma

Shruti Sharma has been part of the BI team at Ingram for 3 years, where among other things she was involved in designing and execution of a sales and operations reporting dashboard for publishers. She is extending her skill set by doing a Data Science Bootcamp at the Nashville Software School. She also holds a PhD in Cellular Biochemistry from Max Plank Institute for Biochemistry, Munich, Germany.

Shruti Sharma has been part of the BI team at Ingram for 3 years, where among other things she was involved in designing and execution of a sales and operations reporting dashboard for publishers. She is extending her skill set by doing a Data Scienc... Show more

Chantelle Fitzgerald

Chantelle Fitzgerald

Chantelle Fitzgerald is the Founder of Mindset Strategies, LLC a leadership development consulting firm that helps to train and support leaders in becoming the best version of themselves. Mindset Strategies, provides training and tangible tools that help with increase of attention, focus, productivity, resiliency and more. Chantelle is a certified mindfulness and emotional intelligence trainer through a program called Search Inside Yourself -- a program founded out of Google that blends mindfulness with emotional intelligence and neuroscience.
Chantelle is also a host of an online TV show called Mindset on RVNTV.TV where she interviews industry leaders to learn about challenges they faced and their “Mindset” to push through.
Prior to starting her own company, Chantelle has had a wealth of experience in the private/corporate, non-profit and higher education sectors, which expands over a 15 years. She has lead business development efforts, sales, marketing, that resulted in being recognized as the top sales rep for Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, raised over $1M dollars for the American Heart Association, created international study abroad programs in the midwest for EF Education First and more. Throughout her career and across sectors, Chantelle has seen a need for the enhanced skill set of emotional intelligence and mindfulness in the workplace. Thus, Chantelle is thrilled to provide trainings to leaders companies and organizations.
Chantelle holds a Master’s in Nonprofit/NGO Leadership from the University of Pennsylvania and BA in French with Secondary Certification from Muhlenberg College. She has served as board chair for the Young Professionals Network of the Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, board member for the International House of Philadelphia, iPraxis and IMPACT Philadelphia. Chantelle also loves to travel internationally, enjoys cooking, reading, meditation and salsa dancing.

Chantelle Fitzgerald is the Founder of Mindset Strategies, LLC a leadership development consulting firm that helps to train and support leaders in becoming the best version of themselves. Mindset Strategies, provides training and tangible tools that ... Show more

Emily Kearney

Emily Kearney

Emily Kearney is the Project Director of Tech & Biotech at the Unconscious Bias Project. She is also pursuing her PhD in Environmental Science at UC Berkeley and is passionate about data science, open source, and chocolate pollination.

Emily Kearney is the Project Director of Tech & Biotech at the Unconscious Bias Project. She is also pursuing her PhD in Environmental Science at UC Berkeley and is passionate about data science, open source, and chocolate pollination. Show more

Jake Litwicki

Jake Litwicki

A pretty nice guy

A pretty nice guy Show more

Andrei Luchici

Andrei Luchici

I am the co-founder of a consulting company helping mid-size companies on the road to AI and IoT. I spend most of my time building products and services using data, advanced analytics and machine learning algorithms.

When I am not creating data solutions, I write code that helps researchers in cell motility to understand how cells move and interact with each other or I blog about data science, machine learning, and other related topics.

I am the co-founder of a consulting company helping mid-size companies on the road to AI and IoT. I spend most of my time building products and services using data, advanced analytics and machine learning algorithms. When I am not creating data so... Show more

Reneida Leon

Reneida Leon

Reneida has over 15 years of experience leading product management, UX and business strategy initiatives in various industries, from EdTech, eCommerce and Economic Development to the Life Sciences. Her solutions have spanned Web, mobile and API services for both DTC and SaaS companies. Throughout these experiences, end-user data products have emerged as a common denominator, informing her framework approach to managing high value analytics interfaces. Based in South Florida and originally from San Juan, Puerto Rico, Reneida is fluent in English and Spanish. She has a BSBA from the University of Florida and MBA from the University of Maryland, College Park.

Reneida has over 15 years of experience leading product management, UX and business strategy initiatives in various industries, from EdTech, eCommerce and Economic Development to the Life Sciences. Her solutions have spanned Web, mobile and API servi... Show more

Jacqui Read

Jacqui Read

Jacqui Read is a keynote speaker, an internationally-recognised solution and enterprise architect, and author of Communication Patterns: A Guide for Developers and Architects. She teaches public and private workshops and speaks at international conferences on topics such as architecture practices, systems design, and technical communication. Jacqui specialises in untangling and extracting value from data and knowledge, helping businesses to determine direction in complex environments.

Her professional interests include collaborative modelling, knowledge management, Domain-Driven Design, sociotechnical architecture, and modernising enterprise architecture practices. Outside of work she enjoys gardening and strumming her ukulele while singing at the same time. Her website is [https://jacquiread.com](https://jacquiread.com).

Jacqui Read is a keynote speaker, an internationally-recognised solution and enterprise architect, and author of Communication Patterns: A Guide for Developers and Architects. She teaches public and private workshops and speaks at international confe... Show more

Simi Olabisi

Simi Olabisi

Simi Olabisi is a Director, AI Specialist (Global Black Belt Team) at Microsoft responsible for accelerating market adoption of AI and driving some of the most strategic and innovative customer AI projects leveraging Azure AI/ML products and services. She boasts an impressive career in the technology sector. Her journey commenced with notable stints at Cisco, Google (GCP), and Amazon Web Services where she helped customers enable innovative technologies such as Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.

Simi is the Founder of Project Omoverhi (Featured on ABC News), where she invented an innovative, cost-effective solar powered infant incubator for premature infants in developing countries. She also embarked on a two-year venture in the startup arena, where she dedicated her efforts to empowering African software engineers through training and forging connections to international opportunities in Europe, Canada, and the United States.

Her profound insights and career expertise led to her being featured in Glamour Magazine (print, podcast, and YouTube) as a prominent thought leader, particularly in the realm of women's salary negotiation. Simi's educational background includes a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering from Santa Clara University. She is currently based in Austin, TX, was born in Lagos, Nigeria, and grew up in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia before moving to the United States.

Simi Olabisi is a Director, AI Specialist (Global Black Belt Team) at Microsoft responsible for accelerating market adoption of AI and driving some of the most strategic and innovative customer AI projects leveraging Azure AI/ML products and services... Show more

Tore Nestenius

Tore Nestenius

With more than 23 years of professional experience in software development and over a decade specializing in training developers, Tore is a seasoned expert in the industry.

He currently operates as an independent consultant, delivering high-quality training, coaching, and consulting services. His areas of focus include .NET, ASP.NET Core, Software Architecture, Web Security, and Identity Management.

In 1996, Tore launched his first website, which evolved into Programmers Heaven—a web community that attracted a peak audience of over 750,000 visitors per month.

With more than 23 years of professional experience in software development and over a decade specializing in training developers, Tore is a seasoned expert in the industry. He currently operates as an independent consultant, delivering high-quali... Show more

Gerald Crescione

Gerald Crescione

Gerald is a seasoned entrepreneur in the OSS Cloud Native space, now at the helm of DevSecCon, the world’s largest DevSecOps community, at Snyk. He joined Snyk through the acquisition of DriftClt, an innovative open-source tool, initially as part of the DevRel team. He then expanded his expertise in application security by driving top customer contributions in Snyk’s Customer Advocacy team, all while championing secure, community-led development across the industry.

Gerald is a seasoned entrepreneur in the OSS Cloud Native space, now at the helm of DevSecCon, the world’s largest DevSecOps community, at Snyk. He joined Snyk through the acquisition of DriftClt, an innovative open-source tool, initially as part of ... Show more

Christian Buckley

Christian Buckley

Christian is an award-winning product marketer and technology evangelist, and both a Microsoft Regional Director (RD) and Most Valuable Professional (MVP). Christian's 30-year tech career has included Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Evangelist for several leading SharePoint ISVs, and he was part of the Microsoft team that launched the hosted SharePoint platform in Office 365. He has worked with some of the world’s largest technology companies to build and deploy social, collaboration, and supply chain solutions, and sold his first software startup to Rational Software in 2001. Co-author of books on both SharePoint and software configuration management (SCM), Christian is one of the most widely published names within the Microsoft ecosystem, and can be found online at www.buckleyplanet.com and @buckleyplanet

Christian is an award-winning product marketer and technology evangelist, and both a Microsoft Regional Director (RD) and Most Valuable Professional (MVP). Christian's 30-year tech career has included Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Evangelist for ... Show more

Sofía Platas

Sofía Platas

Hey! I'm a technical consultant from Madrid. I've been working for years with D365CE and PowerPlatform, trying to increase their capabilities with Azure. I am a proud part of the Dynamics community and love participating in conferences and events to share my knowledge and learn about other people's experiences and new functionalities.

Hey! I'm a technical consultant from Madrid. I've been working for years with D365CE and PowerPlatform, trying to increase their capabilities with Azure. I am a proud part of the Dynamics community and love participating in conferences and events to ... Show more

Shawn Kyzer

Shawn Kyzer

Shawn is passionate about harnessing the power of data strategy, engineering, and analytics in order to help businesses uncover new opportunities. As an innovative technologist with over 15 years of experience, Shawn removes technology as a barrier and broadens the art of the possible for business and product leaders. His holistic view of technology and emphasis on developing and motivating strong engineering talent, with a focus on delivering outcomes whilst minimising outputs, is one of the characteristics which sets him apart from the crowd.

Shawn’s deep technical knowledge includes distributed computing, cloud architecture, data science, machine learning, and engineering analytics platforms. He has years of experience working as a consultant practitioner for a variety of prestigious clients ranging from secret clearance level government organizations to Fortune 500 companies.

Shawn is passionate about harnessing the power of data strategy, engineering, and analytics in order to help businesses uncover new opportunities. As an innovative technologist with over 15 years of experience, Shawn removes technology as a barrier a... Show more

Christos Chatzis

Christos Chatzis

Christos Chatzis is a technology leader specializing in big data and software engineering, currently serving as the Senior Technology Manager at Kaizen Gaming. His career is built on a strong academic foundation in Physics and Control and Computing from NKUA, complemented by an eight-year tenure at NOKIA, where he focused on Software Defined Access Network (SDAN) solutions and earned notable recognition for his contributions. Prior to his current role, he held the position of Associate Director of Engineering at Orfium, and fCTO in Mind-Alliance, where he led initiatives in real-time data processing and cloud-native architectures, enhancing operational efficiency and product performance.

Christos has extensive experience leading distributed teams across the UK, Greece, and Sri Lanka, fostering a collaborative environment that emphasizes engineering excellence, diversity, and process optimization. His technical expertise spans real-time big data analytics, machine learning, and software engineering, ensuring the alignment of technological advancements with strategic business objectives to achieve tangible results.

In addition to his professional roles, Christos is an active contributor to the engineering community as a speaker at conferences such as OpenConf and DeveloperWeek Global, where he shares practical insights and industry knowledge. He is also a published writer for LeadDev, contributing articles on engineering management, innovation, and leadership. His dedication to driving innovation, supporting team growth, and advancing the broader technology sector underscores his impact in the field.

Christos Chatzis is a technology leader specializing in big data and software engineering, currently serving as the Senior Technology Manager at Kaizen Gaming. His career is built on a strong academic foundation in Physics and Control and Computing f... Show more

Marcel Hofstetter

Marcel Hofstetter

CEO of JomaSoft (Oracle Gold Partner)
Providing SPARC/Solaris Consulting/Services and Products since 25 years.
Speaker at Oracle/Solaris User Groups, Events and Meetups worldwide.

Expertise: SPARC/x86 Server, Solaris, Datacenter, Network, Storage, ZFS, LDoms

Marcel lives in Switzerland/Europe

CEO of JomaSoft (Oracle Gold Partner) Providing SPARC/Solaris Consulting/Services and Products since 25 years. Speaker at Oracle/Solaris User Groups, Events and Meetups worldwide. Expertise: SPARC/x86 Server, Solaris, Datacenter, Network, Stora... Show more

Shekhar Jain

Shekhar Jain

I am a seasoned technology leader specialising in Microsoft Power Platform, Dynamics 365 (D365), and digital transformation. With a proven track record of leading projects that drive innovation and operational efficiency, I focus on integrating AI and automation to elevate business outcomes. My passion for emerging technologies extends to blockchain and quantum computing where I advocate for its strategic use in enterprise solutions. With deep expertise in digitalisation strategies, I help organisations unlock the full potential of their digital ecosystems. My blend of strategic vision and technical expertise positions me to lead businesses into a future of sustainable growth and innovation.

I am a seasoned technology leader specialising in Microsoft Power Platform, Dynamics 365 (D365), and digital transformation. With a proven track record of leading projects that drive innovation and operational efficiency, I focus on integrating AI an... Show more

Oussama Ben wafi

Oussama Ben wafi

Oussama is an experienced Android engineer since the ages of Java and ADT. He likes the native approach for mobile development and Kotlin is his favorite programming language. He loves talking to people from around the world about anything mobile or culture.

Oussama is an experienced Android engineer since the ages of Java and ADT. He likes the native approach for mobile development and Kotlin is his favorite programming language. He loves talking to people from around the world about anything mobile or ... Show more

Paul Antony

Paul Antony

I am a computer science student with a passion for data analysis and AI development. I enjoy using my technical skills to solve complex problems and innovate in these areas.

I am a computer science student with a passion for data analysis and AI development. I enjoy using my technical skills to solve complex problems and innovate in these areas. Show more

August Simonelli

August Simonelli

August Simonelli is a Principal Product Manager at Red Hat. He has worked with customers around the world to help them adopt, use, improve, and implement open source technologies. Raised in Boulder, Colorado, August now lives in Sydney, Australia and is a strong advocate for using open source technology to solve real-world problems. He believes that technology has the potential to make a positive impact on the world, and he is committed to helping people use it to make a difference.

August Simonelli is a Principal Product Manager at Red Hat. He has worked with customers around the world to help them adopt, use, improve, and implement open source technologies. Raised in Boulder, Colorado, August now lives in Sydney, Australia and... Show more

Nelson Calero

Nelson Calero

Nelson Calero is a senior data engineer with 20+ years of extensive experience in Oracle, PostgreSQL, Google Cloud, and other database technologies. A seasoned presenter and community leader, he shares his insight and expertise on database products at various events globally. Nelson works as a Principal Consultant for Pythian - as the last technical team escalation point handling the Pythian client's most challenging and serious database technical problems.

He is an Oracle ACE Director and Oracle Certified Professional, a member of the Board of the Latin American Oracle User Community (LAOUC), and a leader of the Uruguayan Oracle User Group (UYOUG).

Nelson Calero is a senior data engineer with 20+ years of extensive experience in Oracle, PostgreSQL, Google Cloud, and other database technologies. A seasoned presenter and community leader, he shares his insight and expertise on database products ... Show more

Chris Cavazos

Chris Cavazos

Principal Consultant at Quisitive, with over 20 years' experience in IT. Areas of expertise include Configuration Manager, Intune, Azure Virtual Desktop, Microsoft Defender Suite, Windows 365 and on-prem/cloud infrastructure.

Principal Consultant at Quisitive, with over 20 years' experience in IT. Areas of expertise include Configuration Manager, Intune, Azure Virtual Desktop, Microsoft Defender Suite, Windows 365 and on-prem/cloud infrastructure. Show more

Joe Chavez

Joe Chavez

Joe Chavez is a highly skilled Enterprise Architect with over 25 years of experience in the Information Technology (IT) sector. His expertise encompasses architecture, design, implementation, and support across various systems and technologies. Joe excels in all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), including requirements definition, data analysis, modeling, application development, testing, and deployment. He has significant experience leading technical architecture and design for various projects, notably IoT and science operations for NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. Currently, Joe is a consultant for the State of California Department of Health Care Services, contributing to the Medi-Cal Enterprise Modernization Division as a part of their engineering team. His areas of specialization include DevOps, Cloud Native technologies, Microservices, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD), Kubernetes, Kafka, APIs, and Data Mesh.

Joe Chavez is a highly skilled Enterprise Architect with over 25 years of experience in the Information Technology (IT) sector. His expertise encompasses architecture, design, implementation, and support across various systems and technologies. Joe e... Show more

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