Dorice Horenstein, Oy to Joy Champion Catalyst, is an international speaker, Positive Intelligence® expert, and author of Choose to Be Your Own Champion and the best-selling Moments of the Heart. With infectious energy, humor, and practical wisdom, Dorice brings a wealth of experience from her 30-year background in educational leadership, equipping leaders and organizations with the mindset and tools to turn stress into strength and setbacks into opportunities. Her mission is to ignite resilience, boost productivity, and elevate leadership through transformative storytelling, actionable strategies, and a joy-filled approach. Whether on stage or in workshops, Dorice empowers people to uncover their inner champions, cultivate meaningful relationships, and lead with confidence, purpose, and joy.

Dorice Horenstein, Oy to Joy Champion Catalyst, is an international speaker, Positive Intelligence® expert, and author of Choose to Be Your Own Champion and the best-selling Moments of the Heart. With infectious energy, humor, and practical wisdom, D... Show more

Roger Williams brings over 20 years of hosting expertise to Kinsta, where he helps fast-growing startups and digital agencies unlock the full potential of WordPress hosting. His core belief: great hosting support should feel like a strategic partnership, not just a service.

Recently, Roger helped launch Kinsta’s Community program, focused on deepening connections with the WordPress ecosystem. Since WordPress is open-source, its strength lies in the community that builds and improves it. Roger works closely with startups and developers, sharing insights at events, gathering feedback, and helping users get the most from WordPress, whether they’re scaling quickly or just getting started.

With a background in marketing and client services, Roger understands the high-pressure environments startups operate in. He champions tools that reduce complexity and increase agility, like WordPress auto-rollback, staging environments, and reliable backup systems. His goal is simple: remove friction so startups can focus on what matters most, building great products and growing their business.

At Kinsta, Roger connects startup teams with powerful infrastructure, actionable support, and the confidence to scale without compromise.

Roger Williams brings over 20 years of hosting expertise to Kinsta, where he helps fast-growing startups and digital agencies unlock the full potential of WordPress hosting. His core belief: great hosting support should feel like a strategic partners... Show more

Banani Mohapatra is a data science leader with 12+ years of experience in e-commerce, payments, and real estate, specializing in machine learning, generative AI, LLMs, and causal AI. She leads a global data science team at Walmart, driving subscription growth with multi-billion-dollar revenue impact. Her work includes Predictive Modeling for Measurement, LLM-powered governance frameworks, and adaptive GenAI solutions that personalize user experiences and increase engagement.

Banani Mohapatra is a data science leader with 12+ years of experience in e-commerce, payments, and real estate, specializing in machine learning, generative AI, LLMs, and causal AI. She leads a global data science team at Walmart, driving subscripti... Show more

Als ervaren Adviseur bij OGD ict-diensten, breng ik meer dan 10 jaar ervaring op architectuur gebied en advies met me mee. Mijn passie ligt in het helpen van organisaties om hun doelen te bereiken door middel van op maat gemaakte advies en begeleiding. Ik ben gespecialiseerd in het ontwikkelen van efficiënte en effectieve oplossingen voor complexe vraagstukken en strategieën die niet alleen de prestaties verbeteren, maar ook de organisatie verder brengen.

Als ervaren Adviseur bij OGD ict-diensten, breng ik meer dan 10 jaar ervaring op architectuur gebied en advies met me mee. Mijn passie ligt in het helpen van organisaties om hun doelen te bereiken door middel van op maat gemaakte advies en begeleidin... Show more

Full Stack Engineer turned Engineering Manager with more than 8 years' of experience building products for numerous domains like e-commerce, real estate, video-streaming, Fin-Tech and now Insurance Tech with Qoala.

Full Stack Engineer turned Engineering Manager with more than 8 years' of experience building products for numerous domains like e-commerce, real estate, video-streaming, Fin-Tech and now Insurance Tech with Qoala. Show more

Amarnath Immadisetty is a visionary leader in the tech industry, with over 18 years of experience driving groundbreaking innovation in real-time data processing systems. As a technology leader at Lowe’s, he spearheads a team that processes terabytes of data, delivering critical digital insights that enhance customer experience and optimize business performance on a global scale.

With a proven track record in leadership roles at global companies like Target, Uniqlo, and CMC Limited, Amarnath has redefined large-scale systems, engineering platforms, and data analytics. His work has empowered organizations to streamline operations, boost efficiency, and make data-driven decisions that fuel business success.

An inventor with multiple patents and a respected author, Amarnath is recognized for his pioneering research in cloud computing, data analytics, and technology transformation. His contributions have earned him accolades in leading academic journals, establishing him as an influential thought leader in the tech community.

Amarnath’s exceptional leadership has been recognized with prestigious awards such as the Titan and Noble Awards. Beyond corporate achievements, he actively mentors the next generation of tech leaders, sharing his knowledge as a sought-after speaker at industry conferences like DevOps and Python. As an IEEE paper reviewer, and judge for prestigious tech competitions like the Conrad Challenge and Globee Awards, Amarnath plays a key role in shaping the future of tech innovation.

A proud member of IEEE, Sigma Xi, BCS, and IAEME, Amarnath engages with researchers and engineers, nurturing talent and advancing the tech community through collaboration and mentorship.

Amarnath’s transformative work continues to inspire, shaping the future of technology and creating lasting change across industries.

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Amarnath Immadisetty is a visionary leader in the tech industry, with over 18 years of experience driving groundbreaking innovation in real-time data processing systems. As a technology leader at Lowe’s, he spearheads a team that processes terabytes ... Show more

Joaquim Torres (Joca) is a digital product development and management advisor. He has over 30 years of hands-on experience. He led the digital transformation of Lopes Consultoria de Imóveis, Brazil's most prominent real estate company, as CDO (Chief Digital Officer). Before that, he was CPO (Chief Product Officer) at Gympass, Conta Azul, and Locaweb. He began his career by co-founding his first startup in 1992, a BBS that became one of Brazil's first internet access providers. Author of 4 books on digital product management, he writes regularly at http://gyaco.com.

Joaquim Torres (Joca) is a digital product development and management advisor. He has over 30 years of hands-on experience. He led the digital transformation of Lopes Consultoria de Imóveis, Brazil's most prominent real estate company, as CDO (Chief ... Show more

Tamsin is a Principal Architect who is leading research on artificial intelligence for a FinTech payments specialist. Having started working on Expert Systems, Tamsin has 30 years experience of IT, primarily in the finance sector.

Tamsin is a Principal Architect who is leading research on artificial intelligence for a FinTech payments specialist. Having started working on Expert Systems, Tamsin has 30 years experience of IT, primarily in the finance sector. Show more

Sean M. Duncan, CPA is the president of SMD Consulting & Accounting and founder of Chief Proactive Advisors, LLC. built his reputation as a thought leader in the accounting industry by focusing on advising, teaching, and helping clients with proactive strategy and planning.

CPAs across the United States possess so much valuable knowledge about business, finances, AND taxes; but all too often they shy away from sharing their wisdom in a timely and actionable manner. Over the last 25+ years, Sean has accumulated a diverse and unique set of credentials and knowledge that he shares through speaking at conferences and events, in private seminars, one-on-one with clients, and with his very talented team at SMD.

A recognized expert on comprehensive financial and business strategy, Sean M. Duncan, CPA has been a speaker at accounting events, financial advisor conferences, real estate investor conferences, Texas Bar Association events, medical forums, and many other conferences, webinars, and podcasts. e has contributed to Intuit’s Accountant blog and is a frequent contributor to articles in The Dallas Morning News, Insightful Accountant, and other publications. Sean has also made numerous appearances as a TV, radio, and podcast guest across the United States.

Sean M. Duncan, CPA is the president of SMD Consulting & Accounting and founder of Chief Proactive Advisors, LLC. built his reputation as a thought leader in the accounting industry by focusing on advising, teaching, and helping clients with proactiv... Show more

35+yrs - deep software industry expertise in major ecosystems IBM, Microsoft, SAP, Oracle and enterprise application landscapes

35+yrs - deep software industry expertise in major ecosystems IBM, Microsoft, SAP, Oracle and enterprise application landscapes Show more

Learning new things!

Learning new things! Show more

ISO C++ Committee Member & Indian National Body Chair
High-performance Architect
Minimalist & Incremental Architecture
Correct-by-construction Design
22 years of experience
Invited Guest Speaker at Annual world-renowned companies
Speaker at many conferences - check YouTube

ISO C++ Committee Member & Indian National Body Chair High-performance Architect Minimalist & Incremental Architecture Correct-by-construction Design 22 years of experience Invited Guest Speaker at Annual world-renowned companies Speaker at man... Show more

Architecte Collaboratif sur l'écosystème Microsoft, j'accompagne les entreprises pour collaborer efficacement et dans un environnement maitrisé.

Architecte Collaboratif sur l'écosystème Microsoft, j'accompagne les entreprises pour collaborer efficacement et dans un environnement maitrisé. Show more

Software Engineer for 20+ years

Software Engineer for 20+ years Show more

Raphael Pigulla is a Principal Architect at MaibornWolff (Germany) with over twenty years of experience in all things JavaScript and the web. He focuses on clean and scalable backend architectures in TypeScript. Raphael is a coffee enthusiast, passionate educator and avid board gamer who never misses a bad pun.

Raphael Pigulla is a Principal Architect at MaibornWolff (Germany) with over twenty years of experience in all things JavaScript and the web. He focuses on clean and scalable backend architectures in TypeScript. Raphael is a coffee enthusiast, passio... Show more

AWS Hero passionate about #Serverless so I created @cdkpatterns / http://dev.to/cdkpatterns

AWS Hero passionate about #Serverless so I created @cdkpatterns / http://dev.to/cdkpatterns Show more

I am an assistant professor of urban design and analytics at TU Delft, passionate about asking spatial and non-spatial questions with R. I co-initiated Rbanism, a community of R users that aims to empower urbanism researchers, students, educators and practitioners to use open-source software and related open-science practices effectively and with confidence. Currently, I focus on developing an open-source tool for urban river space analysis, and on text mining applied in urbanism education.

I am an assistant professor of urban design and analytics at TU Delft, passionate about asking spatial and non-spatial questions with R. I co-initiated Rbanism, a community of R users that aims to empower urbanism researchers, students, educators and... Show more

Arquitecta y analista Senior de soluciones QA/QC en Baufest S.A. Me considero una Agile Lover y Predicadora de la Accesibilidad.
He trabajado durante más de 9 años probando varios productos en diferentes plataformas realizando una amplia variedad de tipos de pruebas con diversas herramientas en diferentes entornos tradicionales y ágiles. He realizado muchos cursos sobre habilidades de gestión y pruebas ofrecidos por el W3C y la
Universidad de Curtin, entre otros. He participado como oradora en diferentes eventos tales como "Mega Testing Week",
Switcheate" y "ADA13" hablando de Agile Testing, Agile & DevOps y Accesibilidad Digital. Además, he realizado algunos webinars sobre Accesibilidad Web patrocinados por algunas entidades como CharlyAutomatiza, Baufest S.A y EducaciónIT.

Arquitecta y analista Senior de soluciones QA/QC en Baufest S.A. Me considero una Agile Lover y Predicadora de la Accesibilidad. He trabajado durante más de 9 años probando varios productos en diferentes plataformas realizando una amplia variedad d... Show more

After nearly 15 years of work in and around Open Source Program Office and Software Architecture in Sony Mobile moved to Volvo Cars where I spend most of my time helping teams with Enterprise Architecture, technical aspects of work with Open Source compliance and distribution, as well as AI governance.

After nearly 15 years of work in and around Open Source Program Office and Software Architecture in Sony Mobile moved to Volvo Cars where I spend most of my time helping teams with Enterprise Architecture, technical aspects of work with Open Source ... Show more

Started as trainer and administrator in Algebra, then through some years became head of operating systems department at Algebra private college. At that time, he became IT Pro group lead and 5-year Microsoft MVP. After four years in Microsoft covering roles of Infrastructure and Azure TSP, Marin moved to Span to take the role of Senior Solutions Architect for cloud solutions. Currently working in AWS as Senior Soultions Architect specialized in migrations. Personal time is occupied by enjoying short trips with his family and close friends, tinkering with home automation and networking and spending money on too many gadgets.

Started as trainer and administrator in Algebra, then through some years became head of operating systems department at Algebra private college. At that time, he became IT Pro group lead and 5-year Microsoft MVP. After four years in Microsoft coverin... Show more

William is co-founder at Spatial Pixel and researches spatial artificial intelligence at Columbia University, the application of generative artificial intelligence to all aspects of spatial reasoning for designers and environments. Originally trained as an architect, he has held roles in technology companies as director of AI, head of product, interaction designer, and software engineer, and as a professor at Yale and NYIT.

William is co-founder at Spatial Pixel and researches spatial artificial intelligence at Columbia University, the application of generative artificial intelligence to all aspects of spatial reasoning for designers and environments. Originally trained... Show more

Marco Sciatta is a Principal Architect at Wefox, where he focuses on designing software and architecture to continuously improve the technology and the solutions adopted across the company.
With more than 20 years of experience, he worked on different projects from IoT systems to SaaS architectures, embracing cloud-native tools.

Marco Sciatta is a Principal Architect at Wefox, where he focuses on designing software and architecture to continuously improve the technology and the solutions adopted across the company. With more than 20 years of experience, he worked on differe... Show more

In the ever-changing tech realm, Francesco worn many hats. From wielding the power of SDN to orchestrating virtual wonders, with important focus on performance improvement and HPC for cloud infrastructure, Francesco has navigated through cloud and network architectures with a steady hand. Lately, Francesco proudly led the team who ported JMA XRAN 5G RAN solution in the mighty Kubernetes kingdom. Along the way, he pushes the standards to shape the Telco path forward by means of open source tech.

In the ever-changing tech realm, Francesco worn many hats. From wielding the power of SDN to orchestrating virtual wonders, with important focus on performance improvement and HPC for cloud infrastructure, Francesco has navigated through cloud and ne... Show more

Architect | Community Lead

Architect | Community Lead Show more

Marsha is the Global Practice Lead for Databases at Pure Storage within the Office of the CTO. She manages the Database, Application, Virtualization, CBS, Flashstack, SAN, and Performance FSAs. Personally, she has 20 plus years of database expertise. She has a lot of experience with HA, DR, virtualization, OLTP, Agile, and Big Data. She has driven VMware and Storage Admins crazy for years.

Marsha is the Global Practice Lead for Databases at Pure Storage within the Office of the CTO. She manages the Database, Application, Virtualization, CBS, Flashstack, SAN, and Performance FSAs. Personally, she has 20 plus years of database expertis... Show more

Suvodeep, a founding engineer at StarTree, was the key builder of StarTree ThirdEye, a real-time anomaly detection platform. An alumnus of Texas A&M and IIT Kharagpur, he blends technical mastery with business insights, honed further by his tenure at LinkedIn and his entrepreneurial journey as a startup founder. Throughout his career, Suvodeep has driven significant business outcomes and led impactful initiatives, leaving a significant imprint on the organizations he has been a part of.

Suvodeep, a founding engineer at StarTree, was the key builder of StarTree ThirdEye, a real-time anomaly detection platform. An alumnus of Texas A&M and IIT Kharagpur, he blends technical mastery with business insights, honed further by his tenure at... Show more

Dave Erickson is the Public Sector Distinguished Architect at Elastic, a leading technology company. With a wealth of experience in spearheading large-scale data projects across various critical sectors, including civilian, healthcare, defense, and national security, Dave is a seasoned expert in emerging technologies. His expertise shines in designing and implementing petabyte-scale data architectures, tackling complex challenges head-on. Dave's extensive cross-agency exposure in the world of Big Data architecture empowers him to anticipate emerging trends and apply them to the government space.

Dave Erickson is the Public Sector Distinguished Architect at Elastic, a leading technology company. With a wealth of experience in spearheading large-scale data projects across various critical sectors, including civilian, healthcare, defense, and n... Show more

Soheyla Haghighi: I'm an italian architect spec. 3D Modeling-Virtual Realities, I'm in the Web3 from 6 years.
With a solid background in IT-UX/UI/Web Design, I've been working in startups for the past 7 yrs.
I founded my NFT-meta startup in 2022 (won a Polygon grant, accelerated by VISA, partnership w/ Bitpanda).
My goal is to bring NFTs to life in any virtual world, centralized or decentralized.
I'm a speaker in web3:
• Blockchain Week Rome 2022 (panel: what are the NFT business opportunities in the metaverse?)
• Italian Startup Network (p: NFTs in p2e games)
• BiDigital Innovation Event for Sella Bank (p: NFTs in the metaverse)
• Journalist and moderator for POMA Institute, Web3 Educational Platfrom granted by Solana
• Blockchain Forum, Milan (p: the future of NFTs and virtual worlds)

Soheyla Haghighi: I'm an italian architect spec. 3D Modeling-Virtual Realities, I'm in the Web3 from 6 years. With a solid background in IT-UX/UI/Web Design, I've been working in startups for the past 7 yrs. I founded my NFT-meta startup in 2022 (w... Show more

As the Founder and CEO of The Designers Group, Blima Ehrentreu combines her creativity and talent to reform the design industry. Her passion for empowering women, giving back to the community, and championing women in the workforce earned her a spot on Globest’s Women of Influence in 2020 & 2022.
The Designers Group’s diverse project portfolio spans the residential and commercial sectors, and Inc. Magazine ranked The Designers Group no.15 among the top fastest-growing private companies in the New York Metro Area in 2021. As a key industry leader, The Designers Group is at the forefront of cutting-edge interior design, specializing in high-end interior spaces for commercial, residential, and healthcare portfolios.
Blima has launched a number of programs to support the brand’s impact-driven ethos, including, TDG Gives Back, a pro-bono offering that provides design services to nonprofits and charities, TDG Furniture Exchange, a furniture exchange charity program which matches those in need of furniture with donors who have furniture to give, currently this program operates in three countries and over eight cities, and most recently, TDG Insider, an internship initiative that immerses young, aspiring designers into the field through a thoughtfully-curated shadowing program.

As the Founder and CEO of The Designers Group, Blima Ehrentreu combines her creativity and talent to reform the design industry. Her passion for empowering women, giving back to the community, and championing women in the workforce earned her a spot ... Show more

Mayank is an Architect at Salesforce who is passionate about building large scale distributed systems and policy based datacenter and compute management solutions. He has previously worked at Microsoft and Cisco. He has been an active contributor and reviewer to open source projects like core Kubernetes since its early days. He drives architecture and product strategy for the Salesforce Hyperforce and HyperCompute (managed K8s) offerings. Mayank actively shares his knowledge and his work using blogs and by speaking at conferences like KubeCon, DeveloperWeek Enterprise and CloudWorld. He has spoken previously at four KubeCon sessions.

Mayank is an Architect at Salesforce who is passionate about building large scale distributed systems and policy based datacenter and compute management solutions. He has previously worked at Microsoft and Cisco. He has been an active contributor and... Show more