Co-host of Denver's long-running bi-weekly Entrepreneur Meet Up.

Co-host of Denver's long-running bi-weekly Entrepreneur Meet Up. Show more

Wendy Barlin is more than an accountant. She is a Business
Strategist and financial confidante. Her specialty is taking all the tedious
financial chores off the shoulders of busy professionals and business
owners so that they can focus on the areas where they excel.
Her professional experience spans more than 25 years in industries as
diverse as hospitality, entertainment, and the retail industry.
Together with her international background and an understanding of foreign
trade, she brings rich sources of information to her clients' businesses. Having built and sold her own remote tax and accounting firm, Wendy now helps other firm owners reach their goals.
Growing up in Cape Town, South Africa, she graduated from the University of Cape Town with a double major in Accounting and Information Systems. By learning accountancy using pencil and paper rather than computers, she knows the intricacies of the information flow through the accounting system. This makes it easy for her to solve problems quickly.
During a one-year break spent backpacking around the world in search of her dream, Wendy fell in love with the sparkle of the City of Angels and decided to make her home here.
Today, Wendy lives in Ponte Vedra Beach Florida with her husband, two children and her whoodle Chewy. When not working wityh clients, Wendy can be found golfing, playing tennis and reading a good book on the beach.
Wendy is a member of the Florida Society of CPAs and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Wendy Barlin is more than an accountant. She is a Business Strategist and financial confidante. Her specialty is taking all the tedious financial chores off the shoulders of busy professionals and business owners so that they can focus on the are... Show more

Sheri Michele is the CEO and Founder of Sudden Success Business Solutions- a woman-owned enterprise serving clients across the nation, with a long history of providing small business growth solutions. She helps thousands of individuals develop as CEO and dedicated herself to finding only the BEST, MOST EXCELLENT & HIGH-CALIBRE Virtual Assistants to help you reach uttermost productivity in YOUR business and day-to-day life.

She's also an Investor and Leadership Expert who went from $0 to earning seven figures. Her first investment did not go as she planned. She lost $100,000.00, which was an eye-opening experience that woke her up to understand that she had a big responsibility - to help others who may be in the same boat as she was. Instead of quitting like most entrepreneurs do when they hit the rock-bottom, she pivoted into finance to inspire and help other business owners and entrepreneurs from making the biggest mistake in starting their businesses. She helped them fund their business, build a team, and better their financial journey. After her devastating entrepreneurial journey in 2018, she was able to build her business successfully.

Sheri Michele is the CEO and Founder of Sudden Success Business Solutions- a woman-owned enterprise serving clients across the nation, with a long history of providing small business growth solutions. She helps thousands of individuals develop as CEO... Show more

Cloud Architect

Cloud Architect Show more

Rishi Bhatnagar joined Morgan Stanley in 2016 and currently leads Banking Architecture, while also leading and contributing to various firmwide initiatives as an Enterprise Architect. Rishi is involved in various technology philanthropy and innovation initiatives and holds multiple patents.

Rishi Bhatnagar joined Morgan Stanley in 2016 and currently leads Banking Architecture, while also leading and contributing to various firmwide initiatives as an Enterprise Architect. Rishi is involved in various technology philanthropy and innovatio... Show more

Britnee Kinard, founder and CEO of SD Gunner Fund graduated from MTSU in 2005 with a degree in recording industry business. Britnee left her high-profile career in business, to become a full-time caregiver to her husband, Hamilton Kinard, after he suffered life-altering injuries while serving our country in Operation Iraqi Freedom.

The Kinard family knew Hamilton could benefit from a service dog, but the process of receiving one was a grueling and expensive 18-month ordeal. The stress of the experience – coupled with the tremendous benefits Hamilton’s service dog, Gunner, provided – drove the Kinards to establish SD Gunner Fund to help others. Since SD Gunner Fund’s founding, the organization has served over 450 veterans, first responders, and exceptional children and provided more than 50,000 hours of service dog training.

Britnee Kinard, founder and CEO of SD Gunner Fund graduated from MTSU in 2005 with a degree in recording industry business. Britnee left her high-profile career in business, to become a full-time caregiver to her husband, Hamilton Kinard, after he su... Show more

Stephen has over 30 years experience in IT with over half focussed in Manufacturing and Utilities companies.

Currently leading a team of talented Architects driving through innovation and business value for our customers at Dufrain.

Formerly Senior Cloud Solution Architect for Microsoft with specific responsibility for Data and AI in the Manufacturing and Utilities space.

Examples of Stephens' work have attracted national press attention associated with Critical National Infrastructure and Environmental Protection.

Stephen has spoken at trade conferences on this and other Data and AI subjects. Most recently at the UK's Smart Manufacturing and Engineering Week expo at the NEC in Birmingham.

Stephen has over 30 years experience in IT with over half focussed in Manufacturing and Utilities companies. Currently leading a team of talented Architects driving through innovation and business value for our customers at Dufrain. Formerly Se... Show more

Bhavik (ભાવિક) R. Shah [he/him] is an award-winning leader & culture change strategist at the intersections of mental health & DEIB (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging). Bhavik offers 16 years of demonstrated success within financial services, charter networks, and nonprofit foundations on a global scale. He channels his Gujarati South Asian immigrant roots within the AAPI community, bisexual identity within the LGBTQ+ community, and adolescent depression to partner with organizations to prioritize workplace mental health and foster cultures of inclusion. Bhavik's leadership has resulted in various awards from renowned global platforms, and he is a featured contributor in Harvard Business Review & Fast Company.

Bhavik (ભાવિક) R. Shah [he/him] is an award-winning leader & culture change strategist at the intersections of mental health & DEIB (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging). Bhavik offers 16 years of demonstrated success within financial services, ... Show more

As a father, maker, entrepreneur, and business angel, Bertier Luyt has demonstrated a remarkable ability to identify opportunities for growth and transformation. Bertier embodies the professional, innovative, and solution-focused mindset that defines Adesio's procurement solutions.
Adesio is quickly becoming a leader in procurement solutions, enabling businesses to achieve unparalleled efficiency, improve operational effectiveness, and unlock substantial cost savings.
Bertier's forward-thinking approach and expertise in technology management and innovation have enabled Adesio to deliver a game-changing platform that utilizes standardized, auditable, and real-time monitoring to transform traditional procurement methods.
Prior to Adesio, Bertier founded leFabShop a digital manufacturing and 3D printing startup in 2011, and launched Techstars Paris in 2017.

As a father, maker, entrepreneur, and business angel, Bertier Luyt has demonstrated a remarkable ability to identify opportunities for growth and transformation. Bertier embodies the professional, innovative, and solution-focused mindset that defines... Show more

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Aaron Morva ist ein leidenschaftlicher Microsoft 365-Experte und Power Platform-Enthusiast mit einem klaren Fokus auf innovative Lösungen und praxisnahe Umsetzung. Als erfahrener Berater bei der fme AG hat er eine beeindruckende Erfolgsbilanz bei der Entwicklung maßgeschneiderter Lösungen für verschiedene Branchen.
Mit seinem Hintergrund als Fachinformatiker für Systemintegration und einem breiten Spektrum an Zertifizierungen kombiniert Aaron seine analytische Denkweise mit kreativem Technologieeinsatz, um transformative Projekte zu realisieren. Zu seinen bisher erfolgreichsten Projekten zählen die Entwicklung einer Wissensmanagement-Plattform, eines Hubs für die Erstellung und Nutzung von intelligenten Meeting-Notizen, einer App zur Ressourcenüberwachung sowie einer Anwendung für Gesundheitschecks.

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Aaron Morva is a passionate Microsoft 365 expert and Power Platform enthusiast with a clear focus on innovative solutions and hands-on implementation. As an experienced consultant at fme AG, he has an impressive track record in developing customized solutions for various industries.
With a background as an IT specialist for system integration and a broad range of certifications, Aaron combines his analytical mindset with creative application of technology to realize transformative projects. His most successful projects to date include the development of a knowledge management platform, a hub for the creation and use of smart meeting notes, a resource monitoring app and a health check application.

--- Deutsche Version --- Aaron Morva ist ein leidenschaftlicher Microsoft 365-Experte und Power Platform-Enthusiast mit einem klaren Fokus auf innovative Lösungen und praxisnahe Umsetzung. Als erfahrener Berater bei der fme AG hat er eine beeindru... Show more

With a background in architecture and a decade of leading digital transformations, Amber Robinson brings a unique people-centric approach to the tech world. Driven by the belief that successful projects don't just deliver new features, but also transform how we work and live, she excels at uncovering user needs and aligning them with business goals. A champion of collaboration, Amber thrives on turning challenges into opportunities.

With a background in architecture and a decade of leading digital transformations, Amber Robinson brings a unique people-centric approach to the tech world. Driven by the belief that successful projects don't just deliver new features, but also trans... Show more

My professional passion is to solve problems. I founded Shake It® to build apps that work as tools to do exactly that: solve problems in a simple, portable, touch-friendly way. Lately my main focus has been developing technology to help events achieve their digital goals.

I am always open to new business endeavours, meeting interesting like-minded people, or just plain old networking.

Software Magician | Problem Solver | Traveller | Dog lover | Soul searcher | Father.

My professional passion is to solve problems. I founded Shake It® to build apps that work as tools to do exactly that: solve problems in a simple, portable, touch-friendly way. Lately my main focus has been developing technology to help events achiev... 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

Je suis passionné par le développement web et l'administration systèmes. Je suis un fervent utilisateur de Docker depuis l'abandon de PuPHPet. J'ai travaillé pendant quelques années à Rennes, puis j'ai géré ma propre entreprise. Depuis 2021 je travaille chez The Coding Machine en tant que membre de la direction technique et suis notamment en charge de la maintenance de certains projet open source. Dans mes différents rôles, j'ai souvent été confronté aux défis liés à l'exploitation des serveurs et à la maintenance à long terme des applications que j'ai développées. Mon plus ancien projet a commencé en 2011 et est toujours en cours de développement.

Je suis passionné par le développement web et l'administration systèmes. Je suis un fervent utilisateur de Docker depuis l'abandon de PuPHPet. J'ai travaillé pendant quelques années à Rennes, puis j'ai géré ma propre entreprise. Depuis 2021 je travai... Show more

Andy is a passionate proponent of CNCF technologies who’s used them as cornerstone of three companies cloud strategy. He is currently the Enterprise Architecture Director at Circonus and is leading the technical strategy through their third major evolution. Previously, he led the DevOps team at a unicorn startup. There they used CNCF tech to create a Dx platform that grew from 12 to 60 devs in a year and decreased new service deployment time from weeks to 10 minutes.

Andy is a passionate proponent of CNCF technologies who’s used them as cornerstone of three companies cloud strategy. He is currently the Enterprise Architecture Director at Circonus and is leading the technical strategy through their third major ev... Show more

Youen Péron est architecte technique à CGI France. Suite à plusieurs expériences de testeur, intégrateur, développeur pour EDF et Pôle Emploi, il initie en 2019 la solution CGI LINO & PIMO et participe activement à sa création.

Youen Péron est architecte technique à CGI France. Suite à plusieurs expériences de testeur, intégrateur, développeur pour EDF et Pôle Emploi, il initie en 2019 la solution CGI LINO & PIMO et participe activement à sa création. Show more

Eric Galluzzo is an industry veteran with over 25 years of experience in development, technical leadership, and architecture. He has worked in such disparate fields as CAD, insurance, retail, research lab notebooks, and legal forms, for firms with two employees up to Fortune 20 companies. His passion is to continue to learn and grow, to mentor others in doing the same, and to write more legal forms. Outside of work, he enjoys writing music for video games and for the concert hall; reading; playing video games; amassing an ever more sprawling LEGO collection; and did I mention how exciting legal forms are?

Eric Galluzzo is an industry veteran with over 25 years of experience in development, technical leadership, and architecture. He has worked in such disparate fields as CAD, insurance, retail, research lab notebooks, and legal forms, for firms with t... Show more

Daniel is passionate about container technologies, and was an early adopter of DevOps culture and Containers within his past roles.
While he was at Amazon Web Services (AWS) Daniel helped to solve their business challenges using well-architected cloud infrastructure, and supported customers and executives to innovate, and transition their business successfully to the cloud.
In previous roles Daniel developed and architected software of varying sizes, was responsible for DevOps departments and also managed multiple Kubernetes clusters.

Daniel is passionate about container technologies, and was an early adopter of DevOps culture and Containers within his past roles. While he was at Amazon Web Services (AWS) Daniel helped to solve their business challenges using well-architected clo... Show more

Arquitecto EUC (End-User Computing) especializado en Citrix.
Formador oficial de Citrix Virtualization & CitrixCloud

Arquitecto EUC (End-User Computing) especializado en Citrix. Formador oficial de Citrix Virtualization & CitrixCloud Show more

Having spent her adult life in various IT roles across different industries Sofia has gained a wide understanding of IT supporting business. Predominantly working in database, business intelligence, and integration roles she has a deep understanding of where businesses can leverage their data and how best to architect a solution that will allow growth.

Having spent her adult life in various IT roles across different industries Sofia has gained a wide understanding of IT supporting business. Predominantly working in database, business intelligence, and integration roles she has a deep understanding ... Show more

Ruben Ramos lleva más de 15 años en el mundo de desarrollo. En todos estos años años he tenido la oportunidad de trabajar con varias tecnologías, la mayoría de las veces en entorno Microsoft. Últimamente centrado en Azure y Office 365. Actualmente es Arquitecto de soluciones Office 365 en Ricoh

Ruben Ramos lleva más de 15 años en el mundo de desarrollo. En todos estos años años he tenido la oportunidad de trabajar con varias tecnologías, la mayoría de las veces en entorno Microsoft. Últimamente centrado en Azure y Office 365. Actualmente es... Show more

Amsterdam-based design-oriented engineer. Community, culture, and subcultures.

Amsterdam-based design-oriented engineer. Community, culture, and subcultures. Show more

Travis has more than 20 years of experience in everything from embedded systems, custom real-time java virtual machines, chemical identification, and even wrote a CI/CD in Perl (before it was called CI/CD).

In school, Travis studied Computer Engineering, Unconventional event-driven models of computation, promoted a Tango band, and drew a comic in his campus newspaper.

Travis lives on a hobby farm outside Vancouver, WA with his partner, 2 boys, 2 llamas, 4 alpacas, 5 cows, 12 chickens, and many sheep. He enjoys woodworking, farm chores, mending fences, and model trains.

Travis has more than 20 years of experience in everything from embedded systems, custom real-time java virtual machines, chemical identification, and even wrote a CI/CD in Perl (before it was called CI/CD). In school, Travis studied Computer Engin... Show more

Jean Goyat is the VDC Business Unit Manager for the Bay Area at DPR Construction, with an interest in creating & overseeing the implementation of best-practices that support the Virtual Design & Construction (VDC) process locally & across the country. Currently leading business development efforts from a VDC point of view for the Bay Area (DPR Construction's largest Business Unit), his expertise focuses around mega-projects and the inherent challenges they entail specifically around communication and data management as well as assisting ongoing projects in the execution of the BIM strategy when necessary.

Jean Goyat is the VDC Business Unit Manager for the Bay Area at DPR Construction, with an interest in creating & overseeing the implementation of best-practices that support the Virtual Design & Construction (VDC) process locally & across the country... Show more