Yoko Kawai’s mission is to create “Space for Well-Being”, especially in the work environment. She is one of the industry leaders in healthy buildings and serves as a research adviser to the International WELL Building Institute. Yoko cofounded Mirai Work Space Alliance to help businesses promote their employee wellbeing with a human-centric workplace design. For any business, it is a challenge to retain good employees. Often, employees are not healthy, mindful, or happy. She solves these problems by optimizing people’s workspace for their health and productivity.

To the employees and HR specialists, she offers workshops to learn helpful practical tools such as changing colors, incorporating nature and arts, switching furniture, or changing desk lights. To businesses, she offers project-based consultations to build strategies for design and engineering and to gain WELL certification.

Yoko often incorporates spatial concepts of Japan into her broad and scientifically supported knowledge of the healthy work environment. The value of Japanese space on health and mind, such as healing and mindfulness, has been well documented. She offers talks on the human centric workplace and on the contribution of Japanese concepts to it.

Yoko is a lecturer at Yale University where she has taught theories of Japanese architecture, as well as their contribution to human mind, since 2010.

Yoko is also principal of Penguin Environmental Design, based in Hamden, Connecticut, and in Osaka, Japan. Her firm focuses on incorporating landscape into architecture, often by using spatial concepts of Japan. The firm’s major works include a residential project that received a CTC&G Innovation in Design Awards in 2015, a Zen garden for Frost Valley YMCA in 2014, and a stone-scape at the Yale University Art Gallery in 2009.

Yoko Kawai’s mission is to create “Space for Well-Being”, especially in the work environment. She is one of the industry leaders in healthy buildings and serves as a research adviser to the International WELL Building Institute. Yoko cofounded Mirai ... Show more

Lekhana started her career in data from a non-technical background. She pursued her Masters' degree in Data Analytics and landed her first job as a Data Science Analyst within 8 months of her Masters's program.

But the real world was completely different from the theoretical knowledge she was learning in her Masters's program. She was fortunate enough she got a Mentor in her first job who guided her through learning and gave her a real-world experience. Since then she always wanted to give back and help people move into data. She has mentored over 700+ aspiring data professionals as a way to give back to this industry through Storytelling by data.

Lekhana started her career in data from a non-technical background. She pursued her Masters' degree in Data Analytics and landed her first job as a Data Science Analyst within 8 months of her Masters's program. But the real world was completely d... Show more

Software Engineer for 20+ years

Software Engineer for 20+ years Show more

Saravanan is an Architect working at Rabobank, Netherlands and one of the leads of the Growing Greener (Sustainability) community in the bank.

He has more than 22 years of experience in diverse IT and business roles with different banks across the world.

His passion is in Architecture, IT sustainability and Green Software and how we can generate more interest among the IT community in sustainable software.

Saravanan is an Architect working at Rabobank, Netherlands and one of the leads of the Growing Greener (Sustainability) community in the bank. He has more than 22 years of experience in diverse IT and business roles with different banks across th... Show more

Ron Northcutt, the Head of Developer Relations at Appsmith, leads the charge in simplifying web application development through innovative low-code solutions. He mentors a dedicated team of Developer Relations professionals, fosters collaboration across departments, and spearheads Appsmith's vision for a versatile and reusable ecosystem.

Armed with over 25 years of experience in the open-source realm, Ron has made significant contributions to the Drupal project, earning recognition as a Drupal-certified developer and an adept backend engineer skilled in PHP & GO. His expertise also spans business process optimization, technical product marketing, creative strategy, and solutions architecture, all fueled by a passion for enabling developers to craft solutions that address real-world challenges.

Ron's unique blend of sales, marketing, and deep technical know-how positions him as a pivotal figure in driving organizational synergy and innovation. Committed to the belief that "Nothing's impossible... it just takes a little longer," Ron stands as a beacon of perseverance and innovation in the tech industry, consistently delivering invaluable insights as a seasoned speaker and industry expert.

Ron Northcutt, the Head of Developer Relations at Appsmith, leads the charge in simplifying web application development through innovative low-code solutions. He mentors a dedicated team of Developer Relations professionals, fosters collaboration acr... Show more

Profesional con extensa experiencia en tecnologías de la información, más de 20 años trabajando en diferentes sectores como: banca, telecomunicaciones, minería, energía, comercio, entre otros y dedicando la mitad de su carrera profesional a la seguridad ofensiva como pentester o hacker ético.

Cypherpunk, programador, investigador, ferviente apasionado de la ciberseguridad y competidor de CTF, de forma individual o como parte del equipo Cntr0llz.

Profesional con extensa experiencia en tecnologías de la información, más de 20 años trabajando en diferentes sectores como: banca, telecomunicaciones, minería, energía, comercio, entre otros y dedicando la mitad de su carrera profesional a la seguri... Show more

With over 25 years of experience, Sean Farmar specializes in providing simple solutions for complex business requirements applying SOA and distributed computing principles inspired by Udi Dahan.

Sean runs Bosca Software Solutions Ltd. a boutique consulting company providing management and technical consulting related to product software engineering, custom project delivery, and training.

With over 25 years of experience, Sean Farmar specializes in providing simple solutions for complex business requirements applying SOA and distributed computing principles inspired by Udi Dahan. Sean runs Bosca Software Solutions Ltd. a boutique c... Show more

I am a consulting architect, programmer, coach, building applications for various rather large financial institutes and insurance companies for more than 15 years. Since greenfield projects are rare and precious, I have been using various tech stacks ranging from WS-* with EJBs to HapiJS on Node.

Currently I am focusing on cloud architectures, serverless computing, conversational user interfaces and any good reason to use Elixir.

I am a consulting architect, programmer, coach, building applications for various rather large financial institutes and insurance companies for more than 15 years. Since greenfield projects are rare and precious, I have been using various tech stacks... Show more

Jonathan Danylko is a web architect, developer, and entrepreneur who's been programming for over 25 years. He's developed websites for small, medium, and Fortune 500 companies since 1996. He currently works at Insight Enterprise as an Architect I.

When asked what he likes to do in his spare time, he replies, "I like to write and I like to code. I also like to write about code."

Jonathan Danylko is a web architect, developer, and entrepreneur who's been programming for over 25 years. He's developed websites for small, medium, and Fortune 500 companies since 1996. He currently works at Insight Enterprise as an Architect I. ... 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

Sven Aelterman is a Principal Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft, where he assists US education institutions on successfully implementing Azure projects. Prior to this, Sven was Director of IT and Lecturer in Information Systems for the Sorrell College of Business at Troy University.
In 2015, he started work with customers of Sorrell Solutions, L.L.C. (a business services firm owned by the Troy University Foundation) as Cloud Software Architect. His favorite project is the design, development, and operation of a specialized EHR for school-located vaccination clinic providers.
In 2012, he co-authored “The Art of SQL Server FILESTREAM,” published by Red Gate Books. In 2018, a second co-authored book, “SQL Server 2017 Administration Inside OUT,” was published by Microsoft Press. More recently, the updated “SQL Server 2019 Administration Inside OUT” became available.
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, Sven was a frequent speaker at SQL Saturdays and community events in the southeastern US.
Sven is married to Ebony, and they have a son, Edward, and a daughter, Sofia. They live in Mount Juliet, TN.

Sven Aelterman is a Principal Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft, where he assists US education institutions on successfully implementing Azure projects. Prior to this, Sven was Director of IT and Lecturer in Information Systems for the Sorrell Co... Show more

I've a very broad experience of software development over 20 years and a passion for both technology and elegance in my solutions that make me an extremely capable Software and Solutions Architect.

Personable and professional, I revel in complex challenges, but always make time to coach and mentor team members.

I've a very broad experience of software development over 20 years and a passion for both technology and elegance in my solutions that make me an extremely capable Software and Solutions Architect. Personable and professional, I revel in complex c... Show more

Darren is the Assistant Director of Digital Accessibility for the University of Central Oklahoma (UCO) and a Certified Professional in Accessibility Core Competencies (CPACC). While at UCO, Darren has worked with web content and digital accessibility since 2005, presenting technology concepts in a manner that is approachable and easy to understand. By working with students, staff, and faculty Darren's aim is to empower teams to develop equitable and accessible digital information for learning and beyond. He is a graduate of UCO and has a background in broadcasting, marketing and technology training.

Darren is the Assistant Director of Digital Accessibility for the University of Central Oklahoma (UCO) and a Certified Professional in Accessibility Core Competencies (CPACC). While at UCO, Darren has worked with web content and digital accessibility... Show more

Former: Head of Growth Engineering at MasterClass
Current: Growth Engineering Advisor and Program Partner at Reforge

Even earlier: Found and sold Hacker Paradise, a remote travel company, and was part of the early team at Opendoor

More details at https://alexeymk.com/about

Former: Head of Growth Engineering at MasterClass Current: Growth Engineering Advisor and Program Partner at Reforge Even earlier: Found and sold Hacker Paradise, a remote travel company, and was part of the early team at Opendoor More details... Show more

Jody Roberts is a technology entrepreneur who is passionate about solving social problems with the help of technology. He has over 20 years experience in the IT industry with deep specialization in data management across various platforms. He has received the Microsoft MVP award for data platforms for the last decade and continues to play a critical role in the building of technology communities across Africa and mentoring young professionals.

When he is not solving real world problems, he spends his free time doing CrossFit or mountain biking.

Jody Roberts is a technology entrepreneur who is passionate about solving social problems with the help of technology. He has over 20 years experience in the IT industry with deep specialization in data management across various platforms. He has rec... Show more

Experienced cloud architect with 15 years of experience in the software industry. Designing and implementing Efficient and resilient architectures is my key focus areas

Experienced cloud architect with 15 years of experience in the software industry. Designing and implementing Efficient and resilient architectures is my key focus areas Show more

Bala is Principal architect @ TJX for Machine learning and Supply chain system capabilities. Has 15+ experience with Supply chain domain. Have been integral part of team to adopt cloud platform, DevOps practice and exploring opportunities for improvement for software engineering

Bala is Principal architect @ TJX for Machine learning and Supply chain system capabilities. Has 15+ experience with Supply chain domain. Have been integral part of team to adopt cloud platform, DevOps practice and exploring opportunities for improve... Show more

William is a CNCF Ambassador and currently working at SUSE as a Lead Architect Consultant. He’s focused in helping customers designing, building, and running their Kubernetes, and Internal Developer Platforms. He wore many hats in the IT world, Engineering, Pre-Post sales, Product Owner and Consulting. from HPC, Storage to Distributed Systems.
William enjoys volunteering at the Dutch Cloud Native/Kubernetes Meetup and Organizing the KCD Netherlands events. Has lived in many European countries and now Netherlands is the place he calls home.

William is a CNCF Ambassador and currently working at SUSE as a Lead Architect Consultant. He’s focused in helping customers designing, building, and running their Kubernetes, and Internal Developer Platforms. He wore many hats in the IT world, Engin... Show more

Michael Wall has been an IT professional going back to when he had his own software store and worked with his customers with their “dose” problems. Originally hired by a small consulting firm to write web pages, he was thrust into the SysAdmin world when their lead consultant changed the passwords of all of the servers at a major pulp and paper company’s systems to 100%s$%t and walked out the door. He was sent down with a copy of UNIX for Dummies and 50 cents for the bus ride back. Fast forward a few years, he was asked if he wanted to be a DBA after successfully managing a fifty server Y2K upgrade. Since then, he’s never looked back and has survived a number of data and system challenges.
When not wrangling cats at home, he currently keeps busy with being active in the SQL Community by presenting and coordinating. He is blessed with a wonderful family and two lazy cats and keeps treading water literally down at the local pool.

Michael Wall has been an IT professional going back to when he had his own software store and worked with his customers with their “dose” problems. Originally hired by a small consulting firm to write web pages, he was thrust into the SysAdmin world... Show more

Dorice Horenstein, Oy to Joy Resilience Speaker, is a Positive Intelligence expert and a best-selling author of Moments of the Heart: Four Relationships Everyone Should Have to Live Wholeheartedly. After years of leadership in the education field, Dorice transitioned and made the world her platform. Dorice inspires others to improve their mental fitness, sharpen resilience, navigate challenges, discover opportunities for growth, and thus find their champion within.

Dorice Horenstein, Oy to Joy Resilience Speaker, is a Positive Intelligence expert and a best-selling author of Moments of the Heart: Four Relationships Everyone Should Have to Live Wholeheartedly. After years of leadership in the education field, Do... Show more

PERSONAL COMPETENCIES
Using the solid knowledge of and having a track record in enterprise/governance and IT software/platform design/development I am able to design, develop and deliver enterprise platform solutions or support the decision making on enterprise-, solution- and software level.

ROLE COMPETENCIES
Specialties: software engineer, software architect, enterprise architect, IT architect, product developer, platform developer, agile business consultant, team lead, Microsoft enterprise services specialist, Microsoft Azure architect, System integrator

PERSONAL COMPETENCIES Using the solid knowledge of and having a track record in enterprise/governance and IT software/platform design/development I am able to design, develop and deliver enterprise platform solutions or support the decision making o... Show more

Oscar’s software development coupled with cloud infrastructure(Dev and Ops) has been instrumental in helping companies realize the benefits of cloud solutions by mentoring teams in migrating legacy monolithic applications into Microservices, building CI/CD pipelines and orchestrating Docker containers using Kubernetes on three of the leading clouds AWS, GCP, and Azure.

He focuses on the following areas:

- DevOps practices with a focus on cloud agnostic solutions using open source tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Packer and Vagrant
- CI/CD Security
- Docker Image hardening and Security
- Cloud Greenfield projects (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- Cloud Development (migrate apps to the cloud, leveraging cloud-native services)
- Cloud security and privacy assessments, pen testing, complete initial setup of Policies, AD Federation, Roles etc.
- Custom modern app development in many languages
- API Management (security, rate limiting etc)

Oscar’s software development coupled with cloud infrastructure(Dev and Ops) has been instrumental in helping companies realize the benefits of cloud solutions by mentoring teams in migrating legacy monolithic applications into Microservices, building... Show more

Ingeniero Industrial de profesión y maestría en Project Management, y firme creyente en la óptima gestión de proyectos y Agile. Desde mis inicios en 2010, he trabajado en distintos proyectos de carácter internacional (3 años en Panamá como experiencia más relevante y otras más breves en Latam y Mauritania), indistintamente bajo metodología PMI® o Agile, dependiendo de las características del cliente. Este perfil mixto me permite tener una visión global de cada una de los framework, optimizar su uso y poder sacar conclusiones sobre qué funciona y en qué tipo de sector/industria.
Además de la maestría en Project Management, otras certificaciones que poseo y que pueden ser de interés para mi candidatura como speaker:
• SAFe® 5 Scrum Master (2020)
• Project Manager Professional (PMI®) (2012)
• Scrum Master Profesional Certificate (CertiProf®) (2016)
• Product Owner Profesional Certificate (CertiProf®) (2017)
• Agile Coach Profesional Certificate (CertiProf®) (2019)
• DevOps Culture Certified Trainer (2019)

Ingeniero Industrial de profesión y maestría en Project Management, y firme creyente en la óptima gestión de proyectos y Agile. Desde mis inicios en 2010, he trabajado en distintos proyectos de carácter internacional (3 años en Panamá como experienci... Show more

George Hu, Ph. D, is a technical leader with more than 15 years of extensive experience in LLM, Data, AI and Machine learning. George  is the Architect, Data & AI at Microsoft and a hands-on leader building and supporting data intelligence services on Azure such as Microsoft Fabric, HDInsight, Azure Machine Learning etc.
George received a doctorate degree of Geoinformatics from University of Chinese Academy of Sciences and owned Executive Education on Strategic Leadership of Technology and Innovation from Harvard Business School. As ex-Chief Architect at Palo Alto Networks, George was responsible for leading the Enterprise Architecture team with function design and mapping overall Business/IT strategy into technology roadmaps. He has been helping the team with technology innovation on transforming to AI driven cloud-native paradigm.
Dr. Hu is author of book “Modern Data Architect on Azure: Empower data intelligent service by Generative AI” [ISBN: 978-1-83620-719-1].

George Hu, Ph. D, is a technical leader with more than 15 years of extensive experience in LLM, Data, AI and Machine learning. George  is the Architect, Data & AI at Microsoft and a hands-on leader building and supporting data intelligence services o... Show more

Apasionado por el mundo de los datos, hojas de cálculo y Business Intelligence.

Apasionado por el mundo de los datos, hojas de cálculo y Business Intelligence. Show more

Husband, father, Sitecorian. Andy has worked at 3 Sitecore partners architecting and implementing Sitecore solutions. He is the co-architect of Experience Edge and XM Cloud Deploy at Sitecore.

Husband, father, Sitecorian. Andy has worked at 3 Sitecore partners architecting and implementing Sitecore solutions. He is the co-architect of Experience Edge and XM Cloud Deploy at Sitecore. Show more

I am a mechanical engineer by education and software professional by passion. If I am not exploring technology, I am doing music, music is my other passion. I work for Cardinal Health currently and I have been developing software solutions within Banking & Financials, Engineering, and Health Care domains. Prior to Cardinal Health, I have held several technical leadership roles at companies such as General Electric, Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan Chase, and a few start-ups. I also contribute to various open-source projects, occasionally. I am also a speaker at conferences like SpringOne.

I am a mechanical engineer by education and software professional by passion. If I am not exploring technology, I am doing music, music is my other passion. I work for Cardinal Health currently and I have been developing software solutions within Ban... 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

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

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