Region & Country

Valued speakers who focus on the geopolitical and cultural aspects of different regions and countries, exploring topics like regional development, international relations, and cultural identity

Annie Hodgkins

Annie Hodgkins

Advisor and thought partner to Heads of Software Engineering and their teams. Passionate about platform engineering, DevOps and software development. Active outdoors enthusiast, skier, and hiker. Avid reader of all genres. Located in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.

Advisor and thought partner to Heads of Software Engineering and their teams. Passionate about platform engineering, DevOps and software development. Active outdoors enthusiast, skier, and hiker. Avid reader of all genres. Located in Raleigh, North C... Show more

Dustin LeBlanc

Dustin LeBlanc

Dustin has been working with Drupal since 2013 and has contributed to multiple open source projects including Drupal, Lando, Terminus and Robo. Dustin has presented at DrupalCon and Cornell Drupal Camp, and has provided training at BadCamp and DrupalCamp Colorado.

He previously worked at Tandem, Pantheon, and Singlebrook Technologies, working with Ruby on Rails, Drupal, Laravel, VueJS, NodeJS, and Docker for numerous nonprofit and higher education clients.

Dustin has been working with Drupal since 2013 and has contributed to multiple open source projects including Drupal, Lando, Terminus and Robo. Dustin has presented at DrupalCon and Cornell Drupal Camp, and has provided training at BadCamp and Drupal... Show more

Jacqui Muller

Jacqui Muller

Changing the world, one solution at a time!

Passionate about automation and building a business to support clients on their digitisation/optimisation journeys while working with the youth in preparation for their entry into industry.

Enjoys dabbling in software development, automation, IOT, advanced analytics, data engineering and business intelligence while currently working towards completing a PhD that focuses on automation. Currently focusing on learning how businesses are formed and how the longevity of business functions are maintained.

Competencies include a high level of computer literacy, programming in various languages with newly acquired sales and business acumen.

Changing the world, one solution at a time! Passionate about automation and building a business to support clients on their digitisation/optimisation journeys while working with the youth in preparation for their entry into industry. Enjoys da... Show more

Bernard James Remollino

Bernard James Remollino

Dr. Bernard James Remollino (He/They/Siya) is an Associate Professor of U.S. and Asian American & Pacific American History at San Joaquin Delta College in Stockton, California. Their doctoral work focused on the history of Filipinx American popular culture, labor, and migration in California during the early twentieth century. Bernard writes on Filipinx American histories, Asian American popular cultures, and transpacific cultural imaginaries in the Philippine diaspora. Bernard is a 1.5-generation undocumented immigrant from Makati, Philippines. Their family first settled in Stockton and still resides in the San Joaquin Valley.

Bernard collaborates with several Filipinx American organizations across California in amplifying the histories of struggle and community building that make Filipinx experiences part of the larger fabric of U.S. history. They are a National Trustee for the Filipino American National Historical Society representing the Mid-California FANHS chapters of Stockton, Central Valley, California Central Coast, Fresno, and Delano. They currently live on occupied, unceded Ramaytush Ohlone land (San Francisco), where they are conducting research for an upcoming book project.

Dr. Bernard James Remollino (He/They/Siya) is an Associate Professor of U.S. and Asian American & Pacific American History at San Joaquin Delta College in Stockton, California. Their doctoral work focused on the history of Filipinx American popular c... Show more

Eduard Koekkoek

Eduard Koekkoek

Chronically data-enthusiast, engineer and consultant on the Microsoft-stack (Azure, Fabric & Power Platform) and all things SQL or Spark, with some expertise on other data-solutions as well like TimeXtender, and Qlikview. I like sharing my stories on adoption strategies, and ideas for implementation on Fabric-Adoption on the road to data maturity.

With the aim of improving organisations, processes and people I am data-experienced in the Benelux-geography since 2004 with Amsterdam Airport Schiphol/Royal Schiphol Group, Royal Heijmans (building contractor), Nabuurs Supply Chain Solutions, Micromedia Benelux (wholesale), Provelu (data-consulting), Danone Nutrition-products and Heart for Arts (agency and ICT-consultancy for NGO's). I am the proud holder of degrees in Logistics, and Business Economics, and Microsoft-certificates.

My motto's are: Be yourself, try the best you can, take some time to become aware of the situation, make contact with others, help others, imagine, create, learn, and last, but not least, adapt. I live for tech, the tech- and performing arts- community and helping people. I am an event organizer, speaker, and volunteer as well in data-usergroups, and performing arts.

Demolished my first IBM AT-model with 80286 Intel in 1988. Created my first database with gameplays of Civilization in 1991. Build my first hardware components and drivers for model railways in 1993. Hooked on Excel and VBA since 1995 in secundary education. From Access, Excel and Filemaker dba’s via Qlikview to Power BI/Azure in 2017. I love music and theatre production, hence I find NGO’s are great at helping others so I help them as well!

Chronically data-enthusiast, engineer and consultant on the Microsoft-stack (Azure, Fabric & Power Platform) and all things SQL or Spark, with some expertise on other data-solutions as well like TimeXtender, and Qlikview. I like sharing my stories on... Show more

Fatuma Abdullahi

Fatuma Abdullahi

Fatuma Abdullahi is a software developer with a frontend focus. She comes to tech from a business background. She runs a youtube channel dedicating to learning in public.

Fatuma Abdullahi is a software developer with a frontend focus. She comes to tech from a business background. She runs a youtube channel dedicating to learning in public. Show more

Jirachai Chansivanon

Jirachai Chansivanon

Azure Digital Specialist at Microsoft with a background in web development who loves to integrate and build various projects, infusing creativity into everything projects.

Azure Digital Specialist at Microsoft with a background in web development who loves to integrate and build various projects, infusing creativity into everything projects. Show more

Ankit Giri

Ankit Giri

Speaker, presenter, and a blogger, Ankit has a diverse background in writing informational blogs. A penetration tester by profession with 10+ years of experience. Part time bug bounty hunter. Featured in Hall of fame of EFF,GM,SONY, HTC, Pagerduty, HTC, AT&T,Mobikwik and with multiple other Hall Of Fames. He loves speaking in conferences, has been a feature at TestTribe Calsoft 2024, Cyber Security Asia 2022, TestFlix 2021, COCON 2021, RedTeam Security Summit 2020, The Hackers Meetup 2020, AWS Community Day 2020, Techfluence 2019, RSA APAC 2018, BSides Delhi 2017, CSA, Dehradun,Cyber Square Summit, OWASP Jaipur and has been a regular feature at Infosec meetups like Null and OWASP Delhi Chapter. He also leads the show for Peerlyst Delhi-NCR chapter.

He loves speaking in conferences, has been a feature at CSA, Dehradun,Cyber Square Summit, OWASP Jaipur and has been a regular feature at Infosec meetups like Null and OWASP Delhi Chapter. He also leads the show for Peerlyst Delhi-NCR chapter.

Speaker, presenter, and a blogger, Ankit has a diverse background in writing informational blogs. A penetration tester by profession with 10+ years of experience. Part time bug bounty hunter. Featured in Hall of fame of EFF,GM,SONY, HTC, Pagerduty, H... Show more

Guillermo Fisher

Guillermo Fisher

Guillermo Fisher is a fractional CTO/CISO and engineering leadership coach with two decades of experience in driving organizational innovation, developing information security programs, and cultivating high-performing software engineering teams. Having held pivotal leadership positions such as Senior Vice President of Engineering at Untapped and Director of Infrastructure at Handshake, Guillermo brings a wealth of strategic insight and a proven track record of success in steering organizations towards excellence. He has captivated audiences at AWS re:Invent, the Atlanta AWS Summit, Hampton Roads DevFest, RevolutionConf, and Diversitech Fest.

Guillermo Fisher is a fractional CTO/CISO and engineering leadership coach with two decades of experience in driving organizational innovation, developing information security programs, and cultivating high-performing software engineering teams. Havi... Show more

Mike Gifford

Mike Gifford

Mike Gifford is an open standards and practices lead at CivicActions and a thought leader on digital accessibility in the public sector. He is also a W3C Invited Expert and recognized authoring tool accessibility expert.

Previously, he was the Founder and President of OpenConcept Consulting Inc., a web development agency specializing in building open source solutions for the open web. Mike has served as a Drupal Core Accessibility Maintainer in 2012.

Mike Gifford is an open standards and practices lead at CivicActions and a thought leader on digital accessibility in the public sector. He is also a W3C Invited Expert and recognized authoring tool accessibility expert. Previously, he was the Fou... Show more

Gareth Edwards

Gareth Edwards

techy, geek, dad, views are my own | vExpert 2016-2018, NTSP, CCA-V, Apple ACSA, Meraki CMNA | Co-Founder of @OpenHomelab & @OpenTechCast | EV ⚡️& Eco Fan

techy, geek, dad, views are my own | vExpert 2016-2018, NTSP, CCA-V, Apple ACSA, Meraki CMNA | Co-Founder of @OpenHomelab & @OpenTechCast | EV ⚡️& Eco Fan Show more

Seunfunmi Adegoke

Seunfunmi Adegoke

I am a dedicated Software Engineer with extensive experience in designing and developing data-intensive cloud-based applications. I specialize in backend development and possess strong proficiency in Python, SQL, Django, Flask, FastAPI, Docker, CI/CD, Kubernetes, AWS, and GCP. Additionally, I have a solid background in creating applied AI applications that integrate machine learning models into practical use cases. My skill set includes leveraging technologies such as speech-to-text, natural language understanding, response generation, and text-to-speech, along with backend integration and real-time analytics.

I am a dedicated Software Engineer with extensive experience in designing and developing data-intensive cloud-based applications. I specialize in backend development and possess strong proficiency in Python, SQL, Django, Flask, FastAPI, Docker, CI/CD... Show more

Dorottya Nagy-Józsa PCC

Dorottya Nagy-Józsa PCC

Dorka is a PCC-certified organisational developer with a specialization in neuroscience and performance, CEO of Y2Y Ltd.

Dorka is also a professional speaker, having been awarded 'Best Speaker' more than twenty times. She has presented at more than 200 HR and Supply Chain Congresses around the world, from Tallinn to Mombasa.

As an organizational development consulting company, Y2Y increases leaders' and organizations' consciousness levels using methods of individual and team coaching, organizational and leadership development, and authoring the world's 11th most-read leadership blog.

Y2Y has two main pillars: learning & development consulting, and organizational effectiveness and supply chain. They are offering whole S&OP introduction programs, including intercompany cooperation, demand planning, supply chain planning, and S&OP meeting culture introduction.

Dorka is a PCC-certified organisational developer with a specialization in neuroscience and performance, CEO of Y2Y Ltd. Dorka is also a professional speaker, having been awarded 'Best Speaker' more than twenty times. She has presented at more tha... Show more

Brooke Avery

Brooke Avery

Brooke is an Angular GDE, software engineer, Technical Program Manager, & community builder. She is the Director of the Angular Community Meetup & a co-producer/host of the Dev.Life Podcast. Brooke has a strong passion for education & helping others find success in their developer journeys. Outside of programming, Brooke can be found following the sun and geeking out on Star Wars.

Brooke is an Angular GDE, software engineer, Technical Program Manager, & community builder. She is the Director of the Angular Community Meetup & a co-producer/host of the Dev.Life Podcast. Brooke has a strong passion for education & helping others ... Show more

Morena Linda Richter

Morena Linda Richter

I am an internationally active entrepreneur and business consultant, specializing in change management, team building, and people development. With extensive experience at the director level in sales and marketing, I bring a wealth of knowledge and skills in these areas. After relocating to Gran Canaria, I live as a single mother. I build bridges between cultures, particularly between Sub-Saharan countries and Europe. I have a strong interest in people and am always open to new experiences.

I am an internationally active entrepreneur and business consultant, specializing in change management, team building, and people development. With extensive experience at the director level in sales and marketing, I bring a wealth of knowledge and s... Show more

Justice Oyakhilome Anthony

Justice Oyakhilome Anthony

Justice is a Programs and Operations expert with a keen interest in sustainability and cleantech, He is a current Global Ambassador for UNLEASH, a trained Climate Reality Leader, and a graduate of mechanical engineering. Justice is Microsoft Certified in M365, Azure, and Power Platforms.

Justice is the current Growth and Operations Manager at Trashcoin UG, a German/Nigerian startup focused on digitizing waste collection in Africa. He is also the current Country Director for the youth-led nonprofit AIESEC in Rwanda.

He currently heads the UNLEASH Hack Kigali where he is leading a team of 6 on a Climate Resilient Urban Areas project.

Justice is a Programs and Operations expert with a keen interest in sustainability and cleantech, He is a current Global Ambassador for UNLEASH, a trained Climate Reality Leader, and a graduate of mechanical engineering. Justice is Microsoft Certifie... Show more

Alan Ridlehoover

Alan Ridlehoover

Passionate software engineer. (I ❤️ Ruby!)
Empathetic leader (@ Cisco Meraki).
Fallible human.
Storyteller. International speaker.
Environmentalist. Feminist. Ally.
Swell photographer. Rusty drummer.
Loving twins dad and husband.
Owner of too many hats, given I only have the one head.

Passionate software engineer. (I ❤️ Ruby!) Empathetic leader (@ Cisco Meraki). Fallible human. Storyteller. International speaker. Environmentalist. Feminist. Ally. Swell photographer. Rusty drummer. Loving twins dad and husband. Owner of ... Show more

Usama Wahab Khan

Usama Wahab Khan

I am Microsoft MVP and MCT and community leader from UAE. I working as CTO evolution Technologies, Azure community Hero

I am Microsoft MVP and MCT and community leader from UAE. I working as CTO evolution Technologies, Azure community Hero Show more

Margarita Naumova

Margarita Naumova

Magi Naumova is an SQL Server Architect and Consultant, speaker and trainer, Microsoft Certified Master, MVP, MCT, Founder of SQL Master Academy, and founder and CEO Of Inspirit Data Platform Consulting Company in Bulgaria and Norway, founder, and the leader of Bulgarian SQL & BI User group and Azure Analytics USer Group BG. She has more than 20 years SQL Server training and consulting experience. Magi is a former member of Microsoft Services Worldwide Technical Leadership Team. Currently she speaks, writes, trains and consults people on SQL Server. She is MVP for 11 years in a row. Her unique SQL Master Academy training program has helped hundreds of specialists to feel knowledgeable in their daily work or to find an inspirational career path in the world of SQL Server.

Magi Naumova is an SQL Server Architect and Consultant, speaker and trainer, Microsoft Certified Master, MVP, MCT, Founder of SQL Master Academy, and founder and CEO Of Inspirit Data Platform Consulting Company in Bulgaria and Norway, founder, and th... Show more

Siddharth Vijay

Siddharth Vijay

Siddharth Vijay is an Expert Panel Speaker at various DevOps, Cloud & CyberSecurity conferences held in India & Abroad - details on Linkedin profile.

Highly experienced and results-driven AVP Engineering with a proven track record of delivering innovative solutions and driving technology excellence. With a strong background in technology, Mr. Vijay brings 12 years of experience in leading high-performing engineering teams and delivering successful projects.

Leading the DevOps, Cloud, and DevSecOps team at Baazi Games for the past four years which caters to 1 million+ annual users. Previously led DevOps teams at companies such as Genpact and Fidelity. Implementing top-tier DevOps practices and fostering a culture of excellence throughout my career, he has had the privilege of mentoring hundreds of peers, leveraging my skills and expertise.

Throughout his career, Mr. Vijay have demonstrated a deep understanding of engineering principles and a passion for leveraging cutting-edge technologies to solve complex problems. His expertise spans across Cloud, DevOps, Database, Platform Engineering (Backend), QA & Automation, Project Management and Delivery enabling him to drive strategic initiatives, optimize processes, and deliver scalable and reliable solutions with his niche skills and forte being DevOps.

As an AVP Engineering, he has a track record of building and managing high-performing DevOps teams, fostering a culture of innovation, and nurturing talent.

Siddharth Vijay is an Expert Panel Speaker at various DevOps, Cloud & CyberSecurity conferences held in India & Abroad - details on Linkedin profile. Highly experienced and results-driven AVP Engineering with a proven track record of delivering i... Show more

Yung Chou

Yung Chou

Yung Chou is a Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft. Along his IT career, he has built expertise with hands-on experience via various solution architect and technical support roles. His practices have included Infrastructure as a Service, full-stack development, IoT edge computing, and Machine Learning with R. He is a technology evangelist, an author, a public speaker, and an IT practitioner with strong interests in Azure architecture, security, and governance, intelligent applications, IoT, and automated Machine Leaning solutions.

Yung Chou is a Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft. Along his IT career, he has built expertise with hands-on experience via various solution architect and technical support roles. His practices have included Infrastructure as a Service, full-stack... Show more

Toshihiro Tsuchiya

Toshihiro Tsuchiya

Chief Collaborate Officer of "Civic Tech Zen Chiba," an alliance of civic tech organizations in Chiba Prefecture.

Chief Collaborate Officer of "Civic Tech Zen Chiba," an alliance of civic tech organizations in Chiba Prefecture. Show more

Dominic Norton

Dominic Norton

Dominic O Norton is an experienced, impact-driven social entrepreneur and the founder of Missing Black People, a comprehensive tech-enabled platform that brings awareness to missing black people cases worldwide, which has been featured in BBC, ITV, The Independent, Vice UK, and RT. With a professional background in technical product management and a postgraduate diploma in Business Administration & Management from the University of London, Dominic utilises his experience to build impact-driven initiative and to help over 11,000 entrepreneurs on TikTok do the same using “No Code”. As a fellow of On Deck and creator-in-residence for #100DaysofNoCode, Dominic is highly experienced in software development which has led him to becoming a guest lecturer in University of California, All Nations University, APTech Computer Education in Uganda and more. His latest exciting venture includes U.S. based inside voices, a retention product for employees of color that is backed by the acclaimed Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator and featured in business insider and CNBC.

Dominic O Norton is an experienced, impact-driven social entrepreneur and the founder of Missing Black People, a comprehensive tech-enabled platform that brings awareness to missing black people cases worldwide, which has been featured in BBC, ITV, T... Show more

Fabio Borges Monteiro

Fabio Borges Monteiro

I am a teacher, biologist and technology enthusiast. I have been working at Petrobras since 2006, in various areas of the company, from services to E&P operations, in disciplines such as environment, contingency, contractual management, management support, and currently, I am in the Management of Evaluation and Integration of SMS for E&P.
My current role is as a transformer (SMS) for the company, focusing on digital transformation and developing skills in agile tools and methodologies, creative thinking, design thinking, and design flow. I have completed the systems analyst certification by Petrobras and have been involved in several successful cases related to the use of co-creation methodologies and agile tools.

I am a teacher, biologist and technology enthusiast. I have been working at Petrobras since 2006, in various areas of the company, from services to E&P operations, in disciplines such as environment, contingency, contractual management, management su... Show more

Shubhangi Goyal

Shubhangi Goyal

Shubhangi has seven years of experience working in data from companies like Tata Consultancy Services to start-ups. She has a background in computer science engineering with an MSc in Business analytics from University of Bath, UK. She leads the data function of ICS AI Ltd which is Microsoft UK inner circle partner, focussing on artificial intelligence at forefront of technology for the public sector in the UK. She has worked with data analytics, data science, data strategy and Natural Language Processing (NLP) leveraging algorithms to extract insights, identify patterns, and understand human language in large datasets. This involves combining data analytics with linguistic knowledge to develop systems that can understand, interpret, and respond to human language in a meaningful way. She is also co-leading the London Chapter for Women In Data which is a platform for data enthusiast of all backgrounds to connect, grow and lead together. She is also a mentor at Femme Palette and Top mate in the area of data, career transition and business. She has also been the judge of Datathon 2024 organised by Women In Data.

Shubhangi has seven years of experience working in data from companies like Tata Consultancy Services to start-ups. She has a background in computer science engineering with an MSc in Business analytics from University of Bath, UK. She leads the data... Show more

Joris Quarshie

Joris Quarshie

Giorgio Basile

Giorgio Basile

I am a young man born in 2000 and I am currently finishing my studies in computer science at the Ca' Foscari University of Venice, located in Mestre, in addition to being a full-time web developer.
In addition to studying, I love playing role-playing games, skateboarding and playing Magic the Gathering.

I am a young man born in 2000 and I am currently finishing my studies in computer science at the Ca' Foscari University of Venice, located in Mestre, in addition to being a full-time web developer. In addition to studying, I love playing role-playin... Show more

Vinicius Dallacqua

Vinicius Dallacqua

Brazilian born, I work with different teams driving development and tooling at Volvo Cars. Photography enthusiast, dad of three, web performance nerd, normal person on Sundays and holidays.

At Volvo Cars I work on the web direct sales platform and help driving the performance culture by building tooling and spreading knowledge.

Brazilian born, I work with different teams driving development and tooling at Volvo Cars. Photography enthusiast, dad of three, web performance nerd, normal person on Sundays and holidays. At Volvo Cars I work on the web direct sales platform and... Show more

Mark Persiko

Mark Persiko

Advocate for best DevOps practices in public and private clouds.
Michigan native, Colorado resident.

Advocate for best DevOps practices in public and private clouds. Michigan native, Colorado resident. Show more

Hamna Khalil

Hamna Khalil

I am Hamna Khalil, a software engineer with a proven track record of leadership and technical expertise. I am honored to have received a merit scholarship for my academic excellence, which highlights my dedication to continuous learning and growth.

For the past three years, I have been actively contributing to leading technical communities, including Microsoft Learn Student Ambassadors (MLSA), Google Developer Student Clubs (GDSC), and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). My involvement in these organizations reflects my commitment to advancing technology and fostering innovation within the community.

In addition to my technical pursuits, I am an accomplished writer and public speaker. I have had the privilege of representing Pakistan on both national and international platforms through my literary contributions and speaking engagements.

Driven by a strong passion for technology and effective communication, I am committed to making a meaningful impact in the tech industry. I am eager to explore opportunities that promote innovation and community growth.

I am Hamna Khalil, a software engineer with a proven track record of leadership and technical expertise. I am honored to have received a merit scholarship for my academic excellence, which highlights my dedication to continuous learning and growth. ... Show more

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