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

Billa Surendra

Billa Surendra

Mr. Surendra Billa has been with the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), India, for the past seven years. He serves as a Scientist C in the HPC Technologies group. His areas of expertise include RISC-V toolchain development, Koji build system setup, and Linux image customization. He holds a Master of Technology (M.Tech) degree from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras.

Mr. Surendra Billa has been with the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), India, for the past seven years. He serves as a Scientist C in the HPC Technologies group. His areas of expertise include RISC-V toolchain development, Koji bu... Show more

Hamza Haddougui

Hamza Haddougui

My approach combines technical rigor with pragmatic problem-solving, taking projects from rapid prototyping to industrial-grade production.

Throughout my career, I have designed and developed innovative solutions in various domains:

- Telecommunication process management, optimizing information flows and service quality
- Intelligent, automated real estate recommendation using Mapbox APIs
- Batch processing of flat files containing electronic payment transaction records

My approach combines technical rigor with pragmatic problem-solving, taking projects from rapid prototyping to industrial-grade production. Throughout my career, I have designed and developed innovative solutions in various domains: - Telecommu... Show more

Juan Camilo Molina Sosa

Juan Camilo Molina Sosa

Diseñador gráfico con 15+ años de experiencia, posgrado en pedagogía del diseño (UNAL). Dirijo un estudio creativo en Bogotá, creando identidades únicas para marcas. Docente universitario por 4 años, trabajando con comunidades académicas y grupos especiales.

Diseñador gráfico con 15+ años de experiencia, posgrado en pedagogía del diseño (UNAL). Dirijo un estudio creativo en Bogotá, creando identidades únicas para marcas. Docente universitario por 4 años, trabajando con comunidades académicas y grupos esp... Show more

Cori Lint

Cori Lint

Cori Lint is a versatile software engineer specializing in PHP and Python, with experience as a full-stack engineer, backend engineer, and web developer in the health tech and ecommerce industries. She began her tech journey as a software engineering fellow at Hackbright Academy, building on her academic foundation from the University of Michigan. Previously, Cori spent a decade in the classical music industry as a professional cellist and orchestra manager. Residing in sunny St. Pete, FL, she "touches grass" by cultivating her many hobbies, including music, crocheting, rollerblading, gardening, and powerlifting.

Cori Lint is a versatile software engineer specializing in PHP and Python, with experience as a full-stack engineer, backend engineer, and web developer in the health tech and ecommerce industries. She began her tech journey as a software engineering... Show more

Pieter-Jan De Man

Pieter-Jan De Man

Please consult my Linkedin Page. https://www.linkedin.com/in/pieter-jan-de-man-69346516/

Please consult my Linkedin Page. https://www.linkedin.com/in/pieter-jan-de-man-69346516/ Show more

Michael Bender

Michael Bender

I'm a Senior Content Developer at Microsoft focused on Azure Networking. Getting people skilled up on the things they need to 'level up' their careers is what I do. My goal has always been to share what. I've learned in hopes someone can use that to keep on climbing. If I can teach a handful of people a set of skills that will help them level up, it's been a good day.
- Pluralsight author
- Microsoft MVP (2012-2018)

I'm a Senior Content Developer at Microsoft focused on Azure Networking. Getting people skilled up on the things they need to 'level up' their careers is what I do. My goal has always been to share what. I've learned in hopes someone can use that to... Show more

Eduard Andrei Capanu

Eduard Andrei Capanu

🔹React 🔸Microsoft 365 / Azure ♦️Angular

I am 25 year old and I started my career 7 years ago, even though my passion and interest were born more than 12 years ago.

Starting from the basics, from understanding how a simple web application worked and was created, I was amazed by what a developer is able to see and create behind the scenes and by what an end customer uses, thus making my decision to enter in this world.

As a developer, I divide my time between the frontend development on Microsoft technologies and the in-depth analysis of the new Microsoft 365 / React technologies, together with the involvement on the various Italian and international communities, trying to give my contribution and to learn more every day.

Right now: learning more about AWS 😁

🔹React 🔸Microsoft 365 / Azure ♦️Angular I am 25 year old and I started my career 7 years ago, even though my passion and interest were born more than 12 years ago. Starting from the basics, from understanding how a simple web application wo... Show more

Shiva Kalyan Reddy Giri

Shiva Kalyan Reddy Giri

Full Stack Engineer with expertise in Fin tech

Full Stack Engineer with expertise in Fin tech Show more

Nishanth Shreepad

Nishanth Shreepad

Microsoft technology enthusiast with 15 years of experience in SharePoint, M365, Power Platform, and related technologies.

Passionate about working with new technologies and tools, as well as sharing knowledge.

Microsoft technology enthusiast with 15 years of experience in SharePoint, M365, Power Platform, and related technologies. Passionate about working with new technologies and tools, as well as sharing knowledge. Show more

Jill Kay

Jill Kay

I spent the last years working in DevOps, and cloud cost optimization was always the problem nobody had enough time for. So I decided to make it my full-time focus.

Now I work with companies to find where they’re overspending and do something about it. I'm not a big consultancy. There are no account managers or endless discovery phases.

My mission is to make cloud cost optimization something that actually gets done and not just talked about. That includes hands-on work as well as helping teams find and implement the right tooling, without pushing a one-size-fits-all solution.

I spent the last years working in DevOps, and cloud cost optimization was always the problem nobody had enough time for. So I decided to make it my full-time focus. Now I work with companies to find where they’re overspending and do something abo... Show more

Akhilesh Bollam

Akhilesh Bollam

Akhilesh Bollam is a Senior Software Engineer with over 10 years of expertise in designing and delivering scalable microservices and cloud-native solutions. Currently serving as a Software Development Engineer at Amazon in Austin, Texas, he has made significant contributions to mission-critical features across Amazon's Kindle and Alexa platforms, impacting millions of users globally. Since joining Amazon in 2020, Akhilesh has led multiple high-impact projects. He spearheaded the development of Alexa Video Skill Kit integration for Fire TV, reducing partner onboarding time by 85% from 7 weeks to less than 7 days. He also designed the Kindle Content Sharing feature, which drove a 20% increase in Kindle book purchases and resulted in approximately 350,000 books shared monthly post-launch. Currently, he is leading the implementation of a high-performance backend system for Kindle book annotations, achieving a 50% reduction in backend traffic and a 95% reduction in data loss. Before Amazon, Akhilesh gained valuable experience across diverse industries. At Oracle Health (formerly Cerner Corporation), he contributed to CareAware Connect Messenger, a clinical communication platform used across hospitals, improving care-team collaboration by 75% and patient care outcomes by 80%. He also worked at Ford Motor Company, developing Role-Based Access Control systems, and began his career at Infosys Ltd, where he led automobile insurance systems development for USAA, achieving a 40% improvement in claim processing times. Akhilesh's technical expertise spans Java, Spring Boot, AWS services including Lambda, DynamoDB, CloudWatch, S3, SQS, and SNS. He has owned 175+ code contributions, reviewed 200+ pull requests, and consistently mentored junior engineers. His innovative approach has earned him hackathon wins at both Amazon and Oracle Health, and he has contributed to open-source projects, including publishing the VSK Fire TV Sample App on GitHub. Akhilesh holds a Master of Science in Computer Science from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and a Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics & Communication from Osmania University, India. With his proven track record of delivering scalable solutions and driving innovation in cloud-native architectures, he continues to make significant contributions to the technology industry.

Akhilesh Bollam is a Senior Software Engineer with over 10 years of expertise in designing and delivering scalable microservices and cloud-native solutions. Currently serving as a Software Development Engineer at Amazon in Austin, Texas, he has made ... Show more

Roberth Minga Vallejo

Roberth Minga Vallejo

Roberth Minga Vallejo es ingeniero de sistemas con un MBA del Tec de Monterrey y más de 20 años de experiencia liderando iniciativas de transformación digital y adopción de tecnologías en América Latina.  Durante dos décadas en la empresa Microsoft, ocupó diversos roles de liderazgo en marketing y desarrollo de negocio, impulsando el crecimiento de soluciones en la nube y productividad como Microsoft 365 en múltiples países de la región.  Actualmente es Gerente de la empresa Tecforpro, donde lidera proyectos de capacitación y adopción de inteligencia artificial en empresas, ayudando a equipos a mejorar su productividad, desarrollar nuevas capacidades y generar impacto real en el negocio.

Roberth Minga Vallejo es ingeniero de sistemas con un MBA del Tec de Monterrey y más de 20 años de experiencia liderando iniciativas de transformación digital y adopción de tecnologías en América Latina.  Durante dos décadas en la empresa Microsoft, ... Show more

Cameron McKay

Cameron McKay

Cameron McKay is a Microsoft Azure Integration MVP with a strong background in web, integration, and business analysis. Cameron is a thought leader in Azure integration services and has spoken at numerous conferences on topics related to Microsoft Azure. Cameron has blended his expertise in software development and business analysis to deliver a variety of enterprise web, integrations and cloud applications using the Microsoft technology stack.

Cameron spends his off-hours as a tabletop board game enthusiast, cooking up delicious meals, watching anime and training his husky dogs. Cameron is always up for any tabletop game, but he especially enjoys strategy games such as Settlers of Catan and Go (Baduk).

Cameron McKay is a Microsoft Azure Integration MVP with a strong background in web, integration, and business analysis. Cameron is a thought leader in Azure integration services and has spoken at numerous conferences on topics related to Microsoft Az... Show more

Yann Bouvet

Yann Bouvet

Développeur Fullstack Senior chez Shodo Lyon, je suis tombé dans le software craft récemment.

Ses pratiques et méthodes m'émerveillent et facilite mon travail, c'est pour ça que j'aime en parler.

Développeur Fullstack Senior chez Shodo Lyon, je suis tombé dans le software craft récemment. Ses pratiques et méthodes m'émerveillent et facilite mon travail, c'est pour ça que j'aime en parler. Show more

Anudeep Rentala

Anudeep Rentala

Anudeep Rentala is a Senior Software Engineer at Roblox, where he works on on applied AI and recommendation systems including AI-driven automation and reliability systems on a platform serving 100M+ daily active users. Previously, he spent several years at Splunk building observability and reliability products including alerting, event processing, and platform engineering.

Anudeep Rentala is a Senior Software Engineer at Roblox, where he works on on applied AI and recommendation systems including AI-driven automation and reliability systems on a platform serving 100M+ daily active users. Previously, he spent several ye... Show more

Sofie Theys

Sofie Theys

Sofie is a Data Engineer with +6 years of experience building scalable data solutions. She specializes in ETL workflows, data pipelines, and modeling, helping organizations enhance insights and decision-making. Her expertise spans cloud platforms, data engineering, chatbots, and generative AI, with proficiency technologies such as Python, Spark, DBT, SQL, AWS and Azure.

Sofie is a Data Engineer with +6 years of experience building scalable data solutions. She specializes in ETL workflows, data pipelines, and modeling, helping organizations enhance insights and decision-making. Her expertise spans cloud platforms, da... Show more

Muhammad Shahbaz

Muhammad Shahbaz

This is Muhammad Shahbaz, a Senior Solution Architect and Cybersecurity Advisor with 16 years of experience AI, ML, DL, data science transformation and securing IT infrastructures across enterprises, banks, hospitals, and government sectors in Saudi Arabia. I have contributed to modernizing national datacenters, cloud adoption strategies, and cybersecurity frameworks, playing a key role in digital transformation programs aligned with Saudi Vision 2030. My expertise includes designing and securing high-performance infrastructure platforms, implementing advanced network architectures, and deploying automation solutions to enhance resilience and efficiency in AI-enhanced datacenters. In cybersecurity, I have developed governance frameworks, enforced NCA and ISO-aligned standards, performed assessments, and implemented strong data protection measures. My contributions include authoring multiple AI and cybersecurity publications, conducting threat-hunting campaigns, building attack-and-restore simulations, and delivering AI-driven Google projects, including deployments with the Google team in London. These efforts strengthened defenses for national projects including Tawakkalna, SDAIA DEEM Cloud, NCA, the National Data Platform, and the National Data Bank, advancing Saudi Arabia’s vision 2030 digital ecosystem and cybersecurity posture.

This is Muhammad Shahbaz, a Senior Solution Architect and Cybersecurity Advisor with 16 years of experience AI, ML, DL, data science transformation and securing IT infrastructures across enterprises, banks, hospitals, and government sectors in Saudi ... Show more

Vivek Kumar Sahu

Vivek Kumar Sahu

I'm passionate about open-source software and actively contribute to improving software supply chain security, with a strong focus on SBOM (Software Bill of Materials) tooling. I collaborate on projects like sbommv, sbomqs, and sbomasm — all open-source tools maintained by Interlynk, a company committed to advancing OSS and security practices. Previously, I contributed to Kyverno, a Kubernetes-native policy engine, and its associated policies repository.

I'm passionate about open-source software and actively contribute to improving software supply chain security, with a strong focus on SBOM (Software Bill of Materials) tooling. I collaborate on projects like sbommv, sbomqs, and sbomasm — all open-sou... Show more

Bill Zhang

Bill Zhang

Bill is vice president of product management at Cloudera, responsible for Open Data Lakehouse product strategy and Apache Iceberg integration with all Cloudera Data Platform (CDP) form factors. Bill also leads Apache Hive product roadmap and adoption. Most recently, Bill was responsible for solution management for SAP HANA Data Platform and SAP HANA Cloud. Prior to that he led product management for Sybase Replication Server.

Bill is vice president of product management at Cloudera, responsible for Open Data Lakehouse product strategy and Apache Iceberg integration with all Cloudera Data Platform (CDP) form factors. Bill also leads Apache Hive product roadmap and adoption... Show more

Fernando Terrazas

Fernando Terrazas

Profesional de TI con más de 15 años de experiencia, especializado en ingeniería de datos y Big DAta, Arquitectura de datos, soluciones en la nube.
Su experiencia incluye el diseño y la gestión de Data Pipelines, aprovechando los servicios de AWS como Redshift, DynamoDB, Glue Jobs, S3, Athena y Redshift ,Spectrum.
Experiencia en la migración a plataformas como AWS , Azure, Snowflake, Databricks.
Experiencia en Telcos y Retails, GAS/Petroleo, IOT empresas nacionales e internacionales.
Certificaciones, incluida la de Arquitecto de Soluciones AWS,Databricks , Oracle, Huawei estudios avanzados en ,BDS, IA, ML y privacidad de datos.

Profesional de TI con más de 15 años de experiencia, especializado en ingeniería de datos y Big DAta, Arquitectura de datos, soluciones en la nube. Su experiencia incluye el diseño y la gestión de Data Pipelines, aprovechando los servicios de AWS c... Show more

Veenit Shah

Veenit Shah

5+ years at Intuit Credit Karma leading data engineering teams.
12 years of industry experience spanning IC to Engineering Manager — building high-scale data pipelines and growing high-performing teams.

5+ years at Intuit Credit Karma leading data engineering teams. 12 years of industry experience spanning IC to Engineering Manager — building high-scale data pipelines and growing high-performing teams. Show more

Snehal Godse

Snehal Godse

Quality Assurance, Pharmaceutical Industry

Quality Assurance, Pharmaceutical Industry Show more

Sagal Ugas

Sagal Ugas

Growth Analytics Engineer at Heidi, with experience at leading startups (i.e. Fyxer AI)

Growth Analytics Engineer at Heidi, with experience at leading startups (i.e. Fyxer AI) Show more

Howard Veregin

Howard Veregin

Howard was appointed State Cartographer in 2009. His previous positions include Director of Geographic Information Services at Rand McNally and Associate Professor of Geography at the University of Minnesota. He has a Ph.D. from UC Santa Barbara.

Howard was appointed State Cartographer in 2009. His previous positions include Director of Geographic Information Services at Rand McNally and Associate Professor of Geography at the University of Minnesota. He has a Ph.D. from UC Santa Barbara. Show more

Martha Pskowski

Martha Pskowski

Martha Pskowski covers the oil and gas industry and the border region from her base in El Paso. She was previously an environmental reporter at the El Paso Times. She began her career as a freelance journalist in Mexico, reporting for outlets including The Guardian and Yale E360. Martha is a former Fulbright research fellow in Mexico.

Martha Pskowski covers the oil and gas industry and the border region from her base in El Paso. She was previously an environmental reporter at the El Paso Times. She began her career as a freelance journalist in Mexico, reporting for outlets includi... Show more

Paolo Carta

Paolo Carta

Born and grown in the beautiful Sardinia in Italy, he moved to Zurich to complete his studies at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. After working there on delay tolerant networks with Android devices as a research assistant, he focused on backend development on the JVM and scalable, resilient software architectures in the cloud. He is a Certified Kubernetes Application Developer, conference speaker and he is currently working as a Freelance Consultant after the important experience at Red Hat.

Born and grown in the beautiful Sardinia in Italy, he moved to Zurich to complete his studies at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. After working there on delay tolerant networks with Android devices as a research assistant, he focused on bac... Show more

Anzolo Hope

Anzolo Hope

Leading Africa digital revolution

Leading Africa digital revolution Show more

Joel Sierra

Joel Sierra

Technology has progressed a long way from the late eighties, Joel Sierra’s first personal computer, was a Commodore64, an 8bit MOS Tech 6510 processor with 64k RAM, Display was 25×40 text connected to a Monochrome tube screen.

Today’s multi-core processors with terabytes of RAM and virtually unlimited storage on cloud-hosted platforms provide a limitless source of computing power. With the advancement of computing technologies, has come increased cybersecurity threats to our way of life.

Threat actors indiscriminately target all systems & networks, regardless of function or business. Government, military, civilian, medical, education, and private sector systems, cloud and networks are all being targeted by cybersecurity threats every day.

Joel has lived through this advancement of technology and the cyber threats that accompany it, dedicating his career to defending, protecting, and educating the private sector in Florida for the last 31 years.

Advising executive & management teams in design, architect, and deploy secure systems in the legal, accounting, hospitality, food & beverage, and manufacturing sectors in Florida. After 25 years in IT operations, Joel pivots in his career 7 years ago, making the transition as a Presales security systems engineer for Proofpoint, VMware Carbon Black, Arctic Wolf, Palo Alto Networks and now Fortinet.

Technology has progressed a long way from the late eighties, Joel Sierra’s first personal computer, was a Commodore64, an 8bit MOS Tech 6510 processor with 64k RAM, Display was 25×40 text connected to a Monochrome tube screen. Today’s multi-core ... Show more

Raquel Arruda

Raquel Arruda

From helping build a cyber startup from 10 to 200 employees to leading regional demand generation across Latin America and Africa, I’ve spent about a decade mastering the art of creating pipeline where none existed. I thrive on turning chaos into scalable processes, aligning marketing with sales and partners, and advancing brands through every stage of maturity.

From helping build a cyber startup from 10 to 200 employees to leading regional demand generation across Latin America and Africa, I’ve spent about a decade mastering the art of creating pipeline where none existed. I thrive on turning chaos into sca... Show more

Josh Marchello

Josh Marchello

Josh has been building software for over 10 years, most of that time with Rails due to its simplicity and power. Josh lives in Kansas, USA with his wife, 5 children and 2 cats. In addition to building web applications with Rails he like to write Go, herd Linux servers, and feed his insatiable desire to learn.

Josh has been building software for over 10 years, most of that time with Rails due to its simplicity and power. Josh lives in Kansas, USA with his wife, 5 children and 2 cats. In addition to building web applications with Rails he like to write Go, ... Show more

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