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

Samuel Bastiat

Samuel Bastiat

SM @Tlse

Samuel alias S@M est un gentil organisateur d'Agile Tour Toulouse depuis 2021.
Depuis ses débuts, il souffre dans des organisations inhumaines et a longtemps re-inventé des cadres d'organisation, en détournant les modèles imposés pendant 10 ans, avant de réellement comprendre l’Agilité en la pratiquant en équipe, puis en la diffusant.

Depuis sa découverte des communautés vivantes hors entreprise, S@M se plaît à y participer et depuis 2022, en complément d'organisation et facilitation d'y ajouter de l'animation souvent autour des Liberating Structures et des jeux agiles

SM @Tlse Samuel alias S@M est un gentil organisateur d'Agile Tour Toulouse depuis 2021. Depuis ses débuts, il souffre dans des organisations inhumaines et a longtemps re-inventé des cadres d'organisation, en détournant les modèles imposés pendant... Show more

J.A. "JoJo" Ruanto-Ramirez

J.A. "JoJo" Ruanto-Ramirez

Joseph Allen "JoJo" Ruanto-Ramirez is a PhD candidate in Cultural Studies - American Studies at Claremont Graduate University. He currently is an Assoc. Professor of Ethnic Studies, Coordinator of Asian American & Pasifika Studies and Gender & Sexuality Studies, and faculty for Bayan-FilAm Learning Community & Sangam-AANHPI Learning Community at Southwestern College. He currently serves as the County of San Diego's Commissioner for Asian & Pacific Islander Relations.

Joseph Allen "JoJo" Ruanto-Ramirez is a PhD candidate in Cultural Studies - American Studies at Claremont Graduate University. He currently is an Assoc. Professor of Ethnic Studies, Coordinator of Asian American & Pasifika Studies and Gender & Sexual... Show more

Didas Mbarushimana

Didas Mbarushimana

Didas Mbarushimana is a software engineer based in Kigali, Rwanda, building AI agents on Google Cloud with Gemini, Vertex AI and the Agent Development Kit. He is currently building an open-source AI support agent for local businesses, focused on making grounded, affordable GenAI work in resource-constrained markets.

Didas leads Open Source Kigali, React Rwanda and Django Rwanda, growing developer communities across Rwanda and the region. His open source journey, from DRC to Kenya to Rwanda, was featured by the Eclipse Foundation in 2026. He speaks English, French and Swahili.

Didas Mbarushimana is a software engineer based in Kigali, Rwanda, building AI agents on Google Cloud with Gemini, Vertex AI and the Agent Development Kit. He is currently building an open-source AI support agent for local businesses, focused on maki... Show more

Christopher May

Christopher May

Christopher has been working in project management for the last 25+ years and in agile coaching for the past 10 years. His passion is transformation; in the past he helped his clients as a consultant in digital and agile transformations. His view is always product and people centric. He loves agility, and teaches agility and project management as well as design-thinking for the past 8 years.
He loves to share his knowledge, teach others and engage with audiences.
He takes on new and interesting challenges and goes a step beyond.
Besides his professional passion in Transformation / consultancy, he is also very passionate about stand-up comedy, which he started 2 years ago, and he is very active in the German and international stand up scene in Berlin.

Christopher has been working in project management for the last 25+ years and in agile coaching for the past 10 years. His passion is transformation; in the past he helped his clients as a consultant in digital and agile transformations. His view is ... Show more

Hridesh Sharma

Hridesh Sharma

I’m an experienced software engineer specializing in AI, cloud-native solutions, and innovative technologies. My expertise includes developing AI-driven applications using Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), AWS, and MLOps practices. I actively mentor learners and professionals, helping them build impactful solutions and effectively harness emerging technologies for growth and innovation.

I’m an experienced software engineer specializing in AI, cloud-native solutions, and innovative technologies. My expertise includes developing AI-driven applications using Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), AWS, and MLOps practices. I actively men... Show more

Bright Etornam Sunu

Bright Etornam Sunu

Etornam is a Software Engineer and Google Developer Expert (GDE) in Flutter & Dart, the first in Ghana to hold this title. He has delivered 100+ talks across Africa and Asia on mobile development and applied AI, and co-organizes Flutter Ghana, a community driving Flutter adoption across Ghana. His work focuses on Mobile app and infrastructure development, as well as AI systems with real social impact, including accessibility tools for Ghanaian Sign Language and other low-resource language communities. He's based in Accra, Ghana, and mentors early-career engineers building their own paths in tech.

Etornam is a Software Engineer and Google Developer Expert (GDE) in Flutter & Dart, the first in Ghana to hold this title. He has delivered 100+ talks across Africa and Asia on mobile development and applied AI, and co-organizes Flutter Ghana, a comm... Show more

Evelien Roos

Evelien Roos

Evelien works at the intersection of two urgent challenges in tech: helping Agile teams integrate AI responsibly, and equipping product teams to detect and address gender bias in the systems they build.

She is a Professional Knowledge Sharer at Xebia Academy, Scrum.org PST, and certified Training from the Back of the Room Trainer with 15+ years coaching and training teams at organizations like Rabobank, Philips, Essent, and Unilever. She designs learning experiences that are practical, hands-on, and grounded in what teams actually face.

Evelien co-created the Road2Mastery, wrote the Scrum Master Playbook, and organizes Women in Agile Europe. She is currently writing a book on gender bias in AI.

Evelien works at the intersection of two urgent challenges in tech: helping Agile teams integrate AI responsibly, and equipping product teams to detect and address gender bias in the systems they build. She is a Professional Knowledge Sharer at Xe... Show more

Josset Gutierrez Huaman

Josset Gutierrez Huaman

Site Reliability Engineer and Cloud Architect. Over 8 years keeping cloud-native infrastructure standing: incidents, reliability and observability across web apps, microservices, serverless and big data. Co-lead of AWS UG Machine Learning LATAM, and a firm believer that you learn the most from whatever breaks.

Site Reliability Engineer and Cloud Architect. Over 8 years keeping cloud-native infrastructure standing: incidents, reliability and observability across web apps, microservices, serverless and big data. Co-lead of AWS UG Machine Learning LATAM, and ... Show more

Alexander Günsche

Alexander Günsche

Alex is a Senior Solutions Architect at AWS with 20 years of IT experience in expert and leadership roles. He is a strong advocate of agile and DevOps practices, and he enjoys seeing serverless, cloud-native and event-driven architectures deployed at scale. He has delivered large transformation projects and successfully developed own and customers’ businesses. As an international speaker, he has held advanced technology sessions at a wide range of events.

Alex is a Senior Solutions Architect at AWS with 20 years of IT experience in expert and leadership roles. He is a strong advocate of agile and DevOps practices, and he enjoys seeing serverless, cloud-native and event-driven architectures deployed at... Show more

Nacho Cougil

Nacho Cougil

Nacho is a software engineer from Barcelona, fan of TDD and XP practices. He has been working with Java and other web technologies before the effect 2000 and had experience in different roles in the IT world now working at Dynatrace writing code to monitor applications. You may probably meet him before as founder of the Barcelona Java Users Group ( https://barcelonajug.org ) & the Barcelona Developers Conference ( DevBcn - https://www.debcn.com, former JBCNConf ). He enjoys spending time with his family, playing sports & improving his eXtreme Programming skills

Nacho is a software engineer from Barcelona, fan of TDD and XP practices. He has been working with Java and other web technologies before the effect 2000 and had experience in different roles in the IT world now working at Dynatrace writing code to m... Show more

Avinash Dalvi

Avinash Dalvi

With 15+ years in full-stack engineering and architecture, I’ve led teams across e-commerce, finance, and healthcare. At Quantiphi, I will be working on technical architecture, and cloud adoption—using AWS, Python, Angular, React and open-source tools to deliver scalable and cost effective solutions.

Beyond work, I’m an AWS Community Builder, blogger, and speaker, sharing lessons on building smarter, cost-efficient products. My goal is to combine technical depth with product vision—helping teams build systems that scale while keeping costs in check.

I believe in learning together and growing together—and in using technology to drive meaningful change. I also create educational content on InternetKatta.com and @LearnWithAvinashDalvi to simplify complex topics through storytelling.

With 15+ years in full-stack engineering and architecture, I’ve led teams across e-commerce, finance, and healthcare. At Quantiphi, I will be working on technical architecture, and cloud adoption—using AWS, Python, Angular, React and open-source tool... Show more

Shadrack Kiprotich

Shadrack Kiprotich

Shadrack Kiprotich is a 3X Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) in Power Apps & Copilot Studio and a seasoned Power Platform Developer specializing in low-code, automation, and AI-driven solutions. With extensive experience architecting enterprise-grade applications at organizations in the healthcare, non-profits, banks and microfinance institutions, telcos, he has delivered transformative digital solutions that streamline operations, enhance collaboration, and integrate AI copilots into business-critical workflows.

As a Power Platform & AI Integration Lead, Shadrack has designed custom Copilot agents, automated end-to-end business processes with Power Automate, and deployed secure integrations with Dataverse, SharePoint, SQL Server, and external APIs. His expertise extends to implementing CI/CD pipelines, governance, and Application Insights monitoring for production-ready Copilot solutions.

Beyond enterprise delivery, Shadrack is an active community leader. He has trained 400+ professionals, mentored developers across Africa, spoken at international tech conferences, and led hands-on Copilot Studio workshops. He also contributes regularly to Microsoft tech communities, including Power Platform User Group Kenya, Experts Live, and the Microsoft Community Hub, where he shares best practices on Copilot, AI Builder, and Power Platform.

Shadrack is passionate about empowering organizations and individuals to adopt responsible AI and low-code technologies to drive digital transformation.

Shadrack Kiprotich is a 3X Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) in Power Apps & Copilot Studio and a seasoned Power Platform Developer specializing in low-code, automation, and AI-driven solutions. With extensive experience architecting enterpr... Show more

Markus Kett

Markus Kett

Markus and his teams have been working on Java IDE and database tools, frameworks, as well as on various open-source projects for 20+ years. Markus is the CEO and founder of Cyrock.AI, Inc., which is the company behind the Eclipse open-source projects EclipseStore, Eclipse Serializer, and Eclipse Data Grid, powering Cyrock.AI as the first AI Memory based on a serverless microservices architecture. He is also the editor-in-chief for the free JAVAPRO magazine and the founder and co-organizer of the Java community conference series JCON. He is an independent editor for several magazines, and loves speaking at developer conferences and user groups around the world.

Markus and his teams have been working on Java IDE and database tools, frameworks, as well as on various open-source projects for 20+ years. Markus is the CEO and founder of Cyrock.AI, Inc., which is the company behind the Eclipse open-source project... Show more

Vijay Kumar Soni

Vijay Kumar Soni

Vijay Soni is an Expert Architect & Engineer at Discover's business technology department. He architected and designed Discover's cloud native Open banking and Click to Pay ecommerce Digital Wallet Payments platforms. He is seasoned software engineer and passionate about solving complex emerging finance, digital payment, identity and payment product problems using scalable, secure, future-proof and innovative approach. Vijay also led multiple EMVCo, eCommerce, Mobile SE/HCE Payments technology initiatives as lead architect and engineer. Vijay has worked on large industry led financial services & payments technology integration projects including Apple Pay, Google Pay, Samsung Pay, Click to Pay and FDX Open Banking integrations, Pay with Rewards, Contactless Mass Transit acceptance etc.

Vijay Soni is an Expert Architect & Engineer at Discover's business technology department. He architected and designed Discover's cloud native Open banking and Click to Pay ecommerce Digital Wallet Payments platforms. He is seasoned software engineer... Show more

Holly Bielawa

Holly Bielawa

Holly Bielawa is the head of Product Coaching and Consulting for Jeff Patton and Associates, where she and her team help companies put Product Thinking concepts into practice. As an international tech start-up founder, CPO, and transformational strategist, she brings a unique wealth of experience and industry knowledge to technology product development. She and her team work with organizational leaders and teams to help them evolve to a product-oriented culture that empowers the principles, practices and ways of working that are essential to deliver real business results.

Holly Bielawa is the head of Product Coaching and Consulting for Jeff Patton and Associates, where she and her team help companies put Product Thinking concepts into practice. As an international tech start-up founder, CPO, and transformational strat... Show more

Ivana Tilca

Ivana Tilca

I’m a Technology Advocate who is living proof that Technology changes lives. I started my career with Microsoft from my small city (Salta), in Argentina. Now I train people and teams globally in the powerful international language of Tech. I inspire people from all walks of life to become world citizens and “geeks” like me who dream big and achieve amazing things. As a proud woman in Tech, content creator and public speaker I love travelling, connect and create magic moments of transformation; and I learn from everyone I meet. When I am not on the road, I am home with my husband and two dogs. My adventurous spirit in my work life is echoed in my love for Disney movies like Moana and Lilo & Stitch. Who knows “how far I’ll go” on my journey, but I know the power of Technology can get me there!

I’m a Technology Advocate who is living proof that Technology changes lives. I started my career with Microsoft from my small city (Salta), in Argentina. Now I train people and teams globally in the powerful international language of Tech. I inspire ... Show more

Julien Jakubowski

Julien Jakubowski

Julien Jakubowski is a Developer Advocate at StreamNative with over 20+ years of experience as a developer, staff engineer, and consultant. He has built several complex systems with distributed, scalable, and event-driven architecture for various industrial sectors such as retail, finance, and manufacturing.



Julien delivers talks at conferences on software engineering, including Devoxx, JCon, Conf42, VoxxedDays, Berlin Buzzwords, and Java User Groups, among others.


Julien is located in France. He's also one of the founders and leaders of the Ch'ti JUG - Java User Group of Lille, France.

Julien Jakubowski is a Developer Advocate at StreamNative with over 20+ years of experience as a developer, staff engineer, and consultant. He has built several complex systems with distributed, scalable, and event-driven architecture for various ind... Show more

Feras Deiratany

Feras Deiratany

Feras Deiratany is a technology leader and software architect with over a decade of experience at Progressive Insurance, where he helped launch Progressive Life, the company’s entry into the life insurance market. His work focuses on enterprise architecture, artificial intelligence (AI), digital transformation, and building scalable technology solutions. He is particularly passionate about applying AI and emerging technologies to solve complex business challenges and modernize the insurance industry.

Originally from Syria, Feras holds a degree in Computer Science and Engineering from The Ohio State University. He has previously contributed to social impact initiatives, including Global Shapers and GiveBackHack. Outside of work, he enjoys traveling, exploring new cultures, and discovering great food along the way.

Feras Deiratany is a technology leader and software architect with over a decade of experience at Progressive Insurance, where he helped launch Progressive Life, the company’s entry into the life insurance market. His work focuses on enterprise archi... Show more

Pronnoy Goswami

Pronnoy Goswami

Pronnoy Goswami is a software engineer, systems architect, and tech speaker passionate about building highly distributed, scalable, and reliable systems that power the future of cloud and AI infrastructure.

At Workday, Pronnoy is part of the Data Platform, Observability, and Insights organization, where he leads initiatives on next-generation telemetry and logging platforms, shaping how global-scale systems are monitored and optimized. His work on Pharos and Solas platforms enables thousands of customers worldwide with unified, day-zero observability solutions.

Previously at Microsoft Azure, he helped pioneer a distributed, low-latency control plane architecture — often called the "Operating System of Azure" — to orchestrate container lifecycles at hyperscale. He has also held engineering roles at PayPal and McKinsey, combining deep technical expertise with a strategic, outcome-driven mindset.

With a Master’s in Computer Engineering from Virginia Tech, Pronnoy’s interests span distributed systems, cloud-native architectures, AI infrastructure, and large-scale optimization. As a technical reviewer for leading publishers like Manning and Packt, and an active contributor to IEEE peer-review activities, he stays at the forefront of innovation in the field.

On stage, Pronnoy brings a unique blend of engineering depth, real-world lessons, and human-centered insights. His talks often explore not just how systems are built, but how engineers can grow — covering topics across cloud infrastructure, distributed system design, AI operations, software engineering careers, and productivity strategies for builders.

He firmly believes that technology is one of the greatest democratizing forces of our time — and his mission is to help others build it thoughtfully and at scale.

Pronnoy Goswami is a software engineer, systems architect, and tech speaker passionate about building highly distributed, scalable, and reliable systems that power the future of cloud and AI infrastructure. At Workday, Pronnoy is part of the Data ... Show more

Daniel Sack

Daniel Sack

Daniel is a architect and facilitator working at the intersection of software architecture, collaborative modelling, and digital transformation. He helps teams and organizations turn complex challenges into clarity by making implicit knowledge visible and enabling shared decision‑making. As a co‑founder of ComoCamp, he builds community around collaborative modelling and organizes meetups that connect practitioners across disciplines. Daniel also teaches software architecture at Hochschule Campus Wien and applies CoMo on both operational and strategic levels to shape clear goals and sustainable transformation.

Daniel is a architect and facilitator working at the intersection of software architecture, collaborative modelling, and digital transformation. He helps teams and organizations turn complex challenges into clarity by making implicit knowledge visibl... Show more

Ram Gopinathan

Ram Gopinathan

Ram is a Principal Specialist Solution Architect, focused on Industrial Edge, with over 27 years of experience spanning public/private cloud, edge, and operational technology. His work sits at the intersection of platform engineering and edge fleet management, building Kubernetes-native patterns for device lifecycle, telemetry, and compliance in regulated environments like power grid infrastructure. Prior to Red Hat, He is active in the open source community, developing hands-on technical content around image-mode Linux, secure software supply chains, and cloud-native edge computing, and regularly shares his work through courses, demos, and customer-facing architecture engagements.

Ram is a Principal Specialist Solution Architect, focused on Industrial Edge, with over 27 years of experience spanning public/private cloud, edge, and operational technology. His work sits at the intersection of platform engineering and edge fleet m... Show more

Selvamurugan Ramamoorthy

Selvamurugan Ramamoorthy

Selvamurugan (Selva) Ramamoorthy is a data engineering and database platform leader with 20 years of experience in regulated industries, including healthcare and life sciences. He designs and leads secure, scalable, GxP-compliant data platforms across on-premises and cloud environments (AWS and Azure), using SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Snowflake, and Azure Synapse.

His work centers on data integrity, security, and regulatory compliance, with controls aligned to GxP, HIPAA, and FDA 21 CFR Part 11. He combines governance-first design with modern data engineering to turn complex data ecosystems into trusted, AI-ready platforms.

Selva is the author of SQL Server in Healthcare and Life Sciences: Building Compliant, Secure, and Intelligent Data Platforms, an IEEE Senior Member, a Fellow of BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, and VP, Secretary & Organizational Governance on the DAMA Northeast Board of Directors.

Selvamurugan (Selva) Ramamoorthy is a data engineering and database platform leader with 20 years of experience in regulated industries, including healthcare and life sciences. He designs and leads secure, scalable, GxP-compliant data platforms acros... Show more

Sumaiya Shrabony

Sumaiya Shrabony

Sumaiya Shrabony is a Technical Program Manager and BI practitioner at the University of Colorado Denver, where she manages enterprise analytics infrastructure across Azure Data Factory, SSAS Tabular models, Power BI, multiple departments, and 500+ users.

Her work sits at the point where ERP systems, data migration, BI reporting, and AI adoption either become useful or break trust. She focuses on the proof layer behind modern analytics: migrated Business Central data, finance balances, semantic models, Power BI reports, governance constraints, and AI workflows that need reliable data before they can be trusted.

Sumaiya speaks on Business Central migration proof, Power BI and Fabric reporting continuity, semantic-layer reliability, and the operator version of AI: not hype, not theory, but the version that has to survive real users, broken dashboards, anxious stakeholders, and workflows that cannot afford confident guessing. She implemented Business Central twice (BC 14 on-prem 2020, NAV to BC 16 On-Cloud 2021).

She also writes Ground Truth, a weekly newsletter on practical AI adoption in enterprise data work. Her teaching style is specific, direct, and built for practitioners who need the work to make sense by Monday morning.

Sumaiya Shrabony is a Technical Program Manager and BI practitioner at the University of Colorado Denver, where she manages enterprise analytics infrastructure across Azure Data Factory, SSAS Tabular models, Power BI, multiple departments, and 500+ u... Show more

Sai Krishna Puli

Sai Krishna Puli

Sai K. Puli is an accomplished Technology Executive, Technical Program Manager, and Solution Architect with more than 20 years of experience leading enterprise-scale digital transformation initiatives. He has a proven track record of delivering innovative, high-impact technology solutions across Cloud Computing, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), Data Science, Advanced Analytics, and Cybersecurity, enabling organizations to accelerate innovation, improve operational efficiency, and achieve strategic business outcomes.
As a Technical Program Manager, Sai leads multidisciplinary teams of cloud architects, AI/ML engineers, data scientists, and software professionals in designing and delivering next-generation technology solutions for leading global enterprises. His leadership spans the successful execution of complex, mission-critical programs that align business strategy with emerging technologies and drive measurable business value.

Sai holds a Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) in Computer Science and Engineering and is a Project Management Professional (PMP®). He also holds certifications in Artificial Intelligence Fundamentals, cloud technologies, and other industry-recognized technology and project management disciplines. He is widely recognized for his expertise in Technology Leadership, Enterprise Solution Architecture, Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Computing, Data Science, Machine Learning, Data Analytics, Cybersecurity, and Product Management. Through his strategic vision, technical excellence, and ability to lead high-performing teams, Sai continues to drive innovation and deliver scalable, future-ready solutions that help organizations succeed in an increasingly digital world.

Professional Memberships:
Senior Member IEEE
IETE Fellow Membership
Sigma XI Full Membership
IAEME Fellow Membership
SCRS Fellow Membership
ScienceDirect
East African Nature & Science Organization Journals
ORCID
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Editorial board membership - Journal of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry (JPMC)

Awards:
Multiple Prestigious awards include Titan Business Awards, Titan Innovation Awards
SCRS Fellow Award

Technical Program Committee Member and Reviewer:
Contributed to over 50 International Conferences as Technical Program Committee Member and Reviewer
Reviewed over 250 Scholarly Articles and Mentored researchers and Authors

Media:
Multiple Media Articles coverage including:
Medium.com
Analytics insight
Techbullion.com
IB Times

Published Articles in Google Scholar, ResearchGate, SSRN, IAEME, Scientific Research

Sai K. Puli is an accomplished Technology Executive, Technical Program Manager, and Solution Architect with more than 20 years of experience leading enterprise-scale digital transformation initiatives. He has a proven track record of delivering innov... Show more

Andrea Saravalle

Andrea Saravalle

A PhD and expert in Applied Economics and Strategic Marketing, Andrea Saravalle combines a solid academic career at three leading Italian universities (Bologna, Brescia, Ancona) with extensive consulting work for national brands. Specializing in market analysis and positioning strategies, he helps organizations navigate technological and structural changes through a deep understanding of stakeholders' real needs. He is a member of the "Industry, Territory, Environment" research group at the University of Bologna. As a speaker, he brings to the stage a vision that combines strategy and sustainability, guiding companies towards growth that is both innovative and profitable.

A PhD and expert in Applied Economics and Strategic Marketing, Andrea Saravalle combines a solid academic career at three leading Italian universities (Bologna, Brescia, Ancona) with extensive consulting work for national brands. Specializing in mark... Show more

Patrick Stephens

Patrick Stephens

Over 20 years experience in software engineering, mostly in the defence domain at Thales. The last few years of this were focused on transformation first to containers then Kubernetes.

After Thales I worked on the cloud native team at Couchbase, working on their Golang-based Kubernetes operator. This included producing a custom Fluent Bit deployment for observability needs.

Calyptia (founded by the Fluent maintainers) then approached me to come work with them building out observability products before we were successfully acquired by Chronosphere. I then led the migration of all our infrastructure and SOC2 compliance before Chronosphere was again successfully acquired by Palo Alto. During this period I also became a core maintainer of the CNCF graduated Fluent project, primarily working on Fluent Bit.

I am now running an OSS consultancy for observability called Telemetry Forge leveraging our knowledge as well as working with customers in the defence domain again.

Over 20 years experience in software engineering, mostly in the defence domain at Thales. The last few years of this were focused on transformation first to containers then Kubernetes. After Thales I worked on the cloud native team at Couchbase, w... Show more

Hesham Zreik

Hesham Zreik

Hesham Zreik is a Forbes-ranked top angel investor, serial entrepreneur, technology leader, and former member of the Forbes Technology Council. Ranked #39 among Forbes' Top 50 Business Angels for his investment activity and successful exits, Hesham has made more than 400 personal startup investments, recorded more than 10 exits, and invested alongside FasterCapital across a portfolio spanning more than 1,600 companies worldwide.

As Founder and CEO of FasterCapital, Hesham has built one of the largest borderless startup-support ecosystems, leading investments of more than $1.25 billion across 1,637 companies and helping entrepreneurs raise more than $2.8 billion. He has also overseen the development of a global network comprising more than 1,000 representatives and regional partners, over 1,100 mentors, and an extensive network of investors and strategic partners.

Hesham combines the perspective of an investor, entrepreneur, and technologist. Over more than 25 years in business and more than three decades in software development, he has co-founded more than 100 ventures, advised and mentored numerous founders, and served on the boards of multiple companies. He founded ZGroup Mobile in 2002 with a budget of less than $20 per month and grew it to a multimillion-dollar valuation within three years.

Hesham Zreik is a Forbes-ranked top angel investor, serial entrepreneur, technology leader, and former member of the Forbes Technology Council. Ranked #39 among Forbes' Top 50 Business Angels for his investment activity and successful exits, Hesham h... Show more

Krishna Bandarupalli

Krishna Bandarupalli

Krishna Bandarupalli is a Quality Assurance Team Lead at Encova Insurance with more than a decade of experience in software quality. His career has taken him from intern and manual tester to automation engineer and QA leader, giving him a practical understanding of quality from both hands-on and strategic perspectives.

Krishna has worked across manual, automation, and performance testing, with experience supporting both legacy and modern applications in the insurance industry. He is passionate about improving QA processes, building effective automation strategies, and helping teams use AI as a thinking partner while keeping human judgment, risk awareness, and accountability at the center of quality decisions.

An active member of the software-quality community, Krishna serves on the COSQAM board and has spoken at QA or the Highway on open-source automation tools, prompt engineering, and the evolving role of QA in an AI-accelerated world.

Outside of work, Krishna enjoys spending time with his family, gardening, DIY projects, cooking, biking, and continually learning something new.

Krishna Bandarupalli is a Quality Assurance Team Lead at Encova Insurance with more than a decade of experience in software quality. His career has taken him from intern and manual tester to automation engineer and QA leader, giving him a practical u... Show more

Saksham Dhull

Saksham Dhull

I lead the AI Agents team at WisdomAI, where I build production AI agent systems and work on agent architecture, reliability, evaluation, and efficiency. Previously, I worked at Samsung Research HQ in South Korea on multimodal AI and 5G/6G systems, and later co-founded an AI startup. My work spans AI agents, LLM systems, distributed systems, and production ML infrastructure. I hold a B.Tech. in Computer Science from IIT Delhi.

I lead the AI Agents team at WisdomAI, where I build production AI agent systems and work on agent architecture, reliability, evaluation, and efficiency. Previously, I worked at Samsung Research HQ in South Korea on multimodal AI and 5G/6G systems, a... Show more

Rogerio Rodrigues

Rogerio Rodrigues

I’m an AI & Modern Work consultant and Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) helping people and organizations adopt technology, build capabilities, and turn AI and Microsoft technologies into practical outcomes.

My work sits at the intersection of technology, learning, adoption, and innovation. I deliver corporate training, workshops, talks, and hands-on learning experiences covering Microsoft 365, Copilot, Data & AI, Power BI, Modern Work, and responsible AI adoption.

My perspective is shaped by experience across technology education, digital transformation, and innovation. Before focusing on independent consulting and training, I worked in digital innovation roles at global organizations including Sanofi and Mondelēz International, collaborating with international teams and leading initiatives across Latin America.

I’m particularly interested in the human side of technology adoption: how people learn to work with new tools, how organizations build the capabilities needed to use them effectively, and how AI can extend rather than replace human expertise and creativity.

I speak and deliver training in English, Portuguese, and Spanish, and I’m interested in collaborating with technology communities, conferences, organizations, and international partners.

I’m an AI & Modern Work consultant and Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) helping people and organizations adopt technology, build capabilities, and turn AI and Microsoft technologies into practical outcomes. My work sits at the intersection of tec... Show more

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