Nikhil is a seasoned tech professional with extensive experience working at leading organizations like Intuit, Social Finance (SoFi), and InComm Payments. Specializing in building scalable systems and implementing cutting-edge integrations, Nikhil Kassetty has been instrumental in delivering impactful solutions that enhance efficiency, security, and user experiences across financial services.

With a good foundation in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), Nikhil has designed and implemented intelligent systems that leverage data insights to drive automation, improve decision-making, and personalize user experiences. His expertise extends to creating predictive models, enhancing fraud detection systems, and optimizing operations with AI-driven analytics.

Also, his proficiency in cloud technologies, system architecture, and data-driven applications enables him to tackle complex challenges and pioneer innovations in the ever-evolving tech landscape. Nikhil Kassetty is passionate about harnessing technology to create transformative solutions that shape the future of financial services.

Nikhil is a seasoned tech professional with extensive experience working at leading organizations like Intuit, Social Finance (SoFi), and InComm Payments. Specializing in building scalable systems and implementing cutting-edge integrations, Nikhil Ka... Show more

Spence Taylor (He/Him) is a Lead Developer Relations Engineer at New Relic and is based in Los Angeles. A founding engineer on the Logs team, he brings hands-on observability experience to his role. Spence specializes in creating interactive content that makes complex monitoring concepts accessible to developers. His unconventional path to tech--from the US Navy to fine dining kitchens --gives him a unique lens on problem-solving. When Spence isn't demystifying telemetry data, he's exploring global cuisines and collecting passport stamps.

Spence Taylor (He/Him) is a Lead Developer Relations Engineer at New Relic and is based in Los Angeles. A founding engineer on the Logs team, he brings hands-on observability experience to his role. Spence specializes in creating interactive content ... Show more

I’m a software developer from the United States, currently based in Málaga, Spain. I love building software and I have focused on React and state management for the past decade. In recent years I’ve worked on statechart visualization tooling at Stately.ai, and mobile and desktop fintech applications using XState at Lab49. I’m currently at BlueFolders.ai building Navion Logistics, an AI-native platform combining durable execution with agentic tooling. My passions include data art, personal finance apps, public speaking, and continuously rehydrating my roots in creative coding.

I’m a software developer from the United States, currently based in Málaga, Spain. I love building software and I have focused on React and state management for the past decade. In recent years I’ve worked on statechart visualization tooling at State... Show more

Hemant Pawar is a seasoned technology executive with over 20 years of experience driving digital transformation and customer success across healthcare and supply chain management domains. Recently, as a Program Director at Zeal-Tech for Kaiser Permanente, Hemant led critical initiatives that transformed telehealth services during COVID-19, scaling from 1,000 to 50,000+ daily visits while maintaining 99.5% uptime.
Throughout his career, Hemant has excelled at the intersection of technology implementation and business value delivery. At Cognizant, he spearheaded pharmacy system enhancements that integrated critical NCPDP standards, improving patient safety and reducing re-ordering cycle time and prescription fulfillment costs. His leadership increased customer satisfaction scores from 45 to 75 and drove 12% year-over-year revenue growth.
Hemant's expertise spans healthcare technology, supply chain management, and SaaS product development. At the start of his career his work with e2Open Solutions involved building logistics and freight management systems for international clients like FedEx, CMA CGM and implementing the first US Customs-certified Automated Manifest System for his organization. During his leadership tenure at IBM Labs, Hemant managed global product development for IBM Watson's AI based Marketing Cloud suite, focusing on campaign optimization and customer engagement analytics. He created comprehensive training programs that increased client self-sufficiency by 27% while reducing support tickets by 40%. At BMC Software, he facilitated DevOps implementations for banking giants including BNP Paribas, RBC, and Citi.
Beyond his corporate achievements, Hemant is the founder of a private equity real estate firm (Jewelequity.com) that manages $200M in assets across nine states, creating over 20 jobs. He is also recognized for his humanitarian work supporting human trafficking victims and has performed as a volunteer at the World Culture Festival 2023 in Washington DC.
Hemant holds an Executive Master's Certificate from the Indian Institute of Management, a Master's in International Marketing from Symbiosis University, and a Bachelor's in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering. He combines technical depth with business acumen to drive meaningful digital transformation that enhances both operational efficiency and human experience.

Hemant Pawar is a seasoned technology executive with over 20 years of experience driving digital transformation and customer success across healthcare and supply chain management domains. Recently, as a Program Director at Zeal-Tech for Kaiser Perman... Show more

Benjamin Krah is a Senior Architect at Provectus Technologies and an expert in hybrid infrastructure and Microsoft 365 services with a focus on Windows Server and Exchange Online.

He supports companies from various industries and in different sizes, such as healthcare, regulated, non-profit and manufacturing in developing a cloud adoption strategy and enabling the infrastructure for introducing cloud services.

With +20 years of experience in on premises infrastructures and Microsoft Cloud services, Ben has deep technical expertise in numerous products and technologies and loves sharing his knowledge by writing blogs, concepts and documentations as well as speaking at events.

He also has a strong expertise in Microsoft licensing and helps companies with optimizing their licensing strategy and usage.

Benjamin Krah is a Senior Architect at Provectus Technologies and an expert in hybrid infrastructure and Microsoft 365 services with a focus on Windows Server and Exchange Online. He supports companies from various industries and in different size... Show more

Bridging Design-first AI thinking with open-source innovation!

Bridging Design-first AI thinking with open-source innovation! Show more

Nishant Verma is a distinguished technology and product leader with over a decade of experience driving transformative, multi-million-dollar initiatives across AI, machine learning, e-commerce, logistics, and consumer technology sectors. He has successfully led the development and launch of innovative Generative AI and machine learning solutions that have impacted more than 100 million users and over 10,000 businesses globally. His expertise spans product strategy, AI-powered platforms, data-driven decision-making, and scalable technology solutions that drive measurable business growth, improve operational efficiency, and enhance customer experiences.
Currently serving as Senior Product Manager at Walmart, Nishant leads advanced Generative AI initiatives within catalog management. He has driven large-scale AI-powered catalog automation efforts, including developing large language model (LLM)-based item creation tools that significantly reduce manual effort while maintaining strict compliance and SEO standards. He has also spearheaded AI-driven supply chain optimization projects focused on catalog enrichment, fulfillment accuracy, and inventory management across more than 50 million SKUs.
Before Walmart, Nishant held multiple senior product leadership roles at Amazon, where he managed highly scalable AI and machine learning products across Amazon Warehousing and Distribution (AWD), Last-Mile Delivery, Alexa, and Fire TV. He led the launch of LLM-powered conversational pricing tools serving over 10,000 sellers, AI-driven promotional systems generating tens of millions in revenue, predictive pricing and elasticity models, and conversational AI experiences for live sports on Alexa. His work consistently delivered significant business impact, including cost savings, revenue growth, improved seller adoption, operational optimization, and enhanced customer engagement at a global scale.
Earlier in his career, Nishant contributed to strategic product and financial technology initiatives at PayPal, where he worked on virtual debit card integrations and tokenization portfolio expansion across European markets. At Paytm, he developed large-scale data reporting platforms using Hadoop, Apache Spark, and Hive to process over 100 million customer records and improve customer retention through data-driven insights. He also led experimentation frameworks to optimize search algorithms and user engagement for tens of millions of users.
Nishant began his professional journey at Honda Cars India, conducting market research and product planning initiatives that influenced strategic automotive product launches across the Asia Pacific region. His market insights contributed to successful vehicle positioning and accelerated product development timelines.
Academically, Nishant earned an MBA from The University of Texas at Austin, McCombs School of Business, where he was a Merit Scholarship recipient and achieved a GMAT score of 760. He also holds a Bachelor of Technology degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT BHU), Varanasi.
Throughout his career, Nishant has demonstrated exceptional cross-functional leadership, working closely with engineering, data science, UX, analytics, and go-to-market teams to deliver scalable, customer-centric products. His technical proficiency includes Python, SQL, Tableau, Figma, Adobe Analytics, machine learning systems, large-scale analytics platforms, and AI-driven product innovation.

Nishant Verma is a distinguished technology and product leader with over a decade of experience driving transformative, multi-million-dollar initiatives across AI, machine learning, e-commerce, logistics, and consumer technology sectors. He has succe... Show more

Solutions Engineer focused on cloud-native architecture and developer experience. Passionate about developer productivity, fast feedback loops, and keeping the software supply chain secure as agent-driven workflows reshape how we build and ship software. Former Customer Success Engineer for Testcontainers Cloud and Quality Architect. Open-source contributor and conference speaker with a bias toward practical demos and real-world engineering problems.

Solutions Engineer focused on cloud-native architecture and developer experience. Passionate about developer productivity, fast feedback loops, and keeping the software supply chain secure as agent-driven workflows reshape how we build and ship softw... Show more

Harender Bisht, PhD, is a Technical Architect and Lead Developer with more than 10 years of experience designing and delivering enterprise technology solutions across insurance, reinsurance, finance, regulatory reporting, data engineering, and applied artificial intelligence. Based in New Jersey, he currently serves as a Lead Developer and Technical Architect at Crum & Forster, where he leads strategic initiatives involving IFRS 17, reinsurance modernization, financial automation, enterprise data architecture, intelligent reporting, and AI-enabled decision-support systems.

His work includes designing a company-wide IFRS 17 data and calculation framework that integrates claims, premiums, reinsurance, actuarial, and financial information with platforms such as Moody’s Analytics and OneStream. He has architected enterprise integrations for Sapiens Reinsurance, supported the modernization and retirement of legacy systems, and developed a hybrid cloud and on-premises job orchestration platform for centrally managing, monitoring, scheduling, and auditing enterprise batch operations.

Harender’s applied AI work focuses on building governed, secure, and explainable AI capabilities for enterprise environments. He has contributed to intelligent financial reporting solutions that combine retrieval-augmented generation, large language models, natural-language querying, semantic search, metadata-driven retrieval, and structured enterprise data pipelines. These solutions are designed to help business users explore financial and operational information, identify trends and variances, compare reporting periods, and generate evidence-based insights while maintaining traceability to authoritative data sources.

He has also designed microservices for OFAC sanctions screening using Azure Cognitive Search, fuzzy matching, weighted entity attributes, configurable decision thresholds, and auditable screening workflows. His broader AI architecture experience includes agentic workflows, intent classification, dynamic query planning, vector and keyword retrieval, prompt orchestration, model evaluation, human feedback, confidence assessment, observability, and responsible AI guardrails. He emphasizes the importance of grounding AI-generated responses in validated enterprise data, preserving lineage, controlling access, monitoring performance, and reducing hallucinations in high-stakes financial and regulatory applications.

His technical expertise includes Azure cloud architecture, enterprise AI architecture, microservices, .NET, C#, Python, SQL, data engineering, Snowflake, OneStream, Azure Cognitive Search, retrieval-augmented generation, large language models, LangChain, LangGraph, LangSmith, semantic search, and enterprise integration patterns. He works closely with finance, actuarial, compliance, operations, data, and technology leaders to ensure that technical and AI architectures align with business objectives, regulatory obligations, security standards, governance policies, and operational requirements.

Harender earned his PhD in Information Technology from the University of the Cumberlands, where his research examined the ethical implications of explainable artificial intelligence in insurance fraud detection. His research focused on how fairness, transparency, accountability, trust, interpretability, and auditability influence the adoption and use of AI-supported decisions in high-stakes insurance environments. His work bridges technical AI development with responsible AI governance and the practical needs of professionals who rely on algorithmic recommendations.

He also holds a master’s degree in Computer Applications from the University of Bridgeport and a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Amity University. His professional and academic work reflects a continued focus on developing scalable, trustworthy, and business-aligned AI systems that strengthen enterprise decision-making without compromising governance, transparency, or human oversight.

Harender Bisht, PhD, is a Technical Architect and Lead Developer with more than 10 years of experience designing and delivering enterprise technology solutions across insurance, reinsurance, finance, regulatory reporting, data engineering, and applie... Show more

Reeshav Kumar is a Senior Product Manager at Meta Platforms with over a decade of experience driving innovation at the intersection of hardware, software, and artificial intelligence. Currently based in the San Francisco Bay Area, he leads product development for Instagram's business analytics and Meta's next-generation Mixed Reality devices, helping shape the future of how people connect and businesses grow in the digital ecosystem.
Before Meta, Reeshav spent over four years at Apple as a Product Manager and Engineering Project Manager, where he led cross-functional teams in developing cutting-edge computational photography and neural engine capabilities for iPhones and Apple Silicon devices. His work on AI/ML model optimisation enabled significant improvements in latency and power consumption across flagship applications, while his leadership in automating design flows resulted in over $10 million in cost savings and accelerated product schedules.
Reeshav's technical foundation was built through earlier engineering roles at Apple, Barefoot Networks, and Oracle, where he designed critical components for mobile chips powering over 517 million iPhones and iPads, developed industry-leading programmable network switches for AI/ML workloads in data centres, and created high-performance processors for cloud infrastructure that generated over $1 billion in revenue.
He holds an MBA from UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business with a focus on Product Management, Strategy, and Marketing, and a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from Texas A&M University, where he also served as a student instructor. He earned his Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics & Instrumentation with Honours from Birla Institute of Technology & Science in Pilani, India. His academic work has been published in multiple international conferences on IC design, VLSI, and network-on-chip architectures.
Beyond his professional achievements, Reeshav is committed to giving back to his community. He served as Project Steward for Asha Silicon Valley from 2016 to 2019, supporting educational initiatives for over 120 underprivileged children across seven schools in rural India. In his personal time, he pursues his passion for underwater exploration as a PADI Master Scuba Diver and PADI Rescue Diver, and enjoys cycling.

Reeshav Kumar is a Senior Product Manager at Meta Platforms with over a decade of experience driving innovation at the intersection of hardware, software, and artificial intelligence. Currently based in the San Francisco Bay Area, he leads product de... Show more

Raj is a Principal Domain Engineer with over 15 years of experience across startups and large-scale enterprises in eight countries. He specialises in logistics and delivery domains and currently works on large, complex socio‑technical systems where physical operations, legacy platforms, and modern digital products all intersect. Over the years he has become a committed Domain‑Driven Design practitioner, using collaborative modelling and domain storytelling to align business and technology in messy, real‑world contexts.
A visual thinker and communicator, he is known for explaining sophisticated architectural and domain concepts through pop culture analogies, making ideas stick for product managers, engineers, and stakeholders alike. In recent years he has also taken an active role in his organisation’s AI enablement efforts, exploring how AI agents, domain models, and software architecture can reinforce each other rather than compete. His current focus is on turning domain knowledge into first‑class, reusable context for both humans and AI, and on making architecture something teams can actually feel and use, not just read about.

Raj is a Principal Domain Engineer with over 15 years of experience across startups and large-scale enterprises in eight countries. He specialises in logistics and delivery domains and currently works on large, complex socio‑technical systems where p... Show more

Babatunde Esanju is a Software Engineer at TixTrack, where he builds enterprise-grade ticketing solutions focusing on .NET, Azure, and scalable architectures. With over 9 years of experience across FinTech, InsurTech, Remittance, and Entertainment, he has also served as CTO for multiple startups. He is the founder of TechNaija.FM, a podcast amplifying African voices in technology with over 3 episodes and 1,000+ listeners across Africa and the UK. Babatunde has led the development of platforms such as GenCapita (investment and securities trading), Hustle9ja (artisan marketplace), and PayBridge SDK (a unified payments SDK for NET). Passionate about community-driven innovation, he shares insights on .NET, clean architecture, and developer tools, inspiring the next generation of developers to build impactful solutions.

Babatunde Esanju is a Software Engineer at TixTrack, where he builds enterprise-grade ticketing solutions focusing on .NET, Azure, and scalable architectures. With over 9 years of experience across FinTech, InsurTech, Remittance, and Entertainment, h... Show more

Ansgar Haase (SVP) leads the global Oracle HCM practice at Broadpin. He has over 25 years of experience in business processes and information systems, with a focus on implementing cross-functional enterprise software solutions for medium-sized and large companies in an international context.

Ansgar Haase (SVP) leads the global Oracle HCM practice at Broadpin. He has over 25 years of experience in business processes and information systems, with a focus on implementing cross-functional enterprise software solutions for medium-sized and la... Show more

Vivek Sander is a results-driven engineering and supply chain leader with over 8 years of experience in warehouse solutions, automation, and continuous improvement. Currently serving as Director of Engineering at Sunland Logistics Solutions, he has played a key role in scaling the organization from $30M to $100M by designing innovative warehouse solutions, leading high-value RFPs, and driving operational excellence.
Vivek specializes in warehouse design, WMS implementation, process optimization, and automation technologies such as AMRs, AGVs, AS/RS, and computer vision systems. He has successfully contributed to over $500M in business bids, developed tailored logistics solutions for diverse industries, and led cross-functional teams to deliver measurable results, including annual cost savings of $2M through continuous improvement initiatives.
With a strong foundation in industrial engineering and lean methodologies, Vivek has extensive experience in supply chain optimization, demand planning, and supplier performance improvement, including work with Caterpillar through L&T Technology Services. He is skilled in data-driven decision-making, KPI development, and leveraging tools such as SAP, NetSuite, Power BI, and advanced analytics platforms to enhance operational performance.
Vivek holds a Master’s degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington and is certified in Six Sigma Green Belt, PMP, and APICS/CPIM. Known for his analytical mindset, leadership, and collaborative approach, he consistently delivers scalable, efficient, and high-impact solutions that drive business growth and customer success.

Vivek Sander is a results-driven engineering and supply chain leader with over 8 years of experience in warehouse solutions, automation, and continuous improvement. Currently serving as Director of Engineering at Sunland Logistics Solutions, he has p... Show more

I sit at the intersection of industrial engineering and data science - and that overlap is where the interesting problems live.
For seven years I built and commissioned the systems that generate industrial data: private LTE/5G networks, automated LHD and manipulator control, low-latency Wi-Fi roaming (50ms handover), and IIoT telemetry across the Udachny and Komsomolsky mines. I know what the sensors mean, why the readings lie, and where the operational risk actually sits - context most analysts never get near.
Now I'm turning that domain knowledge into decisions. Completing a Master of Data Science (ECU, 2026).
The gap between OT and IT is where most industrial data projects quietly fail. I've worked both sides. That's what I bring.

I sit at the intersection of industrial engineering and data science - and that overlap is where the interesting problems live. For seven years I built and commissioned the systems that generate industrial data: private LTE/5G networks, automated LH... Show more

Over a decade of experience, Janae’s expertise lies in strategic account leadership and driving transformative change. She is dedicated to nurturing client relationships and ensuring that project deliverables align seamlessly with the client’s vision. As a DCE, she brings diverse perspectives to the team, guided by principles of integrity, transparency and collaboration. Her focus at Argano is leading pre-sales discovery sessions, crafting comprehensive roadmaps, and accountability for project delivery with a strong emphasis on client satisfaction and strategic alignment.

Over a decade of experience, Janae’s expertise lies in strategic account leadership and driving transformative change. She is dedicated to nurturing client relationships and ensuring that project deliverables align seamlessly with the client’s visi... Show more

Kavin Shah is an 12-year-old who loves coding and exploring how things work, sometimes by breaking them in “interesting” ways. He’s been experimenting with code and security. Kavin has worked in ethical hacking, including testing cloud platforms. When he’s not working on AI agents or reverse-engineering systems, he’s usually busy cooking up his next project, participating in hackathons, or debate competitions.

Kavin Shah is an 12-year-old who loves coding and exploring how things work, sometimes by breaking them in “interesting” ways. He’s been experimenting with code and security. Kavin has worked in ethical hacking, including testing cloud platforms. Whe... Show more

Latifa DEKHICI is a full professor in computer sciences and vice dean of external relations in mathematics and computer science faculty in the university of sciences and technology of Oran; and a researcher in LDREI, Smart Grid Developement laboratory in the Higher School of Electrical and Energetic engineering of Oran. Her research interests include power dispatch, power system design, healthcare scheduling and green optimization as well as optimization methods especially metaheuristics. DEKHICI has been a member of Inside Project (Inclusion of Students With impairements in Distance Education) in 2023, of DIGITAQ Project about Quality Assurance Digitalization in Higher Education and a responsable of Digitalisation Strategy Office in her university. She partipated as a trainer in many sustainability; digitalization; accessibilty, cyber responsability, soft skills and inclusivity activities and serious game design.

Latifa DEKHICI is a full professor in computer sciences and vice dean of external relations in mathematics and computer science faculty in the university of sciences and technology of Oran; and a researcher in LDREI, Smart Grid Developement laborator... Show more

Cartographer at heart. Map designer by craft. Leader by experience.
With 23 years in the industry, I bridge design and development, turning complexity into clarity. I bring both hands-on expertise and leadership experience—guiding teams, shaping products, and staying endlessly curious along the way.

Cartographer at heart. Map designer by craft. Leader by experience. With 23 years in the industry, I bridge design and development, turning complexity into clarity. I bring both hands-on expertise and leadership experience—guiding teams, shaping pro... Show more

Engineering Leader with over a decade of experience building scalable enterprise platforms, specializing in the architecture, security, and deployment of cloud-native, AI-driven engineering systems. Proven track record delivering secure, production-grade AI platforms, with deep expertise in RAG pipelines, LLM orchestration, multi-model routing, and agentic workflows. A hands-on visionary adept at pioneering AI applications across MLOps, LLMOps, advanced automated testing, and zero-trust security infrastructure to ensure robust, compliant, and highly available enterprise solutions.

Engineering Leader with over a decade of experience building scalable enterprise platforms, specializing in the architecture, security, and deployment of cloud-native, AI-driven engineering systems. Proven track record delivering secure, production-g... Show more

I’m a technology leader who thrives at the intersection of architecture, strategy, and organizational design. For over a decade, I’ve led platform transformations, built distributed systems at scale, and helped companies rethink how they build, deliver, and operate software.
I work hands-on with engineering teams, coach leadership, and speak at conferences to challenge outdated assumptions and share lessons from the field.
🗺️ International experience. Polyglot. Opinionated, but always curious.
🎤 Speaker on topics like digital platforms, team dynamics, and sustainable software.
🌻 Occasionally philosophical

I’m a technology leader who thrives at the intersection of architecture, strategy, and organizational design. For over a decade, I’ve led platform transformations, built distributed systems at scale, and helped companies rethink how they build, deliv... Show more

Soy especialista en selección de personal, empleabilidad y gestión del talento humano, con experiencia en reclutamiento, consultoría y formación en Recursos Humanos.

Fundé Manage Resources LATAM y soy cofundadora de PointeRH, espacios desde los cuales acompaño a profesionales y organizaciones en procesos de selección, desarrollo profesional y desafíos vinculados al mercado laboral actual.

Trabajo diseñando y liderando búsquedas, formando profesionales de RRHH y desarrollando capacitaciones sobre selección de personal, entrevistas laborales, LinkedIn, empleabilidad e inteligencia artificial aplicada a Recursos Humanos.

Soy autora de Recalculando y Crónicas de un trabajador en el siglo XXI, y coautora de Selección de Personal de 0 a 1. Además, comparto contenido y participo en espacios de formación y divulgación sobre trabajo, carrera profesional, cultura organizacional y las transformaciones que atraviesan hoy al mundo laboral.

Soy especialista en selección de personal, empleabilidad y gestión del talento humano, con experiencia en reclutamiento, consultoría y formación en Recursos Humanos. Fundé Manage Resources LATAM y soy cofundadora de PointeRH, espacios desde los cu... Show more

Thomas de Klerk works as a learning consultant and trainer at Info Support, where he spends much of his time helping people make sense of complex technology — including AI.
His background is not purely technical. Early in his career he trained as a teacher at university level, later specialising in Human Resource Development. That combination still shapes how he looks at technology today: not just in terms of what it can do, but how people think, learn and make decisions around it.
His work now sits somewhere between training, facilitation and experimentation. He designs workshops, learning journeys and the occasional escape room to explore how people actually work with tools like AI in practice.
He uses AI himself, daily — which is exactly why he keeps questioning what it does to his own thinking.

Thomas de Klerk works as a learning consultant and trainer at Info Support, where he spends much of his time helping people make sense of complex technology — including AI. His background is not purely technical. Early in his career he trained as a ... Show more

Prateek is a Software Engineer and distributed systems practitioner with over 12 years of experience across high-scale consumer and enterprise platforms. He has spent the majority of his career at Amazon Ads and Manhattan Associates, where he designed and shipped systems processing billions of requests, spanning privacy/compliance infrastructure, real-time targeting pipelines, and enterprise API platforms.

Most recently, Prateek has been at the frontier of applied AI, architecting agentic AI engines powered by Claude 3.5 and building production-grade LLM pipelines that bridge research-stage models with real-world enterprise workloads. His work spans the full stack of modern AI infrastructure: prompt engineering, tool-use orchestration, latency-sensitive API design, and responsible AI integration within regulated environments.

Beyond his engineering work, Prateek has served as a judge and reviewer at 20+ hackathons and innovation programs, giving him a sharp eye for what separates strong technical submissions from exceptional ones. He holds a pending patent and is an active contributor to the technical community through mentorship, cross-functional technical leadership, and engagement with the broader software engineering ecosystem.

Prateek is a Software Engineer and distributed systems practitioner with over 12 years of experience across high-scale consumer and enterprise platforms. He has spent the majority of his career at Amazon Ads and Manhattan Associates, where he designe... Show more

Christian Glaeser: Azure Cloud Architect @ Nordcloud, from Germany

Christian Glaeser: Azure Cloud Architect @ Nordcloud, from Germany Show more

As a child, I was fascinated by technology and began programming at the age of 9 to create my own video game. This passion led me to pursue computer science, and in 2009,I transitioned to cybersecurity. I work with Big Data and AI. My current objective is to unleash the vast potential of technology, particularly in the fields of cloud computing and Human-Data Interaction,to drive digital progress.

As a child, I was fascinated by technology and began programming at the age of 9 to create my own video game. This passion led me to pursue computer science, and in 2009,I transitioned to cybersecurity. I work with Big Data and AI. My current objecti... Show more

As a CTO and cloud architect, he has designed and built a wide range of cloud architectures in recent years, supporting petabytes of data and millions of daily users.

He is also a regular speaker at entrepreneur events and tech conferences, where he shares insights on cloud architecture, technology strategy, and sovereignty.

Fun fact: He loves surfing, despite being a very bad swimmer.
Another fun fact: People often assume he built his company based on famous management books like No Rules Rules or The Big Five for Life, but he has actually never read a management book.

As a CTO and cloud architect, he has designed and built a wide range of cloud architectures in recent years, supporting petabytes of data and millions of daily users. He is also a regular speaker at entrepreneur events and tech conferences, where ... Show more

Mike has been the OS deployment engineer at a number of companies over the years.  Curretly he is the Intune architect, OSD lead and ConfigMgr senior engineer at a major hospital/health system in Michigan.  At his position there he is responsible for endpoint management, OS deployment and WaaS implementations.

Mike also is an Intune consultant, working with clients ranging from police departments, shipping companies, biotech, oil and gas, and manufacturing. He's helped them start from scratch, migrate from hybrid to cloud only and fine-tune their Intune setups.

Mike enjoys sharing knowledge with the community focusing on Intune, ConfigMgr, PowerShell and PowerBI. He enjoys gardening, Godzilla, bicycling, and TVs/movies from the 1930s-1950s.

Mike has been the OS deployment engineer at a number of companies over the years.  Curretly he is the Intune architect, OSD lead and ConfigMgr senior engineer at a major hospital/health system in Michigan.  At his position there he is responsible for... Show more

Michael is a Data Solutions Architect at Cegeka and Global Profession Lead for Business Intelligence & Enablement, overseeing a guild of around 50 BI professionals across multiple countries. In Belgium, he also serves as a Team Lead and heads the Cegeka Power BI Competence Center — a combination of roles that puts people development at the centre of his day-to-day work, from one-on-one coaching to setting the technical direction for the local BI community.

As a Data Solutions Architect, Michael works with clients on end-to-end implementations across Power BI, Microsoft Fabric, Databricks, and Snowflake. He holds certifications across all of these platforms alongside Microsoft Azure, reflecting both his technical range and his commitment to staying current. His approach is grounded in practicality: clear business definitions, solid data models, and solutions that people genuinely use.

With a background spanning roles at Nemeon — where he led a BI team — and element61, Michael has been working with Power BI since its early days and brings that accumulated experience to every engagement.

Developing talent is a consistent thread throughout his career. Whether coaching individuals, building skills frameworks, or shaping learning paths for BI professionals across Cegeka's global network, Michael believes that strong data practice is ultimately built on strong people.

Michael is a Data Solutions Architect at Cegeka and Global Profession Lead for Business Intelligence & Enablement, overseeing a guild of around 50 BI professionals across multiple countries. In Belgium, he also serves as a Team Lead and heads the Ceg... Show more

Actually, I'm an Egyptologist and should (probably) be looking for mummies. However, I've preferred to use the last 16 years to find people who are still alive.

I started out as a sourcer in a recruitment consultancy, worked for a long time in tech start-ups and scale-ups both as a hands-on recruiter as well as in leadership roles and founded my own company, The UnleashPeople, together with a business partner at the beginning of 2024.

My focus is on data-driven recruiting processes and strategies, employer branding and a bit of workforce planning. For me, all of this is always under the banner of an excellent candidate experience.

Actually, I'm an Egyptologist and should (probably) be looking for mummies. However, I've preferred to use the last 16 years to find people who are still alive. I started out as a sourcer in a recruitment consultancy, worked for a long time in tec... Show more