Shaurya Agrawal is a Data & Analytics leader with 25+ years of experience driving transformative initiatives across Tech/SaaS, E-commerce and FinTech. With expertise in AI/ML, Enterprise Data Architecture and BI, Shaurya has led impactful projects, creating customer-centric solutions and modernizing data platforms. As a Board Advisor to Hoonartek and CTO of YourNxt Technologies, a mobile tech start-up, Shaurya shapes global data strategies.

Holding an MBA and pursuing an MS in Data Science from UT Austin, Shaurya leverages data to unlock business value, specializing in unified customer views and personalized experiences.

Shaurya Agrawal is a Data & Analytics leader with 25+ years of experience driving transformative initiatives across Tech/SaaS, E-commerce and FinTech. With expertise in AI/ML, Enterprise Data Architecture and BI, Shaurya has led impactful projects, c... Show more

Stojan is a versatile software engineer currently working at Axel Springer. His software development journey began in 2012 when he bought the Galaxy Nexus and started building Android apps. In the last two years, in addition to Android development, he has also been working as a backend engineer, contributing to a Spring Boot application written in Kotlin.

Stojan is passionate about building innovative applications by writing maintainable and correct code, which led him to explore functional programming. He enjoys sharing his insights and learnings on his blog and Twitter.

When he's not coding, Stojan can be found riding his bike, going for runs, or learning Salsa dancing.

Stojan is a versatile software engineer currently working at Axel Springer. His software development journey began in 2012 when he bought the Galaxy Nexus and started building Android apps. In the last two years, in addition to Android development, h... Show more

Roland König is an independent software engineer and trainer. He has been at home in the world of C# / .NET since 2007 and has been focusing with current trends in modern software architecture since 2012. His services range from software architecture consulting and software development to developer trainings and project team leadership. He is also engaged in the developer community as a speaker at conferences, author for professional journals, blogger, developer for open-source projects and co-organizer of DCN (Digital Craftsmanship Nordoberpfalz). In 2025, he was named Avalonia MVP by the Avalonia team. For more information, see https://www.rolandk.net

Roland König is an independent software engineer and trainer. He has been at home in the world of C# / .NET since 2007 and has been focusing with current trends in modern software architecture since 2012. His services range from software architecture... Show more

Since many years, Jan works in different software architecture positions all over the globe. With a background in software engineering, he successfully planned, designed and helped implement solutions in various business fields such as defence, automotive, pharma or finance. As an ISAQB accredited software architecture instructor he loves to share his knowledge and enable others to grow in their career paths. Jan at the moment is working as a lead consultant for Gradion worldwide.

Since many years, Jan works in different software architecture positions all over the globe. With a background in software engineering, he successfully planned, designed and helped implement solutions in various business fields such as defence, autom... Show more

As Developer Advocate, Ram prioritizes empowering and educating developers on how to use technology to create innovative products, features, and services. Ram can typically be found conversing with the VAST developer community in order to better understand their needs and facilitate product development that helps to maximize their value. Prior to VAST, Ram was a senior developer advocate at Nylas, senior software engineer at Drop and Rangle.io. He holds a degree in engineering.

As Developer Advocate, Ram prioritizes empowering and educating developers on how to use technology to create innovative products, features, and services. Ram can typically be found conversing with the VAST developer community in order to better unde... Show more

I'm a software engineer that dabbles in data science, as well as an open source & sustainability enthusiast.

My interests range from Data & AI, from traditional ML through to Agentic AI, having been a Microsoft MVP in AI for three years (prior to the LLM boom!), to composable apps and CodeOps.

In terms of open source communities, I'm the Vice-Chair of the Green Software Foundation, and I'm a leader at OpenUK.

Finally, I lead Platforms and Incubations at Avanade, covering the development of new services, and the adoption of new technologies and capabilities.

I'm a software engineer that dabbles in data science, as well as an open source & sustainability enthusiast. My interests range from Data & AI, from traditional ML through to Agentic AI, having been a Microsoft MVP in AI for three years (prior to ... Show more

Ben Gamble is Field CTO at Ververica. With a background in engineering leadership and entrepreneurship, he’s led teams across logistics, gaming, and mobile apps, focusing on solutions involving GPS, AR, and multi-user collaboration. Off-duty, he enjoys creating video games and trading cards, and cares for his two children and three pet ducks.

Ben Gamble is Field CTO at Ververica. With a background in engineering leadership and entrepreneurship, he’s led teams across logistics, gaming, and mobile apps, focusing on solutions involving GPS, AR, and multi-user collaboration. Off-duty, he enjo... Show more

Tejsingh Rana, PE is a Licensed Civil Engineer and Project Manager at Highway Studio LLC with over 18 years of transportation, highway design, and project management experience working on major infrastructure projects in Florida and Georgia. He is an expert in 3D Infrastructure Design/ Delivery and has completed numerous projects using 3D Design and Delivery. He is a member/adviser of the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) – American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) Statewide Production Subcommittee and chair of the 3D Training task team, helping FDOT achieve their mission of high-quality design through 3D Implementation and Next Generation Plans Delivery. He is also an ACEC FDOT Connect Instructor and does workshops on courses like 3D Design and Modeling, Digital delivery and Review, Bentley OpenRoads Technology, etc., throughout Florida.

He has a master’s degree from the University of South Florida, Tampa, FL. Tej enjoys sharing his expertise and mentoring younger engineers. He is the President of FES Miami Chapter and helps in serving the local community and promoting the importance of the engineering profession through events and scholarships. He is also a Board Member of the Miami-Dade County Public School (M-DCPS) STEM Advisory Board and South Florida Construction Career Days. He promotes and practices a positive state of mind and volunteers his time in conducting mental health and wellness sessions, along with teaching meditation at workplaces. He loves being close to nature and enjoys spending time in parks and on beaches.

Specialties: Transportation/Highway Design, Project Management, 3D Infrastructure Design and Implementation, Digital Delivery Review, FDOT Connect Instructor, Civil Engineering, Transportation planning & economics, Travel Demand Modeling, Crash analysis, Multi-modal analysis, Student and Professional Development, Mental Health

Tejsingh Rana, PE is a Licensed Civil Engineer and Project Manager at Highway Studio LLC with over 18 years of transportation, highway design, and project management experience working on major infrastructure projects in Florida and Georgia. He is an... Show more

From early roots in web development and SAP consulting, my journey evolved through enterprise architecture to cloud-native solutions.
In my current role at Cloud Native Lifecycle Management @ SAP, I combine my expertise with cloud technologies to drive innovation and enterprise grade automation of infrastructure-as-data on a global scale.

From early roots in web development and SAP consulting, my journey evolved through enterprise architecture to cloud-native solutions. In my current role at Cloud Native Lifecycle Management @ SAP, I combine my expertise with cloud technologies to d... Show more

Passionate about science since childhood, I studied Mathematics at the University of Santiago de Compostela, I completed these studies with a Master in Statistics and Operational Research. The latter allowed me to enter the world of AI and ML, fields in which I am currently working as AI Team Lead @MDW.

Passionate about science since childhood, I studied Mathematics at the University of Santiago de Compostela, I completed these studies with a Master in Statistics and Operational Research. The latter allowed me to enter the world of AI and ML, fields... Show more

Frederik started programming in 8th grade, starting out programming Lego Mindstorms and later learning Java and Python for personal Projects.

16 years later Frederik is a Fullstack-Developer with 8 years of professional experience - 4 of those in Kotlin, developing cloud native applications for multiple big customers in the automotive, logistics and energy sector.
During this time he experimented with a lot of different languages and frameworks, developing a broad understanding of the Software development landscape.
4 years ago he fell in love with Kotlin and has been using it as his primary language since.

In his free time he likes to explore programming langues and frameworks, meet and chat to other software enthusiasts and play with his cats.

Frederik started programming in 8th grade, starting out programming Lego Mindstorms and later learning Java and Python for personal Projects. 16 years later Frederik is a Fullstack-Developer with 8 years of professional experience - 4 of those in ... Show more

A passionate solutions architect focusing primarily on enablement within centre of excellence at Virgin Money.

In his spare time, Josh enjoys writing blog posts about technology, "geeking" out on all things aviation and enjoying family time with his wife and daughter.

A passionate solutions architect focusing primarily on enablement within centre of excellence at Virgin Money. In his spare time, Josh enjoys writing blog posts about technology, "geeking" out on all things aviation and enjoying family time with h... Show more

As a Web Developer at MaibornWolff in Germany, I specialize in frontend, UX, and accessibility. With over 7 years of experience, I've contributed to projects across the mechanical engineering, automotive, energy, and public sectors, gaining significant expertise in accessibility from the latter, where it is a legal requirement.

As a Web Developer at MaibornWolff in Germany, I specialize in frontend, UX, and accessibility. With over 7 years of experience, I've contributed to projects across the mechanical engineering, automotive, energy, and public sectors, gaining significa... Show more

Jesse is a Software Engineer and coding architect at Xebia in the Netherlands. His passion lies in all things that make the lives of developers and users easier. From automating workflows to building libraries and frameworks. Currently Jesse has a particular interest in programming languages and WebAssembly ecosystem.

Jesse is a Software Engineer and coding architect at Xebia in the Netherlands. His passion lies in all things that make the lives of developers and users easier. From automating workflows to building libraries and frameworks. Currently Jesse has a pa... Show more

Vilas is an experienced Engineering leader who has built Platforms and products at scale. He has deep expertise in varied industries like TV/Media Streaming (Netflix, Comcast), Retail (Walmart), Fintech (Bill) and the transportation and logistics industry (Truckstop). He is an advocate for Continuous Delivery and Developer enablement.

Vilas is an experienced Engineering leader who has built Platforms and products at scale. He has deep expertise in varied industries like TV/Media Streaming (Netflix, Comcast), Retail (Walmart), Fintech (Bill) and the transportation and logistics ind... Show more

Experienced MS Dynamics 365 Business Central Practice Lead with 15+ years of expertise in implementation, upgrades, integrations, and support development projects. Proven success across diverse domains, including Trading, NGOs, Manufacturing, IT, Financial Services, Banking, and Automobile industries. Adept at delivering solutions across multiple geographies, including Australia, the USA, GCC, the UK, and Europe.

Experienced MS Dynamics 365 Business Central Practice Lead with 15+ years of expertise in implementation, upgrades, integrations, and support development projects. Proven success across diverse domains, including Trading, NGOs, Manufacturing, IT, Fin... Show more

Warren solves application security problems in distributed architectures. He has journeyed through many different locations, technologies, and industries from Health Care IT in Wisconsin to E-Commerce in Switzerland. Now, he is the AppSec specialist and CTO at Authress, building tools for seamless security, authentication, and authorization with a focus on the intersection of business and technology.

Warren solves application security problems in distributed architectures. He has journeyed through many different locations, technologies, and industries from Health Care IT in Wisconsin to E-Commerce in Switzerland. Now, he is the AppSec specialist ... Show more

I'm a Cloud Specialist and AWS Community Builder with 7 years of experience architecting scalable, secure cloud solutions on AWS and Azure. I work primarily with serverless technologies, data engineering, and generative AI—building production systems using Lambda, Step Functions, AWS Glue, Athena, and Amazon Bedrock.

Over the years, I've delivered cloud platforms for healthcare, logistics, insurance, and public services. My work focuses on event-driven architectures, infrastructure as code with CloudFormation, streaming and batch ETL pipelines with PySpark and Apache Iceberg, and cost optimization strategies that make a real difference at scale.

What drives me is community. I host free hands-on AWS workshops where we build real projects—AI chatbots, serverless data lakes, Bedrock-powered GenAI apps. I run awslearner.hashnode.dev, sharing deep-dive tutorials and project blueprints. I also built an AI-powered AWS Project Idea Generator to help learners discover their next project. I've mentored dozens of people breaking into cloud careers and earning certifications.

As a speaker, I focus on practical, demo-driven sessions. I love breaking down complex topics with live coding and real production examples—whether it's streaming data with Glue, building with Bedrock, or designing cost-efficient serverless systems.

I'm passionate about turning cloud concepts into real-world solutions and helping others do the same.

I'm a Cloud Specialist and AWS Community Builder with 7 years of experience architecting scalable, secure cloud solutions on AWS and Azure. I work primarily with serverless technologies, data engineering, and generative AI—building production systems... Show more

Michel is a technical agile coach focusing on XP practices.

He has been programming since the age of 12 on strange machines like the TI 99-4A, the Atari 2600, Mac128, HP28, Apple II, Siemens PLC's, using languages like Basic, Pascal, C, HyperTalk, Assembler, ... along the way.

His professional experiences include collaborating on applications for logistics, retail, media, government, chemical plants, telecom, HR, insurance, ... in node, .net, jvm and, ruby.

Michel is a technical agile coach focusing on XP practices. He has been programming since the age of 12 on strange machines like the TI 99-4A, the Atari 2600, Mac128, HP28, Apple II, Siemens PLC's, using languages like Basic, Pascal, C, HyperTalk,... Show more

Gary Short is the founder of Darach.ai an AI/ML modelling company that allows you to make better business decisions by predicting the future.

Gary Short is the founder of Darach.ai an AI/ML modelling company that allows you to make better business decisions by predicting the future. Show more

Boasting 25 years of experience in IT, primarily in implementing and managing Microsoft infrastructure, Per-Torben Sørensen is distinguishing himself as a notable technical architect, aiding clients and partners in achieving success with M365. Initiating and elucidating complex technical discussions, he is translating intricate terms into comprehensible information for non-technical stakeholders, establishing himself as an esteemed educator in the realm of adoption and end-user training.

With a well-established track record of successfully implementing M365 for both small and large customers, focusing on security configuration, Per-Torben is utilizing his profound technical expertise, determination, and experience to consistently strive for top-tier quality in all his projects.

Boasting 25 years of experience in IT, primarily in implementing and managing Microsoft infrastructure, Per-Torben Sørensen is distinguishing himself as a notable technical architect, aiding clients and partners in achieving success with M365. Initia... Show more

Brenna Buuck is the subject matter expert at MinIO for databases and data lakehouses. A data engineer turned developer evangelist, she is passionate about coding, data, and learning. She endeavors to inspire and educate other developers about the latest tools and technologies, helping them build amazing things through code, tutorials, speaking engagements, and writing. She holds an undergraduate degree from the University of California, San Diego, and a graduate degree from San Diego State University.

Brenna Buuck is the subject matter expert at MinIO for databases and data lakehouses. A data engineer turned developer evangelist, she is passionate about coding, data, and learning. She endeavors to inspire and educate other developers about the lat... Show more

Kennedy is the CTO/Co-Founder at Mitigant, an innovative cloud security startup based in Germany. Kennedy has spent over 12 years in cybersecurity and passionately explores the intersection of security chaos engineering, cyber resilience, incident response, and AI security for cloud security. Kennedy has published over 20 academic papers about several cloud security domains and contributed to the first O'Reilly book on Security Chaos Engineering. He is also a fifth-time member of the AWS Community Builder Program. He has spoken at several international conferences, including InfoQ DevSummit, AWS Community Day DACH, KubeCon (Cloud Native Security Day), NDC {Security}, ChaosCarnival, and BSides Berlin.

Kennedy is the CTO/Co-Founder at Mitigant, an innovative cloud security startup based in Germany. Kennedy has spent over 12 years in cybersecurity and passionately explores the intersection of security chaos engineering, cyber resilience, incident re... Show more

Ash Banaszek is a passionate and outspoken UX leader at with 15 years of experience in the field. Ash holds a masters of science in information science from Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla, MO and returns to occasionally guest lecture in human factors and human-computer interaction courses. Ash has a passion for teaching and getting folks to that "ah-hah" moment about UX. As an avid proponent of creating technology people want to use, Ash's eternal quest is to destroy technology that gets people so frustrated that they want to chuck it out of a window. Outside of righting tech wrongs, Ash is an award-winning Toastmaster and uses public speaking experience to infuse humor and thought-provoking questions into talks. You can follow Ash at linkedin.com/in/ashmb or ux-ash.com

Ash Banaszek is a passionate and outspoken UX leader at with 15 years of experience in the field. Ash holds a masters of science in information science from Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla, MO and returns to occasionally guest ... Show more

David is the Open Source Program Office Manager at Dynatrace, where he leads open-source strategy, governance, and security efforts. He works closely with engineering teams to drive adoption and community growth for projects like Keptn, OpenFeature, and OpenTelemetry.
With 10+ years of experience in cloud-native and open-source, David specializes in aligning teams, shaping strategy, and building industry partnerships with companies like Google and Spotify. As a CNCF Ambassador and active member of the InnerSource Commons and TODO Group, he champions open collaboration and helps organizations navigate the open-source landscape.
Passionate about data-driven impact, David focuses on accelerating adoption, growing communities, and organizing industry events that bring people together.

David is the Open Source Program Office Manager at Dynatrace, where he leads open-source strategy, governance, and security efforts. He works closely with engineering teams to drive adoption and community growth for projects like Keptn, OpenFeature, ... Show more

As a Google Developer Expert, I teach and educate minorities and marginalised groups on Data, SQL & Google BigQuery using sports and blockchain data.

As a Google Developer Expert, I teach and educate minorities and marginalised groups on Data, SQL & Google BigQuery using sports and blockchain data. Show more

Développeur Python convaincu par l'Agile, le Craft, Accelerate et la philosophie grecque antique.
Ancien consultant dans de grands groupes industriels (SNCF, EDF, Thales, Schneider).
Meetupeur grenoblois investi : Human Talks, Python et Craft.
Organisateur d'évènements et speaker à travers la France.

Développeur Python convaincu par l'Agile, le Craft, Accelerate et la philosophie grecque antique. Ancien consultant dans de grands groupes industriels (SNCF, EDF, Thales, Schneider). Meetupeur grenoblois investi : Human Talks, Python et Craft. Org... Show more

Jonathan Mentor is the CEO of Successment, a RevOps consultancy powering startup revenue growth across Latin America and the U.S. He writes the syndicated Digital Nomad Weekly column and was a Dominican nominee for the UN World Summit Award. As a mentor with Techstars, Parallel18, and Black Ambition (Pharrell), Jonathan shapes scalable ventures at the intersection of data, innovation, and narrative power.

Jonathan Mentor is the CEO of Successment, a RevOps consultancy powering startup revenue growth across Latin America and the U.S. He writes the syndicated Digital Nomad Weekly column and was a Dominican nominee for the UN World Summit Award. As a men... Show more

Mark Heckler, MBA is the Senior Director of Field Engineering at Moderne.
He has worked with key players in numerous industries and organizations to develop, deliver, and maintain critical capabilities securely, on time, and on budget. Mark is an open source contributor, author of Spring Boot: Up and Running (https://bit.ly/springbootbook), and a licensed, instrument-rated pilot.

Mark Heckler, MBA is the Senior Director of Field Engineering at Moderne. He has worked with key players in numerous industries and organizations to develop, deliver, and maintain critical capabilities securely, on time, and on budget. Mark is an o... Show more

Hartmut is a software engineer and tech lead with a strong passion for architecture, data streaming, and distributed systems. He has designed and delivered solutions for mission-critical platforms, working with clients including HSBC, NEX Group plc, Raiffeisen Switzerland, Deutsche Bahn, and eu-LISA. Hartmut is driven by a desire to see the bigger picture and excels at aligning engineering teams through clear, compelling architectural designs.

Hartmut is a software engineer and tech lead with a strong passion for architecture, data streaming, and distributed systems. He has designed and delivered solutions for mission-critical platforms, working with clients including HSBC, NEX Group plc, ... Show more