Shriya Agarwal is a dynamic and accomplished Data Engineer with over seven years of hands-on experience driving digital transformation at large-scale enterprises like Walmart International. She has built a reputation for leveraging cutting-edge data engineering, AI, and cloud-based technologies—specifically GCP—to innovate and optimize global supply chains, international finance data systems, global sourcing, and enterprise-wide decision-making processes. Her ability to transform complex data into actionable business insights has been a cornerstone of her career, enabling organizations to achieve strategic goals and operational excellence.

In addition to her technical expertise, Shriya is pursuing an MBA in Strategic Management, deepening her understanding of integrating technological innovation into high-level business strategy. Her unique blend of technical acumen and strategic thinking enables her to approach data challenges holistically, ensuring both scalability and measurable impact on business outcomes.

An ardent advocate for women in technology, Shriya is actively involved in mentoring and community building within the industry. Beyond her professional achievements, she is passionate about using AI for social good, drawing inspiration from initiatives like Microsoft’s AI for Good. She continuously seeks ways to align her work with humanitarian causes.

Shriya brings her deep technical expertise to the table and her passion for shaping the future of technology through leadership, innovation, and ethical AI. Through her speaking engagements, she aims to inspire, educate, and empower others to leverage data and technology to solve real-world challenges and create a meaningful impact.

Shriya Agarwal is a dynamic and accomplished Data Engineer with over seven years of hands-on experience driving digital transformation at large-scale enterprises like Walmart International. She has built a reputation for leveraging cutting-edge data ... Show more

Markus is a technologist that has been developing software since the late 90s and now mostly specializes in cloud-native applications.

In his current role as a Solutions Architect at Amazon Web Services, he helps his customers build well-architected, scalable and cost-efficient solutions using AWS technology.

As a subject matter expert for serverless applications, Markus also work with customers on the most complex topics in the serverless domain and provides thought leadership in the form of blog posts and public speaking.

Markus is a technologist that has been developing software since the late 90s and now mostly specializes in cloud-native applications. In his current role as a Solutions Architect at Amazon Web Services, he helps his customers build well-architect... Show more

Leon Gordon, is a leader in data analytics. A current Thought Leader at the Forbes Technical Council, an Executive Contributor to Brainz Magazine, a Thought Leader in Data Science for the Global AI Hub, Microsoft Data Platform MVP based in the UK and founder of Onyx Data.

During the last decade, he has helped organisations improve their business performance, use data more intelligently, and understand the implications of new technologies such as artificial intelligence and big data.

Leon is a chair for the Microsoft Power BI – UK community group and the DataDNA data visualization community as well as an international speaker and advisor.

Leon Gordon, is a leader in data analytics. A current Thought Leader at the Forbes Technical Council, an Executive Contributor to Brainz Magazine, a Thought Leader in Data Science for the Global AI Hub, Microsoft Data Platform MVP based in the UK and... Show more

Maurizio Ipsale was born in Messina (Italy) in 1978 where he graduated in Electronic Engineering at the age of 23 and obtained a Ph.D. degree. Passionate about the ICT world, his professional curriculum has been enriched with many certifications, in particular as an instructor of official training courses, such as Cisco, Juniper, Huawei, Amazon AWS, and Google Cloud.
He delivers training courses all around the world on many state-of-the-art technologies, including Cloud, Networking, Machine Learning, DevOps, Data Engineering, Internet of Things, Kubernetes.
Maurizio currently lives in Modena (Italy) with his wife Liliana and two children, Simone and Alessia. He is a Google Cloud Authorized Trainer.
Starting in 2022, he's been working as a cloud lead trainer for Datatonic Academy, a Google Cloud Authorised Training Partner based in London.
In 2024 he was recognized as Google Champion Innovator for Cloud AI and ML.

Maurizio Ipsale was born in Messina (Italy) in 1978 where he graduated in Electronic Engineering at the age of 23 and obtained a Ph.D. degree. Passionate about the ICT world, his professional curriculum has been enriched with many certifications, in ... Show more

Simon, a tech leader, co-founded SQLAngeles on SQLPass.org. A sought-after speaker, he presented at SQL Saturday and SQL Pass Summit 2019. With a gaming industry background managing hundreds of SQL servers, he achieved a world record for concurrent users. At VISA Inc., he ensured security and scalability for thousands of SQL servers. Now AVP of DevOps and DBA at Nowcom LLC, he drives innovation and automation in CI/CD processes.

Simon, a tech leader, co-founded SQLAngeles on SQLPass.org. A sought-after speaker, he presented at SQL Saturday and SQL Pass Summit 2019. With a gaming industry background managing hundreds of SQL servers, he achieved a world record for concurrent u... Show more

Mitesh is an accomplished Data Engineer and Architect with a proven track record in the dynamic realm of information technology and services. With a robust skill set encompassing Databases, Big Data technologies, Cloud Computing, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), and Hadoop, he has consistently delivered innovative solutions that drive businesses forward.

Mitesh's expertise is anchored by a Master's in Management Information Systems, Business Intelligence, and Data Analytics from the prestigious Texas Tech University - Rawls College of Business. His academic prowess and hands-on experience position him as a driving force in the ever-evolving field of data engineering.

As a forward-thinker and problem-solver, Mitesh is dedicated to harnessing the power of data to transform organizations. His passion for technology and ability to translate complex data into actionable insights make him a sought-after professional in the industry.

Mitesh is an accomplished Data Engineer and Architect with a proven track record in the dynamic realm of information technology and services. With a robust skill set encompassing Databases, Big Data technologies, Cloud Computing, Software Development... Show more

I have been a Web Developer for over 14 years (Frontend mostly, but also Fullstack).
I had experience working as a single web developer, as a member of big teams in FinTech, and as a Team Lead of a small team.

I enjoyed working on web 3D projects, awesome animations, visualizations, and good infographics. I am a speaker & organizer of tech meetups and conferences. I helped many students at different schools with learning web development. 
I like tech communities and modern technologies.

Last 8 years, I have been living in Luxembourg and holding a Luxembourg JavaScript meetup.
In 2023 I started to work as a Developer Relations Engineer at Kadena.

My passion is 🎮 video/board games, 🏞️ traveling, 🤿 diving, animals (I have a red cat 🐈), and cinema 🎥. I collect children's books from different countries and Christmas tree decorations.

I have been a Web Developer for over 14 years (Frontend mostly, but also Fullstack).
I had experience working as a single web developer, as a member of big teams in FinTech, and as a Team Lead of a small team. I enjoyed working on web 3D projects,... Show more

Guillaume runs the engineering team for Outshift which is the internal incubation engine of Cisco. He and his team are primarily focusing on generative AI, open agentic frameworks and cloud native stack to power application in the cloud or at the edge, quantum-safe next generation infrastructures and AIOps. https://outshift.cisco.com/

Guillaume runs the engineering team for Outshift which is the internal incubation engine of Cisco. He and his team are primarily focusing on generative AI, open agentic frameworks and cloud native stack to power application in the cloud or at the ed... Show more

Shannon Mullins is the CEO and founder of a BC Consulting Group and a Microsoft MVP of Business Applications. She has over 20 years' experience across a wide variety of disciplines and products,
including accounting, information technology, professional services, insurance, healthcare, mortgage
lending, distribution, manufacturing, project management and deployment and implementation of CRM and ERP systems. Shannon has a deep understanding of the functional aspects of projects, process automation and system design, and the reporting needs and requirements for complex ERP systems. Shannon is a former controller and accountant and holds a master's degree in Accountancy.

She currently resides in Nashville, TN and is an experienced international speaker and teacher.

Shannon Mullins is the CEO and founder of a BC Consulting Group and a Microsoft MVP of Business Applications. She has over 20 years' experience across a wide variety of disciplines and products, including accounting, information technology, professi... Show more

Cloud Enthusiast , specializing in Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Infrastructure Automation, and Azure. Experienced in managing and optimizing Kubernetes clusters for scalability, resilience, and cost efficiency. Passionate about platform engineering to enable faster time to market for developers building applications, leveraging Kubernetes for orchestration, containerization, and microservices architecture.

Cloud Enthusiast , specializing in Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Infrastructure Automation, and Azure. Experienced in managing and optimizing Kubernetes clusters for scalability, resilience, and cost efficiency. Passionate about platform engineering ... Show more

Geospatial expert, data scientist - PhD student.

Geospatial expert, data scientist - PhD student. Show more

Software Architect at Vanderlande | Driving cloud-native adoption | Building scalable, reusable architectures | Passionate about innovation and efficiency in logistics automation.

Software Architect at Vanderlande | Driving cloud-native adoption | Building scalable, reusable architectures | Passionate about innovation and efficiency in logistics automation. Show more

Harsh is a senior software engineer at a global fintech company, Visa. With a background in software engineering and technical evangelism, he is keenly interested in technology-agnostic, pragmatic and applied engineering, and taking it to a broader audience. His experiences with open source include Google Summer of Code, running an open source community to conceptualise open source practices for students in India, and technical communities/evangelism on open technologies.

Harsh has 5+ Years of technology-agnostic hands-on engineering experience. He is a huge open-source enthusiast and is active in dev community circles through dev tools, multiple NPM packages collectively amassing thousands of downloads and GitHub community repositories that have attracted hundreds of contributors.

Past Experience - Founding Software Engineering at a Health-Tech Startup in India.

Harsh is a senior software engineer at a global fintech company, Visa. With a background in software engineering and technical evangelism, he is keenly interested in technology-agnostic, pragmatic and applied engineering, and taking it to a broader a... Show more

Rutuja Pawar combines a deep foundation in Computer Science enriched with a specialization in Data Science through her Masters. Her experience in technology, strategy, and consulting is broad, spanning years of collaboration with diverse teams across IT and Business. As a Visualization & Interaction Science Consultant at Accenture Germany, she specializes in Data & Design, guiding the data experience design team to unlock the potential of critical business data through intuitive, user-centric dashboards. Collaborating on the client side, she excels as a Scrum Master, leading and facilitating GenAI projects focused on commercial taxes at their Innovation Lab. Beyond her primary role, Rutuja wears many hats - she's a mentor, a Design Thinking Coach, a Tech Trainer, a #IAmRemarkable Facilitator, and a skilled Public Speaker.

Rutuja Pawar combines a deep foundation in Computer Science enriched with a specialization in Data Science through her Masters. Her experience in technology, strategy, and consulting is broad, spanning years of collaboration with diverse teams across... Show more

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

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

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

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

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

Riccardo Patriarca wants to manage risk. From making a pilot's cockpit safer during an emergency to minimizing adverse events on a process plant, he's studying ways to make things safer when interactions between humans and machines go awry. He's worked with organizations like INAIL, EUROCONTROL, and Australian airline QANTAS.

Riccardo Patriarca wants to manage risk. From making a pilot's cockpit safer during an emergency to minimizing adverse events on a process plant, he's studying ways to make things safer when interactions between humans and machines go awry. He's work... Show more

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

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

Coach agile - certifié Safe SPC et diplomée ingénieur logiciel de Polytch'Nice - accompagnante dans la transformation d'équipe un grand acteur du transport aérien. Project manager chez Orange.
Travaille dans le monde du service ESN depuis 17 ans

Coach agile - certifié Safe SPC et diplomée ingénieur logiciel de Polytch'Nice - accompagnante dans la transformation d'équipe un grand acteur du transport aérien. Project manager chez Orange. Travaille dans le monde du service ESN depuis 17 ans Show more

Meet Stephanie, the dynamo who kick-started her career in cost accounting and manufacturing operations. But it wasn't until she was handed the reins of the company's first ERP implementation that she truly fell head over heels. Using technology to optimize effective business processes was a game changer. Fast forward 20+ years and over 500 projects later, Stephanie has become the go-to solution architect who doesn't mess around and just gets things done.

When she's not wowing audiences as a presenter, speaker, or blogger, you can find her donning her hat as a certified Microsoft Dynamics Business Central professional. And let's not forget her juggling act managing product, presales activities, and building professional services practices. Now, she's the brains behind Elliott Clark Consulting, a Microsoft partner that's turning consulting services on their head.

Stephanie's mantra? ERP implementations don't have to be a drag! She's on a mission to prove that they can be effective, affordable, and downright awesome. By sprinkling in her magic dust of change management and business process transformations, she makes sure her clients have a rockstar experience.

Meet Stephanie, the dynamo who kick-started her career in cost accounting and manufacturing operations. But it wasn't until she was handed the reins of the company's first ERP implementation that she truly fell head over heels. Using technology to op... Show more

Since 16 years around in Microsoft BI. Main topics are backend and architecture

Since 16 years around in Microsoft BI. Main topics are backend and architecture Show more

Thiago Bordini, Head Cyber Threat Intelligence, executive with more than 20 years of experience in the cyber intelligence market, working with analysis and prevention of cyber threats and fraud and dissemination of educational content on the subject to professionals and companies. Technical coordinator and postgraduate professor at IDESP.
Speaker at several national and international events such as Defcon, YSTS, EkoParty, H2HC, Security BSides Las Vegas and Sao Paulo, SANS, HTCIA, CoronaCon, 8.8 Andina and Brazil, among others.
Member of the Security BSides Sao Paulo/Brazil organization.

Thiago Bordini, Head Cyber Threat Intelligence, executive with more than 20 years of experience in the cyber intelligence market, working with analysis and prevention of cyber threats and fraud and dissemination of educational content on the subject ... Show more

I am Tarun Jain, currently working as a Data Scientist at AI Planet, a Belgium-based AI startup with over 1.5+ years experience. I was also part of Google Summer of Code 2024 at Red Hen Lab. I have been organizing workshops and AI/ML talks for over 2.5+ years as a Pie & AI Bangalore Ambassador at DeepLearningAI. This eventually led to the path of becoming a GDE in ML. I joined the Google Developer Experts program in October 2023. In my free time, I watch Anime and read Manga- One Piece being my favorite.

Portfolio: https://tarunjain.netlify.app/

I am Tarun Jain, currently working as a Data Scientist at AI Planet, a Belgium-based AI startup with over 1.5+ years experience. I was also part of Google Summer of Code 2024 at Red Hen Lab. I have been organizing workshops and AI/ML talks for over 2... Show more

Customer success focused, community support enthusiast and Mentor. Worked with Microsoft business applications ecosystem over 15 years delivering complex solutions with Advisory and delivery, span across several industries as part digital transformations globally. Passion about community support with learn and share and an obsessed runner.

Customer success focused, community support enthusiast and Mentor. Worked with Microsoft business applications ecosystem over 15 years delivering complex solutions with Advisory and delivery, span across several industries as part digital transformat... Show more

Diponkar Paul has 14+ years of experience in the IT industry and specializes in Business Intelligence, big data, and data warehouse domains. Currently working as a Data Engineering Manager at OMERS, Canada. Throughout his career, he designed and developed medium and large-scale data warehouses and delivered business-critical analytical solutions. He is leading the Toronto Data Professionals Community (former Toronto PASS user group). He has a diverse background and has been working and studying in different Geo locations including Canada, Denmark, the UK, and Sweden. He writes a technical blog, writes articles on SQLServerCentral, and, does public speaking. His remarkable contributions to the community earned him the Microsoft Data Platform MVP award.

Diponkar Paul has 14+ years of experience in the IT industry and specializes in Business Intelligence, big data, and data warehouse domains. Currently working as a Data Engineering Manager at OMERS, Canada. Throughout his career, he designed and dev... Show more

Frank loves people, he masters the art to inspire and teach and helping them in their Digital Journey with a blend of hands on Prosci/ADKAR change. He's also a man of many trades and in the last 17 years he has been Business and Application consultant, Trainer and Creator of services. He's full of energy and has the power to radiate this to others. He's passionate about Microsoft Technology (MS Power Platform, MS VIVA, AI Copilot,...) and creator of 'The Chocolate Company'. A virtual business environment where consultants/young potentials learn thanks to real life business cases. This on Microsoft technology, showing and inspiring on the Power of the MS Platform. Coaching young professionals in their first steps as consultant and upskilling customers on new Microsoft technologies...

Frank loves people, he masters the art to inspire and teach and helping them in their Digital Journey with a blend of hands on Prosci/ADKAR change. He's also a man of many trades and in the last 17 years he has been Business and Application consultan... Show more

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

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

Being in IT business as a specialist for Linux, Martin Klier has been involved in the administration of Oracle Databases for about fifteen years now. The integration of large Oracle-based high-availability solutions (MAA) with RAC and Data Guard were the first challenges. In the last years, he largely moved into performance analysis and tuning of complex systems with dynamically changing load profiles.
Skeptical needs assessments, thorough architecture planning, decent system sizing, critical benchmarking and experienced load-focused system analysis are Martin’s formula to success in avoiding production downtime.
For years now, Martin can be found speaking on topics regarding “Oracle Core, Performance and High Availability” on various national and international conferences, like COLLABROATE (IOUG), Oracle Open World or DOAG Konferenz.
Martin frequently blogs about recent issues and their solutions at http://www.usn-it.de and is known on Twitter as @MartinKlierDBA.
Martin works a lot for the community, especially for the German Oracle Users Group “DOAG” and Linux User Group Mitterteich, and is an Oracle ACE Director (Database).

Being in IT business as a specialist for Linux, Martin Klier has been involved in the administration of Oracle Databases for about fifteen years now. The integration of large Oracle-based high-availability solutions (MAA) with RAC and Data Guard were... Show more

Jason Bell, considered an elder statesperson in the world of data, machine learning, streaming data and BigData.

Over the last 18 years he's pioneered digital brokerage from commercial aviation to desk space and advised dozens of startups in the area around AI, machine learning and data governance.

During 2022 he setup ATX Global Ventures, using quant theory for startup investment strategies.

In 2014 he authored Machine Learning : Hands on for Developers and Technical Professionals, published by Wiley, a second edition was published in 2020. He also appeared in Machine Learning and the City, the uses of Machine Learning in urban planning and population studies.

Jason is also actively involved in reviewing future publication proposals for Wiley and writes the news section for Quant Finance publication wilmott.com.

Jason Bell, considered an elder statesperson in the world of data, machine learning, streaming data and BigData. Over the last 18 years he's pioneered digital brokerage from commercial aviation to desk space and advised dozens of startups in the a... Show more

Michael Wallner - Leader in Generative AI and Digital Transformation 🚀

Michael Wallner is a forward-thinking leader in Generative AI and digital transformation, currently spearheading regional growth strategies across EMEA at ServiceNow. With a strong background in smart manufacturing and cloud technology, he has successfully driven new business development and collaborated with industry giants to innovate and automate processes using cutting-edge AI solutions.

Previously, at Amazon Web Services (AWS), Michael played an integral role in helping manufacturing and automotive clients embrace cloud technology to modernize operations and fuel business growth. Known for his ability to lead cross-functional teams, Michael has consistently delivered high-impact solutions for clients, from C-level executives to technical teams. His leadership in the semiconductor industry, thought-provoking insights on sustainability, and hands-on experience with pre-sales and large-scale professional services make him a trusted advisor in the field.

Michael’s expertise lies in blending innovative technology with strategic vision, fostering strong relationships, and delivering tangible results for organizations navigating digital transformation.

Michael Wallner - Leader in Generative AI and Digital Transformation 🚀 Michael Wallner is a forward-thinking leader in Generative AI and digital transformation, currently spearheading regional growth strategies across EMEA at ServiceNow. With a s... Show more

Co-manager of the Microsoft center of excellence in the Atlantic community of onepoint, I coordinate a team of specialists on Microsoft technologies but not only...

We bring our expertise and support to our clients on the following topics:
- DevOps with Azure DevOps,
- Cloud with Azure,
- Modern Workspace with Microsoft 365,
- Data.

We also design and produce innovative application solutions around the cloud, DevOps, collaboration and data.

With more than 15 years of experience, myself, I bring my knowledge on:
- the Azure Cloud architecture,
- FinOps Azure expertise,
- DevOps expertise,
- Data architecture (ETL, Datahub),
- the design and development of heavy client and web .net applications,
- the agility,
- lean IT/Software Development and
- operation of OnPremise infrastructure.

I share my knowledge through:
- various training courses around the Azure cloud and DevOps,
- my blog https://pmorisseau.ineaweb.net/

Finally, i'm very proud to be recognized by Microsoft as a MVP (Most Valuable Professional).

Co-manager of the Microsoft center of excellence in the Atlantic community of onepoint, I coordinate a team of specialists on Microsoft technologies but not only... We bring our expertise and support to our clients on the following topics: - DevO... Show more