I like to share ideas through presentations and writing. If you see something related to technology, I'll probably like it.
I am a software enthusiast, product developer, technical leader, speaker, event organizer, and avid skier.

My main interests are organizations, apps, cloud, electronics and smart devices. I also often read or listen about innovation, computer science, and organizational management.

In my spare time, I (try to) travel, speak at conferences, coach, and work on open-source projects.

I like to share ideas through presentations and writing. If you see something related to technology, I'll probably like it. I am a software enthusiast, product developer, technical leader, speaker, event organizer, and avid skier. My main interes... Show more

I have been in the External Identity and Access Management space since 2020, helping clients architect and implement their Identity solutions and keeping their application secure.

Prior to the identity ecosystem, I was a development consultant in travel and tourism (mainly C#) and a software and database analyst for a training company. My main skillset is around system architecture, identity, C#, and SQL.

Other community contributions include the Azure Technical Contributor Program and Microsoft sponsored Identity discord channel.

I have been in the External Identity and Access Management space since 2020, helping clients architect and implement their Identity solutions and keeping their application secure. Prior to the identity ecosystem, I was a development consultant in... Show more

Since 2006, I lived in the web and its ecosystem.

Today, I’m leading CH Studio, a French software development company. I like working on legacy projects to help teams take back control. I’m also persisting on putting engineering methods on web projects (continuous integration and deployment, unit testing, documentation, etc).

I work remotely about 100% of the time which allows me to live with my family in other countries for at least half of the year

Since 2006, I lived in the web and its ecosystem. Today, I’m leading CH Studio, a French software development company. I like working on legacy projects to help teams take back control. I’m also persisting on putting engineering methods on web pro... Show more

A Docker Captain and Microsoft MVP, is a Cloud and DevOps engineer, consultant, and instructor with expertise in Microsoft Azure and DevOps practices. Passionate about teaching, she delivers both practical and theoretical courses on Azure, and DevOps. Cigdem helps organizations implement DevOps transformations across cloud and on-premises environments while contributing to the community through insightful technical articles and videos on cloud adoption and DevOps best practices.

A Docker Captain and Microsoft MVP, is a Cloud and DevOps engineer, consultant, and instructor with expertise in Microsoft Azure and DevOps practices. Passionate about teaching, she delivers both practical and theoretical courses on Azure, and DevOps... Show more

Justin Carter has been in the Dynamics space since 2007 and a BizApps MVP since 2014. He has been involved with the Microsoft certification exam development and MCT training materials since 2013. He has a passion for delivering quality implementations, but more importantly, enabling customers to take things to the next level and grow their business by innovating with the newest technologies, not just using them. This requires customers to be an expert in how to find educational content, not just being training by someone else who already did that.

He will always do his best to be around to answer 1:1 questions or point you in the right direction if nothing else. Don't be shy. He loves off-roading, brewing, home DIY repair, and traveling with his lovely family.

Justin Carter has been in the Dynamics space since 2007 and a BizApps MVP since 2014. He has been involved with the Microsoft certification exam development and MCT training materials since 2013. He has a passion for delivering quality implementation... Show more

Natalia Orlandi è Co-fondatrice di A.M.A. – Acqua in Movimento Academy, associazione sportiva che porta movimento e benessere in acqua e a terra, con attenzione a inclusione e accessibilità. Segue come Project Manager marketing, comunicazione ed eventi dell'associazione, tra cui Trasformazioni in Movimento.
Inoltre vive quotidianamente il mondo tech come Senior Product Owner e Business Analyst in Spiagge.it, con una formazione in informatica, guida un team di PM e designer.

Natalia Orlandi è Co-fondatrice di A.M.A. – Acqua in Movimento Academy, associazione sportiva che porta movimento e benessere in acqua e a terra, con attenzione a inclusione e accessibilità. Segue come Project Manager marketing, comunicazione ed even... Show more

I am CEO and co-founder of Expanso, the company behind the distributed compute platform Bacalhau. This means I spend most of my time helping humans to convince machines to be smarter. I am only moderately successful at this.

Previously, I led product management for Kubernetes on behalf of Google, launched GKE, and co-founded the Kubeflow project, and led Open Source ML Strategy at Azure. I have also worked at Protocol Labs, Amazon and Chef and co-founded three startups.

I am CEO and co-founder of Expanso, the company behind the distributed compute platform Bacalhau. This means I spend most of my time helping humans to convince machines to be smarter. I am only moderately successful at this. Previously, I led prod... Show more

Can Doğan is an entrepreneur and strategist working in technology, artificial intelligence, digital marketing and next-generation search technologies.

Doğan began his journey in technology in 2011, working in software and Python. In 2016, he founded Lein Digital and entered the digital marketing sector. He specializes in SEO, digital growth strategies, artificial intelligence technologies and the transformation of search engines.

He has carried out pioneering work to introduce and popularize the concept of Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) in Türkiye, positioning Lein Digital, which he founded, as Türkiye’s first GEO agency. He develops strategies to increase brand visibility beyond Google and traditional search engines, across ChatGPT, Gemini and other AI-powered search platforms.

Doğan is the founder of several technology ventures, including Lein Digital, Yapay Zeka Firması, Geo Akademi and İstanbul Reklam Ajans. Today, he focuses on the transformation artificial intelligence is bringing to digital communication, media, content creation and the ways people access information.

In particular, he aims to share his knowledge and experience on how media organizations and content creators can adapt to the changing search ecosystem, strengthen their digital visibility and develop sustainable growth strategies in the age of artificial intelligence.

Can Doğan is an entrepreneur and strategist working in technology, artificial intelligence, digital marketing and next-generation search technologies. Doğan began his journey in technology in 2011, working in software and Python. In 2016, he found... Show more

Radoslaw is a Senior Product Manager at Percona, responsible for driving Percona Software for MongoDB. He has over 15 years of experience in building distributed applications, serving as a product manager, leader, and software engineer. Radek is an Agile product development enthusiast and a fan of personal development. Outside of work, he's an amateur volleyball player.

Radoslaw is a Senior Product Manager at Percona, responsible for driving Percona Software for MongoDB. He has over 15 years of experience in building distributed applications, serving as a product manager, leader, and software engineer. Radek is an A... Show more

Unnati is a cloud-native software engineer & a dedicated open-source contributor with a passion for building robust, scalable infrastructure. Specializing in Kubernetes release engineering and platform automation, she has spent years working deeply within the cloud-native ecosystem. An active voice in the tech community since 2022, Unnati loves breaking down complex architectural concepts on stage and on her YouTube channel. When she isn’t doing tech, you can find her on the dance💃 floor.

Unnati is a cloud-native software engineer & a dedicated open-source contributor with a passion for building robust, scalable infrastructure. Specializing in Kubernetes release engineering and platform automation, she has spent years working deeply w... Show more

Himanshu Rajak is a Project Associate at the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Mohali, and an AI/ML researcher with a background in Computer Science and Engineering. His experience spans the foundations of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to emerging deep-tech areas including Generative AI, Computer Vision, Graph Neural Networks and Quantum Machine Learning.

His technical work covers the AI/ML pipeline, from mathematical foundations, data processing and classical machine learning to deep learning, Large Language Models, multimodal AI and hybrid quantum-classical machine learning. He has hands-on experience with Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow, Qiskit and PennyLane, and has worked on research and projects involving medical imaging, graph-based learning, generative models and intelligent AI applications.

Alongside his research and technical work, Himanshu currently mentors a postgraduate certification program in Artificial Intelligence at C-DAC. The program is a six-month, national-level certification course focused on developing practical and industry-relevant skills in AI and Machine Learning. He actively teaches and mentors learners across programming, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Generative AI, LLMs and emerging AI technologies.

He is particularly interested in bridging the gap between fundamental AI concepts and cutting-edge deep-tech research, making complex technical ideas accessible through practical demonstrations, experimentation and hands-on learning.

Himanshu Rajak is a Project Associate at the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Mohali, and an AI/ML researcher with a background in Computer Science and Engineering. His experience spans the foundations of Artificial Intelligence ... Show more

“It's hard to beat a person who never gives up.” George Herman Ruth

Meron Gebremedhin was born and raised in Ethiopia, East Africa and migrated to the United States in 2017.
Professionally, she is a trained software engineer but has been wearing different hats for more than 14 years including international business owner. After migrating to America, she studied hard to earn her stripes back in the IT industry, acquiring more than 16 Microsoft certifications along the way.
As a beneficiary of mentorship in Microsoft community, Meron is passionate about paying it forward to help others achieve their goals in the tech, and founded Pathfinders, a Power Platform organization dedicated to supporting immigrants in the United States.

“It's hard to beat a person who never gives up.” George Herman Ruth Meron Gebremedhin was born and raised in Ethiopia, East Africa and migrated to the United States in 2017. Professionally, she is a trained software engineer but has been wearing ... Show more

Bharat Sharma is an engineering leader with sixteen-plus years in platform and data engineering, and author of the forthcoming AI Is the Easy Part. He writes about why AI transforms organisations, not just engineers. Based in Bengaluru, India.

Bharat Sharma is an engineering leader with sixteen-plus years in platform and data engineering, and author of the forthcoming AI Is the Easy Part. He writes about why AI transforms organisations, not just engineers. Based in Bengaluru, India. Show more

Clifford Agius, Freelance .NET Developer and also blogs from time to time, is currently a three-time Developer Technologies & IoT MVP, specialising in Xamarin/.NET MAUI and IoT. By day, an airline pilot flying Airbus A320 aircraft around Europe and when not doing that, Clifford freelances as a .NET developer. An active member of the .NET community, he is a regular speaker at conferences and meet-ups around the world.

Clifford graduated as an engineer from the Ford Technical Training Centre in 1995. After 11 years as an electrical/mechanical engineer working with Robotics and PLC Programming, he trained to become an Airline Pilot in 2001. Clifford became a Microsoft Valued Professional (MVP) in 2020.

Clifford Agius, Freelance .NET Developer and also blogs from time to time, is currently a three-time Developer Technologies & IoT MVP, specialising in Xamarin/.NET MAUI and IoT. By day, an airline pilot flying Airbus A320 aircraft around Europe and w... Show more

Amit is the Chief Analytics Officer (CAO)/Data Architect at Kanerika and has more than 20 years of experience in the field of data analytics. Amit is Microsoft's Most Valuable Professional (2023) and Power BI Community Super User since 2020.

Amit is the Chief Analytics Officer (CAO)/Data Architect at Kanerika and has more than 20 years of experience in the field of data analytics. Amit is Microsoft's Most Valuable Professional (2023) and Power BI Community Super User since 2020. Show more

Natalie Crüe is a cultural producer, consultant, Global Hip-Hop connoisseur, and activist. Natalie sees arts and culture as a vehicle for social change - spearheading various cultural, brand, and social impact initiatives around the globe that aim to foster civic engagement, spark dialogue, and amplify communities.

She co-developed the Metaverse Music Festival aka MVMF, the first global music festival rooted in the metaverse; Co-produces Huellas Festival in Southern Spain; and contributes to a number of DAOs and creative communities in the Web3 ecosystem. Recently, she founded Web3 Uncut -- a dynamic tech lab building micro experiments to support creators on chain and a newsletter centering Web3 arts & culture.

You can find her on Twitter and Instagram @NatalieCrue.

Natalie Crüe is a cultural producer, consultant, Global Hip-Hop connoisseur, and activist. Natalie sees arts and culture as a vehicle for social change - spearheading various cultural, brand, and social impact initiatives around the globe that aim to... Show more

Mark J. Mosley is a digital transformation leader with more than a decade of experience at Microsoft, Oracle, SAP, and ServiceNow. He advises executives and senior leaders on AI strategy, change management, and data governance.

His insights have been featured in the Associated Press, Business Insider, and Yahoo Finance. He speaks at national conferences on how global enterprises scale their AI ambitions into secure, responsible, and measurable business outcomes.

Mark J. Mosley is a digital transformation leader with more than a decade of experience at Microsoft, Oracle, SAP, and ServiceNow. He advises executives and senior leaders on AI strategy, change management, and data governance. His insights have b... Show more

Building with serverless & AWS. Optimizing, automating and solving challenges @Lenus with AWS.

Building with serverless & AWS. Optimizing, automating and solving challenges @Lenus with AWS. Show more

Peter is Head of Data at Liligo, where he leads the development and management of the company’s data warehouse, analytics, and other data-driven business solutions. With over 10 years of experience across various data-related roles, he also develops dashball.app, his own basketball analytics platform.

Peter is Head of Data at Liligo, where he leads the development and management of the company’s data warehouse, analytics, and other data-driven business solutions. With over 10 years of experience across various data-related roles, he also develops ... Show more

Monty was part of the team who launched the OpenStack project. He defined the workflows and built the initial developer infrastructure that became Zuul and OpenDev. Many years ago he worked for MySQL, and then was a core dev on Drizzle. These days his hacking is focused on WanderTracks, a travel planning and logging system, and marine automation systems.

Monty was part of the team who launched the OpenStack project. He defined the workflows and built the initial developer infrastructure that became Zuul and OpenDev. Many years ago he worked for MySQL, and then was a core dev on Drizzle. These days hi... Show more

Software Developer since 13 years with an AI-first approach and a developing experience in implementing agentic solutions in all kinds of environments.
Implemented various projects over the course of my career in all kinds of industries from health care to industry.

Claude Certified Architect - Professional

Software Developer since 13 years with an AI-first approach and a developing experience in implementing agentic solutions in all kinds of environments. Implemented various projects over the course of my career in all kinds of industries from health... Show more

Ankshita is currently working as a security engineer and has previously worked as a cybersecurity consultant in the paradise island of Mauritius, helping the biggest firms around the world implement strategic cybersecurity best practices and comply with the required standards. Before joining consultancy, she has worked in cybersecurity for approximately two years as a SOC analyst, thus gathering a rich hands-on experience on blue teaming tools and practices.

Ankshita has presented her cyber blue teaming skills at the DevCon2023, the biggest developers' conference of Mauritius organized by the MSCC and GDG Mauritius. She recently also spoke at the DevFest 2023 about introducing Golang to students.

Coming from a diverse background in Information Technology, Ankshita is familiar with development and programming in Java, Python, Javascript and Solidity. Her latest passion for learning narrows down to Golang which can be very effectively implemented in the field of cybersecurity as well.

During university years, Ankshita has also represented the Google Developers Student Clubs on her campus at the University of Mauritius and she had also been elected as the Huawei Campus Ambassador.

Ankshita is currently working as a security engineer and has previously worked as a cybersecurity consultant in the paradise island of Mauritius, helping the biggest firms around the world implement strategic cybersecurity best practices and comply w... Show more

Observability engineer and open source enthusiast.

Observability engineer and open source enthusiast. Show more

Sujal is a Platform Engineer at HeyMarvin with expertise in AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, ArgoCD, and cloud-native infrastructure. Passionate about cloud security, platform engineering, and MLOps, he focuses on building secure, scalable, and reliable systems through automation, observability, and DevOps best practices.

Sujal is a Platform Engineer at HeyMarvin with expertise in AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, ArgoCD, and cloud-native infrastructure. Passionate about cloud security, platform engineering, and MLOps, he focuses on building secure, scalable, and reliable s... Show more

Shakita Trigg is the founder and CEO of Aligned Strategy Partners and RoadmapIQ.ai, where she helps owner-led businesses use AI to streamline operations, increase profitability, and grow without unnecessary overhead. Her approach combines Fortune 100 discipline with practical solutions for growing businesses.

Before founding her firm, Shakita spent more than 20 years leading technology and operations at UPS, FedEx, and Amazon. She managed $2.3 billion in technology operations across 34 countries and helped turn the $1.4 billion GENCO acquisition profitable in less than two years. With deep experience in fleets, logistics, dispatch, and complex operations, she understands the challenges of businesses that depend on trucks, technicians, and teams to deliver results.

Today, Shakita helps service businesses eliminate operational bottlenecks, connect the tools they already use, and move jobs from the first customer call to cash in the bank with less paperwork and fewer delays. She also runs her own firm with a team of AI employees, putting the same strategies she teaches into practice every day.

Shakita is the bestselling author of Mindvelocity: The Mind Behind the Millions. The Brain Behind the Billions., and co-author of AI in the Field: The Builder's Blueprint with Alicia Lyttle.

Her recent stages include the Women Who Code Leadership Summit in New York and the AI Mastery Summit. As the creator of Don't Automate Pretty Garbage™, she turns AI vision into velocity. Her promise is simple: Fortune 100 rigor, Main Street growth.

Shakita Trigg is the founder and CEO of Aligned Strategy Partners and RoadmapIQ.ai, where she helps owner-led businesses use AI to streamline operations, increase profitability, and grow without unnecessary overhead. Her approach combines Fortune 100... Show more

Olivia Ulbing is a keynote speaker and trainer for digital marketing, AI, social media and sustainability. She is founder and CEO of oha! digital, a boutique agency in Salzburg with a presence in Linz and Vienna, where she and her Gen-Z team run social media, performance marketing, content and web projects for SMEs, public institutions and brands such as PUMA and Durex.

She is co-author of "Follow me! Erfolgreiches Social Media Marketing" (Rheinwerk Verlag, 7th edition 2025), the standard German-language book on social media marketing, and co-founder of the travel content platform COCOtravel.

Olivia has spoken at eDay Salzburg, Digital Days (OÖNachrichten), Wirtschaftskammer Österreich, DMVÖ, Creative Region and Der VisionärInnen Club. Her talks are known for straight talk instead of buzzword bingo – and for leaving every audience with three things to do differently on Monday.

Website: oliviaulbing.com

Olivia Ulbing is a keynote speaker and trainer for digital marketing, AI, social media and sustainability. She is founder and CEO of oha! digital, a boutique agency in Salzburg with a presence in Linz and Vienna, where she and her Gen-Z team run soci... Show more

Commonly described as the boy next door (although next door to whom has never been quite defined), Warren fell in love with SQL when he was accidentally thrust into it after going to see a girl at a tech company. He liked it so he put a ring on it. That was the girl, and as for SQL and Data the affair continues. Warren consults as a Data Engineer for Moyo Business Advisory and is a volunteer Lead for Johannesburg Data Platform. In his spare time he likes Mountain biking, Ice Skating, Offroad 4x4ing and Cleaning up Rivers

Commonly described as the boy next door (although next door to whom has never been quite defined), Warren fell in love with SQL when he was accidentally thrust into it after going to see a girl at a tech company. He liked it so he put a ring on it. T... Show more

Tin Marković is an independent software consultant based in Brno. He builds back-office systems for specialty insurance and legal-services firms when case volume outgrows manual operations - one person, fixed fee.

Before that: real-time stats streaming for the NBA, self-serve payments at Semgrep during their Series B, and four years running payment and refund flows at Kiwi.com. He's led engineering teams, architected systems, and been on call for most of them.

He builds and open-sources the tools he uses himself, including Seneschal, the broker that lets an AI agent work with his inbox without holding the keys. Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability.

Tin Marković is an independent software consultant based in Brno. He builds back-office systems for specialty insurance and legal-services firms when case volume outgrows manual operations - one person, fixed fee. Before that: real-time stats stre... Show more

Mary Foster is the Heritage and Cultural Arts Program Manager for the City of Allen, Texas, where she oversees programming and interpretation at Allen Heritage Village and supports preservation and interpretation efforts at the historic Allen Cemetery. Her work brings together historic preservation, public programming, community engagement, and parks and recreation to connect residents with the history of their community.

Foster holds a bachelor’s degree in History from the University of Texas at Tyler and previously served as a museum curator at the 1859 Goodman-LeGrand House and Museum, where she curated exhibits and developed educational programs. She also served as Campaign Director for United Way of Smith County, supporting fundraising efforts for 26 local nonprofit organizations.

With nearly a decade of experience working across museums, history, parks and recreation, and nonprofit organizations, Foster is particularly interested in local and recent history, historic cemeteries, urban archaeology, and finding creative ways to make history meaningful and accessible to the communities where it happened.

Mary Foster is the Heritage and Cultural Arts Program Manager for the City of Allen, Texas, where she oversees programming and interpretation at Allen Heritage Village and supports preservation and interpretation efforts at the historic Allen Cemeter... Show more

Todd Whitehead ((http://www.twitter.com/TodWhitehead)) is the Director of intelligent Apps and Cloud at Nexwave. He has over 20 years’ experience delivering solutions for clients in the travel, banking, retail and government sectors using .Net, Azure and Agile. In his spare time….well he's still waiting for that to happen.

Todd Whitehead ((http://www.twitter.com/TodWhitehead)) is the Director of intelligent Apps and Cloud at Nexwave. He has over 20 years’ experience delivering solutions for clients in the travel, banking, retail and government sectors using .Net, Azure... Show more