A tech enthusiast who thrives on steering projects from their initial spark to successful fruition, Rob Koch is Principal at Slalom Build, AWS Hero, and Co-chair of the CNCF Deaf and Hard of Hearing Working Group. His expertise in architecting event-driven systems is firmly rooted in the belief that data should be harnessed in real time. Rob relishes the challenge of examining existing systems and mapping the journey towards an event-driven architecture. With a versatile skill set encompassing software development, database management, Kubernetes orchestration, security protocols, data analytics, and enterprise architecture, Rob has worked across various industries, including energy, healthcare, finance, insurance, marketing, telecommunications, and the nonprofit sector.

A tech enthusiast who thrives on steering projects from their initial spark to successful fruition, Rob Koch is Principal at Slalom Build, AWS Hero, and Co-chair of the CNCF Deaf and Hard of Hearing Working Group. His expertise in architecting event-... Show more

Sanjay Jha is an AI/Cloud Architect with deep expertise in Generative AI, Agentic AI, multi-agent frameworks, and cloud-native engineering. With strong hands-on experience across AWS, Kubernetes, DevOps, and machine learning systems, he focuses on building production-grade AI platforms and accelerating enterprise adoption of intelligent automation.
Leading CCCL Bangalore, where we are building a vibrant claude community around AI engineering, Claude Code, and modern developer workflows.

Sanjay Jha is an AI/Cloud Architect with deep expertise in Generative AI, Agentic AI, multi-agent frameworks, and cloud-native engineering. With strong hands-on experience across AWS, Kubernetes, DevOps, and machine learning systems, he focuses on bu... Show more

Aditi Gupta is a Software Engineer at Disney+ Hotstar, working on high-scale distributed systems serving millions of users. Her work focuses on performance, reliability, and observability under high-concurrency conditions.
She has experience in cloud-native technologies, including containerisation, microservices architecture, and Kubernetes-based orchestration. Her interests span across distributed systems, cloud-native platforms, and AI/ML-driven workflows with current focus on applying distributed systems and observability principles to AI-driven workflows - making agentic systems more traceable, debuggable, and production-ready.
She has presented her work at international conferences, with a focus on understanding system behavior, tracing complex workflows, and debugging failures in large-scale systems.

Aditi Gupta is a Software Engineer at Disney+ Hotstar, working on high-scale distributed systems serving millions of users. Her work focuses on performance, reliability, and observability under high-concurrency conditions. She has experience in clou... Show more

I'm all about making things user-friendly, especially when it comes to Cloud Native and Kubernetes.

I've done a fair share of mobile app and backend work, but lately, I'm really into Cloud Native computing and enjoy it a lot.

Outside of work, you'll find me hanging out in tech and sports communities, cruising on inline skates, exploring new places, or challenging myself with quizzes and games.

I'm all about making things user-friendly, especially when it comes to Cloud Native and Kubernetes. I've done a fair share of mobile app and backend work, but lately, I'm really into Cloud Native computing and enjoy it a lot. Outside of work, y... Show more

Saloni Garg is a Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Adobe, where she specializes in AI and machine learning. She is also a recognized author in the field, with a forthcoming book on Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) to be published by De Gruyter later this year. Saloni has made significant contributions to the academic community, evidenced by her multiple IEEE publications and a published patent.

Saloni Garg is a Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Adobe, where she specializes in AI and machine learning. She is also a recognized author in the field, with a forthcoming book on Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) to be published by De Gruyter ... Show more

Ravi Sastry Kadali is an Engineering Leader with more than two decades of progressive engineering leadership spanning defense, enterprise, and hyperscale systems. He built platform integrity systems at Meta protecting 3B+ users, engineered Windows platform releases at Microsoft, designed intrusion detection systems at India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), hardened API security infrastructure at Neustar Security Services, and delivered edge-security and networking solutions at Volterra (acquired by F5) and X Corp.

An active open-source contributor to Kubernetes, etcd, gosec, and gqlgen, Ravi Sastry authored the go-safeinput and cryptoguard-go security libraries for the Go ecosystem. He is a co-editor of security engineering technical papers and a recurring invited panelist at cybersecurity. Ravi Sastry holds awards for Outstanding Achievement in Cybersecurity and brings both research depth and practitioner credibility to every stage he takes.

Ravi Sastry Kadali is an Engineering Leader with more than two decades of progressive engineering leadership spanning defense, enterprise, and hyperscale systems. He built platform integrity systems at Meta protecting 3B+ users, engineered Windows pl... Show more

Andrew is a Microsoft Data Platform MVP and Docker Captain who helps organise Data Ceili and EightKB.

He is interested in all things database/kubernetes/container related and shares his passion for these topics by speaking at events across the world.

Originally from Wales but now exploring Ireland.

You can find him on Bluesky @dbafromthecold.com and blogging at dbafromthecold.com

Andrew is a Microsoft Data Platform MVP and Docker Captain who helps organise Data Ceili and EightKB. He is interested in all things database/kubernetes/container related and shares his passion for these topics by speaking at events across the wor... Show more

I’m a Developer Evangelist in Oracle’s Database Organization, focused in building Generative AI platforms that harness DBMS AI capabilities, while also championing their adoption as an evangelist. I work on the Kubernetes-based deployment platform for AI microservices, "Oracle Backend for Microservices and AI", and I’m leading the development of the "AI Optimizer and Toolkit" —a low-code platform that empowers developers to design and fine-tune AI Agents using Oracle’s Vector Store.
In Oracle Italy since 2010, he joined Technology Sales Consulting team, working on Italian large and medium accounts on OCI, AI/ML, DataLakes and BPM/SOA platforms. Formerly Sales Engineer at Sun Microsystems, as well as Java & Software Ambassador for Italy, starting his career as architect in Telecom Italia Mobile. He holds the CEFRIEL Master in Information Technology and a bachelor's degree in Computer Science.

I’m a Developer Evangelist in Oracle’s Database Organization, focused in building Generative AI platforms that harness DBMS AI capabilities, while also championing their adoption as an evangelist. I work on the Kubernetes-based deployment platform fo... Show more

Building Kubernetes and accelerator infrastructure for the next decade of AI inference. Currently focused on the gap between today's serving stacks and what model deployment looks like when you 10x the model count, 100x the request volume, and stop pretending GPUs are the only accelerator that matters.

Writes about infra at blog.zmalik.dev. Currently Senior Staff at Qualcomm
Past lives: Exostellar (acquired by Qualcomm), CloudKitchens, Mesosphere (built KUDO, now CNCF). 15+ years shipping infrastructure.

Building Kubernetes and accelerator infrastructure for the next decade of AI inference. Currently focused on the gap between today's serving stacks and what model deployment looks like when you 10x the model count, 100x the request volume, and stop p... Show more

With extensive experience in the software industry, Gang has worked across Platform Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, and Site Reliability Engineering. His focus is on building scalable platforms, enabling developer productivity, and driving operational excellence within fast-growing organizations.

With extensive experience in the software industry, Gang has worked across Platform Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, and Site Reliability Engineering. His focus is on building scalable platforms, enabling developer productivity, and driving o... Show more

George is a Cloud Solutions Architect with over 20 years of experience driving innovation in AI-powered technologies and cloud computing. Originally from Thessaloniki, Greece, where he earned a bachelor's in Applied Informatics and associate degrees in Software and Network Engineering, George now lives in Munich, where he continues to design and implement intelligent systems as a Senior Principal @ Slalom.

George is the founder of the "Munich .NET Meetup" (now "Microsoft DevTech Munich"), a community of over 1,700 members focused on collaboration and innovation in Azure, .NET and AI-driven solutions. Passionate about knowledge sharing, he speaks at conferences and user groups, writes blog posts, and actively contributes to open-source projects on GitHub. He also supports the next generation of innovators as a judge and mentor for the Microsoft Imagine Cup.

George is a Cloud Solutions Architect with over 20 years of experience driving innovation in AI-powered technologies and cloud computing. Originally from Thessaloniki, Greece, where he earned a bachelor's in Applied Informatics and associate degrees ... Show more

A Gil, of all trades.
Speaker, Blogger, LGBTQ activist, Volunteer, Community manager.

I love a varied DevOps experience - from MLOps to FinOps to DevOps, from multimedia to healthcare to security. From source control to production monitoring. From large team interwork to a one-person show.

A Gil, of all trades. Speaker, Blogger, LGBTQ activist, Volunteer, Community manager. I love a varied DevOps experience - from MLOps to FinOps to DevOps, from multimedia to healthcare to security. From source control to production monitoring. Fro... Show more

Marius Boden is an all-rounder when it comes to modern software development. As a developer, architect, cloud, and DevOps expert, he has built a broad skill set that makes him a sort of "missing link" between teams, technologies, and processes. His focus is not just on understanding agility, DevOps, cloud, infrastructure, automation, and software architecture, but on connecting them in a smart and efficient way. At Xebia, he drives innovative solutions and helps companies unlock their full technological potential.

Marius Boden is an all-rounder when it comes to modern software development. As a developer, architect, cloud, and DevOps expert, he has built a broad skill set that makes him a sort of "missing link" between teams, technologies, and processes. His f... Show more

David Yitzhak, Team leader of Big Data and Nosql databases
David Yitzhak has over 24 years of experience with SQL Server, Oracle, Sybase and PostgreSQL . He is an applicative & infrastructure DBA for relational and Nosql solutions (MongoDB, Redis), Hadoop CDH and Spark. David is a specialist in HA and DRP solutions, tuning, Machine learning , security, High Performance Computing, replication (Oracle & SQL Server), BI infrastructure and system engineering. David Yitzhak holds 3 Degrees from Technicon (Israel Institute of Technology): BSC Information System , MBA and ME (System engineering) and research associate in one of the enterprise Organization. He presents in Oracle open world 2010, Organize Oracle ILOUG for 3 years , SQL Server forums, Microsoft BI forums, Sqlsaturday 2016/17/18/19/20 , DATA SATURDAY , Power Camps , GroupBy Europe , Future Data Driven , Data Platforms GlobalHebrew , Code PaLOUsa 2021\2 , Pass summit 2021 and more …

David Yitzhak, Team leader of Big Data and Nosql databases David Yitzhak has over 24 years of experience with SQL Server, Oracle, Sybase and PostgreSQL . He is an applicative & infrastructure DBA for relational and Nosql solutions (MongoDB, Redis),... Show more

Thorsten Hans is a Senior Developer Advocate at Akamai, Docker Captain, and Wasm enthusiast. He thrives on pushing the limits of WebAssembly and Edge Computing to help developers build high-performance distributed systems. Thorsten shares his technical deep-dives via his blog and on global stages to shape the cloud’s future.

Thorsten Hans is a Senior Developer Advocate at Akamai, Docker Captain, and Wasm enthusiast. He thrives on pushing the limits of WebAssembly and Edge Computing to help developers build high-performance distributed systems. Thorsten shares his technic... Show more

Martin works at Broadcom on developer tooling for Spring and Spring Boot. He leads the team that ships all the Spring Tools for Visual Studio Code, Cursor, Claude Code, Eclipse, Theia, Codespaces, and more.

Martin works at Broadcom on developer tooling for Spring and Spring Boot. He leads the team that ships all the Spring Tools for Visual Studio Code, Cursor, Claude Code, Eclipse, Theia, Codespaces, and more. Show more

Prolific Programmer and Polymath. Ex-MSFT, Ex-PowerShell Team. Helped build PowerShell and have taken it to new frontiers for the past 20 years.

Microsoft MVP in PowerShell and Web Development. Creator of many tools and toys.

Prolific Programmer and Polymath. Ex-MSFT, Ex-PowerShell Team. Helped build PowerShell and have taken it to new frontiers for the past 20 years. Microsoft MVP in PowerShell and Web Development. Creator of many tools and toys. Show more

Ajitem Sahasrabuddhe is a Staff DevOps Engineer at Automattic, working on the platform infrastructure behind WordPress.com and its ecosystem. He has been building software since 2011: container runtimes from scratch, distributed systems at scale, and CI/CD pipelines that hold up under pressure.

His career spans engineering leadership roles at Engineering.com, where he led the creation of a self-serve platform and transitioned hybrid apps to native experiences, and Perennial Systems, where he introduced Go to the team and guided migrations from monoliths to microservices.

Ajitem is an active open-source contributor. His work includes contributions to urfave/cli (24K+ stars), Amazon's aws-lambda-container-image-converter, and uilive. He writes code that he expects others to maintain.

He speaks at international conferences on container networking internals, Go performance profiling, and cloud architecture. He mentors engineers across teams and believes that platform complexity should be invisible to the people building on top of it.

Ajitem Sahasrabuddhe is a Staff DevOps Engineer at Automattic, working on the platform infrastructure behind WordPress.com and its ecosystem. He has been building software since 2011: container runtimes from scratch, distributed systems at scale, and... Show more

Jitendra Gupta is 14 years experienced IT professional with expertise in GenAI, information security and cloud computing. As a sought-after speaker, with a proven track record of implementing GenAI & security best practices in cloud environments, Jitendra is dedicated to empowering fellow IT professionals with actionable takeaways to safeguard their applications, data and infrastructure on Google Cloud.

Jitendra Gupta is 14 years experienced IT professional with expertise in GenAI, information security and cloud computing. As a sought-after speaker, with a proven track record of implementing GenAI & security best practices in cloud environments, Jit... Show more

Soy ingeniero de tecnología y me divierto operando plataformas híbridas que no se caen en producción.

Mi objetivo es construir plataformas que permitan a los equipos innovar más rápido, manteniendo altos estándares de seguridad, confiabilidad y eficiencia.

Mi trabajo va más allá de trabajar en la nube; me enfoco en modernizar entornos tradicionales mediante prácticas y tecnologías Cloud Native, ayudando a que las plataformas escalen de forma segura, eficiente y sostenible.

Soy Golden Kubestronaut (uno de los pocos profesionales en el mundo con esta distinción) y actualmente lidero la organización de Kubernetes Community Days Lima 2026. Además, participo activamente en la comunidad Cloud Native compartiendo conocimiento y promoviendo la adopción de tecnologías abiertas.

Lo que realmente me motiva es resolver problemas complejos, compartir conocimiento con la comunidad y ayudar a las organizaciones a adoptar tecnologías modernas de manera sostenible. Si me tuviera que definir en una palabra, sería: curiosidad.

Soy ingeniero de tecnología y me divierto operando plataformas híbridas que no se caen en producción. Mi objetivo es construir plataformas que permitan a los equipos innovar más rápido, manteniendo altos estándares de seguridad, confiabilidad y ef... Show more

Dr. Sebastian Steinau is a software developer and architect specializing in APIs, distributed systems, and cloud-native solutions. He holds a PhD in Computer Science, where his research focused on developing distributed process management systems. With deep expertise in Microsoft Azure, DevOps practices, and Infrastructure as Code, he designs and implements scalable, resilient software architectures.

In recent years, he has expanded his focus into the data engineering space, particularly around Microsoft Fabric. He applies his DevOps and IaC expertise to data platforms, enabling version-controlled, automated, and reproducible data infrastructure deployments.

He is co-founder of SteinauTech Data & Software Solutions GmbH, a consultancy offering specialized services in data and software engineering. The company focuses on data projects for Microsoft Dynamics 365, combining technical excellence with practical business solutions.

Dr. Sebastian Steinau is a software developer and architect specializing in APIs, distributed systems, and cloud-native solutions. He holds a PhD in Computer Science, where his research focused on developing distributed process management systems. Wi... Show more

Pritesh is the DevRel Engineer at Harness and community manager and maintainer of the LitmusChaos Community. He is also the Head of Community at ReactPlay, leading the ReactPlay Bangalore chapter. He has a strong background as a Developer Advocate, leading tech communities and fostering open-source contributions.
Pritesh organizes workshops and meetups and creates video/blog content on MCP, Agents, and AI.

Pritesh is the DevRel Engineer at Harness and community manager and maintainer of the LitmusChaos Community. He is also the Head of Community at ReactPlay, leading the ReactPlay Bangalore chapter. He has a strong background as a Developer Advocate, l... Show more

Hannah is an Engineering Manager who translates complex software engineering concepts into people-centric strategies. Leveraging her background as a software engineer and Google Developer Expert for Android, she now focuses on building platforms that reduce developer cognitive load and empower teams to move faster and safely.
She remains an active mentor, technical writer, and international speaker dedicated to motivating others, especially women, to pursue careers in tech.

Hannah is an Engineering Manager who translates complex software engineering concepts into people-centric strategies. Leveraging her background as a software engineer and Google Developer Expert for Android, she now focuses on building platforms that... Show more

Glen is a cloud engineer bringing over 16 years of diverse tech experience in multiple industries. Since 2016, he has focused on cloud computing, DevOps, Google Cloud, and HashiCorp tools. Glen proudly holds the title of Google Developer Expert in Google Cloud and AI/ML.

Glen is a cloud engineer bringing over 16 years of diverse tech experience in multiple industries. Since 2016, he has focused on cloud computing, DevOps, Google Cloud, and HashiCorp tools. Glen proudly holds the title of Google Developer Expert in Go... Show more

Patrik spent most of his career developing web applications on top of Java EE. The passion for this tech stack lead him to work full-time on cloud runtimes and MicroProfile and Jakarta EE specifications at Payara and transitioned to Azul.

His most favorite problems to tackle are distributed systems, monitoring, race conditions but single stack frontend development as well.

Patrik spent most of his career developing web applications on top of Java EE. The passion for this tech stack lead him to work full-time on cloud runtimes and MicroProfile and Jakarta EE specifications at Payara and transitioned to Azul. His most... Show more

Leon Adato is a Developer Relations Advocate and has held multiple industry certifications over his 36 years in IT including Cisco, Microsoft, A+, and more. His experience spans financial, healthcare, food and beverage, and other industries.

Leon has been speaking, blogging, and creating content in the monitoring and observability space for almost a decade. His expertise in IT began in 1989 and has led him through roles in classroom training, desktop support, server support, network engineering and systems automation before landing in monitoring and observability over 27 years ago.

Leon Adato is a Developer Relations Advocate and has held multiple industry certifications over his 36 years in IT including Cisco, Microsoft, A+, and more. His experience spans financial, healthcare, food and beverage, and other industries. Leon ... Show more

Shibi Ramachandran is a Software Engineer specializing in cloud-native platforms, distributed systems, and software architecture. He enjoys sharing practical engineering insights through talks and workshops at international tech events. His sessions focus on Agentic AI, Java best practices, and cloud-native technologies,

Shibi Ramachandran is a Software Engineer specializing in cloud-native platforms, distributed systems, and software architecture. He enjoys sharing practical engineering insights through talks and workshops at international tech events. His sessions ... Show more

Hi, I’m Achraf Ben Alaya a Cloud and Azure Architect, Microsoft MVP, Microsoft Certified Trainer, and DevSecOps Engineer.

Today, my work focuses on designing and delivering modern cloud architectures, helping organizations build secure, scalable, and reliable solutions on Microsoft Azure. With a strong background in .NET, Xamarin, full-stack development, DevOps, and security practices, I bring both architectural vision and hands-on technical experience to every project.

As a lifelong learner, I believe that growth comes from continuous improvement and knowledge sharing. Beyond my work as an architect, I’m passionate about helping the tech community better understand Azure, Cloud, DevOps, and DevSecOps through practical content, training, and real-world insights.

My goal is to simplify complex technologies, share what I learn, and inspire others to keep growing in their own cloud and technology journeys.

Whether you’re an architect, developer, DevOps engineer, cloud enthusiast, or someone exploring modern technology, welcome to my space.

Website: achrafbenalaya.com

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Hi, I’m Achraf Ben Alaya a Cloud and Azure Architect, Microsoft MVP, Microsoft Certified Trainer, and DevSecOps Engineer. Today, my work focuses on designing and delivering modern cloud architectures, helping organizations build secure, scalable,... Show more

Rudraksh is a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) at Simplismart, where he builds solutions focused on high-performance AI inference. He previously worked as an AI Engineer at ZS Associates. He is a two-time Google Summer of Code participant with the openSUSE Project and is currently serving as a mentor for the GSoC 2026 term.

He has presented internationally at conferences such as KubeCon EU, PyTorch Conference EU, OpenSearch Korea, PyCon US, PyCon JP, openSUSE Conference (Germany), Early Adopter Tech Summit (Florida), and openSUSE Asia Summit (Tokyo, Japan), focusing on GenAI, open-source, and cloud-native technologies.

Rudraksh is a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) at Simplismart, where he builds solutions focused on high-performance AI inference. He previously worked as an AI Engineer at ZS Associates. He is a two-time Google Summer of Code participant with the ope... Show more

Anwar Khan is a Senior Staff Software Engineer specializing in production AI systems, including agentic orchestration, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), Knowledge RAG / GraphRAG, Model Context Protocol (MCP) server design, LLM evaluation harnesses, and the data-readiness and guardrails work required to make enterprise AI reliable in production. Over 16 years, he has led the productionization of agentic AI systems, secure tool-server architecture, and distributed data platforms operating at petabyte scale.

Today he serves at a Fortune 100 industrial technology company, where he designs and operates AI and platform engineering patterns adopted across multiple engineering teams, including production MCP server infrastructure with multi-tenant authorization, LangGraph-based multi-agent orchestration, hybrid retrieval across vector stores and knowledge graphs, and enterprise LLM observability and evaluation frameworks. His earlier infrastructure work delivered ~400× improvement in streaming throughput while reducing processing latency from 24 hours to under 3 minutes.

Anwar writes and speaks on enterprise AI engineering patterns including MCP, agentic orchestration, evaluation harnesses, LLM guardrails, and AI platform engineering. He is available for keynote, breakout, panel, podcast, technical advisory, judging, and peer-review engagements for AI/ML systems conferences and journals. He holds AWS Solutions Architect Professional and AWS DevOps Engineer Professional certifications, has authored 3 peer-reviewed publications, and received Distinguished Performance recognition in 2025. Stack: Python, TypeScript, Databricks, AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, LangGraph, LangSmith, Datadog LLM Observability.

Anwar Khan is a Senior Staff Software Engineer specializing in production AI systems, including agentic orchestration, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), Knowledge RAG / GraphRAG, Model Context Protocol (MCP) server design, LLM evaluation harnesse... Show more