Becky is the owner of Savvy Technical Solutions, a consulting company based in the greater St. Louis area. She helps her clients build custom solutions on the Microsoft platform of products including Microsoft 365 and the Power Platform. She's a 15-time SharePoint MVP, Microsoft Certified Trainer, and has authored numerous on-demand courses as well Microsoft exams. Becky is married with 3 children, aged 13, 11 and 8. Her hobbies include shuttling her kids to activities and listening to them talk incessantly about Minecraft.

Becky is the owner of Savvy Technical Solutions, a consulting company based in the greater St. Louis area. She helps her clients build custom solutions on the Microsoft platform of products including Microsoft 365 and the Power Platform. She's a 15-t... Show more

Ryan is a prolific public speaker and polyglot software person who's worked across a ton of different domains, from operating systems & infrastructure all the way up to "data science". He has spoken at events ranging in size from local Meetup groups to regional tech conferences, and even at Google Next. He is the founder & maintainer of OpenSourceCorp, a project aiming to emulate & educate on typical enterprise IT environments. He loves video games, travel, food, and foreign language, whether of the software or human variety.

Ryan is a prolific public speaker and polyglot software person who's worked across a ton of different domains, from operating systems & infrastructure all the way up to "data science". He has spoken at events ranging in size from local Meetup groups ... Show more

Emily Hemingway is the Founding Executive Director of TechSTL and the Wedge Innovation Center. A 20-year veteran in building innovation ecosystems around the country, Emily is driving economic growth across the St. Louis metro by catalyzing tech jobs, tech startups, and tech innovation. She is the lead organizer for STL TechWeek.

Emily Hemingway is the Founding Executive Director of TechSTL and the Wedge Innovation Center. A 20-year veteran in building innovation ecosystems around the country, Emily is driving economic growth across the St. Louis metro by catalyzing tech jobs... Show more

Spencer Schneidenbach is a Microsoft MVP and CTO/President of Aviron Software, a cloud and software development firm specializing in .NET, React, React Native, and Microsoft Azure with employees all over the world. Visit our website at https://avironsoftware.com for more information.

Spencer Schneidenbach is a Microsoft MVP and CTO/President of Aviron Software, a cloud and software development firm specializing in .NET, React, React Native, and Microsoft Azure with employees all over the world. Visit our website at https://aviron... Show more

Shanti Greene is the leader of AI and Data Strategy at Infocepts. A passionate technologist, over the past 2 decades he has helped countless organizations transform their disorganized data into valuable business insights. His teams have utilized leading-edge technologies (large language models, computer vision, neural network-based forecasting) to improve business outcomes. Shanti’s expertise extends to cloud and data engineering, having architected the data ingestion, storage, and retrieval for a fully containerized, poly-cloud capable, near real-time analytics platform. In addition to his consulting role, Shanti is a professor at the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, where he teaches graduate-level analytics.

Shanti Greene is the leader of AI and Data Strategy at Infocepts. A passionate technologist, over the past 2 decades he has helped countless organizations transform their disorganized data into valuable business insights. His teams have utilized lea... Show more

Zachary Klein is Principal Software Engineer at Object Computing Inc, where he works as a consultant and solutions architect, as well as an OSS contributor to frameworks like Grails and Micronaut. Zachary has delivered private and public training on many facets of application development, including front-end frameworks, architecture, and web security. Zachary is based in St Louis MO with his lovely wife and five (yes, you read that right!) incredibly adorable children.

Zachary Klein is Principal Software Engineer at Object Computing Inc, where he works as a consultant and solutions architect, as well as an OSS contributor to frameworks like Grails and Micronaut. Zachary has delivered private and public training ... Show more

With over 20 years of experience in the mobile messaging industry, I have co-founded and led two successful companies that have helped businesses communicate with their customers more effectively and efficiently using text mesaging.

I am also the inventor of three and soon four patents for Rich Communication Services (RCS) messaging, a technology that enables rich multimedia communication across different devices and platforms.

As the President and Co-founder of NativeMsg, I specialize in creating innovative conversational experiences for businesses using artificial intelligence (AI) and rich messaging channels.

These solutions help companies to improve customer service, enhance engagement, drive sales, and increase overall efficiency. In addition, nativeMsg provides analytics and reporting features that offer insights into customer behavior and interaction patterns.

My mission is to leverage the power of messaging interfaces to create seamless and personalized consumer experiences. I am passionate about developing and delivering advanced communication solutions that meet the needs and expectations of today's customers and businesses.

I believe that messaging is the future of communication and interaction, and I am committed to making it more accessible, convenient, and engaging for everyone.

With over 20 years of experience in the mobile messaging industry, I have co-founded and led two successful companies that have helped businesses communicate with their customers more effectively and efficiently using text mesaging. I am also the ... Show more

Sheila Burkett is a founder and CEO at a thriving St. Louis digital solutions agency, an advocate for women in technology and a dynamic networker. Her company, Spry Digital, enables clients to tap their full potential by strengthening the connection between their processes and people.

Burkett has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Missouri-St. Louis and an MBA from Washington University in St. Louis. She serves on multiple boards, associations and alumni
organizations.

Sheila Burkett is a founder and CEO at a thriving St. Louis digital solutions agency, an advocate for women in technology and a dynamic networker. Her company, Spry Digital, enables clients to tap their full potential by strengthening the connection ... Show more

Justin is a passionate problem solver, with experience helping organizations solve some of their toughest cloud, devops and data engineering challenges. He’s also an active educator, serving as an adjunct instructor and facilitating workshops within the St. Louis area.

Justin is a passionate problem solver, with experience helping organizations solve some of their toughest cloud, devops and data engineering challenges. He’s also an active educator, serving as an adjunct instructor and facilitating workshops within ... Show more

With nearly two decades of strategic planning and advisory experience, Marco has supported executives and leaders at all levels with their most challenging problems. His professional experience stretches from a wide range of industries to include aerospace defense, national security, energy, healthcare, and fintech among others.

Marco's professional background is in organizational strategy and business transformation. But he is a nerd at heart with a deep passion for science fiction, superheroes, and lightsabers. That passion drives his interest and work in the exciting and ever-evolving world of emerging technologies like AI as well as the infinite possibilities web 3.0.

With nearly two decades of strategic planning and advisory experience, Marco has supported executives and leaders at all levels with their most challenging problems. His professional experience stretches from a wide range of industries to include aer... Show more

As the competency lead, Adam is responsible for capability development and has led a number of internal training sessions and classes. Adam is an organizer for the St. Louis Big Data IDEA (Innovation, Data Engineering, and Analytics) User Group. As an organizer for the St. Louis Big Data IDEA User Group, he has been a frequent speaker and master of ceremonies. Adam has spoken at local and national conferences including Gateway to Innovation, the TDWI Leadership Conference, Hadoop Summit, Stampedecon, the HDAA Annual conference, and HIMSS Big Data Health Care Analytics Forum.

As the competency lead, Adam is responsible for capability development and has led a number of internal training sessions and classes. Adam is an organizer for the St. Louis Big Data IDEA (Innovation, Data Engineering, and Analytics) User Group. As a... Show more