Seattle - Speakers List
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Aaron Glick
Principal Product Manager
Aaron is a Product Manager with 11 years of experience at Microsoft. He is primarily focused on FLW admin experiences in Microsoft Teams, including accelerating the deployment and management of Microsoft Teams across shared and dedicated devices. Aaron is dedicated to reducing the friction of FLW Teams deployments and ensuring that FLWs have the tools to be successful in Microsoft Teams from day one.
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Adam Harmetz
Vice President of Product, SharePoint & Viva
Adam is a VP of PM in the Collaborative Apps & Platforms organization at Microsoft. He has 19 years of experience in content management and employee experience product design and driving customer success for organizations large and small. His team is focused on integrating the SharePoint experience inside Microsoft Teams and helping generate the next decade of intranet innovation with new products like Microsoft Viva Topics, Viva Connections, and Viva Amplify. He lives in Kirkland, WA with his wife (a director of product at an education startup) and two kids. Check out his and his wife's writings on career, parenting, and life at https://blog.mindthebeet.com.
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Adam Marget
Product Marketing Manager | Kaseya
Adam Marget is a Product Marketing Manager at Kaseya, a Global Leader in IT & Security Management. Driven by a love and curiosity for technology, Adam’s been delighted to have been afforded the opportunity help both end users and channel partners solve challenges around disaster recovery and business continuity. Prior to joining the SaaS and BCDR team at Spanning and Unitrends, Adam worked with national IT solutions provider CDW where he leveraged a variety of partner solutions to help his customers achieve their goals across backup, networking, security, power & cooling, endpoint, and data center technologies.
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Agnes Molnar
Founder, Managing Consultant
Agnes Molnar is an internationally-recognized expert in the fields of enterprise search, in-formation architecture, and Microsoft technologies. The author of many acclaimed books, Agnes regularly speaks at technical conferences throughout Europe, Asia, and North America, and has been recognized as both a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional since 2008, and one of the Top 25 Influencers for Microsoft SharePoint and Office 365 technologies since 2012.
While receiving her Master of Science degree (MSc) from the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Agnes developed a passion for helping people understand the power and possibility of search and discovery technologies, and how these innovations could impact their lives, their businesses, and their communities.
This passion has guided her career, during which she has consulted many of the world’s largest companies, government agencies, and NGO’s in over 30 countries. In addition to leading the design and deployment of cutting-edge search applications for these clients, Agnes also developed comprehensive training programs focused on knowledge management best practices, user adoption, and success measurement. This pioneering curricula – continually refined to embrace the latest research and approaches, with dedicated tracks for both technical and non-technical teams -proved highly-successful. This in-spired Agnes to found Search Explained, which since 2013 has been offering its technical expertise and people-friendly training curricula to help clients around the world ensure the success of their knowledge management and search initiatives.
When not working with clients or managing the global Search Explained team, Agnes is the proud mother of three precocious children, and enjoys speaking to organizations around the world about the vital role of women in technology.- Speaker Certification
- MVP, RD
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Alex Powers
Sr Program Manager
From financial services to felines, the World Wide Web to professional wrestling - Alex Powers has an affinity for the conventional and unconventional when it comes to information. A self-proclaimed Microsoft Evangelist Alex Powers enjoys contributing to online forums and sharing his passion for empowering others using Microsoft products and services.
- Speaker Certification
- MCSA, MCSE
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Alex Terentiev
Senior Dev Engineer @Microsoft. Microsoft 365 PnP Team Member.
Alex is a senior development engineer at Microsoft responsible for the SharePoint Framework (SPFx) development model. Before joining Microsoft, Alex has been working with SharePoint and Office 365 for more than 13 years, focusing on building custom SharePoint/Office 365 solutions. He was leading development of various SharePoint products, being used by hundreds of companies all over the world. Having very strong background in front-end development, he is riding the modern web development wave and helping community with learning latest development techniques. Alex is a member of Microsoft 365 PnP Team, regular contributor to Microsoft 365 PnP initiative and maintainer of PnP Reusable Controls repositories.
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Amarender Peddamalku
MVP | Practice Lead - Microsoft Modern Work @Perficient
Amarender Peddamalku is a Microsoft MVP in Business Applications. As a Digital Transformation Leader and Microsoft Modern Work Practice Lead at Perficient, my focus is on Employee Experience and Power Platform. Has over 15 years of experience with Microsoft Technologies and worked with every single version of SharePoint since its inception.
- Speaker Certification
- MVP Business Applications
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Amit Vasu
Solutions Architect - MS 365
Amit Vasu is Solutions Architect - MS 365, working on SharePoint and related technologies since 2003. For the past 10 years Amit is focusing on creating business process automation with SharePoint and related technologies. He also has several years of experience building BI solutions on SharePoint. Amit is MCSE - SP 2016 and was awarded Microsoft MVP award in 2014. Amit also frequently participates in the SharePoint community events including SharePoint Saturday, SharePoint code camp and local user groups.
- Speaker Certification
- MVP
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Antonio Maio
Protiviti - Managing Director & Enterprise Architect
Antonio Maio is an enterprise architect with over 20 years of experience in information security, cybersecurity systems, data governance, and leadership. Antonio is a Managing Director and Senior Enterprise Architect with Protiviti. He is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP), specializing in security and compliance solutions within the Microsoft 365 platform, SharePoint, Office Apps and Services. His experience includes implementing information security technologies, information governance programs and cybersecurity best practices, for both large enterprise and government organizations.
- Speaker Certification
- MVP
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Ashvini Sharma
Partner Director of Product Management at Microsoft
Ashvini Sharma leads Power Automate’s cloud automation capabilities, including the copilot experiences and integrations with other products. He joined Power Automate in 2019 to lead Microsoft’s robotic process automation offering, prior to which he worked on Business Intelligence capabilities in SQL Server and Excel since joining Microsoft in 1997.
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Asif Rehmani
CEO at VisualSP
Asif is the founder and CEO of VisualSP (https://www.visualsp.com). Asif is hyper focused on the areas of digital transformation and digital adoption and advises CIOs at organizations around the world routinely on how best to support and train their employees with a blended training approach that includes a mix of synchronous and asynchronous mechanisms.
Asif has been training and mentoring on Microsoft technologies since 2002. He has been a Microsoft MVP for 16 years as of 2022 and has authored several books over the years for Wiley publications. Asif has also been a speaker at conferences on numerous topics. He resides in United States, but has performed speaking engagements in Germany, Netherlands, New Zealand, UK, Sweden, Ireland, Canada and more.
For a more detailed bio, please visit http://www.visualsp.com/about/
You can reach Asif at:This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .- Speaker Certification
- MVP
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Ben Summers
Director of PMM Copilot for Microsoft 365 Infrastructure
In his fourteen years at Microsoft, Ben has held roles in Finance, Business Development, Licensing and Developer Marketing. Prior to joining Microsoft, he worked in telecommunications where he built and ran operations centers and where he was awarded a US Patent for his work developing a web-based broadband network testing system. He is also lapsed concert pianist, obsessive skier, pie-maker, tennis-ball chaser, husband, and father passionate about building the AI-powered collaboration products that are reshaping the global, local, and personal spaces in which we work.
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Ben Truelove
Principal Designer, Microsoft CxD Studio
Ben Truelove is a principal designer working on Copilot and search experiences in OneDrive. Before that he worked on Microsoft Lists and a wide variety of projects from Windows to AutoPC in his 27-year career. He also is an Accessibility Champion and educator in Microsoft wide initiatives which include the invention of accessibility specs and other tools for designers.
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Bharath Varadarajan
Principal Product Lead at Microsoft
Bharath Varadarajan, a Principal Product Lead at Microsoftr at Microsoft, is a key player in shaping the company’s technology landscape. His expertise lies in driving innovation, collaborating with thought leaders, and creating impactful solutions. Whether it’s empowering businesses or enhancing user experiences, Bharath’s contributions resonate across the tech industry.
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Biatrice Ambrosa
Principal Engineering Manager
Biatrice Ambrosa, also known as Bia, is a Principal Engineering Manager for the Project, Planner, and ToDo team at Microsoft. She joined the company in 2006 following the acquisition of a Portfolio Management solution. Bia's dedication to creating seamless user experiences and her expertise in data analytics have been instrumental in integrating both quantitative and qualitative user feedback into the development of Microsoft's products. She has recently played a pivotal role in the unification of multiple task management products into the new Planner in Teams application.
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Bradley Demirjian
Product Manager, Power Pages, Microsoft
Bradley is a Product Manager on the Power Pages team where he focuses on the low code design studio and Copilot generative AI experiences.
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Brian Alderman
Former six-year MVP, 28-year MCT, MCSE, Author, Speaker, Consultant
Brian Alderman is a former six-year Microsoft MVP, and twenty-eight consecutive years as an MCT, and seven years as a PMP. Since 1995 he has held several Microsoft certifications that currently include MCSE for SharePoint, MCSA for Office 365, MCITP for SQL Server(R), and MCSE for Windows Server(R). As a Senior Technical Instructor, and consultant he has 30 years of experience in networking, SQL Server databases, SharePoint technologies, Microsoft 365, and project management. Brian's publications include Windows 2000 Professional, SQL Server 2000 Administration, SharePoint 2010 Administrator's Companion and Microsoft SharePoint 2013 Administration Inside Out. He is an active speaker at SharePoint, SQL Server, and Microsoft 365 Industry conferences including SharePoint Saturday's, CollabDays, SPLive, DevIntersection, SharePoint Fest/365 EduCon, North American Collaboration Summit, Microsoft 365 Conference, Microsoft Ignite and several international SharePoint conferences including London, Milan, Dublin, Madrid, and Copenhagen. Brian has a BS and MS in Computer Information Systems where he graduated summa cum laude from Regis University of Colorado Springs and now lives in Scottsdale, AZ where he enjoys playing golf year-round and traveling around the world.
- Speaker Certification
- MCT, MCSA, Master's in CIS
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Charles Webb
Leading a PM team focused on citizen and pro-developers, self-service and enterprise analytics, and AI for Microsoft Fabric
Leading a PM team focused on citizen and pro-developers, self-service and enterprise analytics, and AI for Microsoft Fabric.
Separately, as a former NCAA D1 student-athlete (basketball), I serve on the board of the Make a Play Foundation, an organization dedicated to preparing minority collegiate student-athletes for life and careers off of the playing field and in competitive industries. Learn more at: https://makeaplayfoundation.com -
Chris Garty
Senior Product Manager at Microsoft
Chris Garty, a Senior Product Manager at Microsoft, has been instrumental in making application lifecycle management (ALM) easier within Power Automate. ALM encompasses the end-to-end lifecycle management of applications and automations, including aspects like governance, development, and maintenance.
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Chris McNulty
Director of Product Marketing, Microsoft 365
Chris McNulty is Director of Product Marketing for Microsoft 365, Knowledge/Content Services, OneDrive, SharePoint, Stream, SharePoint Syntex and Microsoft Viva. Chris’s experience as CTO includes companies such as Dell and Quest Software. He was first recognized as a SharePoint MVP in 2013, and led the consulting practice at Knowledge Management Associates, a US based Microsoft Gold Partner. A frequent speaker at events around the globe, Chris is the author of the “SharePoint 2013 Consultant’s Handbook” among other works. Chris holds an MBA from Boston College in Investment Management and has over twenty years’ experience with John Hancock, State Street, GMO and Santander. He blogs at https://techcommunity.microsoft.com and co-hosts the Intrazone podcast at https://aka.ms/TheIntrazone
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Cynthia Johnson
Senior Product Marketing Manager at Microsoft
Cynthia is a Senior Product Marketing Manager at Microsoft, driving Copilot and Modern Work AI adoption and value strategy. Cynthia led the Early Access Program and the general availability launch for Copilot for Microsoft 365. She develops the Copilot Scenario Library and Copilot Success Kit. Cynthia is passionate about helping customers accelerate value with Copilot, drive technical deployment and user skilling, and reinvent business processes to deliver revenue growth, hard cost savings and an improved employee experience with AI.
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Daniel Christian
Microsoft Business Application MVP
As an early adopter of the Power Platform, Daniel has first-hand experienced the growth of these products. Daniel's 15+ years of technology experience includes on-premises and online, and his current primary focus has been the integration of these products with SharePoint, SQL, Cognitive Services and One-Drive. As an MVP, Daniel works directly with the Product teams, giving them feedback and testing the new features. He is also a huge proponent of sharing knowledge and hence a regular contributor of online and local communities.
- Speaker Certification
- MVP, MCT
- Power Platform Copilot In A Day
- Automate Desktop Processes using Robotic Process Automation in Power Automate
- Bye, Bye Microsoft Syntex, Hello SharePoint Premium!
- Discussion Bytes - Power Platform Copilot
- Two Guys and A Copilot - The DnA Show!
- Ask the Experts - 4
- Bye, Bye Power Virtual Agents, Hello Microsoft 365 Copilot Studio!
- How Copilot Studio Uses Generative A.I. to Build Custom Copilot
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Daniel Glenn
Microsoft MVP, Owner and Microsoft 365 Consultant at CollabFront
Daniel is a Microsoft MVP and Independent Consultant working with organizations throughout North America to help them understand, adopt, and love their technology. Daniel is a sought-after trainer, providing customized Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, Microsoft Viva, Power BI, and Power Automate training for companies around the world.
Daniel is passionate about building technical community in Tennessee with his roles as the co-founder and current President of the Nashville Microsoft 365 Users Group and Director of Microsoft 365 Nashville. He is also co-host for the popular "365 Message Center Show" at https://365MCS.com. You can follow Daniel online at https://DanielGlenn.com and @DanielGlenn on Twitter.- Speaker Certification
- MVP
- Power Apps and Power Automate (Flow) for M365/SharePoint Bootcamp
- Content Management for the AI Era: How to Optimize Your Content for Copilot
- Ask the Experts - 1
- Discussion Bytes - Sharing Strategies
- Empowering Managers with Microsoft Viva
- Ask the Experts - 6
- Migrating to Microsoft 365 – Your Guide to a Successful Move
- Keeping up with change in Microsoft 365 in the AI Era
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Dave Cohen
Principal Group Product Manager, SharePoint Experiences
15 year Microsoft veteran, 12 in the SharePoint product space. Currently leading the SharePoint sites and pages product management team focused on innovative Intranet experiences and solutions.
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David Drever
Microsoft 365 MVP - Compliance and M365 Specialist
David is an Associate Director with Protiviti Canada and an 8-time Microsoft 365 Apps and Services MVP. For over 20 years, David has worked in a wide variety of areas in IT, ranging from Desktop\Server support to development in C++ and .NET technologies. During that period, David has added value to many clients in several sectors, including utilities, government, banking, and agriculture.
For nearly 15 years, David has worked exclusively in the SharePoint and Microsoft 365 domains. David assists numerous organizations understand their compliance needs and protecting their data by building Information Governance systems focusing on records management and information protection within Microsoft 365. He is a knowledgeable and sought-after international speaker within IT circles and is consulted regularly by companies formulating their Digital Workplace strategies. He has helped strategize, design, and implement multiple Microsoft 365 environments. David has also designed and built numerous solutions utilizing PowerApps, Microsoft Flow, and SharePoint.
David blogs at http://prairiedeveloper.com- Speaker Certification
- MVP
- Microsoft 365 Purview: Maintaining and Protecting Your Data Throughout its Lifecycle
- Microsoft 365 Compliance: Implementing information governance, risk, and compliance management
- Ask the Experts - 2
- You Have Sensitive Information. Now Let's Protect It.
- Data Lifecycle and Records Management – Tales from the Trenches
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Denise Trabona
Partner Design Director - Microsoft SharePoint
Denise’s experience ranges from designing software for content and publishing, including msnbc.com,
msn.com
and the Winter Olympics, to operating systems, where she led visual design and user experiences in Windows Live, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1. She is currently the Partner Director of Design for SharePoint leading the Design team working on sites & publishing, platform, core ux, admin, and more. -
Derah Onuorah
Product Manager, II Process Insights, Microsoft
Derah is a Product Manager 2 working on Process mining in Power Automate. Process mining is a feature that allows you to discover, analyze, and optimize the processes that are happening in your organization. He is a recent graduate of McGill University (Montreal, QC) where he studied Finance, Computer Science, and Business Analytics. Derah is passionate about building technology that empowers customers to solve key business problems and he is looking forward to engaging with you all at the MPPC!
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Derek Cash-Peterson
Principal Architect - Sympraxis Consulting
Derek is passionate about building intuitive and useful applications, focusing on the design and user experience as well as the development.
He has over 20 years of industry experience building customized intranets, extranets, and public facing websites based on the Microsoft stack. He specializes in front-end development and visual design/branding of SharePoint, Teams, and Microsoft 365. He brings a design eye to a developers world along with skills in information architecture, content architecture, and collaboration strategy skills.- Speaker Certification
- MVP
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Dewain Robinson
Principal Program Manager for Power Virtual Agents and Conversational AI at Microsoft
Dewain Robinson is a Microsoft Principal Program Manager for Bot Framework and Power Virtual Agents that has been working with Conversational AI for over 8 years and with Microsoft technologies and IT for over 25 years. Dewain has experience with working with numerous Fortune 500 companies to help them realize their potential with Microsoft solutions and has worked to implement Conversational AI in numerous form factors from IOT-specific to Enterprise scenarios.
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Eric Krusi
AvePoint, Senior Solutions Engineer
As a Sr. Solution Engineer Eric provides AvePoint’s global customer base with software solutions and services to migrate, manage, and protect Office 365 and SharePoint data. Eric has worked in the IT field since 2008, with experience across all facets of the Microsoft Stack. He has a passion for harnessing new technologies, and is dedicated to delivering world-class solutions. Eric has a special focus on cloud technology as he guides organizations on their digital transformation journey.
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Ewelina Manka
Sales Manager at CodeTwo
Experienced and passionate Technical Sales Manager, with over 9 years of experience in sales and customer service. Proven track record of reaching highest sales targets, building long lasting relationships with customers, and delivering exceptional customer service. Outside of work, Ewelina enjoys hiking, traveling abroad and volunteering at a local animal shelter.
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Fabian Williams
Microsoft, Senior Program Manager on the Graph team
FABIAN WILLIAMS is a Senior Product Manager and MVP Product Group Lead on the Microsoft Graph Team at Microsoft. He is a former 7X MVP in Visual Studio & Developer Technologies and Microsoft Azure awardee beginning with his work with the SharePoint product line that dates back to the 2003 release. Fabian holds a Bachelors of Science degree in Computer Information System “Magna-Cum-Laude” from Strayer University, Washington D.C. and his Masters in Computer Information Technology studies at the Johns Hopkins University Carey School for Business in Columbia, Maryland. You may find him on twitter at the @fabianwilliams handle and blog https://fabswill.com
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Frank Taliano
Director of Product Portfolio Management at M-Files
As the Director of Product Portfolio Management, Frank manages the overall health and growth of the M-Files portfolio of products, ensuring alignment with our corporate strategy and the needs of our users. This includes products developed by M-Files and the management of products developed by our partners through the Solution Partner programs. Prior to his 8 years at M-Files, Frank worked in various roles at OpenText and other Content Management vendors.
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Gemma Saint
Director, Customer Success and Growth at SWOOP Analytics, North America
Gemma is passionate about enabling colleagues to collaborate, communicate and build connections. She has more than 15 years experience in internal communication channel management, internal digital transformation and content creation. Gemma has managed global intranet projects and seen great success with rolling out enterprise social networks including Yammer and Workplace by Meta.
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Geoff Ables
Microsoft MVP, Best Selling Author
Geoff Ables is a thought leader on digital customer and employee engagement and a Microsoft MVP focusing on Dynamics 365, SharePoint, Teams and the Power Platform.
Geoff's most recent book, "The LUCK Principle: Business Results at the Intersection of People and Profit," delivers fresh insight and inspiration into creating people-centric digital workplaces.
His firm, C5 Insight, has twice been named an Inc 5000 company, and advises clients on digital customer and employee experience projects.
Geoff is also an avid motorcycle and wine enthusiast and has appeared as a guest on TruTVs's, "The Impractical Jokers."- Speaker Certification
- MVP, MCT
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Greg Lindhorst
Power Fx PM Architect
Greg is the Power Fx PM Architect on the Microsoft Power App team, responsible for Power Fx language design and other aspects of the Power Apps programming model. Greg has also contributed to Visual Studio, VBA, Access, Excel, SharePoint, and InfoPath, always gravitating to low code tools that enable anyone to create their own solutions and enable professional developers to save time and money with a great end user outcome.
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Heather Cook
Principal PM, Global Evangelism and Events, M365 Customer Advocacy Group, Microsoft
Heather currently serves as Principal PM Manager for the Microsoft 365 Customer Advocacy Group, Collaborative Applications and Platform Group at Microsoft. She leads a charter of engagement, evangelism, and growth by building strategy, programs, and connections for our community members with Microsoft. Heather is a former Microsoft MVP for Microsoft 365 Apps and Services. Over the past twenty-three years, Heather has been a marketing executive for multiple tech companies and Head Maven and Founder of her impact consultancy, Creative Maven. As a consultant, executive event producer, and fractional Chief Marketing Officer, Heather has produced thousands of events, campaigns, and experiences in the high-tech and entertainment industries. She is also a corporate and community keynote speaker who hosts and moderates in-person and online events and company meetings. Heather loves sharing stories and interviewing people. Her sassy podcast, Mavens Do It Better, features extraordinary experts who light a spark in our world and will get a reboot in 2024. Heather is a published playwright, theatre actor, director, and graduate of the University of Washington School of Drama, Seattle, Washington. Heather is originally from Michigan and Illinois and lives in Marina del Rey, California, close to LAX, so she can continue to travel and speak around the world about healthy workplaces, leveling up one's power skills, community, and diversity & inclusion.
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Heather Orta-Olmo
Senior Product Manager, Process Insights
Heather is a Senior Product Manager on the Power Automate Process Mining team leading the Copilot and AI efforts. She has been with the Power Platform for five years and is passionate about helping all users drive process change in a data driven way. Before working on process mining, she has worked on enabling partners to do more with the Power Platform from Power BI to Power Automate.
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Jaclynn Hiranaka
Principal Product Manager
Jaclynn Hiranaka is a Principal Product Manager at Microsoft with over 20 years of experience. Her expertise lies in Exchange and Exchange Online. Jaclynn has played a pivotal role in the release of the Service Encryption with Customer Key product. Currently, she is the product owner for Microsoft 365 Backup.
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Jakob Braunschweiger
Product Manager, Copilot in Planner, Microsoft
Jakob is for Product Manager for AI in Microsoft Planner
A generative AI enthusiast, he has recently been focused on delivering Copilot experiences in Microsoft Planner.
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Jason Himmelstein
Principal Program Manager, Microsoft
Jason Himmelstein is a Principal Program Manager on the Power BI CAT Team at Microsoft. He is a former Microsoft MVP in Office Apps & Services and Data Platform and a former Microsoft Regional Director with more than 25 years of experience working in the Microsoft eco-system. Jason has successfully architected solutions for customers of all sizes and maintains an active speaking schedule, addressing conferences around the world. He is also the co-host of the BIFocal.show podcast.
Jason is the author of the O’Reilly book “Developing Business Intelligence Apps for SharePoint”. Outside of this crazy working world, he is the father of 2 awesome dudes, a die-hard Texas Longhorns and San Antonio Spurs fan.- Speaker Certification
- PMP
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Jay Leask
Modern Work Architect
I facilitate discussions on modern IT practices, using 20 years of IT experience to engage customers in solutions design with a focus on increased the value and decreased risk within collaboration investments. My focus over the last 15 years has been on public sector organizations including state, local, and Federal government, as well as education institutions.
Find more about my conference presentations, blogs, and podcasts at https://my.link.gallery/jayleask- Speaker Certification
- PMP
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Jeremy Thake
Principal Program Manager, Microsoft
Jeremy Thake is a Principal Program Manager in the Microsoft Graph engineering team. He has developed on the Microsoft platform since 1998. He has worked as a developer consultant, VP of Product at large and small ISVs. Jeremy has spoken at conferences, tweeted, blogged and run podcasts for over ten years.
In his spare time he's raising his beautiful daughter with his wife in Seattle and screaming at the New York Rangers to shoot the puck. -
Joanne Klein
Microsoft 365 Independent Consultant
Joanne Klein is an independent Microsoft 365 consultant, a 6-time Microsoft MVP in M365 Apps & Services, and an Advanced Compliance specialist in the Microsoft suite of tools. Joanne works with her customers on planning and implementing information protection and data governance controls across their Microsoft 365 environments to address the unique challenges of today's modern workplace. She’s a firm believer that it’s not all about technology.
Joanne blogs about these areas with a focus on how to secure, protect, and govern information assets while minimizing end-user impact.- Speaker Certification
- MVP
- Microsoft 365 Purview: Maintaining and Protecting Your Data Throughout its Lifecycle
- Microsoft 365 Compliance: Implementing information governance, risk, and compliance management
- Bye, Bye Microsoft Syntex, Hello SharePoint Premium!
- An end-to-end look at SharePoint Premium Content Processing
- Data Lifecycle and Records Management – Tales from the Trenches
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John White
CTO of tyGraph and Evangelist with AvePoint.
John P White is the CTO of tyGraph and Evangelist at AvePoint. He holds a Master’s degree in Engineering from the University of Guelph and has been a Microsoft MVP since 2010 and a dual MVP since 2018 in both Microsoft Apps and Services and Data Platform. He has spent far too long (since 1990) in the Information Technology space, and possesses a skill set that spans both architecture and development. He has been instrumental in delivering projects and applications that have been recognized with both local and global awards from Microsoft and IBM.
John has accumulated a plethora of legacy technologies over the years like Novell, Lotus Notes and Java, and of course Microsoft technologies. This experience has proven invaluable when architecting systems. Over the past decade, he has been focused on the Microsoft collaborative and data platforms and is a frequent speaker on these topics.
He blogs as actively as possible at the White Pages and is the co-host of the weekly https://bifocal.show/ which covers the Microsoft business intelligence space. John lives in the country just outside of Guelph, Canada. He is the father of 3 boys, is an avid scuba diver, gardener, and photographer, both under and above the water (but mostly under).- Speaker Certification
- MVP
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Johnny McCormick
Senior Product Marketing Manager
Johnny McCormick is a Senior Product Marketing Manager focused on Microsoft Teams Premium. In his current role and across past experiences on Microsoft’s Corporate Strategy team and serving tech clients at McKinsey & Company, Johnny is passionate about accelerating the adoption of new cloud and AI software innovations to boost the way teams work together. He holds a BA and MS from Stanford University. Born and raised in the Seattle area, Johnny enjoys hiking the surrounding Cascade mountains with his family.
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Josh Caplan
Principal Program Manager - Microsoft
Josh Caplan is a Principal Program Manager at Microsoft currently working on the Azure Synapse team. Prior to that role Josh drove professional BI experiences for Power BI, SQL Server Analysis Servers and Azure Analysis Services as well as the developer experiences for Power BI. He spent several years on the Bing team developing BI on Bing’s massive data.
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Joy Apple
The Joy of SharePoint - Microsoft MVP & Modern Work Strategist
Joy Apple is a Microsoft MVP and Director of Partner and Customer Success at Orchestry.
As a seasoned information technologist, Joy strives to ensure technology is implemented with a purpose-driven, “human-first” approach. Teaching is one of her passions, and Joy finds personal and professional fulfillment volunteering in the Microsoft Community, speaking and educating others on best practices for success with Microsoft 365.
During her time as a SharePoint/Microsoft 365 consultant and trainer Joy has had the opportunity to work across industries, including government and our armed services.
When Joy isn’t working with the Orchestry team or speaking or writing as the “Joy of SharePoint,” she can probably be found at a music venue or the newest fun spot in Tulsa, Oklahoma.- Speaker Certification
- MVP
- Microsoft 365 Groups - The Force That Binds the Universe (of Apps) Together
- Creating Intelligent Intranet Using Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, and Viva Engage!
- Governance, Information Management, and Teams - What you need to know!
- Viva Underground. An Outcome-based Route to Success with Microsoft Viva
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Julie Koesmarno
Principal Product Manager at Microsoft
Julie Koesmarno is a Principal Product Manager at Microsoft, for the Dataverse team and bringing Copilot AI experiences to Business Applications. She has worked in Data Management, Data Warehouse and Big Data Analytics solutions both on-premises and cloud over the past decade. She has worked as a product manager for SQL Server, Azure SQL and Azure Data Studio.
She is a regular speaker for user groups and conferences such as Power Platform Conference, SQL Saturdays, PASS Summit and SQL Bits. She is a co-author of SQL Server 2017 Machine Learning Services with R. -
Karinne Bessette
Technologist, PS @Veeam
As a seasoned professional with a comprehensive background in network and security, I am deeply passionate about the world of technology and its continuous evolution. I thrive on mastering challenges and sharing wisdom. Proficient in Microsoft 365, Azure, and Veeam Software since 2017, my expertise shines through various certifications (see badges on my Credly profile: https://www.credly.com/users/rinbytes/badges).
I blend technical prowess with a love for imparting knowledge. Adept at engaging presentations, I've addressed diverse audiences. Eager to learn, I readily embrace new tasks, software, and skills.
Experience:
Technologist | Veeam Software | 2017-Present
As a Technical Evangelist, I excel in Microsoft 365 and Backup Technologies. Through dynamic narratives, I convey complex ideas engagingly. At industry conferences, I gather insights, amplifying product feedback. Engaging with technical influencers bolsters my network. Skillful at managing relationships, I ensure seamless collaboration across departments.
Instructor | Knox County Career Center | 2021-Present
Empowering adult learners in IT, I've crafted hands-on curricula. I cover CompTIA (A+, Network+, Security+), Microsoft (AZ-900), and Veeam (VMCE) certifications. I nurture adaptable tech stars.
Board of Education Member | 2020-Present
Contributing to tech education's future, I collaborate with pros on industry trends. Impactful insights refine IT programs at Knox Technical Center, shaping skilled professionals.
With an unswerving commitment to tech, learning, and fostering connections, I'm dedicated to driving meaningful outcomes. -
Karuana Gatimu
Customer Advocacy Group, Microsoft Teams Engineering
I'm a technology professional with a passion for people, leadership and Microsoft. Currently, I work in the Microsoft Teams engineering group managing our Customer Advocacy team. I get a chance to drive quality into our product and help organizations with their digital transformation using Microsoft 365 cloud services.
I'm also the producer of Coffee in the Cloud, a video series about Microsoft 365 and my team delivers adoption.microsoft.com, communities for Champions, ITPros and Event Producers and content for Microsoft Learn. I co-chair the Microsoft Global Community Initiative (https://aka.ms/MGCIBlog) that globally supports community organizers. I am passionate about women in technology and am founder of the Women of Color Leadership Community and the Microsoft E+D Womens' Board.
I love to travel, cook and read science fiction which is increasingly becoming science fact. As a lifelong learner I'm constantly studying topics about the evolution of the human condition, the mind and our deeper desire for meaningful lives. Meaning for me comes from my husband and two rescue dogs, Cooper & Bandit.
Reach out via LinkedIn at https://linkedin.com/in/karuanagatimu and follow @MSFTAdoption on Twitter -
Katia Gomes Cavalcanti
Senior Product Manager, Microsoft
As a Senior Product Manager at Microsoft, I oversee a portfolio of projects focused on tenant manageability and governance containers within the M365 Collaboration Suite, also known as Digital Shared Workspaces. My responsibilities extend to fostering relationships with Product Groups (PGs), rolling out Microsoft-related products internally, and spearheading custom solutions that augment these products to bolster Microsoft’s security posture. My role is pivotal in ensuring that our digital environments are not only manageable and compliant but also secure and efficient, reflecting Microsoft’s dedication to innovation and leadership in digital security. As part of the Microsoft Digital organization, my team and I are at the forefront of Microsoft’s customer zero initiative for compliance solutions, embodying the responsibility to be the first and best user of our products. This role is pivotal in advocating for the needs of enterprise customers, ensuring that our solutions meet the highest standards of Enterprise Grade readiness.
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Keanan Ball
Sr. Director of Product Marketing
Keanan Ball is the Senior Director of Product Marketing at Kaseya. He loves waking up every day to tell small businesses about how automation that will make their lives better. Keanan has led over 30 successful launches for startups and publicly traded companies alike. When not working on product launches you can find Keanan cracking dad jokes, hiking the backwoods of British Columbia, or hanging with his two Sphynx cats.
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Kristi Kelly
Principal Product Manager of Copilot and AI experiences in Microsoft Viva
Kristi Kelly is a principal product manager of Copilot and AI experiences in Microsoft Viva. Kristi has a background in the study of human psychology and over ten years experience leveraging that background to design technology that helps people work together to achieve shared goals. Kristi’s focus is making AI a part of thriving at work, helping people achieve more while feeling more connected to each other.
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Leon Welicki
Chief Product Officer, Power Apps
Leon is the Chief Product Officer for Power Apps, Microsoft’s low-code application development offering. Leon leads and partners across the Microsoft platform to deliver high-quality, simple, and delightful end-to-end experiences that empower every person to participate in the app ecosystem as a user, maker, or admin. Before joining the Power Apps team, Leon was the Director of Product driving Azure’s end-to-end management experiences. Leon holds Software Engineering PhD and MSc degrees from the Pontifical University of Salamanca in Spain and is a frequent presenter on Cloud and low-code movements.
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Marc Windle
Principal Product Manager, Microsoft
Product Manager within the Microsoft OneDrive and SharePoint team, currently focused on SharePoint Embedded.
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Maria Popa
Product Marketing Specialist - IT Glue
Maria Popa is a dedicated Product Marketing Specialist at Kaseya, specializing in elevating IT operational efficiency for IT professionals through solutions like IT Glue, My Glue, Network Glue, and myITprocess. She applies her experience from working in Communications and Events to create strategic marketing initiatives aimed to boost product adoption and customer satisfaction through insightful market analysis and innovative campaigns.
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Mark Kashman
Senior product manager - SharePoint in Microsoft 365
Mark is a senior product manager on the SharePoint & OneDrive team focused primarily on SharePoint in Office 365. He has worked at MSFT since 2000. He started working with SharePoint building a digital asset management (DAM) solution built on top of SharePoint 2007 (IMM, the Interactive Media Manager) before moving to the SharePoint team. Mark co-hosts The Intrazone podcast (aka.ms/TheIntrazone) – a show about the SharePoint intelligent intranet. He lives in the Sammamish, WA area and enjoys kayaking, soccer, hiking, Dad’ness, and quiet-bird-chirping moments for reading and writing books - when not playing that darned addictive Bejeweled. Twitter/@MKashman
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Mark Rackley
Group Manager, Modern Workplace Architect at Avanade
Mark is Group Manager, Modern Workplace Architect at Avanade and a Microsoft MVP with more than 20 years of experience designing and developing software solutions. Mark’s daily responsibilities include forging the direction of solution architecture and development projects for clients while providing the best solutions for clients' unique problems. As a globally recognized SharePoint geek, Mark is an active blogger, presenter, author (and bacon aficionado) who is eager to lend his real-world knowledge of SharePoint to all who need it.
In addition to speaking at various SharePoint & Office 365 conferences around the world, Mark is the organizer of The North American Collaboration Summit (www.collabsummit.org) in Branson, Missouri, the creator of the free InfoPath replacement tool StratusForms (www.stratusforms.com), and a podcaster at www.techsplaining.net- Speaker Certification
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Matt Townsend
Senior Product Manager, Power Automate, Microsoft
Matt Townsend is a Senior Product Manager for Microsoft Power Automate, the automation platform for the Power Platform and Dynamics 365 that makes it simple to streamline your day-to-day tasks and business processes across Microsoft apps, copilots, and other systems. Matt is passionate about making automation accessible to all, with focus on integrations with Dataverse, Copilot Studio, and Dynamics 365.
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Max Fritz
Microsoft Product Manager
Max is a Senior Product Manager for Education at Microsoft. He focuses on improving collaboration and productivity, and has worked with Office 365 for the past ten years. He is a self-proclaimed geek, passionate about a broad range of messaging and collaboration tools and can't stop talking about the technology he loves.
Max is the founder of the Minnesota Microsoft 365 User Group, and holds various Microsoft certifications. Max can be found speaking at Microsoft 365 conferences all over the country. -
Melissa Torres
Principal PM Manager
Melissa is a Principal PM Manager working on the OneDrive and SharePoint team, responsible for leading the SharePoint pages authoring and platform team. She leads a team of product managers who work on Pages, a core component powering home pages for team sites, article pages for communication sites, content first authoring with News posts and more. Previously, Melissa worked on sites focused on capabilities like hub sites and site templates. She lives in Washington state with her husband, a 7 year old son and dog named Ripley.
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Miceile Barrett
Principal Product Manager
Miceile is a Principal Product Manager on the OneDrive and Microsoft Lists products. She has been working at Microsoft since 2016 where she started her career on SharePoint Team Sites. Her focus is making Microsoft Lists and OneDrive fast, easy to use, and powerful for all users. Outside of work, Miceile resides in Seattle and enjoys spending her time in the mountains ski touring and hiking, practicing vinyasa yoga, and traveling with her friends and family!
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Michael Holste
Senior Product Marketing Manager, Microsoft Viva
Michael Holste is a senior product marketing manager at Microsoft focusing on employee engagement & communications in Microsoft Viva. Previously, he served as a tech consultant specializing in integrated marketing strategy, community management and adoption, organizational culture, and workplace transformation for Fortune 500 organizations, nonprofits and higher education. He holds an MBA in marketing and a B.A. in communication.
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Michelle Gilbert
Principal Cloud Solution Architect, M365 Copilot, Microsoft
Principal Cloud Solution Architect focused on Modern Work and M365 Copilot. Trusted advisor for delivering the value proposition of Copilot and leading architectural design sessions. Former Director of Modern Work Customer Success, Teams Technical Specialist, Microsoft MVP and Office 365 solution architect in the Twin Cities, MN. She has been delivering business collaboration solutions for years with her focus on Copilot, Teams, Viva, SharePoint, and Office 365. Michelle is the board President of the Minnesota Microsoft 365 User Group, community organizer of MN M365 Workshop Day and has been a member of the SharePoint community since 2009.
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Mihaela Blendea
Principal Product Manager, Power Platform, Microsoft
Mihaela Blendea is a Product Manager in the Power Platform Governance team, focusing data exfiltration protection policies and enterprise enablement capabilities with Customer Lockbox, Customer Managed Keys and network isolation for the Dynamics and Power Platform suite. Before joining Power Platform, Mihaela was a Product Manager in Azure Data, working on a broad range of SQL Server offerings.
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Mike Davis
Solutions Architect, Preserve365, Preservica
Mike Davis works closely with our customers, partners and engineering teams to deliver custom archiving solutions. Mike credits his career and hard work towards his desire to solve difficult customer challenges and implementing solutions that make a difference.
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Mike Stall
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Miles Walker
Channel Development Manager
Miles Walker, a multi-award-winning speaker, brings a wealth of experience from his tenure at Kaseya, a leader in IT and security management software, since 2020, following 15 years of cultivating strategic partnerships across London and Toronto. With a passion for cybersecurity and phishing defense, Miles captivates audiences with his insightful discussions on technology and business. Renowned for his engaging LinkedIn presence and dedication to empowering IT professionals, Miles is your go-to expert for enhancing your business's security posture.
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Naomi Moneypenny
Director Product Development, Microsoft 365
Naomi Moneypenny, as a product leader at Microsoft, brings a wealth of expertise to the intersection of AI in enterprise communications, knowledge and social collaboration systems. In her work leading apps in Microsoft 365 and Viva she plays a pivotal role in shaping how organizations harness their collective intelligence with people + AI approach
Formerly CTO at ManyWorlds, she serves on the board of several startups, and previously led technology forecasting in her role at Shell. Her innovative spirit shines through her 40+ patents in adaptive systems and anticipatory computing. In the ever-evolving realm of AI, Naomi champions the harmonious blend of artificial intelligence and human insight. Her dedication to actionable knowledge continues to shape the future of collaboration and discovery. -
Nate Chamberlain
Microsoft MVP and MCT
I am a passionate and experienced technical content creator, product marketer, and trainer who builds solutions using Microsoft 365 (M365) apps and services, such as SharePoint, Teams, Power Automate, Power Apps, and Power BI. I help organizations and individuals get the most out of M365 by providing guidance on administration, governance, and adoption.
I have a diverse IT background in business analysis and systems administration across various industries. I have written several books on M365 topics, including guides for M365 certification exams. I also share my insights and tips on my blog, NateChamberlain.com, which has over 300 posts and more than 2 million views. I love to share my knowledge and experience, and learn from users who face various challenges in their digital workplaces, by speaking at user groups and conferences.
I hold several certifications in M365 and related areas, such as M365 Enterprise Administrator Expert, Microsoft Power Platform App Maker Associate, Microsoft Teams Administrator Associate, Azure Fundamentals, and two technical trainer certifications (MCT and CTT+).
I am driven by curiosity, learning, and community. I love to explore new technologies and share them with others. I also volunteer as a Docent at Kansas City Zoo, where I educate visitors about our amazing animals, their habitats, and conservation.- Speaker Certification
- MVP, MCT
- Build Your Skills: Microsoft 365 Essentials for Beginners
- Fix that intranet! Improve your intranet content, structure, and processes
- Ask the Experts - 1
- OneNote Reimagined: A Comprehensive Guide to Modern Note-Taking
- How well do you know the Microsoft 365 desktop apps? 70 mins of tips & ideas to wow your co-workers
- Ask the Experts - 5
- Cast votes with confidence: Crafting a reusable Power Apps canvas app voting solution
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Navjot Marwaha
Principal Product Manager
Navjot is a Principal Product Manager on the Microsoft Teams product, focusing on the development of frontline capabilities. These span IT admin tooling for frontline configuration and managing scale deployments, connectors with workforce management systems, and Shifts app for end user experience for self-serve scheduling. He is passionate about enabling platform capabilities on Teams that empower organizations to build custom collaborative workflows that improve frontline productivity. He has been at Microsoft for six years and previously worked in HoloLens and Power Platform products. He lives in Greater Seattle area with his wife and two kids. Outside of his professional endeavors, Navjot is an avid traveler, nature enthusiast, and passionate photographer, often seeking adventure in remote landscapes and capturing the beauty of the world through his lens.
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Nirav Shah
Corporate Vice President of Microsoft Dataverse
Nirav Shah is the Corporate Vice President of Microsoft Dataverse, Microsoft's secure, scalable storage platform for building and managing business data. Nirav is responsible for the common infrastructure services across Microsoft’s Business Applications and Platforms including Dataverse, Power Platform Connectors, AI Builder, and the shared Azure cloud infrastructure for Power Platform and Dynamics 365.
Over the course of his two-decade career at Microsoft, Nirav has held various engineering leadership roles in Dynamics CRM, Office, and Visual Studio focused on simplifying application development. He helped lead the cloud transition of Dynamics CRM from an on-premises offering to running fully on Azure.
Nirav earned his degrees at Rutgers University and lives in the greater Seattle area. -
Pamela Benke
Senior Director, Product Marketing
Pamela Benke is a seasoned professional in the technology sector, with over two decades of extensive experience in enterprise automation. Currently serving as the Director of Product Marketing at KnowledgeLake, Pamela focuses on driving product marketing strategies and fostering market growth for AI powered, enterprise software solutions.
Her tenure at Appian and Blue Prism marked significant achievements in guiding companies with digital transformation strategies. Pamela's expertise has been pivotal in helping businesses reduce costs, enhance productivity, and embrace the future of work through automation and AI. -
Paul Papanek Stork
Don't Pa..Panic Consulting, Owner
Paul is the Owner/Principal Architect at Don't Pa..Panic Consulting. He has been working in the information technology industry for over 30 years, and has played key roles in several enterprise SharePoint architectural design review, Intranet deployment, application development, and migration projects. he has been awarded the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award for the last 15 consecutive years and earned his Microsoft Certified SharePoint Masters (MCSM) certification in 2013.
His core skills include architecting and customizing SharePoint environments both on-premises and in the cloud. He has significant experience leading SharePoint migration teams, troubleshooting infrastructure issues, and evaluating SharePoint environments for adherence to “Best Practices” and industry standards. He's authored several books and is a frequent contributor to the Microsoft forums.- Speaker Certification
- MVP, MCSM, MBA
- Advanced Power Apps and Power Automate: Workarounds for Common Problems
- SharePoint Data Modeling: From Requirements to Usage
- Using Power Apps and Power Automate Together: Made for eachother
- Discussion Bytes - Governance for Citizen Developers
- Ask the Experts - 3
- Ask the Experts - 5
- Microsoft Power Apps: Building Responsive Design Apps for Every Device
- Copilot for Power Platform : Accelerating your Development with AI
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Pawan Taparia
Principal Product Manager Lead, Power Virtual Agents
We're making it easy to build conversational chatbots through low-code / no-code solutions. I am helping customers onboard and adopt our emerging technology to digitally transform their organizations rapidly.
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Prashant G Bhoyar
Microsoft AI MVP, Microsoft Business Applications MVP, MCT, Cloud Solution Architect at AIS
Prashant G Bhoyar is a Microsoft AI MVP, Microsoft Business Applications MVP, Microsoft Certified Trainer ( MCT ), and Microsoft Certified Professional. He currently works as Cloud Solution Architect at Applied Information Sciences ( www.ais.com ). He is a trusted advisor and Subject Matter Expert in Conversational AI, Applied AI, Intelligent Business Process Automation, development, and post-implementation adoption of complex custom solutions in AI, Machine Learning, Bots, Azure, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Power Platform, and SharePoint. Prashant has supported a multitude of government agencies and non-profit organizations in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area. Prashant is the co-author of the book “PowerShell for Office 365 “and is the technical reviewer of the book "Pro SharePoint 2013 Administration." He serves on the leadership committee for the Azure Data Fest conference, Artificial Intelligence Fest conference, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning User Group, Northern Virginia SQL User Group, and DC Metro Office 365 User Group. He is a renowned international speaker and actively speaks at technical conferences, most recently in India, Canada, England, Bangladesh, Peru, Washington DC, Austin, New York, Chicago, Seattle, New Orleans, Baltimore, Philadelphia. Fun fact??, Prashant is a recipient of the "Antarctic Service Medal of the United States of America" for his outstanding service in Antarctica.
Microsoft MVP Profile Link : https://mvp.microsoft.com/en-us/PublicProfile/5002595?fullName=Prashant%20G%20Bhoyar- Speaker Certification
- MVP, MCT
- Hands-On: Azure, ChatGPT, Azure OpenAI For Power Platform Developers Masterclass
- Half-Day Workshop : Power Platform Governance 101
- Discussion Bytes - Finding the ROI on the AI investments
- Super Charge your Power Apps and Copilots with Power Fx
- ChatGPT, Azure OpenAI and Power Platform: Better Together
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Ravon Lingard
Product Manager, Power Automate
Ravon is a dedicated Product Manager at Power Automate, specializing in the integration of various platforms such as Microsoft Copilot Studio, Excel, SharePoint, and Power BI. Ravon's passion is deeply rooted in enhancing the customer experience with the product. Additionally, she is actively involved in volunteering activities in Seattle.
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Russell Dicker
Corporate Vice President Product, Teams PM
Microsoft Responsibilities – Russell leads Product Management for Teams for Work.
Pre-Microsoft Work Experience – Prior to joining Microsoft in 2022, Russell was a Senior Director of Product Management for Transportation at Google. His team defined and built features for Google Maps consumer experiences, Google Automotive Services, and routing capabilities across driving, public transit, walking and more. Prior to Google, Russell was Head of Rider Expansion at Uber and spent over 15 years at Amazon leading their efforts in both User Generated Content and Photos.
Education – Earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from Carnegie Mellon University. -
Ryan Schouten
CEO Mahay Consulting
Ryan Schouten has been developing on SharePoint since December of 2006 and has worked with every version of SharePoint since version 2(2003). Since that time, Ryan has developed a love and understanding of SharePoint that helps him to be comfortable in SharePoint and Microsoft 365 no matter what area he is working in. This knowledge allows Ryan to discuss complex concepts in a manner that is easy to understand. Ryan loves getting out and connecting with the community.
Ryan travels the country speaking about SharePoint and Office365. Ryan is a Microsoft Certified Trainer and a Microsoft MVP and has been working to help others be successful in their SharePoint endeavors.
As the CEO of Mahay Consulting, Inc, Ryan has the needed understanding and skills to help organizations architect solutions to their problems.- Speaker Certification
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Sandeep Dhanrajani
Principal Product Manager- Microsoft
A product and technology leader building business application products, platforms, and solutions on Power Pages and Microsoft Power Platform.
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Sara Zorica
Senior Solutions Engineer, IT Glue
Value-oriented Solutions Engineer for all IT operation products at Kaseya. Four years of experience providing tailored technical solutions for customers and ensuring value is delivered from a product functionality standpoint.
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Sarah Haase
Microsoft MVP | M365 enthusiast | Principal Product Manager | User adoption advocate
Sarah Haase is an enterprise collaboration strategist, corporate librarian, and product manager responsible for implementing enterprise-level governance, compliance, and adoption strategies for Microsoft 365. She's also a blogger, Innovation Games facilitator, international speaker, Microsoft Apps & Services MVP, and a community organizer for M365 Twin Cities. You can find Sarah online at http://blog.splibrarian.com and @sarahhaase. You can listen to her on the Microsoft 365 Voice podcast (m365voice.com).
- Speaker Certification
- MVP
- Driving employee engagement – A deep dive into Microsoft Viva, SharePoint, and Microsoft Teams
- Microsoft 365 User Adoption Master Class
- Building your organizational home site & hubs strategy
- Manage the mess: Building an organizational strategy for pinned apps in Microsoft Teams
- Power employee engagement with Microsoft Viva, SharePoint, and Microsoft Teams
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Sean McDonough
Solutions Architect, Consultant, and Microsoft MVP
Sean is a solutions architect and consultant with Akumina, an acknowledged market leader in the modern intranet and digital workplace solution space. Microsoft certified MCP, MCTS, and MCPD, Sean has 25+ years of experience developing software, building infrastructures, and solving technical problems. Unable to take anything except the deep dive into any role, Sean has acquired a diverse and expansive skill set as consultant, product manager, solution architect, team lead, administrator, technical delivery manager, and platform evangelist through the years. Some might label his passion for all things tech related as borderline 'obsession', but it is equal only to his desire to share those discoveries and experiences with others as author, blogger, and frequent speaker/instructor at technical conferences, user groups, and similar events all over North America. Sean is also a Microsoft MVP. He can be reached through his blog (https://SharePointInterface.com) or on Twitter (@spmcdonough)
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Sesha Mani
Partner Group Product Manager
Sesha Mani leads the Content Solutions, Security, and Search product teams in SharePoint product group at Microsoft. In his current role as Partner Group Product Manager (GPM), his team recently delivered SharePoint Advanced Management (SAM) offer that empowers Copilot deployments. In addition, his team’s portfolio spans across Access Policies, Session Security Policies, Sharing Policies, Labels, and Multi-Geo in Microsoft 365 in SharePoint. He is a 22+ year technology veteran specialized in Security space for cloud scale distributed services. He has been part of SharePoint team since 2010 release and has played a significant role in Office 365 service from day-1 to where it is now, a 325M+ MAU enterprise cloud service.
Outside of work, he enjoys reading, hiking, biking, and playing basketball with his son. You can connect with him at https://www.linkedin.com/in/seshamani or follow him on twitter at @SeshaManiS. -
Shannon Lindsay
Data Witch
Shannon is a data and analytics witch with a background in global public health. She’s currently casting spells at Microsoft, creating learning materials for Power BI and Fabric.
Shannon spends as much time as possible in the data community, participating in user groups and working with the fabulous Workout Wednesday team. Solving data puzzles, connecting brilliant minds to each other, and getting stuff done are some of Shannon’s favorite charms!- Speaker Certification
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Stephen Rose
Chief Technology Strategist for Petri IT / Owner of stephenlrose.com consulting
For the past 14 years, I have helped IT professionals all over the world drive deployment, adoption, and usage of Microsoft products like Windows, Office, OneDrive, and Teams. I am currently consulting with customers worldwide, continuing to help them to drive asynchronous work habits and was just named Chief Technology Strategist for Petri IT Knowledgebase.
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Steven Karachinsky
ZIRO Technologies
Steven Karachinsky is an accomplished entrepreneur with 20 years of experience in the unified communications space. He has been a driving force in the industry, providing innovative solutions to businesses to streamline their communications and increase productivity.
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Susan Hanley
Information Architect/Business Analyst
Susan Hanley is an information architect and business analyst specializing in intranets and collaboration solutions. She is a recognized expert in the field of intranets, knowledge management, collaboration, and information architecture and has helped organizations of all sizes to optimize their use of the Microsoft 365 platform. Susan's expertise has earned her the coveted Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award for M365 Apps and Services, which recognizes exceptional contributions to the Microsoft community. She is a frequent speaker at conferences and events, where she shares her insights and best practices on how organizations can build and manage intranets and knowledge management solutions.
- Speaker Certification
- MVP, MBA
- Best Practices for Intranet Information Architecture: the key to unlocking AI’s full potential
- How to Maximize Your Intranet Potential with Out-of-the-Box Features in Microsoft 365 and SharePoint
- Discussion Bytes - Intranet design and information architecture
- Elevating Your Experience: Improving Findability and Knowledge Discovery in Microsoft 365 and ShareP
- Ask the Experts - 3
- Intranet Surgery: How Copilot and Viva Connections can give your intranet a makeover
- Governance made easy: How to plan an effective governance strategy for your intranet
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Taiki Yoshida
Microsoft, Power Automate, Principal Program Manager
I am part of Power Automate product team, focusing on how we can accelerate and help customers use Power Automate all up.
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Thomas Griffith
Product Owner - IT Glue
Thomas is a seasoned IT professional with over 7 years of experience in the industry. He started his journey as a Software Support Engineer before transitioning to the role of Solutions Engineer at IT Glue. Currently, he serves as the Product Owner, leveraging his deep understanding of IT teams environments and software stacks to create innovative solutions for IT service providers and internal IT teams. Thomas's expertise and insights make him a valuable speaker for those looking to enhance their IT operations.
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Tom Resing
Content designer @ Microsoft focused on M365
Senior content designer - Microsoft
Focused on design of Microsoft 365 products for people who make things. Lead UX writer for Microsoft Viva Topics and SharePoint Syntex.- Speaker Certification
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Tommy Phan
Senior Solutions Engineer at Spanning
With a steadfast commitment to delivering IT excellence and exemplary services, Tommy specializes in backup & disaster recovery, solutions implementation, and conducting comprehensive product training and demonstrations. Tommy’s professional trajectory is driven by a dedication to leveraging cutting-edge technology to optimize operational efficiency and empower organizations to thrive in dynamic digital landscapes.
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Treb Gatte
Marquee Insights, make better, faster decisions with smarter data.
Treb is a Power BI MVP and business intelligence expert with 24 years of experience.
Prior to becoming CEO of Marquee Insights, he worked in leadership positions at Microsoft, Starbucks, Wachovia (now Wells Fargo). He has been recognized as Data Platform MVP from Microsoft.
Treb lives in the Seattle area with his wife, children and corgi and holds an MBA from Wake Forest University.- Speaker Certification
- MVP, MBA
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Ville Somppi
Senior Vice President, Industry Solutions - M-Files
Ville has over 20 years of experience defining, developing, and deploying technology solutions for knowledge intensive industries. Ville has worked with companies across the globe ranging from large corporations to small start-ups and has hands-on experience deploying, optimizing, and using Microsoft solutions. At M-Files, Ville is in charge of understanding the needs of target industries and improving product-market fit, including ability to integrate with the Microsoft ecosystem.
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Wayne Ewington
Principal Product Manager
Wayne Ewington is a Product Manager on the OneDrive and SharePoint team where he focuses on the backend scenarios and infrastructure of the SharePoint ecosystem. Originally from New Zealand he relocated to the USA after joining Microsoft back in 2000 as a Consultant where he worked throughout the Asia Pacific region assisting customers with their implementations. As a Product Manager he brings a deep knowledge of SharePoint Online and real world experience of customers using the Microsoft 365 service.
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Wes Preston
Founder and independent consultant working with platform alignment and no-code solutions with M365 and Power Apps
Wes is an independent consultant based in Minneapolis, MN and works primarily as a M365 / Power Apps / SharePoint platform evangelist, product specialist and solution designer. Wes assists organizations through platform roadmap creation, planning and governance, and alignment of business needs with out of the box SharePoint platform and PowerApps capabilities. Wes has been a developer, IT Pro, consultant, and technology evangelist for over 20 yrs and has been recognized as a Microsoft MVP since 2009. He was an organizer and frequent speaker at the Minnesota SharePoint User Group (MNSPUG) for over 4 yrs and is now a board member and speaker for M365 Twin Cities events. Wes maintains a blog at http://www.idubbs.com/blog. He is also a Regional Leader for the Microsoft Global Community Initiative and Community Days events.
- Speaker Certification
- MVP
- Power Apps and Power Automate (Flow) for M365/SharePoint Bootcamp
- Dataverse Bootcamp for M365 Makers
- Intro to Power Apps for Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, and Lists
- Discussion Bytes - How to help users achieve their desired skill levels and keep up with changes
- Forms, Forms, and more Forms. Data gathering for the modern info worker
- Intro to Dataverse for M365 Makers
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William Huneycutt
Upskill Tech
Andy Huneycutt is an Enterprise Collaboration Specialist based in Charlotte, North Carolina, who helps organizations leverage the power of Microsoft 365 to improve their productivity and collaboration. He specializes in Microsoft Copilot, Teams, SharePoint, Power Apps, and Power Automate, and has been recognized as a Microsoft MVP since 2017 for his outstanding community contributions.
He is also a speaker and a content creator with a YouTube channel where he shares his knowledge and tips on Microsoft 365. You can follow him on LinkedIn or Twitter for more updates on his work and insights. In his spare time, Andy enjoys reading, cinematography, and playing guitar.- Speaker Certification
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Yogi Naik
Principal Group Product Manager, Microsoft
Yogi leads a product group to build the next wave of enterprise grade Supply chain products for global Microsoft customers. Responsible for building and executing on product roadmaps with an aim towards growing the Azure and Business Apps footprint globally.
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Zohar Raz
Principal Group Program Manager, Governance
Zohar Raz is the Group Program Manager for the Power Platform Governance Team, focused on security, compliance, and governance capabilities for the Dynamics 365 and Power Platform suite.
Before joining the Power Platform team, Zohar led a variety of Product Management groups in SharePoint and Microsoft 365 organizations, the latest being the modern SharePoint admin experience and the Teams Shared Channels. Prior to joining Microsoft in 2007, Zohar was an IT manager in a large enterprise and owned engineering solutions in the collaboration space.
