SPEAKERS
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Chirag Patel
Patel Consulting, Microsoft 365 Consultant & Trainer | M365UK Organiser | Microsoft MVP, MCT
Chirag is a highly experienced Chartered IT Professional consultant and Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) at Patel Consulting delivering business collaboration & productivity, data & information management solution implementation, migration and divestment projects with Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, Microsoft Viva, Power Platform, Security & Compliance and Microsoft 365 related technologies.
Having worked with SharePoint since 2001 and Office 365 since 2012, Chirag has covered many roles, such as Delivery Lead, Technology Specialist, Solution Architect and Trainer working with clients in Energy, Financials, IT & Communications, Professional Services, Retail, Education, Public & Third sector, which has lead him to be an exceptional consultant & trainer as quoted by clients "established himself as a leader on the project, not only delivering on the separation and migration of M365 services, but also guiding and challenging colleagues to ensure the broader set of Cloud transition activities".
Chirag is highly qualified with an MSc in Business Systems Analysis & Design and holds many certifications including Microsoft 365 Enterprise Administrator Expert and TOGAF Certified Architect.
As a volunteer, Chirag enjoys running Microsoft 365 UK (M365UK) user group and is a frequent speaker at local & international events. For his technical community contributions, Chirag has been awarded as a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) every year since 2020. He is also an Approved Chartered Membership Assessor for BCS (British Computer Society). According to sessionize.com, he was among the top 3% of most active speakers in 2022 and 2023! -
Isabelle Van Campenhoudt
ShareQL
Isabelle Van Campenhoudt is a MVP DataPlatform who has been working for more than 20 years in the world of databases; she lives in Belgium and has strong experience in Business Intelligence and Database Administration. Trainer (Microsoft Certified Trainer), speaker and consultant, she uses to collaborate with developers (databases design and performance) and infrastructure team.
She was also a teacher for the Bachelor of Computer Science curriculum. In 2014 she co-founded the Global Francophone V-Chapter. Isabelle is a user group board member (GUSS.pro) and takes part in organising events such as SQL Saturday and 24HOP. She started www.shareql.com with another MVP, Serge Luca. -
Ivan Vagunin
Senior Software Architect, Cloud Native Application Services, Tietoevry
Ivan Vagunin is a senior software architect with an impressive 20-year track record in the IT industry.
He specializes in cloud-based solutions, focusing on Microsoft technologies and products as well as cybersecurity.
Ivan is a member of Tietoevry's public cloud team, helping numerous customers adopt Microsoft Azure and achieve their business objectives more efficiently.
His expertise is further attested by his numerous IT certifications, including the MCSM and CISSP.
As a community contributor, Ivan frequently shares his knowledge and insights through speaking engagements, inspiring others to succeed in the dynamic world of IT.
In his free time, Ivan enjoys a variety of activities such as cycling and climbing, as well as indulging in video games. -
Jarbas Horst
Senior Product Manager, Fresh
Jarbas Horst is a Microsoft 365 enthusiast, 4x awarded the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional, and contributing writer on Microsoft Graph docs. He has worked with Microsoft technologies for around 15 years, focusing his knowledge on the development and commercialization of products on top of Microsoft 365. He is a collaboration and communication specialist who creates solutions which are used by medium-sized to large businesses corporations worldwide. Since July 2017, he has been blogging about the latest releases for SharePoint online, Viva, Microsoft Graph, and more.
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Jasper Oosterveld
Microsoft MVP & Consultant
Jasper Oosterveld, a Microsoft MVP and Consultant based in the Netherlands, works with clients to implement Microsoft Purview, Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, and OneDrive. He has a focus on Data Security and Governance. Jasper is passionate about sharing his expertise and enthusiasm for Microsoft products.
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Juan Carlos González Martín
Microsoft 365 SME at RICOH Spain S.L.U | Microsoft 365 Apps & Services MVP
Juan Carlos is a Telecommunications Engineer with more than 20 years of experience in diverse Microsoft products and technologies with a strong background in the SharePoint platform; although he currently works as Microsoft 365 SME & Delivery Manager skilled in Microsoft 365, Microsoft Teams, the Power Platform and SharePoint platforms. Juan Carlos is a Microsoft 365 MVP that received his first MVP award in 2008. He is also co-founder and coordinator of the following users groups: the SharePoint Users Group of Spain (SUGES), the Cloud Computing Users Group (CLOUDES) and the Comunidad de Office 365. He is also co-editor and co-director of the free Spanish digital magazine about Microsoft Products and Technologies: CompartiMOSS (www.compartimoss.com). To date, Juan Carlos has co-authored 20 books and several articles about SharePoint & Office 365 platforms in Spanish and English.
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Katerina Chernevskaya
Empowering Innovation, Shifting Paradigms
Katerina, an MVP, MCT, and renowned public speaker, focuses on Power Platform & AI. With twenty years of experience and key certifications in PROSCI, PMI, Power Platform Solution Architect, she leads in app development, AI, and adaptive work models. Active in the Microsoft community, Katerina mentors new tech talent and supports innovation. Katerina takes part in the #SharingIsCaring initiative, guiding community contributions to the Microsoft Sample Solution Gallery.
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Katja Karjalainen
Advania Finland, M365 Consultant and Fresh Intranet Product Owner at Advania Finland
Katja is a Microsoft consultant with experience spanning over a decade and a track record of serving hundreds of customers in solution areas such as intranets, teamwork, collaboration, communications, user adoption and digitalization of work processes. She is passionate about guiding organisations on their journey towards a smoother digital workday.
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Kimmo Koski
Business Applications Architect, Meltlake
Kimmo is an accomplished Technical Architect with a wealth of experience exceeding a decade in successfully implementing Dynamics 365 and Power Platform solutions across diverse industries. With an unwavering passion for technology, Kimmo remains at the forefront of the ever-evolving landscape, consistently seeking to expand his Power Platform knowledge and share valuable insights with others.
Kimmo has extensive experience with projects related to Dynamics 365 Sales and Customer Service processes and custom solutions using the Power Platform toolset from the good old XRM days to the present. With this experience, he has gained valuable insights on how to extend solutions with pro-code capabilities that the Power Platform offers. -
Marco Rocca
Microsoft - Cloud Solution Architect MW
I'm a Microsoft Cloud Solution Architect Modern Work and deals mainly (but not only ...) with SharePoint, a product that has been with him for 15 years and has experienced the birth and growth of all the latest versions. Today, however, collaboration is not just SharePoint, but all Microsoft 365 applications that are helping to revolutionize the way we work. Although "writing code" is still one of my passions, today I support customers in the migration and adoption of products on the cloud. In the last period I'm focusing on Power Platform, Teams and Artificial Intelligence. In the last years I have participated in several conferences as a speaker among which WPC Milan, PowerPlatform World Tour, SharePoint Saturday, Scottish Summit, Collabdays, European Collaboration Summit and Thrive.
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Mark Christie
Managing Director at Proximo 3, Microsoft MVP & MCT
Mark Has 15 Years of Microsoft Dynamics experience on both ERP And CRM platforms. Having initially worked in a Technical Support capacity he quickly moved into Consultancy and then onto an advisory role in Solution Architecture.
Mark has lead enterprise-level projects for the liked of ScotiaBank, Oxbow Coal, Ford, Lebara And GOV.UK, while also working with some great, not-for-profit organisations.
In the community is an evangelist in the Microsoft space as well as being a Microsoft MVP and MCT. He co-hosts a monthly Power Platform Podcast and is an organiser of the Scottish Summit conference that runs in Scotland .
You can also find Mark blogging on 365community.online or posting Power Platform videos on YouTube. -
Matti Paukkonen
Modern Workplace Lead | Microsoft MVP, M365 Apps & Services
In my role, I'm helping customers to gain more of their tools and effectively utilize technology supporting daily work-life. I'm a versatile professional always learning new, sharing knowledge, and going forward. Hosting workshops, solving problems, and designing solutions are near my heart. When adopting a new service or a technology, I need to get my hands dirty first and try it out.
On the community side, I'm co-organizing Teams Community Finland, which is Microsoft Teams-focused community for all Teams fanatics, end-user, developers, and consultants in Finland. I'm also active in Microsoft communities and speaking at events. -
Mikko Koskinen
Solution Area Architect, Sulava
Mikko works as a Solution Area Architect in Sulava's Business Productivity Area, focusing on Power Platform and Copilot solutions. In customer projects, he usually works as a solution designer and architectural developer. He is also involved in developing solutions and business for Sulava's Power Platform and Copilot extensions.
Mikko's responsibilities include solutions requiring customization and expansions and business process automation. Mikko's technical expertise includes Power Platform application and automation products, Copilot extensions, SharePoint, Azure integration, and AI services. -
Paul Hunt
@cimares - M365 Global Solutions Designer
Paul is the M365 Global Solutions Designer for WTW, a financial services organisation that operates all over the world. He has been an MVP in the Office Apps and Services category since 2016.
He has been working with SharePoint since the 2003 version and has a wide experience of SharePoint across many industry verticals. With a long background in supporting Windows technologies, Paul originally entered the SharePoint Consulting world as a developer/IT Pro hybrid which has stood him in good stead as his career developed into his current role as an Associate Director responsible for a Tenancy that spans multiple Geos and services colleagues all around the world.
Paul can often be found at user group events around the UK and Europe as both speaker and attendee, as well as on Twitter using the handle @Cimares. He is also on the steering group of CollabDays, a community led technology event initiative and a co-organiser of several Collab Days events such as CollabDays Birmingham and Bletchley Park. -
Pieter Op De Beéck
Trusted advisor | Microsoft MVP
Hello! 👋 My name is Pieter, living in Belgium, together with both my wife and two lovely rascals (also known as my kids). 👨👩👧👦
I'm a consulting professional with over 17 years of relevant experience in the field of information management. I'm truly passionate about bridging the gap between IT and business, and gain energy-boosts from translating business requirements into technical solutions. "Hands-on" is my middle name as I love trying out new technical possibilities, particularly in the Microsoft 365 domain.
I try not to hold back bringing newly, gained knowledge and experience to the table and spread myfindings with 'the community' - you can decide for yourself whether or not this label suits you. 😎
Feel free to reach out to me as I'm always looking for ways to improve both myself, my writing skills and knowledge sharing about productivity and efficiency gains in the Microsoft 365 modern workplace. 🚀 -
Rebecka Isaksson
KM Strategist & Keynote Speaker
Rebecka is an experienced and visionary thought leader, with a passion for technology, people, and behaviour. Her specialty lies within people and culture change, and providing guidance for how smart use of knowledge can generate significant business value, when powered responsibly and ethically by AI-technology.
In addition to running KnowFlow Value, she is one of the initiators behind Knowledge Innovators Sweden, a community for Swedish KM-practitioners, and a partner of the AI Lab Sweden network. She is a frequent keynote speaker at global events and conferences, and a sought-after guest on panels discussing relevant topics on how AI-technology accelerates and magnifies the value of KM strategies and solutions - e.g. North American Cloud & Collaboration Summit, SEF, the London Book Fair & Knowledge Summit Dublin (June 2024).
As the former Director of Knowledge Management, and Product Marketing Manager for Content AI at Microsoft corporate headquarters, she has spent the last 10+ years working with organizations world-wide as an industry expert on Knowledge Management. -
Riku Mustila
Senior Consultant, Netox Oy
When the (cloud) world is spinning around you at an accelerating pace, and strong winds blow across the globe, it becomes even more important to take care of the cornerstones: people, processes, technology, and security. I have been trying to understand and maintain these for over a decade, both for my own and other organizations, mainly focusing on Microsoft 365.
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Sandra Kiel
Managing Director and Microsoft MVP
Sandra Kiel's multifaceted career is a testament to her relentless pursuit of innovation and transformation. As an "innovation nerd" she brings a unique blend of insight and expertise to every endeavor. Sandra's dynamic skill set is rooted in over 15 years of experience in project and event management across various sectors, with a significant impact in IT projects.
Her approach is distinct; Sandra focuses on the human element in technology, prioritizing processes and people over mere technical excellence. As a Mixed Reality MVP recognized by Microsoft, she has proven her expertise in the cutting-edge realm of mixed reality, adding another feather to her cap of technical accomplishments.
Sandra co-founded Event Punks, an innovative agency that specializes in metaverse and gaming solutions, showcasing her forward-thinking vision and ability to stay ahead of digital trends. Her work in this space underlines her commitment to exploring new frontiers in technology and digital engagement.
A staunch advocate for community development, Sandra believes in empowering people through digitization, constantly questioning how we will live and work in the future. This people-first perspective in digitization drives her to mentor, coach, and consult, sharing her rich experience and knowledge.
Sandra Kiel is not just a participant in the digital revolution; she is a leading voice, shaping the conversation and paving the way for future innovations. -
Serge Luca
ShareQL, Belgium "Doctor Flow", Power Platform Associates
Serge Luca (aka "Doctor Flow") has been 17 times MVP and is now a Business Apps MVP (Power Automates & Power Apps); he is based in Brussels (Belgium) where he works as a Power PLatform Solution architect; he has designed more than 16 Enterprise Flow projects. He is an international & Ignite speaker and a frequent blogger. Serge has executed several assignments for the Microsoft SharePoint team (Redmond) across the world and has worked for Microsoft Learning as a Subject Matter Expert in SharePoint and in Workflow Foundation. He has trained more than a thousand developers in SharePoint. He is also the author of the famous Master Class Microsoft Power Automate and Master Class PowerApps workshops and helped the Flow team creates the "Microsoft Power Automate in a day" workshop. He is the creator of the open-source Power Platform BPM Toolkit available on GitHub.Serge worked previously as a researcher for the University of Namur (Belgium) and is also a Microsoft (USA) contractor.
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Tatu Seppälä
Blogger & speaker | Microsoft MVP | MCT | Security & Compliance, Insider Risk, Power Platform, IAM
Tech explorer & lifetime learner. Deep experience in consultancy, advisory and architectural roles in the Microsoft cloud tech space. Special focus areas include (but are not limited to) insider risk, compliance and data security.
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Terho Antila
Low-Code Center of Excellence Lead at Fortum | Microsoft MVP
Microsoft Business Applications MVP. I’ve been working most of my career with Microsoft technologies. In recent years I have been focusing increasingly on Power Platform – partly due to rising customer interest, but mostly because it is so much fun! In fall 2022 I made a major career shift as I moved from vendor side to work for a customer as a low-code CoE lead.
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Thomas Vochten
Technology evangelist Microsoft 365 & Security | Microsoft MVP | Platform architect | Speaker | Trainer 👨💻 🏃♂️ 🎹
I am a technology evangelist helping companies to implement Microsoft cloud technologies such as Microsoft 365, and Azure. As Microsoft MVP, I also travel the world to speak at events, conferences and user groups to talk about technology and to make sure people do not make the same expensive mistakes that I made.
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Timo Pertilä
Microsoft MVP (Business Applications) / Power Platform + Microsoft 365 geek / Speaker / Blogger
Power Platform Consultant. 20+ years' experience on IT industry. Helping customers to make the most of their Microsoft investments.
Currently working most of the time with Power Platform. But loving also Teams, Planner, SharePoint, Microsoft Graph, PowerShell, Bot Framework etc.
Wrote over 200 blog posts related to Power Platform. -
Vesa Juvonen
Principal Product Manager at Microsoft
Vesa Juvonen works as a Principal Product Manager focusing on the community and ecosystem across Microsoft 365. He coordinates the Microsoft 365 & Power Platform Community initiative which is providing tooling, guidance and assistance on adopting recommended patterns for using Microsoft 365 & Power Platform.
He has worked in different roles at Microsoft engineering helping on building capabilities in Microsoft 365 and to help customers and partners to use the different features across the platform. Prior moving to engineering, he worked as a Principal Consultant at the Microsoft Services organization, engaging with some of the largest customers in the world. -
Vesa Nopanen
Future Work | AI | Speaker | Blogger | Metaverse | Futurist | Mr. Metaverse | Microsoft MVP
Vesa "Vesku" Nopanen, Principal Consultant and Microsoft MVP working on Future Work, AI and Metaverse at Sulava.
Vesa works with Future Work, AI, Metaverse, Microsoft Mesh, Virtual & Mixed Reality, and other services & platforms in the cloud connecting digital and physical worlds and people together.
The journey is on its early steps and Vesku is guiding you and your organization towards the Future Work. He is extremely passionate about Microsoft Teams & Microsoft 365, Copilot, AI, Metaverse, Mixed & Virtual Reality and how these technologies enable to change how people work together and enable new opportunities.
Vesku has almost 30 years of experience in IT business on multiple industries, domains, and roles. He is also a futurist, active speaker, blogger, evangelist, and technology community member.
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Vivian Voss
Microsoft Business Application MVP / Dynamics 365 & Power Platform Architect
Vivian Voss is a Microsoft Business Applications MVP who loves to help organizations transform their processes with Dynamics 365 and Power Platform. Vivian has around 10 years of experience in creating solutions within the Dynamics 365 suite and extending it with the tools from the Power Platform. She is also a co-organizer of various user groups and a frequent speaker at community events.