Archives: Speakers

William S. G. Olsen
William S. G. Olsen
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William is a Data Platform and Data Engineering Consultant at the Oslo based consultancy company Altro. His main interests are the Microsoft Fabric and Azure stack, along with Databricks and Spark. On his free time, William has taken up running as a hobby, which is great for his overall health, but not so much for… READ MORE

Chaithanya Pichuka
Chaithanya Pichuka
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I am working in Data integration and have been part of Data Factory engineering. My focus areas are Data integration connectors, API and Git CI/CD.

Mark Kromer
Mark Kromer
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Mark is Principal Product Manager for Microsoft Azure Data Factory and has been with Microsoft for 13 years. Prior to that, Mark was also a data and analytics PM for Pentaho, Oracle, and AT&T.

Chris Webb
Chris Webb
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My name is Chris Webb, and I’m a specialist in Power BI, Analysis Services, MDX, Power Pivot, DAX, and Power Query. I’ve been blogging about Microsoft BI for over 10 years, and racked up over 1500 posts here! I also speak at a number of conferences including SQLBits, the PASS Summit, the PASS BA Conference,… READ MORE

Ope Aladekomo
Ope Aladekomo
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Ope is a Principal Product Manager on the Microsoft Fabric team. Fabric is a unified data platform that offers shared experiences, architecture, governance, compliance, and billing. ​She supports Fabric Capacities which provide the computing power that drives all of these experiences, like a “CPU” in the cloud. She is excited to share insights on new… READ MORE

Mark Hamilton
Mark Hamilton
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I am a PhD student in William T Freeman’s lab at the MIT Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. I am also a Senior Software Engineer on the Microsoft Synapse Analytics team. I am interested in discovering “stucture” in complex systems using unsupervised learning and large foundation models. I value working on projects for social,… READ MORE

Sander van de Velde MVP
Sander van de Velde MVP
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I’ve been presented with the 2017–2025 Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award for my Azure IoT community work. In 2024, I also received a second MVP award for Real-Time Intelligence. In my daily work, I’m an IoT solution architect for SDG Group (an Alten company) – The Netherlands, the consulting and engineering organization for the… READ MORE

Lars Becker
Lars Becker
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Lars studied Computer Science at the University of Bonn before completing his Master’s degree at the University of Applied Sciences Bonn-Rhein-Sieg. In his Master’s thesis, he specialized in fraud detection in financial statements using machine learning algorithms. Since 2020, he has been working at synalis, a Bonn-based IT company. Starting in the field of Business… READ MORE

Cristian Urbina Guerra
Cristian Urbina Guerra
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With nearly two decades of hands-on experience as a Data Engineer, I’ve been deep in the data trenches since 2015 — building pipelines, solving integration puzzles, and enabling data-driven decisions across four continents. From PowerCenter to SSIS, I’ve worked with legacy ETL and modern cloud platforms, helping companies in Chile, Spain, Switzerland, and China transform… READ MORE

Brian DeLuca
Brian DeLuca
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Brian DeLuca is the co-founder and CEO of The Reporting Hub, a cutting-edge SaaS platform designed to streamline and enhance business reporting processes. With over 20 years of experience in data, analytics, and business intelligence, Brian has been at the forefront of driving innovation in reporting solutions that empower organizations to make informed, data-driven decisions.… READ MORE