Archives: Speakers

Rudra Mitra
Rudra Mitra
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Rudra Mitra is a Corporate Vice President (CVP) at Microsoft, leading the Purview team. Rudra plays a key role in defining the vision and overseeing the implementation of services related to data security, compliance, and data governance. This suite of services empowers customers to derive maximum value from their data while minimizing potential data security,… READ MORE

Heather Cook, Principal PM
Heather Cook, Principal PM
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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… READ MORE

Mark Schuurman
Mark Schuurman
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Mark leads data transformation initiatives for Avanade clients across Europe. He is based in the Netherlands.

Timur Mehmedbasic
Timur Mehmedbasic
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Timur Mehmedbasic is a technology services leader focusing on cloud data management and governance, data architecture, and data engineering. At Avanade, he is responsible for go-to-market strategy, market activation, engineering and solution management. [add MSFT accreditation or anything else relevant]

Sebastiaan Meloen
Sebastiaan Meloen
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Sebastiaan is an experienced Enterprise Data & Security Architect, currently working at Rabobank in the Netherlands – one of the biggest banks in the agricultural field worldwide. He holds a master’s degree in business information systems from the University of Amsterdam. Over the past years, Sebastiaan has developed and deployed data-driven solutions for various domains,… READ MORE

Axel Borja
Axel Borja
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With 13 years of experience in ML and Data Engineering, including 6 years leading successful ML and data projects and teams, I possess a high level of expertise with various infrastructure, compute, data, and machine learning technologies such as Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, DBT, Airflow, Kubeflow, and TFX. Notably, I have successfully led two multi-tenant ML… READ MORE

Peer Grønnerup
Peer Grønnerup
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Peer is a seasoned Data & BI professional with over 15 years of experience delivering enterprise-grade analytics solutions across industries. At Tabular Editor, he serves as a Technical Architect & Community Advocate, helping shape the future of semantic modeling while supporting the global data community through education, tooling, and best practices. Prior to joining Tabular… READ MORE

Rob Wadsworth
Rob Wadsworth
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Rob is the Director of Enterprise Data at Kin + Carta | Valtech, focusing on data big data analytics, digital strategy and data warehouse architecture.

Robert Saxby
Robert Saxby
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Robert Saxby is a Director of Product Management at Databricks, focused on data engineering. Prior to joining Databricks, Robert worked on big data technologies at Google Cloud.