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Traci Sewell
Traci Sewell
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Traci joined the Bits committee to take the tech down a notch! She lives in Somerset with some (very cute) cats, some horses, some sheep, and her husband, Rob. When not looking after all of those, she also works to sooth people’s minds as a psychotherapist. Being tech-adjacent she has been drawn into the tech… READ MORE

Daniel Coelho
Daniel Coelho
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Responsible for building next generation of Big Data and Data Engineering products for enterprise customers. Currently focused on driving Spark and Delta features and experiences on Microsoft Fabric product team. MsC in Big Data Analytics and way over two decades career delivering data architectures and end to end solution across many verticals.

August Asheim Birkeland
August Asheim Birkeland
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Currently a dedicated developer at Evidi, August has been working full-time with Microsoft Fabric since January 3rd of this year. He has successfully built robust data warehouses for clients using technologies such as Pyspark, Delta Lake, and Power BI. August holds an MSc in Computer Technology from NTNU, specializing in Artificial Intelligence. His master’s thesis,… READ MORE

Nicky van Vroenhoven, MVP
Nicky van Vroenhoven, MVP
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Nicky van Vroenhoven is a BI professional focused at the Microsoft stack and a Data Platform MVP. He mainly works with Power BI, Power Platform and T-SQL. Nicky started working with SQL Server and SSIS in 2005 in the DWH space, and later moved from Power Pivot to Power BI. After working 10 years in… READ MORE

Ryan Duffy
Ryan Duffy
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Ryan Duffy helps lead Ernst & Young’s (EY’s) AI & Data practice for the Financial Services Industry with an emphasis on data governance, data management, and data products. When not being a data nerd and empowering his teams to do great things at EY, you’ll likely find him running out on the roads training for… READ MORE

Anastasia Salari, MVP
Anastasia Salari, MVP
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Passionate about data, I help individuals and companies find and implement the right solutions corresponding to their needs. Solutions based on Power BI, Power Apps and Power Automate that allow them to value and visualise data, optimize processes, as well as make use of the low-code/no-code platform to build specific tools. Understanding the business needs… READ MORE

Marthe Moengen, MVP
Marthe Moengen, MVP
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Like Beyonce but in tech. Data Architect working within the realm of Microsoft data platform solutions. A Fabric nerd, Power BI geek, and Data Governance enthusiast from Oslo!  

Stijn Wynants
Stijn Wynants
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Stijn is a Microsoft Senior Product manager for Fabric Warehouse, former-MVP & DataMinds (Belgian Data Platform User Group) core member. He is also one of the organizers of the local user group sessions & the yearly event called DataMinds Connect (SQL Server Days).