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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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Amarender Peddamalku
Practice Lead - Microsoft Modern Work @Perficient
Amarender Peddamalku is a Digital Transformation Leader and Microsoft Modern Work Practice Lead at Perficient, focusing on Employee Experience and Power Platform. Has over 13 years of experience with Microsoft Technologies and worked with every single version of SharePoint since its inception. He is public speaker and a SME.
- Speaker Certification
- Technology Speaker
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Asif Rehmani
CEO at VisualSP
Asif has been training, consulting and mentoring on primarily Microsoft SharePoint technologies since 2002. He has been awarded SharePoint Server MVP for 10 consecutive years - since 2007. Asif provides online and in-person SharePoint training publicly and in private workshops. In addition to mentoring and teaching, Asif also is the CEO of VisualSP (https://www.visualsp.com) which provides a context sensitive help system for SharePoint end users.
Asif has authored several books over the years. He is the author of "SharePoint 2013 - First Look for Power Users". He is also the co-author of the books "Professional SharePoint Designer 2007", "Beginning SharePoint Designer 2010" and "Real World SharePoint 2010" by Wrox publications .
Asif has been a speaker at conferences since 2006 on numerous SharePoint topics. His speaking engagements has taken him to several places around the world such as USA, Canada, Germany, Netherlands, New Zealand, UK and more at which he has spoken at many conferences including Microsoft's TechEd, Ignite, SharePoint Conference, SPTechCon, European SharePoint Conference, SharePoint Connections, SharePoint Fest, Evolutions, Best Practices Conference, SharePoint Saturdays, SharePoint Roadshows 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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Bob German
Cloud Developer Advocate
Bob German is a Cloud Developer Advocate for Microsoft focused on Microsoft 365 and Azure development, especially building apps for Microsoft Teams using the Graph API. He's been developing collaborative applications since the early days of SharePoint, and has a background in the SharePoint Framework, Azure Bot Framework, and Azure Active Directory.
Before (re)joining Microsoft, Bob was a Microsoft MVP and Principal Architect at BlueMetal, where he led the development of numerous collaborative applications, Intranets, and other custom Office 365 and Azure based solutions.- Speaker Certification
- MCT
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Bobby Chang
Power Platform Global Black Belt at Microsoft
Bobby Chang is a technologist with the Power Platform Global Belt team at Microsoft. He works with the strategic customers in North and Latin America to help identify business opportunities, using Power Apps, Power Automate, and Power Virtual Agent as low-code/no-code solutions. Bobby is an avid fan of the community, and he can be found frequently in conferences, user groups, or local meetups.
- Speaker Certification
- PMP
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Brian Alderman
Microsoft MVP, MCT, Author, Speaker
Brian Alderman is a Microsoft MVP, and since 1995 he has held several Microsoft certifications that currently include; MCT, 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, 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 Industry conferences including SharePoint Saturday's, SPLive, DevIntersection, SharePoint Fest, Microsoft Ignite and several international SharePoint conferences including London, Milan, Dublin, and Madrid. 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
- MVP, MCT, MCSE, MCSA
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Craig Jahnke
Office 365 Architect and Collaboration Evangelist - Always keep learning...
Craig Jahnke is a Customer Engineer at Microsoft who helps clients develop strategies for implementing SharePoint and Office 365 solutions that allow their employees to share information and data securely. He speaks at user groups, organizes M365 Chicago and the Chicago Power Platform Users Group, and loves to talk with others about technology and how to use it to solve business problems.
- Speaker Certification
- MCT, MSIS
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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
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Daniel Glenn
Microsoft MVP, Senior Director of Hybrid Office and U.S. Delivery at Creospark
Daniel is a Microsoft MVP and serves as Senior Director of Hybrid Office and U.S. Delivery at Creospark. Daniel works with the delivery team and clients throughout North America to better inform organizations and 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 http://MessageCenter.show. You can follow Daniel online at https://DanielGlenn.com and @DanielGlenn on Twitter.- Speaker Certification
- MVP
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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
- DEV102 - Creating Custom Applications in Teams Using the SharePoint Framework
- CM104 - Creating a Microlearning Portal with Microsoft 365 Learning Pathways
- DEV200 - Developing Adaptive Card Extensions using the SharePoint Framework
- INT302 - Scaling SharePoint: Meeting the Demand of Exponential Growth
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Drew Madelung
MS Solutions Architect | Microsoft MVP
Drew Madelung is a Cloud Solutions Architect and a Microsoft MVP for Office Apps and Services. He helps organizations realize what is possible with Microsoft 365 & Azure, onboard them in a secure and compliant way, and drive sustained adoption for those solutions. He is experienced in a range of technologies but specializes in the collaboration and teamwork workspaces such as Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, and OneDrive. He has helped deploy Microsoft 365 to multiple global companies while rolling out modern information protection and information governance technologies. He has been doing Microsoft consulting for 10+ years with a strength in security & compliance solutions.
- Speaker Certification
- MVP
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Dux Raymond Sy
I engage, get people excited and execute one of a kind ideas that make shift happen in organizations worldwide
With over 20 years of business and technology experience, Dux has driven organizational transformations worldwide with his ability to simplify complex ideas and deliver relevant solutions. He serves as the Chief Brand Officer of AvePoint who has authored the LinkedIn Learning course How to Build Your Personal Brand, the book SharePoint for Project Management, as well as numerous whitepapers and articles.
As a public speaker, Dux has delivered engaging, interactive presentations to more than 25,000 people at leading industry events around the world. He also hosts the modern workplace podcast #ShiftHappens that focuses on how leading organizations navigated their business transformation journey. Dux advocates tirelessly for inclusion, using technology for good, and philanthropic initiatives.
Connect with him: http://dux.sy- Speaker Certification
- MVP, RD
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Emily Mancini
Architect at Sympraxis Consulting
Emily is a lifelong learner. She is a passionate advocate for seamless user experiences- specializing in information architecture and user experience (UX master certified by Nielsen Norman Group). Emily is a recipient of the Microsoft MVP award for Office Apps and Services and a member of the Microsoft 365 Patterns and Practices team. She thrives on building accessible structures to help people find what they are looking for and better understand their surroundings.
Before joining Sympraxis, Emily fell in love with SharePoint Online while managing the Office 365 strategy at a fast-growing global biotech. There she implemented and led the Steering Committee, formed to prioritize projects by business need while maintaining close alignment with the company culture. She developed productivity training to drive user adoption during the company’s 10x growth over 5 years. Emily has a deep understanding of what business owners need to implement intuitive and scalable solutions.
Emily’s experience as a communications manager, leadership development facilitator, and teacher provide a well-rounded background for interpreting and translating user needs across industries. She infuses each project with effective change management and compassion for pain points. Emily believes a human-centered process will yield the best results.- Speaker Certification
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Eric Overfield
PixelMill, RD, MVP
Eric Overfield is a Microsoft Regional Director, a Microsoft MVP, a PnP team member, and a leading expert in Microsoft 365, Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, and Azure architecture, strategy, and development. Mr. Overfield, President and co-founder of PixelMill, has over 23 years' experience with web design best practices and techniques, and over 17 years' experience with SharePoint and digital workplace architecture and implementation. Besides his in-depth knowledge of SharePoint’s capabilities, his expertise includes Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, Microsoft 365, and Azure technology, design, and architecture along with custom solutions, TypeScript, JavaScript, and React. He is a co-author of Pro SharePoint 2013 Branding and Responsive Web Development (Apress 2013) and Black Magic Solutions for White Hat SharePoint (EUSP Press 2013). An engaged speaker and organizer of Microsoft 365 events as well as an active member of the PnP team.
- Speaker Certification
- MVP, RD, MCT
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Geoff Ables
Microsoft MVP, MCT, Best Selling Author
Geoff Ables is a thought leader on digital customer and employee engagement.
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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Gokan Ozcifci
Consultant. Entrepreneur. Microsoft Regional Director & MVP.
Gokan is an independent SharePoint and Office365 consultant for Neoxy where he assists customers with building innovative, intelligent and responsive cloud driven solutions. With the Mobile first, Cloud first ideology, his goal is to empower every person and organization to do more with the Microsoft cloud and the ecosystem is perfectly aligned to accelerate this. Creativity, automation and perspective are what he loves most when using the Microsoft cloud, so every customer can be more agile, responsive and competitive. Gokan is a frequent – and funny – conference speaker. He presented at numerous national and international conferences and is actively involved in European and American conferences: Microsoft Techdays, Microsoft Experiences, European SharePoint Conferences, SharePoint Days and SharePoint Fest are a few major ones.
A proud author of books that reached the half million of downloads and founder of several communities, Gokan is a real community warrior. Due to his active contributions in these domains, he has been honoured with Microsoft Regional Director and Microsoft’s Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award. Additionally, he is an active Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) and a Microsoft Regional Lead for all MCTs in Belgium.
You can always talk to me about: Soccer. World Traveling. Food. Next-Gen Cloud Systems. Architecture & Strategy. SharePoint + Office365!- Speaker Certification
- MVP, RD
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Haniel Croitoru
Microsoft MVP & Enterprise Architect at Protiviti
Enterprise Architect and Microsoft MVP with over 15 years of experience in Microsoft 365. Since 2003 I have been focusing on delivering solutions to meet short term and long term business goals using Microsoft 365 workloads, such as SharePoint, Teams, Power Platform, and more.
In addition to my professional tenure I've always been a big proponent of sharing knowledge and giving back to the community through presenting at numerous conferences and networking meetings on the topics of utilizing Microsoft 365 for business process optimization, effective collaboration and communication, and managing projects using the platform.
Prior to entering the Microsoft 365 arena, I spent a number of years in the medical imaging industry where I helped launch an orthopedic software division and published four patents and numerous articles.
I hold a Masters of Science in Computer Science with a specialty in Computer-Assisted Orthopedic Surgery from Queen’s University and a Master’s Certificate in Project Management from the York Schulich School of Business, and am a PMI-certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP).- Speaker Certification
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Jason Himmelstein
Microsoft Regional Director & Microsoft MVP
Jason Himmelstein is a Microsoft Regional Director & 8 time Microsoft MVP, awarded in Office Apps and Services for Microsoft 365 and Data Platform for Power BI. With more than 20 years of experience working with Microsoft and related technologies and a strong passion for technology, Jason has spent the past 13 years dedicated to SharePoint, Business Intelligence, and Microsoft 365. Jason has successfully architected solutions for customers of all sizes and maintains an active speaking schedule, addressing conferences around the world. He also is an organizer/advisor of multiple Users Groups and SharePoint Saturdays, co-host of the BIFocal.show podcast, and has served as the SharePoint/Office 365 Track Chair for several National conferences. In his day job he is a Senior Manager at EY in the Financial Services Tax Technology & Transformation Division.
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
- MVP, RD, PMP
- WRK401 - Everything you wanted to know about Power BI (but were afraid to ask!)
- BI101 - Your guide to understanding Power BI
- BI104 - Sharing PowerBI Reports with the World - 5 Things to Know
- BI202 - Power BI Premium – When Do I Need It?
- BI204 - There's No Time Like the Present - Real Time Reporting with Power BI
- BI301 - 5 Reasons you want Paginated Reports in your life
- BI303 - Deep Dive on Power BI and SharePoint
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Jay Leask
Director of Strategy, US Federal
I enjoy facilitating discussions on modern IT practices and drawing lurkers into the conversation. I am a seasoned consultant with a focus on digital collaboration and stakeholder engagement. I use 20 years of IT experience to engage customers in designing solutions to increase the value and decrease risk within their Microsoft investments. I am AvePoint's US Federal strategic lead (www.avepoint.com), co-founder of the OTSN Podcast Network (www.onthespot.tech), co-host on "This Week in Teams" and "Buzzkill" podcasts, co-organizer of the M365 Chicago community conference, and host of the M365 Government Community Call.
- Speaker Certification
- PMP, MVP
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Joanne Klein
Microsoft 365 Independent Consultant
Joanne Klein is an independent Microsoft 365 consultant, a 5-time Microsoft MVP in Office 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 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
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John Peluso
Microsoft Regional Director
John is a Technology professional with over 25 years of experience helping organizations understand how they can drive secure collaboration and business productivity through an effective use of technology. With a technical background in the Microsoft stack of collaboration products, and having held both technical and business management roles, John has a deep understanding of the priorities and concerns of both sides of the organization. In his current role as Chief Product Officer (and CTO (Public Sector) at AvePoint, John is responsible for helping customers balance innovation and governance in their journey to the cloud and designing products and solutions to support that journey.
- Speaker Certification
- RD
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John White
Scuba Diver and Business Intelligence guy. CTO with tyGraph
John P White is the Chief Technical Officer and Co-Founder of UnlimitedViz, the makers of tyGraph. 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. 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 like Novell, Lotus Notes and Java. This experience has proven invaluable when architecting systems alongside legacy applications. Over the past decade, he has been focused on the Microsoft SharePoint and Business Intelligence 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 BIFocal podcast which covers the Microsoft BI 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). Samples of his work can be found at on Flickr.- Speaker Certification
- MVP
- WRK401 - Everything you wanted to know about Power BI (but were afraid to ask!)
- BI101 - Your guide to understanding Power BI
- BI104 - Sharing PowerBI Reports with the World - 5 Things to Know
- BI202 - Power BI Premium – When Do I Need It?
- BI204 - There's No Time Like the Present - Real Time Reporting with Power BI
- BI301 - 5 Reasons you want Paginated Reports in your life
- BI303 - Deep Dive on Power BI and SharePoint
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Joy Apple
The Joy of SharePoint - Microsoft MVP & Modern Workplace Strategist
Joy T. Apple is an information technologist who has spent the last 13 years working with Microsoft products and technologies.
During her time as a SharePoint/Microsoft 365 consultant and trainer Joy has had the opportunity to work with three of the branches of our Armed Forces, several government agencies, and many Fortune 500 companies. She is a contributing author for several SharePoint publications and is a certified Microsoft Service Adoption Specialist
She is now a Modern Workplace Strategist and Trainer for PAIT Group and hosts the Joy of SharePoint webinar series.- Speaker Certification
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Julie Turner
Partner/CTO Sympraxis Consulting, MVP
Julie has been building software on primarily the Microsoft platform for over 20 years. With a degree in Electrical Engineering specializing in microprocessor system design from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, she came at software initially from a very low level but quickly realized her love and aptitude for developing rich user experiences and solutions. She worked her way up through internal IT ranks reaching a Director of IT position before realizing more impact could be made in consulting and really focused on the SharePoint platform in 2007. Since then her focus has been on the SharePoint platform, Office 365, Azure, and client-side development. She's the co-author of the Widget Wrangler JavaScript library and continues to try and help innovate SharePoint and Office 365 solutions for her clients. She also has been a recipient of the Microsoft MVP award for Office Apps and Services since 2017 and is a Microsoft 365 PnP team member.
- Speaker Certification
- MVP
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Liz Sundet
Microsoft Program Manager
Liz is a Program Manager at Microsoft and former Office Apps and Services MVP. Liz loves a challenge, so everything from a business problem to troubleshooting an error in a system is just another learning opportunity. As a trainer and international speaker, she hopes to inspire others to learn something they can apply to their own work immediately. When she is not working in SharePoint or traveling, you may find her in a variety of activities as diverse as she is: playing music, riding motorcycles, training her dog and even a craft or two. You can follow her on twitter @percusn.
- Speaker Certification
- MCT, PMP, MBA
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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
- MVP
- WRK104 - We’ve Deployed Microsoft Teams… Now What?
- WRK601 - Microsoft Viva (part 2): Insights Into Viva
- FLO104 - Working with JSON and Arrays in Power Automate
- FLO202 - How to Execute JavaScript, TypeScript, and Excel Formulas In Power Automate
- DEV303 - Creating Your First Viva Connections Adaptive Card Extension That You Actually Use!
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Max Fritz
Microsoft Teams Program Manager
Max is a Senior Program Manager for Microsoft Teams 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.
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Michelle Gilbert
Teams Technical Specialist at Microsoft | President MN M365 User Group | Former MVP
Michelle is a Microsoft Teams Technical Specialist at Microsoft. She is a former 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 SharePoint and Office 365. Michelle is the board President of the Minnesota Microsoft 365 User Group, community organizer of MN M365 Admin Workshop Day and has been a member of the SharePoint community since 2009.
- Speaker Certification
- Former MVP
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Mike Maadarani
Office 365 MVP, Cloud Solutions Architect, MCM Consulting
Mike Maadarani is an Office 365 MVP, and a Cloud Solutions Architect who has been providing strategic solutions surrounding architecture, planning, migration and governance for medium to large-scale organization. With over 25 years of IT industry experience, Mike spent the last few years managing and delivering collaboration solutions to a wide range of mid to large scale projects. He is an evangelist and visionary where he can and provide the business and technical leadership required for delivering successful global Microsoft 365 projects. This has giving him the opportunity to work with great talented colleagues and people who I have a lot of respect for their passion and dedication.
He is an active member in the Microsoft 365 community and have spoken in many Microsoft conferences, local events, and corporate functions.- Speaker Certification
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Nate Chamberlain
Microsoft MVP and MCT
Nate is an award-winning, certified technical trainer and content creator who specializes in Microsoft 365 apps and services. He trains corporate clients on a wide range of Microsoft 365 topics including OneDrive, SharePoint, Teams, and the Power Platform. He has authored several M365-focused books including M365 certification exam guides, he blogs regularly at NateChamberlain.com, and is often a guest speaker at user groups and conferences.
- Speaker Certification
- MVP, MCT
- WRK109 - Unboxing Microsoft 365: Make the most of your productivity toolbox
- WRK502 - Build the intranet of the future using SharePoint Online
- OFF103 - Goodbye, TwoNote: A OneNote refresher
- PWR203 - How (and when) to use calculated and lookup column types in lists
- OFF303 - How well do you know the Office desktop apps? 70 min of tips & ideas to wow your co-workers
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Nick Brattoli
Microsoft MVP, Collab365 Community Manager, and Independent Consultant
Nick Brattoli is an Ohio native, MPV, MCSE, and self-employed Consultant, as well as the Collab365 Community Manager. He’s worked in the IT Field for 19 years, 13 of which have been SharePoint-focused.
Over the years, he’s worked in a variety of industries, such as Healthcare, Finance, Law, and Manufacturing. He currently lives in Birmingham, Alabama, working as Principal Consultant at ThreeSixFive Consulting
In his free time, he practices Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, goes on adventures, works on nerdy projects.- Speaker Certification
- MVP, MCT
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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 12 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,
- WRK103 - Advanced Power Apps and Power Automate: Workarounds for Common Problems
- WRK403 - Dataverse for Teams: Extending Teams with Apps, Flows, and Bots
- APP103 - Microsoft Power Apps: Building Responsive Design Apps for Every Device
- APP203 - Power Apps: Building Offline Apps Tips and Tricks
- PLT304 - Using Power Apps and Microsoft Power Automate (Flow) Together: Made for each other
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Prashant G Bhoyar
Microsoft AI MVP, MCT, Cloud Solution Architect at AIS
Prashant G Bhoyar is a Microsoft AI 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
- WRK102 - Building Intelligent Enterprise-Grade Virtual Agents ( Bots ) using Power Platform & Azure
- WRK402 - Hands-On : Azure For Power Platform Developers Masterclass
- PVA102 - Building Intelligent virtual agents ( Bots ) in Microsoft Teams using Power Virtual Agents
- DEV203 - Implementing Microsoft Teams Governance using Power Automate , Microsoft Graph & SharePoint
- DEV204 - Power Automate for Microsoft 365 Developers
- PLT301 - Manage Power Platform Like a Pro using PowerShell
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Raj Krishnan
Microsoft Corporation; Cloud Solution Architect; Digital Advisor
Raj Krishnan is a Digital Transformation Architect at Microsoft with over 25 years of experience in high technology and in multiple industries. He focuses on Cloud Computing and supports fortune five hundred companies in the Application Development and Data / AI areas.
- Speaker Certification
- MCT and Certified Hackathon Coach
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Ralph Rivas
MS MVP Biz Apps, Collaboration Evangelist, National Solutions Architect at SOGETI USA focused on all things Cloud as well as Microsoft 365
Ralph is a seasoned professional with experience delivering quality software and solutions going back to the 90s. Currently, co-hosts the online (light) blue collar video blog/podcast http://www.cloudtalkshow.com, co-leads the Chicago Microsoft Power Platform User Group and is one of the main event organizers for https://m365chicago.com in addition to being a speaker in other virtual conferences and user groups. He has been an aficionado of Microsoft products going back to the first versions of Windows and Excel the original Low Code Platform which complements his MS MVP status for Business Applications and the Power Platform in particular.
Ralph has held many varied roles on project teams from programmer to support to mentor and trainer as well as a key resource for SharePoint/Office 365-related architecture, development, deployment, operations, governance and on-going support efforts while also able to deliver .NET based solutions on all other Microsoft supported platforms in as well as aspects related to the Portal and Collaboration workspace. More currently, he holds the role as National Solutions Architect at SOGETI USA in the Cloud Technologies group with a particular focus on supporting and implementing solutions around M365 and the Power Platform at all levels.
Working with a major partner and with the community, he has been focused most lately on Power Platform governance and adoption at the enterprise level through direct participation with the Power CAT team and Power Platform Product team at Microsoft including deliveries of "in-a-day" events, hackathons, workshops as well as implementation and guidance around the Center of Excellence tool set as well as Adoption Maturity Assessments for baseline KPI's and measures.
Born in the Chicago area, his father's assignment with Abbott Labs had him growing up in the Philippines through the end of High School, the experience of which also included world travel that he continues to this day for business and leisure.
With a toddler at home and a older one just out of college, he still is a family guy but still keeps in touch with his other interests in entertainment (music, improv comedy, etc.), history, travel, 70's era board games, the cinema and cultural experiences.
Expect to find Ralph in the various PnP SIG meetings in most of the topic areas such as M365 Maturity, SPFx Development and the very crucial Sharing is Caring Initiatives of the community.- Speaker Certification
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Sarah Haase
Microsoft MVP | Office 365 enthusiast | 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 SharePoint Saturday 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
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Scott Shearer
SharePoint, Flow and Microsoft 365 Evangelist and Microsoft MVP
Scott Shearer is a SharePoint and Office 365 evangelist and Microsoft MVP. Scott has over 20 years' experience in the IT industry implementing Microsoft products and technologies. He has held positions ranging from systems administrator to developer to trainer. Scott is an MCT and Microsoft Office 2016 Specialist Master. Currently, he is an Office 365 consultant providing innovative and cost effective solutions leveraging out of the box functionality. Scott is also known for mentoring and training SharePoint site administrators and frequently conducts SharePoint end user training sessions. He is a regular speaker at SharePoint events and a top contributor to the Microsoft Flow Power Users Community site.
- Speaker Certification
- MVP, MCT
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Stephanie Donahue
Avanade, Technical Community Lead
Stephanie is the Technical Community Lead at Avanade, with a focus on increasing engagement across technical leadership communities. As a Microsoft Regional Director and MVP, she has been setting a strategic path from discovery to successful implementations using an innovative approach and consistent methodology. Stephanie is an active blogger and event speaker with over 10 years of experience in SharePoint projects and over 23 years in IT - from basic deployments to information architecture, content management, to business process automation. You can follow Stephanie at @stephkdonahue on Twitter or read her blog at http://stephkdonahue.com
- Speaker Certification
- MVP, RD
- WRK104 - We’ve Deployed Microsoft Teams… Now What?
- WRK601 - Microsoft Viva (part 2): Insights Into Viva
- CM102 - Bringing Calm to the Chaos: Modern Content Management that works for everyone
- TMS202 - How To use Microsoft Teams for Project Management
- SPT302 - 6 Tips to improve your Personal Productivity with Viva Insights
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Stephen Rose
Sr Product Manager- Microsoft Teams
Since 2009 Stephen has led IT pro product marketing for a wide variety of products at Microsoft including Microsoft 365, Windows, Surface, Office and OneDrive. He now leads IT Pro Security, Management and Privacy for Microsoft Teams and is the host of the show Inside Microsoft Teams.
Stephen holds over 20 technical certifications and been certified since Windows NT 4.0 and (sadly) still remembers what an IRQ is. It is also possible that Stephen may be the last living member of the Columbia House Record and Tape club. -
Susan Hanley
Information Architect
Susan Hanley is a consultant specializing in the "people side" of intranet and collaboration solutions. She is a Microsoft Office Apps and Services MVP and writes the Essential SharePoint blog for Computerworld at www.computerworld.com/blog/essential-sharepoint. Her areas of expertise include information architecture, knowledge management, collaboration and intranet strategy, user adoption, governance, and business value metrics.
- Speaker Certification
- MVP
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Treb Gatte
Microsoft MVP, MCP, MCTS, MBA, CEO, Marquee Insights
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
- WRK101 - A Beginner’s Guide to Power BI for SharePoint Users
- CM101 - Unlocking SharePoint's Content with SharePoint Syntex and Power BI
- BI103 - Data Mining Office 365 & SharePoint with Power BI
- BI201 - Managing Goal Status and OKRs using Power BI Goals and SharePoint
- BI302 - SharePoint, Teams and Power BI Integration Strategies
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Virgil Carroll
Principal Human Solutions Architect
Virgil Carroll is the owner and president of High Monkey – based in Minneapolis Minnesota. Virgil also wears the multiple ‘hats’ of Principle Human Solutions Architect and SharePoint Architect. Virgil is one of those rare individuals who can dive deep into technical topics while speaking clearly to the business owners of a project and never forgetting that the end user experience has the highest priority. He calls it using both sides of his brain. Virgil is passionate about leveraging technologies ‘out of the box’ as much as possible with a focus on the strategic use of content to create websites that deliver the right content to the right audience on the right device at the right time. Virgil brings high energy, an ironic wit, and a sense of grounded perspective whenever he speaks to an audience. Virgil regularly speaks at conferences and user groups throughout the United States and occasionally in Europe.
- Speaker Certification
- MCT
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Vlad Catrinescu
Microsoft MVP | MCT Regional Lead | Author of 40 courses at Pluralsight and 3 books with Apress
Vlad is an Office 365 consultant helping organizations get the most out their Microsoft 365 Digital Workplace. IT Professional at heart, Vlad focuses on helping administrators deploy, manage, automate, and configure governance across services such as SharePoint, OneDrive for Business, and Microsoft Teams.
As an author, Microsoft Certified Trainer and recognized international speaker, Vlad has helped over a million IT Professionals and end-users across the globe to better understand and to get the most out of Office 365 and the greater Microsoft 365 platform. Vlad is the author of three SharePoint books published by Apress and over 25 courses on Pluralsight covering SharePoint, Microsoft 365, and the Power Platform.
Vlad is also a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) since 2013 and has his own blog at https://VladTalksTech.com. He also shares his knowledge by speaking at conferences around the globe and local community events. Vlad is often featured as an expert on other industry related websites and blogs.- Speaker Certification
- MVP, MCT
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Wes Preston
Independent consultant working with platform alignment and no-code solutions with SharePoint and/or PowerApps
Wes is an independent consultant based in Minneapolis, MN and works primarily as an O365 / PowerApps / 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 SharePoint Saturday - Twin Cities events. Wes has been a contributing author to two books: - "Microsoft SharePoint 2010: Creating and Implementing Real-World Projects (Microsoft Press, 2012)" - "SharePoint 2010 Six-in-One (Wrox, 2011)". Wes maintains a blog at http://www.idubbs.com/blog.
- Speaker Certification
- MVP
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William Huneycutt
ASPE Training | Upskill Tech
William (Andy) Huneycutt is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) and Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) specializing in Office 365 and SharePoint. He has worked as a training instructor, courseware developer, and consultant for ASPE Training since 2011.
As a courseware developer for ASPE, he develops custom training and coaching solutions for Office 365 and SharePoint. His primary focuses are Business Process Automation, SharePoint for Business Analysts, and Workflows for SharePoint. Business Process Automation is centered on out-of-the-box solutions for content services, form services, business automation processes through workflows, and no code solutions.
Andy currently serves on the advisory board for the SharePoint Institute, an organization dedicated to the advancement of professionals through real-world SharePoint certification. He also serves on the leadership committee of the Charlotte Area SharePoint User Group and SharePoint Saturday for Charlotte, NC.- Speaker Certification
- MVP
