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Veronika Kolesnikova

Developer, Microsoft MVP (AI)

Passionate about backend web development, mainly with Microsoft technologies like C#, .NET, Azure. Public speaker, hackathon volunteer. Curious about mobile, ML and AR. Veronika holds a master degree in Information Technology. In her free time, she likes dancing, traveling and practicing aerial yoga.

Fergus Kidd

Full Stack Engineer - Emerging Technology

Fergus is an Engineer in Avanade’s Emerging Technology Engineering team. He works on developing assets and demonstrations around new and future technologies, focussing on innovative use cases to show the power of new technologies in the enterprise. Fergus has an academic background in physics, and a professional background in data science, and artificial intelligence.

Fergus Kidd

Full Stack Engineer - Emerging Technology

Fergus is an Engineer in Avanade’s Emerging Technology Engineering team. He works on developing assets and demonstrations around new and future technologies, focussing on innovative use cases to show the power of new technologies in the enterprise. Fergus has an academic background in physics, and a professional background in data science, and artificial intelligence.

Veronika Kolesnikova

Developer, Microsoft MVP (AI)

Passionate about backend web development, mainly with Microsoft technologies like C#, .NET, Azure. Public speaker, hackathon volunteer. Curious about mobile, ML and AR. Veronika holds a master degree in Information Technology. In her free time, she likes dancing, traveling and practicing aerial yoga.

Ron Dagdag

Lead Software Engineer and Microsoft MVP

During the day, Ron Dagdag is a Lead Software Engineer with 20 years of experience working on a number of business applications using a diverse set of frameworks and languages. He currently support developers at Spacee with their IoT, Cloud and ML development. On the side, Ron Dagdag is active participant in the community as a Microsoft MVP, speaker, maker and blogger. He is passionate about Augmented Intelligence, studying the convergence of Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality, Machine Learning and the Internet of Things. @rondagdag

Ron Dagdag

Lead Software Engineer and Microsoft MVP

During the day, Ron Dagdag is a Lead Software Engineer with 20 years of experience working on a number of business applications using a diverse set of frameworks and languages. He currently support developers at Spacee with their IoT, Cloud and ML development. On the side, Ron Dagdag is active participant in the community as a Microsoft MVP, speaker, maker and blogger. He is passionate about Augmented Intelligence, studying the convergence of Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality, Machine Learning and the Internet of Things. @rondagdag

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Neha Jindal

Senior Machine Learning Engineer at AGL Energy

Neha Jindal is a Senior Machine Learning Engineer at AGL Energy. Neha works in AGL's Data & Analytics Centre of Excellence. The CoE uplifts the data science capability across the full breadth of AGL. Neha leveraged her expertise in the design and development of scalable and efficient machine learning solutions to help establish AGL’s world-leading advanced analytics platform, [email protected] As a passionate coder and data enthusiast, Neha loves exploring state-of-the-art technologies in the ever-growing field of machine learning and MLOps. She is a full-stack machine learning developer, with rich experience in a wide range of machine learning and DevOps technologies. Her experience in real-world corporate roles complements her strong academic background in Computer Science and Information Technology. She holds multiple degrees including Masters in Information Technology from LaTrobe University and Masters of Computer Applications from Panjab University.

Arafat Tehsin

Solution Architect & Microsoft MVP (AI)

Arafat is a Solution Architect at EY and Microsoft MVP (AI). He has been working with Global ISVs of Microsoft and developing some next-gen solutions using cutting-edge Microsoft technologies. He's an active contributor for the community especially around Azure AI. He also co-founded the Bot Builder Community on GitHub, runs Global AI Podcast with Aussie MVPs and has been writing / speaking about Microsoft Azure AI, Bots and Power Platform.

Praveen Raghuvanshi

AI/ML Enthusiast | Cloud Architect | IoT | Community Speaker

A software professional and community speaker with 15 yrs of rich experience in architecture and developing enterprise software applications using Microsoft Stack. Currently, working as a Principal Engineer at Harman International, A Samsung Company and developing IoT based applications for the Professional Audio. An AI/ML enthusiast with an interest in deep learning and computer vision and a promoter of ML.Net framework.

Haritha Thilakarathne

Microsoft MVP - Artificial Intelligence

Haritha Thilakarathne is a MVP in Artificial Intelligence based in Melbourne. He has hands on experience with Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Azure AI stack and developing intelligent applications. Haritha is a research scholar at La Trobe University currently reading for his PhD on Deep Learning with the collaboration of Australian Institute of Sport.

Akanksha Malik

Data Scientist | Microsoft AI MVP | Director at Women Who Code

Akanksha is a Data Scientist, a Microsoft AI MVP and an international speaker. After studying Financial Maths and Actuarial Science at UCC, Ireland, she realised she wanted to work with people as well as numbers. At Purple, she is working with clients to help them solve problems by making more informed decisions with data. She is a firm believer of diversity and inclusivity. She loves machine learning, and that it is becoming more accessible to everyone. She is an avid advocate for women in STEM and is currently the network director of Women Who Code Melbourne. Akanksha is also a current board member of Global AI Community, a free platform that connects AI enthusiasts to experts.

Arafat Tehsin

Solution Architect & Microsoft MVP (AI)

Arafat is a Solution Architect at EY and Microsoft MVP (AI). He has been working with Global ISVs of Microsoft and developing some next-gen solutions using cutting-edge Microsoft technologies. He's an active contributor for the community especially around Azure AI. He also co-founded the Bot Builder Community on GitHub, runs Global AI Podcast with Aussie MVPs and has been writing / speaking about Microsoft Azure AI, Bots and Power Platform.

Jernej Kavka (JK)

Microsoft AI MVP, Solution Architect at SSW

Jernej Kavka (JK) is an SSW Senior Software Architect, Microsoft AI MVP and organizer of the Brisbane AI user group. JK is a full-stack .NET developer, but his passion lies in Azure Cognitive Services, AI and machine learning. He is the main architect behind SSW's virtual receptionist - SSW SophieBot and SSW SophieHub: https://sswsophie.com

Jernej Kavka (JK)

Microsoft AI MVP, Solution Architect at SSW

Jernej Kavka (JK) is an SSW Senior Software Architect, Microsoft AI MVP and organizer of the Brisbane AI user group. JK is a full-stack .NET developer, but his passion lies in Azure Cognitive Services, AI and machine learning. He is the main architect behind SSW's virtual receptionist - SSW SophieBot and SSW SophieHub: https://sswsophie.com

David Alzamendi

Independent Data Architect and Data Consultant. Microsoft MVP

I’m David Alzamendi, a Microsoft Certified Professional and Data Architect. Currently based in Brisbane, Australia, I’ve been working in the Business Intelligence area since 2011. I am passionate about the positive impact data can have on our lives, businesses, world economies and the environment.

Akanksha Malik

Data Scientist | Microsoft AI MVP | Director at Women Who Code

Akanksha is a Data Scientist, a Microsoft AI MVP and an international speaker. After studying Financial Maths and Actuarial Science at UCC, Ireland, she realised she wanted to work with people as well as numbers. At Purple, she is working with clients to help them solve problems by making more informed decisions with data. She is a firm believer of diversity and inclusivity. She loves machine learning, and that it is becoming more accessible to everyone. She is an avid advocate for women in STEM and is currently the network director of Women Who Code Melbourne. Akanksha is also a current board member of Global AI Community, a free platform that connects AI enthusiasts to experts.

Somy Ayazi

Lead Consultant at Telstra Purple

Somy is a Lead Consultant at Telstra Purple, involved with community by co-hosting Global AI podcast as well as co-organizing APAC AI User Group. She is passionate about AI and describe herself to be on a constant learning journey whom is keen to share what she learns along the way.

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Allen O'Neill

Head Honcho @ DataWorks ... WebData made simple PhD - AI (current), CEng, MSc, Dip. IT Law, FBCS - Architect/Engineer MVP + Regional Director @ Microsoft

Allen is founder and CTO for ‘The DataWorks’, delivering AI-driven web-data solutions to top tier organisations worldwide. His core focus is designing innovative technology solutions at scale, and his primary background is in enterprise systems. He has deep cross platform and vendor expertise using Azure, AWS, Google, AliBaba and on-premises cloud platforms.

Liji Thomas

Manager, Modern Application Development, Valorem Reply

Liji is a technophile with over a decade's industry experience in technical and leadership roles. As Manager (Modern Application Development) at Valorem Reply, she leads a team of digital transformation consultants. She's passionate about emerging technologies, particularly building AI-powered (delightful) experiences for a global clientele.

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Bruno Capuano

AI Dude - Microsoft AI MVP

Bruno Capuano is Regional Innovation Lead at Avanade Canada and has been a Microsoft MVP for the past 12 years. He is an active Microsoft Technologies Community participant, a writer and a frequent speaker at local and international technology conferences.

Markus Ehrenmüller-Jensen

BI Architect

Markus Ehrenmüller-Jensen is the founder of Savory Data and works as a project leader, data engineer and BI architect since 1994. He is an educated software-engineer, graduated business educator and professor for databases and project engineering at HTL Leonding (technical college) and certified as MCSE Data Platform and MCSE Business Intelligence. Markus speaks regularly on international conferences (eg. SQL PASS Summit, SQLBits London, Power Platform Worldtour, SQL Saturdays, SQL Days, SQL PASS Austria, ...) and writes articles for well-known journals. In 2013 he co-founded SQL PASS Austria and in 2016 Power Platform Usergroup Austria and organizes SQL Saturdays in Vienna since 2014. For his technical leadership in the community he was awarded repeatedly as a Microsoft Data Platform MVP since 2017.

Eldert Grootenboer

Technology Lead - Azure MVP

Eldert can be described as an Azure MVP, Technology Lead, Cloud Solution Architect, blogger, public speaker and technical author. He can regularly be seen on conferences and user groups, speaking on Cloud related topics, with a strong focus on Azure. His experience with the Cloud comes from his daily work with these technologies in many innovative projects with various clients, as well as his drive to further dive into the latest developments in his spare time. Eldert enjoys sharing his knowledge with the community, and believes this is the best way to each other obtain more and better opportunities.

Georgia Kalyva

AI MVP, MCT, Web Applications Developer, B.Sc, MBA

Georgia Kalyva is a Microsoft AI MVP and a Microsoft Certified Trainer, with years of experience in software engineering and is currently working for ITT as a Web Applications Developer. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and a master’s degree in Business Administration. She is passionate about AI and Azure and has represented Greece in global competitions in Technology and Entrepreneurship. She is a member of the Microsoft Learn Ambassadors team and has taken over the role of mentor in several Microsoft competitions and trainings.

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JORGE CASTILLO

VISION IT , ARQUITECTO DE SOLUCIONES NUBE

MCT y Arquitecto en soluciones Cloud usando herramientas de Microsoft. Líder de innovación en el área de desarrollo de soluciones de colaboración Implementando soluciones de alto impacto. Apasionado por la innovación y uso de nuevas tecnologías que aporten valor al negocio.

Frank Chambillo

Gerente General de Adamantium Network SAC

Profesional en tecnologías de la información con más de 13 años de experiencia en la implementación y configuración de tecnologías emergentes para empresas, cuento con los siguientes títulos: Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP), Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP), Microsoft Technology Associate (MTA), Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP). He sido reconocido por 5 años como Microsoft Active Professional (MAP) y Microsoft Influencer FY16 por Microsoft Perú. Certificado por Microsoft Perú como Speaker Oficial FY16 colaborando con las comunidades de tecnología en el Perú como: MUG Centro Perú, SQL Pass Perú, Power BI User Group Perú y Cloud Experts. Socio Fundador de Adamantium Network LLC y Adamantium Network SAC, empresa dedicada a la distribución de software y soluciones hospedadas en internet para la transformación digital de negocios. Actualmente, me desempeño como consultor en TI.

Jorge Michael Muchaypiña Gutierrez

Rimac Seguros, Power BI Lead , MTC y MVP Reconnect

Actualmente me desempeño como Power BI Lead en Rimac Seguro, somos el área de Data Driven de la compañía , para poder brindarle información a cerca de 1000 usuarios. Soy Instructor de cursos de plataforma de datos y me encanta participar en eventos de esta magnitud.

Luis Beltran

Microsoft MVP, Xamarin Certified Mobile Developer

Hello! My name is Luis. I'm a Microsoft MVP in Developer Technologies and AI. I am currently pursuing a PhD in Engineering Informatics at Tomas Bata University in Zlin, Czech Republic. I am a fan of software development, particularly mobile apps with Xamarin integrated with cloud computing services, such as Azure. Moreover, Artificial Intelligence is amazing and one of my favorite topics! I've been developing .NET apps for more than 10 years. I find C# a really powerful language which allow us to create different kinds of software. I enjoy sharing my knowledge with others, either at writing a blog post or streaming an online session. Of course, activities such as talking for a conference and answering peeps' questions in social networks are included as well.

Carla Vanesa Mamani Chávez

Beta Microsoft Learn Student Ambassador, Leader Community Student Ambassador La Paz

I am 22 years old, I am from the Universidad Mayor de San Andres, I studied Computer Science and I am currently a member of the Microsoft Learn Student Ambassador World Program.

Juan Rafael

Architect Solutions Dynamics 365 FO - CE - Commerce

MCT | MVP Business Aplications Leader - Cloud Experts Community (antes PASS LIMA)

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Annie Mathew

Director Developer Relations at Microsoft Asia Pacific

She is Director, Developer Relations for Microsoft in Asia Pacific. As part of her current role she works with a diverse set of developers and empowers them to do more on cloud technologies. Annie is an active contributor to industry forums and tech communities. She is a Guide with the current cohort of Forbes Ignite Impact Fellowship for women solving challenges in Healthcare. She was the first woman President of HIMSS Asia Pacific India chapter, a global non profit which drives IT into Healthcare. She currently chairs the HIMSS committee on Women in Health IT. Annie has been recognized for her work in catalyzing Kerala’s startup ecosystem as Board Member of Startup Village. Her favorite moment is representing the India startup ecosystem at Cannes Lions Festival, France. Annie holds a Post graduation in Management from Indian School of Business and a B.Tech in Electrical Engineering from University of Kerala. She enjoys reading, arts, travel and is passionate about technology and diversity.

Sudhir Rawat

Data and AI geek @ Microsoft

Sudhir works as a Developer Product Marketing Manager, based in New Zealand. He has 14 years of industry experience, and has been involved in various activities like solution architecture, development, consulting, troubleshooting, and speaking. He works extensively on Data and AI platforms, and has helped various Microsoft customers in their digital transformation journey. He has also delivered talks in various conferences on topics like Azure, BI, Big Data, IOT and AI. His certifications include Azure Data Scientist Associate, Azure AI Engineer Associate, Azure Data Engineer Associate, MCITP, MCTS, MCT, MCPS and MS. In addition, he is also the author of a book on Azure Data Factory.

Saba Samiei

Founder of MACSO & Comfort.AI

Saba's mission in life is to do her best in creating a better future for humanity and all that lives around us. She has quite a diverse experience in the tech industry from hands-on coding to leading multi-million dollar transformation projects. Saba developed an in-depth passion for artificial intelligence back in 2016 and has dedicated her life researching and learning different aspects of this topic ever since. She completed her thesis based masters in ethics of artificial intelligence in 2019 from Auckland university of technology. In her research Saba focused on the ‘why’ behind the danger of AI. Since then, she has founded Comfort.AI, an educational platform with a goal to make AI a comfort zone of her audience; and MACSO an AI start up with a mission to lower the barriers for innovation and AI for everyone and build a more ethical AI Future, Saba’s leadership and social activities have been recognised via a number of awards in New Zealand. In 2017, Saba was recognised as the top 3 finalists in New Zealand CIO emerging leader awards and top 4 finalists in Women of Influence Young leader awards. In 2019 she was recognised as New Zealand Reseller News 30 under 30. In 2020 she won the Reseller News Rising star award and was a finalist in the Reseller News awards community category. Saba's motto in life is "I'll find a way or make one!"

Leila Etaati

Microsoft AI and Data Platform MVP, CO Founder RADACAD,Data Scientist, PhD, Co-org BI and Power BI Auckland group

Leila is the first Microsoft AI MVP in New Zealand and Australia, She has Ph.D. in Information System from the University Of Auckland. She is the Co-director and data scientist in RADACAD Company with more than 100 clients in around the world. She is the co-organizer of Microsoft Business Intelligence and Power BI Use group (meetup) in Auckland with more than 1200 members, She is the co-organizer of three main conferences in Auckland: SQL Saturday Auckland (2015 till now) with more than 400 registrations, Difinity (2017 till now) with more than 200 registrations and Global AI Bootcamp 2018. She is a Data Scientist, BI Consultant, Trainer, and Speaker. She is a well-known International Speakers to many conferences such as Microsoft ignite, SQL pass, Data Platform Summit, SQL Saturday, Power BI world Tour and so forth in Europe, USA, Asia, Australia, and New Zealand. She has over ten years’ experience working with databases and software systems. She was involved in many large-scale projects for big-sized companies. She also AI and Data Platform Microsoft MVP. Leila is an active Technical Microsoft AI blogger for RADACAD.

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Indira Bandari

Microsoft Data Platform MVP | BI Consultant I Director at KidsTech

I am an experienced CRM and Business Intelligence Consultant with 15 years of experience in developing database development, data warehousing and designed quite a few data and analytics solutions using Mcirosoft SQL, SSIS, SSAS, SSRS, SAS. I also have advanced skills in Power BI, Power Query, Power Pivot, Qlikview, QlikSense, Javascript, HTML, CSS to name a few.

Anupama Natarajan

Data & AI Consultant, MCT, Microsoft AI MVP, Principal Consultant/Director Pearl Innovations

Anu is a Data, Analytics and AI Consultant with 20+ years of experience working in design and development of Data Warehouse, Business Intelligence, AI enabled applications and SaaS integrated solutions. She is a Microsoft MVP in Artificial Intelligence, Microsoft Certified Trainer and really passionate in sharing knowledge. She enjoys solving complex business problems with innovative solutions using Microsoft technologies and uses that experience in her training. She speaks at conferences (PASS Summit, SQL Saturdays, Data Platform Summit, Difinity) and organises local user group meetups and SQLSaturday Organiser in Wellington, New Zealand.

Momataj Begam

Data Engineer

Momataj has 3 years of Cloud Data Engineering experience and she recently joined Electricity Authority as a Data Engineer. She developed "Contact Energy’s first Production Machine Learning Platform."

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Willem Meints

Technoloy Advocate/Microsoft AI MVP

Willem Meints is an AI/machine learning expert for Info Support and Microsoft AI MVP. He has worked for years on several machine learning algorithms and recently wrote a book about deep learning using CNTK.

Pier Paolo Ippolito

Data Scientist, Technical Writer

Data Scientist and MSc in Artificial Intelligence graduate with an interest in research areas such as Data Science, Machine Learning, and Cloud Development. Aside from my work activities, I am a freelancer and technical writer for Towards Data Science (an online publication with two million annual readers).

Arijit Das

Ambassador - Edge Impulse

Arijit is a 15-year-old from India. He loves to play with AI on hardware. He has been into IoT and AI since 2017. Currently he is an Ambassador at Edge Impulse and creates wholesome content for the team and also shares his thought in lots of good talks. He leads the TinyML Aspirants Community, which is amongst the biggest Machine Learning communities in Asia. In his free time he is usually found to play his Spanish Guitar and making EDM songs!

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Hugo Barona

Cloud Solution Architect

Hugo is a Cloud Solutions Architect and Microsoft Azure enthusiast, specialized in Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Stack, and design and develop Cloud solutions. He works as an independent contractor, helping customers to migrate existing applications to Azure and deliver Azure cloud-based solutions to enable digital transformation. Also, he is a tech community contributor and public speaker in local tech communities and conferences. Hugo is a passionate person for technology, innovation, and new challenges.

João Gonçalves

Solutions Architect @Version1

Azure Solutions Architect and DevOps Certified | Craft beer, House music and Gym fanatic

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Cihan Yakar

Founder of Bitsody Software

Cihan Yakar is +15 years experienced multidisciplinary developer. He is interested in data science and full-stack development. Also, he has been awarded the Microsoft MVP title for 2020.

Daron Yondem

Microsoft Regional Director, AI and Azure MVP

Daron is a Microsoft Regional Director and a Microsoft MVP since 2008, focusing on AI and Azure. He is a regular speaker at international conferences talking about AI, Serverless, and Engineering Culture. Daron works at Solliance as a Principal Cloud Solution Architect.

Mert Cobanov

AI Team Lead at Global AI Hub, Data Scientist, Youtuber

A wholehearted supporter of accessible and free education. Cobanov is a data scientist who never misses the opportunity to train people and has spoiled his mind with machine learning. Also an electrical engineer and loves integrated circuits. Ex-data scientist at Bosch. Currently, AI Team Lead at Global AI Hub also creates lots of data science content on Youtube.

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Alejandro Almeida

Microsoft Azure MVP & MCT

Currently work designing, giving support and training of architecture to cloud solutions in Azure. I also participate in communities giving talks as a technical evangelist and collaborate as Azure Advisor. During my 17 years of work experience had the opportunity to participate in design of large business solutions with Microsoft technologies. As a personal initiative, during my years as a full-stack developer, created the technological disclosure portal www.adslzone.net, which became an international reference site and currently has more than 12 million active users.

Alberto Picazo

DevOps & Arquitecto de Software & Microsoft Dev MVP

Apasionado de la tecnología, pero ante todo padre. Galardonado con el MVP en la categoría de development technologies Me gusta colaborar en la medida de lo posible con la comunidad, sobre todo subiendo vídeos para la comunidad hispana en mi canal de Youtube. Actualmente estoy desempeñando tareas de Arquitecto de software en Prodware, aplicando buenas practicas en flujos de trabajo. Llevo bastante tiempo colaborando con proyectos para Microsoft, donde cada día es un reto

Diego Muñoz

Data, BI & AI Director en Prodware

Abulense de nacimiento y Madrileño de adopción. Enamorado de los datos y la analítica como herramientas para mejorarnos tanto personalmente como profesionalmente

Alexander González

AI Software Development Engineer at Plain Concepts | Microsoft Artificial Intelligence MVP

I'm a young entrepreneur, really passionate about technology, Computer vision, Machine and Deep learning engineer. I'm working hard in cloud and AI worlds. Always open to knowledge, to learn, observe, reflect and then to take the best of myself and share it with others. I'm thrilled by the idea of ownership, passionate about creating new AI platforms, features and services from scratch, and thinking about to one day manage the ambiguity and pace of a company shipping software in cycles measured not by years, but by weeks. Lover of AI DevOps and make our intelligent models the capability to deploy everywhere with IoT devices and so interested every time to listen everybody, teachers, developers, geeks, or people who simply are interesting and creative, don't doubt to contact me!

Rodrigo Cabello

AI Technical Lead at Plain Concepts and MVP in Artificial Intelligence

AI Technical Lead and AI MVP at Plain Concepts (Madrid), with an experience of more than 9 years in the development of web applications. He is enthusiastic about new technologies and apps that use techniques based on Artificial Intelligence.

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Rahat Yasir

Rahat Yasir is selected as Canada's top 30 software developer under 30 in 2018. He is six times Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Award holder in Artificial Intelligence category. He has years of experience in imaging and data analysis application development, cross platform technologies and enterprise system designing. He is the author of the first eBook on Windows Phone 8.1 app development "Windows Phone 8.1 Complete Solution" and "Universal Windows Platform - Complete Solution". He worked at the University of Saskatchewan - Plant phenotyping and imaging research centre (P2IRC) as a data science and imaging researcher. He was the lead AI developer at Immersive Design Studios and developed world's first AI video upscalling tool. He worked as AI Engineer at Intact Financial Corp and designed production graded AI applications that are serving millions of requests everyday. He worked as the Lead AI Developer at OSEDEA to design the next generation AI solutions for manufacturing industry. He is currently working at CAE as AI & Analytics Platform Architect for Aviation, Aerospace, Defense & Healthcare systems.

Ashraf Ghonaim

Ashraf Ghonaim is a Strategic Management Consultant at the City of Toronto. He holds a Computer Engineering degree and an MBA degree in Strategic Management with special emphasis on IT-Business Strategic Alignment using Balanced Scorecard. He is also a certified Balanced Scorecard Professional™ from the co-creators Drs. Kaplan and Norton, a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and a Project Management Professional (PMP). Ashraf is passionate about Visual Analytics using Power BI and he is the leader of the Toronto Power Platform (Power BI, PowerApps, Automate) user group. He is also a frequent speaker in the professional meetup groups and Microsoft events like Power BI World Tour, Dynamics 365, SQL Saturdays, etc. Ashraf also volunteers in several Open Data and Data for Public Good initiatives.

Thaissa Sanches

I am Brazilian, a specialist in Artificial intelligence and Microsoft MVP in AI, trained on technology in computer networks; Currently, I study in Canada, services excellence with business communications and working with Data Architect.