Conference Speakers
Meet Our Speakers
Discover the industry experts who will be sharing their knowledge and experience at The Cloud & AI Summit 2026.
Aditya Rokade
Cloud,AI & DevOps | Public Speaker
Wolters Kluwer
Annemarie Merchant
MCT | Azure Enthusiast | MBA
Microsoft
Avindra Fernando
Principal Architect | Fractional CTO | AI-Driven Development & Modernization | Conference Speaker
Barret Blake
#MicrosoftMVP, speaker, husband, father, architect@NimblePros, developer, former manager, gamer, LEGO enthusiast, Buckeyes fan, model railroader
NimblePros
Becky Bertram
Owner of Savvy Technical Solutions
Bodhisattva Das
Security Engineer - RUDRA Cybersecurity
RUDRA Cybersecurity
Brendan Daly
Senior Solution Architect @ NRI North America
NRI North America
Brian Gorman
Microsoft Azure MVP, Speaker, Author, Trainer, and .Net Developer
Brian Haydin
Microsoft Cloud & AI Architect | Azure • GitHub • Power Platform | Demo-first sessions (US + Europe)
Concurrency
Chad Green
Sr. Systems Architect at Jasper Engines | Cloud Tech Leader | Microsoft MVP | Speaker & Innovator | USMC Vet | Lego Builder #Tech #Cloud #Community
Jasper Engines & Transmissions
Charles Lakes II
Microsoft MVP BizApps | Creative Solution Architect @ The II Lakes Group
The II Lakes Group
Chris Cusumano
Senior Data Engineer | Microsoft
Microsoft
Cory House
Author / Consultant
David Dean
MicroAge, Principal Architect & Data Intelligence Technical Lead
MicroAge
Donnie Taylor
MVP - Azure and Cloud/Datacenter Mgmt
GM
Eldert Grootenboer
Principal Product Manager @Microsoft | #Azure Service Bus | Former #Azure MVP | Community Enthousiast
Microsoft
Eric Boyd
Founder & CEO, responsiveX, Azure & AI MVP, Microsoft RD
responsiveX
Freek Berson
EUC & Bicep Enthusiast | Microsoft MVP
Parallels
Greg Beaumont
Microsoft Data & AI Technical Specialist
Hasan Savran
Microsoft MVP, Owner of SavranWeb Consulting, Sr. Business Intelligence Manager at Progressive Insurance
Progressive Insurance
Isaac Levin
Developer Advocate
Sonar
Jared Rhodes
Principal Consultant, EPAM Systems
Epam Systems
John Joyner
Microsoft Azure MVP, Senior Director, Technology at AccountabilIT.com
Corsica Technologies
John Smith
Your imagination is my only limitation.
Jonathan "J." Tower
.NET Foundation Board | 12x Microsoft MVP | Founder & Consultant
Trailhead Technology Partners
Kevin Griffin
16x Microsoft MVP | .NET & Azure Consultant
Swift Kick
Kevin Grossnicklaus
President, ArchitectNow
Kevin Neumann
Hunter Engineering - Architect
Hunter Engineering
Kiah Imani
Developer Better-er @ LocalStack
LocalStack
Kiley Papa
Principal Solution Engineer - Microsoft Data and AI
Kristopher Turner
Bridging the gap between Azure’s clouds and on-prem realities, one hybrid solution at a time!
TierPoint
Lara Newsom
Software Engineering Technical Leader - Cisco
Cisco
Mahmoud A. Atallah
Microsoft MVP | Azure Solutions Lead | Cloud & AI Advocate
Bespin Global
Mary Myers
Power Platform fanatic passionate about helping others upskill
WorldMax
Michael Eaton
Developer, Leader, Blogger, and Speaker
Mike Benkovich
Exploring the possible
BenkoTIPS Consulting Services
Naga santhosh reddy Vootukuri
Principal software engineering manager at Microsoft Azure SQL engineering
Microsoft
Phil Japikse
CTO/Chief Architect, Author, Speaker
Pierre LaFromboise
Covenant Technology Partners - Chief Data & Analytics Officer
Covenant Technology Partners
Randy Pagels
Principal Trainer at Xebia USA | Microsoft Services
Xpirit USA
Robert Przybylski
Microsoft MVP, Security Practice Leader @ Formula 5
Formula 5
Ryan McGee
Independent Consultant at Talos Software Solutions
Santhana Lakshmi Ponnurasan
Data Analyst | Power BI Specialist
Satish Upadhyaya
Satish Upadhyaya | Microsoft Workplace Transformation Consultant - Managed Services for Microsoft 365
The North IT Consulting Services Inc.
Saul Patino
Multicloud Architect & Strategist | Microsoft Certified Trainer | Speaker
Scott Corio
Microsoft MVP, Enterprise Cloud Architect
Sean Whitesell
President of SkyForge Consulting, Chief Cloud Architect, & President of Tulsa .NET User Group
SkyForge Consulting
Shivay Lamba
Senior Software Engineer
Qualcomm
Siri Varma Vegiraju
Microsoft, Tech Lead
Microsoft
Steve Buchanan
Engineering Manager and startup advisor, 11-time Microsoft MVP, Docker Captain, Author, Thought Leader
Jamf