Zoiner Tejada has more than 18 years of experience consulting in the software industry as a software architect, CTO, and start-up CEO, with particular expertise in cloud computing, big data, analytics, and Machine Learning. He was among the first to receive a Microsoft Azure MVP (“Most Valuable Professional”) designation and has since been awarded the MVP for five consecutive years, and now holds a dual MVP in Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Data Platform. He is also a part of the Microsoft Regional Director program. He received his BS in computer science from Stanford University. Over his four years at the helm of Solliance he has helped numerous customers lift & shift their applications to the cloud, create innovative intellectual property atop bleeding edge technologies, implement scalable and available solutions, tame their data and optimize their costs.

Zoiner is the author of Mastering Azure Analytics published by O'Reilly (which covers a broad range of analytics solutions from real-time processing with Storm, to Interactive/Batch processing with Spark, the application of Machine Learning and many other Data/Analytics related Azure services). He is also co-author of Exam Ref 70-532: Programming Microsoft’s Clouds (the official exam study guide for developers seeking Azure certification), co-author of Developing Microsoft Azure Solutions, and creator of the "Google Analytics Fundamentals" course on Pluralsight.com.

Michele is co-founder and CIO of Solliance, a Microsoft Regional Director and Azure MVP, has been awarded Azure Elite and Azure Insider status as well as the ASP.NET Insider designation. Michele is a respected technology executive / thought leader, who builds high performance teams and infrastructure. With over 20 years of experience Michele has held senior executive positions, assembled software development teams and implemented processes for all aspects of the software development life cycle, and actively facilitated large-scale enterprise application deployments. Michele is a recognized expert in many fields including distributed systems architecture, cloud computing and identity and access management – the latter, an area with very few deep technical experts. Today, Michele specializes in delivering cloud-enabled solutions at scale, cloud migration, cybersecurity, compliance, and micro-services platforms

Brian Noyes has over 20 years experience developing software systems and is a recognized expert in desktop, web, and mobile client application and cloud services architecture. Brian has been consulting, mentoring, and training architects and developers for over 15 years in a wide range of technologies including XAML, Web and Mobile client platforms and frameworks, and back end services with Microsoft Azure, WCF, ASP.NET, and NodeJS. Brian is a Microsoft MVP (http://mvp.microsoft.com), author of several books, ten Pluralsight courses, dozens of articles in technical publications, and a frequent top rated speaker at conferences worldwide. Brian got started programming as a hobby while flying F-14 Tomcats in the U.S. Navy, later turning his passion for software development into his current career.

Ms. Madsen received her BS from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. She is a seasoned executive leader with more than 20 years of combined experience positively impacting corporate performance through operations management, organization development, program management, sales, marketing and software reengineering. Her focus is on developing strong client relationships through building internally strong processes. She has been responsible for growing revenues, creating and adhering to strict budgets, corporate strategic planning and business forecasting.