Thomas LeBlanc (Microsoft Data Platform MVP) is a Data Enthusiast in Baton Rouge, La. He started his IT career as a COBOL programmer in 1989 while at LSU. Since then he has spent years as a developer, DBA and Data Warehousing/Business Intelligence Architect. Community involve includes the local SQL Server and Analytics User Groups as well as SQLSaturday. Speaking engagements have been a blessing at SQL Pass Summit, Live 360, VSLive and IT Dev Connections.

Emilio Melo is a globetrotting IT professional with projects in over 15 countries, mostly focused on Microsoft software. After 15 years of On Premises experience in Infrastructure, Data and Collaboration, he became fascinated by Cloud technologies and the incredible transformation potential it brings.

As a data analyst enthusiast, Mihaela has special interests in translating vision into action using end-to-end data analysis. She is very passionate about teaching and resolving real-world business problems. Her greatest joy is learning new data exploration techniques and pushing the boundaries of data analytics. Mihaela has a bachelor’s degree in economic cybernetics and in her spare time she loves to travel and dance.

Brent Allen is a finance and technology professional with an MBA from Queen's University and is a Certified Professional Accountant in Canada. He has worked as a finance and technology professional for large businesses across multiple sectors, including TD Securities, McDonald's and BentallGreenOak. In his roles as a financial and business analyst, he has been responsible for automating key financial processes using Excel, Access and VBA. He has acted as a system owner for key financial systems,... more training both finance and technology teams on processes and systems. He believes in the constant improvement of financial processes using the Microsoft Power Platform, as well as other modern methods for ingestion, analysis and presentation of data. When not deep in a spreadsheet or database, he enjoys following the local Toronto sports teams, and is an avid NFL fantasy football team manager.

Nikola Ilic is an officially Business Intelligence Developer, focusing on Microsoft Data Platform technologies, especially Power BI - but “off the record” he is a data fanatic, interested in everything related to extracting meaningful information from the raw data. Nikola is self-proclaimed "Data-Mozart". As he lives in the wonderful city of Salzburg, Austria, which is well-known as the birthplace of W.A.Mozart, he was brave enough to use the composer's last name as part of his nickname. That'... mores why Nikola's professional motto is: "Make Music from your Data!" Coming from the business environment, Nikola holds a Bachelor’s degree in both Communicology and Computer Science. He is regularly blogging on data-mozart.com and speaking at global data conferences. Nikola is also a Microsoft Data Platform MVP, Microsoft Certified Trainer, and a certified Data Analyst.

Matt Calderwood is a Senior Software Engineer from the UK with over fifteen years' experience of building web applications with the Microsoft technology stack. Recently he has been creating solutions using the Microsoft Azure platform and Power BI - enabling organizations to gain new insights with their data and to push the boundaries of what is possible with business intelligence. His background in programming, along with his passion for all things AI, Data, and Machine Learning, gives him a un... moreique perspective on modern application development.

Ben is a Power BI & Data Specialist with a healthy interest in Microsoft BI and planning tools. He has over 30 years of customer and implementation experience, has been a Microsoft MVP for 14 years, is a frequent speaker at several European conferences, and blogs and creates videos on a semi-regular basis. He is actively engaged in providing consultancy to UK FTSE companies, and co-runs the Manchester Power BI User Group.

Passionate about Business Intelligence and delivering knowledge and insight to support better decisions. An advocate of Self-Service Reporting and Analytics and a Data Visualisation evangelist. Andi has delivered face to face Business Intelligence training to many industries, covering topics such as Report Design, Semantic Layer, Dimensional modeling and Data Visualisation. Andi has led many Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence development projects and is well versed in taking complex an... mored chaotic data and turning it into something simple and easy to understand. Andi is a keen cyclist and amateur cook and lives with his wife in Southern Spain.

Amruta is an experienced Data Analyst with over 12 years of experience in interpreting and analyzing data to drive successful business outcomes. She loves tackling hard problems using data manipulation as her superpower and has worked with market leaders from various fields including Standard & Poors, McDonalds, Mondelez International, General Electric, AMD and Beam Suntory. Amruta is passionate about both teaching and learning and believes “The purpose of life is to discover your gift. The work... more of life is to develop it. The meaning of life is to give your gift away”. Amruta has an undergrad in Statistics and a Masters in Computer Science. She speaks English, Hindi and Marathi and codes in VBA, Python and R