Steve Buchanan is a startup advisor, and seasoned Principal PM Manager at Microsoft, driving innovation and enhancing the cloud experience for users worldwide. With over twenty years in the tech industry, Steve brings a unique blend of leadership, strategic planning, and technical expertise to one of the world's leading tech companies.
An accomplished thought leader, Steve has shared insights on over a dozen podcasts, co-authored MN’s computer science plan, he authored 8 technical books, a resp
... moreected Pluralsight and O’Reilly author, empowering tech pros to master cutting-edge tech. He is a former 10-time Microsoft MVP cotninuing as a tech community champion. Steve’s contributions to tech have been widely recognized, including features in prominent publications such as the Star Tribune (the fifth-largest newspaper in the U.S.), one of the “25 ITSM Experts to Watch in 2017,” recognition as an “IT Unity Community Champ”, listed as one of Onalytica's “Who’s Who in Cloud?” top 50 thought leaders, and honored with the 2024 Tekne Exceptional Technology Leadership Award.
Steve is also a sought-after speaker, having delivered engaging presentations at numerous high-profile events, including the keynote for Minnebar 18, and presenting at DevOps Days, Open Source North, Midwest Management Summit (MMS), Microsoft Ignite, Experts Live Europe, and OSCON.
He stays active in the technical community and enjoys blogging about his adventures in the world of tech at www.buchatech.com
I have worked in IT design, development, and architecture for over a decade for some of the top fortune 100 companies. I have designed and architected enterprise applications and developed scalable and portable software. I am a Google Certified Professional Architect. Critical areas where I have worked are architecture and design using Java, ESB, Tomcat, ReactJS, JavaScript, Linux, Oracle, SVN, GIT, and so on, and cloud technologies, including AWS and GCP.
Alex Korban is an author and independent consultant with an interest in functional programming, databases, and geospatial applications. He's written several books about C++11 and C++14. Alex co-founded a company to visualize geospatial data for the heavy construction industry in order to improve safety and productivity when building highways, tunnels, and other infrastructure. Prior to that he worked on a wide range of software, such as early mobile applications, a flight simulator, and GPS-base
... mored vehicle fleet tracking and guidance software for construction machinery, including bulldozers, excavators, and self-driving kerb laying machines.
Soham is a full stack developer with experience in building large scale web applications and services for clients across the globe. He is a book author, and writes on his blog regularly on various topics related to web development.
Soham has extensive experience with React, D3, Node.js and Go stacks.
Pinal Dave is an SQL Server Performance Tuning Expert and independent consultant with over 22 years of hands-on experience. He holds a Master of Science degree and numerous database certifications. Pinal has authored 14 SQL Server database books and 81 Pluralsight courses. To freely share his knowledge and help others build their expertise, Pinal has also written more than 5,800 database tech articles on his blog at https://blog.sqlauthority.com.
Hongtao Xiao is a professional software developer since 2012.
During the years, he is involved in different phases including designing, implementing, testing, and debugging of several successful software projects.
He is a professional developer of programming languages including Java, .Net, Python and ECMAScript/Javascript, and he is an everyday user of scripting languages including Shell/Bash and PowerShell.