Alex Hidalgo is the Field CTO at Nobl9 and author of Implementing Service Level Objectives. During his career he has developed a deep love for sustainable operations, proper observability, and using SLO data to drive discussions and make decisions. Alex's previous jobs have included IT support, network security, restaurant work, t-shirt design, and hosting game shows at bars. When not sharing his passion for technology with others, you can find him scuba diving or watching Premier League football. He lives in Brooklyn with his partner Jen and a rescue dog named Taco. Alex has a BA in philosophy from Virginia Commonwealth University.

Chapter Lead Platform Engineering at RTL Nederland

Product Owner of the data science platform at Enexis

A Principal SWE Lead at Microsoft with nearly 20 years of experience in building cutting-edge software and leading high-performing engineering teams.
Deeply involved in the open-source community as a co-chair of the Open-Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) Best Practices WG and Memory Safety SIG.

Busra has over a decade of experience as an SRE and Engineering Manager, specializing in building resilient systems and trust-driven engineering cultures. She has trained hundreds of engineers and teams in incident management, blameless practices, and creating sustainable, learning-focused processes. Today, through her coaching and consulting practice, Humans in Systems, she helps individuals grow into leadership roles and supports organizations in fostering collaboration and resilience. Outside of work, Busra channels her creativity through painting and photography, exploring themes of growth and connection.

Daniel is a Platform Advocate from Germany who made his way from Systems Engineering via Consulting to Advocating for cloud-native solutions. He's a huge fan of open-source, actively engaged in projects revolving around Ansible and Kubernetes, and loves to try out up-and-coming projects and technologies.

Danny Kruge is a seasoned data professional with a robust background in SQL Server and over a decade of experience in the field. Originally from Leicester, England, and now residing in the Netherlands, he has dedicated years to honing his skills and expanding his expertise into areas like Azure and Windows Engineering. Danny is particularly passionate about Azure Data Factory, where he leverages his deep knowledge to design efficient data workflows. As an active community leader, he organizes the Azure Saturday Netherlands event and the Azure Heroes user group, helping to foster knowledge-sharing and collaboration among tech enthusiasts. Committed to continuous learning and community support, Danny enjoys sharing his insights to help others navigate data challenges and avoid common mistakes.

Trying desperately not to isolate myself from the rest of humanity in the Portuguese mountains until I die alone my corpse undiscovered for a decade. I also enjoy photography.

By day Erwin is a DevOps engineer at TrueFullstaq, consulting companies on how to best implement cloud native principles on the public cloud and how to develop applications to fully embrace what new technologies can offer.
At night he turns into a chindōgu engineer (look it up on wikipedia, it's awesome). Tinkering with stuff like adding music to his home elevator or connecting his garage door to the internet.
His presentations always come with a dose of humor and self-deprecation. And if it all works out, you'll learn something too.

Evelyn is the Head of Platform at enmacc, she has been in the IT world since 2006 with experience ranging from security compliance to AWS architecture and integration with her first foray into AWS occurring back in 2011 when she was the sole voice in her team against cloud. She carries a wide arsenal of skills from a variety of roles but if you ask her what she really does, it will be spending her days convincing engineers that a product mindset will make them hate their product managers less.

Developer advocate at Progress Chef, with a background in software development and pet chickens.

Ivica is a cloud engineer mixed with a software developer, passionate about Python and infrastructure-as-code. A problem solver with a firm belief that not every problem is a tech problem. Ivica is currently leading the Data platform team in one of the biggest fashion enterprises worldwide.

Jacob is a seasoned professional with over 25 years of experience as a developer, team lead, DevOps coach, and engineering manager. Passionate about helping developers, teams, and organizations build better software, Jacob is a strong advocate for Team Topologies and the principles of Sooner Safer Happier. Dedicated to sharing knowledge, mentoring, and fostering innovation, Jacob thrives on empowering others to excel.

Jan Gabriel is a dedicated family man, team player, lifelong learner, and systems designer. He enjoys exploring new ideas and technologies at work and home. As a professional, he specializes in designing and implementing high-reliability network, software, and hardware applications within the Operational Technology (OT) domain. His current focus is on Air Traffic Management systems.

Currently engineering manager at Mollie, Janna has extensive experience working as a (senior) engineering manager in the engineering enablement space with a focus on SRE at WeTransfer, NS and ING, She is also organizer of the Site Reliability Engineering NL Meetup group.

I'm a professional software developer since Y2K. A blogger since Y2K+5. Author of the book "Writing Maintainable Unit Tests". Provider of training and coaching in XP practices. Curator of the Awesome Talks list. Thinking and learning about all kinds of technologies since forever.

👋 Software engineer who wandered into solutions engineering after 10+ years of building stuff.

These days I help dev teams figure out their tech stack and automate away the boring parts. Did some time at Auth0 (because who actually enjoys building auth?) and Harness (because deployments shouldn't make you sweat).

Still code for fun, automate everything in sight, a passion for DevOps and have strong opinions about tabs vs spaces.

John has experience thoughout the stack, from architecting cloud applications to helping business and technology teams communicate with eachother. He is passionate about open source and open communities where we can help and learn from each other so our community and industry grows and benefits as a whole. At Wehkamp, he builds the internal microservices platform and helps teams embrace open source systems and standards.

I believe in collaborative software design where ‘every voice shapes the software’. Leveraging a domain-driven design approach with Team Topologies, I facilitate clearer communication between stakeholders and software creators by collaborative modelling and deep democracy, decoding complexities, resolving conflicts and ensuring software remains agile to business demands.

As an independent software consultant and trainer, I specialise in technical leadership, software architecture, and sociotechnical system design. I work with organisations and teams to design and build sustainable and resilient software architecture.

Kevin Tijssen is a Cloud Native Engineer at TrueFullstaq, specializing in Kubernetes, Infrastructure-as-Code, pipeline automation, and cloud technologies. With a wealth of experience in Cloud Native and DevOps roles, Kevin brings valuable expertise to TrueFullstaq. He is dedicated to driving cloud-native transformations and enhancing operational excellence

Marcel Kornegoor obtained his Master of Arts degree in Sound and Music Technology back in 2008. He has been a (huge) nerd for most of his life, but will probably deny it when confronted. Being a technology-addict for over 20 years, Marcel provides training courses, talks and writes about cloud technology, DevOps, and other IT and open source related subjects that concern him.

May Walter is a software engineer, researcher, entrepreneur and serial CTO. She is currently co-founder and CTO of Hud, a startup company still in stealth. Before Hud she was a founding team member and CTO at Santa, and prior to that CTO at Bond (acquired by REEF Technology), where she managed tens of engineers and security researchers. May is a leadership mentor and frequently speaks about the topics of team building, engineering culture and innovation.

Michael is a Platform Engineer from ITQ with a strange twist of game design that merges into a more architectural approach to development.
He focuses on seeing what makes the software tick, through trial and error, and ends up with a more thorough understanding of the concept. This is the core of who he is and how he does the work that he loves.

Nancy Beers is a seasoned gamification expert, and the owner of Happy Game Changers. With over 25 years of experience in ICT, Nancy brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to the table. As the co-chair of Stichting IFCAT, hacker and a passionate advocate for digital rights and freedoms, she is helping out in shaping the Dutch hacker community.
Nancy is not only an international speaker but also an avid participant in various ICT events worldwide. She is known for her engaging talks on topics ranging from female leadership, Women in Tech, cybersecurity to gamification, captivating audiences with her insights and expertise.

In addition to her speaking engagements, Nancy is deeply involved in the organization of WHY2025, the next big Dutch Hacker Camp. Her dedication to fostering collaboration, innovation, and exploration within the hacker community is evident in her role as a co organizer of this event.

Beyond her professional endeavors, Nancy is an amateur social engineer, open source hippie and constantly seeking new ways to leverage technology for positive change. With her unique blend of technical skills and social insight, she continues to push the boundaries of what is possible in the world of hacking and beyond.

Nathen Harvey leads the DORA team at Google Cloud, where he guides technology-driven teams and organizations on optimizing their software delivery and operational performance. Nathen leverages DORA's industry-leading research to help teams measurably improve developer experience and software delivery speed, stability, and efficiency. He is a co-author of several influential DORA reports and a contributor and editor of the O'Reilly book, "97 Things Every Cloud Engineer Should Know" (2020).

Neha Lagoo Ratnakar is a tiny speaker with a big name and an even bigger message. She has written two bestselling books and is set to present on the TEDx stage in March.

Neha has a Master's in Psychology and 12 years of experience of coaching subject matter experts become better facilitators across 8 countries in 4 continents.

If you’re looking for a workshop facilitator who can talk from authentic global experiences infused with actionable insights, then Neha is your choice.

Niek is an experienced Mission Critical Engineer at Schuberg Philis, specializing in designing and running resilient IT operations for fast-moving industries like FinTech and trading. With a career rooted in DevOps and cloud engineering (Azure & AWS), he combines deep technical expertise with a strategic, human-centered approach to solving complex challenges.

Niv is a tech enthusiast since before DevOps was even a word. As part of her passion to help spread knowledge, she’s a AWS Community Hero, leading the Israeli branch of the AWS User Group and an instructor at OpsSchool. She’s a public speaker delivering talks at top tier conferences like AWS Re:Invent, DevOpsDays and GeekTime Code. Today she is Director of AI and Innovation at Firefly.

I’m a freelance software engineer with over a decade of experience, having worked on around 15 different projects in roles ranging from Architect, DevOps, QA, Cloud Engineer, Systems Engineer, Automation Engineer, AI Consultant to Tech Lead.

At Code Club Copenhagen, I lead tech workshops, conference, courses, and meetups, and I often speak at keynote conferences. In free time I train triathlon.

Specializations: DevOps, Cloud, Cloud Architecture, AI/ML

Robin is a Network Architect working with organizations to improve their network operations. This includes not only implementing shiny new and innovative technology, but more importantly also leveling up the team by improving operational processes and increasing skill levels. This means showing rather than telling the right way forward, and also talking about all the mistakes he made to help others avoid those.

When he’s not behind a computer, you might find Robin riding his bicycle through the Veluwe forests, or engaged in mock sword fights.

Robin van Zijll will always be an SRE at heart: after years as an ops engineer working on ING’s Mobile app when it was launched, he joined a rotation of incident responders for all of ING’s online customer facing channels. This experience led him to become product owner of the first SRE team at ING The Netherlands where he worked on an observability stack for many engineering teams and explored cloud computing for banking.

He now is product manager of Reliability at Mollie where he worked on the company's DORA implementation and aims to boost reliability of all services.

In short: lots of experience on anything reliability in the financial sector. Also, a nice person to talk to about Ajax, photography, Amsterdam, vinyl, etc.

Suzanne is an independent coach based in the Netherlands. With an interesting background in education, coaching, and running her own tech startup, Suzanne has a diverse view on the needs of people, teams and the whole organization. At her core, she’s driven from a sincere interest in people: always starting from the human to find connection and understanding as the basis of working together.

As an energetic and enthusiastic pioneer she enjoys working with diverse groups of people, and bringing them together around a common purpose. Suzanne gets her energy from making things go forward, in any context. Her true strength comes from her sincere interest in people: always starting from the human to find connection and understanding as the base of working together.

Thiago is an AWS Senior Migration and Modernization Solutions Architect renowned for his data and AI/ML expertise. His empathetic, equitable approach is a hallmark of his leadership, and he has guided teams at prominent organizations like ASML, KLM, and Nike. Thiago is at the vanguard of integrating fast flow and Team Topologies into data and AI/ML initiatives, emphasizing kindness and empathy in tech management.

Thomas is a long time engineer and tech lead who has transitioned into an interim engineering manager, platform owner and consultant. As an early adopter of DevOps, including DevOps Topologies (which later evolved into Team Topologies), he possesses a deep understanding of Platform Engineering, socio-technical architecture and product thinking. He has successfully led multiple platform teams (observability, ci/cd, cloud, compute) and enabling teams such as architecture modernization and site reliability engineering.

Diana is a Developer Advocate and a Senior Site Reliability Engineer. She is passionate about observability, machine learning and open source projects. She is an OpenTelemetry contributor and loves sharing her knowledge with the community by participating to tech conferences and writing articles.

Willem Kuipers is an experienced DevOps engineer. Heaving lead multiple cloud-migrations and transitions into DevOps culture. With a background in Applied Physics, he is always focussed on converting complex technical opportunities into business values.

Currently serving as Leading Engineer, Product Owner Security Engineering, Product Owner Developer Platforms and Member of the Young Board of Enexis, he is enabling as much engineers as possible to contribute solutions in order to facilitate the Energy Transition.

Wouter Lagerweij is a technology and product leader and coach who knows how to align the strategy, product management and execution of software development. Having worked in all the different roles, he knows how to build an organization so that the whole becomes greater than the parts. He’s also the author of a new book: “The Product Owner’s Guide To Escaping Legacy”, explaining how product, and management, can play a central role in dealing with technical debt.