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OUR SPEAKERS
Microsoft’s Excel MVPs are the people Excel users across the world turn to when they have curly questions. This is your opportunity to pose your own questions. With a wide variety of specialisations, the MVPs are well-equipped to give you the answers you need.
Abiola is a Microsoft Excel, PowerBI and SQL Server and Tableau Consultant, Speaker, Author and Blogger. A Microsoft Excel MVP, Abiola is the Founder of Excel Jet Consult, a leading data analyst training firm located in Lagos, Nigeria.
Alejandra is a CPA in Canada, certified Microsoft Excel expert, and has been working with Excel for over 20 years.
Ana Maria has specialised in Microsoft technologies for over 30 years in the software and data processing industry and has been training people for over 15 years in Data analysis, modelling, visualisation and processing.
Ben has over 25 years of consultancy experience implementing IT solutions to solve business problems across all sectors, including ERP, EPM and other LOB solutions. During this time Ben has worked for several key industry organisations including Microsoft and Dell.
A Microsoft Excel MVP, Microsoft Certified Trainer, Financial Modeler and Data Analyst with over 10 years work experience in Banking, Insurance and Business Development. Bernard is a certified Microsoft Excel Expert skilled in Business Analytics, Dashboards and building Financial models for Budgeting, Business Valuation, Scenario Planning and Investments.
Former Excel nerd and now Power BI enthusiast, going deep into DAX, Calculation Groups, C# Scripting for Tabular Editor and Governance.
Bill Jelen is the host of MrExcel.com and the author of 61 books about Microsoft Excel including Excel Gurus Gone Wild, Pivot Table Data Crunching and Excel 2019 Inside Out. He has made over 80 guest appearances on TV’s Call for Help with Leo Laporte and was voted guest of the year on the Computer America radio show.
Carlos Barboza is an economist by training graduated with cum laude honours from University of Hartford. He simply considers himself an Excel craftsman or a guerrilla data analyst with 10 years of experience crafting flexible and scalable spreadsheets that support data-driven decision making along with seven years of cleaning data, building data models, and developing graphical displays for Power BI reporting.
Celia Alves is an Excel Business Solutions Developer certified by Microsoft as Excel Expert, currently working as a Senior Business Analyst for a leading Canadian company in the Transportation and Logistics business area. She loves to design and build solutions combining Excel, VBA, Power Query and Power Pivot to automate tasks, analyze data and model business processes.
Independent Excel consultant for over 20 years: fanatical about Excel performance and extensibility. Develops C++ XLLs and VBA Addins and solutions and currently dabbling with Javascript.
Cristiano Galvao is a Data Analyst and Instructor with a strong background in Excel, VBA, and Power Query and two decades of working experience in reporting. His mission is to help people organize data and translate it into meaningful and useful information.
Dave Paradi has been recognized by the media and his clients as a presentation expert. He has authored ten books on effective PowerPoint presentations and his ideas have appeared in publications around the world.
Frédéric has been an Excel MVP for 10 years, and has written four books on the subject in the meantime. He is consulting in Excel, VBA and Power BI.
From Slovenia, a Microsoft MVP since 2015, Gašper is an Excel and Power BI expert, and owner of Excel Olympics. Gašper has been a speaker at more than 50 conferences and events, and a trainer of more than 900 courses and seminars.
George is the founder and CEO of Stringfest Analytics, a consulting firm specializing in analytics education and upskilling. He has led bootcamps and worked with learning platforms and practice organizations to help individuals shine with analytics at scale.
Glenna Shaw has been an accessibility advocate since 2001. She has over two decades of experience with presentations, data visualisations, dashboards, demos, prototypes and system user interfaces.
Henk Vlootman is a global-wide senior Power BI business consultant, speaker, writer, and trainer. Since 2013 Henk received the Microsoft Most Valued Professional (MVP) award in the category Excel and Data Platform, for his outstanding expertise and community leadership.
Indira is a Microsoft Data Platform MVP in New Zealand. She has a Masters degree in Statistics and is passionate about data, analytics and Artificial Intelligence. She is an international speaker, mentor and part time trainer with over 15 years of experience in designing and developing data warehouses and analytical solutions.
I’ve been designing spreadsheets since as early as 1988. I’m a self-employed Excel consultant since 2003 and the owner of JKP Application Development Services.
Jon Peltier is a master of leveraging the power of Excel to produce and simplify complex solutions in engineering, finance, and marketing. Jon has been a full time Excel developer since 2004, and part-time since 1994. Jon has received the Excel Most Valuable Professional award every year since 2001.
Kathryn joined SumProduct after 25 years in a software house where she developed bespoke IT systems for companies in the freight and shipping industries. Having worked with clients to develop and support new systems she is familiar with the need to provide up to date information in a format that suits the demands of competitive businesses.
Ken Puls, FCPA, FCMA, is the president of Excelguru Consulting Inc, a company dedicated to helping users get the most from their data. His passion lies in exploring tools to turn data into information, and teaching others how to benefit from them.
Liam has over 30 years’ experience in financial model development / auditing, valuations, M&A, strategy, training and consultancy, working all over the world in many different sectors.
Markus Ehrenmueller-Jensen is the founder of Savory Data and works as a project leader, trainer & consultant for data engineering, business intelligence, and data science since 1994. He is an educated software-engineer, graduated business educator and professor for databases and project engineering at HTL Leonding (technical college) and owns several Microsoft certifications.
I’m a BI Specialist with a background in finance. With 20-years of experience, in the last 15 years I worked as a business controller with data analysis being one of my main responsibilities and with Power BI a world of possibilities opened up.
In a career spanning 30+ years, Mike Thomas, a UK-based IT Trainer, has delivered thousands of courses and produced hundreds of written and video-based tutorials.
Myles is an analyst in SumProduct’s Sydney team. He has a background in physics however discovered a passion for finance during his studies. Myles loves learning and is enthusiastic about all things financial modelling, accounting, and data science as well as being competent in Excel, Python, and PowerBI.
Nabil Mourad is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) and a College professor of computer applications in Toronto Canada. He also delivers corporate training at client site or remotely to anywhere in the world.
Data Lover and Microsoft MVP Data Platform. Currently working as Analytical Experience & Engagement Lead at Dufry, improving UX and engagement of our dashboards. LinkedIn Instructor since 2022.
Member of the Microsoft Fabric Community team, focused on community management and engagements. Founder of the Polish SQL Server Users Group (PLSSUG), today known as Data Community Poland. Regular speaker at conferences, community events and user groups. Former Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP).
Rui has dedicated 6 years to his role as a Data Engineer. His journey began in Business Intelligence, where he developed a deep appreciation for data. Early on, he specialized in creating Reports and Tabular Models using PowerBI. As his career evolved, Rui transitioned to focus on ETL processes. He honed his skills in SQL Server technologies, particularly SSIS and SSAS, and became proficient with the Azure Data Stack.
Sam is an analyst on SumProduct’s Sydney team. He has a background in Finance and is passionate about financial modelling, solving complicated problems in Excel, and building quality of life macros in VBA.
Steve joined SumProduct after more than a decade as a Product Manager for the Excel team at Microsoft, where he directly impacted many features in Excel, including new worksheet functions like IFS & TEXTJOIN, Data from Picture, Excel for Mac, user experience improvements like Smooth Scrolling, and many others. He brings a passion for listening to customers and helping them succeed by making the most of technology and their data, especially by using Excel and Power BI.
Talia is a Manager of SumProduct’s Sydney team. She has a background in Accounting and is passionate about identifying opportunities for process improvements, analysing data to gain insights, and solving complicated Excel problems.
Tim Heng has over 15 years’ experience and is a Director of boutique modelling firm SumProduct in the Sydney team. Tim has developed and reviewed financial models across a range of industries and sectors, throughout Australia and internationally.
Tony De Jonker helps companies creating user-friendly Financial Models using the modern Power Tools in Excel and Power BI and has developed hundreds of models since the advent of commercial spreadsheets (1985).
Tony worked as a Python developer in the finance industry for over 15 years, from small hedge funds to the largest sell side organisations and more recently was CTO at a successful fintech startup.
Vincent is a registered French chartered accountant and auditor. With over 14 years of experience, he works towards optimizing information systems and data management while providing guidance to SMEs.
Since I began my professional career as an Economist in different companies as an accountant and tax fields, I have dedicated a special part to give training because it is something that I am passionate about.
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