Speakers

Bence has 10 years of experience in different levels of software development. Started his carrier as a developer, became an architect and now leading software development projects from technical aspect. As work-life balance is a top priority for him, he is always on getting the most out of his time.

When I had to make THE CHOICE in high school, what I want to be and work with for the rest of my life, it was a real challenge, because I was interested in everything (well, I mean not economics, but still). Focusing on core values and what is important to me as a person was, that I care about people, their health and what they put into their bodies.
Another aspect was my love for organising systems out of chaos and that I need to know what makes things tick… Quality just called for me through bioengineering, food safety, pharmacovigilance, active ingredient and excipient regulations. I joined IT Quality due to Thermo Fisher’s commitment on all the things that are important to me as a person and as a professional. Being a nerd is also a huge advantage!

I am an automotive professional with 15+ years of work experience and 10+ years leadership experience. Most of this time spent in Hungary, a couple of years in the US, which has fundamentally formed my viewpoint regarding cultural openness and understanding each other.

I like working with people, loving their jobs and doing real ENGINEERING work in the best sense of this word.

In my current role, as director of software engineering at our Cross-computing division at Bosch I enjoy having a real, positive effect on automotive via leading a state of the art software-focused team, and representing our company’s motto: invented for life. This practically means the ownership of functions like automatic emergency braking in the car, which helps us to prevent accidents and save lives.

Collected experiences mainly in the last 10years in the IT sector, special focus on strategy recruitment and create a people,- and professional-oriented environment at the same time.

Experienced finance and business development project manager (9+ years) with strong organizatory and stakeholder management skills, PM and Agile qualifications. Fluent in English and German.

Niels is a Microsoft Data Platform MVP and works as Software Architect Lead at Derivco in Durban, South Africa, where he leads a team of architects. He also develops software and “dreams” up new and innovative ways to use existing and new technologies.

Before joining Derivco, Niels worked as a researcher/instructor at Developmentor, responsible for the database curriculum.

Niels has been working with SQL Server since SQL Server 4.2, and co-authored the first SQL Server 2005 book for developers: “A First Look at SQL 2005 for Developers”. Apart from being a SQL Server “nerd”, he is now quite interested in real-time streaming data, stream-processing, and the Cloud and Big Data. He blogs regularly about these topics at https://nielsberglund.com.

He is a sought after presenter at technology conferences and has presented at, amongst others: Tech-ED, SQL PASS, DevWeek, SQL Bits, SQL Saturday, etc.