Aaron Cutshall, DHA, MSHI
Principal Data Architect, Population Health
LinkedInWorkshops
Data Engineering
Modern Data Warehousing with Microsoft Fabric: Patterns, Practices, and Pitfalls
Kristyna Ferris, Chris Hyde
In the age of cloud analytics, today’s best practice is tomorrow’s legacy. Microsoft Fabric positions itself as the rebel alliance to this chaos, a single platform uniting data engineering, warehousing, and visualization in one SaaS package. Within this universe, the Fabric Data Warehouse awakens as a powerful yet approachable force: a T-SQL–based engine that works seamlessly with multiple ingestion and transformation patterns, from batch loads to streaming flows. But unlike the Death Star, this isn’t about building one massive monolith. The true power lies in creating multiple purpose-built warehouses that coexist, scale, and adapt to your business needs. With native integration to Power BI, Fabric makes it easier for practitioners to bring order to their data galaxy, while avoiding the dark side of accidental complexity.
Kristyna Ferris
Solution Architect at P3 Adaptive
Chris Hyde
Owner and Principal Consultant, Hydrate Technologies LLC
Data Engineering
Modernizing Your Databricks Engineering: Using Lakeflow & Declarative Pipelines
Chris Gambill
The data landscape isn’t slowing down. Cloud platforms evolve, AI raises the bar, and modern data stacks demand engineers who can build pipelines that are scalable, cost-efficient, and resilient. This full-day hands-on workshop takes you from fundamentals to production-ready practices using Lakeflow Declarative Pipelines (formerly known as DLT) plus Databricks orchestration tools.
Chris Gambill
Founder | Gambill Data | Fractional Data Strategist and Leader
Data Engineering
Advanced T-SQL Triage: The Art of Fixing Terrible Code
Erik Darling
You’ve seen it before: the procedure that looks like it was generated by an AI trained on Stack Overflow and despair. It’s got MERGE. It’s got RIGHT JOINs. It’s got logic so tangled you’d need a flowchart, a flashlight, and a therapist to debug it. And now… it’s your problem.
Erik Darling
Restoring tempdb since GETDATE()™
Career Growth & Leadership
Stop Shipping Dashboards. Start Driving Outcomes.
Valerie Kroll, Tim Wilson
Here's the uncomfortable truth: most data teams are busy building dashboards nobody uses to answer questions nobody asked. We're confusing activity with impact.
Valerie Kroll
Co-founder and Head of Delivery at facts & feelings
Tim Wilson
Co-founder and Head of Solutions at facts & feelings
GenAI / Machine Learning
Mastering AI Strategy and Agentic Workflows
Charlie Apigian
This full-day, hands-on workshop is designed for leaders, data professionals, and innovators ready to move beyond AI experimentation and into strategic, scalable implementation. Participants will learn how to craft a clear, actionable AI strategy that aligns with business goals, and how to design agentic workflows—AI systems that act autonomously across data, analytics, and operations.
Charlie Apigian
Chief Data Strategist at Data Inspire
Data Engineering
Techniques in Data Engineering for AI
Matthew Housley
In this hands-on workshop, we’ll explore two techniques of growing importance in AI-oriented data engineering.
Matthew Housley
Principal, Halfpipe Systems
Data Analytics
From Zero to SQL: A Hands-On Query Writing 1-day Workshop
Cecilia Brusatori
SQL is the universal language of data, and the most important skill for working with relational databases. This one-day workshop is designed for beginners and anyone who needs a strong foundation in writing SQL queries. Through a mix of instruction and hands-on exercises, you’ll go from understanding the basics of databases to writing queries that retrieve, filter, and analyze data.
Cecilia Brusatori
Founder of Magna Data - Empowering organizations through Data!
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Career Growth
- DataOps 101 – A Better Way to Develop and Deliver Data Analytics John Kerski
- What No One Told You About Advancing Your Data Career Aaron Wilkerson
- Has AI Actually F@ed With Your Mind? The Truth About AI, Your Job, and the Future of Work Chris Carter
- From Concert Hall to Code Review, Symphony to Software Sarah Peters
- Sharing is Caring and Writing is Sharing Louis Davidson
- From Insights to Impact: Rewiring How Data Teams Lead Innovation That Drives Growth Tessa Burg
- How To Work With Brilliant People Bryce Embry
- Unscripted Data: Improvising your Data Story Darwin Fu, Emma Supica
- From Avoidance to Advantage: The Power of Embracing What you Dread Amy Kauppila
Data Analytics
- Effective Data Visualization: Neuroscience-Based Techniques Tim Wilson
- Beyond Requirements: Building Trust Between BI Developers and Stakeholders Sekou Tyler
- The Data Professional's Power Toolkit: Free Tools to Supercharge Your Workflow Jason Romans
- Unlocking Data Simplicity: Empowering Business & IT with Sigma Elizabeth Wade
- Building Scalable Data Warehouses with Microsoft Fabric: Jonathan Stewart
- Demystifying DAX: An Introduction to Data Analysis eXpressions Michael Hewitt
- Death by Delivery: How Ineffective Storytelling Is Killing Your Deliverables Cassandra Cardases
- Transforming Business with Databricks: Real-World Customer Success Stories and AI Innovations Kunal Marwah, Allison Baker
- Multi-Touch Attribution for Pharma: Designing Robust Models That Drive Marketing ROI Shantanu Seth
- Power BI, Microsoft Fabric, or Both? Building Analytics Solutions Cecilia Brusatori
- Navigating the Database Landscape in 2026: The Fight for Control Louise Domeisen, Aaron Cutshall, DHA, MSHI, Kristyna Ferris
- Dashboards, Data Lakes, and Data-Driven Decision Making Tyler Sanders
- Microsoft Fabric: Ask the Experts Chris Hyde, Kristyna Ferris
- Unlocking the Power of Data Agents and Copilot in Microsoft Fabric Joshua Higginbotham
- The Analyst’s Most Valuable Data: Human Ideas Valerie Kroll
Data Engineering
- Data modeling strategies in NoSQL databases Hasan Savran
- Building a SQL Server Recovery Strategy Ben Miller
- From Raw Data to AI-Powered Insights: An End-to-End Journey with Snowflake Clay Chaffins
- DuckDB 101 - zero to 500 million in less than a second Brian Dill
- Iceberg Ahead: Navigating the Future of Data Lakes Without Sinking Barkha Herman
- Modernizing Data Transformations with dbt Dustin Dorsey
- Building Right-Time Data Pipelines for AI Jonathan Wihl
- An Enterprise Data Architecture Framework Aaron Cutshall, DHA, MSHI
- Building a Better Data Engineering Feedback Loop Alex Noonan
- Building an Open Data Lakehouse with Presto and Apache Iceberg Kiersten Stokes
- The (More) Modern Data Stack: Building Analytics with Open Source Tools Stephen Sciortino
- A Practical Playbook for Building Data Agents (That Don't Break Your Pipeline) CL Kao
- Adapt or Be Automated: Continuous Learning in the Age of AI and Data Engineering Chris Gambill
- Five ways to structure data for Tableau, and one that got me yelled at by a DBA Kevin Bradley
- Thoughts on the Future of Data Matthew Housley
- For a Few Rows More: Mastering Row Goals in SQL Server Erik Darling
- From Streaming Anxiety to Streaming Confidence: Hands-On with Spark Structured Streaming Scott Haines
- Clone, Code, Ship: Multiplying Your Data Engineering Throughput with MotherDuck and AI Jacob Matson
- Structuring the Unstructured: Advanced Document Parsing for AI Workflows Cedric Clyburn, Legare Kerrison
- Modern Data Engineering on BigQuery: From Pipelines to Intelligence Sireesha Pulipati
GenAI / Data Science
- Shaping Insight in an Age of Abundance: Data Science Beyond the Tools Yorgos Askalidis
- Predictive Analytics for a Healthier Tomorrow: Forecasting Hospital Readmissions using Claims Data Gilma Adunas-Rivas
- Not Your Models, Not Your Data? Private Local AI for the Cautious Data Practitioner Ram Singh
- Reasoning and Retrieving LLMs: Myths, Merits, and How to Move Forward Dan Roth
- AI in Action: How Higher Ed and Agentic AI Are Shaping Tomorrow’s Workforce Lena Winfree, Jurnell Cockhren
- From Hallucination to Trust: Grounding Enterprise LLMs with the Semantic Layer Roger Fried
- Implementing Multivariate Anomaly Detection in Python Kevin Feasel
- The Autonomous Coding Agent: Running AI Coding Agents Byron McClain
- Driving Value with Red Hat OpenShift AI Derek Reader, Christian Trujillo
- Reward-Driven Decision Making: Using Reinforcement Learning (RL) to Optimize Routes Richard Hoehn
- The Clockwork Annotator: Labeling with Foundational Models Jason King
- Structured Meets Generative: The Future of Reliable AI in Healthcare. Armelle LE GUELTE
- Targeted Behavior Removal in Large Language Models with Abliteration Simon Ward
- It's FIne to Start with Vibes: Just Don't End There! How to go from CLI to Prod Lawrence Lockhart
Speakers
Lena Winfree
R+W Data Analytics Consulting, Do it Better with Data., Co-Owner/Co-Founder
LinkedIn
Valerie Kroll
Co-founder and Head of Delivery at facts & feelings
LinkedIn
Tessa Burg
Bridging Technology and Humanity to Drive Smarter Growth
LinkedIn
Sarah Peters
Web Developer @ Georgetown University
LinkedIn
Chris Gambill
Founder | Gambill Data | Fractional Data Strategist and Leader
LinkedIn
Dan Roth
Dan Roth, Oracle & the University of Pennsylvania
Clay Chaffins
Clay Chaffins | From Complex Data Migrations to AI-Driven Insights
Kiersten Stokes
Open Source Software Developer
LinkedIn
Roger Fried
Snowflake, Solution Architect
LinkedIn
Byron McClain
Rōnin Consulting, Owner / Enterprise Software Architect
Gilma Adunas-Rivas
Lead Data Analytics Specialist at TennCare
LinkedIn
Lawrence Lockhart
LawrenceDCodes: putting heart in tech, finally.
LinkedIn
Yorgos Askalidis
Data Scientist, Spotify, Nashville.
LinkedIn
Louise Domeisen
Customer Advocacy Manager
LinkedIn
Kevin Bradley
Data Analytics Manager, Apex Systems
LinkedIn
Cecilia Brusatori
Founder of Magna Data - Empowering organizations through Data!
LinkedIn
Barkha Herman
Speaker, Developer Advocate, Technologist, Podcaster, WiT Advocate and mentor.
LinkedIn
Sekou Tyler
I turn data into stories, one chart at a time
LinkedIn
Cassandra Cardases
Senior Consultant - Data Analytics & Data Science | Corporate Trainer & Expert Data Storyteller
LinkedIn
CL Kao
CEO, Recce
LinkedIn
Armelle LE GUELTE
XSOLIS, Data Scientist II
LinkedIn
Jason King
Staff AI Researcher
LinkedIn
Jurnell Cockhren
President & Founder of Civic Hacker, LLC
LinkedIn
Hasan Savran
Microsoft MVP, Owner of SavranWeb Consulting, Sr. Business Intelligence Manager at Progressive Insurance
LinkedIn
Kristyna Ferris
Solution Architect at P3 Adaptive
LinkedIn
Scott Haines
Data Nerd
LinkedIn
Jonathan Wihl
Senior Solutions Engineer
LinkedIn
Tyler Sanders
Head of Engineering - Red Oak Strategic
LinkedIn
Simon Ward
Director of AI, Tranquility AI
LinkedIn
Cedric Clyburn
Senior Developer Advocate, Red Hat
LinkedIn
Ram Singh
Builder, leader, and consultant exploring how AI models can deliver cheap, effective, secure, and simple solutions.
LinkedIn
Kevin Feasel
Proprietor @ Catallaxy Services, LLC
LinkedIn
Shantanu Seth
Senior Director, Axtria Inc.
LinkedIn
Allison Baker
Databricks Senior Solutions Architect
LinkedIn
Erik Darling
Restoring tempdb since GETDATE()™
LinkedIn
Amy Kauppila
Chief Data & Analytics Officer at InfoWorks
LinkedIn
Legare Kerrison
Developer Advocate, Red Hat
LinkedIn
Dustin Dorsey
Director, Data Engineering, phData
LinkedIn
Ben Miller
DBAduck
LinkedIn
Matthew Housley
Principal, Halfpipe Systems
LinkedIn
Brian Dill
SQL DBA, data engineer, data and automation afficionado
LinkedIn
Kunal Marwah
Sr. Solutions Architect - Databricks
Aaron Wilkerson
Director, Data Strategy and Products
LinkedIn
Chris Carter
Global speaker & 4x Best selling AI Author
LinkedIn
Darwin Fu
Data Science Manager, HCA Healthcare
LinkedIn
Tim Wilson
Co-founder and Head of Solutions at facts & feelings
LinkedIn
Richard Hoehn
CTO & Co-Founder Aerton
LinkedIn
Bryce Embry
Associate Director of IT
LinkedIn
Charlie Apigian
Chief Data Strategist at Data Inspire
LinkedIn
Chris Hyde
Owner and Principal Consultant, Hydrate Technologies LLC
LinkedIn
Jonathan Stewart
Jonathan Stewart aka SQLLocks, Principal Analytics Consultant for Aimpoint Digital
LinkedIn
Joshua Higginbotham
Microsoft Data Platform MVP | Senior Architect
LinkedIn
Louis Davidson
Database design writer, speaker, and doer.
LinkedIn
John Kerski
Director, Client First Technologies
LinkedIn
Jacob Matson
Dev Rel @ MotherDuck
LinkedIn
Alex Noonan
Developer Advocate and Data Engineer at Dagster
LinkedIn
Jason Romans
Lifelong Learner - Microsoft MVP
LinkedIn
Christian Trujillo
Assoc. Principal Solutions Architect
LinkedIn
Emma Supica
Improviser, Speaker + Educator turning mistakes into momentum
LinkedIn
Michael Hewitt
Community Leader | Speaker | Data Analytics | Power BI | Fabric | Data Visualization | Power Platform
LinkedIn
Sireesha Pulipati
Staff Data Engineer (Shopify), Google Developer Expert
LinkedIn
Elizabeth Wade
Senior Associate, Strategy & Performance at Ankura | Leading Business & Tech Transformations
LinkedIn
Stephen Sciortino
CEO & Founder, Database Tycoon
LinkedIn
Derek Reader
Vice President, Global Channel Services
LinkedIn