Visual Studio Live! Austin Speakers

Empowering Developers Since 1993
If you are looking for the best developer conferences available, you've come to the right place. With over 26 years of training experience, VSLive! offers the perfect mix of instruction, in-depth discussion, networking, and fun.

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The Speakers
The technical gurus joining us in Austin…

Track Key:
 AI, Data, and Machine Learning Workshops
 Microsoft Sessions Foundational Sessions
 Cloud, Containers, and Microservices Hands-On Labs
 Delivery and Deployment Developing New Experiences
 DevOps in the Spotlight .NET Core and More
 Full Stack Web Development General Sessions

Heidi Araya
Enterprise Transformation Consultant

Sam Basu
Developer Advocate
Progress

Mike Benkovich
Developer, Business Owner, Consultant, Cloud Architect, Microsoft Azure MVP and an Online Instructor

Jason Bock
MVP (C#)
Staff Software Engineer
Rocket Mortgage

Donovan Brown
Partner Program Manager, Azure CTO Incubations
Microsoft

Benjamin Day
Author, Trainer, Developer

Angela Dugan
CSA Manager, CSU, serving State and Local Government agencies
Microsoft

Andreas Erben
CTO for Applied AI and Metaverse
daenet

Esteban Garcia
CEO - US
Xebia | Xpirit

Kirill Gavrylyuk
Principal Director of PM and Engineering, Azure Cosmos DB
Microsoft

Robert Green
Independent Consultant

Ben Hoelting
Development Manager
Ent Credit Union

Billy Hollis
Developer. Designer. Speaker. Author.

Philip Japikse
Microsoft MVP, ASPInsider, MCSD, PSM II, PSD and PST
Developer, Coach, Author, Teacher

Vishwas Lele
CTO
Applied Information Sciences

Rockford Lhotka
VP of Strategy
Xebia

Jeremy Likness
Senior PM for .NET Data
Microsoft

Leonard Lobel
MVP
CTO
Sleek Technologies, Inc.

Kyle Marsh
Principal Program Manager
Microsoft

Mark Miller
Chief Architect, IDE Tools Division
Developer Express

Brigit Murtaugh
.NET team Program Manager
Microsoft

Ted Neward
Principal
Neward and Associates

Claire Novotny
Executive Director of the .NET Foundation, and PM on the .NET Team
Microsoft

Brian Randell
Staff Developer Advocate
GitHub

Paul Sheriff
Author / Instructor

Jonathan "J." Tower
Partner & Principal Consultant
Trailhead Technology Partners

Michael Washington
Programmer

Brice Wilson
Web Developer, Pluralsight Author, and Trainer

Jim Wooley
Senior Delivery Principal
Slalom Consulting