“The Kahuna” at his own company, TMurgent Technologies, Tim is recognized as a 12-year MVP by Microsoft and over a dozen years as a ”CTP Fellow” by Citrix.  As the guy who brought Application Virtualization to your vocabulary, he built the original version of what you know of as App-V today and has been nose deep into MSIX since even before it was announced by Microsoft.  

Author of books, including MSIX Fundamentals for IT Pros, The Developer’s Guide to MSIX, and The Application Book for Packagers, his company is well known both for their tools for IT Pros and their world-renowned training classes.

TIP: combine your visit to AppManagEvent by joining his Experts Packaging for App-V and MSIX class on October 12-15, 2026.

An in-person class taking place at the PDS' training facilities in Culemborg, The Netherlands.

Sami Laiho is one of the world’s leading professionals in the Windows OS and Security. Sami has been working with and teaching OS troubleshooting, management, and security since 1996.
In 2019 Sami was chosen by TiVi-magazine as one of the top 100 influencers in IT in Finland. He is the 11th most followed person in his field in Finland.
 
At Ignite 2018, Sami’s “Behind the Scenes: How to build a conference winning session” and “Sami Laiho: 45 Life Hacks of Windows OS in 45 minutes”  sessions were ranked as #1 and #2 out of 1708 sessions!! This was the first time in the history of the conference that anyone has been able to do this.

Michael Niehaus is a Program Director and Master Inventor at 2Pint Software, working on device management and OS deployment technologies.

Previously, Michael spent 16 years at Microsoft working on MDT, Windows as a Service, Windows Autopilot, and related management and deployment technologies.

Prior to that, he spent 14 years working as an IT pro.

Jim is a Principal Product Manager at Microsoft working with Azure Virtual Desktop and Windows 365, specialising in application delivery.  Before joining the Microsoft engineering team, he spent 10 years as a CTP

You can mainly find him sharing knowledge and information on https://GitHub.com/JimMoyle, https://youtube.com/JimMoyle and https://Twtter.com/JimMoyle. He also runs around (https://www.strava.com/athletes/jimmoyle) a lot.

Jörgen Nilsson is a Principal Consultant at Onevinn in Sweden with more than 30 years of experience in Enterprise Client Management. He is a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) and Microsoft MVP in Security (Intune) and Windows & Devices. 

Alongside leading enterprise projects, Jörgen delivers training focused on Microsoft Intune, Windows 11, and modern workplace management. An internationally recognised speaker, he has presented at events including Microsoft Ignite, TechEd, MMS, Techorama, TechMentor, Workplace Ninjas, and Live360, sharing practical insights and real-world experiences in endpoint management and security.

Peter Daalmans is a Principal Workplace Consultant / Architect and Microsoft Certified Trainer at SecMinds Solutions with a primary focus on the Microsoft Intune, Configuration Manager and Enterprise Mobility. Peter is awarded every year as a Security MVP (Microsoft Intune) since 2012 and as a Windows 365 MVP since 2024.

Peter writes blogs and sharing his knowledge on his blog https://ModernManagement.blog . Peter is also one of the founders and leads of the Workplace Ninja User Group Netherlands.

Author of Mastering System Center 2012 Configuration Manager, Mastering System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager and the just in 2017 released Mastering System Center Configuration Manager, books from Sybex and a book called: Microsoft Enterprise Mobility Suite, Microsoft Enterprise Mobility Suite: Planning and Implementation. Peter was one of the co-authors a book called Microsoft 365 Security for ITPros which was updated every month, for 2,5 years.

Peter speaks at local and international group meetings, conferences like Microsoft Ignite, Microsoft TechEd (Australia / New Zealand), IT/Dev Connections, Techmentor, Techorama Belgium, Midwest Management Summit (MMS), BriForum (London, Denver and Boston), TechDays Netherlands and ExpertsLive

Netherlands. More about Peter here

Mikael Nyström is a Microsoft MVP and Principal Technical Architect at Truesec, with an extremely broad field of competence. He has worked with all kinds of infrastructure tasks, in all kinds of environments, enterprise to small business.

Mikael is a very popular instructor and is often used by Microsoft for partner trainings as well as to speak at major conferences such as TechEd, MMS, etc. Mikael has been deeply engaged in the development of Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016/2019. Currently Mikael is a part of the Truesec CSIRT Computer Security Incident Response Team, helping customers world-wide to recover from cyberattacks

Ronni is working as a Senior Cloud Architect at Apento in Denmark. He has been working as a consultant since 1997 with a primary focus on Enterprise Client Management solutions, based on technologies like Microsoft Intune, Microsoft 365, Windows 11 and Windows 365.
Ronni is also a Microsoft Certified Trainer and Microsoft MVP and an appreciated speaker.

Toms Knostenbergs is co-founder of Master Packager, instructor at Become a Master Packager courses, and a former application packaging service provider with 4000+ application experience.

Gravel cyclist, husband, father of two.

After more than a decade in the Windows application packaging space, Toms spends most of his time building solutions to finally make creating and deploying apps easy and affordable.

Bogdan is the VP of Product at Advanced Installer and PacKit. 

He has almost two decades of experience in application packaging and deployment and loves to help the community grow, as an active member on the MSIX techcommunity forums, Reddit, X, and Stack Overflow. 

Bogdan is also the co-author of the MSIX Packaging Fundamentals book.

Bob Kelly has spent his career advancing the application packaging and deployment community and regularly speaks at AppManagEvent. A three-time Microsoft MVP, he founded AppDeploy and ITNinja, communities that helped IT professionals share knowledge, solve packaging challenges, and manage software at scale. He has also authored industry books and shaped several leading application-management products.

Today, as Chief Product Officer at Juriba, Bob leads the strategy for automation-first solutions that modernize enterprise application management—combining deep technical roots with an enduring commitment to the community he helped build.

David is a COO and co-founder of Access IT Automation, a best-in-class provider of IT automation products that help enterprises improve efficiency, save costs, and adapt to modern desktop strategies and digital transformation. 

With circa 30 years of experience in various roles in the IT industry, David has a deep knowledge of application management, VDI and cloud adoption, VMware and Microsoft products for desktop migrations.

Joe Ranson is a Senior Solutions Engineer at BeyondTrust, spending most of his time in conversations with IT and security teams about a problem that never quite goes away: how to give people the access they need without leaving standing privilege lying around for something else to find and use.

Lately that has meant looking closely at what happens when AI agents land on managed endpoints and quietly inherit whatever permissions the signed in user already has, an area most governance models were never built to handle.

Kenneth van Surksum works as a modern workplace consultant at Secure At Work and is specialized in building modern workplace solutions on top of Microsoft 365. Kenneth is a Microsoft MVP for Intune and Identity and Access

Kenneth is co-founder of the Workplace Ninja User Group Netherlands (#WPNinjasNL) and organizes (virtual) community meetings on a regular basis.

Tim is a freelance consultant with more than 20 years of experience in modern workplace and mobility solutions. A Microsoft MVP for 12 consecutive years, Tim specializes in endpoint management, security, and Microsoft Intune. He works with organizations worldwide to design and implement secure, scalable, and user-friendly workplace environments.

Beyond consulting, Tim is a community leader, organizing and speaking at user groups, meetups, and international tech conferences. Based in Belgium, he’s passionate about sharing knowledge, bridging the gap between technology and people, and helping IT teams turn complex challenges into practical, impactful solutions.

Ingmar is Product Manager at AppVentiX, leading product strategy, development, and positioning. With 25+ years of experience across various areas of tech, he’s known in the community for delivering innovative solutions that improve user experience and drive business growth.

Rory Monaghan is a Senior Technologist for Numecent where his responsibilities encompass market research, community outreach, and content creation.

His expertise spans more than 15 years in End User Computing, specializing in virtualization and application delivery. Prior to joining Numecent, he spent most of his career working in the healthcare industry, with experience across many different industries. Throughout his career he has earned many prestigious accolades, including Citrix Technical Professional (CTP) from Citrix and the coveted Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP).

Erik Loef (Msc, CEH, MVP), CTO and owner of PROXSYS, a private cloud company founded in 2001.

Always had a great personal interest and passion for security. Especially breaking the security with very simple approaches, which is always an eye-opener. Working in the industry for more than 20years. Great experience in advising and implementing security solutions.

Happy to share this experience with other enthusiast IT pro’s.

Rudy Ooms is a Technical Product Marketing Manager at Patch My PC and a Microsoft MVP, focused on Microsoft Intune, application management, and endpoint security.

He is known for breaking down complex technical topics into practical, real-world guidance through blogs, tools, and conference sessions.

As a Microsoft 365 Modern Workplace consultant Joost helps customers implement modern workplace solutions based on top of their Microsoft 365 licensing, leveraging products like Microsoft Intune, Microsoft Entra, Microsoft Defender, Exchange Online, Microsoft Teams, I constantly build solutions which span these products, taking into account Security, Usability and Manageability as main pillars.

Currently he is also responsible for the delivery of Secure At Work, a product which can automatically provision Microsoft 365 tenants with best practices configuration and once onboarded keeps customers up to date by using regular releases. Each release adds or updates functionality in Microsoft 365 environments based on best practices and lessons learned from implementation feedback. The Secure At Work solution is already running on more than 15K+ endpoints, making it proven solution and able to cover 80% of business requirements.

With over 30 years of experience, Andy Malone is not only a world class conference speaker but is also an award-winning author, and one of the most electrifying voices in the world of cloud and cybersecurity.

His passionate style of delivery combined with a sense of fun has become his trademark and have won him multiple awards and global acclaim at events including, Microsoft Ignite, NIC, LIVE 360, Spiceworld, ESPC, and many more. Although teaching and consulting remain his primary focus.

Andy also loves to inspire, and there's often an interesting story to be told. In recent years, it’s his popular YouTube channel that has brought him great success, from hundreds of thousands of subscribers generating millions of views. Subscribe to Andy’s YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@AndyMaloneMVP and visit his website at Andymalone.org

Dan Gough is a software engineer on the catalog team at Patch My PC, specializing in PowerShell automation, PSAppDeployToolkit development, and debugging troublesome installers.

In a previous life, he was an application packager and a former Microsoft MVP for App-V.

Roy is the Microsoft Product Manager owner of MSIX and Windows App SDK, helping shape how modern Windows applications are built, packaged, deployed, and evolved.

If you’re navigating the future of Windows application management, wondering where MSIX fits as technologies evolve, or simply want the perspective from inside the team building the platform: look him up and have a conversation.

Martin is the CEO and co-founder of Root3 - AppCatalog. More info will follow soon

Berry Haveman is a seasoned EUC specialist and solutions architect at Liquidware.

His extensive background as a consultant in desktop and application delivery across various industries has equipped him with a comprehensive understanding of the EUC ecosystem.

Berry leverages this knowledge to drive forward-thinking digital workspace solutions, ensuring seamless integration and performance optimization.

Thomas Verheyden, Microsoft Security MVP, working since 2010 in consultancy and since 2018 as a freelance security architect with a big focus on threat prevention and detection. I write my own blogs at vertho.tech , mostly around Microsoft security.

Ex, Microsoftie, ex 1E co-founder, Phil teamed up with old friend and former colleague Andreas to take on the apathy and stagnation in the world of bandwidth management, OS Deployment and Enterprise Systems Management in general and is now a 'Endpoint Management Disrupter' at 2Pint

Ex, Microsoftie, ex 1E co-founder, Phil teamed up with old friend and former colleague Andreas to take on the apathy and stagnation in the world of bandwidth management, OS Deployment and Enterprise Systems Management in general and is now a 'Endpoint Management Disrupter' at 2Pint

Ex, Microsoftie, ex 1E co-founder, Phil teamed up with old friend and former colleague Andreas to take on the apathy and stagnation in the world of bandwidth management, OS Deployment and Enterprise Systems Management in general and is now a 'Endpoint Management Disrupter' at 2Pint

Ex, Microsoftie, ex 1E co-founder, Phil teamed up with old friend and former colleague Andreas to take on the apathy and stagnation in the world of bandwidth management, OS Deployment and Enterprise Systems Management in general and is now a 'Endpoint Management Disrupter' at 2Pint

Ex, Microsoftie, ex 1E co-founder, Phil teamed up with old friend and former colleague Andreas to take on the apathy and stagnation in the world of bandwidth management, OS Deployment and Enterprise Systems Management in general and is now a 'Endpoint Management Disrupter' at 2Pint

Ex, Microsoftie, ex 1E co-founder, Phil teamed up with old friend and former colleague Andreas to take on the apathy and stagnation in the world of bandwidth management, OS Deployment and Enterprise Systems Management in general and is now a 'Endpoint Management Disrupter' at 2Pint

Ex, Microsoftie, ex 1E co-founder, Phil teamed up with old friend and former colleague Andreas to take on the apathy and stagnation in the world of bandwidth management, OS Deployment and Enterprise Systems Management in general and is now a 'Endpoint Management Disrupter' at 2Pint

Ex, Microsoftie, ex 1E co-founder, Phil teamed up with old friend and former colleague Andreas to take on the apathy and stagnation in the world of bandwidth management, OS Deployment and Enterprise Systems Management in general and is now a 'Endpoint Management Disrupter' at 2Pint