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.

“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 14-17, 2024.

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

Mikael Nystrom 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

Peter Daalmans is a Principal Workplace Consultant / Architect and Microsoft Certified Trainer at Daalmans Consulting with a primary focus on the Microsoft Endpoint Manager Configuration Manager and Enterprise Mobility. Peter is awarded every year as a Microsoft Enterprise Mobility MVP (Configuration Manager/Microsoft Intune/Enterprise Mobility Suite) since 2012.

Peter writes blogs and sharing his knowledge on his blog ConfigMgrBlog.com. Peter is also one of the founders and leads of the Windows Management 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. Peter also released last year a book called: Microsoft Enterprise Mobility Suite, Microsoft Enterprise Mobility Suite: Planning and Implementation.

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

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 also a Microsoft MVP for Enterprise Mobility and Security.

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

Bob has been a long-time speaker at the AppManagEvent. He is a distinguished author, a three-time Microsoft MVP, and the founder of the AppDeploy/ITNinja communities. With a rich background in product management, he has spearheaded several market-leading IT professional solutions, driving innovation in the application management space. Bob is currently the Chief Product Officer at Juriba.

Jeff Wouters, former 9* Microsoft MVP for Cloud and Datacenter Management, is the founder of Methos, consultant en Microsoft Certified Trainer Regional Lead with a focus on Infrastructure-as-Code and automation in general. He is a frequent speaker on (inter)national events and founder of the Dutch PowerShell User Group (DuPSUG).

Ronald has been a prominent figure in the IT industry since 1991, bringing decades of experience and expertise to the table. His career began with a strong foundation in Novell and Microsoft products, where he honed his skills in various IT disciplines until the year 2000. During this period, Ronald developed a deep understanding of network infrastructure, system administration, and the intricacies of these leading technologies.

In the early 2000s, recognizing the growing need for specialized application management, Ronald shifted his focus to application packaging and technical application management. His dedication to mastering this niche area led to the founding of his first company in 2005, which was specifically tailored to provide top-notch application packaging services. This venture allowed him to address the complex needs of businesses seeking efficient and reliable software deployment solutions.

In 2015, Ronald took his vision a step further by establishing SparkleFlow, a company dedicated to revolutionizing application management for enterprise organizations. With SparkleFlow, Ronald aimed to create environments where applications could be managed with ease and efficiency, reducing the operational burden on IT departments and enhancing overall productivity. His innovative approach has helped numerous enterprises streamline their application deployment processes, ensuring seamless and error-free operations.

Continuing his commitment to innovation and accessibility, Ronald introduced a free version of SparkleFlow's popular software in 2024. This move was designed to make high-quality application management tools available to a broader audience, enabling more organizations to benefit from SparkleFlow's advanced features without a financial barrier.

Under Ronald's leadership, SparkleFlow has become synonymous with excellence in application management, known for its user-friendly interfaces, robust functionality, and unwavering commitment to customer satisfaction. His passion for technology and continuous improvement drives the company's success, making it a trusted partner for enterprises worldwide.

Danut is excited to represent Advanced Installer as a Senior Technology Consultant. 

In his role, he leads our support and consulting teams, helping clients overcome complex technical challenges, providing in-depth training, and offering strategic consulting services to optimize their software deployment processes.

In his session, he'll be introducing PacKit, their new tool designed to become the ultimate home for software packages. While PacKit is still in its early stages, this session offers a rare glimpse into its potential and how you can start leveraging its capabilities today. He'll be demonstrating PacKit live, so you'll see firsthand how it can improve your packaging workflows.

Berry is a passionate end-user computing specialist, now working as a solution architect at Liquidware.

He helps organizations with their digital transformation initiatives and more specifically, with optimizing their digital workspace management while ensuring a good user experience . Through his years as a consultant for desktop and application delivery practices across industries, he has a broad knowledge of the end-user computing ecosystem, which he uses today when advising clients on their digital workspace objectives.

Toms Knostenbergs is a co-founder of Master Packager.

With over a decade of experience in application and product management, he has collaborated with hundreds of organizations to help them overcome their app management challenges. His experience in day-to-day application packaging led to the opportunity to build his own packaging solution. A solution that would solve the packaging problems Toms and others were facing while keeping the price affordable. A solution that would help others become Master Packagers and build Windows application packages that end-users love, enterprises want, and the Windows OS needs.

Toms loves application packaging and enjoys building products that solve real problems.

Josh is the regional Field CTO of Rimo3. He has a commitment to driving business value through innovative technologies. With over 15 years of enterprise software experience at Embarcadero Technologies, Citrix, and Cherwell Software, Josh has held key roles from Presales Engineering to Customer Success leadership. Josh has spent his career building and leading teams to support and deliver a broad spectrum of technologies

Dan Gough is a Software Engineer at Patch My PC, focussed on automating detection, packaging, deployment and testing of application updates. He also contributes to the development of PSADT.

Scott McAllister is a Support Engineer at Patch My PC. He specializes in third-party updates, ConfigMgr, WSUS, and Intune. Scott has a strong interest in automation technologies, including PowerShell & C#

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

Nico Zieck is the Director of Technology & Solutions at Recast Software where he serves as the primary evangelist for Liquit on a technical, practical, and business innovation level. Nico has been at the forefront of driving end user and reseller understanding of how Liquit continually innovates and pushes the boundaries of what is possible in application and digital workspace management.

Ronnie Emilio Tynell is a dynamic technology executive and the innovative founder and CEO of Robopack. He has a rich background in IT management and application packaging, and his expertise has revolutionized how businesses handle their software deployment processes.

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.

Lorraine is currently working with Access IT Automation as an implementor and SME for Capture. 

Entering the world of the IT straight from Uni into support roles, then progressing into packaging and application migrations.

Lorraine has worked with many of the major financial institutions in both The City & Canary Wharf, working in both technical and project roles for large scale application and platform migrations, OS upgrades and VDI implementations.

Michael is a former software developer that made the switch to the consultancy 'dark side'.

Because of the history building software solutions, the deployment of the stuff that 'works on my dev-system' is a different playing field. Deploying software to a single system is one thing, deploying to a company with 2000 machines a completely different one. 

This is a great puzzle all the time, and that is what makes this work great. It keeps you triggered, you have to follow the latest developments and this results in having the super hobby, and get payed for it! Combine that with a regular (network) BBQ - what else do you need!

Frank has been in IT for almost 30 years. 

After some jobs as system administrator, he joined Axle-IT in 2006. After many projects implementing Novell, Micorsoft and  Ivanti (Pre 2017 known as LANDesk and RES) enduser computing solutions , Frank earned both the Ivanti MVP title as well as being one of only 5 worldwide obtaining the Ivanti EPM Master certification. 

Frank and Axle-IT pioneered by introducing one of the first commercially available application virtualization tools, Thinstall (later ThinApp) into the Dutch market, later did the same with one of the first Applayering Solutions, Unidesk (later Citrix) and works now together with Prianto to introduce Droplet, an innovative Application Containerization tool.

Since a couple of years Frank acts as Techdirector while still acting as consultant for some key accounts

Jeroen boasts nearly 25 years of global consulting and business development experience, with a strong focus on IT operations, ITAM, and cybersecurity. He has successfully initiated and nurtured initiatives for the application packaging industry for several vendors.

In his current role as Security Solution sales at Flexera for EMEA and APAC, he is the author of the Monthly Vulnerability Insights Report.

Venkat is a seasoned product manager with expertise in desktop and server installation products such as InstallShield, as well as application readiness solutions like AdminStudio.

With a strong focus on product development and market strategy, Venkat also manages security solutions like Software Vulnerability Manager, helping organizations streamline their software deployment and security practices.

Venkat is passionate about delivering innovative solutions that enhance efficiency and security across enterprise environments.