Meet Our Speakers

CollabDays New England brings together an exceptional lineup of Microsoft MVPs, community leaders, and industry experts who are passionate about sharing real-world experience and practical insights across the Microsoft 365 ecosystem. Our speakers represent a broad range of roles—from architects and developers to administrators and strategists—and are deeply involved in the tools and technologies they present on.

Whether you’re looking to deepen your technical skills, explore best practices, or gain fresh perspectives on collaboration, productivity, and modern work, our speakers deliver sessions that are informative, approachable, and immediately applicable. Many present at conferences around the world and stay closely connected to the latest developments from Microsoft, bringing timely and relevant content to the CollabDays New England community.

We’re proud to showcase speakers who value openness, learning, and community—hallmarks of CollabDays New England since its beginnings as SharePoint Saturday Boston. Take a look at this year’s lineup and get ready to learn, ask questions, and connect.

Alex Hesterberg

CEO - Devicie (devicie.com)

Anna Bordioug

Anni Douberly

MCT | AI & Modern Work at RSM

Bill Brockbank

Bob Meier

bridging people, technology, and the future of work

Carol Zollinger

M365 Administrator

Chris Bortlik

Director, Microsoft Innovation Hub, Boston (Burlington), MA · Microsoft

David Drever

David E Patrick

MCT, MVP, SharePoint SQL and Web Developer

David Pileggi

Making Collaboration Even More Amazing and Accessable

David Warner II

Sharing is Caring

Deep Trivedi

Helping you Secure Microsoft365

Derick Welch

“Inspiring Workplace”: How Rounding, Recognition, Learning Networks, and Quality Innovations Foster Agency and Community

Diego Domingos da Silva

Microsoft 365 Solutions Architect | SharePoint and Copilot MVP | Community Speaker

Dimitri Ayrapetov

Driving Business Value with Microsoft Technologies

Don Kirkham

Microsoft MVP, MCT, Senior Technology Advisor

Edward Williams

Heather Severino

Hugo Bernier

World's Laziest Developer

Jared Matfess

AI Architect

Jasjit Chopra

Penthara CEO, Microsoft MVP

Jeffrey Dlott

Jill Hannemann

Engineering Manager | Microsoft MVP

Joe Dunn

Building the future, one day at a time

John C P Calladine

Managing Consultant JCPC CONSULTING

Julie M Turner

Partner/CTO Sympraxis Consulting | Microsoft MVP | Microsoft 365 Speaker

Karen Dredske

Community speaker who loves to empower community members using SharePoint, Teams, Copilot, and all things Microsoft 365

Karinne Bessette

Security-minded. Story-driven. Education-forward

Katrina Pugh

Channeling insight into action

Kristen Hubler

Best-Selling Author, Speaker, and Founder of Workshops by Kristen

Manpreet Singh

Mark Thomas Kashman

Refine and refresh your intranet from start to never finished.

Matthew Bailey

M365 Architect & Microsoft Certified Trainer

Michael Gilronan

Mitul Tailor

Sr. Data Engineer/Solution Architect

Nick Brattoli

Executive Technology Leader | Digital Transformation & Innovation Strategist | 8x Microsoft MVP | Enterprise Cloud & AI Adoption Expert

Norm Young

Microsoft 365 and Power Platform Solution Architect | Microsoft MVP

Pat McGown

CEO, Cloudwell | Microsoft MVP | Microsoft Global Community Initiative Regional Leader

Patrick Cash-Peterson

Rachel Spannuth

Fluent in both IT and Business Process

Rachel Sullivan

Richard Harbridge

Let's make the world better together.

MVP

Rob Windsor

.NET/Microsoft 365 developer and trainer

Ronnie Saini

Helping organizations turn AI from a productivity tool into a business transformation engine through Microsoft 365 Copilot, agents, governance, and modern workplace innovation.

Russ Edelman

Microsoft, AI and Contract Management Guy

Samir Makwana

MCT | Founder of Cloudtrify | Cloud Solution Architect | Angel Investor

Satish Upadhyaya

Sucheta Gawade

Microsoft MVP - Azure, Security | Omnissa Tech Insider | Manager, IT in Healthcare | 20x Technical Certifications

Susan Hanley

All SharePoint, all intranets, all the time!