Rachid Zarouali is a Microsoft MVP and Docker Captain, international speaker and trainer. In his previous roles as head of the infrastructure team for the French registry and C.I.O of a worldwide recognized CRM and E-COMMERCE agency, he recognized the need to bring the latest technology at a production level to businesses of all sizes and founded SevenSphere.

Through SevenSphere, Rachid offers training and consultancy for companies striving to dive into microservices container-based infrastructure. Husband and father, Rachid spend his spare time, participating in a number of OSS communities, teaching cloud computing architecture at a software engineering school.

Verena is Cloud Consultant and DevOps Engineer at b’nerd. After many years as an HR expert in IT, she discovered her passion for programming in 2020 and has been passionate about modern software development and infrastructure ever since.

Melody Sofia Eroshevich is a Site Reliability Engineer at CLOUDETEER GmbH and a co-founder of DD-IX e.V., Dresden’s first Internet Exchange. She works on infrastructure, reliability, and security topics, with a strong interest in open-source technologies. Beyond that, she is passionate about community building and knowledge sharing, bringing people together to exchange ideas and tackle complex technical challenges.

Santa is a DevOps Consultant from Hamburg. Her daily work focuses on various cloud projects, with a strong focus on cloud and automation technologies. She enjoys discovering new developments in these areas and using them to improve workflows and processes, and when she’s not working, there’s a good chance you’ll find her either running, cycling, or swimming.

Michael Friedrich is a Staff Developer Advocate at GitLab, focusing on Embedded DevSecOps and responsible AI adoption. His desire to learn how computers work led him from Hardware/Software Systems Engineering to DNS, monitoring development, and authoring Git/GitLab trainings. Michael educates at industry events and meetups. He tackles unexpected challenges, creating tutorials and live programming sessions. When not traveling, he builds LEGO models and dives into embedded hardware projects.