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Upcoming Speaking Engagements
(2:25 PM EDT, Auditorium) Inside the Mind of a Machine: How To Master Copilot and AI Atlanta Cloud + AI Conference
Ever wonder what happens between pressing Enter and getting a response from GitHub Copilot? Want to know what “input tokens” and “cached tokens” actually mean — and why they matter? The secret to getting better results from your AI assistant is understanding how it actually works.
Previous Speaking Engagements
- Visual Studio Live!: F01 Workshop: Modern & Secure AI Engineering with C#, GitHub, and Azure
- Visual Studio Live!: H19 Crafting Your Codespace
- Visual Studio Live!: H15 Threats from the Shadows
- Visual Studio Live!: H11 Navigating the Project Storm: A Guide to Overcoming 10 Development Project Pitfalls
- Live! 360: AIF01 Workshop: Modern & Secure AI Engineering with C#, GitHub, and Azure
- Live! 360: VSH10 Navigating the Project Storm: A Guide to Overcoming 10 Development Project Pitfalls
- Live! 360: Artificial Intelligence Live! Panel Discussion: Governance in the AI Age
- Live! 360: VSW15 Hardening CI/CD: Essential Strategies to Mitigate Security Risks
- Live! 360: VSM03 Workshop: Agentic DevOps: AI-Powered Development with Azure DevOps and GitHub
- - Live! 360 Tech Con 2025
- GitHub Universe 25: From pull request to production: Crafting secure CI/CD with GitHub Actions
- GitHub Universe 25: Threats from the shadows: How to secure your CI/CD process against attackers
- Atlanta Developers' Conference 2025
- Atlanta Cloud Conference 2025
- Visual Studio Live!: F03 Workshop - Copilot Engineering in the Cloud with Azure & GitHub
- Visual Studio Live!: H17 - Developer Security: Safeguarding Your Code and Projects
- Visual Studio Live!: H11 - GitHub Copilot: Measure What Matters
- Visual Studio Live!: W23 - Navigating the Project Storm: A Guide to Overcoming 10 Development Project Pitfalls
- Atlanta Developers' Conference 2024
- Azure In the ATL: Build Recap
- Azure In the ATL: Understanding Azure Front Door
- Atlanta Cloud Conference 2024
- Redgate Summit Atlanta: Mastering the Art of Multi-Platform Database Monitoring
- Redgate Summit Atlanta: Ten Team Traits to Drive Highly Successful Database DevOps
- GitHub Webinar: Accelerated Innovation: Coding Practices for the Modern Developer
- DevOps World - London, UK: The Right Type of Shift Left: Security and Compliance in the SDLC
- - GitHub Universe
- GitHub Universe 2023: Accelerated Innovation: Coding Practices for the Modern Developer
- DevOps World - Silicon Valley: The Right Type of Shift Left: Security and Compliance in the SDLC
- Atlanta Azure Data User Group: Designing Azure Modern Data Warehouse Solutions
- Atlanta Developers' Conference
- TechStrong Learning Experience: Security, Compliance and Risk Management in the SDLC
- Visual Studio Live!: Workshop: Ship Faster, More Securely with Azure PaaS (Guest Speaker - Bicep)
- Visual Studio Live!: Table Topic Lunch
- Visual Studio Live!: T07: Designing Azure Modern Data Warehouse Solutions
- Visual Studio Live!: T03: Azure Data Lakes and Delta Lakes
- Atlanta Cloud Conference
- TechBash: Understanding Azure Front Door
- TechBash: Cosmos DB for SQL Server Developers
- TechBash: Demystifying DevContainers and Codespaces
- DevOps World: Creating Scalable DevOps Practices (AMER)
- DevOps World: Creating Scalable DevOps Practices (AMEA)
- DevOps World: Developing an Asynchronous Culture (Cancelled)
- DevOps World: Modernizing Code Development with Dev Containers (Cancelled)
- DevOps World: Creating Scalable DevOps Practices
- DevOps World: Workshop: Creating Dev Containers and Codespaces (Cancelled)
- Atlanta Developers' Conference
- Code PaLOUSa 2022: Understanding Azure Front Door
- Code PaLOUSa 2022: Demystifying Dev Containers and Codespaces
- Steel City SQL Server Users Group (Birmingham): Cosmos DB for SQL Server Developers
- Romania CodeCamp (The One with .NET after Saint Nick): You’re Building It Wrong! The Top Azure Application Mistakes
- Wintellect Presents: Azure DevOps and GitHub Expert Panel
- Azure Cosmos DB Global User Group: Cosmos DB for SQL Server Developers
- Wintellect Presents: An Introduction to DevOps Principles and Practices
- Tampa Bay SQL Server User Group (TBSSUG): Intro to Azure Databricks
- Atlanta Code Camp 2021: Cosmos DB for SQL Server Developers
- DevOps World: Embracing DevOps with Big Data Teams
- Code PaLOUsa 2021: You’re Building It Wrong! The Top Azure Application Mistakes
- Code PaLOUsa 2021: Cosmos DB for SQL Server Developers
- Wintellect Webinar: Introduction to DevOps With GitHub
- Wintellect Webinar: Introduction to Git
- Wintellect Presents: Azure DevOps and GitHub Expert Panel
- Wintellect Webinar: Introduction to Azure Databricks
- HPE Learning: Developer’s Introduction to Azure Databricks
- Azure In The ATL (Virtual): Developer’s Introduction to Azure Databricks
- PASS Cloud Virtual Group: Cosmos DB for SQL Server Developers
- Wintellect Virtual Roundtable: Azure DevOps and GitHub
- PASS Cloud Virtual Group: Architecting Data Storage Solutions with Cosmos DB (Cancelled)
- Wintellect Virtual Roundtable: Azure DevOps and GitHub
- All Day DevOps 2020: Doing DevOps With Deming
- Wintellect Webinar: GitHub and Azure DevOps – Better Together
- DevOps World 2020: Hyperscale Migrations – Tricks for Supporting Large Migrations with DevOps
- Code PaLOUsa 2020: Art of Data DevOps with SSDT
- Lightup Virtual Conference (UNICEF Benefit): Art of Data DevOps with SSDT
- Azure In the ATL: Architecting Data Storage Solutions with Cosmos DB
- 2020 Global Azure Atlanta
- CodeStock 2020
- Orlando Code Camp & Tech Conference
- Global Microsoft 365 Developer Bootcamp 2019: Azure and M365
- Global Microsoft 365 Developer Bootcamp 2019
- Atlanta Code Camp 2019: Video On-Demand with Azure Media Services
- SQLSaturday: The Art of Data DevOps with SSDT
- SQLSaturday: The Art of Data DevOps with SSDT
- SQL Saturday Lighting Talks: Azure Data DevOps
- TAG DevOps Presents: How to Make the Wrongs Right
- Global Azure Bootcamp 2019: Art of Data DevOps
- Orlando Code Camp: Video on Demand with Azure Media Services
- TAG DevOps Presents: How DevOps Can Be Done Wrong
- Atlanta Code Camp 2018: Understanding Infrastructure as Code with ARM Templates
- Global Azure Bootcamp: DevOps With VSTS & Azure