Speakers

⭐ Keynote

Philip Gast

Tech Innovator & AI Entrepreneur - AdamI

Philip is the initiator of the National AI Hub in Amsterdam and founder of ADAMI, an AI consulting firm focused on building and implementing AI products. With a BSc and MSc in Data Science, he combines technical depth with a hands-on engineering approach to bring AI from concept to reality.

Talk

The AI Tipping Point: Are You Ready?

Discover how AI and modern tools can help you launch a company in record time. Philip will demonstrate the power of automation and AI-assisted workflows.

AI

Joost Hofman

Founder & CEO - TechStaq

Joost is the founder of TechStaq and a visionary leader in building high-performing tech organizations. With years of experience in engineering excellence, cloud platforms, and digital transformation, he leads teams that deliver integrated solutions creating lasting impact. Joost is passionate about developing local tech talent and building sustainable tech communities.

Talk

Opening Remarks & Closing Talk

Welcome to TechStaq Connect! Join us as we kick off this exciting week of tech innovation in Suriname, and wrap up the day with key takeaways and reflections.

Leadership

Kim Willemse

Cloud Technology Expert - Founder Nuvem Cloud

Kim brings colour and a human touch to the technical cloud world. With nearly 8 years of experience in cloud infrastructure and Infrastructure as Code, she helps organizations build secure, efficient, and innovative cloud environments in Azure and AWS. Kim believes the best cloud solutions are the ones teams actually understand, which is why she likes to combine technical implementation with hands-on education. Seeing that sparkle in someone's eyes when they discover how cloud can make their work dramatically easier always brings a smile to her face! When she's not architecting and building landing zones, you'll find her travelling the world to explore warm places for their culture, nature and the best food. (Making Suriname a perfect place to be for her!)

Talk

Cloud Landing Zones: Build Fast, Secure By Default

Learn how cloud landing zones provide a solid foundation for your cloud adoption journey, enabling faster deployment while maintaining security and governance standards.

Cloud

Anouk Kieboom

Cloud Engineer - Devleaps

Anouk is a cloud engineer at Devleaps, specializing in infrastructure optimization, automation, backup systems, and disaster recovery. She holds Professional Scrum Master certification and has expertise in cloud cost optimization and infrastructure automation.

Talk

How to keep hackers out of your cloud environment

Discover essential security practices and strategies to protect your cloud infrastructure from cyber threats and maintain a robust security posture.

Cloud

Krzysztof Jankowski

Co-founder Dataleaps & Data Platform Evangelist

Building Data platforms since being able to walk, having deep knowledge of Telecom and Retail.

Talk

Building a next generation Data platform

Discover modern approaches to building scalable, flexible data platforms that enable data democratization and drive business value through advanced analytics and ML capabilities.

Data

Robbert Wielema

Data Platform Specialist

Robbert is a data platform specialist with expertise in building scalable data solutions. He is passionate about modern data architectures and helping organizations leverage data to drive business value.

Talk

Unified Data Access: Security at Scale

Explore how Unified Data Access Layer (UDAL) patterns can help you implement robust data security and access control in modern data architectures.

Data

Tomasz Kostyrka

Data Platform Engineer

Tomasz is a data platform engineer with expertise in building and scaling data solutions. He is passionate about modern data architectures and helping organizations leverage data effectively.

Talk

Building a data platform

Build a modern data platform from scratch with hands-on exercises

Data

Jonathan van Westendorp

AI Expert - AdamI

Jonathan is an AI Expert at AdamI. He holds an MSc in AI from the University of Amsterdam and researched diffusion models at Whispp for real-time whisper-to-speech conversion. He contributed to ArtiVisual at ACM Multimedia 2021 and specializes in deep learning and AI applications.

Talk

Building your virtual workforce (AI Agents)

Learn how to leverage AI agents to automate tasks, enhance productivity, and build intelligent systems that work alongside your team to achieve business goals.

AI

⭐ Keynote

Surprise Keynote Speaker

Special Guest

We have exciting surprise keynote speakers lined up! Stay tuned for the big reveals.

Talk

Digital transformations in Suriname & Building AI and Data products in retail

Inspiring keynotes exploring digital transformation opportunities in Suriname and the practical application of AI and data products in the retail industry.

Digital Transformations

Philipp Gayret

Developer Experience Engineer - Devleaps

Philipp is a Staff engineer with 14+ years of experience in the industry, working on companies' developer experience at Devleaps. He specializes in internal development platforms and release engineering, with expertise in AI (coding) Assistants.

Talk

Accelerate your development using AI Copilots

Learn how AI-powered coding assistants and copilots can dramatically improve developer productivity, code quality, and accelerate your software development lifecycle.

AI

Tijmen Stor

GitHub Expert & Release Engineer - Devleaps

Tijmen is a GitHub expert and release/CICD engineer with deep expertise in modern development practices. He is passionate about automating and optimizing release processes and helping teams accelerate their development workflows with cutting-edge tools.

Talk

Using AI Copilot to accelerate your development

Hands-on workshop on leveraging AI copilots to boost developer productivity and code quality

AI

Jeffrey de Graaf

Lead Architect & Fractional CTO - TechStaq

Jeffrey is a lead architect and builder with extensive experience in translating complex technical concepts into accessible solutions. With expertise in modern architecture patterns and best practices, he helps teams build scalable and maintainable software systems. Known for his dad jokes and BBQ skills.

Talk

Team Topologies: Structure Your Company for Growth

Discover how Team Topologies principles can help you structure your organization for sustainable growth, improved flow, and enhanced team effectiveness in rapidly scaling environments.

Digital Transformations

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