This page showcases my experiences as a speaker at various tech and industry events. Here, I discuss topics like DevOps, cloud computing, FinOps, automation and the evolving role of technology in business transformation. Join me as I explore how technology drives change, inspires innovation, and shapes the future of business.
2025
MCT/MVP West Africa Summit 2025 – Ghana – 25-26 Sept 2025
Session: Optimizing your AI costs
Experts Live Kenya 2025 – 20th September 2025 (Event Cancelled)
Session: Unleashing the Power of Azure: Navigating Cost Efficiency and Business Growth Through FinOps Mastery
Cyblack 2025 CyberSecurity Conference – 14th August 2025
Session: Commit to Deploy -Making Security a Built-in Feature
Northern UK FinOps Meetup – Morrisons HQ – 2nd July 2025
Session: FinOps Tools and Services (Categories, Selection & Challenges)
Northern Azure User Group (NAUG UK) – Manchester – 3rd June 2025
Session: Introduction to Azure AI Foundry
Caribbean & African Health Network (CAHN) – Africa Day 2025 – 22nd May 2025
Session: Accelerating Business Growth and Technology
Global Azure – Ghana Edition – 10th May 2025
Session: Dev-Fin-Ops: Driving Cost Efficiency on Azure
Microsoft Global AI tour London – Connection Hub Expert 5th March 2025
Azure Spring Clean 2025 – March 2025
Session : AI for All – Ethical Considerations for AI tools
The Greater Manchester Black Tech Expo – 31st Jan & 1st Feb 2025
Session : Responsible AI & Demo on AI travel agent
MCT Europe Summit UK 2025 – 9 & 10 Jan 2025
2024
Festive Tech Calendar 2024 – 16th December 2024
Session: AI on a Small Scale: Supercharging Growth for Small and Micro business
DevOps Society – Manchester – 28th November 2024
Session: DevOps through a FinOps lens
DevEx Connect Cloud Roadshow – Manchester – 30th October 2024
Session: How to seamlessly embed advanced security practices into your CI/CD pipelines using GitHub and Azure DevOps
Apostolic Faith Manchester – 13th October 2024
Session: Pathway to Purpose – Navigating Career Journey
Northern Azure User Group (NAUG UK) – Manchester – 8th October 2024
Session: Migrate from Log Analytics Agent to Azure Monitor Agent – Opportunities, Challenges and Impact
M365Summit – Manchester – 28th September 2024
Event Organiser – DevOps Track Lead
Session 1: Introduction to DevOps
Session 2: Automating Infrastructure with Azure DevOps
Microsoft Zero to Hero Community – YouTube – 14th September 2024 ft Nicholas Chang
Session: GitHub Advanced Security and Manage Identity Integration – The Key to Secure Azure DevOps Workflow
Powering Up FinOps – Pwc Manchester – 9th July 2024
Session: Fueling Success – Strategies for FinOps Excellence
FinOps X – San Diego California USA – June 2024
DTX Manchester – 3rd April 2024
Session: Responsible AI
Global Azure 2024 – ANS Office Manchester – 20th April 2024
Session: Navigating the Cloud with Azure Network Manager
Azure Spring Clean 2024 – 6th March 2024
Session: Navigating Cost Efficiency and Business Growth through FinOps Mastery
2023
Microsoft Office Enfield by GitHub- 23rd November 2023
Session: What the Hack – DevOps with GitHub
X Space – 18th November 2023
Session: Becoming a Cloud Solution Architect
MCT/MVPWestAfricaSummit 2023 – Abuja – 10th November 2023
Session: How to Safeguard your Cloud Resources with Confidence
Microsoft Azure Nigeria Conference – Lagos – 28th October 2023
Session: AI and FinOps Sensitization for Azure
Northern Azure User Group (NAUG) – Manchester – October 2023
Session: Journey into FinOps and Adoption
Scottish Summit 2023 – 5th August 2023
Session: Azure going out of business? – Slashing Cloud Computing Spend by over half using the Power of FinOps
Microsoft Community Speakers – Manchester – June 2023
Adedeji Awolesi 