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Speaker Profiles

At ESPC25, we welcomed more than 120 industry-leading speakers from across the Microsoft 365 and AI industry. These experts delivered practical insights, real-world case studies, and forward-looking strategies across Microsoft 365, Azure, SharePoint, AI and the Power Platform, making ESPC one of Europe’s leading technology conferences for Microsoft professionals.

Jeff Teper

Jeff Teper

President – Collaborative Apps & Platform at Microsoft

 

Known as the “Founder of SharePoint,” Jeff came to Microsoft because of the company’s approach to solving challenges and empowering people through software. A developer at heart, today Jeff leads Microsoft’s collaboration platform including Teams, SharePoint and OneDrive, which serve more than 1 billion people around the globe.

 

Outside of work, Jeff is an avid runner, and an avid fan of Disney and The Beatles. Jeff has an MBA from Harvard and a BS from New York University.

 

You can watch Jeff Teper’s keynote, The New Frontier of Work: Copilot, AI, and the Future of Microsoft 365.

Jaime Teevan

Jaime Teevan

Chief Scientist at Microsoft

 

Jaime Teevan is Chief Scientist and Technical Fellow at Microsoft, where she is responsible for driving research-backed innovation in the company’s core products.

 

Jaime is world-renowned for her research into productivity and personalized search, and was recognized by TIME as one of the top 100 people to play an instrumental role in AI development and societal advancement.

 

She led the creation of M365 Copilot by integrating AI into Microsoft products, invented the first personalized search algorithm used by Bing, and coordinated the company’s hybrid work research during the pandemic. Previously she was Technical Advisor to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.

 

Jaime is an ACM Fellow and a member of the SIGIR and CHI Academies. She serves on the boards of Shutterstock, the Computing Research Association, and is an alumni fellow of Yale’s Board of Trustees.

 

She holds a Ph.D. in AI from MIT and a B.S. from Yale, and is an Affiliate Professor at the University of Washington.

 

You can watch Jaime Teevan’s keynote, From One to Many: The future of AI is Collaborative.

 

Heather Cook

Heather Cook

Principal PM Manager, Microsoft 365 Customer Advocacy Group, Collaborative Applications and Platform Group at Microsoft

Heather is Principal PM Manager for the Microsoft 365 Customer Advocacy Group within the Collaborative Applications and Platform Group at Microsoft. She leads initiatives focused on community engagement, evangelism, and growth by building programs, strategy, and connections between Microsoft and its global community.

 

A former Microsoft MVP for Microsoft 365 Apps and Services, Heather brings more than two decades of experience as a marketing executive and as Founder of Creative Maven, her impact consultancy.

 

As a consultant, executive event producer, and fractional CMO, she has delivered thousands of campaigns, events, and experiences across the tech and entertainment industries. Heather is also a keynote speaker, moderator, and podcast host. Her podcast, Mavens Do It Better, highlights experts who inspire change.

 

Originally from Michigan and Illinois, Heather now lives in Marina del Rey, California.

 

You can watch her keynote, Beyond the Prompt: Building an AI-Resilient Career with Power Skills.

Paula Januszkiewicz

Paula Januszkiewicz

CQURE Inc. and CQURE Academy, Founder and CEO

 

Paula Januszkiewicz is the Founder and CEO of CQURE Inc. and CQURE Academy. She is also Enterprise Security MVP, honorable Microsoft Regional Director for CEE and a world-class cybersecurity expert, consulting customers all around the world. In 2017, Paula graduated from Harvard Business School.

 

She is a top speaker at conferences including Microsoft Ignite (she was rated No. 1 among 1,100 speakers at a conference with 26000 attendees), RSA (in 2017 in USA her two sessions were amongst the five hottest sessions), Black Hat 2018 USA or Gartner Security Summit. Her presentations gather thousands of people.

 

In 2019, Paula’s presentation was voted best of Black Hat Asia 2019 Briefings! Paula has 17 years of experience in the cybersecurity field, performing penetration tests, architecture consulting, training and seminars. Every year, before the pandemic, she took over 215 flights to provide security services, now she delivers tons of projects online.

 

Paula also creates security awareness programs for various organizations, including awareness sessions for top management. Paula is a member of the Technical Advisory Board at Royal Bank of Scotland – helping to keep its security at the highest level possible! What is more, Paula has access to a source code of Windows!

 

Watch her keynote Hacker’s Perspective on New Risks: Revising the Cybersecurity Priorities 2025.

Rafal Lukawiecki

Rafal Lukawiecki

Data Scientist at Tecflix

As Data Scientist at Tecflix, Rafal focuses on making advanced analytics and artificial intelligence easy and useful for his clients.

 

He can help you find valuable, meaningful patterns and statistically valid correlations using data science and machine learning in data sets both big and small. Rafal is also known for his work in business intelligence, data protection, enterprise architecture, and solution delivery. While majority of his clients come from consumer and corporate finance, entertainment, healthcare, IT, retail, and the public sectors, Rafal has worked in almost all industries.

 

He has been a popular speaker at major IT conferences since 1998, and he had the honour of sharing keynote platforms with Bill Gates and Neil Armstrong. A natural educator, he explains complex concepts in simple terms in his enjoyably energetic style.

 

Rafal was born in Poland. He left it in 1990 to study computing in United Kingdom, where he earned BEng in Computing Science, fol­lowed by MSc in Foundations of Advanced Information Technology, at Imperial College, University of London. His stud­ies were sponsored by Oxford Computer Group Ltd, where he later worked as a developer, trainer, and a consultant. Since 2000 he has worked for Project Botticelli Ltd, and in 2020 he founded a new online learning company, Tecflix.com.

 

Outside of IT, Rafal spends a quarter of every year finding abstractions in natural landscapes, expressing them through traditional, black-and-white, large-format film photography, making silver-gelatin prints by hand—see rafal.net. You can also follow Rafal on Twitter, or connect with him on LinkedIn.

 

You can watch Rafal’s keynote Will AI Become Intelligent?

 

Jeff Teper

Jeff Teper

President – Collaborative Apps & Platform at Microsoft

 

Known as the “Founder of SharePoint,” Jeff came to Microsoft because of the company’s approach to solving challenges and empowering people through software. A developer at heart, today Jeff leads Microsoft’s collaboration platform including Teams, SharePoint and OneDrive, which serve more than 1 billion people around the globe.

 

Outside of work, Jeff is an avid runner, and an avid fan of Disney and The Beatles. Jeff has an MBA from Harvard and a BS from New York University.

 

You can watch Jeff Teper’s keynote, The New Frontier of Work: Copilot, AI, and the Future of Microsoft 365.

Jaime Teevan

Jaime Teevan

Chief Scientist at Microsoft

 

Jaime Teevan is Chief Scientist and Technical Fellow at Microsoft, where she is responsible for driving research-backed innovation in the company’s core products.

 

Jaime is world-renowned for her research into productivity and personalized search, and was recognized by TIME as one of the top 100 people to play an instrumental role in AI development and societal advancement.

 

She led the creation of M365 Copilot by integrating AI into Microsoft products, invented the first personalized search algorithm used by Bing, and coordinated the company’s hybrid work research during the pandemic. Previously she was Technical Advisor to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.

 

Jaime is an ACM Fellow and a member of the SIGIR and CHI Academies. She serves on the boards of Shutterstock, the Computing Research Association, and is an alumni fellow of Yale’s Board of Trustees.

 

She holds a Ph.D. in AI from MIT and a B.S. from Yale, and is an Affiliate Professor at the University of Washington.

 

You can watch Jaime Teevan’s keynote, From One to Many: The future of AI is Collaborative.

 

Heather Cook

Heather Cook

Principal PM Manager, Microsoft 365 Customer Advocacy Group, Collaborative Applications and Platform Group at Microsoft

Heather is Principal PM Manager for the Microsoft 365 Customer Advocacy Group within the Collaborative Applications and Platform Group at Microsoft. She leads initiatives focused on community engagement, evangelism, and growth by building programs, strategy, and connections between Microsoft and its global community.

 

A former Microsoft MVP for Microsoft 365 Apps and Services, Heather brings more than two decades of experience as a marketing executive and as Founder of Creative Maven, her impact consultancy.

 

As a consultant, executive event producer, and fractional CMO, she has delivered thousands of campaigns, events, and experiences across the tech and entertainment industries. Heather is also a keynote speaker, moderator, and podcast host. Her podcast, Mavens Do It Better, highlights experts who inspire change.

 

Originally from Michigan and Illinois, Heather now lives in Marina del Rey, California.

 

You can watch her keynote, Beyond the Prompt: Building an AI-Resilient Career with Power Skills.

Paula Januszkiewicz

Paula Januszkiewicz

CQURE Inc. and CQURE Academy, Founder and CEO

 

Paula Januszkiewicz is the Founder and CEO of CQURE Inc. and CQURE Academy. She is also Enterprise Security MVP, honorable Microsoft Regional Director for CEE and a world-class cybersecurity expert, consulting customers all around the world. In 2017, Paula graduated from Harvard Business School.

 

She is a top speaker at conferences including Microsoft Ignite (she was rated No. 1 among 1,100 speakers at a conference with 26000 attendees), RSA (in 2017 in USA her two sessions were amongst the five hottest sessions), Black Hat 2018 USA or Gartner Security Summit. Her presentations gather thousands of people.

 

In 2019, Paula’s presentation was voted best of Black Hat Asia 2019 Briefings! Paula has 17 years of experience in the cybersecurity field, performing penetration tests, architecture consulting, training and seminars. Every year, before the pandemic, she took over 215 flights to provide security services, now she delivers tons of projects online.

 

Paula also creates security awareness programs for various organizations, including awareness sessions for top management. Paula is a member of the Technical Advisory Board at Royal Bank of Scotland – helping to keep its security at the highest level possible! What is more, Paula has access to a source code of Windows!

 

Watch her keynote Hacker’s Perspective on New Risks: Revising the Cybersecurity Priorities 2025.

Rafal Lukawiecki

Rafal Lukawiecki

Data Scientist at Tecflix

As Data Scientist at Tecflix, Rafal focuses on making advanced analytics and artificial intelligence easy and useful for his clients.

 

He can help you find valuable, meaningful patterns and statistically valid correlations using data science and machine learning in data sets both big and small. Rafal is also known for his work in business intelligence, data protection, enterprise architecture, and solution delivery. While majority of his clients come from consumer and corporate finance, entertainment, healthcare, IT, retail, and the public sectors, Rafal has worked in almost all industries.

 

He has been a popular speaker at major IT conferences since 1998, and he had the honour of sharing keynote platforms with Bill Gates and Neil Armstrong. A natural educator, he explains complex concepts in simple terms in his enjoyably energetic style.

 

Rafal was born in Poland. He left it in 1990 to study computing in United Kingdom, where he earned BEng in Computing Science, fol­lowed by MSc in Foundations of Advanced Information Technology, at Imperial College, University of London. His stud­ies were sponsored by Oxford Computer Group Ltd, where he later worked as a developer, trainer, and a consultant. Since 2000 he has worked for Project Botticelli Ltd, and in 2020 he founded a new online learning company, Tecflix.com.

 

Outside of IT, Rafal spends a quarter of every year finding abstractions in natural landscapes, expressing them through traditional, black-and-white, large-format film photography, making silver-gelatin prints by hand—see rafal.net. You can also follow Rafal on Twitter, or connect with him on LinkedIn.

 

You can watch Rafal’s keynote Will AI Become Intelligent?