Dev Up 2023 | dev up | 28 August 2023 | St. Charles Convention Center., 1 Convention Center Blvd, St Charles, MO 63303, USA

At this event, you can expect a full schedule of inspiring speakers, informative breakout sessions, hands-on workshops, and networking opportunities. Our conference program is designed to cater to all levels of experience, from beginners to old-school technology professionals.

A little about us
This gathering is a technology conference based in St. Louis, Missouri where developers and other technologists come together to learn, network, and be inspired. Our goal is to provide a platform for software development teams to gain new insights, knowledge and make connections that will help them improve their craft and their technical capabilities.

Our conference covers a wide variety of technologies including:

• Cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure or Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Development Technologies such as Microsoft .NET, Java, Rust, and many more platforms and languages
• DevOps best practices including tools such as Azure DevOps, GitHub, and Jira
• Agile Project Management best practices
• Low Code/No Code platforms such as the Microsoft Power Platform
• Many other cutting-edge tools, technologies, and best practices which development teams will find valuable

2023 Speakers

Alex Basa
Edward Jones, Dojo Coach

Alex Will
Chief Technology Officer - ArchitectNow

Alyssa Nicoll
Sr. Developer Advocate at Progress | Angular Google Developer Expert

Avindra Fernando
Software Consultant, Conference Speaker, Tech Blogger

Becky Bertram
Owner, Savvy Technical Solutions in St. Louis

Becky Gandillon
Data strategist, storyteller, and mom

Ben Friedberg
Sr. Software Architect, Ascendle

Brian Gorman
Microsoft Azure MVP, Speaker, Author, Trainer, and .Net Developer

Burk Hufnagel

Chad Green
Microsoft MVP; Director of IT Architecture at Glennis Solutions

Chad Lich
Principal Cloud Solution Architect - Cross Solution & Industry Innovation

Chris Patterson
Principal Architect, Author of MassTransit

Chris Roberts
Principal Engineer, Microsoft Developer Division

Clint Edmonson
Director of Software Engineering

Cory House
Author / Consultant

Cory Rylan
Google Developer Expert, Software Developer, Author, Speaker

Craigory Coppola
Senior Engineer at Nrwl

Dan Guzman
DBA, developer, architect

Dan Siegel
Xamarin Consultant - Microsoft MVP - Prism Maintainer

Darren Hale
Master Coder

Dave Todaro
CEO, Ascendle

Dave Wickersheim
One Techie helping other Techies

Denise Tinsley
Technology and Learning Enthusiast

Douglas Starnes
Professional Explainer (Python, AI & Cloud) and Microsoft MVP

Duane Newman
Microsoft MVP

Dustin Ewers
Application Architect

Dwayne McDaniel
Developer Advocate at GitGuardian and huge fan of open source

Ed Charbeneau
Microsoft MVP and an international speaker, writer, online influencer, a Developer Advocate for Progress.

Eldert Grootenboer
Senior Program Manager, Microsoft

Eric Lynn
Architect, DeltaPoint Solutions

Eric Potter
Director, Technical Education

Eric Pratum
COO

Erik Muir
Senior Software Engineer at Ledger Works

Gabriel L. Manor
Director of DevRel @ Permit.io

Gaines Kergosien
Technology leader, inspirational speaker, and lifelong learner.

Glenn Anderson
The Performance Catalyst Speaker

Guy Royse
Developer Advocate at Redis

Hasan Savran
Ms Data Platform MVP, Owner of SavranWeb Consulting, Business Intelligence Manager at Progressive Insurance

J.D. Hillen
Software Engineer II @ Garmin

Jaikrishnan Pandurangan
Solutions Architect

Jason Gillam
Secure Ideas

Jeffery Phipps
TEALS Regional Manager, St. Louis

Jeffrey St. Germain
ArchitectNow

Jeremy Clark
Developer Betterer

Jim Wooley
The Linq Kinq

Jimmy Bogard
Independent Consultant

Joel Tosi
Just a dude trying to help out

John Baluka
Independent Software Developer

Kathryn Grayson Nanz
UI Designer & Front-end Developer

Kelly Morrison
Solutions Architect at Daugherty Business Solutions / PhD in Computer Engineering

Ken Schlobohm
Senior Engineer, Microsoft Developer Division

Ken Sipe
Code Mentor, Technical Kung Fu Artist

Kevin Grossnicklaus
President, ArchitectNow

Lance Finney
Angular Boot Camp

Lara Newsom
Software Engineering Technical Leader - Cisco

Mark Gamble
Product & Solutions Marketing Director

Matthew Groves
Microsoft MVP, DevRel, coder

Matthew Heironimus
Senior Software Architect for RGA

Michael Eaton
Leader and Developer

Mitchel Sellers
Flying Code Ninja!

Nick George
Senior Consultant, Valorem Reply

Nicolas Fränkel
Developer Advocate for Apache APISIX

Nien Sui
Software consultant, Career Advisor

Nikhil Barthwal
Software Engineer & Start-up mentor

Phil Japikse
CTO/Chief Architect, Author, Speaker

Randy Pagels
DevOps Architect at Xebia | Xpirit - Helping people to build the most innovative solutions with technology.

Rich Hagarty
IBM Dev Advocate

Ryan McGee
Independent Consultant at Talos Software Solutions

Ryan Price
Senior Delivery Principal @ Slalom

Sam Basu
Developer Advocate

Samuel Gomez
Tech Lead at Geneca

Scott McAllister
Developer Advocate at ngrok

Sean Whitesell
Sr. Cloud Architect & President of Tulsa .NET User Group

Sheila Shahpari
CTO, Paritta Group

Spencer Schneidenbach
Consultant, Microsoft MVP

Tyler Patton
Senior Product Owner at ArchitectNow

Wayde Stallmann
Agile Coach

Zach Gardner
Chief Architect at Keyhole Software

2023 Sponsors

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• SyllogistTeks
• Team Daugherty
• ArchitectNow
• MiTek
• Improving

GOLD SPONSORS:
• VantageLinks
• SBS Creatix
• Secure Ideas
• Adaptive Solutions Group
• Slalom
• Progress - Gold

SILVER SPONSOR:
• Hunter Engineering