Lex Hegt lives with his wife Odette and two kids, Denise and Casper, near The Hague in the Netherlands. His first steps in IT date back to the mid-1980s; in 2004, he started with Microsoft Integration. Lex has worked at consultancy companies such as Ordina and Axon Olympus (now Codit NL), and all his assignments shaped him into an experienced BizTalk administrator, developer, and trainer. In 2016, Lex joined BizTalk360 as a Technical Lead for the BizTalk360 and Atomic Scope products. He also runs the Integration Monday community initiative and some community-oriented newsletters. In his spare time, Lex enjoys spending time with his family, listening to music, playing piano, goal-keeping at field hockey, and dining with good company.

Wagner Silveira is the Principal Integration Architect at Theta. Originally from Brazil, he started his IT career as a class-led instructor of Microsoft products, coming to New Zealand in 2002, where he has been working on Microsoft Integration Technologies ever since, using the Microsoft stack and technologies such as BizTalk Server, Azure Integration Services, and Azure Function to create award-winning solutions. Wagner is one of the organizers of the Auckland Connected Systems User Group (ACSUG) and Integration Downunder webcast, and member of the Global Integration Bootcamp board, helping to organize the event across the globe and in New Zealand.

Mayank Sharma is Senior Program Manager for Azure Commerce and Ecosystems at Microsoft, Redmond, with more than 15 years of industry experience. He has been with Microsoft for 5 years, worked as Project Manager for Azure Integration Services, PaaS offering integration landscape, partnering with Azure Logic Apps group. Earlier, he worked on Microsoft’s platform modernization programs, focused around cloud adoption, Hybrid integration patterns, and migration tools. Being a passionate presenter, he has also shares Microsoft’s integration case study at various conferences and events around the world. He also worked with other industry leaders including Accenture, HCL Technologies, and Fidelity, on various business transformation programs.