Annie Talvasto is an award-winning international technology speaker and leader. She has spoken at over 60 technology conferences worldwide, including KubeCon + CloudNativeCon and Microsoft Build & Ignite. She has been recognized with the CNCF Ambassador, Azure & AI Platform MVP awards. She has co-organized the Kubernetes & CNCF Finland meetup since 2017. In the past, she has also served as a track chair for KubeCon + CloudNativeCon, Program Chair for Secure AI Summit (powered by Cloud Native) and has been hosting Cloud Native Live, a weekly livestream by CNCF, since 2021. Annie is an experienced technology project & marketing leader, specialized in project management, developer & tech marketing, events and leading cross-organizational virtual teams. Skilled in managing complex and changing projects & teams and creating value to sales pipeline through marketing and product. Marketing / Events / Technology / Project Management / Product marketing / Enterprise Marketing / Startups / B2B / ABM / Strategy / Open Source / Partnerships / Kubernetes / Azure / Cloud native