What is this sesson about?

Not many companies are more exciting to work for than cloud startups. Employees at a startup are really making an impact with every decision that is taken. The difference with working in the enterprise world is huge.

Why should you attend?

In this session, Sam will share several things and insights he gained from working with several software (cloud) startups. Seven things that he believes can be applied to many projects and products. He will discuss architectural principles, technology choices, and quality decisions and their impact on the success of the startup. But the session will also cover some business aspects, such as pricing models and feature priorities.

Speaker info:

Sam Vanhoutte - Startup Advisor & investor, focus on Cloud & Innovation
Sam is a Microsoft Azure MVP. As a technical advisor and investor at several cloud start-ups, he is involved in cloud-native architectures and focuses on Serverless technologies, the Internet of Things, and Artificial Intelligence.
For seventeen years, he has been working as CTO at Codit, one of the leading European Microsoft cloud partners. In working together with Microsoft, Sam has extensive experience in building data-driven, integrated cloud-based solutions.
Sam has been involved in several industrial IoT projects and has been contributing to the open-source Arcus project, focusing on the Machine Learning aspects.

Sam is a frequent speaker at international events and is active in the Belgian and European Microsoft communities.