Friday 

Room 3 

16:20 - 17:20 

(UTC+01

Talk (60 min)

Impactful mentorship - 2 sides of a story

When starting to engage with the community, it can be hard to find your own way. There is a lot of information around conferences, giving presentations, setting up blogs, and much more. However, initially we might not know where to start, and where to find the right places to convey our story. This is where those who have been around in the community can really help by providing mentorship.

People
Soft Skills

In this session Olena will tell about her experiences as a new speaker, and how having a mentor has helped her on this journey. Additionally, Eldert will share which insights he has gained by being a mentor.

Come join this session if you want to know more about starting on your own path, whether you are new in the community, or want to find out how you can give back more.

Eldert Grootenboer

Eldert can be described as a Program Manager at Microsoft for Azure Service Bus, a former Azure MVP, blogger, public speaker and technical author. He can regularly be seen on conferences and user groups, speaking on Cloud related topics, with a strong focus on Azure. His experience with the Cloud comes from his work with these technologies in many innovative projects, as well as his drive to further dive into the latest developments in his spare time. In his current for he is responsible for shaping the future of Azure Service Bus. Eldert enjoys sharing his knowledge with the community, and believes this is the best way to each other obtain more and better opportunities.

Olena Borzenko

Olena is working at Xpirit in Germany as a celestial programmer with the main focus on building .Net Cloud Applications. She is passionate about event-driven architecture, clean code, and modern cloud-based application development.

She has previously worked in a service company based in Ukraine and took a part in the creation of various products from small startups, B2B applications, to enterprise platforms. Therefore, to share her gained knowledge, she frequently attends international conferences, user groups, and community meetups as a speaker.