Days of Knowledge UK 2025

Stefan is a Business Central expert and the Co-Founder and CEO of BCILITY, where he leads innovative solutions for Business Central users. He actively contributes to the Microsoft Dynamics community, sharing his knowledge and enhancing the platform through open-source Microsoft projects. As a frequent speaker at Business Central conferences, Stefan captivates audiences with his deep expertise and passion for the subject. His dedication to continuous learning and community collaboration sets him apart as a leader in the field.

Professional Experience More than 20 years of experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 BC 25 years of experience within different ERPs (SAP, Oracle Applications, Sage X3 and Dynamics 365 BC) University Invited Teacher Career started in Portugal and moved to London 5 years ago Different Roles in Consulting (Business Consultant, Functional Consultant, Project Manager, Programme Manager, Engagement Leader, Team Leader, Site Manager, Product Manager and Solution Architect) Vertical Experience Fashion, Food and Pharmaceutical (Retail and Manufacturing) Services Some Personal Food, Wine and Gin Lover Runner (finished 4 marathons), Trekker (finished 10 ways of Camiño to Santiago), Padel and Bodyboarding

Vjekoslav Babić, or just Vjeko, is a Business Central architect, developer, trainer, author and blogger. With more than two decades of experience in the IT, he worked with vast range of technologies. Deep down, Vjeko is an incurable hacker who took quite a long time to realize that the one thing he really loves is writing code, plain and simple. He immensely enjoys breaking things apart to see how they work, not necessarily always putting them back together. As a frequent speaker at conferences, in his demos, and on his blog, he is always pushing the boundaries of what's possible, connecting the world of Business Central with just about anything that can be plugged into it through some obscure loophole or undocumented interface. Since spring 2010, Vjeko has been awarded the Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award for Microsoft Dynamics NAV. You can meet him at his blog "Vjeko.com - ideas in the cloud".

I am a developer and a system architect for Dynamics NAV and Business Central. My journey in Dynamics World started in 2010 and since then I had been working for Gold Partners in Poland and Denmark and also helping implementing system for one big global end user. I implemented Dynamics NAV and Business Central across Eastern Europe and Middle East. I had pleasure to work with wonderful people in such countries such as Poland, Russia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Slovenia, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania, Czech Republic, Denmark, Sweden, Greece, US, and United Arab Emirates.

Every report should drive business decisions. If it isn't, why are you building it? This mantra fuels Isobel’s passion for transforming raw data into insightful and actionable intelligence. A true Power BI aficionado, Isobel has been on a mission to delve into the intricacies of Power BI reporting. She navigates the complex world of standard API queries from Business Central and explores the capabilities of third-party reporting tools with finesse. With an in-depth understanding of data modelling and report efficiency, Isobel crafts reports that are not only efficient but also visually engaging, empowering customers to make informed decisions with confidence. Isobel’s love for Power BI goes beyond mere proficiency - she proudly embraces her title as a "Power BI nerd." Constantly on the lookout for new tips and tricks, she thrives on continuous learning and innovation, ensuring her reports are always at the cutting edge of business intelligence.

Joerg has been working in Business Central Consulting, as a Trainer and Managing Director at the get&use Academy for more than 25 years. He specializes in the area of development and, like all get&use Academy trainers, brings decisive added value to the training courses with his practical experience.

Steffen helps Microsoft Partners and customers to optimize their businesses with digital warehouse solutions.

Since 1998 working with Navision, Dynamics NAV, and now with Business Central and Power Platform. I worked as an end-user, consultant, and developer in different companies and partners. Dual Microsoft MVP in the Business Applications (Business Central) and Azure AI Services International Speaker at Directions EMEA, Directions ASIA, Days of Knowledge (Nordic, Central, and Atlanta) and DynamicsMinds. Organizing committee member "Business Central Day ES" (www.businescentralday.es) and Global Power Platform Bootcamp Zaragoza (https://www.meetup.com/power-platform-zaragoza/) Also, you can see me telling things about Business Central and Power Platform at different community events and on my YouTube Channel: Aprende Business Central en Español (https://www.youtube.com/@rcorella) If you want to know more about me, here you have my LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertocorella/

Benefiting from 25 years of experience in implementing, customising and supporting Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central and its predecessor Navision and now the rest of the Microsoft Biz Apps stack, I'm passionate about how technology can drive business growth through consistent and efficient processes whilst giving new levels of insight through reporting and AI. Between my day job of leading one of the UK's biggest SME focused Dynamics partners I have the privilege of being Chairmen of Directions, a association of more than 1200 Dynamics partners worldwide and a Microsoft MVP for Business applications.

As a Mechanical Design Engineer with over 20 years experience Mike worked as a Project Technician responsible for the design office at NCD/Clover Dairies, South Africa. At Toyota SA, he worked as a mechanical designer in body in white and relocated to the UK in 2001 where he spent 7 years creating & designing 3D technical models. He continued his studies in IT & enhanced his developer & web design skills at Halesowen College. At age 50, in 2008 Mike jumped tracks & began a new career as IT Manager & NAV implementation project leader for SSI Schaefer in Andover, England. With the NAV project successfully implemented, he moved to Evosoft as support office manager, then to Sci-Net in Oxford as a consultant, and then KPMG for a three year corporate engagement. As a Solution Architect for the past 4 years, Mike has implemented multiple D365 solutions for a range of customers in a variety of industries and is presently employed by Dynavics in the UK.

Renato Fajdiga, a seasoned Microsoft Dynamics NAV/365 Business Central consultant and blogger, currently leads the Business Applications team, overseeing F&O, BC, and other applications. An MVP and MCT since 2018, he specializes in Business Applications, particularly Dynamics 365 Business Central and Power Platform. He thrives on learning new technologies and concepts that enhance customer processes. Occasionally, he delves into coding, but his primary motivation is resolving community-posted issues with Dynamics 365 Business Central.

Gary has nearly 25 years’ experience of implementing, customising and supporting Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (and its predecessor Navision) with a focus on warehouse, logistics and manufacturing functions. He is passionate about leveraging this platform by designing and developing apps to improve both efficiency and insights into business processes.

Trainer for Business Central at Tecman with an interest in making sure our customers can get the most out of their system.

Erik Garstad is a Product Consultant at Insight Works, specializing in helping businesses in manufacturing and distribution optimize their operations with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central applications. With a strong background in warehouse management, operations, and sales, Erik works closely with resellers and clients to implement tailored software solutions, deliver engaging pre-sales demonstrations, and provide training and support to maximize software investments.

James has first hand experience in UK manufacturing businesses - having worked day-to-day finance roles from Assistant Accountant to Financial Controller. He is a Chartered Management Accountant and has managed and implemented many IT systems including Navision in end-user roles. He now leads end-to-end BC implementation projects in manufacturing and distribution verticals. James enjoys empowering people to be successful in their role, by encouraging reporting skills and critical thinking so that they can increase understanding of the situation and add value by making informed decisions.

Jan has a track record in various industries across Asia-Pacific, the U.S., and Europe, including healthcare, hardware development, cloud systems, and communications. For dox42, Jan oversees key clients and partners, facilitates new collaborations, and chaperones all things dox42 Experts. Technical competencies includes on-prem and cloud systems, M365, D365 (FSCM, BC, CE, Power Platform), and SAP. Jan is fluent in English, German, Spanish, and Mandarin. Make sure to have a chat! Jan will be happy to be in touch.

Emilija is a dedicated finance consultant who loves delving into complex financial topics. With her innate curiosity and methodical approach to understanding business processes, she has quickly developed extensive expertise in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. Her enthusiasm for knowledge sharing has benefited countless colleagues, partners, and customers, helping them navigate the intricacies of financial management with confidence.

Shelby has over 10 years' experience working in various software companies including ERP, PLM and EDI. Shelby joined TrueCommerce early 2023 as UKI Channel Manager with over 5 years' experience of managing Channel Partners globally. Passionate about collaborative relationships, Shelby works closely with partners to onboard, enable, support, generate leads and ultimately drive growth for both companies. Shelby began her career as Cabin Crew; falling into a sales support role for an asset management software company when she decided it was time to step out of the red shoes and jet set lifestyle. Customer service has always remained at her core, bringing that to her role at TrueCommerce. Shelby believes partners are crucial members of the TrueCommerce family and strives to cultivate mutually beneficial relationships.

Fabian Huber is Senior Technical Evangelist at dox42. He is responsible for Sales and Partner management. He presents dox42 to customers and partners at various events, international conferences, and online meetings. Additionally, he is the product manager for dox42 in Business Central. He has built in-depth knowledge and project know-how on process optimization and document automation for various technologies (Microsoft SharePoint, MS Office, Dynamics 365, SAP, etc.). He is also accompanying customers and partners through the entire dox42 implementation process. Furthermore, he holds workshops and trainings for partners and customers, and he supports dox42 in various Marketing activities.

Arend-Jan Kauffmann is CTO at Lumos 365 Ltd., a UK-based partner with a Business Central solution for the energy sector. With over 20 years of experience with Microsoft Dynamics NAV / Business Central and 30 years of experience in the IT industry, he has a solid track record in this business. With a strong focus on architecture, design and integration, he worked in different roles and with a broad range of technologies and platforms, including C/SIDE & VS Code development, C/AL and AL, Microsoft .Net, Microsoft Azure and Office 365. He strongly believes that knowledge increases by sharing it, not by saving it. By delivering workshops and being a frequent speaker at conferences, he can put this into practice. Since 2013 Arend-Jan is awarded as Microsoft MVP Business Solutions.

Johannes is a technology enthusiast and as the dox42 Lead Technical Evangelist he is working with different scenarios and environments in the Microsoft Ecosystem (Power Automate, Dynamics 365, Teams, SharePoint, etc.) on a daily basis – always trying to find new best practices for customers and partners. While doing so he has gained great IT project knowhow in different industries and frequently contributes his knowledge and learnings on international conferences, in webinars and blog posts.

Product Manager at 4PS, for construction software ISV functionality in Business Central. I enjoy connecting with people, seeing the world from their perspective, then applying technology solutions to help them do business more effectively. Since starting out in the IT world in 1996, I've worked in product and program management, ERP implementation, team management, and technical documentation.

When I was in college I started my career as a .NET developer. In the meantime, I graduated and moved to another city where I accidentally bumped into Dynamics NAV. Step by step, I was more and more in love with it. And now I am a Dynamics 365 Business Central developer with a little knowledge of .NET and JavaScript. Since we have a great community that I have been following for some time now that motivated me to start my blog mmilince.com. I started writing about real-life Business Central things which could help other devs also.

Following career hopscotch including secondary school teacher, Barclays Bank, Inland Revenue, IT technical support amongst others, I have spent the last 9 years building our training offering for Microsoft products at Tecman. Now leading a team of four consultants that cover training and reporting we are passionate about sharing knowledge and ideas to help customers get more from their systems.

Honours Degree in "Systems Analysis and Design". 40 Years as a Business Analyst and IT Consultant in ERP. 20 Years working primarily with Nav and BC. Over 80 projects successfully delivered. Specialised in Project Remediation and Turn Around. Heads a project delivery team (including Consultants, Coordinators, and developers) that focuses on projects with complex requirements that are often outside of the base BC functionality.

Hardware expert and advisor at Tasklet. Kaare has more than eight years of experience and great knowledge of the right hardware for the Tasklet Mobile WMS solution. Kaare's expertise reaches further than Warehousing, as he's a very competent foosball player.

With over 25 years of expertise, Rene Nielsen specializes in helping partners and their customers manage and simplify complex processes. His leadership focuses on seamlessly integrating these solutions into daily operations, driving efficiency, and delivering measurable results across diverse industries.

Kamil has more than 30 years of experience with software development and IT in general. In year 2001, after finishing university, he joined the NAV world in NAVERTICA company as NAV developer. Having wide area of knowledge in programming languages and connected areas is helping him to understand “how it works” and is giving him background for solving different tasks. Last years he is working more with GIT, Powershell and Azure DevOps. Kamil is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) since the year 2004.

Povilas is an experienced Partner Manager with a strong career in the software industry. He forges and nurtures strategic alliances that benefit all parties involved. With a particular focus on the Bankfeed solution, Povilas has consistently demonstrated his ability to deliver tangible value to both partners and customers. His approach combines deep industry knowledge with a keen understanding of market dynamics, enabling him to identify and capitalize on emerging opportunities.

With 15 years of experience in the ERP industry, I have progressed from support roles to becoming a lead consultant, specialising in manufacturing solutions across diverse sectors including plastics, design-driven manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, and food & beverage. My passion lies in designing and implementing systems that not only streamline business operations but also enhance people's lives by reducing stress and enabling smarter, more efficient workflows. Witnessing the transformative power of technology in driving business growth is what fuels my dedication and passion to this field. Academically, I hold a BA (Hons) in English Literature and am currently pursuing an MSc in Computer Science with a focus on AI. Alongside my academic endeavours, I maintain professional Microsoft certifications and continue to expand my expertise in the latest technological innovations.

Tobias Schwedler is an experienced consultant with a track record in development, product ownership and both customer and partner perspectives. He has been involved with NAV/BC since 2004 and joined Singhammer IT Consulting AG in 2011. Meanwhile for many years proud product owner for DYCE, Singhammer's cloud application portfolio. Deeply connected to Business Central - a heartfelt affair.

Carlos, CFA and Industrial Engineer, brings his experience from J.P. Morgan and TowerBrook Capital Partners to corporate treasury management as Co-CEO at Embat.

An experienced Lead Consultant, with 15+ years experience in NAV/BC for both Partners and End Users

Originally from Fargo, he relocated to Copenhagen leaving behind cold car commutes for bicycle lanes. Leading our support & services in Europe and the Middle East, Ethan works with partners and customers to deliver solutions successfully with eOne tools.

Tine Starič is a software architect at Companial, helping Partners around the world develop products of the highest quality. He has been a Dynamics BC developer since 2015, working with end-customers, VARs, and ISVs, delivering support, implementation, localization, and product projects. He leads most developer productivity initiatives at Companial, and is constantly looking for opportunities to eliminate monotonous developer tasks by using modern tools and automation to make room for creative, fun, and high-value development.

Started out in the Microsoft Dynamics 365 industry 13 years ago. Have the privilege of leading the CRM and Power Platform practise at one of the leading UK Dynamics 365 partners; Technology Management (Tecman). A passion for business process, especially in arena of sales and service.

In 1999, Luc van Vugt stepped into the Dynamics 365 BC world, training hundreds of developers. After Microsoft acquired Navision, he joined the MS Dynamics localization team GDL as tester, UA specialist, and project lead. For 6 years, he was closely involved with all successive releases. Since he left Microsoft, he has become an active community member by means of his blog. He is co-founder of Dutch Dynamics Community and a speaker at conferences. For all his community work, Luc has been awarded MS MVP since 2011. In 2014, he co-founded NAV Skills, supporting Dynamics 365 BC pros around the globe with, among other things, webinars until 2019. He continued ever since to organize webinars under the flag of Areopa webinars. In 2012, Luc started fluxxus.nl, doing miscellaneous projects, including Dynamics 365 Business Central development courses and workshops on design patterns, and automated testing. Luc is one of the main driving forces on test automation in the BC community.

Eric “waldo” Wauters Eric is one of the founding partners of iFacto Business Solutions and Dynex bv. With his 21 years of technical expertise, he is an everyday inspiration to its development teams.  As development manager he continually acts upon the technical readiness of iFacto and Dynex.     Apart from that, Eric is also very active in BC community, where he tries to solve technical issues and shares his knowledge with other Dynamics enthusiasts. Surely, a lot amongst you will have read some of Eric’s posts, which he invariably signs with “waldo”. Lots of people have been using and even contributing to tools he shares for free on github. His proven track record entitled him to be awarded since 2007 as MVP (Microsoft Most Valuable Professional).

Almost 10 years experience in Dynamics 365 and Power Platform Technology, with 5 of those being in consultancy, including configuring integrations for numerous clients using both Power Platform/Sales/Service and Business Central.

I love working with BC/NAV and have done for over 26 years now. Prior to this I worked in logistics, planning & procurement roles in manufacturing and service.

Since joining the eOne team in 2020, Madalynn has worn many hats. Starting as a sales operation intern, and having been a part of our accounting and marketing teams, she now leads Partner Development across the pond. Madalynn recently moved from Fargo, North Dakota to Copenhagen, Denmark where she handles the European and African territories.

I am a .net developer that moved to Microsoft Dynamics NAV world in 2004. I've been working with both c# and Dynamics NAV and later BC since that date. During that time, I was developing and designing both customer-specific solutions and products. Currently, I am working as development standards lead for The Nav People. I am also the author of the open-source AZ AL Dev Tools extension for Visual Studio Code, which helps AL developers with their everyday tasks.