Last week our Principal Engineer, @melissahoughton.dev took the stage at AI Industry Connection: Generative & Agentic AI for Business, hosted at @curtinuniversity.bsky.social’s WA Data Science Innovation Hub.
MakerX's, Principal Engineer, @melissahoughton.dev, will be speaking at AI Industry Connections - Generative & Agentic AI for Business, hosted by The AI Group an event in partnership with the National AI Centre!
🎟️ Register now to secure your spot:
www.eventbrite.com.au/e/industry-c...
@melissahoughton.dev and Amy Kapernick have had their @microsoft.com MVP status renewed! Massive congrats, we’re lucky to have you both at MakerX!
Melissa Houghton, We’re pleased to welcome you to another year for the Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals (MVP) program in recognition of your outstanding contributions to the community in the following Technical Area/s: Web Development .NET
I have been renewed as a Microsoft MVP for the 5th year in a row! 🎉
I am thankful to be part of this amazing community alongside so many talented people. I look forward to what this year may hold!
#mvpbuzz #MicrosoftMVP #Microsoft #WebDev #dotnet #azure
Throwback to our Principal Engineer, @melissahoughton.dev, presenting at DDD By Night earlier this year! In her hands-on session, Melissa explored how to use Bicep’s reusable components to streamline Azure AI Services deployments.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdCq...
Recently, MakerX's Principal Engineer, @melissahoughton.dev, joined an amazing lineup of #STEM role models for a week at the WITWA TechTrails STEM School events in Australia's South West!
That is awesome! I didn't know that, thanks for sharing 😄
We’re thrilled to see @melissahoughton.dev speaking on a panel in the beautiful South West to speak on a panel at the upcoming Techtrails #STEM Community Event: “Learning Together” in the Margaret River!
🎟️Free to attend! Register here 👉 makerx.io/2qm2qo
Who was at DDD Melbourne by Night, last week? We hope you all enjoyed how fun (and fast!) the lightning talks were!
Our Principal Engineer @melissahoughton.dev jumped in to share how Bicep can level up your Azure deployments!
Big thanks to everyone who came along!
Melissa on the screen joining online with slide titled “Automate Azure AI Services with Bicep"
The opening talk of our first DDD By Night of the year, we have @melissahoughton.dev 🤩
She walks through how to set up Azure resources with Bicep using the Azure Open AI sample. Bicep makes the experience a bit nicer to have repeatable and reusable way to be used across different projects.
If you missed our Principal Consultant, @melissahoughton.dev, on the @microsoft.com New Breakpoint Developer Show, you can now watch the session! Melissa explores Bicep’s reusable components for Azure AI Services, guiding you through a step-by-step demo of AI service provisioning.
makerx.io/f5e44i
I am looking forward to virtually joining the old crew at @dddmelbourne.bsky.social next week to speak about deploying Azure AI Services with Bicep 🦾
🗓️ Wed 2 April
⌚ 6:00pm AEDT / 3:00pm AWST
Register now 👇🏻
www.meetup.com/ddd-melbourn...
#dddmelb #dddbynight #bicep #azure #ai
Yes, and the pure exhaustion! Does it get any better? 😅
Join our Principal Consultant, Melissa Houghton, on the @microsoft.com New Breakpoint Developer Show. In this hands-on session, Melissa will cover the use of Bicep’s reusable components for Azure AI Services, helping you streamline your Azure deployments.
(🎟️to register 👉 makerx.io/jnrqbn)
👋 Hi friends! I don't go on social media as much anymore, but I was recently reminded that this is the cool place to be these days
Updates about me:
- I have two daughters now who are 1.5 years old 👶👶
- I am working full-time for @makerxau.bsky.social as a Principal Software Engineer!
Melissa holding her trophy
Melissa's trophy
I am incredibly honored to receive the Women in Tech WA (WiTWA) Tech[+] Shining Star in Architecture, Development & QA award last night! 🏆🎉
Huge thank you to Linda Connolly for the nomination 🙇♀️
Congratulations to the many other award winners last night & thank you #witwa! 💜
#seeherbeher
Excited to be at the @WITWA Tech [+] Awards tonight as a nominee 🎉 #seeherbeher #witwa
Have fun at @dddperth.bsky.social today everyone! Venue looks amazing 🤩 I'm sad I couldn't join this year but my baby girls and I will be keeping an eye on all the updates from the day so please keep them coming!
We look forward to attending next year!
#dddPerth #maternityleave
I have been nominated
🏆 I am proud to be nominated for the WiTWA Tech[+] Awards! 🏆
People's Choice Award voting is now open where you can vote for up to 5 of the nominees, including myself 😄
Vote now 👇
witwaawards.awardstage.com#!/peoples-ch...
Both the talks I did at the NDC Oslo this year are now available to watch for free on youtube! 📺
Talk 1: Azure Static Web Apps with Full Stack .NET 🚀
https://youtu.be/r3IKpPe36nY
Talk 2: Leadership Through Self-Awareness 💪
https://youtu.be/spgivXIYC04
#azure #dotnet #blazor #leadership #ndcoslo
This was a special event as my last one before I take a break to go on maternity leave (starting next week!) and focus on my soon-to-arrive twin girls! 👶👶
I was featured in an article about Microsoft MVPs speaking at NDC Conferences, #NDCOslo! 🎉
👀 Check it out:
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-mvp-award-program-blog/how-mvps-helped-developer-focused-conference-ndc-oslo/ba-p/3876924
#mvpbuzz #microsoftmvp #ndcconferences
Last year, Octopus Deploy 🐙 launched the Octopus Insiders program. Now the community grows & they issued badges to recognise our achievements! Thank you to Octopus & the #DevOps community 🎉
#octopusDeploy #octopusInsider
https://www.credly.com/badges/5448e63c-09d0-464b-b64a-a62b57a27d00/public_url
I am excited to be renewed for the 3rd year in a row as a Microsoft MVP in Developer Technologies! 🎉 Thank you to the amazing community and those who continue to support and work with me 😄
#MVPBuzz #Microsoft #DeveloperTechnologies #DotNET
2023 Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) - Credly
Hey friends! I am now on Bluesky 👋
