Learn from the leading voices in Apple enterprise management
Featured Speakers
Ulrik Aabye-Hansen
Apple consultant TalkTech ApS
Ulrik Aabye-Hansen is a seasoned Apple consultant, trainer, and co-founder of TalkTech ApS. With a path into the world of Apple originally shaped by music, he now specializes in Apple device management planning, automation, and security — but first and foremost in helping organizations train and upskill staff to maintain modern, manageable Apple environments. Ulrik delivers Apple-focused and Device Management training across EMEIA and is known for turning complex technical topics into clear, practical sessions. A regular conference speaker, he combines deep technical insight with real-world experience and a movie reference or two.
Session:There’s Something Strange in the Management Neighbourhood
Ulrik Aabye-Hansen
There’s Something Strange in the Management Neighbourhood
On April 14th Apple launched Apple Business, a new platform that brings device management, email, calendar, contacts, app distribution and brand tools together in one place. For some businesses, it might replace a stack of separate solutions. Who you gonna call? Increasingly, the answer might just be Apple.
In this session we will walk through the key features of Apple Business and share a hands-on look at a real migration from Microsoft 365 to Apple Business for email, calendar and contacts. What worked, what did not, and what surprised us along the way. We will share discoveries around what the platform does well, where it falls short, and which types of organisations are likely to get the most out of it.
Whether you are running or helping a small business with no dedicated IT, or a mid-sized organisation looking to simplify their Apple device management, this talk will give you a practical and honest picture of what Apple Business looks like in the real world, and along the way, help a small startup company convert an old Firehouse and multiple challenges into a thriving exterminator business.
Armin Briegel
Senior Consulting Engineer Jamf
Armin Briegel has been managing Macs and their users since the time when Apple was beleaguered. He has held most existing technical job titles at one time or another. He worked for at Apple in the US and Germany. Then, he put theory into practice as a System Administrator and Consultant. He used to live near Leiden. He currently works for Jamf and also writes and posts on his weblogs, scriptingosx.com and macadmins.news.
Session:A Few of Our Favorite (Mac Admin) Things
Armin Briegel
A Few of Our Favorite (Mac Admin) Things
Armin and Rob will share a collection of tools, tricks, workflows, and ideas that have made their lives as Mac admins easier (or at least more interesting). Expect practical insights, unexpected discoveries, and a few things you might immediately want to add to your own toolkit. Or as we like to think of it: the kind of knowledge that usually gets shared in hallway conversations — now on stage.
Weldon Dodd
Distinguished Engineer Iru
Weldon Dodd began his career running a campus Mac lab and NeXT lab at the University of California. He then went to wireless telecom just as digital networks and the Internet came to mobile. The next stage was automating large Apple deployments and running the Apple Authorized Training Center in Colorado. Weldon joined Kandji in early 2020 where he has built and led several teams, and now serves as a Distinguished Engineer.
Session:The Perpetual Promise of Passkeys & Passwordless
Weldon Dodd
The Perpetual Promise of Passkeys & Passwordless
We've been promised powerful and profound superpowers with a passwordless future powered by passkeys. What are passkeys? What do they do and why do we want them? How does this work with Apple and others? Weldon Dodd from Iru will share powerful principles and pointers to help power a prudent and pragmatic passkey provisioning project to push your powerhouse IT practice towards a peerless passwordless paradise.
Guillaume Gète
Apple consultant Gete.Net Consulting
Guillaume Gète is a renowned French Apple consultant and technical expert who has been navigating the Apple ecosystem since the days of System 7. With over thirty years of experience, he has become a leading voice in the Mac admin community by bridging the gap between complex infrastructure and the end-user experience. As an author of several reference books on macOS, Guillaume identifies himself as an « Apple Experience Creator for the enterprise ». He specializes in MDM strategy, security compliance, and automated provisioning, ensuring that the « Apple Way » delivers its full potential in professional environments, and creating useful tools for Mac admins like DiskMaker X. Beyond the technical architecture, Guillaume is a passionate educator. He believes that learning technology should be as engaging as using it, often injecting a healthy dose of humor into his training sessions to demystify even the most daunting IT concepts. Oh, and he's avid Doctor Who fan, too.
Session:From Zero to Hero : Making Onboarding Magical
Guillaume Gète
From Zero to Hero : Making Onboarding Magical
First impressions are everything, yet the initial setup is often a source of « notification fatigue » and confusion. This session traces the evolution of macOS interaction, showing how to move from legacy « system beeps » to modern, sophisticated dialogues using powerful tools like Setup Manager, swiftDialog or Support App to guide users without overwhelming them. We will focus on transforming your deployment into a « seamless onboarding » journey that feels native and trustworthy. By mastering the art of the well-timed prompt, you can turn a cold machine into a ready-to-work tool, effectively reducing « day zero » support tickets while creating a truly professional user experience that reflects the quality of the Apple ecosystem.
Rachelle Noel
Sales Engineer Jamf
Rachelle Noel is a Sales Engineer at Jamf with 20 years of post-production experience and a passion for clear, effective workflows. She works closely with customers and partners across technology and education sectors to translate complex challenges into workable solutions. Rachelle’s commitment to clarity and empowerment makes her sessions both actionable and engaging for IT professionals at any level.
Session:Think Different. Then Update: Software Updates, It's been a journey.
Rachelle Noel
Think Different. Then Update: Software Updates, It's been a journey.
Apple's software update ecosystem has evolved from manual updates to declarative management. Let's take a walk down memory to see how far we have come and where software updates is going.
Harrison Ravazzolo
Solutions Consultant Fleet
Harrison Ravazzolo is a security, identity and client platform engineer formerly with Deputy and other companies in Silicon Valley. He is a chef & baker who does real gigs in real restaurants in San Francisco, CA (one of the world's premiere food scenes.) He is also a rock climber & is a huge fan of Yogi Bear (or maybe Yoga...) Harrison is currently a Solutions Consultant with Fleet Device Management.
Session:Unlock the future of device management with Fleet
Harrison Ravazzolo
Unlock the future of device management with Fleet
Join Fleet Device Management Solutions Consultants Harrison Ravazzolo and Henry Stamerjohann for a practical look at Fleet's infrastructure-as-code approach to device management. Fleet’s API-first design allows admins to control every endpoint management setting with version-controlled YAML files declaratively and push the changes to the Fleet console using GitOps-native capabilities built into the fleetctl CLI binary. In this session you’ll learn about workflows and tools to create self-documenting configuration files and collaborative change management practices. Do what you can’t do clicking a GUI in your legacy solution: see every change, undo any error, repeat every success.
Alexandra Smith
Lead Endpoint Security Engineer Adyen
Alexandra Smith is a Lead Endpoint Security Engineer at Adyen, bringing extensive experience across financial services, fashion, and education. As a Security Researcher and Threat Hunter, Alexandra specializes in Apple platform security within enterprise environments,with deep expertise in deployment, threat detection, vulnerability management, and security governance. Alexandra holds the full suite of Jamf certifications, Jamf Certified Technician, Administrator, Expert, and Endpoint Security Admin, reflecting a strong commitment to staying at the forefront of Apple enterprise management and security.
Session:Trust, But Verify: Exposing Risk in Your App Catalog
Alexandra Smith
Trust, But Verify: Exposing Risk in Your App Catalog
Every day, our user communities request tools to improve their productivity and enhance their working experience, presenting administrators and security analysts with the unique and complex challenge of validating whether an executable is both suitable and safe. In this talk, we'll explore techniques for inspecting the structure of mach binaries, taking a closer look at choices made by developers and threat actors alike that can help us make informed choices about the software we adopt and use.
Henry Stamerjohann
Platform Engineer Fleet
Henry Stamerjohann is a platform engineer, consultant, and was a co-founder of Zentral in 2015. He is a primary contributor to the Mac Admins SOFA project and the Swift Dialog project. He is also a contributor and developer on many other open-source projects focused around Apple device management in the enterprise and government. Henry has a new Roland TR-1000 drum machine! He lives in Hamburg, Germany and is currently a Solutions Consultant and individual contributor at Fleet Device Management.
Session:Unlock the future of device management with Fleet
Henry Stamerjohann
Unlock the future of device management with Fleet
Join Fleet Device Management Solutions Consultants Harrison Ravazzolo and Henry Stamerjohann for a practical look at Fleet's infrastructure-as-code approach to device management. Fleet’s API-first design allows admins to control every endpoint management setting with version-controlled YAML files declaratively and push the changes to the Fleet console using GitOps-native capabilities built into the fleetctl CLI binary. In this session you’ll learn about workflows and tools to create self-documenting configuration files and collaborative change management practices. Do what you can’t do clicking a GUI in your legacy solution: see every change, undo any error, repeat every success.
David Starr
Partners Workbrew
David Starr has spent almost 25 years focused entirely on architecting Apple solutions for business, enterprise, and education organizations. David was a Consulting Engineer at Apple in the US and he later co-founded Black Glove, a managed services provider dedicated to delivering scaleable Apple-centric IT services.Today, David leads Partners @ Workbrew (https://workbrew.com/), helping bring Workbrew’s secure software delivery platform to organizations around the world. He is a proud member of the Benelux and European MacAdmin communities and is based in The Hague, Netherlands where he lives with his wife and two children.
Session:Securing Developer Workflows (With the Tools They Already Love)
David Starr
Securing Developer Workflows (With the Tools They Already Love)
Developers are often left to manage their own machines - installing what they need through Homebrew, GitHub, and increasingly via AI agents requesting additional tools on their behalf. As this ecosystem expands, security and IT teams struggle to maintain visibility, enforce policy, and prove compliance - especially on Macs operating with elevated administrator privileges. This session explores how to secure macOS developer environments without disrupting how developers need to work. We’ll look at Homebrew as a package manager, Workbrew’s approach to visibility and management for Homebrew, and how to embed governance directly into Git-based workflows developers are already using.
Rob Potvin
Senior Consulting Engineer Jamf
Rob is a Canadian expat based in the Netherlands, where he lives with his family and in the past helped train what feels like half of Europe’s Mac Admins. A long-time Mac admin and volunteer of the Mac Admins community, he brings deep, hands-on experience in managing, deploying, and supporting Apple devices and virtual "apple" machines.
Session:A Few of Our Favorite (Mac Admin) Things
Rob Potvin
A Few of Our Favorite (Mac Admin) Things
Armin and Rob will share a collection of tools, tricks, workflows, and ideas that have made their lives as Mac admins easier (or at least more interesting). Expect practical insights, unexpected discoveries, and a few things you might immediately want to add to your own toolkit. Or as we like to think of it: the kind of knowledge that usually gets shared in hallway conversations — now on stage.
