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Brian McKeiver

Microsoft Azure MVP; Co-Owner at BizStream

October 28-30, 2026Oakland University, Rochester, MI

About Brian

Brian McKeiver is Co-Owner at BizStream, digital agency in Allendale, MI. At BizStream he is a solution architect, visionary, dual Microsoft Azure MVP (Azure AI and Azure PaaS), Kentico MVP, and Kontent.ai MVP. He has over 23 years of experience leading his agency of more than 40 employees, about a hundred clients spread out across North America, and one heck of an interesting story of how it all started from a two-person team. In addition to his expertise in web development, cloud, integration, and digital marketing, Brian is active with the tech community via his blog at Mcbeev.com.

Conference Sessions

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Conference SessionBeginner60 min

Blending Product Thinking with Software Modernization

Modernization stalls when teams chase technology before value. When dealing with a 15-year-old platform, the question isn’t just how to modernize but what to modernize. The session "Blending Product Thinking with Software Modernization" picks up from there, with Brian McKeiver grounding how product thinking helps decide what to refactor, rebuild, or leave alone in real implementation choices.

Topic
Software Engineering and Architecture
Time
Oct 30, 2026, 2:30 PM
Room
Room B