Elio Struyf has led a remarkable career as an award-winning Engineering Lead, a trusted information technology thought-leader, and an energizing public speaker with over a decade of experience facilitating events and conferences across Europe.
Over his career, he has been invited to numerous cities including Barcelona, London, Paris, and Stockholm, where he has spoken on thought-provoking, development-related topics on Microsoft 365, SharePoint, and Azure DevOps. His extensive knowledge has seen him recognized as a Microsoft MVP nine times, as a GitHub Star twice, a Google Developer Experts member, and he has been recognized as a SharePoint/Microsoft 365 Top 25 Influencer four times.
Today, along with acting as VP of BIWUG (Belgian Information Worker User Group), Elio works as an independent contractor for his own consulting company, Struyf Consulting.
Elio remains a sought-after speaker at various Microsoft-related community events and conferences, where he inspires, educates, and creates authentic connections with technology professionals and developers across Europe.
- Reflecting on 2025: Finding Joy and Creating Value
- Getting interviewed by AI to write better blog posts
- Demo Time: From passion project to a sustainable future
- My evolving relationship with AI in development
- Build a security agent with Copilot and GitHub Actions
Elio speaks at various conferences. If you want to have him at your conference ping him via mail at elio@struyfconsulting.be. You can check out his session list.
Elio loves to code, and that you might find some hidden treasures in his repositories. Here is a list of useful projects he frequently uses himself:
- Front Matter CMS: Headless CMS right in your Visual Studio Code editor
- Demo Time: Script your coding demos to perfection with this VS Code extension – no typos, no missteps, just flawless, stress-free presentations every time. Execute each demo step seamlessly, just like advancing through a presentation!
- TypeScript Barrel Generator: Visual Studio Code extension which generates an
index.tsfile with all the module exports from the current directory - unicorn-busy-server: Simple busy light server for Raspberry Pi Zero and Pimoroni Unicorn Hat
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Together with Luise Freese, Elio owns a side hustle/business called Pimp Your Own Device. The company is all about stickers. Stickers are what makes you unique in the technology community. Some people refer to it as prison tattoos.
We find laptops just dull and want to spice them up with some sticker art. As there are many cool stickers available at conferences, it is not always easy for everyone to get them. That is what inspired us to start this business. We want to make it easier for everyone to get these cool stickers. Are you interested? Come and check us out at https://pimpyourowndevice.com.
- Email: elio@struyfconsulting.be
- Twitter: @eliostruyf
- LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/estruyf/
- Blog: eliostruyf.com
