Ep. 169, The PowerShell Podcast Summit 2025 with Missy, Leslie, & Hailey
Aired April 14, 2025 | 49 min
In this episode of The PowerShell Podcast, we bring you a special edition live from the PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit 2025 — the Summit Sessions! This episode is packed with energy, community stories, and career inspiration as Andrew Pla chats with community leaders, organizers, and first-time contributors about what makes this event and the PowerShell community so special.
Meet our guest
Missy Januszko
Longtime content director of the Summit reflects on her years of shaping the conference, what makes a great CFP (Call for Papers), and her decision to pass the torch to the next generation of leaders.
Leslie Brendible
Steps up in a big way to help lead this year's Summit, sharing her background in event planning, her love for connecting people, and her thoughts on community and representation.
Hailey Phillips
PowerShell MVP and champion of soft skills, vulnerability, and personal development in tech. Haley dives into mentorship, therapy, imposter syndrome, and how modeling behavior can shape the culture of teams and communities.
Meet our host
Andrew Pla
Andrew Pla, a seasoned IT professional with over 10 years of experience, has spent the last 5 years mastering PowerShell. An ardent member of the PowerShell community and a Microsoft MVP, he loves sharing his knowledge and leveraging automation to solve complex problems. You can always find him connecting with others on the PDQ Discord and troubleshooting, with the firm belief that a problem shared is a problem halved.
