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MakerX @makerxau.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

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.

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MakerX @makerxau.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

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...

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MakerX @makerxau.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

@melissahoughton.dev and Amy Kapernick have had their @microsoft.com MVP status renewed! Massive congrats, we’re lucky to have you both at MakerX!

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Melissa Houghton @melissahoughton.dev · 15/07/2025

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

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:

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MakerX @makerxau.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

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...

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Melissa Houghton: Automate Azure AI Services with Bicep

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MakerX @makerxau.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

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!

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MakerX @makerxau.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

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

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Techtrails is coming to the Margaret River Community!

Margaret River Community Learning Together - STEM for Parents, Teachers and Community

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MakerX @makerxau.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

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!

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DDD Melbourne | 20th February 2027 @dddmelbourne.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

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.

Melissa on the screen joining online with slide titled “Automate Azure AI Services with Bicep"

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MakerX @makerxau.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

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

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New Breakpoint S4: Episode 8 - Let Bicep do the heavy lifting for AI services to Azure

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MakerX @makerxau.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

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)

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Melissa Houghton @melissahoughton.dev · 18/03/2025

👋 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!

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Melissa Houghton @melissahoughton.dev · 11/11/2023

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

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Melissa Houghton @melissahoughton.dev · 10/11/2023

Excited to be at the @WITWA Tech [+] Awards tonight as a nominee 🎉 #seeherbeher #witwa

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Melissa Houghton @melissahoughton.dev · 07/10/2023

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

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Melissa Houghton @melissahoughton.dev · 05/10/2023

🏆 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...

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Melissa Houghton @melissahoughton.dev · 20/07/2023

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 www.credly.com/badges/5448e63c-09d0…

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Melissa Houghton @melissahoughton.dev · 07/07/2023

Hey friends! I am now on Bluesky 👋

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