|
|
Steve Andrews is a Software Engineer with RDA Corporation, and is a member of their Architecture Guidance evangelism team. Steve has over 9 years of experience implementing custom Microsoft solutions in the Financial, Medical, Manufacturing and Retail industries. Lately, Steve has been focusing on architecture, process, and the Team System platform. Steve is also an MCP, IBM Certified for the Rational Unified Process, and the Speaker Liaison for the Philly .NET User Group. |
Blog/Website: http://www.platinumbay.com
|
|
|
Todd Anglin is an active .NET community member, President of the North Houston .NET User Group, and Telerik's Chief Technical Evangelist. At Telerik, Todd is responsible for building Telerik's global community of developers and helping ensure Telerik's products serve the needs of .NET developers around the world. Before joining Telerik, Todd worked as a developer in a Fortune 200 financial services company supporting applications on a wide range of platforms and technologies, including Unix, Windows Server, Informix, Oracle, and SQL Server. He also an avid entrepreneur with previous experience running a small .NET software studio. |
Blog/Website: http://www.telerikwatch.com
|
|
|
James Bender has been involved in software development and architecture for 13 years. He has worked as a developer and architect on everything from small, single user applications to Enterprise scale multi-user systems. |
Blog/Website: http://www.jamescbender.com
|
|
|
Rex Black is President and Principal Consultant of RBCS, Inc. RBCS provides testing experts world-wide in training, assessment, consulting, staff augmentation, insourcing, off-site and off-shore oursourcing, test automation, and quality assurance roles for clients such as Adobe (India), ASB Bank, Bank One, Cisco, Comverse, Dell, Hitachi, the US Department of Defense, NDS, Schlumberger, and Williams Communications. His first book, Managing the Testing Process, which has sold over 30,000 copies on six continents, is now in an expanded and updated second edition from Wiley. Addison-Wesley published his second book, Critical Testing Processes, in late 2003. He has also written over 20 articles, presented hundreds of papers, workshops, and seminars, and given over a dozen keynote speeches at conferences and events around the world. Rex is the President of both the International Software Testing Qualifications Board and the American Software Testing Qualifications Board. |
Blog/Website: http://www.rbcs-us.com
|
|
|
Jeff Blankenburg is a Developer Evangelist for the Microsoft Corporation. Over the past 10 years, Jeff has successfully implemented his technology expertise in numerous industries including retail, education, and healthcare. Jeff has exceptional proficiency in user-interface design, Web Standards, and web application development. He is a contributor to the O'Reilly title Windows Developer Power Tools on the subject of code validation services. Jeff is also an organizer of the CodeMash conference. Jeff holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio. |
Blog/Website: http://www.jeffblankenburg.com
|
|
|
Robert Boedigheimer works for Schwans Shared Services, LLC providing business solutions with web technologies. Robert has been developing web sites for the past 12 years including the early days of ASP and ASP.NET. He is a columnist for aspalliance.com, an MCPD: Web with C#, and a 2nd degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do. Robert has spoken at industry conferences including the Heartland Developers Conference, Tulsa Tech Fest, and numerous national and international VSLive! events. |
Blog/Website: http://blogs.aspadvice.com/robertb
|
|
|
Eric Butow is the CEO of Butow Communications Group, a Web design and marketing firm in Roseville, California. He has authored or co-authored 12 books including User Interface Design for Mere Mortals and How to Succeed in Business Using LinkedIn. Eric is also a recognized source for e-marketing, Web development, and usability. He has given social network marketing and usability presentations to Sacramento area organizations and chambers of commerce and the 2008 Book Expo America conference. |
Blog/Website: http://www.butow.net
|
|
|
Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin writes for the business press on behalf of the Center for Business Practices, the publishing and research division of PM Solutions, a project management consulting and training firm. She is co-author of Optimizing Human Capital with a Strategic Project Office and The AMA Handbook of Project Management. She is the former acting editor-in-chief of PM Network, the flagship publication of the Project Management Institute. |
Blog/Website: http://www.cbponline.com
|
|
|
Charlie Calvert is the Community Program Manager for the Microsoft C# team. While working on outreach and bridge building to both external and internal teams through the web and live events, Charlie focuses his technical energies on LINQ and core C# language scenarios such as generics. He has a degree in Journalism and Computer Science from the Evergreen State College. The author of ten technical books which have sold well over 100,000 copies, Charlie currently lives in the Seattle area where he enjoys outdoor activities such as hiking, sailing and skiing in the mountains. |
Blog/Website: http://blogs.msdn.com/charlie
|
|
|
Richard Campbell is one of the co-founders of Strangeloop Networks and today serves as product evangelist, introducing the company's unique story to advisors, investors, patent attorneys, beta-customer candidates, potential employees, etc. Richard has more than 30 years of high-tech experience and is both a Microsoft Regional Director and Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP). He has consulted with a number of leading North American organizations; Barnes&Noble.com, Dow Chemical, Johnson & Johnson Health Care Services, Reuters, Subaru/Isuzu and the U.S. Air Force. In addition to speaking at conferences around the world, Richard is co-host of the ".NET Rocks!, the Internet Audio Talk Show for .NET Developers" (www.dotnetrocks.com) podcast and the host of "RunAs Radio, the Internet Audio Talk Show for IT Professionals" (www.runasradio.com) podcast. |
Blog/Website: http://www.campbellassociates.ca/blog/default.aspx
|
|
|
Beth Chase has 20 years of experience in the consulting and Information Technology profession. She is President and partner of C3. Beth’s leadership roles include business development, consulting, employee relations, and client relationship management. As a principal consultant, Beth specializes in helping companies redesign and streamline critical business processes to increase value and reduce costs. Additionally, she manages strategic initiatives for her clients, facilitates planning sessions for complex decision-making and system/process definition, and helps companies make buy versus build software decisions that best meet their business needs. Beth has worked with Fortune 100 clients in the healthcare, insurance, distribution, manufacturing, publishing, and financial services industries. |
Blog/Website: http://www.c3-consult.com
|
|
|
Louis Davidson has been in the IT industry for 15 years as a corporate database developer and architect, working with SQL Server since version 1.0. He has written four books on database design and have been a SQL Server MVP since 2004. Louis is currently a Data Architect for the Christian Broadcasting Network in Virginia Beach, Virginia, leading database development for all of their corporate database applications. |
Blog/Website: http://sqlblog.com/blogs/louis_davidson
|
|
|
Sara Ford is the Program Manager for CodePlex, Microsoft’s open source project hosting site. Prior to joining CodePlex, she worked 6 years on the Visual Studio Core Team. Her roles on the Visual Studio Core Team included running the Power Toys for Visual Studio as open source projects on CodePlex, testing the Visual Studio environment, and driving the effort to make Visual Studio 2005 accessible to developers who are blind or have low-vision. She continues to run the Visual Studio Tip of the Day on her blog. |
Blog/Website: http://blogs.msdn.com/saraford
|
|
|
Rob Foster is an Enterprise Architect in Nashville, Tennessee. He began writing code at the age of 10 when he purchased his first computer, a Tandy TRS-80 Color Computer 2 with money that he received for his birthday. Rob graduated from Middle Tennessee State University with a BBA in Computer Information Systems and holds several certifications, including MCSD, MCSE, MCDBA, and MCT. In 2000, with the PDC bits in hand, Rob founded the Nashville .NET Users Group. He has been writing and designing .NET applications since version 1.0, as well as implementing SharePoint solutions since SharePoint 2001. He is the author of 'ASP.NET 3.5 AJAX Unleashed' and coauthor of 'Microsoft SharePoint 2007 Development Unleashed'. |
Blog/Website: http://www.robfoster.net
|
|
|
Carl Franklin has been a figurehead in the VB community since the very early days when he wrote for Visual Basic Programmers Journal. He authored the Q&A column of that magazine as well as many feature articles for VBPJ and other magazines. He has authored two books for John Wiley & Sons on sockets programming in VB, and in 1994 he helped create the very first web site for VB developers, Carl & Gary's VB Home Page. He now teaches hands-on VB .NET classes for his company, Franklins.Net. He has taught developers from Citigroup, Aetna, Fidelity Investments, Fleet Bank, Foxwoods Casino, UTC, Hubbell, Microsoft, Mohegan Sun Casino, Northeast Utilities, to name a few. Carl is co-host of a weekly talk show on his website for .NET programmers called .NET Rocks! Carl is MSDN Regional Director for Connecticut. |
Blog/Website: http://www.intellectualhedonism.com/
|
|
|
Chuck Hawkins bio not available at this time. |
Blog/Website:
|
|
|
Kevin Kline is the Technical Strategy Manager for the SQL Server Solutions Group at Quest Software. He is a recognized SQL Server expert and author of SQL in a Nutshell as well as co-author of Professional SQL Server 2005 Database Design and Optimization and Database Benchmarking. In the industry since 1986, Kevin has worked on large-scale database projects at Deloitte & Touche, NASA and the US Army. He is currently the president of the international SQL Server user's group, PASS. In addition to being a Microsoft SQL Server MVP, Kevin is a regular contributor to database technology magazines, Web sites and discussion forums. |
Blog/Website: http://sqlblog.com/blogs/kevin_kline
|
|
|
Wallace B. (Wally) McClure INETA Speaker's Bureau Microsoft MVP ASPInsider Co-author of "Beginning AJAX with ASP.NET" Co-author of "Professional ADO.NET Programming" Co-author of "Building Highly Scalable Database Applications with .NET" Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering from Georgia Tech Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering from Georgia Tech |
Blog/Website: http://www.morewally.com
|
|
|
Jeff McWherter is the Director of Software Development at A.J. Boggs and Company in Okemos, MI.
He graduated from Michigan State University with a degree in Telecommunications and Computer
Science, and has twelve years of professional experience in software development. He is a founding member and current Program Director for the Greater Lansing Users for .NET (GLUG.net). He enjoys profiling code, applying design patterns, finding obscure namespaces, and long walks in the park.
His lifelong interest in programming began with a Home Computing Magazine in 1983, which included an article about writing a game called Boa Alley in BASIC. |
Blog/Website: http://www.mcwherter.net/blog
|
|
|
|
Michael C. Neel is a Digital Media Developer with Jewelry Television, independent consultant with ViNull Software and Vice President of the East Tennessee .Net Users Group (ETNUG). He has been published in asp.netPro magazine and is a regular speaker at .Net conferences and user groups. |
Blog/Website: http://www.vinull.com
|
|
|
Colin Neller is a Software Engineer with Memphis-based ServiceU Corporation. He has a wide variety of development experience including hosting Internet Explorer, P/Invoke & COM Interop, business application design and implementation, and various client-side technologies. Colin is an enthusiastic supporter of the .NET community, a frequent presenter at regional events, and president of the .NET User Group. |
Blog/Website: http://colinneller.com/blog/
|
|
|
Ted Neward is an independent consultant specializing in high-scale enterprise systems, working with clients ranging in size from Fortune 500 corporations to small 10-person shops. He is an authority in Java and .NET technologies, particularly in the areas of Java/.NET integration (both in-process and via integration tools like Web services), back-end enterprise software systems, and virtual machine/execution engine plumbing. |
Blog/Website: http://blogs.tedneward.com
|
|
|
Paul Nielsen is a SQL Server MVP, author of the SQL Server Bible series (Wiley), and Director of Special Projects for PASS, and founder of Colorado PASSCamp. Paul presents around the world at conferences such as PASS Summit, Tech Ed, SQL Tech (Canada), SQL Open World (Denmark), and devLINK.
As a data architect, Paul developed Nordic (New Object/Relational Design), the Pragmatic Data Architecture principles, and Smart Database Design framework. |
Blog/Website: http://www.sqlserverbible.com/
|
|
|
Tommy Norman is a Systems Architect for Compuware Corporation with over 15 years experience in the Information Technology industry. His primary focus has been designing and building line of business applications with ASP.NET, smartclient, and mobile solutions. Tommy remains very active in the developer community as past president and current board member of the Nashville .NET User Group, one of the originators of the devLink Technical Conference, and as a frequent speaker for area user groups and technology organizations. |
| Blog/Website: http://crazedcodemonkey.blogspot.com/ |
|
|
Tim Peek is a seasoned project manager and director with over 20 years experience on a variety of projects in many industries. Although his experience is predominantly in finance, he has successfully managed projects of all sizes in insurance, human resources, legal and telecommunications. Work experience includes The Coca-Cola Company, Automobile Club of Southern California, CheckFree Corporation, A.T. & T. Information Systems and Emory University. An award winning public speaker, he is able to integrate his project management experience into the training venue with terrific results. As Director of TenStep Academy, his focus is to continue to bring innovative training products to the TenStep global community for skills development and improvement. |
Blog/Website:
|
|
|
Steve Porter is a Senior Consultant for Wintellect, a consulting/debugging and training firm founded by industry experts Jeff Prosise, Jeffrey Richter, and John Robbins. He specializes in web technologies such as ASP.NET, ASP.NET AJAX, and Silverlight. Steve is a frequent speaker at events such as user groups and code camps on topics ranging from Silverlight to Windows Workflow Foundation. |
Blog/Website: http://www.wintellect.com/cs/blogs/sporter/default.aspx
|
|
|
Brian H. Prince is an Architect Evangelist with Microsoft focused on building and educating the architect community in his district. Prior to joining Microsoft in March 2008, he was a Senior Director, Technology Strategy for a major mid-west partner. He is a co-founder of the non-profit organization CodeMash. He speaks at various regional and national technology events including TechEd. |
Blog/Website: http://brianhprince.blogspot.com
|
|
|
Tim Rayburn is a Principal Consultant with Sogeti USA and Microsoft MVP for BizTalk Server, he has over 10 years of experience developing solutions for client across the country. He has spoken at many user groups, code camps and conferences including Tulsa TechFest, Houston TechFest and TechEd 2007. He is an active blogger on topics related to BizTalk, C#, and the development process. |
Blog/Website: http://TimRayburn.net
|
|
|
Rik Robinson is a Senior Consultant with Wintellect. Rik has a passion for clean visual design and a strong devotion to creating the perfect User Experience through highly usable and innovative applications for both Web and Windows platforms. Rik has extensive experience in user interface design, information architecture, and intuitive application flows. He currently holds the following certifications: MCPD –Enterprise Applications, MCTS-Web, MCTS-Windows, MCTS-Distributed Applications. |
Blog/Website: http://www.r2musings.com
|
|
|
Keith Rome is a C# MVP and holds a number of Microsoft certifications including MCPD-EAD, MCSD, MCDBA, and several MCTS titles. Keith is a highly active development community leader in the Atlanta region, and either attends, coordinates or presents at nearly every .NET meeting and code camp in Atlanta. His current specialties include Deep CLR Internals, Systems Architecture, and Silverlight/WPF. |
Blog/Website: http://www.mindfusioncorp.com/weblog/
|
|
|
Joe Stagner is a senior program manager in Microsoft Corporation’s Developer Tools and Platform Group and has been with Microsoft since 2001 focusing on highly scalable and performant Web application architectures, multiplatform interoperability and software security. Stagner brings 30 years technical and business strategy experience to Microsoft which affords him a unique experiential perspective. |
Blog/Website: http://www.joeon.net
|
|
|
William (Bill) Vaughn is an industry-recognized author, mentor and subject-matter expert. He’s been working and lecturing in the computer industry for over thirty three years where he’s worked with mainframe, minicomputer and personal computer systems as a developer, manager, trainer, marketer, support person and writer. After 14 years at Microsoft, Bill stepped away to work on his new books and training seminars. His area of specialization is focused on data access and especially Visual Studio and SQL Server. Bill is a top-rated speaker and frequents conferences all over the world including VSLive, Developer Connections and PASS (Professional Association for SQL Server). He’s also written a wealth of award-winning articles for magazines such as SQL Server Magazine, Visual Basic Programmer’s Journal, VSJ, .NET Magazine and many others. He’s available for mentoring, consulting or custom training. |
Blog/Website:
|
|
|
Joe Webb serves as Chief Operating Manager for WebbTech Solutions, a Nashville-based Microsoft Certified Partner. He has over 12 years of industry experience and has consulted extensively with companies in the areas of software development, database design, network architecture, and technical training. He is the author of two books: The Rational Guide To: SQL Server Notification Services and The Rational Guide To: IT Consulting and has spoken at conferences in Europe and the United States. Joe also serves on the Board of Directors for the Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) and occasionally instructs as an Adjunct Professor at local colleges and universities. |
Blog/Website: http://weblogs.sqlteam.com/joew/
|
|
|
Rob Windsor is a Senior Consultant and the Director of Training with ObjectSharp Consulting - a Microsoft Gold Partner based in Toronto, Canada. Rob focuses on the architecture, design and development of custom business applications using leading edge Microsoft technologies. In addition Rob is a top rated instructor - authoring and teaching courses on .NET development, SharePoint and software architecture. Rob is a member of the MSDN Canada Speakers Bureau and he presents at conferences, code camps, and user group meetings in Toronto and across North America. He is President of the Toronto Visual Basic User Group and has been recognized as a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for his involvement in the developer community. |
Blog/Website: http://www.msmvps.com/windsor
|
|
|
Joe Wirtley is an independent consultant with over twenty years software development experience. He currently works as a .NET architect and developer on both smart client (WPF, WCF) and web (ASP.NET) applications. He is an active member of several user groups in the Cincinnati-Dayton, OH area and has presented at user group meetings, code camps, Days of .NET, and CodeMash. |
Blog/Website: http://joewirtley.blogspot.com
|
|
|
Michael Wood is a Senior Consultant for Strategic Data Systems in Centerville, OH, but lives across the river in Kentucky. He has been working in .Net since pre-Beta 2 back in 2001. He has contributed to the 'Visual Studio Hacks' book from O'Reilly and has recently started publishing a series of blog posts called the .Net Nugget. Michael is a Founding Director and current leader for the Cincinnati .Net User Group. |
Blog/Website: http://www.mvwood.com/blog
|
|
|
Chris Woodruff is an Architect in the West Michigan Practice group at RCM Technologies. His work involves integrating new technologies, assisting development teams with architecture designs, and helping with development standards. Chris is the VP of the West Michigan .NET User Group and also is an Advisory Council Member at Capella University for the External Information Technology Advisory Council. Chris is the founder and coordinator of the Day of .NET West Michigan and also helps with other Day of .NET events in Michigan. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the College of Engineering at Michigan State University. In his spare time, Chris coaches his sons sporting teams and plays poker. |
Blog/Website: http://blog.cloudsocket.com
|
|
|
Jim Wooley is a frequent speaker, MVP, and author of "LINQ in Action". He is always striving to stay at the forefront of technology and enjoys the thrill of a new challenge. He has been active evangelizing LINQ since it's announcement in 2005. In addition, he attempts to pass on the insights he has gained by being active in the community, including leading the Atlanta VB Study Group and serving as INETA Membership Manager for the Georgia region. |
Blog/Website: http://www.thinqlinq.com
|
|