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Speakers
Sessions and Speakers are subject to change without notice
Scott Allen, Pluralsight
 Scott Allen is a founder of OdeToCode and a member of the Pluralsight technical staff. Scott has over 15 years of experience with commercial software development in areas ranging from 8-bit embedded systems to highly scalable web applications. Scott is also a Microsoft MVP and a columnist for MSDN Magazine.
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Rachel Appel, Microsoft
 Rachel Appel is a recognized speaker, ASP.NET MVP, ASPInsider and Microsoft Certified Trainer. Rachel also holds the MCAD & MCSD certifications and has been working as an instructor, software developer, architect and DBA for over 15 years. During her career, Rachel has worked with a variety of languages, technologies and systems and has contributed to projects of all sizes including large scale enterprise applications at some of the world’s leading companies.
Rachel is the Vice President of the .Net Valley user group, as well as a leader and regular speaker in the Philly.NET and Central Penn.NET user groups of Pennsylvania. She can also be found speaking at code camps, user groups, community events and conferences. Rachel’s expertise lies within developing solutions that align business and technology using the Microsoft .NET family of products, particularly ASP.NET & SQL Server.
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Bob Beauchemin, SQLSkills.com
 Bob Beauchemin is a Developer Skills Partner with SQLskills. He is a database-centric application practitioner and architect, instructor, course author, writer, and has worked with computers since 1977. He has been an application developer and DBA with relational databases like Microsoft SQL Server™, Oracle, Sybase, and DB2 as well as non-relational databases including IMS/DB, IDMS, and others. Over the past two years he’s been teaching his SQL Server 2005 course to premier customers and Microsoft personnel worldwide through the SQL Server 2005 Ascend program. He’s provided SQL Server 2005 training to over 500 developers through this program.
Bob is lead author of two books on SQL Server 2005, A Developer’s Guide to SQL Server 2005 and A First Look at SQL Server 2005 For Developers, and sole author of Essential ADO.NET and has another book, SQL Server 2005 Developer’s Guide, in the works for Addison-Wesley publishers. A First Look at SQL Server For Developers has also been made available in a custom CD format. He has written articles on database, data access and XML technologies for MSDN Magazine, MSDN Online, SQL Server Magazine, Visual Studio Magazine, Java Developer’s Journal and others. His latest articles include a pair of articles on SQL Server 2005 XML topics and a series of six articles on ADO.NET 2.0 for MSDN Online.
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Robert Bogue, Thor Projects
 Robert Bogue, MCSE (NT4/W2K), MCSA:Security, A+, Network+, Server+, I-Net+, IT Project+, E-Biz+, CDIA+ is the president of Thor Projects LLC, which provides SharePoint consulting services to clients around the world. Robert has contributed to more than 100 book projects and numerous other publishing projects. Robert’s latest book is The SharePoint Shepherd’s Guide for End Users. You can find out more about the book at http://www.SharePointShepherd.com. Robert has been pleased to be a part of the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) program for the past 6 years. He was most recently awarded for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server. Before that Robert was a Microsoft Commerce Server MVP and before that Microsoft Windows Servers-Networking MVP. Robert is also a Microsoft Patterns and Practices Champion and a team member for the SharePoint Guidance. Robert is the president of the SharePoint Users Group of Indiana (SPIN, www.spindiana.com). He’s also a member of the board for the Indiana Windows Users Group (www.iwug.net). Robert blogs at http://www.thorprojects.com/blog. You can reach Robert at Rob.Bogue@thorprojects.com.
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Richard Campbell, Strangeloop Networks
 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). In addition to speaking at conferences around the world, Richard is co-host of .NET Rocks! (www.dotnetrocks.com) and the host of RunAs Radio (www.runasradio.com).
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Quentin Clark, Microsoft
 Quentin is currently the General Manager of the Database Engine group in Microsoft SQL Server. He joined Microsoft in ’94 in the Office group, and helped drive Office’s early Internet integration; products and features for Word 6, Word 95 and Office 97. He was then a Program Manager and Lead in the Internet Information Server (IIS) team working on IIS 4.0, then NT 4.0 Option Pack, and IIS 5.0 for Windows 2000 Server. In ’99 Quentin founded and shipped the web and application server scale-out product Application Center as its Product Unit Manager, then ran the Application Center and Operations Manager teams. In 2002, he joined the WinFS relational file system project in the SQL Server group as its Director of Program Management. He was Product Unit Manager of WinFS until Microsoft focused the integrated storage efforts on SQL Server and ADO.NET in 2006. Quentin then took a General Manager role overseeing the core database technology groups within SQL Server.
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Markus Egger, EPS Software Corporation
 Markus is the President and Chief Software Architect of EPS Software Corp., a custom software development and consulting firm located in Houston, Texas. He specializes in consulting for object-oriented development, Internet development, B2B, and Web services. Markus has written numerous articles for publications including CODE Magazine, asp.netPro Magazine, FoxPro Advisor, Fuchs, FoxTalk, and Microsoft Office & Database Journal. Markus is the publisher of Component Developer Magazine (CODE). He is the author of a book on advanced object-oriented programming. You can contact Markus via e-mail megger@eps-software.com or visit him online (http://www.epssoftware.com).
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Dino Esposito, IDesign, Inc.
 An IDesign software architect and prolific author, Dino Esposito writes the Cutting Edge column for MSDN Magazine. Dino is also the author of two popular architecture books for Microsoft Press. They are "Microsoft .NET: Architecting Applications for the Enterprise" (2008) and "ASP.NET and AJAX: Architecting Web Applications" (2009). Get in touch at http://weblogs.asp.net/despos.
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Alex Gorev, Microsoft
 Alex Gorev is the Principal Software Developer for the SQL Server Reporting Services team. His team is working on the new data visualization technologies in SQL Reporting Services and .NET Framework. Prior to joining Microsoft in 2007, Alex was working at Dundas Software as a developer, lead and architect. In his free time, you can find Alex in his wood shop, playing squash or enjoying time with his family.
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Scott Guthrie, Microsoft
 Scott Guthrie is corporate vice president of Microsoft’s .NET Developer Division, where he runs the development teams responsible for delivering Microsoft Visual Studio developer tools and Microsoft .NET Framework technologies for building client and Web applications. A founding member of the .NET project, Guthrie has played a key role in the design and development of Visual Studio and the .NET Framework since 1999. Guthrie is also responsible for Microsoft’s web server platform and development tools teams. He has also more recently driven the development of Silverlight – a cross browser, cross platform plug-in for delivering next generation media experiences and rich internet applications for the web.
Today, Guthrie directly manages the development teams that build the Common Language Runtime (CLR), ASP.NET, Silverlight, Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), IIS, Commerce Server and the Visual Studio Tools for Web, Client and Silverlight development.
Guthrie graduated with a degree in computer science from Duke University.
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Tim Heuer, Microsoft
 Tim Heuer is a program manager for Microsoft Silverlight. He helps build the worldwide Silverlight community and loves talking about the platform and technology in general as well as learning and being inspired how others are using it. Having over 13 years of experience with Microsoft web technologies, Tim is excited about the opportunities that Silverlight brings for developers and designers and wants to ensure that everyone has the best information and tools available to them for success.
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Scott Hunter, Microsoft
 Scott Hunter is a Senior Program Manager on the ASP.NET team. He has over 20 years experience building, marketing and selling software products. He has spent that past 7 years specializing in .NET and ASP.NET development in the social networking and oil industries. Scott is currently working on RAD data based projects for the ASP.NET team.
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Suresh Jasrasaria, Dell
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Don Jones, Concentrated Technology
 With more than fifteen years of IT experience, Don Jones is one of the world’s leading experts on the Microsoft business technology platform. He’s the author of more than 35 books, including Windows PowerShell: TFM, Windows Administrator’s Scripting Toolkit, VBScript WMI and ADSI Unleashed, PHP-Nuke Garage, Special Edition Using Commerce Server 2002, Definitive Guide to SQL Server Performance Optimization, and many more. Don is a top-rated and in-demand speaker at conferences such as Microsoft TechEd, Windows Connections, and TechMentor, and is an accomplished IT journalist with features and monthly columns in Microsoft TechNet Magazine, Redmond Magazine, and on Web sites such as TechTarget and MCPMag.com. Don is also a multiple-year recipient of Microsoft’s prestigious Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award, and is the Editor-in-Chief for Realtime Publishers.
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John Kellar, Telerik
 John Kellar is a Developer Evangelist with Telerik and a Microsoft MVP. With over 12 years of experience he has worked on solutions in several markets including healthcare, government, financial services and manufacturing. John is also the Founder and Chairman of the devLink Technical Conference (www.devlink.net), a non-profit organization focused on educating IT professionals. An active community member, John serves on the Nashville .NET User Group Board of Directors and is a regular speaker at user groups. John works to maintain his Telerik blog http://blogs.telerik.com/JohnKellar and his main blog http://www.johnkellar.com.
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Don Kiely, Senior Technology Consultant
 Don Kiely, MCSD, is a senior technology consultant, building custom applications as well as providing business and technology consulting services. His development work involves tools such as SQL Server, Visual Basic, C#, ASP.NET, and Microsoft Office. He writes regularly for several trade journals, including Visual Studio Magazine and Advisor Media, Inc., is a top poster and moderator on the www.asp.net community forums, and trains developers in .NET technologies. When he isn’t living and breathing technology, he is exploring the Alaska wilderness with his dogs Mardy and Izzi, hiking, whitewater kayaking, skiing, and searching for the perfect sun dog. You can reach Don at donkiely@computer.org.
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Michele Leroux Bustamante, IDesign, Inc.
 Michèle Leroux Bustamante is Chief Architect of IDesign Inc., Microsoft Regional Director for San Diego, and a Microsoft MVP for Connected Systems. At IDesign Michele provides training, mentoring and high-end architecture consulting services focusing on scalable and secure architecture design for .NET, web services, interoperability, federated security scenarios, CardSpace, and globalization architecture. Michele participates in Software Design Reviews for products in the Microsoft roadmap, including WCF, CardSpace and other security-focused products. During the Beta 1 phase Michele participated in prototyping elements of the CardSpace technology for the product team. She is a member of the International .NET Speakers Association (INETA), a frequent conference presenter, conference chair for SD West, and is frequently published in several major technology journals. Michele is also on the board of directors for IASA (International Association of Software Architects), and a Program Advisor and instructor for UCSD Extension. Her latest book is Learning WCF (O’Reilly 2007) – see her book blog here: http://thatindigogirl.com. Reach her at mlb@idesign.net, or visit www.idesign.net and her main blog at www.dasblonde.net.
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Paul Litwin, Deep Training
 Paul Litwin is a developer specializing in ASP.NET, C#, SQL Server, SQL Server Reporting Services, and related technologies. Paul is a Programmer Manager with Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle. He is also the owner of Deep Training, a developer owned training company specializing in .NET developer training (www.deeptraining.com). Paul has authored a number of books and training courses on ASP.NET, SQL Server Reporting Services, and Micrsoft Access. Paul is the conference chair of Microsoft ASP.NET Connections, a Microsoft MVP, and a member of the INETA Speakers Bureau. He has spoken at a number of conferences and code camps, including Microsoft ASP.NET Connections, TechEd, and Seattle Code Camp.
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Juval Lowy, IDesign, Inc.
 Juval Lowy is a software architect and the principal of IDesign (www.idesign.net), specializing in .NET 3.0 architecture consulting and advanced .NET 3.0 training. Juval is Microsoft’s Regional Director for the Silicon Valley, working with Microsoft on helping the industry adopt .NET 3.5. His latest book is Programming WCF Services 2nd Edition (O’Reilly 2008). Juval participates in the Microsoft internal design reviews for future versions of .NET and related technologies. Juval published numerous articles regarding almost every aspect of .NET development, and is a frequent presenter at development conferences. Microsoft recognized Juval as a Software Legend as one of the world’s top .NET experts and industry leaders.
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Dave Mendlen, Senior Director, Developer Platform and Tools, Microsoft
 Dave Mendlen is the Senior Director, Developer Platform and Tools. Prior to this role, he served as the speech writer for Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer. In his time at Microsoft, he was the Director of Web Services strategy in the Developer Platform and Evangelism division at Microsoft responsible for driving Web Services excitement and standards across the industry. He has also served as the Director of Windows Product Management responsible for the marketing of Windows XP Home, Pro, Tablet PC and Windows XP Media Center Edition. He started at Microsoft in the developer division and served as the lead product planner on .NET and Visual Studio .NET driving a team to bring web services and .NET to millions of developers.
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Paul Randal, SQLskills.com
 Paul Randal and Kimberly Tripp are a husband-and-wife team who own and run SQLskills.com, a world-renowned SQL Server consulting and training company. They are both SQL Server MVPs and Microsoft Regional Directors, with over 30 years of combined experience on SQL Server.
Paul worked on the SQL Server team for nine years in development and management roles, writing many of the DBCC commands, and ultimately with responsibility for core Storage Engine for SQL Server 2008. Paul writes extensively on his blog (SQLskills.com/blogs/Paul) and for TechNet Magazine, for which he is also a Contributing Editor.
Paul and Kimberly have written Microsoft whitepapers and books for SQL Server 2000, 2005 and 2008, and are regular, top-rated presenters worldwide on database maintenance, high availability, disaster recovery, performance tuning, and SQL Server internals. Together they teach the SQL MCM certification and throughout Microsoft.
In their spare time they like to find frogfish in remote corners of the world.
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Marcelo Lopez Ruiz, Microsoft
 Marcelo is a Development Lead in the Data Programmability group at Microsoft. He is currently focused on XML technologies for native and managed applications. Prior to working on XML, Marcelo was a developer on the Astoria project and the ADO.NET Entity Framework. His first years at Microsoft were spent testing the Windows Presentation Foundation platform; his experience before these consisted of having fun with classic ASP, ADO and SQL Server at a small ISV in Argentina.
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Arpan Shah, Microsoft
 Arpan Shah is a Director on the SharePoint Product Management team in Redmond. Arpan has been in the Internet business space for over 10 years and started his Microsoft career in 2001 to lead the Content Management Server (CMS) technical product management effort. Over the last 8 years, he has been involved with subsequent SharePoint releases including SharePoint Server 2007. Arpan currently manages the team that owns audience and platform product management for SharePoint. http://blogs.msdn.com/arpans
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Steven Smith, ASP Smith
 Steven A. Smith runs developer communities ASPAlliance.com and DevAdvice.com, which provide Internet developers with resources they need to learn new techniques and solve problems quickly. Steve also founded a military community site, ArmyAdvice.org, in 2004 while serving in Iraq. Steve’s credentials include Microsoft ASP.NET MVP, ASPInsiders board member, and INETA Speaker Bureau member. Steve has authored two books on ASP.NET, the latest being the ASP.NET Developer’s Cookbook. He has spoken at DevConnections since fall of 2001. Steve lives in Ohio with his wife Michelle and daughter Ilyana.
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Keith Swindell, Dell
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Kimberly L. Tripp, SQLskills.com
 Kimberly Tripp and Paul Randal are a husband-and-wife team who own and run SQLskills.com, a world-renowned SQL Server consulting and training company. They are both SQL Server MVPs and Microsoft Regional Directors, with over 30 years of combined experience on SQL Server.
Kimberly worked on the SQL Server team in the early 1990s as a tester and writer before leaving to found SQLskills and embrace her passion for teaching and consulting. Kimberly has been a staple at worldwide conferences since she first presented at TechEd in 1996, and she blogs at SQLskills.com/blogs/Kimberly.
Kimberly and Paul have written Microsoft whitepapers and books for SQL Server 2000, 2005 and 2008, and are regular, top-rated presenters worldwide on database maintenance, high availability, disaster recovery, performance tuning, and SQL Server internals. Together they teach the SQL MCM certification and throughout Microsoft.
In their spare time they like to find frogfish in remote corners of the world.
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Diego Vega, Microsoft
 Diego Vega is a Program Manager in the Entity Framework Team, focusing on LINQ to Entities and the Object Services layer. Before being hired by Microsoft, Diego spent 20 years working as a developer building data-driven applications and small frameworks, and as a consultant, helping others create better software and maximize their investments on code.
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Dan Wahlin, Wahlin Consulting
 Dan Wahlin (Microsoft Most Valuable Professional for ASP.NET and XML Web Services) is the president of Wahlin Consulting which specializes in .NET and SharePoint consulting and training solutions. Dan founded the XML for ASP.NET Developers Web site (http://www.xmlforasp.net), which focuses on using ASP.NET, XML, AJAX, Silverlight and Web Services in Microsoft’s .NET platform. He’s also on the INETA Speaker’s Bureau, speaks at conferences and user groups around the world and is recognized as a leading authority on .NET technologies. Dan has written several books on .NET including Professional Silverlight 2 Development, Professional ASP.NET 3.5 AJAX, ASP.NET 2.0 MVP Hacks and Tips, and XML for ASP.NET Developers. Dan’s blog is located at http://weblogs.asp.net/dwahlin.
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Stephen Walther, Microsoft
 Stephen Walther is a Microsoft Senior Program Manager who works with the ASP.NET MVC team to develop content around ASP.NET MVC. He is the author of the all time, biggest, best-selling book on ASP.NET, ASP.NET Unleashed. He is currently writing ASP.NET MVC Unleashed. Read his blog on ASP.NET MVC at http://StephenWalther.com.
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Doug Ware, Elumenotion
 Doug Ware has been developing with, and helping others understand, Microsoft tools since picking up Visual Basic 3.0 in 1994. He spent most of the 1990s developing applications with Microsoft Office and was an MVP for Microsoft Access from 1998 to 2000. He is the leader of the Atlanta .NET User Group, one of the largest user groups in the Southeast U.S., and is a frequent speaker at code camps and other events. In addition to teaching and writing about SharePoint, Doug stays active as a consultant and has helped numerous organizations implement and customize SharePoint as owner and founder of Elumenotion. Doug is the author of four popular training courses for AppDev including: Microsoft SharePoint 2007 for Developers, Microsoft SharePoint 2007: Business Process, Microsoft SharePoint 2007: Web Content Management, and Microsoft SharePoint 2007: Portals.
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Daniel Webster, Insignia Technology Services, LLC
 An author, educator and speaker specializing in SharePoint Products and Technologies, Daniel Webster is currently a SharePoint Solution Architect at Insignia Technology Services, LLC working at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas. At his previous position with Mindsharp, his primary duties were maintaining the accuracy and timeliness of SharePoint Administrator courseware. He also presented at Mindsharp SharePoint Summits and assisted organizations with their SharePoint planning and design. Daniel held his first MCSE in NT 3.51 and continues through Windows 2003 with specialties in Security and Internet. He was a co-author of the SharePoint Server 2007 Administrator’s Companion published by Microsoft Press and Technical Editor for the Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Server 2007 Best Practices published by Microsoft Press in June 2008.
For several years he has been a national speaker on security and Microsoft products at conferences such as NetWorld InterOp, Comdex, HDI, Support Services, FrontLines, MCTCon, IT Infrastructure Management and CeBIT America. He has written presentations for Microsoft on SharePoint Portal Server, Public Key Infrastructure, and Securing IIS. He was on the courseware development review team for the Site Server 3.0, Commerce Server 2000, Internet Security and Acceleration Server, SharePoint Portal Server, and Application Center Server.
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