Sessions and Speakers are subject to change without notice
Dan Arildson, Microsoft Bio not available.
Judah Aspler, Microsoft Judah Aspler was a key member of the product and sales engineering teams at Whale Communications, a Microsoft subsidiary acquired as part of the company’s long-term vision to integrate SSL VPN and Web application protection into its secure access strategy. As an SSP covering the North Central and Canada regions, Judah continues to work closely with customers and partners, providing extensive knowledge of the issues organizations address as they move to extend secure, remote access to SharePoint and other applications.
Todd Baginski, Fresh Tracks Consulting, LLC Todd began working with WSS and SPS in the beta stages of the products, in 2003. He has architected and implemented intranets, extranets, wireless deployments, and several custom applications with the WSS and SPS platforms. Todd created the first SharePoint advanced development training curriculum in the training industry for Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2003 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007. Two versions in a row, Todd broke ground in the training industry by being the first to offer advanced developr training for SharePoint! Todd speaks at many SharePoint conferences including the Microsoft SharePoint Conference, Microsoft TechEd, and SharePoint Connections. He has also spoken at Microsoft events at the Microsoft offices in both Denver, Colorado and Minneapolis, Minnesota. He has also presented several sessions at the Rocky Mountain SharePoint User’s Group.
Todd is also the content author and presenter for the BDC portion of the SharePoint Master Certification program. Most recently, Todd architected and led the team which developed the new sharepoint.microsoft.com and sharepoint2010.microsoft.com web sites. He enjoys spending time with his wife and their dogs, playing and coaching lacrosse, playing hockey, riding his bike in the Rocky Mountains, and skiing every chance he gets.
Darrin Bishop, KnowledgeLake, Inc. Darrin Bishop is an author and technology evangelist focusing on Microsoft SharePoint Technologies. Darrin is a product evangelist for KnowledgeLake, a St. Louis-based Microsoft Gold Partner focusing on SharePoint Technologies, ECM, document imaging and workflow. He is the author of The Rational Guide to Building SharePoint Web Parts published by Rational Press. Darrin has been working with SharePoint Technologies since the release of SharePoint Portal Server 2001.
Todd Bleeker, Mindsharp With over a decade of Microsoft-centric software development in his wake, Todd C. Bleeker, Ph.D., is regarded as an innovative, resourceful, and competitive technologist with an intense desire to excel. Recently, Todd joined forces with Bill English to grow Mindsharp , a high-quality training company.
Early in his career, Todd built shrewd customer service solutions for P&G, pioneered new technologies to revolutionize the transportation logistics systems for Fingerhut, shaped the disease management tools for United Healthcare, drove the human capital procurement vision to an internationalized, commercial-grade, global solution for itiliti (now PeopleClick), and as the CTO for IPCS, Todd managed all offshore software development operations in New Delhi, India while actively participating in various stateside and Canadian projects.
Todd has architected many solutions for small and large corporations. For instance, in 2003 Todd architected the software that Air Canada uses to track its roughly $30 million of annual in-flight cash sales. Todd helped the State of Minnesota webify and manage over 40,000 pages of systems documentation using SharePoint Team Services. Todd implemented, on behalf of Microsoft Consulting Services, an MCMS POC for the Bank of Montreal. Todd also presented on Web Services and MCMS at TechEd.
In his spare time, Todd loves to soak up whatever technology Microsoft is churning out and spend countless hours in Minnesota with his wife, Kathryn, and six "high energy" children: Landis, Lake, Lissa, Logan, Lawson, and Lexa.
Kintan Brahmbhatt, Microsoft Kintan Brahmbhatt is a Program Manager in the Unified Communications Group at Microsoft. His areas of expertise include communication and collaboration technologies, manageability, compliance and security. In his most current role at Microsoft, Kintan is designing and driving features of Microsoft Office Communications Server. Prior to joining Microsoft, Kintan was the founder and CEO of Securamed Corporation, a healthcare communication company. He frequently writes about technology and design on his blog, www.kintya.com
Mike Chan, Microsoft Bio not available.
Andrew Connell, Critical Path Training, LLC Andrew Connell is an author, instructor and co-founder of Critical Path Training (www.CriticalPathTraining.com), a SharePoint education focused company. Andrew is a five-time recipient of Microsoft’s Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award for Microsoft Content Management Server (MCMS) & Microsoft Office SharePoint Server. He has contributed to numerous MCMS and SharePoint books over the years. In June 2008 he published the only book on the subject of developing Publishing / Web Content Management (WCM) sites using Office SharePoint Server 2007: Professional SharePoint 2007 Web Content Management Development by WROX. Andrew has spoken on the subject of SharePoint development and WCM at various events and national conferences such as TechEd North America & EMEA, SharePoint Connections, VSLive, Office Developer Conference and Microsoft SharePoint Conference in Sydney, Australia & Seattle, Washington. You can always find Andrew at his SharePoint development and WCM focused blog at http://www.andrewconnell.com/blog.
Rob Curry, Microsoft Bio not available.
Gert Drapers, SQLDEV.net Gert Drapers is a Software Architect in the SQL Server Development group at Microsoft. As a member of the SQL Server Customer Advisory Team, he is involved in providing architecture design guidance and performance tuning for the largest and most challenging SQL Server deployments in the world. Gert brings extensive experience in the areas of application development, database management, data loading, and performance tuning of VLDB environments. Prior to his current position, Gert was working as Software Architect in the .NET Developer Division, responsible for the design and development of the next generation transaction manager and programming model. He started working on SQL Server in 1988 while working for Ashton-Tate. He joined Microsoft in 1991 where he held various development positions within the Developer Relation Group and Microsoft Consulting Services before joining the SQL Server development team in 1996. Gert worked on both SQL Server 7.0 and 2000; first as Software Design Engineer in the SQL Server Storage Engine and later as the Product Unit Manager of the SQL Server Management Tools team and as Architect of SQL Server DTS.
Josh Edwards, Microsoft Bio not available.
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).
Bill English, Mindsharp An author and educator specializing in SharePoint products and technologies, Bill English (MCSE, MCSA, MVP) is an industry leader on this exciting product from Microsoft. Bill is the principle author on the SharePoint Products and Technologies Resource Kit published by Microsoft Press and regularly conducts private corporate training events for companies of all sizes. In addition, Bill has either authored or co-authored a total of nine books. Bill is the co-owner of Mindsharp (www.mindsharp.com), a company that offers top-notch educational opportunities on the SharePoint platform. Bill has presented at Comdex, The Microsoft Exchange Conference, TechMentor, TechEd and Networld Interop. Bill lives in Minnesota with his wife and two children.
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.
Matt Fangman, Microsoft Matt Fangman is a Principal Technology Architect with Microsoft and focuses on Microsoft Portal and Search technologies. Matt has been with Microsoft for 8 years and has held a variety of responsibilities including Program Management, Services Consulting, and his most recent role as a lead pre-sales engineer. Matt is currently engaged with several large SharePoint 2007 Technology Adoption Program customers on their architecture and implementations providing feedback to the product team. Matt currently lives in Denver, Colorado.
Ken Getz, MCW Technologies Ken Getz is a senior consultant with MCW Technologies and splits his time between programming, writing, and training. He specializes in tools and applications written in Visual Studio .NET and Visual Basic. Ken has written many technical books, including ASP.NET Developers Jumpstart (Addison-Wesley) with Paul D. Sheriff, and is co-author of several best selling books, including Access 2002 Developer’s Handbooks with Paul Litwin and Mike Gunderloy, Visual Basic Language Developer’s Handbook with Mike Gilbert, and VBA Developer’s Handbook with Mike Gilbert (Sybex). He co-wrote several training courses for Application Developers Training Company (AppDev), including Visual Basic .NET, ASP.NET, Access 2000 and 97, Visual Basic 6, and Visual Basic 5. He has also recorded video training for AppDev covering VB .NET, ASP.NET, VB6, Access 2000, and Access 97. Ken is a frequent speaker at technical conferences and has spoken often at Microsoft’s TechEd conference. Ken also is a technical editor for Access-VB-SQL Advisor Magazine and a columnist for asp.netPRO Magazine and CoDe Magazine. You can reach Ken at keng@mcwtech.com.
Peter Greco, Regis University Peter Greco is the CIO at Regis University, a Jesuit university with locations across Colorado and in Las Vegas, Nevada. Peter has spent the past 19 years in higher education information technology settings, and currently oversees an IT operation that serves just under 17,000 students and just over 1000 faculty and staff. Regis University offers a variety of online degree programs to students located all over the U.S. and around the world, which demands a flexible, stable and secure environment for online academic delivery as well as for the delivery of online services that support each student''s education.
Robert Green, MCW Technologies Robert Green is a senior consultant with MCW Technologies, a Microsoft Certified Partner. Before joining MCW, Robert worked at Microsoft for 8 years, most recently as a Program Manager on the Visual Basic product team and previously as a Product Manager for Visual Studio, Visual Basic, Visual Studio Tools for Office, and Visual FoxPro. Prior to joining Microsoft, Robert was a Vice President and co-founder of The Information Management Group, a consulting and education services firm in Chicago. Robert has been a frequent speaker at technology conferences and user groups. Along with co-author Ken Getz, Robert co-authored AppDev’s Visual Studio 2005 and Windows Workflow Foundation courseware, and appears in the video training for these courses, as well.
Billy Hollis, Author Billy Hollis is co-author of the first book ever published on Visual Basic. NET, VB.NET Programming on the Public Beta, from Wrox Press, as well as numerous other books and articles on .NET. His most recent book is Fast Track Visual Basic .NET. He writes a monthly column for MSDN Online, and is heavily involved in training, consultation, and software development on the Microsoft .NET platform, focusing on smart-client development and commercial packages. He frequently speaks at industry conferences such as Microsoft’s Professional Developer Conference (PDC), TechEd, and Comdex. Billy is also a member of the INETA (International .NET Association of user groups) speaker’s bureau and speaks at user group meetings all over the country.
Dan Holme, Intelliem, Inc. A graduate of Yale University and Thunderbird, Dan has spent 15 years as a consultant and trainer, delivering solutions to tens of thousands of IT professionals from the most prestigious organizations and corporations around the world. Dan’s company, Intelliem, is a boutique consulting and training firm with a Fortune-caliber clientele and deep expertise and experience in Windows, Active Directory, and SharePoint. From his base in beautiful Maui, Dan travels around the globe supporting customers and delivering Microsoft technologies training. Dan is also a contributing editor for Windows IT Pro and SharePoint Pro Connections magazines, a Microsoft MVP (Windows Server Directory Services, 2007, and SharePoint Server, 2008-2010), and the community lead of SharePointProConnections.com. Dan most recent two books with Microsoft—the Windows Administration Resource Kit and the training kit for the 70-640 MCTS exam—are at the top of the bestseller list of Windows books. In early 2010, Dan was in Vancouver, British Columbia where he built SharePoint solutions to support the broadcast of the 2010 winter Olympics as the Microsoft Technologies Consultant for NBC Olympics, a role he also played in Beijing and previously in Torino.
Kristina Kerr, Microsoft Bio not available.
Nickolas Landry, Infusion Development Corporation Nickolas Landry is a Principal Architect and Practice Manager in New York for Infusion Development, a Microsoft Gold Partner which offers quality software development services, developer training and consulting services for large corporations and agencies in the North America, the UK and Dubai (www.infusion.com). Known for his dynamic and engaging style, he is a frequent speaker at major software development conferences worldwide, a member of both the INETA and the MSDN Canada Speakers Bureaus, a Microsoft MVP on Device Application Development, and a former Microsoft Regional Director in Montreal. He is the Vice-President of IASA New York (www.iasahome.org), and is a Founding Member of WWISA (www.wwisa.org). His primary goal is to help businesses connect their information, systems, and people together in a seamless integration to achieve complete enterprise agility. Aside from his work in designing business solution architectures using .NET technologies, Nick provides mentoring services in architecture, design and .NET development, authors and teaches .NET classes, performs system audits, and profiles technologies for various enterprise scenarios. With over 17 years of professional experience – starting with Visual Basic 1.0 – and a career almost entirely dedicated to Microsoft technologies, Nick specializes in .NET mobility, Bing Maps, SOA, architecture & design patterns, High-Performance Computing (HPC), game development with XNA, and smart clients. He wrote multiple articles for CODE Magazine and several .NET mobility courses for Microsoft, has been a technical editor for many books, and holds several professional certifications from Microsoft and IBM. Contact and blog: http://home.infusionblogs.com/nlandry.
Julie Lerman, The Data Farm Julie Lerman is a Microsoft MVP, .NET mentor and consultant who lives in the hills of Vermont. You can find Julie presenting on data access and other Microsoft .NET topics at user groups and conferences around the world. Julie blogs at thedatafarm.com/blog, is the author of the highly acclaimed "Programming Entity Framework (with a second edition coming soon) and authors the MSDN Magazine "Data Points" column. Follow Julie on twitter at julielerman.
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.
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.
Lawrence Liu, Microsoft Lawrence is responsible for the community strategy and execution plan for Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies and is the primary product group liaison for SharePoint MVPs and SharePoint Community Champions. He is the manager of the SharePoint Team Blog and is the founder and lead product manager of the shared source Community Kit for SharePoint project. He is currently focused on building stronger and more vibrant developer and IT pro communities around SharePoint and increasing the adoption of SharePoint for social networking and online community solutions.
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.
William Lyon, Microsoft Bio not available.
Ron Markezich, Chief Information Officer and Vice President of Managed Solutions, Microsoft As CIO and vice president of Managed Solutions at Microsoft Corp., Ron Markezich is responsible for delivering information technology (IT) services for Microsoft, as well as developing and delivering on new ways for customers to improve the operational efficiency and user productivity of their desktop environments. Under Markezich’s direction, his teams are responsible for increasing employee productivity through the use of Microsoft® technology, while significantly decreasing the cost of IT. His teams are also responsible for making these benefits available for Microsoft customers.
Markezich ensures that Microsoft’s IT infrastructure runs on Microsoft products before they are allowed to ship. In addition, by developing a managed solutions offering, his IT organization is able to get firsthand customer experiences designed to enhance product capabilities. His responsibilities also include protecting the security and privacy of the company’s digital assets, data and intellectual property. As well, Markezich is an accomplished public speaker and contributes to many CIO industry events and publications.
Before becoming CIO in May 2004, Markezich ran IT infrastructure and line-of-business application organizations inside Microsoft. During this time, the organizations that he led received numerous awards such as the CFO Magazine Best in Finance, Alexander Hamilton award for technology and Primus Luminary award.
Markezich joined Microsoft in 1998. Before that, he was at Accenture (formerly Andersen Consulting) in the Electronics & High Tech group, focusing on improving customer business operations through the use of technology.
Markezich has a bachelor of arts degree in management information systems from the University of Notre Dame.
Emer McKenna, HP Emer McKenna is a Senior Technology Consultant in HP’s Advanced Technology Group. Emer’s focus is on Microsoft’s communication and collaboration technologies including SharePoint, Live Communications Server, Exchange and Groove. She is the co-author of two books on SharePoint technologies: Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2001, and Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies - Planning, Design and Implementation.
Dustin Miller, SharePoint Experts Dustin Miller is the President and owner of SharePoint Experts (www.sharepointexperts.com), a leading provider of SharePoint Products and Technologies Training. He authored the first course devoted to SharePoint development and customization, the SharePoint Bootcamp (www.sharepointbootcamp.com), and also maintains two popular SharePoint Community sites, SharePoint University (www.sharepointu.com) and SharePoint Blogs (www.sharepointblogs.com). He lives in the Chicago suburbs with his wife Julie, his son Graham, and his White German Shepherd dog, Stella.
Ray Mohrman, Microsoft Bio not available.
Manu Namboordiri, Microsoft Bio not available.
Michael Noel, Convergent Computing Michael Noel, MCSE+I, CISSP, MVP, has been involved in the computer industry for nearly two decades, and has significant real-world experience helping organizations realize business value from Information Technology infrastructure. Michael has authored several major best-selling industry books translated into 7 languages with a total worldwide circulation of over 100,000 copies. Significant titles include SharePoint 2007 Unleashed, Exchange Server 2007 Unleashed, Windows Longhorn Unleashed, ISA Server 2006 Unleashed, SharePoint 2003 Unleashed, and many more. Currently a principal consultant at Convergent Computing in the San Francisco Bay area, Michael’s writings and worldwide public speaking experience leverage his real-world expertise designing, deploying, and administering IT infrastructure for his clients.
Joel Oleson Blogger, speaker, trainer, and IT evangelist, Joel is known worldwide in the SharePoint world for his prescriptive guidance based on his 7+ years at Microsoft with the SharePoint and IT teams. His background includes 12 years of industry experience on various Internet technologies. Joel’s passion and consulting experience with many Fortune 500 provide him with war stories he loves to tell. Joel loves to travel and speak on IT Pro topics at IT conferences globally, most recently this summer at Tech Ed US, Australia, New Zealand, and South East Asia. He’s happy to be a returning speaker at SharePoint Connections.
Kevin Pine, SharePoint Solutions Kevin Pine, vice-president of SharePoint Solutions is a consultant, trainer and author, writing articles, courseware and curriculum for SharePoint technologies. With his Web development experience, he turned to SharePoint and worked to develop strategies for branding portals and collaboration sites, as well as creating custom templates and site definitions. He authored the popular SharePoint training course for Web developers, Extreme Makeover: Portal Edition. In addition to teaching SharePoint branding, Kevin has completed numerous branding projects for companies such as MB Financial, Central Michigan University, and British Petroleum.
Diane Prescott, Microsoft Bio not available.
Asif Rehmani, SharePoint-eLearning.com Asif has been training and consulting on primarily SharePoint technologies since 2004. He is a SharePoint Server MVP and MCT. Asif provides online and in-person SharePoint training publicly and in private workshops. In addition to training, Asif also runs a SharePoint Videos website (http://www.sharepoint-videos.com) which provides dozens of SharePoint, SharePoint Designer and InfoPath video tutorials.
Over the years, Asif has been a speaker on SharePoint topics at several conferences including Microsoft’s TechEd, SharePoint Conference, SharePoint Connections, and Advisor Live. He is the co-author of the book Professional SharePoint Designer 2007 by Wrox publications (http://tinyurl.com/8tdsoq). Asif was the co-founder and is currently one of the active leaders of the Chicago SharePoint User Group (http://www.cspug.org)
Thomas Rizzo, Microsoft Tom Rizzo has worked at Microsoft for the past ten years in a variety of roles including in the Microsoft field sales force as a systems engineer, a variety of roles in Microsoft’s server products including Exchange Server, SharePoint, and BizTalk Server and most recently SQL Server. Tom is also the author of a series of Microsoft Press books including Programming Microsoft Outlook and Exchange, 3rd Edition (October 2003). You can reach Tom either via e-mail at thomriz@microsoft.com.
Adel Shrufi, Microsoft Adel is responsible for the server design and back-end components on the Knowledge Network team. He also designed and authored the Knowledge Network SDK. Adel’s responsibilities include serving as the primary customer liaison and managing the Knowledge Network TAP program. He is currently focused on building stronger ties with the developer community to build solutions that leverage the Knowledge Network platform and increase adoption within enterprises.
Bil Simser, Independent Consultant Bil Simser lives and works in Alberta, Canada, as an independent Solutions Architect Consultant. He specializes in .NET, Agile, TDD, and is the only Microsoft MVP for SharePoint Portal Server in Canada. He has been in software development for over 15 years and has helped build many large-scale mission critical systems along the way. Bil has been involved with Microsoft''''''''s .NET platform since the early betas and has a deep passion for Architecture and Software Design. He runs several successful open-source projects, creates tools and add-ons for both the SharePoint and gaming world, and participates in the .NET, Agile, and SharePoint communities through participation in numerous online forums, newsgroups and mailing lists. He is also a member of the MSDN Canada Speakers Bureau and speaks frequently at user groups and technical events around the world.
Douglas R. Spindler, Pacific IT Professionals Douglas R. Spindler has been an independent consultant for more than 20 years in the San Francisco Bay Area. He loves solving computer networking problems and coming up with innovative solutions using Microsoft products. When not solving client’s problems, Douglas runs an independent product testing lab and is President of the San Francisco Networking Technologies Users Group. He has authored numerous articles, lectures at trade events and teaches at a local college. He graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with a degree in Micro-cell - Developmental Biology and holds many certifications including an MCSE + Internet and is a Microsoft MVP.
Maarten Struys, PTS Software Maarten Struys is responsible for the Real-Time and Embedded Competence Centre at PTS Software in The Netherlands. Maarten is an experienced developer, having worked with Windows CE since its introduction. Maarten has worked with managed code in Microsoft .NET (Compact Framework) environments since 2000. He is a well-known speaker at European and U.S. conferences like MEDC, and hosts MSDN Webcasts on a regular basis, covering a variety of .NET Compact Framework related topics. Maarten is also a freelance journalist who writes for the two leading magazines about embedded systems development in the Netherlands. Maarten is a frequent contributor to the Microsoft embedded newsgroups and member of the www.opennetcf.org advisory board. Maarten’s Web site, www.dotnetfordevices.com, is loaded with information about using .NET in the embedded world.
Joe Sullivan, HP Joe Sullivan is a senior solutions engineer for HP in the Microsoft Solutions Alliance Engineering organization. Joe is responsible for performance testing, characterization and solutions development to help HP customers with their Microsoft Exchange deployments. Over the past few years, Joe has had a primary focus on sizing and profiling work for Microsoft Exchange on the HP BladeSystem. Joe has been a speaker at numerous conferences and frequently writes white papers that are published to HP''s ActiveAnswers document portal.
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.
Peter Vogel, PH V Information Services Peter Vogel (MBA, MCSD) is a principal in PH&V Information Services. PH&V provides consulting services in application development using .NET, specializing in ASP.NET, XML, object development, and relational database design. PH&V clients include Volvo, Christie Digital, the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, and Microsoft. Peter’s white papers appeared in the Visual Studio .NET and Office 2003 release package. He also did extensive work on XML in Office 2003. Peter is the ASP.NET columnist for Visual Studio Magazine and is author of Professional Web Parts and Custom Controls for ASP.NET 2.0 for Wrox. He also wrote The Visual Basic Object and Component Handbook (Prentice Hall), which has been called “The definitive guide to ‘thinking with objects’”. Peter is the editor of the leading newsletter for building database-driven applications and was the founding editor of the XML Developer newsletter. In addition to teaching for Learning Tree International, Peter wrote their ASP.NET and technical writing courses. His articles have appeared in every major magazine devoted to VB-based development and can be found in the Microsoft Developer Network libraries. Peter lives in Goderich, Ontario, Canada and presents at conferences all over the world, most recently at the Access National User Group Seminar in England where he was the keynote speaker.
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.
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.
Jeff Wierer, Microsoft Jeff Wierer is a Sr. Product Manager on the Microsoft Office SharePoint Server team. Jeff started at Microsoft in 1998 as a Consultant within Microsoft Consulting Services. His previous roles at Microsoft were as the Technical Product Manager for Exchange Server and as a Sr. Technical Product Manager within the Microsoft Business Process and Integration Division where he worked on the vision, strategy and requirements for BizTalk Server.
Bernard Wong, Independent Consultant For over fifteen years with Microsoft, Bernard created and delivered presentations and demonstrations at numerous developer conferences, executive keynotes, trade shows, user groups, product briefings and other events across North America, Europe, and Asia. After all this time, he has finally found his independent voice and is forging his own path working with developers. Prior to joining Microsoft, Bernard worked as a consulting engineer, programmer, and general music industry lackey--a role which he hopes to return to some day. In his spare time, he can be found programming a wide array of synthesizers and other electronic music instruments (both virtual and classic). You can find out more about his activities at www.subliminaleffect.com.
Bio not available.
Judah Aspler was a key member of the product and sales engineering teams at Whale Communications, a Microsoft subsidiary acquired as part of the company’s long-term vision to integrate SSL VPN and Web application protection into its secure access strategy. As an SSP covering the North Central and Canada regions, Judah continues to work closely with customers and partners, providing extensive knowledge of the issues organizations address as they move to extend secure, remote access to SharePoint and other applications.
Todd began working with WSS and SPS in the beta stages of the products, in 2003. He has architected and implemented intranets, extranets, wireless deployments, and several custom applications with the WSS and SPS platforms. Todd created the first SharePoint advanced development training curriculum in the training industry for Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2003 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007. Two versions in a row, Todd broke ground in the training industry by being the first to offer advanced developr training for SharePoint! Todd speaks at many SharePoint conferences including the Microsoft SharePoint Conference, Microsoft TechEd, and SharePoint Connections. He has also spoken at Microsoft events at the Microsoft offices in both Denver, Colorado and Minneapolis, Minnesota. He has also presented several sessions at the Rocky Mountain SharePoint User’s Group.
Darrin Bishop is an author and technology evangelist focusing on Microsoft SharePoint Technologies. Darrin is a product evangelist for KnowledgeLake, a St. Louis-based Microsoft Gold Partner focusing on SharePoint Technologies, ECM, document imaging and workflow. He is the author of The Rational Guide to Building SharePoint Web Parts published by Rational Press. Darrin has been working with SharePoint Technologies since the release of SharePoint Portal Server 2001.
With over a decade of Microsoft-centric software development in his wake, Todd C. Bleeker, Ph.D., is regarded as an innovative, resourceful, and competitive technologist with an intense desire to excel. Recently, Todd joined forces with Bill English to grow Mindsharp , a high-quality training company.
Kintan Brahmbhatt is a Program Manager in the Unified Communications Group at Microsoft. His areas of expertise include communication and collaboration technologies, manageability, compliance and security. In his most current role at Microsoft, Kintan is designing and driving features of Microsoft Office Communications Server. Prior to joining Microsoft, Kintan was the founder and CEO of Securamed Corporation, a healthcare communication company. He frequently writes about technology and design on his blog, 
Andrew Connell is an author, instructor and co-founder of Critical Path Training (
Gert Drapers is a Software Architect in the SQL Server Development group at Microsoft. As a member of the SQL Server Customer Advisory Team, he is involved in providing architecture design guidance and performance tuning for the largest and most challenging SQL Server deployments in the world. Gert brings extensive experience in the areas of application development, database management, data loading, and performance tuning of VLDB environments. Prior to his current position, Gert was working as Software Architect in the .NET Developer Division, responsible for the design and development of the next generation transaction manager and programming model. He started working on SQL Server in 1988 while working for Ashton-Tate. He joined Microsoft in 1991 where he held various development positions within the Developer Relation Group and Microsoft Consulting Services before joining the SQL Server development team in 1996. Gert worked on both SQL Server 7.0 and 2000; first as Software Design Engineer in the SQL Server Storage Engine and later as the Product Unit Manager of the SQL Server Management Tools team and as Architect of SQL Server DTS.
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 
An author and educator specializing in SharePoint products and technologies, Bill English (MCSE, MCSA, MVP) is an industry leader on this exciting product from Microsoft. Bill is the principle author on the SharePoint Products and Technologies Resource Kit published by Microsoft Press and regularly conducts private corporate training events for companies of all sizes. In addition, Bill has either authored or co-authored a total of nine books. Bill is the co-owner of Mindsharp (
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 
Matt Fangman is a Principal Technology Architect with Microsoft and focuses on Microsoft Portal and Search technologies. Matt has been with Microsoft for 8 years and has held a variety of responsibilities including Program Management, Services Consulting, and his most recent role as a lead pre-sales engineer. Matt is currently engaged with several large SharePoint 2007 Technology Adoption Program customers on their architecture and implementations providing feedback to the product team. Matt currently lives in Denver, Colorado.
Ken Getz is a senior consultant with MCW Technologies and splits his time between programming, writing, and training. He specializes in tools and applications written in Visual Studio .NET and Visual Basic. Ken has written many technical books, including ASP.NET Developers Jumpstart (Addison-Wesley) with Paul D. Sheriff, and is co-author of several best selling books, including Access 2002 Developer’s Handbooks with Paul Litwin and Mike Gunderloy, Visual Basic Language Developer’s Handbook with Mike Gilbert, and VBA Developer’s Handbook with Mike Gilbert (Sybex). He co-wrote several training courses for Application Developers Training Company (AppDev), including Visual Basic .NET, ASP.NET, Access 2000 and 97, Visual Basic 6, and Visual Basic 5. He has also recorded video training for AppDev covering VB .NET, ASP.NET, VB6, Access 2000, and Access 97. Ken is a frequent speaker at technical conferences and has spoken often at Microsoft’s TechEd conference. Ken also is a technical editor for Access-VB-SQL Advisor Magazine and a columnist for asp.netPRO Magazine and CoDe Magazine. You can reach Ken at keng@mcwtech.com.
Peter Greco is the CIO at Regis University, a Jesuit university with locations across Colorado and in Las Vegas, Nevada. Peter has spent the past 19 years in higher education information technology settings, and currently oversees an IT operation that serves just under 17,000 students and just over 1000 faculty and staff. Regis University offers a variety of online degree programs to students located all over the U.S. and around the world, which demands a flexible, stable and secure environment for online academic delivery as well as for the delivery of online services that support each student''s education.
Robert Green is a senior consultant with MCW Technologies, a Microsoft Certified Partner. Before joining MCW, Robert worked at Microsoft for 8 years, most recently as a Program Manager on the Visual Basic product team and previously as a Product Manager for Visual Studio, Visual Basic, Visual Studio Tools for Office, and Visual FoxPro. Prior to joining Microsoft, Robert was a Vice President and co-founder of The Information Management Group, a consulting and education services firm in Chicago. Robert has been a frequent speaker at technology conferences and user groups. Along with co-author Ken Getz, Robert co-authored AppDev’s Visual Studio 2005 and Windows Workflow Foundation courseware, and appears in the video training for these courses, as well.
Billy Hollis is co-author of the first book ever published on Visual Basic. NET, VB.NET Programming on the Public Beta, from Wrox Press, as well as numerous other books and articles on .NET. His most recent book is Fast Track Visual Basic .NET. He writes a monthly column for MSDN Online, and is heavily involved in training, consultation, and software development on the Microsoft .NET platform, focusing on smart-client development and commercial packages. He frequently speaks at industry conferences such as Microsoft’s Professional Developer Conference (PDC), TechEd, and Comdex. Billy is also a member of the INETA (International .NET Association of user groups) speaker’s bureau and speaks at user group meetings all over the country.
A graduate of Yale University and Thunderbird, Dan has spent 15 years as a consultant and trainer, delivering solutions to tens of thousands of IT professionals from the most prestigious organizations and corporations around the world. Dan’s company, Intelliem, is a boutique consulting and training firm with a Fortune-caliber clientele and deep expertise and experience in Windows, Active Directory, and SharePoint. From his base in beautiful Maui, Dan travels around the globe supporting customers and delivering Microsoft technologies training. Dan is also a contributing editor for Windows IT Pro and SharePoint Pro Connections magazines, a Microsoft MVP (Windows Server Directory Services, 2007, and SharePoint Server, 2008-2010), and the community lead of SharePointProConnections.com. Dan most recent two books with Microsoft—the Windows Administration Resource Kit and the training kit for the 70-640 MCTS exam—are at the top of the bestseller list of Windows books. In early 2010, Dan was in Vancouver, British Columbia where he built SharePoint solutions to support the broadcast of the 2010 winter Olympics as the Microsoft Technologies Consultant for NBC Olympics, a role he also played in Beijing and previously in Torino.
Nickolas Landry is a Principal Architect and Practice Manager in New York for Infusion Development, a Microsoft Gold Partner which offers quality software development services, developer training and consulting services for large corporations and agencies in the North America, the UK and Dubai (
Julie Lerman is a Microsoft MVP, .NET mentor and consultant who lives in the hills of Vermont. You can find Julie presenting on data access and other Microsoft .NET topics at user groups and conferences around the world. Julie blogs at 
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: 
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 (
Lawrence is responsible for the community strategy and execution plan for Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies and is the primary product group liaison for SharePoint MVPs and SharePoint Community Champions. He is the manager of the 
Juval Lowy is a software architect and the principal of IDesign (
As CIO and vice president of Managed Solutions at Microsoft Corp., Ron Markezich is responsible for delivering information technology (IT) services for Microsoft, as well as developing and delivering on new ways for customers to improve the operational efficiency and user productivity of their desktop environments. Under Markezich’s direction, his teams are responsible for increasing employee productivity through the use of Microsoft® technology, while significantly decreasing the cost of IT. His teams are also responsible for making these benefits available for Microsoft customers. 
Emer McKenna is a Senior Technology Consultant in HP’s Advanced Technology Group. Emer’s focus is on Microsoft’s communication and collaboration technologies including SharePoint, Live Communications Server, Exchange and Groove. She is the co-author of two books on SharePoint technologies: Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2001, and Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies - Planning, Design and Implementation.
Dustin Miller is the President and owner of SharePoint Experts (
Michael Noel, MCSE+I, CISSP, MVP, has been involved in the computer industry for nearly two decades, and has significant real-world experience helping organizations realize business value from Information Technology infrastructure. Michael has authored several major best-selling industry books translated into 7 languages with a total worldwide circulation of over 100,000 copies. Significant titles include SharePoint 2007 Unleashed, Exchange Server 2007 Unleashed, Windows Longhorn Unleashed, ISA Server 2006 Unleashed, SharePoint 2003 Unleashed, and many more. Currently a principal consultant at Convergent Computing in the San Francisco Bay area, Michael’s writings and worldwide public speaking experience leverage his real-world expertise designing, deploying, and administering IT infrastructure for his clients.
Blogger, speaker, trainer, and IT evangelist, Joel is known worldwide in the SharePoint world for his prescriptive guidance based on his 7+ years at Microsoft with the SharePoint and IT teams. His background includes 12 years of industry experience on various Internet technologies. Joel’s passion and consulting experience with many Fortune 500 provide him with war stories he loves to tell. Joel loves to travel and speak on IT Pro topics at IT conferences globally, most recently this summer at Tech Ed US, Australia, New Zealand, and South East Asia. He’s happy to be a returning speaker at SharePoint Connections.
Kevin Pine, vice-president of SharePoint Solutions is a consultant, trainer and author, writing articles, courseware and curriculum for SharePoint technologies. With his Web development experience, he turned to SharePoint and worked to develop strategies for branding portals and collaboration sites, as well as creating custom templates and site definitions. He authored the popular SharePoint training course for Web developers, Extreme Makeover: Portal Edition. In addition to teaching SharePoint branding, Kevin has completed numerous branding projects for companies such as MB Financial, Central Michigan University, and British Petroleum.
Asif has been training and consulting on primarily SharePoint technologies since 2004. He is a SharePoint Server MVP and MCT. Asif provides online and in-person SharePoint training publicly and in private workshops. In addition to training, Asif also runs a SharePoint Videos website (
Tom Rizzo has worked at Microsoft for the past ten years in a variety of roles including in the Microsoft field sales force as a systems engineer, a variety of roles in Microsoft’s server products including Exchange Server, SharePoint, and BizTalk Server and most recently SQL Server. Tom is also the author of a series of Microsoft Press books including Programming Microsoft Outlook and Exchange, 3rd Edition (October 2003). You can reach Tom either via e-mail at thomriz@microsoft.com.
Bil Simser lives and works in Alberta, Canada, as an independent Solutions Architect Consultant. He specializes in .NET, Agile, TDD, and is the only Microsoft MVP for SharePoint Portal Server in Canada. He has been in software development for over 15 years and has helped build many large-scale mission critical systems along the way. Bil has been involved with Microsoft''''''''s .NET platform since the early betas and has a deep passion for Architecture and Software Design. He runs several successful open-source projects, creates tools and add-ons for both the SharePoint and gaming world, and participates in the .NET, Agile, and SharePoint communities through participation in numerous online forums, newsgroups and mailing lists. He is also a member of the MSDN Canada Speakers Bureau and speaks frequently at user groups and technical events around the world.
Douglas R. Spindler has been an independent consultant for more than 20 years in the San Francisco Bay Area. He loves solving computer networking problems and coming up with innovative solutions using Microsoft products. When not solving client’s problems, Douglas runs an independent product testing lab and is President of the San Francisco Networking Technologies Users Group. He has authored numerous articles, lectures at trade events and teaches at a local college. He graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with a degree in Micro-cell - Developmental Biology and holds many certifications including an MCSE + Internet and is a Microsoft MVP.
Maarten Struys is responsible for the Real-Time and Embedded Competence Centre at PTS Software in The Netherlands. Maarten is an experienced developer, having worked with Windows CE since its introduction. Maarten has worked with managed code in Microsoft .NET (Compact Framework) environments since 2000. He is a well-known speaker at European and U.S. conferences like MEDC, and hosts MSDN Webcasts on a regular basis, covering a variety of .NET Compact Framework related topics. Maarten is also a freelance journalist who writes for the two leading magazines about embedded systems development in the Netherlands. Maarten is a frequent contributor to the Microsoft embedded newsgroups and member of the 
Joe Sullivan is a senior solutions engineer for HP in the Microsoft Solutions Alliance Engineering organization. Joe is responsible for performance testing, characterization and solutions development to help HP customers with their Microsoft Exchange deployments. Over the past few years, Joe has had a primary focus on sizing and profiling work for Microsoft Exchange on the HP BladeSystem. Joe has been a speaker at numerous conferences and frequently writes white papers that are published to HP''s ActiveAnswers document portal.
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. 
Peter Vogel (MBA, MCSD) is a principal in PH&V Information Services. PH&V provides consulting services in application development using .NET, specializing in ASP.NET, XML, object development, and relational database design. PH&V clients include Volvo, Christie Digital, the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, and Microsoft. Peter’s white papers appeared in the Visual Studio .NET and Office 2003 release package. He also did extensive work on XML in Office 2003. Peter is the ASP.NET columnist for Visual Studio Magazine and is author of Professional Web Parts and Custom Controls for ASP.NET 2.0 for Wrox. He also wrote The Visual Basic Object and Component Handbook (Prentice Hall), which has been called “The definitive guide to ‘thinking with objects’”. Peter is the editor of the leading newsletter for building database-driven applications and was the founding editor of the XML Developer newsletter. In addition to teaching for Learning Tree International, Peter wrote their ASP.NET and technical writing courses. His articles have appeared in every major magazine devoted to VB-based development and can be found in the Microsoft Developer Network libraries. Peter lives in Goderich, Ontario, Canada and presents at conferences all over the world, most recently at the Access National User Group Seminar in England where he was the keynote speaker.
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 (
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 
Jeff Wierer is a Sr. Product Manager on the Microsoft Office SharePoint Server team. Jeff started at Microsoft in 1998 as a Consultant within Microsoft Consulting Services. His previous roles at Microsoft were as the Technical Product Manager for Exchange Server and as a Sr. Technical Product Manager within the Microsoft Business Process and Integration Division where he worked on the vision, strategy and requirements for BizTalk Server.
For over fifteen years with Microsoft, Bernard created and delivered presentations and demonstrations at numerous developer conferences, executive keynotes, trade shows, user groups, product briefings and other events across North America, Europe, and Asia. After all this time, he has finally found his independent voice and is forging his own path working with developers. Prior to joining Microsoft, Bernard worked as a consulting engineer, programmer, and general music industry lackey--a role which he hopes to return to some day. In his spare time, he can be found programming a wide array of synthesizers and other electronic music instruments (both virtual and classic). You can find out more about his activities at