Sessions and Speakers are subject to change without notice
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.
Jill Frank, Microsoft Jill Frank is a technical writing lead at Microsoft, authoring content for Exchange Server. She is currently focused on writing about deploying Exchange in various topologies, and about administrator tasks specific to mailbox servers. She has worked on the Exchange team at Microsoft since January of 2000. Prior to her technical writing work, she focused on stress testing, performance analysis, and customer simulation testing of Exchange 2000 Server and Exchange Server 2003.
Michael Gaines, Zantaz, Inc. Michael Gaines has twenty years of experience in the information technology market spanning engineering, product management, sales and marketing roles. He is responsible for the strategic planning, product management and product marketing of the ZANTAZ Enterprise Archive Solution product line.
Devin L. Ganger Devin L. Ganger is a technical writer and analyst. He has more than 10 years of experience managing Windows and UNIX systems, with a focus on messaging, DNS, and security. Devin is co-author of the Exchange Server Cookbook (O’Reilly and Associates), the Solution Accelerator for Exchange Consolidation and Migration, and the Planning Guide for the Solution Accelerator for Enterprise Messaging.
Robert Ginsburg, CSI Outfitters As Chief Technology Officer for the Microsoft Practice at CSI Outfitters (http://csi-plus.com/) , Robert Ginsburg directs the division’s portfolio with an eye toward innovation and simplicity. With more than 20 years experience in the technology industry, Ginsburg is responsible for managing CSI’s Microsoft-based technology decisions and architecture. Mr. Ginsburg works with various product groups to help shepherd customers through early-adopter programs in addition to deploying SharePoint offerings in large-scale integrated and collaborative environments. As someone who is always among the first to build collaborative applications based on emerging Microsoft technologies, Robert Ginsburg is a recognized leader in the Microsoft solutions market. His pioneering efforts in architecting collaborative Microsoft .NET solutions have recently played a vital role in developing the Version3 Web Services application architecture, which includes the ability to enable existing collaborative applications with Web services interfaces. Mr. Ginsburg’s past projects include developing and delivering extensive training for SharePoint JDP customers as well as the US SharePoint Airlift. Robert holds a bachelor degree in physics and has a wide range of industry certifications.
Chris Greer Chris Greer is a Senior Network Analyst and Trainer for Network Protocol Specialists, LLC. With over 6 years of experience, Chris has in-depth knowledge in network troubleshooting and analysis. Prior to joining Network Protocol Specialists, Chris held various positions at Fluke Networks, including top-level technical support and network engineering. Chris has served as the Troubleshooting and Analysis Team Lead for the InterOp Event Network for five consecutive years, responsible for all troubleshooting teams and analysis vendors. During this time, he has worked with many analysis companies and their tools, including Fluke Networks, Spirent, 3Com, Computer Associates, Extreme Networks, Gigamon Systems, ClearSight, and more.
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.
Mike Ireland, HP Mike Ireland is an engineer for HP’s Managed Services group. He has been working with messaging systems for more than 14 years. His main focus has been providing architecture and engineering support internally for HP as well as for HP’s managed messaging customers that use Microsoft Exchange.
Missy Koslosky, Quest Software Missy Koslosky is a product manager in the Windows Management group at Quest Software and has been an Exchange MVP since 1999. Missy has managed Exchange Server organizations for the federal government, designed Exchange architectures for an ASP, and worked as a consultant, helping organizations architect and deploy both Exchange and Active Directory (AD). Missy is a coauthor of the Exchange Cookbook (O’Reilly, forthcoming 2005); has edited various books on Exchange for Microsoft Press, O’Reilly, Digital Press, and Sybex; and has written numerous Microsoft white papers including Supporting Regulatory Compliance with Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, Integrated Solutions for Regulatory Compliance with Windows Server Technologies, and the Solution Accelerator for Exchange Migration and Consolidation.
Kevin Laahs, HP Kevin Laahs is a technology strategist with HP Enterprise Services. His focus is on messaging and collaboration technologies, and he helps HP clients worldwide to plan, design and implement infrastructures that support their business needs. He presents regularly at industry conferences and contributes articles to several publications. He is co-author of four books on SharePoint; the latest is Microsoft SharePoint 2010 All In One For Dummies (Wiley)
Rhonda Layfield, Consultant/Trainer Rhonda Layfield began her network support career in 1982 serving in the US Navy, where she worked for 7 years in communications with a top secret clearance. Since then, she has spent her time alternating between consulting (including a network support role at Microsoft in PSS Networking) and training (currently teaching MCSE bootcamps). Some of her clients include Dow Jones, the US Airforce, the US Army, IBM, Bank of America, Duke Energy, Wachovia, Bell Atlantic, and EDS. She is currently an NT/ 2000/2003 MCSE, MCSE:Security, MCT, and CCNA.
Jim McBee, Ithicos Solutions Jim McBee is an MCT and an Exchange MVP based in Honolulu, Hawaii. He’s an Exchange consultant, trainer, and writer. His clients include the US military and Microsoft. He’s a regular speaker and trainer at events around the United States and Asia, the author of the Sybex Exchange 24seven series, and a regular contributor to Exchange & Outlook Administrator. In his free time, he’s the guy on Waikiki beach with a surfboard, laptop, and chilidog.
Kieran McCorry, HP Kieran McCorry is a Technology Strategist in HP’s EDS CTO Office and a Microsoft Certified Architect. Kieran has worked extensively with the planning, design, and implementation of messaging and information management infrastructures for many of HP’s largest worldwide customers. A frequent speaker at Microsoft Exchange Conferences, Microsoft TechEd, HP World, and Exchange Connections Conference, Kieran writes for the Exchange and Outlook Administrator Newsletter and is a regular contributor to Windows ITPro magazine. He is author of four books on messaging technology. Kieran holds degrees in Law (First Class) and in Computer Science and is currently pursuing a Masters degree in Corporate Governance Law.
Morgan McGraw, Microsoft Bio not available.
Microsoft, Microsoft program managers, architects, evangelists, developers, and product managers will present this session. The specific speaker will be assigned closer to the conference date.
Sue Mosher, Turtleflock LLC Sue Mosher is an independent consultant, working mainly on Outlook development and deployment issues and helping expand the universe of Outlook programmers through her Web site at http://www.outlookcode.com and her book Microsoft Outlook Programming: Jumpstart for Administrators, Developers, and Power Users (Digital Press). Her firm, Turtleflock LLC, operates from Arlington, Virginia. She has earned recognition as a Microsoft MVP every year since 1994. Her latest book is Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003.
Jeremy Moskowitz, Moskowitz, Inc. Jeremy Moskowitz a Group Policy MVP and is the Chief Propeller-Head for Moskowitz, inc. and GPanswers.com. He is one of less than a dozen Microsoft MVPs in Group Policy. Since becoming one of the world''''s first MCSEs in both NT and 2000, he has performed Windows NT, Active Directory, and Group Policy planning and implementations for some of the nation''''s largest organizations. His latest books are Group Policy Fundamentals, Security, and Troubleshooting and Creating the Secure Managed Desktop: Group Policy, SoftGrid, and Microsoft Deployment and Management Tools. Learn more about the books and download eChapters at www.GPanswers.com/books. GPanswers.com was ranked as one of "The 20 most useful Microsoft sites for IT professionals" by ComputerWorld magazine.
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.
Peter ODowd, Blade/Wadeware Peter is a Windows Server MVP for Exchange Server. He is well known and respected worldwide and often utilized by Microsoft to train the trainers in Windows Server products. He was recently contracted by Wadeware LLC (http://wadeware.net) to develop labs for the internal Microsoft course "Exchange Server Support Best Practices" and has delivered the material to MCS Premier Support and selected customers on five continents.
Peter works for Blade (http://www.blade.net.nz), a New Zealand company, and is a regular presenter for events such as TechEd and Connections around the globe. Peter specializes in Exchange Server 2007, Security, and Active Directory. He has been heard to say “give me a wet piece of string, and I’ll get mail going across it!”. Peter has designed and installed all versions of Exchange Server since when it was called MS Mail.
Peter says, "The versions change, the products are updated, but the core essentials and best practices often remain the same." Enjoy the stories from an experienced professional and learn about Exchange Server 2010 the same time.
Tony Redmond, HP Tony Redmond is the Vice President, Innovation and Community, Enterprise Services CTO Office at HP. He is responsible for the technology strategy and leadership of HP Services, including the development of the HP Services technology community, including overseeing the implementation of the Technical Career Path (TCP), Professions, and advancing a knowledge culture within HP Services. He is responsible for driving a common R&D and technology leadership across the HP Services business units. Tony is the Security Lead for HP and manages the HP Security Office, which is responsible for setting the strategy and direction for HP’s security initiative and coordinating activities across all business units.
Paul Robichaux Paul Robichaux is an Exchange MVP, a content author for Acuitus, and a senior contributing editor for Windows IT Pro magazine. In addition to writing and consulting on unified communications topics, he teaches the unified messaging portion of the Microsoft Certified Master | Exchange class and is learning to fly.
Scott Schnoll Scott Schnoll (MCT, MCSE, MCSA) is a technical writing lead on the Exchange User Education team at Microsoft, where he authors content focusing on Exchange Server, including topics such as clustering, high-availability, storage and performance. He is a frequent speaker at major industry conferences such as Microsoft Tech-Ed, Microsoft IT Forum, and Comdex. Prior to joining Microsoft, Scott wrote Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Distilled (Addison-Wesley, 2004) and he was the lead author of Exchange 2000 Server: The Complete Reference (Osborne McGraw-Hill, 2000). Scott is a former long-time Microsoft MVP for Exchange Server, Windows, and Rights Management Services.
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.
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.
Jill Frank is a technical writing lead at Microsoft, authoring content for Exchange Server. She is currently focused on writing about deploying Exchange in various topologies, and about administrator tasks specific to mailbox servers. She has worked on the Exchange team at Microsoft since January of 2000. Prior to her technical writing work, she focused on stress testing, performance analysis, and customer simulation testing of Exchange 2000 Server and Exchange Server 2003.
Michael Gaines has twenty years of experience in the information technology market spanning engineering, product management, sales and marketing roles. He is responsible for the strategic planning, product management and product marketing of the ZANTAZ Enterprise Archive Solution product line.
Devin L. Ganger is a technical writer and analyst. He has more than 10 years of experience managing Windows and UNIX systems, with a focus on messaging, DNS, and security. Devin is co-author of the Exchange Server Cookbook (O’Reilly and Associates), the Solution Accelerator for Exchange Consolidation and Migration, and the Planning Guide for the Solution Accelerator for Enterprise Messaging.
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Chris Greer is a Senior Network Analyst and Trainer for Network Protocol Specialists, LLC. With over 6 years of experience, Chris has in-depth knowledge in network troubleshooting and analysis. Prior to joining Network Protocol Specialists, Chris held various positions at Fluke Networks, including top-level technical support and network engineering. Chris has served as the Troubleshooting and Analysis Team Lead for the InterOp Event Network for five consecutive years, responsible for all troubleshooting teams and analysis vendors. During this time, he has worked with many analysis companies and their tools, including Fluke Networks, Spirent, 3Com, Computer Associates, Extreme Networks, Gigamon Systems, ClearSight, and more.
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.
Mike Ireland is an engineer for HP’s Managed Services group. He has been working with messaging systems for more than 14 years. His main focus has been providing architecture and engineering support internally for HP as well as for HP’s managed messaging customers that use Microsoft Exchange.
Missy Koslosky is a product manager in the Windows Management group at Quest Software and has been an Exchange MVP since 1999. Missy has managed Exchange Server organizations for the federal government, designed Exchange architectures for an ASP, and worked as a consultant, helping organizations architect and deploy both Exchange and Active Directory (AD). Missy is a coauthor of the Exchange Cookbook (O’Reilly, forthcoming 2005); has edited various books on Exchange for Microsoft Press, O’Reilly, Digital Press, and Sybex; and has written numerous Microsoft white papers including Supporting Regulatory Compliance with Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, Integrated Solutions for Regulatory Compliance with Windows Server Technologies, and the Solution Accelerator for Exchange Migration and Consolidation.
Kevin Laahs is a technology strategist with HP Enterprise Services. His focus is on messaging and collaboration technologies, and he helps HP clients worldwide to plan, design and implement infrastructures that support their business needs. He presents regularly at industry conferences and contributes articles to several publications. He is co-author of four books on SharePoint; the latest is Microsoft SharePoint 2010 All In One For Dummies (Wiley)
Rhonda Layfield began her network support career in 1982 serving in the US Navy, where she worked for 7 years in communications with a top secret clearance. Since then, she has spent her time alternating between consulting (including a network support role at Microsoft in PSS Networking) and training (currently teaching MCSE bootcamps). Some of her clients include Dow Jones, the US Airforce, the US Army, IBM, Bank of America, Duke Energy, Wachovia, Bell Atlantic, and EDS. She is currently an NT/ 2000/2003 MCSE, MCSE:Security, MCT, and CCNA.
Jim McBee is an MCT and an Exchange MVP based in Honolulu, Hawaii. He’s an Exchange consultant, trainer, and writer. His clients include the US military and Microsoft. He’s a regular speaker and trainer at events around the United States and Asia, the author of the Sybex Exchange 24seven series, and a regular contributor to Exchange & Outlook Administrator. In his free time, he’s the guy on Waikiki beach with a surfboard, laptop, and chilidog.
Kieran McCorry is a Technology Strategist in HP’s EDS CTO Office and a Microsoft Certified Architect. Kieran has worked extensively with the planning, design, and implementation of messaging and information management infrastructures for many of HP’s largest worldwide customers. A frequent speaker at Microsoft Exchange Conferences, Microsoft TechEd, HP World, and Exchange Connections Conference, Kieran writes for the Exchange and Outlook Administrator Newsletter and is a regular contributor to Windows ITPro magazine. He is author of four books on messaging technology. Kieran holds degrees in Law (First Class) and in Computer Science and is currently pursuing a Masters degree in Corporate Governance Law.
Bio not available.
Microsoft program managers, architects, evangelists, developers, and product managers will present this session. The specific speaker will be assigned closer to the conference date.
Sue Mosher is an independent consultant, working mainly on Outlook development and deployment issues and helping expand the universe of Outlook programmers through her Web site at 
Jeremy Moskowitz a Group Policy MVP and is the Chief Propeller-Head for Moskowitz, inc. and GPanswers.com. He is one of less than a dozen Microsoft MVPs in Group Policy. Since becoming one of the world''''s first MCSEs in both NT and 2000, he has performed Windows NT, Active Directory, and Group Policy planning and implementations for some of the nation''''s largest organizations. His latest books are Group Policy Fundamentals, Security, and Troubleshooting and Creating the Secure Managed Desktop: Group Policy, SoftGrid, and Microsoft Deployment and Management Tools. Learn more about the books and download eChapters at 
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.
Peter is a Windows Server MVP for Exchange Server. He is well known and respected worldwide and often utilized by Microsoft to train the trainers in Windows Server products. He was recently contracted by Wadeware LLC (http://wadeware.net) to develop labs for the internal Microsoft course "Exchange Server Support Best Practices" and has delivered the material to MCS Premier Support and selected customers on five continents.
Tony Redmond is the Vice President, Innovation and Community, Enterprise Services CTO Office at HP. He is responsible for the technology strategy and leadership of HP Services, including the development of the HP Services technology community, including overseeing the implementation of the Technical Career Path (TCP), Professions, and advancing a knowledge culture within HP Services. He is responsible for driving a common R&D and technology leadership across the HP Services business units. Tony is the Security Lead for HP and manages the HP Security Office, which is responsible for setting the strategy and direction for HP’s security initiative and coordinating activities across all business units.
Paul Robichaux is an Exchange MVP, a content author for Acuitus, and a senior contributing editor for Windows IT Pro magazine. In addition to writing and consulting on unified communications topics, he teaches the unified messaging portion of the Microsoft Certified Master | Exchange class and is learning to fly.
Scott Schnoll (MCT, MCSE, MCSA) is a technical writing lead on the Exchange User Education team at Microsoft, where he authors content focusing on Exchange Server, including topics such as clustering, high-availability, storage and performance. He is a frequent speaker at major industry conferences such as Microsoft Tech-Ed, Microsoft IT Forum, and Comdex. Prior to joining Microsoft, Scott wrote Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Distilled (Addison-Wesley, 2004) and he was the lead author of Exchange 2000 Server: The Complete Reference (Osborne McGraw-Hill, 2000). Scott is a former long-time Microsoft MVP for Exchange Server, Windows, and Rights Management Services.
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.