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Speakers
Sessions and Speakers are subject to change without notice
Gaetan Castelein, VMware
 Gaetan Castelein is responsible for Product Marketing of the VMware Infrastructure platform, with focus on Tier 1 application solutions. Gaetan has more than 10 years of experience in Product Marketing, Product Management, and Strategic Marketing in IT products and solutions. Previously, Gaetan was a Senior Product Manager at Azul Systems, a leading provider of compute appliances optimized for Java virtual machines. Prior to Azul, Gaetan was with The Boston Consulting Group, where he led strategic marketing projects for a number of technology vendors and telecom service providers. Gaetan received an MBA from Stanford, and a BS in Electrical Engineering from UCL in Belgium.
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Sean Deuby, Advaiya Inc.
 Sean Deuby, a Senior Enterprise Solutions Strategist with Advaiya, Inc., has 25 years’ experience in enterprise IT. He spent over a decade running Texas Instruments’ IBM VM systems—the first virtualized operating system—then designed, deployed, and supported TI’s first Windows NT 3.5 worldwide infrastructure. He also spent 10 years with Intel Corporation, where he was the design engineer of the core directory services team and one of the architects of Intel’s corporate Active Directory forest. As a writer, Sean wrote one of the Windows 2000 books that focused on explaining its Active Directory, and he has been a Contributing Editor for Windows IT Pro magazine for 10 years. Sean is a regular and highly-rated speaker at Tech Ed and Windows Connections conferences, and has presented in locations from Norway to Indonesia. Microsoft has awarded Sean the MVP (Most Valuable Professional) distinction every year since 2004.
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Barry Flanagan, Citrix
 Barry Flanagan has worked in the technology industry for over 18 years. He has had the opportunity to see the world of information technology from the perspective of a hardware technician, consultant, Systems Engineer, Technical Alliances Manager and Technology Evangelist. Barry has spoken at Citrix iForum, Citrix Synergy, Citrix Summit, Microsoft Management Summit, Microsoft TechED, Microsoft Tech Ready, Microsoft Hong Kong Tech Days, Microsoft CIO Summit Brussels, HP Tech Forum, IBM WebSphere Users Conference, Tivoli Technical Users Conference, IBM Systems & Technology University, Lotusphere and the Gartner Midsize Enterprise Summit.
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Adam Fore, NetApp
 Adam Fore is a Senior Manager for Virtualization Solutions at NetApp. A 15-year veteran of Product Management and Product Marketing in the high tech technology industry, Adam has spent the last the last 8 years at NetApp supporting storage solutions for virtualization, Microsoft applications, disk-based backup and disaster recovery.
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Wendy Henry, SharePoint-eLearning.com
 A Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), Wendy has been an independent technical trainer, author, and consultant for the last 10 years...specializing in Microsoft SQL Server since 1999 and SharePoint since 2005. Wendy is a contributing partner on SharePoint-eLearning.com which provides tutorial screencasts, live webcasts and other educational material about all things SharePoint. The author of various proprietary courseware for leading technical education centers, Wendy has also been called on to edit technical material by national publishers such as McGraw-Hill and Microsoft Official Learning Products. Her technical certifications include Microsoft (MCITP, MCTS, MCSE, MCT); Novell (CNE, CNI) and Cisco (CUSE, CCNA). She also consults on Windows/ADS network architecture and SQL/SharePoint design to several Fortune 500 companies.
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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.
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Neela Jacques, VMware
 Nicolas (Neela) Jacques is a Group Manager, Product Marketing at VMware, the industry''''s leading virtualization platform provider. At VMware, he is focused VMware’s Private Cloud initiative. In 2009, Mr. Jacques launched VMware’s Application Performance Management product vCenter AppSpeed, and founded and launched VMware''''s first cloud computing initiative - the VMware Service Provider Program in 2007. Prior to VMware Mr. Jacques was a consultant with Bain & Company. Mr. Jacques has an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and BS in economics from Georgetown University.
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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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Jack Lo, Sr. Director of R&D, VMware
 Jack Lo is Sr. Director of R&D at VMware. Jack manages the VMware virtual machine group, which is responsible for the virtual hardware platform across VMware’s virtualization products. Prior to joining VMware, Jack was at Transmeta Corporation for 5 years, where he held several engineering management positions, the most recent being Director of Software Engineering. Jack received a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Washington in 1998, and B.S./M.S. degrees in computer science from Stanford University.
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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.
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Michael Otey, TECA, Inc.
 Michael Otey, technical director for Windows IT Pro and SQL Server Magazine, is president of TECA, a software-development and consulting company in Portland, Oregon, and coauthor of SQL Server 2005 Developer’s Guide (Osborne/McGraw-Hill). Michael has covered the topic of virtualization extensively for Windows IT Pro magazine, having written several features articles showing how to take advantage of virtualization in the enterprise as well as reviewing all of the major virtualization products.
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Kenon Owens, Microsoft
 Kenon Owens is a Product Marketing Manager on the Integrated Virtualization Team where he is responsible for marketing the technical value proposition of Microsoft’s Virtualization Products (across the portfolio) and solutions (enabled by Microsoft products and the partner ecosystem). His responsibilities include core content development, demo development, integration with the outbound/campaign teams on messaging/positioning, technical presentations at internal/external events, and support of the field selling process as technical subject-matter expert. Kenon Owens has worked in the computer industry for over 15 years as an email and virtualization specialist. Kenon has worked for other Industry Virtualization Leaders for over 9 years as a Staff Systems Engineer specializing in industry research and competitive analysis. In this role, Kenon worked with Executives and R&D to track the virtualization landscape for industry trends, new technologies, and product direction. Prior to this, Kenon worked with numerous customers developing and delivering successful Virtualization Infrastructure implementations. Kenon holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and Marine Engineering Technology. You can read his personal blog at: http://dantedog29.blogspot.com and follow him on Twitter at @MS_Int_Virt.
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Steve Riley, Amazon Web Services
 Steve Riley is an evangelist and strategist for cloud computing at Amazon Web Services, working to help organizations understand how to integrate their environments with the cloud to extend reach, increase utilization, and respond to rapid business changes. His specialties include information security, compliance, reliability, privacy, and policy. Steve is a popular speaker at conferences worldwide, meets regularly with user groups of all sizes, and seeks opportunities to engage with customers as often as possible. Born with an Ethernet cable attached to his belly button, Steve grew up in networking and telecommunications. Besides lurking in the Internet’s dark alleys and secret passages, he enjoys freely sharing his opinions about the intersection of technology and culture. He writes at http://stvrly.wordpress.com, tweets as @steveriley, and emails from steriley@amazon.com.
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Richard Ruiz, Microsoft
 Richard Ruiz is an author and virtualization specialist at Microsoft. His primary focus currently is in desktop virtualization technologies such as Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) with Hyper-V, Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization (MED-V), and Microsoft Application Virtualization. His greatest interest is helping customers understand the how to manage these new enabling technologies and scaling them up to global enterprise deployments. Richard’s latest publication is the Sybex book Mastering Microsoft Virtualization.
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John Savill, Hitachi Consulting
 John Savill is an eleven-time Microsoft MVP, a CISSP, and MS ITP - Server and Enterprise Administrator, Virtualization TS and is recognized worldwide for his superior product knowledge and practical skills. He is the author of The Complete Guide to Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Design and Implementation, The Windows XP/2000 Answer Book, and The Windows NT and Windows 2000 Answer Book, and contributor to several Windows-related books in the "For Dummies" series of reference books. In addition, he serves as a contributing editor to various publications on Microsoft products including Windows IT Pro, TechNet Magazine and SQL Server Magazine. John writes all the content for the Windows FAQ and also has a number of web-based videos available on Windows Server 2008 technologies at http://www.savilltech.com/videos.html. John has spoken at Tech Ed 2006, 2007 and 2008 in addition to writing and presenting his Windows Server 2008 Deep Dive throughout the United States.
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Greg Shields, Concentrated Technology
 Greg Shields, MVP, vExpert, is an independent author, speaker, and IT consultant, as well as a Founding Partner with Concentrated Technology. With nearly 15 years in information technology, Greg has developed extensive experience in systems administration, engineering, and architecture specializing in Microsoft OS, remote application, and virtualization technologies. Greg is a Contributing Editor and columnist for TechNet Magazine, a former columnist for Redmond Magazine and Virtualization Review Magazine, and has authored or contributed to ten books and countless white papers and webcasts. His writing is regularly seen in publications like TechTarget online, e-books from Realtime Publishers, and the UK-based IT EXPERT Magazine. He has also produced numerous video training series for CBT Nuggets.
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Alan Sugano, ADS Consulting Group
 Alan Sugano writes the monthly Networking Perspectives commentary for Windows IT Pro UPDATE. He’s the president of ADS Consulting Group, Inc. (ADS), which specializes in networking, custom programming, Web development, SQL Server development, and ACCPAC Plus accounting implementations. Alan frequently delivers talks on network audits, server selection, network documentation, network management, network design and topologies, SQL databases, and disaster recovery.
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Edwin Yuen, Microsoft
 Edwin Yuen is the senior technical product manager for Integrated Virtualization in the Windows Enterprise Management division. Edwin came to Microsoft with the July 2006 acquisition of Softricity. Prior to joining Microsoft, Edwin was one of the Services Engagement Managers of Softricity for six years, leading most of the initial Softricity implementations. Edwin has 14 years of technical consulting experience in both the commercial and federal space, and holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Johns Hopkins University.
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