Adam Cogan - VSTS/.NET MVP MVP Adam Cogan is the Chief Architect at SSW, a Microsoft Certified Gold Partner specializing in custom .NET, SharePoint and Business Intelligence solutions.
At SSW, Adam has been developing custom solutions for businesses across a range of industries such as Government, banking, insurance and manufacturing since 1990 for clients such as Microsoft, Quicken, and the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation. Daniel Brown - SharePoint MVPDaniel is a Senior Application Developer and Senior SharePoint Architect at Hostworks in Adelaide, Australia.
At Hostworks Daniel’s main duties include maintaining their internal SharePoint Farm and developing internal applications as well as client SharePoint implementations.
Previous to being employed at Hostworks, Daniel was employed at OBS as a Solutions Consultant dealing with both SharePoint Portal Services 2003 and WSSv3/Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.
Daniel has a solid knowledge of C# and the Microsoft .NET Framework.
In January of 2008, Daniel founded the Adelaide SharePoint User Group in the interest of benefiting and educating the local community around SharePoint and in April of 2008, Daniel took over as President/convenor of the ACS I.T Architecture Special Interest Group.
Daniel was awarded the Microsoft MVP award in July 2008 for his contribution to the community and his technical knowledge of both WSS & MOSS, making him the first SharePoint MVP in South Australia.
At the Australian Computer Society AGM, Daniel was elected Vice-Chair of the Branch Executive Committee for South Australia.
Daniel Holds the Following Memberships
- Australian Computer Society
- International Association of Software Architects
- System Administrators Guild of Australia
- Adelaide .NET User Group
- Adelaide SharePoint User Group
- INETA & Culminis Country Community Council
When not working, Daniel likes to spend time with fiancée Tamara and son Lucas. Ed Richard - SharePoint MVPEd is a SharePoint MVP and a founding member of the Microsoft Office Special Interest Group ( www.mossig.net) in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Ed runs a SharePoint consulting practice for Stargate in Richmond with a strong focus on Office Business Applications and Application Integration. Ishai Sagi - SharePoint MVP A SharePoint expert since 2001, Ishai has worked for several consulting companies, and developed many SharePoint solutions and is now working for UniqueWorld Australia as a Solution Architect. He was awarded the Microsoft Office SharePoint Server MVP award from Microsoft for the years 2007, 2008 and 2009. Ishai is the author of the popular SharePoint development blog www.sharepoint-tips.com and has published an end user book called “SharePoint 2007 How To” which is available for purchase in www.tinyurl.com/SharePointBook
James Milne - SharePoint MVPWith over 15 years of direct IT experience James has spent the last five years working exclusively with enterprise level SharePoint Solutions.
Prior to this James spent a number of years working for a leading integration company based in Silicon Valley.
While working directly with large customers such as Intel and Siebel, James gained an in-depth knowledge of Middleware, Workflow and Business Intelligence.
Today, James consults on large scale Portal deployments and is an active member of the local SharePoint community. John van Ruth Mr John van Ruth is currently Chief Information Officer at the RAA of SA Inc and has held prior roles as CIO for Adelaide Bank and Faulding.
In between CIO roles, Mr van Ruth ran his own private IT consulting business.
Mr van Ruth joined Faulding after returning from Toronto Canada, where he was the partner in charge of Arthur Andersen's Canadian e-Business practice.
Prior to that Mr van Ruth a number of years with KPMG and Ernst & Young where he held various roles specialising in Information Risk Management and eCommerce Security consulting.
All up, Mr van Ruth has nearly 30 years of IT, eBusiness and security experience, gained in Australia, Holland, and Canada. Michael Noel Michael Noel is an internationally recognized technology expert, bestselling author, and well known public speaker on a broad range of IT topics. He has authored several major best-selling industry books that have been translated into over a dozen languages. Significant titles include SharePoint 2007 Unleashed, Teach Yourself SharePoint 2007 in 10 Minutes, Windows Server 2008 Unleashed, ISA Server 2006 Unleashed, Exchange Server 2007 Unleashed, and many more. Currently a partner at Convergent Computing in the San Francisco Bay Area, Michael's writings and extensive public speaking experience across six continents leverage his real-world expertise helping organizations realize business value from Information Technology infrastructure. MoreRai Umair Rai Umair is a Microsoft Certified Master for SharePoint and is a Principal Consultant within the SharePoint\OBA practice at Stargate Global Consulting. Rai lives, drinks and evangelizes SharePoint by day and is a Masters student majoring in Enterprise Architecture by night. Rai has been working with Microsoft technologies with a keen eye on business impact for a number of years in consulting, training and energy industries.
He has presented at Microsoft Architect Tour, PROCOM, VS Live, CodeCampOz, MSUG and presently serves on the MOSSIG Board (SharePoint User Group) in Melbourne. He holds a Honors in Software Development & Computer Science from Deakin University as well as Microsoft certifications such as Microsoft Certified Trainer, BVPS, MCPD, MCSD.NET, and various MCTS certifications (8). |
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