Anthony Handley - MVP Anthony is a the user experience practice lead at Magenic in Chicago where he focuses on rich interactive solutions for the desktop and the web. In the technology community, Anthony evangelizes the value of better designer/developer collaboration and co-created and The Chicago Designers & Developers user group. Asif Rehmani - MCT, SharePoint Server MVP  Asif has over 10 years of training and consulting experience in the IT industry. He has been training and consulting on primarily SharePoint technologies for over 5 years. He is a SharePoint Server MVP and MCT. Asif is the co-author of the book "Professional SharePoint Designer 2007" by Wrox publications. He has also been a speaker on SharePoint topics at several conferences over the years including Microsoft's SharePoint Conference, TechEd, SharePoint Connections, Advisor Live, and Information Workers Conference. Asif runs a SharePoint eLearning website ( http://www.sharepoint-elearning.com) which provides dozens of SharePoint Video Tutorials. Asif was the co-founder and is currently one of the active leaders of the Chicago SharePoint User Group Becky Isserman Becky Isserman has been a SharePoint Developer, since 2005 when she attended the Portal University with Levi, Ray, and Shoup in Springfield, IL. She is an Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) and a Microsoft Certified Application Developer (MCAD). She has been a web designer/developer since she was fifteen hand coding HTML 3.0 websites in NotePad. She enjoys working with SharePoint 2007, because she can perform the roles of administrator, developer, designer, and architect. She has presented at seven code camps, two conferences, and three user groups in the past two years. She currently lives in Olathe, Kansas working remotely for B&R Solutions. She lives with her two cats, Gambit and Rogue, plus her boyfriend, Johnny. If you would like to contact her you can e-mail her at rebecca.isserman@gmail.com or fill out the contact form at her blog http://www.mosslover.com.
Chris GeierChris Geier is a 15 year veteran of the IT industry, specializing in security and Microsoft product lines. For the past 4 years he has been working in the workflow and BPM space. Also dabbling in community development and Social Media.
Coskun Cavusoglu Coskun Cavusoglu is the Director of Consulting Services and the Chief Solution Architect of Captaré Consulting, LLC. He has been architecting and implementing technology solutions for more than 10 years in both large, enterprise organizations and fast growth midmarket firms. As a Software Engineer specializing in the .NET Framework and the Office Server System, specifically Windows SharePoint Services and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server, he has extensive experience designing, implementing and supporting Internet solutions using Microsoft technologies such as SharePoint, CRM, Project Server, Windows Server, Active Directory, Exchange, IIS and ASP .NET 2.0/3.5. Coskun is a technology writer, blogger and a published author on Microsoft server products. His latest book which he co-authored with fellow SharePoint experts is called Professional Microsoft® SharePoint® 2007 Design by Wrox Publishing.
He also is a speaker who attends various community events both local and international where he talks about various SharePoint topics and his past and future engagements can be found at his blog. Coskun is a Microsoft Certified Professional and is also a MCTS for SharePoint® Portal Server 2003 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. MoreDarrin Bishop - Windows SharePoint Services MVP Darrin Bishop is a speaker, author and developer focusing on Microsoft SharePoint Technologies. Darrin is the president and lead developer for Darrin Bishop Group, Inc. a Midwest-based Microsoft Partner focusing on SharePoint Technologies, portals and collaboration. He is the author of The Rational Guide to Building SharePoint Web Parts published by Rational Press as well as several articles in various magazines. Darrin is an international speaker and speaks at many SharePoint conferences, SharePoint Saturdays, MOSS Camps and User Groups. Darrin has been working with SharePoint Technologies since the release of SharePoint Portal Server 2001. MoreGeorge DavidRegional Sales Manager – Midwest Heartland Territory George Durzi George is a consultant at Clarity Consulting in Chicago with 11 years of experience in the IT industry. He organizes the annual MOSSCamp developer event, and actively blogs about topics such as SharePoint development, TFS, Office Communications Server, and WPF. George has presented at DevCares, MOSSCamp, Office Developer Conference, TechReady, and TechEd North America 2008. MoreJeff DeVerterJeff DeVerter has been working with SharePoint for the pas 5 years. Jeff deployed SharePoint to 2 Fortune 200 financial services firms and acted as Enterprise Collaboration Architect. Jeff is now the SharePoint Architect at Rackspace where he is involved in the architectural planning, installation, and configuration of SharePoint farms for our customers. Jeff Willinger Native New Yorker, living in Midwest, entrepreneur who has started and sold 3 companies, sits on 4 boards in Chicago(ITA, Chicago Social Media, BMA, AMA) and immersed in technology from software to cloud computing. MoreKanwal Khipple Kanwal Khipple is an Independent Consultant working for corporate clients in Canada and America. Kanwal has held various roles within SharePoint projects: architect, developer business analysis and designer. In addition, Kanwal is a respected blogger and founder of SharePointBuzz.com - Your SharePoint Community Portal. Kanwal has been recognized as an integral part of the SharePoint community. Karthik Venkataraman Karthik Venkataraman is a Senior Consultant with Trabon Solutions, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner specializing in the development of portals and web applications. With over 8 years of experience building & architecting a variety of enterprise applications, Karthik is proficient in Microsoft technologies and has a passion for developing innovative SharePoint solutions Kris Wagner - MCTS, MCITP - SharePoint Kris Wagner, MCTS, MCITP, is Chief SharePoint Solution Architect for Slalom Consulting in Chicago, IL. Kris 20 years operational experience and “hands-on” technical experience in enterprise, medium and small business environments. His experience covers multiple aspects of Information Systems including networking, collaboration, design, governance, AI, topology, deployment, and security with a focus around Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Project Server 2007, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 and SQL Server 2005 / 2008.
Kris is also currently co-authoring MCTS: Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Configuration Study Guide: Exam 70-631 by Sybex, due on book shelves July 31th.
Mark Miller Mark Miller is founder and editor of EndUserSharePoint.com, one of the world’s most popular sites for SharePoint End Users. He coordinates a group of a dozen contributing authors, managing the day-to-day aspects of editing and publishing content for the site. Under Mark’s leadership EndUserSharePoint.com receives up to 23,000 unique page views a day, has a Weekly Newsletter subscription base of over 7000+ readers and handles hundreds of questions weekly through the Stump the Panel: SharePoint Q&A Forum. The site also provides three weekly live online workshops for all three levels of SharePoint End Users; Information Worker, Power User/Site Admin, Site Collection Admin. When not teaching or writing about SharePoint, Mark can be found designing paper airplanes and studying the origami of Robert Lang. He lives in New York City with his wife, two children, one gerbil, one goldfish and one Nintendo DS that is constantly being fought over by the gerbil and the goldfish. Matt Bremer Matt Bremer is currently a Solutions Architect with Covenant Technology Partners focusing on SharePoint 2007. As a Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist, he has assisted a number of clients in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 architecture, infrastructure and development. In addition, Matt has a wealth of experience in .NET application development. Since leaving Microsoft in July of 2008, he has enjoyed working with Covenant, providing architectural guidance and building robust solutions for its clients. In addition, Matt’s office smells of rich mahogany and contains many leather bound SharePoint books. Michael Blumenthal Michael Blumenthal is a SharePoint Architect and Senior Consultant with Magenic, a Microsoft Gold Partner and National Systems Integrator. He has been working with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 since its beta versions in 2006 and its predecessor SharePoint Portal Server 2003 since it was in beta as well. For the last year, Michael has been streamlining human-centered business processes via SharePoint workflow solutions as well as the occasional enterprise search solution. Michael has well-rounded SharePoint expertise, with SharePoint development, infrastructure, and administration experience. He's designed, implemented, and supported SharePoint 2003 & 2007 intranets, extranets, and Internet sites for clients in markets as diverse as Banking, Energy, Government, and Transportation. Michael holds four Microsoft certifications (MCAD, MCDBA, MCSE, MCTS: MOSS Configuration) and the Certified Associate of Project Management (CAPM) from the Project Management Institute. Michael has been a Microsoft developer for the last 14 years. Nick Althoff Nicholas Althoff has over 5 years of design, development and implementation of software systems. His experience encompasses the areas of Microsoft SharePoint web parts, web services, ASP.NET, C# and VB.NET windows development, SQL development and administration, and Visual C++. Nick has delivered many complex projects from concept to implementation. He has been the SharePoint architect as well as lead developer managing other developers. His recent projects have included custom SharePoint architecture/development encompassing workflows, web parts, and web services including integrating with Active Directory, and a complete ASP.NET/ADO.NET reporting application. Paul Schaeflein - MCTS, SharePoint Services MVP Paul Schaeflein, MCTS, is a Sr. Instructor for Mindsharp, a technology training company for Microsoft Enterprise products. Previously, Paul was an independent consulting specializing in solutions built using ASP.NET and SharePoint.
Paul spent 5 years teaching programming and has presented at numerous User Groups and MOSS Camps. Paul’s speaking efforts were rewarded with the Microsoft MVP award for SharePoint Services. Ram Gopinathan Ram is a SharePoint Consultant with Microsoft Consulting Services based out of central region specializing on SharePoint Architecture, Deployments and Application Development, Ram is also a Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist MOSS/WSS configuration/application development. Robert L. Bogue - MVP Robert Bogue, MS MVP Microsoft Office SharePoint Server, MCSE, MCSA:Security, etc., has contributed to more than 100 book projects and numerous other publishing projects. Robert’s latest book is The SharePoint Shepherd’s Guide for End Users. You can find out more about the book at http://www.SharePointShepherd.com. Steve Pietrek Steve Pietrek, MCP, MCTS, is a Principal Consultant at Cardinal Solutions Group, a Microsoft Managed Partner, with offices in Cincinnati, Columbus, and Charlotte. Steve is a SharePoint Architect/Developer at Cardinal Solutions and is active in the SharePoint community through his blog, user groups, and Twitter. He has been working with the Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies for the past 3 years. Prior to joining Cardinal, he was the lead User Interface developer for 13 years at Exact Business Analytics, a business intelligence software provider. Steve’s SharePoint blog can be found at: http://stevepietrek.com. You can also follow him on Twitter: @spietrek Todd Kitta Todd is currently a Solutions Architect for Covenant Technology Partners, an Accelerated BPOS Partner in St. Louis, focusing on SharePoint technologies with which he has 5+ years of experience. He also has a background in .NET, Microsoft Business Intelligence, and recently published a book on Wrox Press titled “Professional Windows Workflow Foundation” which is available now at major book outlets. Todd also produces a SharePoint focused podcast at www.mossgonewild.com. If you want to follow Todd in the social realm, you can find him at www.twitter.com/toddkittaTodd Klindt - MVP Todd Klindt is a consultant specializing in SharePoint. He has been a Microsoft MVP in WSS since 2006. He has written a couple of books on SharePoint and has spoken at many conferences, spreading the good word about SharePoint. Tom Lin For a number of years Tom has been working exclusively with enterprise-level data protection and management software deployments for Microsoft SharePoint Technologies. Tom’s extensive experience with SharePoint custom backup and recovery applications has earned him multiple speaking opportunities within SharePoint communities and at technical events. |
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