Bernie Hockswender has worked in Information Technology for over 25 years.  He began his high-tech career in the publishing industry and spent 15 years working for Computerworld, a news-weekly for IT professionals.  His experience includes executive positions with IDG Communications, the McGraw-Hill Corporation, and the Rand McNally Corporation. His software background includes 4 years as Director of the Transportation Software Unit of Rand McNally.
 
His most recent work has been with i-Squared Inc., a Pittsburgh based Enterprise Content Management (ECM) consulting firm where he is a Vice President and "chief evangelist" of applied ECM for SharePoint deployments.  

Bernie has written several articles on the benefits of using ECM approaches to execute business strategy and on the benefits of separating Information Architecture and Technical Architecture in SharePoint and portal deployments.

 

I am a senior consultant at Sogeti and also the Microsoft Collaboration and BI technology lead.  In this role I assist with designing SharePoint solutions to clients as well as delivering the development and administrative portions of solutions.  Outside of work I enjoy blogging, attending community events, helping out with Central Ohio SPUG, Twitter, and recreational league sports.

 

Bryan Phillips is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) in Windows SharePoint Services and co-author of the best-selling book Professional Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007.  He has worked professionally with Microsoft technology since 1997 and holds the Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD), Microsoft Certified Database Administrator (MCDBA), and Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) certifications.

 

Speaker, SharePoint Services MVP, Principal Trainer, and Technical Writer for CallahanTech. Author of "Mastering Windows SharePoint Services 3.0." With over ten years of experience working on, writing about, and teaching others to use Microsoft products, Callahan travels around the US speaking at conferences and user groups about Windows SharePoint Services. When she's not either travelling, speaking, (prepping for said speaking engagements), or writing about WSS, she is working with clients to get the most out of their SharePoint implementations.

 

In between searching the planet high and low for the best skiing conditions, deepest powder and crazy ‘steeps’, Eric Harlan spends most of his time in the technology field.

Eric Harlan has been in the I.T. industry for ten years, and heavily involved with SharePoint for six years.  Starting from a developer role, Eric has moved on to a more architectural role with a focus on configuration and server implementation

Never forgetting his developer roots, he still jumps in when needed to pick up the slack on custom dev needs. As Principle Architect for Sogeti Baltimore Eric is the first on the ground to plan and initiate SharePoint engagements and guide them to fruition.

Eric is involved with many volunteer organizations from the Maryland Elder technology Outreach, SharePoint Saturdays, and educational code camps to President and Co-Founder of the Baltimore SharePoint Users group.

Eric also does many speaking events revolving around SharePoint. Topics range from SharePoint Development, InfoPath development tricks and gotcha’s to basic SharePoint sessions for the end user. (see upcoming speaking engagements below)

 

Hersh Ajgaonkar has over 11 years of experience ranging from writing Windows device drivers to Enterprise Solutions in SharePoint. Hersh has been working exclusively in SharePoint since 2003 on various projects ranging from Intranets to Document Management in SharePoint. Hersh has been working at PointBridge in their SharePoint practice since late 2005. His twitter alias is @wcyber.

 

A recognized Microsoft SharePoint thought leader, evangelist, consultant, author and blogger.  Joe is also the Founder and Managing Partner for The Portal Group, LLC, an Indianapolis-based consultancy, and SharePointSupport.com, which provides off-site SharePoint administration, support and maintenance services.

As a consultant and solution architect, Joe has been working with SharePoint for over 5 years and has more than 75 successful SharePoint engagements and implementations to his credit, ranging from small businesses to Fortune 100 customers.  His company, The Portal Group, also provides knowledge management and business intelligence consulting services.

The Portal Group can be found online at www.theportalgroup.biz.  More information about the off-site SharePoint administration, support and maintenance service can be found at www.sharepointsupport.com.  Joe Mack can be found blogging at www.themackpage.com and tweeting as @mack247.

 

John is a Solutions Architect for Apparatus, Inc. in Indianapolis, IN, with over five years of experience administering and supporting SharePoint technologies and has spent over eleven years working in the information technology consulting industry. He co-authored the “SharePoint 2007 Disaster Recovery Guide”, published by Charles River Media in January, 2009 (http://is.gd/da9q). He is a Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist in the installation and configuration of Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) v3, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007, and Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) 2007.

 

Paul is a SharePoint MVP who has specialized in Microsoft products since the mid-1990s. As a "Jack of all Trades" he has developed expertise as a network administrator, developer, and DBA. Paul works as a consultant/trainer for Mindsharp where his breadth of knowledge makes him ideally suited to combine Administrative, Development, and SharePoint Designer topics.  His 20+ years of experience and broad background make Paul a much sought after resource for SharePoint questions that cross traditional boundaries. Paul is a contributing author to the Developer's Guide to Windows SharePoint Services v3 Platform and the SharePoint Server 2007 Deployment Best Practices.

 

 

Peter Serzo (MCSD .Net, MCP, MCTS) is a published author, a founder of the SouthEastern Michigan SharePoint group, and works for Trillium Teamologies as a SharePoint Architect. Peter has been in the IT industry for 20 years. He has extensive experience with SharePoint implementing solutions for several enterprise organizations over the past six years. Using a varied background, including a degree in English, Peter brings a fresh perspective to each engagement and the clients he represents. Each session he presents is told in story mode in order to engage and educate. This type of communications presents SharePoint technology in an understandable format that is immediately accessible.

 

Rick Black is the VP of Purchasing and IT at ABR Wholesalers, Inc. in Rochester, NY. He has successfully implemented WSS 3.0 into his organization having a profound impact on how staff communicate and collaborate. He was previously employed as a trainer and product support consultant for a wholesale distribution software developer.

 

With over 20 years of experience within the Information Technology field, Rob has architected, developed, and implemented ECM solutions for some of the largest companies in the world. He is also considered a ECM and BPM SME within the Financial Services and Healthcare verticals.

 

Sam Nasr has been a software developer since 1995, focusing mostly on Microsoft technologies.  Having achieved multiple certifications from Microsoft (MCAD, MCTS(MOSS), and MCT), Sam develops, teaches, and tours the country to present various topics in .Net.  He is also actively involved with the Cleveland C#/VB.Net User Group, where he has been the group leader since 2003.  In addition, he also started the Cleveland WPF Users Group in June 2009, and the Cleveland .Net Study Group in August 2009.  When not coding, Sam loves spending time with his family and friends or volunteering at his local church.

 

Sean McDonough is a Managing Consultant and the SharePoint Team Lead for Cardinal Solutions Group, a consulting company based in Cincinnati, Ohio.  Sean has over a decade of experience in the IT industry and has spent the past couple of years as the architect for a Fortune 50 company’s MOSS-based Internet presence.  Sean is an MCPD, an MCTS, and the co-author of the "SharePoint 2007 Disaster Recovery Guide" (http://is.gd/da9q)

 

Tony Lanni, AvePoint’s Vice President of Marketing, performs research and analysis on Microsoft SharePoint landscape and evaluates industry trends that impact the course of business. Tony co-develops strategies for new product design and works on enterprise-level data protection and management software deployments for Microsoft SharePoint Technologies. Tony’s extensive experience with SharePoint custom backup, recovery and administration applications has earned him multiple speaking opportunities within SharePoint communities and at technical events, such as Microsoft TechEd, Data Protection Summit and IBM Tivoli Nation.

 

Tony Testa is a Application Developer for the Philadelphia branch of Perficient, Inc. as well as a SharePoint MVP.  With over 8yrs experience with .NET and related technologies, Tony has programmed everything from web sites, windows apps, BI solutions and most recently focused primarily on developing and implementing various SharePoint solutions for customers.  Check out his blog at www.tonytestasworld.com.