Adam LevithanAdam Levithan, MBA, has been working almost exclusively with MOSS since early 2007. Adam’s focus has been on architecture, user adoption, and training. He is currently working as a SharePoint Consultant and Trainer serving the federal government for LCG Systems, Inc. He has been an independent consulting working with government clients and was formerly a Learning Tree SharePoint trainer. Using SharePoint Adam has built several enterprise class web applications for the federal government facilitating greater efficiency. MoreAdam Macaulay Adam Macaulay is responsible for research and development of the technology platform driving the success of CorasWorks products. He has over 14 years of experience, 12 in Microsoft and 8 in SharePoint, developing Internet Applications that have taken internal, cost ineffective solutions and turned them into profitable internet applications that continue to exist today.
Twitter: @aemacaulay 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.
Twitter: @mosslover Cathy Dew Cathy Dew is a graphic designer and SharePoint Consultant for CTS in Birmingham, Alabama. Cathy comes from an Advertising Agency and Graphic Design background, so her focus is on User Interface Design and User Experience with sites. She has worked on many SharePoint installations to brand SharePoint and make it look “Not like SharePoint”. She is also the President and Founder of the Birmingham SharePoint User’s Group
Twitter: @catpaint1 Christina Wheeler Based in Philadelphia, PA, Christina (MCTS: SharePoint) is a Senior Consultant for Summit 7 Systems who focuses on SharePoint development and branding. With over 10 years of experience in the industry, Christina has a background in graphic design, web development, custom application development, SharePoint development, and technical project management. She helps Summit 7 clients take their SharePoint environment from concept to reality through her expert application of out of the box capability, custom development and polished branding that can take an environment from standard to outstanding.
Twitter: @cwheeler76 Edward WellsEd Wells has been involved with SharePoint since the days of Windows SharePoint Services 2.0. He has worked in various capacities on SharePoint solutions used by the US Army, the National Institutes of Health, the FBI, and Hughes Systems. Ed began his SharePoint career seeing SharePoint as a simple document management tool. He would set up servers from barebones, install and configure WSS 2.0 in single server farm configurations, and install and configure third party search engines to index the libraries. The user interface was made of custom ASP.NET pages. SharePoint was just a back-end file share with metadata attached. Ed even wrote event handlers to stamp properties on the indexed PDF documents because he didn’t trust SharePoint yet. In late 2006 Ed hit the jackpot -- a client who was willing to use a beta version of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0. One look and Ed was in love. Suddenly he saw SharePoint as a full blown collaboration portal, not just a free file share. The rest is history. In his youth Ed was presented with the University of Maryland’s highest honor, a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering. He is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the same institution. A lifelong Terps fan, Ed is confident Maryland could beat your school in whatever athletic forum they compete in…even if Maryland has recently lost in said competition. Eric Harlan Eric Harlan has been in the I.T. industry for 10 years, involved with SharePoint for 6. Involved with many volunteer organizations from the Maryland Elder technology Outreach to President and Co-Founder of the Baltimore SharePoint Users group. As Principal architect Eric is the first on the ground to plan and initiate SharePoint engagements and guide them to fruition.
Twitter: @ericharlan Erica Toelle Erica Toelle is a digital native with a business consulting background. Erica has been helping companies with SharePoint since 2004, by creating business solutions revolving around Enterprise Content Management, Collaboration, and Communities. She has written several Enterprise Content Management whitepapers for Microsoft explaining SharePoint’s features and how to leverage them in a business context. Erica understands how to communicate about SharePoint to both a business and technical audience to foster shared understanding among everyone involved with a project.
Twitter: @ericatoelle Fabian Williams Fabian Williams is a Technical Lead and SharePoint Architect for CDW Advanced Technology Services SharePoint Practice. He is based out of Herndon Virginia. Mr. Williams focus in the SharePoint 6-pillars is formerly the BDC now Business Connectivity Services (BCS) and Search. In addition, he is Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer (MCSD) and a Microsoft Certified Database Administrator (MCDBA). Prior to CDW., Mr. Williams was the Chief Technology Officer for WING, Inc. Recently, he was the Chief Internet Developer for the Department of Defense’s Global Emerging Infections System and a Sales Engineer at Citrix Incorporated. Mr. Williams actively blogs at http://fabiangwilliams.wordpress.com.
Twitter: @fabianwilliams Geoff Varosky Geoff Varosky (MCP, MCTS) is a Senior Solutions Developer for Grace-Hunt, LLC, a Microsoft Gold Partner focusing on SharePoint and Dynamics Solutions based out of Hudson, MA. He has been architecting developing web based applications for over a decade, and has been working with SharePoint since 2004.
Twitter: @gvaro Greg GalipeauGreg Galipeau is currently a SharePoint Specialist at Sapient. As a Specialist Greg helps Sapient’s government services division envision, architect, train, support and lead Microsoft initiatives (mostly SharePoint). In addition, Greg works as a tech lead on multiple projects for Sapient. Greg has been working with SharePoint since the 2003 version and has been involved in numerous custom application efforts centered on SharePoint and other Microsoft technologies. Greg has been coding in .net since it came out and is Microsoft Certified – MCPD, MCSD, MCAD, MTS (SQL Server 2005), MTS(SharePoint). MoreHeather Waterman Heather is a Business Solutions Architect and Visual Design Leader for Synteractive. Heather has been focused on SharePoint branding for the past several years and has been active in website design and development for the past ten years. She created the SharePoint skins that are currently sold on PixelMill.com. Here are just a few branding projects she worked on this past year: Merck.com (Latin America), Univadis.jp (Merck), Whirlpool (Intranet), and Recovery.gov; which went from RFQ to completion in 10 weeks. She had three designs featured at the SharePoint 2009 conference, one of which was a branding project for Microsoft on SharePoint 2010.
Twitter: @hwaterman James HirmasJames’s experience poises him as an enterprise solutions architect with specific expertise in designing, developing, and deploying orchestrated solutions for complex organizations. He has over 10 years of diverse engineering, development and analytic experience. Prior to Synteractive, James gained extensive enterprise experience as a SharePoint Solutions Architect for commercial and federal organizations. He has implemented, integrated, trained, administrated, and maintained SharePoint Products and Technologies for the following organizations: Sentara Healthcare, Operation Smile, USACE, INSCOM, FBI, Fannie Mae, FVAP, and Air Force Central Command. Moreover, he has a unique knowledge in intelligence discipline as it relates to SharePoint services. James is also a veteran of the United States Army and holds a Top Secret clearance(TS/SCI) with CI Poly. While enlisted, James completed a Signals Intelligence Analyst Training Course. Janis Hall Janis Hall combines more than 10 years of technical knowledge with business acumen when working with organizations on needs analysis and delivery for custom support models, system integration and upgrades, process analysis, and the design and implementation of collaborative sites. In her previous work at Mindsharp, and now as a MetroStar Systems Instructor, Janis incorporates her passion for SharePoint and its countless benefits into viable, innovative classes that provide students with both technical know-how and concepts of functional benefits. In her 10 years with a technical consulting firm, Janis has applied her expertise in various roles including that of a Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Analyst. With an admittedly quirky and outgoing personality, Janis has a particular enthusiasm for working with people. Her varied technical background provides Janis with a uniquely broad perspective on how technology is learned, adapted, and applied.
Twitter: @janishall Jill Tabuchi Ms. Tabuchi is an expert in portal strategy, information architecture, and taxonomy design for clients in the government, media, and products industries. She has significant experience in the design, maintenance, and content management of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Oracle BEA ALUI portal and related systems. In addition, she possesses expertise in web usability and project strategy. She is a frequent speaker on topics including portal strategy, content management, taxonomy design, and portal usability. Ms. Tabuchi is currently the project manager for portal design and governance for a major Federal portal deployment. Previously, she was the project manager for Safeco Insurance’s award winning Oracle BEA ALUI portal deployment. She directly managed all aspects of this effort, including requirements gathering; portal design, development and configuration; taxonomy design; usability testing; and quality assurance. Ms. Tabuchi has provided similar services for a wide array of clients including United States Senate, Government of Bermuda, Johnson and Johnson, and Jacobs Engineering. Josh Carlisle Joshua Carlisle is a principal consultant with B&R Business Solutions. He specializes in collaboration solutions based on SharePoint, ASP.NET, and the .Net Framework. He has been developing with Microsoft tools for over 13 years and with SharePoint since 2003. In his current role he works with clients to design and implement enterprise and commercial solutions based on the SharePoint platform. He is the co-founder of the new Raleigh SharePoint User Group, active in many community projects, and can be found speaking at many user groups, regional conferences, and code camps across the east coast.
Twitter: @joshcarlisle
Ken PriceKen Price is a Managing Partner and Principal Consultant for PointLogix LLC, a Charlotte, North Carolina-based SharePoint consulting group, which deploys collaboration, Line-of-Business (LOB) applications and Web Content Management projects. He has been employed by Fortune 500 and large enterprises, Federal, State and Military organizations and has over 13 years of web application development experience and has specialized in SharePoint for the last 3 years.
Twitter: @kennethprice Kenneth Lo Kenneth Lo (PMP, MSCD, MSTS) is an experienced technical manager with over 12 years of experience in all facets of systems development. His subject matter expertise includes SharePoint, Project Server, Microsoft-centric solutions, and social media. Being a risk-averse person at heart, Kenneth spends his leisure time on mountain biking, rock climbing, and scuba diving.
Lori Gowin Lori Gowin is a SharePoint Administrator/Consultant. Since 1999, she has been supporting and managing Microsoft products and technologies. The last four years have been focused on SharePoint and the Microsoft Office Professional Suite. She has created InfoPath and SharePoint solutions in both the healthcare and education industries. In June of 2006, Lori received her MCSE. Lori lives in Birmingham, Alabama with her husband and two sons. When not working with SharePoint, she enjoys reading, travelling, and watching sports.
Twitter: @lorigowin Marcy Kellar Marcy Kellar, SharePoint Branding Lead for a national consulting company, specializes in architecting content management and branding solutions for medium to large organizations. Marcy has an extensive background in design and web content management. She has been advocating the user experience through SharePoint since 2006, working as a consultant, technical lead, and branding specialist.
Twitter: @marcykellar Mark KlinchinMark Klinchin directs the technological vision and product development for MetaVis Technologies, focused on SharePoint information architecture, taxonomy and classification. Mark joined MetaVis with 15 years of experience as a software product architect with the past 5 years spent exclusively in the enterprise content management space. Mark holds Master Degree in Applied Mathematics. Mark Rackley Mark has been developing software applications for over 15 years filling the roles of Project Manager, Business Analyst, Lead Developer, and Software Architect. He has been involved in projects for such companies as Dell, Motorola, Intel and Agilent Technologies. He has worked in large corporate environments, small software start-ups, and as a consultant. Mark currently works for UNFI ( http://www.unfi.com) where he was introduced to the world of SharePoint and has taken on a lead SharePoint architect role within his organization making key development, administration, and architecture decisions. Mark’s goal is to help ever new architect and developer avoid the frustrations and brick walls he ran into while learning SharePoint.
Twitter: @mrackley Michelle Strah, PhD Michelle is the SharePoint SME for health services and specializes in governance, policy, planning and project management for SharePoint communities of practice in complex environments. Her current focus is on knowledge management, regulatory compliance and systems integration in federal and military settings. Her extensive background in educational, mental health and clinical settings highlights UI/UX, training and human factors in enterprise-wide CoP deployments.
Twitter: @cyberslate Mike Taylor Mike Taylor, founder and CEO of Innovative-e Inc., is a global entrepreneur, experienced business consultant and certified Project Management Professional with more than 20 years experience in information technology and services. Taylor specializes in solving business problems through project management, custom application development, infrastructure and consulting services for the Global 2000. His expertise also includes Microsoft technologies, .Net, AJAX, SharePoint and SaaS. Prior to founding Innovative-e in 1999, Taylor founded Microtechnix International, a multi-million dollar professional services company that provides technology consulting, enterprise networking and application development. Taylor is a graduate of Florida State University where he earned a bachelor’s degree in finance with minors in mathematics and computer science. He is also a graduate of the Project Management Institute and a member of PMI (Project Management Institute), AECF, Outsource Institute and the Technology Association of Georgia (TAG).
Twitter: @iecmike Rachel SondagMs. Sondag is a Senior Associate in Project Performance Corporation’s internationally known Knowledge Management practice. She specializes in the design, development, and deployment of knowledge management tools to serve users of all skill levels. She has experience in taxonomy design, metadata strategy, and enterprise content management deployment. Ms. Sondag has provided training for non-technical SharePoint users focusing on content management and maintenance. She is also a web usability expert with proficiency in information architecture, knowledge gathering, and systems design. MoreRichard Harbridge Richard Harbridge is from the GTA (Toronto, Ontario, Canada area) and is a geek who really enjoys learning and talking about technology, communication, social media, psychology, personal growth/development, and business. As an active member of the community he is involved with many different Toronto technology user groups and has spoken at a number of technology and business conferences as well as several community driven events on topics like innovation, success, user adoption, governance, ROI, strategy, and a bunch of other things. Who are you? Richard would love to learn more about the people who are attending or thinking of attending this event.
Twitter: @rharbridge
Sahil Malik Sahil Malik is a Microsoft MVP, INETA Speaker, a .NET author, consultant and trainer and a well-rounded overweight geek. He loves interacting with fellow geeks in real time. His talks are full of humor and practical nuggets. His talks tend to get very highly charged, fast moving, and highly interactive. You should check out his blog at blah.winsmarts.com
Twitter: @sahilmalik Srini Sistla Srini is Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist with over 10 years of experience designing and implementing IT solutions on a variety of platforms, including SharePoint Services and SharePoint Server 2007. He works in many areas within SharePoint; however, his area of expertise includes SharePoint Features, the SharePoint API and Branding. As a subject matter expert, Srini is often asked to review, improve and approve a variety of technical designs and approaches. He regularly contributes to several blogs, has done a fair amount of training and authored several screencasts. MoreStacy Draper Stacy Draper is a Sr. SharePoint Architect at Black Blade Inc, in Springfield, Virginia. He started out in web development on UNIX in 1993 and since 1997 has had a strong concentration in Microsoft technologies. Stacy is community minded as evidenced by speaking at conferences large and small, Co-Authoring three SharePoint books while technically reviewing many more, and contributing development time to several community based projects. Father of a darling little girl, husband to a very lovely wife and competes with the fluffy white Maltese for attention Stacy hopes to make the world a better place by learning from others and freely sharing what he’s learned.
Twitter: @stacydraper Susan Henry Susan Henry is a SharePoint Consultant who began her career in web design and development. She specializes in Administration, Architecture and Design. She has extensive experience with SharePoint Branding and Web Content Management and has helped several clients take their SharePoint sites to the next level through customization and design. She also founded and runs the Western NC SharePoint User Group.
Twitter: @sukiakisue Susan Lennon Susan is an independent consultant / Microsoft Certified Trainer. She has been an independent for seven years and has been working on US Navy projects during that time. The last five years have all been involved with architecting SharePoint solutions for the Navy. Susan has certifications as an MCT, IT PRO Database Admin, MCTS SharePoint and MCSD .NET. Susan is deeply committed to the development community and helps run three user groups in VA and is a frequent speaker at Code Camps.
Twitter: @susanlennon 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.
Twitter: @tomlinsp Will Lawrence Will Lawrence has nearly a decade of experience in software engineering and development. He is co-founder of the telecommunication services firm, Pontis Communications, where he directs internal and external software communication and knowledge systems. In the last past 5 years, Will has created the FAA’s Emergency Operations Network built around SharePoint and is working to improve the knowledge sharing and response capabilities within the FAA and other Federal agencies. He is an advocate for change management and increasing user adoption of SharePoint through resourceful and innovative solutions, particularly through the use of SharePoint Designer and JavaScript. Will received his computer engineering degree from Virginia Commonwealth University and his master’s degree in Information Networking from Carnegie Mellon University. In the summer of 2009, Will started the open source community project, jPoint, and is now the Director of the supporting non-profit organization, sharejPoint. jPoint is a JavaScript API for SharePoint that is based on the lightweight and powerful jQuery library to allow developers to create Web 2.0 Apps and to create configurable client-side webparts called jParts that site administrators can use in a plug and play manner to create mashups.
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