Chris Givens is the CEO of Architecting Connected Systems, a course ware development company focused on advanced development topics.  ACS credits include the top selling worldwide development course in SharePoint 2007.  Chris’s past experiences include Microsoft, Avanade, several technology startups in the Seattle area and a 5-year career at IBM.  Chris grew up in Oklahoma and is a computer science graduate of the University of Tulsa in Tulsa, OK.