Bill Crider is a principal consultant with Ascendum Solutions and has been working with SharePoint technologies for over 10 years, beginning with the 2001 release. Since then, he has taken on administrative, development, and solution architecture roles. His current projects include developing user-centric intranets, extending the social computing features of SharePoint and applications utilizing external data. Bill also teaches technology classes at local universities and is a frequent speaker, writer, and blogger on SharePoint technology.

Author of "Mastering Windows SharePoint Services 3.0" and the more recent "Mastering Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010" books, CA Callahan is a frequent speaker at industry events, including Windows Connections and SharePoint Saturdays. She is the owner of CallahanTech, a training, consulting, and technical writing company specializing in custom courserware and training, both online and in-person. Formerly a SharePoint Services MVP, Callahan focuses on supporting those who primarily use SharePoint Foundation, as that product (and its previous version) tends to be under-documented. Callahan's twitter handle is @cacallahan. You can also reach her at her online SPF user group at http://www.facebook.com/groups/callahanSPF/

Clint has over 12 years of progressive IT experience with extensive knowledge of network troubleshooting, security, and architecture, specializing in SharePoint Administration and infrastructure for the past five years. He has assisted multiple branches of the military (most recently in Baghdad, Iraq) to plan, build, and optimize large-scale SharePoint deployments in locations around the world. Recently Clint co-authored his first book: SharePoint Server 2010 Administration 24-Hour Trainer and currently holds the position of infrastructure consultant with Applied Information Sciences.

David has declared himself a Power User of SharePoint. In his role, he is a Site Admin and has had to learn a lot about customizing SharePoint UI by using what’s available Designer, jQuery, and mostly basic enterprise features of SharePoint. David is a challenge motivated person and loves problem solving and ideating.

Ivan Sanders is a SharePoint MVP and independent consultant with more than 15 years of broad-based hands-on experience with the design and development of mission-critical applications and innovative information management strategies in the enterprise deployment of Microsoft products, and delivering nothing but Microsoft SharePoint solutions since 2004. Ivan is active in the SharePoint Community through the MSDN and TechNet forums, TechEd and PDC Birds of a Feather, SharePoint Saturday, SharePoint ShopTalk, INETA, GITCA, and Local Southern California User Groups. Ivan can be found bi-weekly on SharePoint ShopTalk or http://twitter.com/iasanders, http://www.linkedin.com/in/iasanders.

Jason Keller is the president of TekDog Inc., of Columbus, Ohio. Jason has over 14 years of experience in IT and has been working with Microsoft SharePoint technologies since 2001. Jason’s SharePoint experience includes roles as a Technical Instructor, Business Analyst, SharePoint Consultant, Project Manager and Solutions Architect. Jason also specializes in Business Process Automation and works on a daily basis with clients to understand their business needs to architect SharePoint and Workflow solutions that resolve business inefficiencies and bottlenecks. Jason has a deep passion for SharePoint technologies and for sharing the knowledge of how SharePoint can help businesses run more effectively and efficiently.

JD Wade has been providing infrastructure solutions for various Microsoft products in the St. Louis area for over 15 years. J.D.’s expertise is the architecture, design, deployment, and troubleshooting of infrastructure and governance for SharePoint as well as interfacing with the surrounding technologies (directory services, e-mail, load balancers, DNS, WAN accelerators, etc.). J.D. has worked on the deployment of several large corporate intranet solutions and deployed the latest versions of SharePoint as part of Microsoft’s Technology Adoption Programs (TAP).

John is a SharePoint IT Professional with over eight years of experience administering and supporting SharePoint technologies and has spent over fyears working in the information technology consulting industry. He has worked with Microsoft Online Services (MSO) since 2008 and is a Microsoft Delta Force Ranger for Office 365. John co-authored the "SharePoint 2010 Disaster Recovery Guide" in September, 2010 (http://tinyurl.com/SPDR2010book) and the “SharePoint 2007 Disaster Recovery Guide” in January, 2009 (http://www.tinyurl.com/SPDRbook). He is a Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) and a Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP) for several Microsoft server products and platforms, including SharePoint 2007 and 2010, System Center Operations Manager 2007, and Hyper-V Server.

Patrick is a SharePoint architect, developer and trainer with over 12 years of experience developing applications with Microsoft technologies and training others to do the same. His certifications in SharePoint, .NET and SQL Server include MCPD, MCITP, MCSD, MCTS, and MCT. He has worked with a variety of companies, non-profits, military and government clients here and in the UK. He currently works with Strategic Data Systems as a Principal Architect in the SharePoint practice and resides in Northern Kentucky.

Ricardo Wilkins is a SharePoint Consultant and Practice Lead for Improving Enterprises, focusing on the client delivery of quality SharePoint solutions, especially in the area of custom development and application lifecycle management. He’s helped deliver SharePoint solutions in the public, non-profit, and private sector. He has also been heavily involved in the local and international SharePoint community, and has given talks and technical demonstrations at local user groups, non-profit agencies and national conferences and webinars. He’s also a contributing author at NothingButSharePoint.com and ITMartini.com, and co-authored a whitepaper with Quest Software on SharePoint Customization Best Practices.

Ryan Dennis is a Senior SharePoint Engineer for Information Control Corporation (ICC) in Columbus, Ohio. Ryan is a Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP) and a Microsoft Virtual Technology Specialist (vTSP) in SharePoint 2010. An accomplished blogger and speaker, he has worked on SharePoint solutions in the public, non-profit, and private sectors. He focuses primarily on SharePoint architecture, automation, and middle-tier development leveraging out-of-the-box features. Ryan has worked on projects ranging from large scale Intranet deployments to secure extranets as well as public-facing Internet site deployments. Ryan has a passion for automation, whether it is automating business processes through forms and workflow; or automating deployment, migration and configuration using Windows PowerShell. You can find him on Twitter (http://twitter.com/SharePointRyan) or via his blog, http://www.sharepointryan.com.

Scott Brickey has 16 years of experience in the IT industry and has been consulting for 8 years. In that time, he has performed solution architecture, administration, and development, and training. He has focused on SharePoint solutions over the past three years, offering SharePoint custom development, specialized training, and embedded expertise in client teams while earning his MCTS and MCP certifications. Scott’s experience has provided technical solutions and consulting across many industries including: manufacturing, education, distribution, software development, chemical, and government. These solutions have utilized various platforms including ASP, SQL, .Net, and SharePoint.

Scott Shearer is a SharePoint evangelist and developer with FlexPoint Technology in Reston, VA. Scott has over 17 years’ experience in the IT industry implementing Microsoft products and technologies. He has held positions ranging from systems administrator to developer to trainer. Currently, he is a SharePoint consultant providing innovative and cost effective solutions to customers in the Federal government by leveraging out of the box functionality. Scott is also known for mentoring and training site collection administrators and frequently conducts SharePoint overview sessions for end users. In 2011, Scott spoke at SharePoint Saturday – The Conference in the Washington, DC area.

Sean is the Chief SharePoint Evangelist for Idera, a Microsoft managed partner and creator of tools for SharePoint, SQL Server, and PowerShell. As a consultant, Sean has worked with a number of Fortune 500 companies to architect, implement, troubleshoot, tune, and customize their SharePoint environments. Sean is an MCPD, an MCTS, and the co-author of both the “SharePoint 2007 Disaster Recovery Guide” (http://tinyurl.com/SPDRGuide2007) and the “SharePoint 2010 Disaster Recovery Guide” (http://tinyurl.com/SPDRGuide2010). He can easily be reached through his blog (http://SharePointInterface.com) or Twitter (@spmcdonough).

Seth Earley is a well-known expert in search, content and knowledge management strategies. He has extensive practical knowledge of information architecture and has directed numerous IA engagements for Earley & Associates. Teams under Seth’s direction have worked with many clients to develop enterprise-wide SharePoint information architectures for both Fortune 1000 and dynamic mid-size companies, as well as for non-profits. Seth is a popular speaker and workshop leader at conferences throughout North America speaking on intranet design, knowledge management, content management systems and strategy, taxonomy development and other related topics.

Shaun Owens is a Technical Solutions Professional (TSP) Manager in AvePoint's Global Headquarters. With more than 15 years of experience with various Microsoft technologies, Shaun works with enterprises worldwide implementing AvePoint solutions into complex, enterprise-level SharePoint deployments. Shaun is regularly invited to speak at technical conferences, symposiums, and user groups throughout the country.

Stacy Deere is an MCITP and owner of Focal Point Solutions LLC, a Cincinnati, OH based company that provides SharePoint Solutions for the Enterprise in the mid-to-large market. Previously, Stacy lead PCMS’ rapidly growing SharePoint practice where she engages in a wide range of consulting projects across various industries. With nearly 17 years of experience in the IT Industry, Stacy has mainly focused on Collaboration Solutions such as IBM’s Lotus Notes\Domino and Microsoft’s Messaging and Collaboration Solutions including deployments and SharePoint 2010 upgrades. Prior to joining PCMS, Stacy was a SharePoint Architect for Kroger where she led a team in the implementation of SharePoint 2007 and SharePoint’s integration into everyday work tasks to streamline and automate processes. Stacy is actively sharing her real world expertise through co-authoring in the blog http://www.notjustsharepoint.com and speaking at various SharePoint Saturday, Microsoft and User Group events. She is also involved with SPTV (http://mysp.tv) and co-authoring a book on Managed Metadata with Stephanie Donahue and Steve Mann.

Stephanie Donahue (MCITP) is a SharePoint Solution Architect out of Cincinnati, OH providing consulting services with a focus on SharePoint as an end to end solution. Previously, Stephanie consulted with Microsoft Gold Partner PCMS for 6 years and was actively engaged in SharePoint 2010 upgrades, deployments, and working with clients to build secure and productive collaboration environments. With nearly 12 years of IT experience, her recent focus has been on business automation; utilizing InfoPath, SharePoint Designer and Visual Studio workflows, and integrating service applications like Word Automation and Managed Metadata. Stephanie is actively sharing her real world expertise through co-authoring in the blog http://www.notjustsharepoint.com and speaking at various SharePoint Saturday, Microsoft and User Group events. She will also be participating in the upcoming launch of SPTV (http://mysp.tv)and co-authoring a book on Managed Metadata with Stacy Deere and Steve Mann.

With over 15 years of experience in IT at many levels, Stephen has worked in a number of industries such as retail, financial, and higher education. He has worked with and trained people on Windows SharePoint Services and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server all over the country. He also brings a lot of experience with presenting and developing documentation and training programs. As a consultant his focus has been on installation and infrastructure, but he is eager to develop into other areas and to share what he learns with all of you.

Tony Maddin is a Principal Microsoft SharePoint Solutions Consultant with Software Information Systems in Cincinnati, Ohio. Tony has 15 years of experience as a web developer, web administrator, web applications administrator, and 6 years as a SharePoint administrator. He serves on many local boards such as the University of Dayton MIS Advisory board, Dayton Technology First, and the Dayton Business Leaders and Mangers group. Tony's passion is technology and his view on SharePoint administration encompasses: installation, automation, workflows, power user items, disaster recovery, and performance tuning. He especially enjoys achieving quality results working with myriad business entities to leverage SharePoint as a platform to meet not only their needs, but also those for their customers. Tony is also the founder and owner of the Dayton SharePoint User Group (DAYSPUG). And the event coordinator for SPS Dayton.