Barry recently joined Kiefer Consulting. He has worked for Microsoft the last 12 years in both the consulting services and sales organizations. Over that time he has worked with every version of SharePoint since “Project Tahoe” in 2000. Today he focuses on customers get the most out of their SharePoint deployment, with a vision toward what’s coming in the future.

Barry is the founder and CEO of Colligo Networks, and has been a technology innovator and entrepreneur for over 25 years. Barry is a recognized expert on SharePoint client technology and a frequent speaker at SharePoint and Enterprise Content Management (ECM) conferences worldwide. He manages Colligo’s popular SharePoint blog, which discusses important issues in email and records management, governance, and compliance, as well as technology trends affecting the SharePoint and ECM market. Barry holds degrees in Science and Electrical Engineering and was named Ernst and Young’s 1997 Pacific Region ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ for Technology.

Beau de Graaf has been involved with technology and support since elementary school. He currently works for EMF Broadcasting as a Software Support Engineer III. His work history includes time at AT&T, Intel and Apple. His first experience with SharePoint was supporting business users at Intel. It was there that he gained an appreciation for the complexities of the product but also the power that the platform held. Now at EMF he is able to leverage that experience to help employees simplify complicated business operations using SharePoint, InfoPath, and Designer Workflows. He holds a Bachelors Degree in Telecommunications Management from DeVry University and is CompTIA A+ Certified.

Benjamin Niaulin works as a SharePoint Specialist at GSoft, a Montreal-based software development firm specialized in Microsoft technologies. Passionate about SharePoint, Benjamin has been helping people around the globe reaching their goals by simplifying SharePoint solutions. With his Microsoft Certified Trainer certification and over 5 years of Training and Speaking experience, he has acquired the skills needed to help everyone understand and use SharePoint. Author of Brand SharePoint series on nothingbutsharepoint has been working on helping people re-experience SharePoint without coding for a while and loves to share his experience.

Cynthia Colmenares spent over 25 years in the Computer Industry and 10 years in SharePoint Technologies. She provides strategic vision, planning, and implementation with deep skills in change management and execution of processes, planning and implementation. She is an innovative, high-energy problem solver offering strong business acumen and proven success empowering

Dave Healey is an innovative solution designer with a vision for technology in the enterprise. Twenty years’ experience delivering Enterprise Information Management solutions has informed his approach to design and implementation as an opportunity to create change, foster innovation and drive results. An early adopter of SharePoint technologies, Dave has been helping customers address complex business challenges with SharePoint and related partner technologies since 2001. Dave’s experience on both the SharePoint Server and SQL Server product teams at Microsoft Corporation brings added depth to his solution designs. A passionate and articulate speaker, Dave draws from this invaluable experience to bring his seminars and workshops to life with practical, real-world insight and guidance.

David has over ten years of experience envisioning, designing, and delivering solutions that provide measurable value. He began his professional career in the creative industry creating logos, websites, and print materials for a wide range of clients. A natural migration to web solutions using standards based XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, Flash, and ColdFusion improved his technical abilities. He has been working with Microsoft technologies such as Office, .NET, SharePoint Server, and Project Server exclusively for the last 6 years. David is focused on maximizing business productivity using a blend of process improvement, technology, and change management. David holds several SharePoint certifications and currently works as Product Manager for Robbins-Gioia where he consistently delivers business value with technology.

Eric Overfield is a leading expert in SharePoint Branding and User Interface design. Mr. Overfield, President and co-founder of PixelMill, has over 13 years experience with web design best practices and techniques, and over 8 years experience with SharePoint branding. Besides his in-depth knowledge SharePoint’s branding capabilities, he has expertise includes general SharePoint technology, design and architecture along with custom coded web parts, solutions, javascript, HTML5 and CSS 3. He resides in Davis, California.

John Palmer is a leading expert in information technology, currently working as a Cloud and SharePoint consultant. He is a regular contributor to a blog about mastering the intricacies of SharePoint, Office 365, Windows Azure, and Dynamics CRM. John currently holds a number of technical certifications, including those from Microsoft for SharePoint 2007/2010, Project/Project Server, and Office 365. John is a member of The International Association of Microsoft Channel Partners (IAMCP), Project Management Institute (PMI), and International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA). When not consulting, he can be found exploring emerging technology or tinkering with his Arduinos. John is also the proud mayor of 25+ locations on Foursquare in San Diego and Costa Rica.

With excellent communication and leadership skills, Mr. Frost has successfully overseen the development of over 75 SharePoint portals and intranets since 2003. His talent in Thought Leadership combined with his in-depth knowledge and experience in SharePoint technologies has become a saving grace for many client organizations. Mr. Frost is often asked to speak at industry events and share his SharePoint expertise with others.

Mr. Sand has worked in the technology industry since 1990 with senior roles in corporate IT, engineering, operations, solution architecture, infrastructure design/deployment and professional services. He has designed, built and deployed assorted business collaboration and process improvement solutions for both small businesses and large enterprises. Mr. Sand is also an experienced business analyst and technology strategist with over 12 years of experience in security, data analysis, process improvement, unified communications and collaboration.

Ken Ammann is a technical architect for Planet Technologies’ Federal Division. Ken’s primary client is the Department of Energy while also working with State and Local government agencies. His clients’ projects usually range from 1,000 to 10,000 end users. Ken has been working with SQL Server since 7.0 and SharePoint since 2003 doing everything from Business Intelligence, Custom Application Development, and SharePoint Development. Ken is currently completing his MCM for SQL Server. MCITS, MCAD, MCDBA, MCSE + Internet, MCT

Kenneth Lo, PMP is the CEO of Kattelo Consulting, which provides professional services to companies of all sizes adopting SharePoint technologies. Kenneth is a battle-tested SharePoint evangelist and entrepreneur with extensive management consulting experiences. His clientele ranges from Silicon Valley startups to Fortune 500 companies. Kenneth combines his passion and expertise in mobile technologies and specializes in SharePoint mobility strategies and adoption. Being a risk-averse person at heart, Kenneth spends his leisure time mountain biking, rock climbing, and scuba diving.

Spent the last 20 years in technology, primarily in software development in .Net. Served as the primary SharePoint contact at CSU Chico during the migration from SharePoint 2007 to 2010. Filled the roles of SharePoint Administrator and Developer as well as support and Database administrator for the SharePoint implementation. SharePoint has been a natural evolution from Asp.Net

Mayank Malik (MCITP) is a SharePoint Architect and Evangelist with over 10 years of experience in software development. His expertise includes SharePoint technology, products, design and architecture along with ASP.NET, IIS, SQL Server, Windows Server, and other core technologies upon which SharePoint server depends.

I am Senior Architect as Waggener Edstrom and have been working with SharePoint almost exclusively for over 9 years now. Frequent speaker, blogger and author of MS Press book “Customizing My Site in SharePoint 2010”. SharePoint always provides challenges for me but also gives me the tools to provide real world business solutions. When I am not doing SharePoint I like to go white water kayaking and enjoy the beach.

As a technical solution professional at AvePoint, Michael has demonstrated and delivered AvePoint’s SharePoint infrastructure management solutions to businesses throughout Australasia and the United Stated. Michael is an experienced technical engineer in network and information security prior to joining AvePoint.

Naomi Moneypenny is CTO at Synxi (a ManyWorlds brand) where she leads the development team for the adaptive recommendations & learning engine for SharePoint 2010 and other social business systems such as Yammer and Tibbr. Previously, Naomi was a business and IT strategist at Shell working on technology forecasting and collaboration. She has a Masters degree in Astrophysics as well as graduating in executive programs in strategy and M&A from Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management. She holds 15 patents in the area of adaptive systems.

Paul Singh is currently managing the Windows Administration team at the Campus Data Center, UC Davis and also IT Professional Services team, both which provide enterprise-wide campus core and recharge services. Technologies supported include managing the central campus Exchange 2010 email system, campus Active Directory 2008 R2, SharePoint 2010, Microsoft Lync 2010, eFAX, SQL Services, Windows Servers, BES Server and firewall administration. Paul Singh is also currently integrating Microsoft Office365 Cloud into the campus computer environment and deploying a SharePoint 2010 FARM, on-premises.

Paul Rivette is the IT manager for the Design and Construction Management department at UC Davis. His department is responsible for delivering high quality buildings, creating new environments, improving the infrastructure and transforming existing facilities which will sustain and advance the campus’ mission of learning, discovery and engagement. Paul manages the information systems supporting this endeavor and is currently implementing a construction project management and accounting system based on SharePoint, Project Server and Microsoft Dynamics SL. Paul has lead his department in collaboration partnerships with other campus units to build SharePoint based solutions that can be scaled to meet the enterprise needs of the entire campus.

Peter has been working with SharePoint since 2006, focusing on helping clients get the best from their platform investment. His coverage has been search, extranet collaboration, analytics, and ECM technologies – always with the business/end-user focus. His current focus is on document imaging and management with SharePoint, which reaps huge benefits and cost-savings by eliminating slow and labor-intensive paper-based processes in all types of organizations. Peter's customer experience covers a broad spectrum or large organizations like Mayo Clinic, Bosch, Fair Isaac, Cargill, smaller entities, state/local government, and non-profits.

Scott Morrison specializes in providing creative solutions used to automate business processes, assist in performance monitoring, and maintain customer relations. He joined the professional information technology field in 1999. Scott is currently an Architect with the team at Kiefer Consulting.

Sean Hansen, PMP, CSM, is a Solution Delivery Manager at Kiefer Consulting. Through over 15 years delivering public sector solutions, Sean served as an architect for the United Kingdom’s Tax System, managed the delivery of California’s first statewide child support disbursement system and delivered the CalWIN solution. He joined the Kiefer Consulting team in 2011 to lead SharePoint and Mobile delivery. Most recently, Sean led the Best of CA Award Winning ADA Accessibility Assessment solution for Vanir Construction

Pawel Mozdzen has spent the last 12 years in software development specializing in database driven systems, analysis and data administration services. For the last four years he has been a lead programmer designing solutions for Vanir Construction Management and its clients. Pawel is experienced in wide range of software application technologies including relational databases, .Net and SharePoint.

Malcolm Nguyen is an iPhone and Android Developer at Kiefer Consulting, and an expert in mobile development and design. He specializes in native applications for the iPhone and Android platforms and has developed a wide range of native mobile applications for business in the public and private sector. Malcolm has a bachelors degree in business from California State University Sacramento with a specialization in Management Information systems and is a member of the Management Informations Systems Association.

Shaun is a Sales Engineer with Axceler working out of our Los Angeles office where he serves as a technical resource. Weekly he speaks with roughly 30-40 clients about implementing governance, management, security and administration within SharePoint.

W. Sterling Wright has been working with SharePoint since 2007. He is MCITP Server 2008R2 certified. His background includes working with the Department of Defense, and security companies. Sterling is a SharePoint administrator in Sacramento. He was first introduced to SharePoint Server 2007 Enterprise edition and was instantly hooked. Sterling’s first build was a single server SharePoint 2007 portal for a small company. Now he works on SharePoint 2010 Multi-Tier farms with SQL clusters. He has a great passion for the server side of SharePoint and is just as excited about SharePoint today as when he stood up his first SharePoint Server.