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| Kevin Griffin
Membership Mentor for Virginia Kevin Griffin is a .NET Developer for Antech Systems, located in Chesapeake, VA. He's an ASPInsider and the leader of the Hampton Roads .NET Users Group. Often, he can be found speaking at or attending other local user group meetings or code camps. He enjoys working with new technology, and consistently works on being a better developer and building the best software he can. Follow Kevin on Twitter: http://twitter.com/1kevgriff Read Kevin's Blog: http://www.kevgriffin.com |
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| Ben Dewey is a Senior Software Developer at Tallan, Inc. and is a committer for the Apache Incubator Stonehenge project. He has over 10 years of web development experience and has recently worked on projects using WebServices, REST, WCF, jQuery, Silverlight, and WPF. Ben strives to create connected system with well defined roles without sacrificing the richness of the user experience. |
| Bill Jones Jr., Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Carolinas - NC, SC Bill Jones Jr., as a Solutions Architect, specializes in software development using .NET, VB.Net, ASP.NET, C# and SQL Server. He is well versed in all phases of the development cycle - process, class abstraction, data structures, reporting and user interface. In his spare time, Bill founded and continues to lead the Enterprise Developers Guild, the .Net User Group in Charlotte NC with more than 2300 members. Bill is delighted to be designated as a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for Visual Basic .Net. He has also qualified as a Microsoft Certified Professional in both Visual Basic.Net and C#. He is the INET Membership Mentor for the two Carolinas and has been awarded as an INETA Community Champion for Lifetime Achievement. |
| Camey Combs, Olympia WA
Pacific Northwest - AK, WA, ID, OR
Camey is co-leader of South Sound .NET User Group, with over 20 years developing software for windows and web, with an emphasis on database design and development, currently with Milestone Technology, Inc. Cam is involved with community organizing on many fronts, and is especially energized about promoting community and networking amongst software developers. Cam is also excited about WebMatrix, Razor and related technologies and is diving back into web development after a long sojourn in Winforms.
Follow Cam on twitter: http://twitter.com/camcombs
Cam blogs at Code(r) (In)Complete |
| Chris Ortman
North Central - IA, MN, ND, NE, SD Chris Ortman is a developer at Innovative Systems in Mitchell SD. He specializes in web development and is a git enthusiast. |
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| Michael Cummings
Membership Mentor for Massachusetts |
| D'Arcy Lussier, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Great Plains Canada - AB, MB, SK, NT, NU D'Arcy Lussier, as part of the emerging Canadian Developer Community 2.0, has been an active member of the developer community for many years. In addition to being part of the leadership for the Winnipeg .NET User Group, he has organized various user group tours which saw Roy Osherove, Jean-Paul Boodhoo, and Jean-Luc David among others, make their way across central Canada for the benefit of Canadian user groups. In addition to his community efforts, D'Arcy holds an MCSD and has been developing with .NET since the initial beta. His focus over the last six years has been on web development with ASP.NET. He has presented at the Winnipeg .NET User Group, the Calgary Code Camp, and the Twin Cities Code Camp on ASP.NET. |
| Dennis J. Bottjer
Membership Mentor for Oklahoma Dennis J. Bottjer is a solutions architect, consultant, teacher, blogger and speaker. As a three time Microsoft ASP/ASP.NET MVP, he specializes in SharePoint and Web Development. Dennis has over 12 years of industry experience with an emphasis on the Financial and Banking Sectors. As an associate for a Fortune 100 Financial Services Company, Dennis was a key contributor during the development of an underwriting system and fulfillment system. Dennis builds community by regularly participating in user groups and community events. He has been a user group president and is currently an INETA.org membership mentor. Dennis lives in Tulsa, OK with his wife Carrie, daughter Kate, son Will and three cats.
Blog: www.DennisBottjer.com
Twitter: Follow Me @dbottjer
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| Derek Hatchard, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
Quebec and Atlantic Canada - NB, NL, NS, PE, QC Derek Hatchard is a web entrepreneur, consultant, and trainer/mentor. He is also a Microsoft Regional Director, Microsoft MVP, author, and speaker. He blogs at www.ardentdev.com and www.derekhat.com, and he co-hosts a developer podcast at www.devcasting.com. Derek is based in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada where he runs the Dev East (Moncton) and Dev East (Halifax) user groups. In 2002, Derek helped turn a dormant Visual Basic group in Moncton into an active .NET user group (.NET NB). In 2004, Derek started the .NET Nova Scotia user group in Halifax. In 2007, those groups were renamed Dev East (Moncton) and Dev East (Halifax) respectively. |
| David Giard
Membership Mentor for Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia David Giard has been developing solutions using Microsoft technologies since 1993. In the past, he has spoken at Day of .Net, CodeStock, Microsoft DevCares, Microsoft ArcReady, Dot Net University, X Conference and numerous user groups around the Midwest. He is a recovering certification addict and holds an MCTS, MCSD, MCSE, and MCDBA, as well as a BS and an MBA. He is the host and producer of the mildly popular online TV show Technology and Friends (http://technologyandfriends.com). He is president of the Great Lakes Area .Net User Group. He is an avid photographer and has visually documented many of the Heartland community events. You can read his latest thoughts at www.DavidGiard.com. David lives in Michigan with his two teenage sons. |
| Doug Spindler
Membership Mentor for Northern California Douglas R. Spindler grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and Silicon Valley. He wrote his fist computer program was when he was 12 years old on a Teletype machine with paper tape and a 300 baud modem connected to the University of California at Berkeley. After writing a program too long for tape he began using punch cards then cassette tapes on an IBM-PC. Doug attended the University of California and received a degree in Molecular-Cellular and Developmental Biology while still maintaining an interest in computers and technology. While in college Doug became involved in technology user groups and later founded Pacific IT Professionals or Pac IT Pros. The interest in the Pac IT Pros community still continues to grow. Doug's monthly Pac IT Pros meetings are simulcast live to 9 other IT Pro community groups on the west coast. Microsoft recognized Doug's work in the IT Pro community and invited him to become a member of Microsoft's IT Pro Council which lead to him supporting IT Pro communities across the US, South America, Europe and India. Doug is the creator of TechDays, technical training events "where IT Pros learn IT today, and deploy IT tomorrow". Doug works as a Technology Consultant for the past twenty-five years. He has designed solutions for the US Department of Energy, UCSF Medical Center, Kaiser Permanente, Lawrence National Laboratory, GTE, and several financial institutions. Doug also teaches Microsoft technology classes at a Bay Area College, is an author, lecturer and on occasion can be found on the local evening TV news broadcast commenting on technology. Doug has earned several Microsoft certifications which include MCSE 2003, MCITP Server 2008, and Microsoft Certified Trainer. Doug is a four time award winner of Microsoft's prestigious MVP award and was selected by Windows IT Pro Magazine's as their first IT Pro Hero. Doug lives in the San Francisco Bay area with his four kids, and 12 Microsoft Servers. |
| Eric Anderson is a Senior Consultant with Headsping Systems in Austin, TX. He is loves teaching, writing, and speaking to help others improve their software and software practices. He has 7 years of software experience with the majority of that time spent in Agile shops. His development experience crosses Java and .Net spaces, product companies and consultancies. |
| Eric King - Advocate of Community
- UG Leader
- INETA Membership Rep
- Love Integration and Architecture |
| Nolan Zak, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Pacific Canada - BC, YT Nolan Zak is an ASP.NET application architect. He has been leading the Victoria .NET Developers Association since June 2004 and has also operated three successful code camps. Nolan mentors other user group leaders on how to run their groups successfully. He also participates in regular discussions with other user group leaders on how to create successful online/offline communities. |
| Caleb Jenkins is the founder and a Principal Mentor with Proaction Mentors in Dallas, TX. He also blogs as a Silverlight & Windows Phone Expert Ninja Microsoft MVP, INETA National Speaker; Caleb was the lead software architect for Six Flags corporation, worked for Microsoft as a Developer Evangelist, has worked as a technical editor for Wrox Press and has consulted and mentored developers for several fortune 100 companies. As a long time community leader ,Caleb is well known for his engaging speaking style, depth of knowledge and creative energy. As a Microsoft Certified Solution Developer, Certified Trainer and .NET architect, Caleb has helped to design and implement enterprise .NET Solutions for some of the largest companies in the world; American Airlines, Countrywide Mortgage, Six Flags Corporation, Travelocity, CGI-AMS, Dollar Thrift Automotive Group and Sunoco Inc. to name a few. Caleb lives in the Dallas area where he continues to date his beautiful wife and busies himself playing Candy Land and Xbox 360 with their four incredible children. Occasionally he writes curriculum, speaks at conferences, and writes code for silly things like Twitter applications. Eventually he'll post some of the gazillion interviews that he's recorded on CommunityCast. You can follow Caleb on twitter (@calebjenkins or at his blog www.developingUX.com |
| John Baird is the founder of Xamlware, Inc., a professional consulting firm specializing in Silverlight and Windows Phone 7 development. John has 30 years of experience designing, coding, and implementing software solutions. John co-founded the Northern Delaware .Net Users group, is heavily involved in the local .Net communities, and travels extensively presenting to user groups, code camps and special interest groups. John has also published a number of articles for CoDe magazine. John is also a 3 time recipient of Microsoft’s MVP award and is one of the first MVP’s for Windows Phone 7. |
| John Blumenauer is a Lead Software Engineer for Metrico Wireless, Inc. in Frederick, MD. Before arriving at Metrico Wireless, he worked for General Electric Aviation (formerly Smiths Aerospace) as a Senior Software Engineer. Prior to working at GE, John was a software engineer for several software product development companies, including MICROS and Orbital Sciences Corporation. During John’s 13 year career in software development, he has worked with a variety of languages and has contributed to projects of all sizes, including large scale enterprise applications. He enjoys sharing his knowledge and valuable experience with the development community. John is the President and co-founder of the Frederick (MD) .NET User Group (www.frednug.org). His blog can be found at http://geekswithblogs.net/jblumenauer/Default.aspx. |
| Keith Elder is the host of the popular online technology podcast Deep Fried Bytes. He is also a Team Leader / Sr. Software Engineer for Quicken Loans, the nation's largest online mortgage lender based in Livonia, MI and is the founder of the Hattiesburg, MS .Net User Group called Hub City NUG. Keith is an experienced technologist, systems administrator, software engineer, speaker, trainer and all around geek.
As an experienced educator, trainer and speaker he has logged thousands of hours in front of the classroom teaching students of varying ages from the 6th grade to the college level. He has trained countless developers from various business sectors ranging from top auto manufactures, fortune 500 companies and Universities.
As a Microsoft MVP and INETA speaker he speaks throughout the United States at major technical conferences, Code Camps, and .Net User Groups. Keith's ability to explain complex topics with a friendly common sense southern attitude make him a highly regarded speaker at technical conferences. You can read more about Keith's interests, hobbies, rants and raves on his blog at http://keithelder.net/blog/. |
| Lee Brandt has been programming professionally for more than a decade and currently works as a Project Lead Consultant with AdventureTech. He speaks regionally about software development practices and has mentored teams on improving their approach to lean software development though achieving technical proficiency. He is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional, one of the leaders of the Kansas City .Net User Group, and serves as the Regional Mentor for .Net user groups in Kansas and Missouri. |
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| Armanda Turney
Indiana and Kentucky Armanda is a freelance web designer and marketing consultant with clients nationwide as well as in the Ft. Wayne area. Armanda attended the University of Tampa and graduated with a few science related B.S. degrees. She took a few years off when her children were younger and returned to the work force in 1999 as a full time web developer and consultant. At one point, Armanda oversaw the Merchant Account program at a local bank. That experience coupled with her marketing, & computer experience along with a little scientific method to get things done, provided a strong background to make the jump to the web. Armanda has recently accepted the volunteer position of Ineta Representative for Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky. |
| Mark Rowe, Director, is a husband and father of two. During the day he works at Magenic as a Senior Consultant. Mark is a local speaker and Integration enthusiast in the Atlanta area. He helped found and currently serves on the board for the Microsoft Integration Architects user group in Atlanta. Mark is also a proud member of the Microsoft BizTalk Virtual Specialist team. He enjoys teaching, reading, House and Adult Swim on Cartoon network. During his off hours, Mark tries to keep busy with multiple codeplex projects, user group engagements and White Water with his 2 year old. |
| Rob Windsor, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Ontario Canada - ON Rob Windsor is a Senior Consultant and the Director of Training with ObjectSharp Consulting - a Microsoft Gold Partner based in Toronto, Canada. Rob focuses on the architecture, design and development of custom business applications using leading edge Microsoft technologies. In addition Rob is a top rated instructor - authoring and teaching courses on .NET development, SharePoint and software architecture. As a member of the MSDN Canada Speakers Bureau, Rob has had a chance to present at conferences, code camps, and user group meetings in Toronto and across North America. He is President of the Toronto Visual Basic User Group and has been recognized as a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for his involvement in the developer community. |
| Scott Cate is the President of myKB.com, Inc., in Scottsdale, Arizona.
myKB.com is a technology company specializing in commercial ASP.NET
applications. His product line includes CloudDB.com, myKB.com,
KBAlertz.com, and a few others. Scott also runs the Arizona .NET User
group, an Arizona based INETA User Group. Scott created AZGroups.com
which is a simple calendar that is shared between many Arizona based
user groups, to act as a single calendar to post and share local
community events. Scott also works with INETA as a User Group Mentor
for User Groups in the Desert region (AZ, NM, NV). INETA is also proud
to include Scott Cate as an INETA Speaker to travel around North
America and deliver .NET related content to other NorAm user groups.
Scott was a founding board member, and now a current member of
ASPInsiders.com, a group devoted to giving early feedback to the
Microsoft ASP.NET Team. Scott has also been awarded the ASP.NET MVP
every year, since 2004. In the authoring category, Scott has
co-authored an AJAX book titled "Beginning AJAX with ASP.NET",
authored two full length ASP.NET AJAX (C# and Visual Basic) Video
Training Courses for AppDev, as well as the non-fiction novel titled
"Surveillance" ( http://surveillance-the-novel.com ).
Outside of community and work efforts, Scott enjoys the perfect
family. It sounds to good to be true, but really it's true. Scott and
Jamie have two perfect children, that are perfect in every way. Jamie,
Cameron, and Courtney are what make all the hard work worth while.
Finally, Scott has set a 2009 New Years Community Resolution, to
repost Sara Ford's very famous ""Visual Studio Tip of the Day"" in video
format. His goal is to create all 382 posts in video format before
the end of 2009. The videos are posted in blog format on
http://ScottCate.com/Tricks
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| Sergey Barskiy (sergey@barskiy.com, http://www.DotNetSpeak.com)
Membership Mentor for Georgia
Sergey Barskiy is a software consultant with Magenic Technologies’ Atlanta office. He has been working with Microsoft technologies since 1998. He is a Microsoft MVP in Data Platform category. He also holds the following certifications: MCTS, MCSD for .NET, MCAD for .NET, MCDBA, MCP. Lately he has been working with XAML technologies. Sergey graduated Magna Cum Laude from GSU with bachelor’s degree in Computer Science. He is active in developers’ community in Atlanta. He speaks frequently at various events around Atlanta.
Sergey lives with his wife and three children in Lilburn, an Atlanta, GA suburb.
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| 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. When not coding, Sam can be found driving his prized Mustang GT all over Cleveland or volunteering at his local church.
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| Ken Tucker
Membership Mentor for Florida Ken is the President of the Space Coast .Net User Group and a frequent speaker at Florida Code Camps. Ken is also a Microsoft MVP in Visual Basic. |
| Woody Pewitt
Membership Mentor for Southern California and Hawaii Woody Pewitt is the Product Manager at MindTouch where he helps MindTouch can make innovative products and solutions to enable customers get greater returns for their organizations. Before joining MindTouch he worked at Microsoft in Southern California doing several Evangelism jobs where he got to work with all kinds of people who are interested in Microsoft development technologies. He is an experienced developer, teacher/trainer and is a part-time instructor at University of California San Diego. Woody has worked on software and system architecture, code, development and infrastructure reviews and analysis of several fortune 500 companies for salability, security, performance and standards & practices. He is also an accomplished author, having written Microsoft Official Curriculum and has authored several published magazine articles. Prior to his time in technology Woody was an electronic technician in the United States Navy. Woody and his wife Sam have 2 boys that keep them on the run! |
| Zach Young is a FileNet Solution Architect at JB Hunt Transportation in Lowell, Arkansas. His job includes researching existing technologies, assisting development teams with architecture designs, and integrating current enterprise systems. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the Sam M. Walton College of Business Administration at The University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Zach is the President of the Northwest Arkansas .Net User Group and co-founder of the Virtual Alt.Net (VAN) user group. In addition to working with these groups, Zach volunteers his time to assist his church with lighting and the sound board during services. In his spare time, he enjoys spending time with his wife and two daughters, reading technical books, and being outdoors. Zach regularly blogs at www.zachariahyoung.com. |
  
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