Speakers
Bayer
Bayer White has a successful consulting career developing enterprise solutions using .Net Technologies. His technical focus is in mastering Business Process Management (BPM), and specializes in building business processes using Windows Workflow Foundation (WF). He is a published author, written multiple technical articles, and helps others through his blog at http://www.humanworkflow.net. He has also spoken at various conferences supporting Microsoft Technologies such as PASS, DevConnections, VSLive and MDC, and has been invited to Microsoft's campus to attend Software Design Reviews (SDR) for future products of Microsoft's Connected Framework. Bayer is a Microsoft MVP, which is awarded by Microsoft for demonstrating exceptional community technical support. He also organizes and runs JaxDUG, a local user group focused on Microsoft.Net and speaks at .Net CodeCamps all over Florida.
Billy Lieblick
Manager Consultant with Sogeti USA. I am a software consultant, architect, and developer that has helped clients all over the spectrum with technical and problem solving expertise. Have been exposed to various languages, since 2004 primarily using Microsoft .NET (C#).
Colin Blakey
21 years in software development in the financial world, from COBOL to C# and anything in between. Now working at Vertex Inc (a company involved in commercial tax software) on web portals, technology updates and anything else that looks interesting.
Daniel Combiths
All SharePoint! With over 3 years of experience deep diving into the SharePoint platform, developing custom SharePoint applications, Daniel brings quite a bit of experience with him. In his spare time Daniel enjoys frequent visits to St. George Island with his family and friends perfecting his art in photography.
Gene Kochanowsky
I'm a long time resident of Tallahassee. I have a life long interest in all things technical and scientific.
Henry Lee
Henry Lee is founder of NewAgeSolution.Net and is passionate about the technology. He is also the author of the book Beginning Windows Phone 7 Development 2nd edition from Apress (http://bit.ly/wp7apress2nd). He works with various Fortune 500 companies delivering mobile applications and rich internet applications. He recently formed start-up company called ToeTapz.com focusing his energy on delivering mobile applications to the consumers. In his spare time, he dedicates his effort to help his .NET community by delivering sessions at the technology events. He enjoys talking with other technologist about current trends in the technology and sharing business insights with fellow colleagues. Often you will find Henry at local cigar bar enjoying a cigar and a drink trying to come up with next big mobile application.
Jacob J. Sanford
Work and play in Tallahassee. Wrote a few books. Loves to talk (no need to qualify that). Come hang out. We'll have fun.
Jarrod Edge
13 years as a Microsoft Certified Trainer, Jarrod has crossed the globe training and consulting on Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft SQL Server, as well as Microsoft SharePoint design, governance and development. Jarrod has worked with and trained many large companies on the .NET Framework, Visual Studio, C#, VB.NET, SQL Server, WCF, SharePoint, Website Development, Database Design and more. As the General Manager of GetWebEdge Corporate Training Center., a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner for Learning Solutions located in Orange Park, FL, Jarrod oversees the development of all Software and Websites as well as the education of GWE clients. Jarrod’s long term relationship and partnership with Spindustry Training, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner for Learning Solutions, located in Des Moines, IA has earned him a position as the Lead .NET Instructor for Spindustry Training. Jarrod holds the following certification: MCT, MCPD, MCITP, MCSD, MCTS, MCAD, MCP, CTT, CTT+
Jason Milgram
Jason is the founder of Linxter, a message-oriented cloud middleware platform provider. He has been working with computers ever since he bought his first Timex/Sinclair 1000 in 6th grade and taught himself BASIC programming. Since then, Jason has worked as a technical consultant in system architecture and management positions for clients such as IBM, the U.S. Department of Justice, Florida Power and Light, Chase Manhattan Bank, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Kodak and Iris Associates (creator of Lotus Notes). He was also a sergeant in the US Army Reserve, serving from 1990 to 1998. Jason was educated at the University of Cincinnati (BA Political Science, 1993) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Sloan School of Management (Executive Certificate, Management and Leadership, 2008). As a public speaker, Jason has presented on topics including cloud computing, system architecture, and starting a software business. He is a Microsoft Azure MVP and a registered INETA Regional Speaker.
Jay Kimble
Jay Kimble is the leader of the Tampa Bay Silverlight User Group, and a local Florida speaker who has been seen in a number of user groups around the state as well as in various code camps. In his day job he is an independent consultant who (mostly) works for Software Logistics where his mobile development skills are employed. Jay is extremely passionate about both Windows Phone, and Silverlight. He is the author of numerous Windows Phone apps in the marketplace.
Jeff Shaver
Jeff Shaver is a Manager Consultant for Sogeti USA. His focus areas have included collaboration, business intelligence, custom development, and a growing passion in surfacing unstructured ginormous datasets. Jeff Shaver lives in Tallahassee with his wife and two children for close to two years now. He moved from Des Moines, Iowa where he consulted for companies in the financial, marketing, transportation, and energy sectors solving business problems with technology.
Joe Healy
Joe Healy (www.devfish.net) is the Developer Evangelist for Florida. Joe’s geographical responsibility is to provide ‘developer care’ for the Gulf States District for the East Region Developer team. As such, he has responsibilities to bring .NET development to the masses in his area. Joe serves a multitude of clients, from corporate accounts to broad reach events and User Groups. He lectures on various development and architectural topics focused around the .Net Frameworks, Visual Studio.NET, and associated servers. Joe worked previously for Microsoft Consulting Services in the custom Application Development arena, focusing on Internet, Web Services, Rich Client, B2B, and browser delivered systems for Microsoft Consulting Services. Joe has also served time with eAngler.com, Cap Gemini, EDS, and IBM in various capacities… On a personal level, Joe resides in Tampa Bay, Florida, and enjoys spending time trying to coax Redfish, Snook, and Trout from various nooks and crannies in Tampa Bay. He is married to wife Anne, with two little girls, Ryan and Morgan, who will also grow up to be great "fisher-ladies" one day.
john mcfetridge
many years of software development. One of authors of Coreldraw if any one remembers
Keith Rowe
Been coding since 1979. Still love to write code but spend most of my time managing my business and projects. I am all about building a strong community from the ground up.
Maximo Trinidad
I'm native from Puerto Rico and has been working with computers since 1979. I have worked with Dbase III/IV, Clipper, RPG, OS/400, OCL/JCL/CL, HTLM and most current MS development technologies. Work for many years as a Senior IT/Developer has provided support for Windows Servers 2003/2008, Windows 7, SQL Servers Applications, Microsoft Virtualization Technologies, and building Visual Studio solutions. In 2009/2010/2011 got his Microsoft MVP Award in Powershell. Also, in 2010 got his SAPIEN Technologies MVP Award.
Nikita Polyakov
Windows Phone 7 Development Microsoft MVP of the Year 2011, speaker, organizer. Nikita works for AgileThought as Senior Consultant building custom software for various customers.
Oleg Sych
Oleg Sych is a Senior Consultant with AgileThought. He has been working as a professional software engineer since 1993, building distributed enterprise applications since 2000 and working with .NET since 2002. Oleg received the MVP award from Microsoft in C# category in 2009 and 2010 and in Visual Studio ALM category in 2011. His professional interests include agile software architecture and development process. In his spare time, Oleg writes and speaks about code generation. Check out his web site at http://www.olegsych.com for in-depth coverage of T4 and ASP.NET Dynamic Data.
Pam Shaw
Pam Shaw has been in IT for almost 30 years. Since 2001, Pam has been working with SQL Server, first 2000, then 2005 and now 2008. Pam is currently an independent contractor. Pam is also the Chapter Leader of the Tampa Bay SQL Users Group - a local chapter of PASS and organizer of SQL Saturday Tampa.
Patrick Robbins
Patrick is a programmer working with .Net among other technologies in Tallahassee Florida.
Ricky Smith
Ricky has been involved in application development since 1999 and fancies him a pretty decent guy. While the majority of his career has been working with web applications and cultivating facial hair, he currently works in WPF and continues to grow facial hair. A few years ago he launched an open source and poorly named side project, Twitterizer. This year, he went to the //BUILD/ conference and he'll be happy to let you see and demo his Windows 8 tablet.
Russell Fustino
Russ Fustino is a highly experienced software developer with a passion for conveying relevant, current, and future software development technologies and tools through live seminars, teaching, and internet video productions. He enlightened, entertained and educated 100’s of Thousands of developers nationwide as a former Developer Evangelist for Microsoft. Russ now heads up Developer Evangelism at GrapeCity PowerTools Group as a Senior Developer Evangelist. Russ has a new interview video series with influentials about current technology called ‘Russ Cam’! See http://gvtv.gcpowertools.com
Saqib Rokadia
Saqib Rokadia is an active member in the Tallahasse .Net User Group and the .Net Architecture User Group. He works for Sogeti USA as a Senior Consultant and works directly with .Net Technologies.
Steven Lane
Senior Consultant with I.S. Consulting (http://www.goisc.com/). President Tallahassee .NET User Group (www.tlhdotnet.net). Founder Tallahassee Architectural SIG (http://tallyarch.com). More than 12 years continuous and progressive experience as a Development Team Leader, Object Oriented Software Architect, Business System and Data Analyst, Principal Consultant, Technical Instructor, Lead Programmer, and Environmental Quality Control Specialist. Multi-disciplined and cross-industry versatility, a balanced understanding of general systems analysis and design. An active leader in the local area’s .NET UG (www.tlhdotnet.net).
Sven Aelterman
Sven Aelterman is a lecturer in Information Systems at Troy University in Troy, Alabama. He teaches undergraduate courses in database design, data warehousing and network infrastructure and security. He is also the technology specialist for the Sorrell College of Business at TROY and performs a variety of technology roles with a global scope. He continues consulting work through Adduxis, where he assists customers with software development projects using the Microsoft .NET Framework and related technologies. Sven focuses on application design and architecture and secure coding practices. He received his MBA from Troy University and his bachelor’s degree from the Hogeschool Gent in Belgium, his native country. Sven is married to Ebony and they have a son, Edward, and a daughter, Sofia.
Tray Williams
Well rounded IT professional with 15 years of broad experience in all aspects of software development/management. Interested in expanding my knowledge in all disciplines within the IT arena including management, design, architecture, and development. Dedicated to increasing the quality and value of IT products and services through the use of Agile engineering and Agile project management practices. SpecialtiesCertified Project Manager (PMP) --- Certified Scrum Master (CSM) --- Highly Experienced Software Architect --- Team Leadership --- Business Analysis --- Problem Solving --- Holistic Thinking --- Enterprise Consulting
Vicki Combs
Vicki began programming on an IBM desktop using BasicA to prepare analysis data for a research grant. Over the years, she utilized a variety of languages to develop DOS and Windows-based applications. Five years ago she began working with FDOT developing Business Support applications using .Net. Now she is working with SharePoint and learning how to translate what she knows about object-oriented development to the SharePoint development environment. Every day is an adventure!
Walter V. Williams, Jr.
Walter is a Sr. Level Software Engineer who has been designing, developing and testing software since 1983. He owns CHB Consuilting, Inc. out of Rockledge, FL, which has several software products on the market. Between the work on the company software products and contracts for outside cliewnts, he has developed a wide range of skills and knowledge. His primary focus is on desktop database applications using VB.NET or C#.NET and versions of SQL Server. He enjoys presenting, and helping others to learn.