I'm the General Manager for the .NET Framework (DevFX) team in the Developer Division at Microsoft. My team includes UIFX (WinForms and Asp.Net), the CLR, and the Compact Framework team (.NET for devices). I was one of a small handful of folks who started working on what would become the CLR back in '97. I worked primarily on the metadata, file formats, and compiler integration. I was the first dev lead for those features as well as the debugger/profiler. I was the Development Manager for V1.1 and the first part of V2.0, and ultimately became the PUM of the team before taking the GM role. I love writing code! And it is an amazing opportunity to work on a team where dogfooding my product requires means writing code.

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Sean Alexander is Director of Product Management within the Application Platform and Developer Division. Focused on building the next-generation rich media platform for the Web and beyond, Alexander’s group is responsible for the recently launched Microsoft Silverlight, and the Expression Studio toolset for professional designers. A twelve year veteran in the platforms and media space, Alexander previously led product management teams producing the Emmy®-award winning Windows Media platform, Windows Media Center, and related incubation projects.

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James McGovern is an industry thought leader whose focus is on the human aspects of technology around open source, SOA, software security, enterprise architecture and agile software development. He is employed as an Enterprise Architect for The Hartford. James is the co-author of several bestselling books including: A Practical Guide to Enterprise Architecture (Prentice Hall) and Enterprise Service Oriented Architectures (Springer Verlag). He holds industry certifications from Microsoft, Cisco and Sun. James is a popular speaker at elite technology conferences around the globe.

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Luke Sontag is Co-Founder and President of Technology for Tulsa based Vidoop. Having a first hand view of the weakness of password based authentication, Sontag teamed up with his colleague and friend, Norvell, to create an Internet scale solution to one of the biggest problems facing the Web. Prior to founding Vidoop, Sontag was a security analyst/team lead in Identity & Access Management at JPMorganChase in New York. One of ten children, Sontag worked full time while financing and earning his Bachelor's degree from St. Gregory's University. Straight out of high school, his love of technology led to his first position with Williams Communications (now Level 3 Communications). Three years later, Sontag joined Norvell-Marcum Company, Inc., holding various positions in the finance and technology departments. As President of Technology, Sontag led the early design and prototyping of the company's flagship technology and assembled the team of engineers that ultimately developed Vidoop Secure™.

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Katherine Spencer Lee

Executive Director

Robert Half Technology


Katherine Spencer Lee is executive director of Robert Half Technology, a leading provider of information technology (IT) professionals on a project and full-time basis.

A graduate of Northern Arizona University, Ms. Lee has been with the company since 1995 and has more than 15 years of experience in information technology consulting services. Ms. Lee is a spokesperson, author of industry articles and frequent public speaker on IT staffing.

In her role as a nationally recognized authority on IT careers, Ms. Lee has guest hosted several live events on websites such as Monster.com, Techtarget.com and CareerPath.com. In addition, she is currently providing career insight and advice to Computerworld, CIOUpdate.com, Dice.com, Optimize and Certification Magazine readers through her monthly columns.

With more than 100 locations in North America, Europe and Asia, Robert Half Technology is a leading provider of IT professionals for initiatives ranging from web development and multiplatform systems integration to network engineering and technical support. Robert Half Technology offers online job search services at www.rht.com.

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Chris Hammond is the Product Manager for Internet Solutions with Engage Software (www.engagesoftware.net) in St. Louis, Missouri. Engage Software’s DotNetNuke work includes training, custom module development and skinning implementations for some of the larger DNN implementations on the web including www.stlouischildrens.org. Chris has started a DNN User group in St. Louis located at www.dnnug.com and takes time to speak at user groups around the Midwest to evangelize and teach DotNetNuke. In his free time Chris participates in various activities with the Sports Car Club of America, including autocross and club racing. He manages multiple community portals relating to those efforts, www.solo2.org and www.sccaforums.com. You can read more about Chris on his blog at chrishammond.com.

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Jeffrey Palermo is a software management consultant and the CTO of Headspring Systems in Austin, TX. Jeffrey specializes in Agile coaching and helps companies double the productivity of software teams. Jeffrey is an MCSD.Net , Microsoft MVP, Certified Scrummaster, Austin .Net User Group leader, AgileAustin board member, INETA speaker, INETA Membership Mentor, Christian, husband, father, motorcyclist, Eagle Scout, U.S. Army Veteran, and Texas A&M University graduate.

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I'm a web software engineer for SourceForge.net - the wold's largest development and download repository of open-source code and applications. In my time at SourceForge, I work in both Java and PHP environments, on the Marketplace and the Site engineering teams, respectively. I have recently spent a fair amount of my time mixing Agile/XP development methods with open-source development methods. I also contributing to, and participating in, a number of open-source projects - including ajaxMyTop, PEAR::DbDeploy, phing, Zend Framework, and others.

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Steven Osborn is a founding software developer at Vidoop in Tulsa Oklahoma. Vidoop is an internet startup specializing in internet security and authentication.  Steven is a Zend Certified Engineer and has 6 years of PHP experience working in the healthcare and security industries.  A Tulsan since birth and the vice president of both the local PHP and Java user's groups, Steven is extremely passionate about technology and the future of Tulsa.

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Mike Azocar is a Microsoft Solutions Architect for Sogeti Houston. He also has the distinction of being one of the few Microsoft Certified Professionals whose only certification is from a test that he helped to author (Exam 70-510). Mike evangelizes Visual Studio Team System and works closely with both the Microsoft Houston office and the VSTS Product Team in Redmond. Mike participated in a VSTS panel for .Net Rocks which aired on 6/28/2007. Recently, Mike competed (and lost) the Speaker Idol competition and presented a Chalk Talk session on Process Templates at Tech Ed 2007 in Orlando.  Mike's blog can be found at www.michaelazocar.com/blog.

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Cory Smith is the founder of XboxFriends.com, maintains a .NET related blog at AddressOf.com and is very active in the .NET community.   His community involvement includes: Vice President of the Fort Worth .NET Users Group, VBInsider Member, Microsoft MVP, and member of the South Central District Developer Guidance Council.   A veteran developer (professionally writing software for over 15 years) working on projects ranging anywhere from major e-commerce sites such as RadioShack.com and InterstateBatteries.com to applications that are at the heart and soul of over 4600 radio stations around the world.  His work history includes working for Tandy/RadioShack, Rare Medium, Inc., Electric Works Corp., Scott Studios Corp. and Shiny Stone Digital.

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Steve Walker is an Architect and Senior Software Developer for WinnerComm, Inc. Steve has been architecting and developing solutions on the Microsoft Stack since 1995 for many companies from the very large to the very small. Steve has a passion for SharePoint as the application development and operations platform of the future. Steve was recently included on the development team for the CKS Project on CodePlex (Community Kit for SharePoint) and looks forward to contributing to that project moving forward.

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Alex Pezold joined ChoicePay in 2006 as the Information Security Officer.  Mr. Pezold is responsible for oversight of ChoicePay’s Information Security Policies and Procedures and ensuring that the Company is compliant with all state, federal, and industry regulations related to privacy and information security.   Prior to joining ChoicePay, Pezold worked in St. Louis for MasterCard International as an Information Security Consultant in their Information Security Department.  Previously he worked at the United States Department of Commerce in Washington, D.C. as an Information Security Analyst.  Pezold has 7 years of overall IT industry experience, with 4 years  focused on Information Security, and holds certifications from the Committee on National Security Systems (CNSS).

Mr. Pezold obtained his Masters degree in Information Security through the Federal Scholarship for Service Cyber Corps program at the University of Tulsa.

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Better known as Mudge, the hacker who testified to the Senate that he could "take the Internet down in 30 minutes", Zatko has been a pioneer of the commercial information security and warfare sector since the 1980s. The leader of the hacker think-tank "L0pht", he founded @stake and Intrusic and currently works as a Division Scientist / Technical Director for BBN Technologies (the company that designed and built the Internet) in the National Intelligence Research and Applications Division. 

Mudge is the creator of L0phtCrack - the premier MS password auditor, SLINT - the first source code vulnerability auditing system, AntiSniff - the first commercial promiscuous system network detection tool, and Zephon - Intrusic's flagship product focused on Counter Intelligence / Counter Espionage for corporate Insider-Threat. His other software works are now included in several distributions of commercial and public domain operating systems.  

As a lecturer and advisor Mudge has contributed to the CIA's critical National security mission, was recognized as a vital contributor to the success and creation of the President's Scholarship for Service Program by the NSC, has briefed Senators, the former Vice President and President of the United States, and has provided testimony to the US Senate multiple times. 

An honorary plank owner of the USS McCampbell and referenced as part of 'U.S. History' in Trivial Pursuit, his mission remains constant to "make a dent in the universe".

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Kyle Kelin has four years of experience in web development using Microsoft technologies. Kyle has built web applications across multiple industries that include consumer electronics, travel, energy, and investment banking. Kyle is currently employed as a Senior Consultant at Infusion in New York where his primary focus is SharePoint development and architecture. Infusion specializes in the architecture and implementation of enterprise-scale solutions for some of the world’s largest banks and government agencies. Kyle a graduate of The Oklahoma State University. When Kyle is not developing he enjoys working out, martial arts, and drinking.

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Chris McLean is a developer of Microsoft technologies with 10 years experience. Starting Visual Basic 6, through classic ASP, and then into .NET in late 2001. Chris loves databases and the nitty gritty low level code optimization. Chris is a MCTS:Windows, as well as MCPD.

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Josh is a developer of Microsoft technologies for over 10 years. Starting with Visual Basic 6, Josh moved to .NET during the early beta. His strengths include smart client architecture and framework development. He is excited about all the new Microsoft technologies, including Silverlight, WPF, WCF, WF, and LINQ.

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John is a recent graduate of Missouri Southern State University in Joplin, MO. His degree is in Computer Information Science with a focus in Network Administration and a minor in Business Administration.

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Rob Reynolds is a developer for Federal Home Loan Bank out of Topeka, KS. He has been programming professionally for 5 years with ASP.NET and other technologies.  He is an MCSD for .NET and an officer in the Army Reserve.  Rob earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Management Information Systems from Kansas State University.

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Nick Parker is a senior software developer with Two Rivers Marketing. Nick has been an executive board member of the Iowa .NET User Group since its inception. He has a passion for open source software development and has also been recognized as a Microsoft C# MVP for the past 3 years. In his spare time he enjoys spending time with his wife.

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Omar Villarreal, Notion Solutions, Inc.

Omar Villarreal is a Development Process Consultant with Notion Solutions, Inc. in Dallas, Texas. He developed most of Notion's training materials for the pre-release versions of Team Foundation Server and Visual Studio Team System. Before joining Notion Solutions, Omar worked as a developer in Microsoft technologies for large telecom and global corporations since late 1998, when he moved to the U.S. from Mexico. Omar is currently the President of the Dallas .Net Users Group.

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Miguel Wood is President and CEO of TekFocus, a Microsoft technology training and consulting firm headquartered in Dallas, Texas which provides services to clients internationally. TekFocus is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and a premier member of United Training. Miguel consults, mentors, and trains Fortune 100 architects and executives to better utilize Microsoft technologies to solve and improve proprietary business processes. Miguel is a master trainer for Microsoft technologies having trained various roles inside of Microsoft on SharePoint Products and Technologies, Microsoft .NET 1.x/2.0 programming, Microsoft SQL Server, Security, Microsoft Solutions Framework (MSF), and various other Microsoft-centric technologies. Prior to his current position, Miguel worked as a consultant for Sapient Corporation. He attended Louisiana State University, majoring in both Computer Engineering and Electrical Engineering.
Raised in a military family, having lived internationally, as well as throughout the United States, Miguel now resides in Dallas, Texas with his wife and son. Miguel is a Director and member of the Finance Committee for the Head Start of Greater Dallas, a non-profit organization with the mission to prepare economically and socially challenged children for success in school. Miguel is also a member of the House Corporation of Louisiana Beta Chapter of Phi Delta Theta International Fraternity.

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Mark Reinsager has 20+ years of I.T. experience, currently serving as Consulting Delivery Manager with Sterling Commerce, Inc.  He has served in various roles in Sterling’s professional services organization, including delivery management, practice manager, and business development.  Sterling Commerce, Inc is a leading software integration firm and a subsidiary of AT&T.  Mark is a past president of the Tulsa Chapter of the Project Management Institute, with a B.S. (Computer Science) from the University of Missouri-Rolla and an MBA from the University of Tulsa.  Mark can be contacted at 
mreinsager@hughes.net.

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Jim Hudson is Senior Technology Evangelist for OakTree Software, a Microsoft Gold Partner in Tulsa OK. Jim has been in the IT field for almost 20 years as a trainer and consultant. Jim is CoAuthor of "Special Edition Using Microsoft Active Directory" and has trained Microsoft Customers and employees all over the US. He is currently interested in anything that is connected to a SQL Server.

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Jeff Bramwell has over 17 years of software development experience and is currently employed as a Lead Developer by Farm Credit Services of America He has been working with .NET technologies (VB.NET and C#) since the early pre-release days (in mid 2000) and currently teaches a course in C# at a local university.

Jeff has presented on Team Foundation Server at the Omaha .NET User Group as well as the Heartland Developers Conference. He also spends time answering Visual Studio Team System questions in the MSDN forums and makes every attempt to post useful information (mostly regarding TFS) on his blog at http://devmatter.blogspot.com/.

Having grown up in Oklahoma, Jeff is looking forward to this year’s TechFest.

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Jim Bolley is a Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) with over 27 years diversified IT experience. Experience includes; Project Management, Software development (SDLC), vendor selection projects, and Infrastructure deployment projects. He is also an Instructor for PMP Exam Preparation. He has a Bachelor of Science, Management Information Systems University Center at Tulsa/Langston University - 1997, Associates in Business Administration - 1990 and an Associates in Computer Science - 1986 from Tulsa Community College

CERTIFICATIONS: PMP Project Management Professional Certification, Instructor for PMP Exam preparation, Web applications, LAN applications, financial systems implementations and interfaces, Third party software selection projects, Infrastructure build-out, Voice and Data systems. Knowledge Management Systems and Remedy Helpdesk Projects. Nationwide deployments and servicing.

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Diane Hayes, Ph.D., PMP, is currently Director of Information Technology with St. John Health System in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Her work experience includes 8 years in the travel and transportation industry as a project and program manager, and over 20 years in healthcare. Diane received a master in business administration from Oklahoma State University and a doctorate in information systems from Nova Southeastern University. She has been a Project Management Institute Tulsa Chapter board member since 2002.

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Ed Kisinger is a Senior Consultant with Sogeti USA, LLC in Dallas. He is a MCAD, MCSD, MCDBA, MCTS .Net Architect/Developer who has been working with the .NET Framework since .NET 1.0.  Currently he is working in the healthcare sector to help companies adopt .NET, BizTalk, SOA and best practices. He is an active blogger at www.edsquared.com writing about everything and anything pertaining to development. He is an active member in the Dallas .Net Users Group, Dallas C# SIG and is Vice President of the Dallas BizTalk User Group.

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Ed Blankenship is a member of the User Experience Group (UXG) at the Infragistics Princeton corporate office. He serves as a Guidisan (Guidance Artisan) and is responsible for offering best practices and guidance for .NET and presentation layer development on the Windows Client platform (WPF & WinForms.) He has been developing professionally for the last three years and has developed with the .NET Framework since the very beginning with the .NET 1.0 betas. Ed currently blogs with his long-time professional friend at http://www.edsquared.com and is the leader of the New Jersey .NET User’s Group. Ed’s professional blog can be found at http://blogs.infragistics.com/blogs/eblankenship.

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Craig Utley is the President of CIOBriefings LLC, a consulting company focused on enterprise architecture, development team building and productivity, and business intelligence. Craig has been developing with Microsoft tools since the Visual Basic 1.0 days and has worked with companies of all sizes, helping them architect, design, and implement enterprise-wide applications on Microsoft technologies. His interest in developer productivity has led him into the world of design patterns, test-driven development (TDD), and agile/extreme methodologies. He is a published author of articles, courseware, and books, including the first book on VB .NET beta 2 that Microsoft authorized for release. He has been a frequent conference speaker at such conferences as ASP.NET Connections, SQL Server Magazine Connections, Microsoft’s Developer Days, and more. He holds an MCSD and is a Microsoft MVP.

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An information technology professional since 1977, Dave has served in a variety of roles and has been involved with agile methods since 2002. Presently, his main interests are the application of agile methods and lean thinking to enterprise IT and collaboration with enthusiastic professionals who want to improve the state of the art in the IT industry. He is currently employed by Valtech Technologies as a Senior Consultant.

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Caleb Jenkins is a training mentor and consultant in Dallas, TX, with Improving Enterprises, Inc. (www.ImprovingEnterprises.com). Improving specializes in delivering enterprise solutions and mentoring on the Microsoft and Java platforms.

Host, cameraman and editor for http://CommunityCast.tv; as a long time community leader and former Microsoft Developer Evangelist, 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, 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 or blog at www.calebjenkins.com.

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Brett Schuchert, Valtech

Brett Schuchert started teaching computer literacy courses in 1985 in a continuing education environment. He started working with Smalltalk, C and OOP 1989 deploying several applications in both languages (with the emphasis on C ). He started using Java in late 1996, deploying to production his first Java application in 1997. He has been training, consulting and mentoring the past several years. He is finishing up a four year engagement at Hertz where he has helped transition approximately 50 COBOL programmers into Java/J2EE. On this assignment he has implemented significant parts of a rewrite of Hertz' reservation and booking back-end systems as well as mentored the business analysis in software process and requirements management. For a full CV, see here: http://schuchert.wikispaces.com/MyCv

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Tina Mangham, an experienced Agile practitioner, has recently launched the APLN chapter in Oklahoma. As part of her role as APLN President she is actively involved in promoting the use of the Agile approach in software development and other disciplines. Tina recently joined Valtech to help them in promoting their commitment to providing their clients with business value in a timely manner by utilizing Agile methodologies. Before joining Valtech she spent 10 years with the Hertz Corporation, working on a number of development projects using the Agile approach.

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Bryan Powell is a Systems Engineer at Idera Software, responsible for helping enterprise customers implement SQL Server management and administration tools. Prior to Idera he worked extensively in the Database Administration, Systems Management, and Development disciplines, as well as having extensive experience in SQL Server administration and consultation. Bryan’s wide-ranging experience covers a variety of activities including database administration, global infrastructure deployments, systems integration, and .NET application development.

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Chuck Tryon is a nationally respected educator and popular symposium speaker. He founded Tryon and Associates in 1986 to provide seminar training and consulting that helps organizations and individuals develop predictable and repeatable approaches to modern project management, knowledge management, business requirements and software design. The strategies presented in Mr. Tryon’s seminars are used by thousands of professionals in hundreds of organizations across the United States, Europe and Canada. His client list includes many top 100 companies.

Chuck has authored eight multi-day seminars and is completing a book titled Great Ideas. He is currently working on a second book titled What’s YOUR Charter? Chuck is a frequent keynote speaker at Project Management Institute meetings and symposiums.

Starting in 2006, Chuck launched an effort with Dr. Suliman Hawamdeh to integrate the natural by-products of projects with the organizational needs represented in the emerging discipline of Knowledge Management. Chuck and Suliman have co-authored several papers and are planning new books on the topic. They jointly authored and present a one-day seminar titled Project-Based Knowledge Management. Dr. Hawamdeh is the director of the Masters of Science in Knowledge Management at the University of Oklahoma.

Since his instructional career began in 1981, Mr. Tryon has taught at or consulted with American Airlines, The SABRE Group, United Parcel Service, Texaco, Ryder Systems, Ruppman Marketing, BMC Software, Airline Tariff Publishing Company, St. John Medical Center, Conoco, Amerada Hess Corporation, Cities Services, Phillips Petroleum, Gulf Oil Company, I.B.M., Hewlett Packard, Honeywell, A.C. Nielsen, Computer Science Corporation, Boehringer Mannheim Diagnostics, Ashland Chemical, Dupont, Mead Paper, Alcoa, Blue Cross/Blue Shield Insurance, Hughes Aircraft, United States Air Force, United States Navy, United States Marine Corp, United States Strategic Air Command, Social Security Administration, Jacksonville University, University of Colorado Medical School, State of Texas, State of Colorado, State of California, City of Tulsa, Wells Fargo Bank, Bank of America and California Federal Savings and Loan.

Prior to launching Tryon and Associates, Mr. Tryon spent five years as a senior staff consultant and instructor with Yourdon, Inc. of New York. Mr. Tryon also worked for Sun Oil Company as a Project Manager, Systems Analyst and Software Designer. Chuck and his wife, Tresa, reside in the Tulsa, Oklahoma area. They have two daughters, Amanda and Casey. When not making teaching or spoiling granddaughter, Madeline, Chuck tries to find time for his two favorite hobbies, golf and SCUBA diving … but not usually at the same time.

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Craig Wilson is the Lead Programmer/Analyst at John Brown University in Siloam Springs, AR.  In addition, to working with IT, he also teaches classes on .NET and Web Development using ASP.NET, PHP, ASP classic, and Ruby (along with the rails framework).

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Garry Booker's career covers software engineering, project management for missile defense systems testing, development of infrared surveillance aircraft, and corporate leadership. He has a M.S. degree (Computer Science) from the University of Kansas and a B.S. degree (Computer Science) from the University of Tulsa. He is the President of Project Frontier LLC, which is currently receiving support from the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST), for the development of a unique "management by project" application. He is the Director of Communications for the PMI Tulsa Chapter and Director At Large for GC-KIP.

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Eric Shupps is the founder and President of BinaryWave, a premier SharePoint consultancy headquartered in Irving, Texas, and Director of BinaryWave Limited, a subsidiary based in Bristol, England. Eric has worked with SharePoint Products and Technologies since 2001 as a consultant, administrator, architect, developer and trainer. He is an advisory committee member of the Dallas/Ft. Worth SharePoint Community group and a participating member of the UK SharePoint User Group. Eric has authored numerous articles on SharePoint, speaks at user group meeting and conferences around the world, and publishes a popular SharePoint blog at http://www.binarywave.com/blogs/eshupps.

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Dennis J. Bottjer is a Software Solutions Architect, for Microsoft Gold Partner SpringPoint Technologies, in Tulsa, OK. He is a Microsoft ASP/ASP.NET MVP. He previously worked for one of the largest US based Financial Services Companies on the FORTUNE 100. He has an undergraduate degree in Management Information Systems from the University of Oklahoma. Dennis served for two years as the President of the Jacksonville Developers User Group.

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Ken Byrd, Tech Quality Ken Byrd is a .NET consultant and trainer with over 19 years of experience designing and building client/server and web-based distributed database applications. He runs TechQuality, a consulting firm that specializes in developing data-driven enterprise solutions. Ken is also a programming instructor with TekFokus, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner for Learning Solutions.

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Javier Lozano, Lozanotek Consulting Javier Lozano is a consultant in Des Moines, IA specializing in ASP.NET, system architecture, and training. He's also a MCSD .NET and a co-founder of the Iowa DotNET Users Group. Recently, Javier was awarded the Visual Developer ASP.NET MVP award from Microsoft. On his blog, http://lozanotek.com, you can find posts on ASP.NET, architecture, design patterns, XML and Indigo. Javier enjoys giving back to the community by speaking at user groups, local/regional .NET events, being active in forums and by writing articles for The Code Project. In his spare time, Javier enjoys spending time with his wife, newborn son, two golden retrievers and writing about himself in the third person.

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David Laribee is President of Xclaim Software, an ISV offering document, claim, and policy management software for the commercial property and casualty insurance industry. He has 10+ years experience designing, developing, and architecting enterprise applications with Microsoft technologies. David has worked with the .NET Framework since the zero-day in internal IT, product development, consulting, and rapid prototyping contexts across a wide variety of industries. He writes about agile practices, software architecture, and the business of software on his blog at http://laribee.com/ .

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Jason Kergosien, Ingen Systems

Jason Kergosien is the founder and president of Ingen Systems, a provider of web-based business services and solutions. He has more than 10 years experience in the development and implementation of web strategies and architecture in a variety of industries, including financial services, public utilities, energy, retail, hospitality, manufacturing and high- tech. His extensive background includes leading companies in data management, portals and content management in Microsoft technologies.

Before founding Ingen Systems, Jason held positions with White Rock Networks; Covenant Church, a 9,000 membership organization; TXU Energy; Compucom; Deloitte & Touche; Trammell Crow and Tactica Technology Group, a management and technology consulting company, named one of America’s entrepreneurial growth leaders in the Inc. 500 by Inc magazine. Jason holds a BBA in Management Information Systems from Texas A&M University.

He is founder and president of the Dallas DotNetNuke Users Group, a member of the Professional Referral Group and serves on the board of the IT Roundtable, a non-profit organization of ministry IT professionals.

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Michael Scherotter is a Developer Evangelist with Microsoft Corporation based out of San Francisco.  As part of Microsoft’s Communications Sector evangelism team, Michael focuses on enterprise development tools and technologies for telecommunications, web hosting, and media & entertainment companies.  Educated as an architect, Michael Scherotter brings a sense of creativity and design to synergistic software development and throughout his 12-year career in software development, Michael has specialized in combining software in innovative ways.  He architected and developed desktop CAD applications for Boise Cascade Corporation, managed software development teams at Mindjet Corporation, and engaged with partners as a Business Solutions Architect at Mindjet by creating and building solutions for the popular community site mindjetlabs.com.  Michael has a Bachelors of Architecture and a Masters of Architecture specializing in Design Tool Development.

Michael lives in Fairfax, California with his wife Liz, and two boys Alex and Sam.

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Claudio Lassala is a Senior Developer at EPS Software Corp. He has presented several lectures at Microsoft events such as PDC and various other Microsoft seminars, as well as several conferences and user groups across North America and Brazil. He is a multiple winner of the Microsoft MVP Award and also holds the MCSD for .NET certification. He has articles published on several magazines, such as MSDN Brazil Magazine, CoDe Magazine, UTMag, Developers Magazine, and FoxPro Advisor. Blog: http://spaces.msn.com/claudiolassala/

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For the last 13 years, Raymond Lewallen has worked with and forgotten more programming languages than he can recall, but currently specializes in VB and C# as well as Sql Server. Working primarily in the public sector during his career, Raymond has designed and built several high profile enterprise level applications for all levels of the government. Raymond now works as a solutions architect for EMC.

Raymond is an agile coach, Microsoft MVP C# and also president of the Oklahoma City Developers Group and Oklahoma Agile Developers Group. Raymond spends a lot of his time learning and teaching such things as Test Driven Development, Domain Driven Design, Design Patterns and Extreme Programming practices and principles, to name a few. Raymond is also a lead advocate of the Alt.Net movement. Raymond is primarily a framework guy, so don't ask him anything about UI :)

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Dru Sellers is the Solution Architect for Federal Home Loan Bank out of Topeka, KS. He has been programming professionally for 6 years and spends most of his time in VB.Net, Castle, and junk punches people who 'touch' his database

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David Silverlight, Community-Credit.com David Silverlight is an independent software developer with deep knowledge of XML and Microsoft’s .NET. An avid teacher and evangelist, he created XMLPitstop.com as a resource for other developers. David has been a highlighted speaker at Microsoft Dev Days and Comdex, and has published numerous articles for Pinnacle Publishing. David is an active member of the Gold Coast (Florida) .NET User Group and has founded several community websites including nonprofitways.com,community-credit.com, and soappitstop.com.

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Bill Vaughn, Beta V Corporation

William (Bill) Vaughn is an industry-recognized author, mentor and subject- matter expert on Visual Studio, SQL Server, Reporting Services and data access interfaces. He’s worked in the computer industry for over thirty years—working with mainframe, minicomputer and personal