Presenters

Sam Adams

City of Portland's Mayor Sam Adams. Visit the mayor's website at http://www.portlandonline.com/mayor/.

Anar Alimov

I am a Software Development Engineer in Test in F# team at Microsoft Redmond which means I am one of those who is responsible for F# quality and my specific scope is integration of F# into Visual Studio. I have joined F# team in October 2008 as my first project in Microsoft and have been working in the team since then. I am very passionate about F# and functional programming and looking forward to meet people who feels same. I've graduated from Moscow State University in Russia and worked there for a while before joining Microsoft.

Don Ankney

Don Ankney is a Security Advisor in Online Services Security & Compliance at Microsoft where he focuses on web application security and secure development processes. Previously, he worked as an Analyst at the University of Washington where he was a coordinator for the web application security working group and in the security access management group at Cingular Wireless. He blogs about security, software, systems, and trust at http://hackerco.de

Robert Banagale

Rob has been creating and pitching business concepts that leverage web and mobile technology since 2005. His focus is on growing a business using rapid opportunity shaping. His most recent work has been in design and production of Rock Show, an application for the Apple iPad. The app leverages a scalable, cloud-based infrastructure that can serve content to any mobile platform. Rob holds a computer engineering degree from Oregon State and an MBA in entrepreneurship from Babson College.

Sumeet Bansal

Sumeet Bansal is Principal Solutions Architect for Fusion-io. He designs architectural solutions with Fusion-io products that deliver unprecedented levels of scalability, performance and simplicity.

Craig Berntson

Craig Berntson has been a Microsoft MVP since 1996 and has spoken at developer events across the US and in Canada, Germany, and the Czech Republic. He has written for various magazines and is co-author of “Continuous Integration in .NET”, available from Manning. Craig is an independent developer in Salt Lake City. You can contact him at craig@craigberntson.com, through his blog at www.craigberntson.com/blog, or on Twitter at www.twitter.com/craigber

Glenn Block

Glenn is a PM for the new Managed Extensibility Framework in .NET 4.0. Prior to Microsoft, he worked for 10 years in various startups and ISVs wearing many different hats all related to developing software. Glenn has been writing code practically since the time he learned how to ride a bicycle. When he's not writing code, he's continuously improving on ways to build better software. Glenn is a geek at heart and spends a good portion of the rest of this time spreading that geekdom through conferences, and the community through groups such as ALT.NET. When he's not working and playing with technology, he spends his time with his wife and four year old daughter either at their Seattle apartment or at one of the local coffee shops.

Atul Borkar

Over 25 Years of Information Technology experience mainly with various relational database technologies and business capabilities. I am currently working in Intel Corporation as an Enterprise Architect, with having expertise in Business (B), Data (D), Application (A) and Technology (T) areas. I am also an active board member of Local DAMA Chapter for Portland, OR. Currently I am actively involved in using, practicing and advocating Lean Six Sigma Methodologies (Black Belt) across Intel.

Carlos Bossy

Carlos Bossy is a MCTS SQL Server 2008 Business Intelligence Developer with 25 years of experience in software and database development. Carlos is a consultant for his own company and focuses on developing Business Intelligence solutions including data warehouses, predictive analytics, and data integration. He has been working with SQL Server for 10 years and is very enthusiastic about its powerful features, and enjoys speaking to local users group and participating in community events.

Chris Brandsma

I am a Senior Software Engineer working for Unity Media Group, I specialize in .net, C#, JavaScript, Design Patterners, and Agile Development. I am on the Board of Directors of Boise Code Camp and NetDug, and I am the president of the Boise Software Developers Group (BSDG.org). In my spare time I maintain an open source project call FluentAdo.net.

Pete Brown

Pete Brown is a Senior Program Manager with Microsoft on the developer community team led by Scott Hanselman, as well as a former Microsoft Silverlight MVP, INETA speaker, and RIA Architect. Pete's focus at Microsoft is the community around client application development (WPF, Silverlight, Windows Phone, Surface, Windows Forms, C++, Native Windows API and more).

Patrick Cauldwell

Patrick Cauldwell is currently Architect at Eid Passport, Inc. in Portland, where he's working on building next generation physical access control systems. In the past, Patrick has taught and presented on various .NET related subjects at TechEd, P&P Summit, and a host of other venues nationwide.

Stuart Celarier

Stuart Celarier is a software architect and technology lead in Portland, Oregon. He is a Microsoft Regional Director and a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) in Connected Systems. Stuart is passionate about new and emerging technologies that transform software systems and how we create them. His career spans more than two decades of development, architecture, writing, and training. Stuart is a director of Portland Code Camp and frequently speaks at .NET user groups, conferences, and community events. He is a member of the Software Association of Oregon’s Development Forum committee. He is also a Microsoft Solution Advocates member. Stuart is a member of the INETA Speakers Bureau and has volunteered with INETA since 2003, including co-chairing the community-led Birds-of-a-Feather track at Tech•Ed 2005–2010, and PDC 2005 and 2009. Outside of work, Stuart enjoys growing rhododendrons, playing mandocello in the Oregon Mandolin Orchestra, and teaching juggling.

Avkash Chauhan

Currently I am working at Microsoft Corporation as Sr. Escalation Engineer and my role is to help OEM build world class device using Windows Embedded and Windows Phone software. My associaton with Microsoft is more then 5 years and before it, I was Sr. Developer at International Systems Research, Japan/CA (2001-2004). I am an embedded engineer with equal interest in electronics and software. I like coding as well as robotics which fulfill my electronics requirement. I have deep experience with several types of embedded OS i.e. Linux, Vxworks, CE, & Android. I have worked with top mobile and embedded OEM i.e. Samsung, LG, HP, HTC, ASUS, ACER, NTT, Casio, NEC, Toshiba, SHARP to train them to use Microsoft Embedded CE and Phone OS as well as help them to build embedded device and mobile phones. I travel to ASIA/USA to solve OEM probems and provide training. I am very much excited with Windows Phone technology and focusing my energy with OEM/ISV to use new tools and technology to enhanve their mobile device with much more realistic programs and design. I found XNA is very intelligent technology to fullfil creativity with little knowledge about programming. That's why I am spending good amount of my time with XNA and have written a few games.

Denny Cherry

Denny Cherry has over a decade of experience managing SQL Server and is currently a Sr. Database Administrator and Architect at Aweness Technologies. Denny holds several Microsoft Certifications as well as being a Microsoft MVP.

Richard Cirerol

Over the years, I have had the opportunity to live and work in other northwest destinations, such as Portland, Seattle and Denver. But, like a bad penny, I always seem to return to Boise. I currently write software for Unity Media Group (www.unitymg.com), a multi-media production company in Eagle, Idaho. I blog sporadically at ElegantCode.com on various software development topics, including continuous integration, build scripts, and testing. I spoke on the JetBrains TeamCity continuous integration server at last year's Boise and Portland code camps, and am looking forward to another great camping season!

Rod Claar

RippleRock Agile Practice Leader for North America Rod is an internationally recognized leader in the area of software development. His special focus is on large teams and projects to increase the velocity of software development through coaching, training, and consulting. He has spent considerable time in the classroom training on Design Patterns, Test Driven Development, Scrum, and Agile Methodologies. Not only does Rod speak to all levels of an organization effectively, he also spans many technologies in the Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) space to take advantage of software tools to increase visibility and productivity of teams. By combining methodologies and tools along with world-class training, Rod is a powerhouse of experience and wisdom. His witty sense of humor and gaming theory is also a pleasure to work with. Rod is leading the Agile Practice Team in North America for RippleRock and is a member of the Global Leadership Team.

Tiberiu Covaci

Tiberiu started his developer career in 1991. He moved from Romania to Sweden 1996, to work as a programmer. Since 2004 he is working as an independent trainer, teaching .NET technologies. He works closely with Microsoft, as both author and Technology Reviewer for the new Microsoft .NET 4.0 courses that are under development. He is a member of the MCT Advisory Council, INETA Speaker, IASA Speaker, and INETA Country Lead for Sweden. After the success he encountered at TechDays 2009 in Sweden he developed a passion for speaking about new technologies, and that made him a very popular speaker at conferences like TechEd, DevReach, TechDays, Öredev, ScanDev and MCT Summit. He is interested in technologies like multi-core programming, ASP.NET, and new programming languages and trends. Whenever he gets the time, he blogs at http://blog.many-core.se/.

Jeff Craig

Graduating from Montana State University with a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science in 2006, Jeff has been actively using computers since he was five years old, and programming them since he was eight. Since graduating, Jeff has found a place programming for the Web from medium-size eCommerce sites for multi-million dollar a year retail outfits, to now maintaining high-use websites for Washington State University. In his free time, Jeff is an active contributer to open source projects such as Ubuntu, Mono and YUI.

Tom Day

Tom Day has been developing software since his days as a Technical Instructor in the United States Navy. He has worked in the Boise area since the early 90's, creating applications ranging from factory automation to E-Commerce backend systems. Since 2004 he has worked in the consulting world, with one foot in .Net and one in Java. He is currently striving to establish himself as an independent consultant and trainer.

Ryan Eastabrook

Ryan is the principal of Mantra Technology, a software development firm based in Portland, Oregon. Mantra specializes in content management, e-commerce, line of business applications, and business application integration. Prior to starting Mantra Technology, Ryan was a Solutions Architect for a software development firm in Portland where he led and managed many successful development projects for companies like Dell, and OHSU. Ryan has been developing software on the Microsoft stack since 1998. He is a current Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP), and has held other certifications based on server technologies in the past. When not writing code, Ryan likes to spend time with family, and play/listen to music. In fact, it's rumored that in a previous life, Ryan was a member of 2 active touring bands that enjoyed temporary success.

Aaron Erickson

Aaron Erickson is a software developer/technology writer/agilist for ThoughtWorks, based out of Chicago, IL. His life’s work is to help convert the human intellectual capital into results for companies that empower both the knowledge workers who produce software, and the people for whom that software is designed to serve. He frequently speaks at events such as DevTeach, TechEd, and .NET user groups - with a goal of furthering the exchange of ideas - be they technology contributions - or observations about the technology consulting business. He is the author of the book, “The Nomadic Developer”, a career guide for technology consultants. He is a co-author of the upcoming “Professional F# 2.0”. In his spare time he likes to buy random ingredients at the store and have “iron chef” night with his wife, play video games with his kids, and occasionally, log on to World of Warcraft where he has a level 80 Rogue named EffSharper on the Bloodscalp server.

Renaun Erickson

Renaun Erickson is a Flash Platform Evangelist at Adobe Systems. Renaun has a wide range of experience with the Flash Platform. Renaun has worked on projects using technologies including ActionScript, Flex, AIR, PHP, ColdFusion, video, audio, logging, SIP/VoIP, casual games, and mobile. Renaun can be found at his blog http://renaun.com/blog and at twitter @renaun. When he's not programming, Renaun enjoys playing games, the outdoors, archeology, driving a Jeep, and spending time with his family.

Timothy Ford

Tim Ford is the Principal DBA for Spectrum Health Hospital System. He has been working with SQL Server since 1999. He is also an author of SQL-centric articles for MSSQLTips.com, SQLServerCentral, and Simple-Talk.com and is currently finishing a book on the topic of SQL Server DMVs with Louis Davidson. He is the host for the annual Quizbowl at the PASS Summit each Fall and is a Microsoft SQL Server MVP.

Gail Frederick

Gail is a mobile software architect at Medio Systems in Seattle. She leads a software team that delivers mobile search and discovery products to operators and publishers. Her work spans mobile web sites and native applications on most mobile platforms. Her products target 500+ device models and have been deployed to 10+ mobile operators in 6+ countries in North America and Europe. Gail is also a mobile web enthusiast who teaches standards-based mobile web development at Portland Community College. Her classes teach mobile markup languages, mobile design and usability, content adaptation, best practices and defensive programming for the mobile ecosystem. Students build content-adapted mobile web sites as the class project. Gail is the author of the new book, Beginning Smartphone Web Development, published in December 2009 by Apress. Course information is available at http://learnthemobileweb.com.

Munir Ghamrawi

Munir Ghamrawi is a Sr Database Architect . He is one of contributing engineers for a private Cloud computing architecture with respect to Database technologies. Currently he is working on achieving 99.99999 high availability of SqlServer database applications include patching, maintenance.

Tim Giorgi

Tim Giorgi is in his 15th year as an independent consultant, specializing in custom software development. He has worked in many different roles on software teams ranging from architecture, design, development and project management. Tim gets jazzed out of reviewing technology and finding ways to integrate it efficiently for organizations. He is active in the tech community with the Portland SQL Server User’s group, the Scoutmaster of a Boy Scout Troop, and a Damascus City Planning Commissioner.

Tim Greenfield

Tim Greenfield is a software engineer with over 15 years of experience in the industry. He works for Vertigo Software and is the former senior software design engineer for Palo Alto Software. Tim is a Silverlight Insider, blogger, speaker, and author of a number of WPF and Silverlight applications including PuzzleTouch.com Online Jigsaw Puzzles (winner of the ComponentArt Coding Competition), MyPadlock.com Password Manager, and contributor to the SilverlightContrib project.

Marcelo Guerra

Marcelo is a Test Lead II in Windows Phone Commercialization. His team is currently working on the LGE Windows Phone Device (shown in here http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/27/exclusive-lgs-windows-phone-7-series-early-prototype-unveiled/) Before joining the Windows Phone team, Marcelo worked as a SDET in the C# Compiler team where he worked on LINQ and Dynamic. Before that, Marcelo worked in Software Development for Urudata in Uruguay where he lead the development Workflow and Knoledge Management Systems.

Michael Hale

Michael is currently a PM on Visual Studio. He primarily works on F#, IDE, and debugging features. He moved to Washington after studying at Georgia Tech.

Brian Henderson

Brian Henderson is a UX (User eXperience) Architect based in Seattle. He is passionate about developing practical designs that create inspiring user experiences. The RIA (Rich Interaction Application) space is a favorite playground for Brian. When not coding, you can find him involved in both the .NET and Agile developer communities as a contributor and speaker. Brian's development expertise covers design, patterns and crafting software components for the desktop, mobile clients, and the web.

Kevin Hoyt

Kevin Hoyt is a Group Manager of Platform Evangelism at Adobe, Inc. where he's been actively involved in furthering web technologies for more than a decade. Kevin is responsible for covering a broad array of Adobe technologies, and spends upwards of seventy percent of the year presenting keynotes, session and hands-on labs at conferences and user group events across the globe. Prior to joining Adobe, Kevin held various information technology roles ranging from web design to enterprise infrastructure. Kevin lives in Denver, CO and enjoys photography and general aviation in his free time.

William Huckabee

William “Bill” Huckabee has been in the computer and information technology industry for over 30 years and is currently working for S & K Aerospace as a SharePoint developer, administrator and portal master for the Navy Region Northwest’s SharePoint portal. He is a member of West Sound Technology Association (WSTA) since early 2002, and has served on its board of directors since 2006. Bill also serves on Olympic College’s Computer Information Systems (CIS) Advisory Committee for five years, the past two as Chair. The group provides industry feedback and recommendations on courses and curriculum, and has been instrumental in revamping the certificates and degrees offered by the program. Last but certainly not least, Huckabee is a member of Toastmasters and has been recently selected as the District 32 Web Master.

Greg Hughes

Tom Hughes-Croucher

Tom Hughes-Croucher is an Evangelist and Senior Developer in Yahoo's Open Strategy Group, focusing on Yahoo's Web Services and Cloud Platform. Tom has contributed to a number of Web standards for the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and the British Standards Institute (BSI). Previously he helped build the online music stores for Tesco, Three telecom and Channel 4.

Jason Hurdlow

Jason began his software development career in the early nineties writing computer graphics software in C and C++; software used for television and film effects. Eventually he did a stint writing 3D games as a sub-contractor to Zipper Interactive on the mostly unheard-of arcade flight-sim "Top Gun: Hornet's Nest". With TG:HN shipped and tired of sleeping in a bean-bag next to his desk (4hrs sleep a day if lucky) he returned to the CG industry, even doing some tracking shots for the movie "Hellboy" along the way. He worked for a few months for Luxology on what would become Modo, then returned to his own business. When sales of his best-of-class Lightwave plugin "VertiBevel" nose-dived with the economy, and his wife's employer closed up shop, he manned up and got a job in higher-education at Washington State University so his wife could stay home with their (now 3) beautiful children. After being practically hazed by having to write a web-app in VBScript/ASP, he stepped into the world of managed code, C#, .NET, Silverlight and all things Microsoft, and he now writes LOB apps in Silverlight and ASP.NET MVC. He enjoys leading the university's application developers group, and is a lead organizer for the upcoming Palouse Code Camp (Pullman, WA, Sept. 2010). In his spare time he tinkers with mobile development platforms (even though he doesn't even own a cell-phone), continues development of his beloved VertiBevel, and plays softball every chance he gets. Jason lives in Moscow, ID with his patient wife Heidi, 3 lovely children and a couple neighborhood cats that just decided to move in.

Cory Isakson

I am a Sr. Application Developer at Unity Media Group in Boise, Idaho. I also lead the Boise .NET Developers User Group (NETDUG). My current interests include REST, Azure, Cloud Computing, ALT.NET, MVC and WCF. I enjoy camping and backpacking with my awesome family in the Summer and Snowboarding with them in the Winter.

Joshua Jin

Joshua Jin holds a MCITP Database Administrator, Database Developer, and BI Developer certifications for SQL Server 2005. He is one of contributing authors of “Professional SQL Server 2005 Performance Tuning” book by Wiley/Wrox. Currently he is working on a capacity management project in a large private Cloud computing environment that will host thousands of SQL Servers.

Bobby Johnson

Bobby Johnson is a Senior Application Developer at Russell Investments in Tacoma. He is interested in Agile development practices and is a regular member and sometimes organizer and volunteer of the Seattle ALT.NET and South Sound .NET user groups. As an aspiring software craftsman choosing to take the long road he seeks to break out of his statically typed shell and leave his warm fuzzy blanket of an IDE behind as he explores the unfamiliar territory of Ruby.

Jesse Johnston

Jesse is a Senior Software Engineer at Vertigo Software. He is currently developing Silverlight and Windows Phone 7 applications. Jesse has been a .NET fanatic for some years now.

Das Kamhout

Das Kamhout is a senior engineer in Intel IT currently focused on building Intel ITs Cloud solutions from the inside out. His experience and expertise covers the majority of IT technical solutions and services from clients to the large scale Design Grid which handles Intel's vast R&D workloads. His current focus is on the Intel IT Office and Enterprise environment and is leading the charge for the Intel Enterprise Private Cloud solution.

Michael Kennedy

Downloads for both sessions here: http://www.michaelckennedy.net/blog/2010/05/24/PortlandCodeCampDownloadsDemosAndSlides.aspx As a full-time instructor for DevelopMentor, Michael Kennedy specializes in core .NET, Agile development, and Test-Driven Development (TDD) technologies. Michael has been building commercial applications with .NET since its initial public beta in 2001. Prior to working with .NET, he spent years working with C++ on Windows and SGI platforms. He holds a Master’s degree in Mathematics from San Diego State University and is a Microsoft Certified Trainer. Michael has a broad background in software development. He has extensive experience in Windows UI technologies (MFC, Windows Forms, WPF), web technologies (ASP, ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC, AJAX, IIS), service oriented technologies (WCF, Web Services, Workflow), data technologies (ADO.NET, LINQ), and software development process related methodologies (TDD, Unit Testing, Continuous Integration, VSTS). Additionally, he gives presentations and workshops on the relationship between Test-Driven Development and Object-Oriented Design.

Rachel Kjack

Rachel L. Kjack is the Executive Director of the Oregon Training Network (OTN), as well as a highly sought after facilitator who leads workshops on topics ranging from small business strategy to communication skills. She brings 17 years of working with high-tech, business and creative professionals, as well as a long history developing communication skills of those who are experts in their field and who need help getting their message across to a variety of audiences. She is intimately familiar with knowledge worker needs and nuances and continually seeks out ways to collaborate and increase individual know-how and organizational performance. She has formerly served as Director of Training and Development for the Software Association of Oregon (SAO), Executive Director for the Washington State FFA Association, and as Communications Training Specialist for the worldwide high-tech public relations firm Waggener Edstrom. Rachel has a highly-unique set of skills in organizational training and coaching - as well as a passion for leading others. She thrives on understanding other people and helping them grow. She is also a true believer in lifelong learning who continually brushes up on her own professional development skills and constantly incorporates new experiences and material into her teaching and educational programs. She is known for creating ongoing learning communities and motivating them to ask the important questions that propel them toward an inspiring future.

Arian Kulp

Arian Kulp is a software developer living in Western Oregon. He creates code samples, articles, screencasts, demos, and hands-on-labs; speaks at programming events; and enjoys spending time with his family.

Bruce Kyle

Bruce is a architect evangelist for Microsoft. Bruce works with software companies in Oregon, Washington, Utah, Idaho, and Colorado. Bruce has developed software for Rogue Wave Software, Carnegie Mellon University, John Deere, and startups. He often speaks at launch events in the Pacific Northwest about Windows Server, Windows Azure, SharePoint, and SQL Server.

Ryan Kyle

What to say... I'm a .NET software developer. I started a software company with my father in 2006 and have grown from a junior programmer into a senior developer. I'm also doing business development for a soon-to-be non-profit called Every Day One Thing. I've lived in the Seattle area for most of the last 10 years and enjoy swing dancing, gardening, and rubik's cubes, among other stuff. I'm always happy to talk to others who share similar passions and interests, especially programming.

Diana Larsen

Diana Larsen co-authored Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great! and serves as chair of the Agile Alliance Board of Directors. As a partner in FutureWorks Consulting, she brings focus to the challenging human side of organizations, teams, and projects. She guides leaders and teams through adopting agile methods to shape a work environment where productive teams thrive in times of change.

Greg Larsen

Greg Larsen is a DBA at Washington State Department of Health. Greg has been working with SQL Server since 1999. He has authored over 100 articles related to SQL Server. Greg is a SQL Server MVP. He also does part time consulting and runs the Olympia Area SQL Server User group. He also hosts the www.sqlserverexamples.com website, which contains a number of T-SQL examples to help you manage your SQL Server environment and application T-SQL code.

Matt LeGrand

Matt LeGrand is an accomplished user experience specialist with a primary focus on Adobe Flex and Air application development. Matt has been working with Flex since 2005 and Adobe Flash since 1999. His interest are in human computer interaction and interactive media research.

Jordan Lev

Jordan Lev is a freelance web developer located in Portland with over 8 years of experience managing and programming websites and database-backed web applications. Formerly a senior web developer at the marketing agency Babcock & Jenkins where he helped build several large applications for clients such as Intel, IBM, and AT&T, he now runs his own consulting business that focuses on building websites that can be easily maintained by small business owners.

Paul Litwin

Paul Litwin is a developer specializing in ASP.NET, C#, SQL Server, SQL Server Reporting Services, and related technologies. Paul is a Programmer Manager with Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle. He is also the owner of Deep Training, a developer owned training company specializing in .NET developer training (www.deeptraining.com). Paul has authored a number of books and training courses on ASP.NET, SQL Server Reporting Services, and Micrsoft Access. Paul is the conference chair of Microsoft ASP.NET Connections, a Microsoft MVP, and a member of the INETA Speakers Bureau. He has spoken at a number of conferences and code camps, including Microsoft ASP.NET Connections, TechEd, and Seattle Code Camp.

Patrick Logan

Patrick has been programming for longer than he can remember. He was around when relational databases were the *new* thing. And he was fortunate to have learned Lisp before learning C.

Shaun McAravey

The CTO of SoftSource Consulting who believes if it seems to be too hard, you're doing it wrong.

Charles McAuley

Charles has been going to PADNUG for years hardly missed a meeting since 2002. He has worked on C++ and .Net over the years. He works in the real world on the lagging edge of technology. Charles is interested in practiacl technology that helps him build and more importlantly deliver reliable maintainable systems.

Todd McDermid

I currently work as part of a very lean IT department in a building products distributor. I architect and develop supply chain systems, support multiple vendor applications, and steal spare time growing the business intelligence capabilities of the organization. I've earned an MVP for blogging, speaking, moderating the MSDN SSIS forum, and publishing multiple code samples and extensions for SSIS on CodePlex.

Scott Meyers

Scott is an internationally recognized author, trainer, and consultant specializing in C++ software development. He has a special interest in high-performance systems. The author of "Effective C++," "More Effective C++," and "Effective STL," he's currently working on "Fastware! Straight Talk about Fast Code."

Mark Miller

Mark Miller is a C# MVP with strong expertise in decoupled design, plug-in architectures, and great UI. Mark is Chief Architect of the IDE Tools division at Developer Express, and is the visionary force behind productivity tools like CodeRush and Refactor!, as well as the DXCore extensibility layer for Visual Studio. Mark is a member of INETA and a popular speaker at conferences around the world and has been writing software for over two decades.

Bill Moore

Bill Moore has over fourteen years of Software Development experience in which his primary skillset had been in the middle-tier and database work. That was until the release of Silverlight and WPF. These new technologies ignited a burning passion for doing UI work and expanded the limits of what he thought was possible. Over the last couple years, Bill and his wife, Marquette, have started Coden Enterprises and Coden UX to provide leadership and technical consulting focused around those technologies. He has spent a lot of time getting up to speed on the Adobe Suite, as they make a perfect complement to the tools provided by Microsoft. He spends a lot of time presenting and trying to get the word out about Silverlight.

David Mora

A Software Engineer at US Digital in Vancouver, WA, David has been writing software in one way or another since middle school. For the last five years he has been developing on the .NET platform with a strong emphasis on distributed systems and rich-client applications. Besides family and the odd hobby, David spends some time each week translating .Net and Silverlight related blog articles into Spanish in his aim to widen the amount of good-quality guidance available in that language.

Suzanna Moran

I am the US Developer Cluster Lead for the MVP Award Program. I have been with Microsoft for over 10 years and love working with community.

Erik Mork

Erik Mork is a Silverlight Consultant and Trainer. He is a Silverlight MVP and Silverlight Insider who has been working professionally with Silverlight since the 1.0 release and is best known as the creator of the popular Sparkling Client Silverlight Podcast. He is an active contributor to community screencasts and Silverlight Open Source projects.

Matt Nees

Matt Nees is President of the Software Association of Oregon (SAO), www.sao.org.

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Jeff Paries

Jeff Paries is a Lead Experience Developer and Microsoft MVP focused in Silverlight. Jeff has a strong background in 3D graphics and animation and is also an accomplished author and instructor in that area — he has authored several books and numerous magazine articles related to 3D. An early adopter of Silverlight, Jeff's interests lie in developing animation concepts and methodologies within Silverlight. As a developer with design experience, Jeff's mission is to help bridge the gap between design and development. His latest book, "Foundation Silverlight 3 Animation" works to further this goal through a scenario-based approach.

Alex Payne

Alex Payne is an engineer at Twitter, Inc., where he's worked since the early days of the popular social messaging service. As a member of Twitter's Infrastructure team, Alex is responsible for developing scalable, reliable architectural components. Alex is also the co-author of "Programming Scala" (O'Reilly, 2009), and a frequent commenter on technology at his personal weblog, http://al3x.net/. His interests are in programming language design and implementation, information security, economics, and the intersection of technology and the humanities.

Kevin Pilch-Bisson

Kevin Pilch-Bisson is a development lead at Microsoft. He’s been a member of the C# IDE team for more than 7 years, working on features like IntelliSense, Colorization, Refactoring, and Formatting. Prior to joining Microsoft, Kevin earned a computer engineering degree at the University of Waterloo. Outside of work, he has a beautiful wife and three children. You can find Kevin on Twitter at http://twitter.com/pilchie.

Jason Prothero

Jason is a Microsoft Certified Professional and is familiar with a wide variety of technologies and tools including .NET, SQL, PHP, ASP.NET, jQuery, and various Content Management Systems. He is a Certified Umbraco CMS Developer and has deployed several websites of all sizes using Umbraco. He is active in helping to organize Ignite Corvallis, helped found the Corvallis .NET Users Group as well as the Corvallis Social Media Brigade, and is on the SAO Corvallis Board. He blogs on the ProWorks Blog as “Jason” and can be found on Twitter.

Phani Raj

I'm paid to break systems. Over the past 3 years, I've been working with Astoria/ADO.NET Data Services/WCF Data Services/OData team to help test the product for quality and usability. As part of my job, I get to work with the team to define the APIs as used by the Data Services Server/Client developers. Recently,I've been involved in building the OData Explorer which allows for arbitrary browsing of OData Services ( http://silverlight.net/odataexplorer ).

Robert Reinhardt

Robert Reinhardt, VP of [the MAKERS], is internationally regarded as an expert on multimedia application development and online video, particularly in Adobe Flash. Selling over 200,000 copies worldwide in over 13 languages, Robert's books include the Flash Bible and Flash ActionScript Bible series (Wiley), as well as Video for Adobe Flash CS4 Professional Studio Techniques (Adobe Press). He has developed multimedia courses for educational facilities in Canada and the United States, and is an Adobe Certified Instructor for Flash courses at Portland State University. Robert has been a featured speaker at the Flashforward, FITC, Flashbelt, Flash on the Beach, SIGGRAPH, and Adobe MAX conferences. Robert is currently building a new online video encoding service, videoRx.com.

Dean Richards

Dean Richards has over 20 years of performance tuning, implementation and strategic database architecting experience and has spoken at SQL Saturday events across the nation. Prior to Confio, Dean was a technical director for Oracle Corporation managing technical aspects of key accounts including short and long-term technical planning and strategic alliances. Specifically, Dean has focused his entire career on performance tuning of Oracle and SQL Server environments.

Eric Ridgeway

Eric is a Senior Developer for Russell Investments in Tacoma, WA where he works an awesome group of craftsmen who enjoy writing software and making cool stuff. His current main interests include BDD, NoSql, scalability and craftsmanship as a way of life.

Walt Ritscher

Walt Ritscher's enthusiasm for crafting software interfaces blossomed early. Just a few days after discovering how to make pixels move around the screen of a borrowed computer, he was devouring books on the topic of computer graphics and UI design. Now he travels the world speaking at software conferences and teaching a diverse portfolio of programming topics for corporate clients. On the consulting side, he continues to work with customers like Microsoft, HP, Intel, and Intuit, and he enjoys being part of the Wintellect consultant group. He writes for several publications, including CODE Magazine and TechTarget. His current UI obsession revolves around the Silverlight, Surface, Windows Phone 7 and WPF APIs. His blog can be found at blog.wpfwonderland.com. Walt is also a Microsoft MVP, a WPF Disciple, and the author of the free Shazzam WPF Shader utility.

John Robbins

A graduate of Portland State University, John joined Anvil Media in June of 2008. As an Account Executive, he is responsible for providing clients with expertise in all aspects of Search Engine Marketing (search engine optimization, ppc management, social media, PR optimization, and more).

Arnie Rowland

During his career as a outspoken architect and application developer dealing with very large databases, Arnie realized that most issues between Developer and DBA comes from incomplete communication and a misunderstanding of each other's responsibilities. As a frequent Trainer and Mentor for Developers and Database Administrators, he has nurtured a knack for helping to 'bridge the gap'. Arnie is a rare mix of expert developer and gifted database developer/administrator, bringing both sets of skills to better communicate with development teams to create a working solution. Arnie is a Microsoft SQL Server MVP and has been a Subject Matter Expert (SME) working on SQL Server 2000/2005/2008 training courses and was involved as a SME with the development of the SQL 2008 Microsoft Certification Exams. He is also a Microsoft Certified Trainer, and has served as a technical editor for several publishers, including multiple SQL Sever 2005/2008 titles in the Microsoft Official Curriculum. Arnie has served as adjunct faculty at the University and Community College levels. Clients include Multi-National and Fortune 500 companies, Federal and State agencies, Foreign governments, nationally recognized training facilities, and local enterprises –both public and private. In addition to being a pilot and flight instructor, he holds post-graduate degrees and is an avid bicyclist, sailor, and diver. Blog: http://sqlblog.com/blogs/arnie_rowland/ Arnie is a Senior Moderator on the MSDN and TechNet SQL Server related Forums.

Remus Rusanu

Remus is a C++ developer working in highly scalable and high performance server development. He wrote the networking stack used by Service Broker and Database Mirroring in SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server 2008. His blog is focused on databases and distributed systems in general, and Service Broker in particular. Remus is an active stackoverflow.com user on topics sql, sql-server, c# and security.

Frank Schmitt

I've been programming professionally for the web for a little over a decade, and for the iPhone since shortly after the offical SDK became available. My day job is in a mostly Microsoft shop writing .NET and PHP, but I also have experience with Ruby, Rails, Sinatra, and Objective-C/Cocoa.

Patrice Servin

I am a Principal Technical Recruiter with over 10 years of recruiting experience in Portland. I began my corporate recruiting career at ADP Dealer Services, moved on to Nike, did an onsite gig at Merix and finished at RadiSys. Three years ago I joined Momentum Management Resources as a headhunter. We are a boutique firm focusing on the hardware and software development vertical. Currently I am on a project at APCON assisting with their hiring ramp. I am very passionate about educating people around the whole employment cycle. I want them to be empowered to understand the process, how it works and how to best present themselves so they get the opportunity to interview and get jobs. Mine will be a working session where we will work through a step by step process to improve your resume and you will leave with an updated resume in hand. I will also talk a little bit about how to manage the hiring process from your end and how to use headhunters and job boards effectively. I am asking people to come with a hard copy of their resume at a minimum- even better if you also have your laptop with a soft copy to work with as we go.

Joshua Siler

Joshua Siler is the VP of Technology at Babcock & Jenkins, a digital marketing agency. Joshua’s experience includes more than 12 years of software and internet application development for clients such as Microsoft, HP, Oracle, Ford Motor Company, Adobe, LinkedIn and many others. Before joining the marketing agency Babcock & Jenkins, Joshua’s projects included startup NinaTek, designing business intelligence software for the manufacturing industry, and co-founding the strategic consulting practice Kinetic Theory.

Bradford Stephens

Bradford is co-founder of Drawn to Scale, who built the first easy, scalable data platform. He also runs the popular scalability blog, "Road to Failure". He has a love for public speaking, Hadoop, cloud computing, HBase, Lucene, graph theory, Iron Maiden, and using the right tools for problems Bradford had assorted careers in policial campaign management (at the Presidential and U.S. House levels), finance, and [briefly] music. He was the Lead Engineer of Data Platforms at Visible Technologies, a social media analytics company. When not writing software or talking to customers, he’s usually playing guitar and drinking wine.

Jack Stephens

Jack Stephens is a C#/.NET programmer based out of Spokane. He has been working with Microsoft technologies since QuickBasic 4.5, through VisualBasic (3 to 6) and finally into C#/.NET. Jack has worked through out the State of Washington, including a stint at Microsoft.

Charles Sterling

Charles Sterling aka "Chuck" has over 15 years of Developer tools experience at Microsoft. He came to Microsoft from being a marine biologist working for the United States National Marine Fisheries doing marine mammal research on the Bering Sea. An MCSE and MCSD, he started out at Microsoft in developer support focusing on FOXPRO, Visual Basic and the platform SDK, then worked as an engineer for the database teams on ActiveX Data Objects (ADO), Open Database Connectivity (ODBC), and specializing in Microsoft SQL Server. From there Charles took a position with the Solutions Integration Escalation Team, which focused on assisting Microsoft customers with the integration of disparate software technologies into viable enterprise solutions, on this team Charles focused on Microsoft Message Queue (MSMQ) doing numerous talks at conferences, writing papers and teaching classes on the topic. Charles’ role in Redmond before moving to Australia for the last seven years was the product manager for the .NET Framework. Chuck is currently back in Redmond working as Program Manager in the Visual Studio Team System Team.

Sopheap Suy

Sopheap Suy is a SQL Server Developer at WebMD with 14 years in SQL Server Database technologies. She enjoys making things run better and faster. She is passionate about SQL Server technologies and always looking for ways to learn and share her knowledge. She is actively involved in local PASS chapter that cover SQL Server Development, Administration, and Data Architecture (DAMA). She also have three active children, and a husband who have endless backyard projects.

Dorai Thodla

Serial entrepreneur. Software CEO. Tracks emerging technologies and builds tools for information tracking.

Paul Turley

Paul is a BI Solution Architect / Manager for Hitachi Consulting and a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP). Part of Hitachi's Business Intelligence and Process Management team, he's architected and developed BI solutions since 1992. He uses Microsoft technologies at an expert level including SSRS, SSAS, SSIS, TSQL, MDX, SharePoint, PowerPivot & Performance Point. He moderates the Reporting Services MSDN forum, has authored several books & speaks at industry conferences.

Matt Tuzzolo

Matt is an independent software developer and aspiring entrepreneur. Self-educated with over 10 years experience in startups ranging from desktop software, to ISPs, to Web 2.0 and Social Media, Matt has most recently been applying his knowledge to the development of Rock Show, an app for the iPad.

Jinesh Varia

Jinesh works as Technology Evangelist and Strategist at Amazon Web Services, a subsidiary of Amazon.com. As a Technology Evangelist at Amazon Web Services, LLC, Jinesh helps developers take advantage of disruptive technologies that are going to change the way we think about computer applications, and the way businesses compete in the new web world. Jinesh has spoken at more than 120 conferences and user groups around the world. Prior to joining Amazon as an evangelist, he worked with XBRL and XML working groups. He held several positions in UBmatrix including Solutions Architect, Enterprise Team Lead and Software engineer, worked on various financial services projects including Call Modernization Project at FDIC. He was also lead developer at Penn State Data Center, Institute of Regional Affairs. Jinesh’s publications have been published in ACM and IEEE. Jinesh is originally from India and holds a Master’s degree in Information Systems from Penn State University

William Vaughn

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-five years—working with mainframe, minicomputer and personal computer systems as a developer, manager, architect, trainer, marketer, support specialist, writer and publisher.

Kelly White

Kelly White is the principal of Silvertail Software. He previously lead the PDXUX.Net user group, and now runs the Portland Silverlight User Group with Erik Mork. Kelly has presented at user groups and code camps throughout the northwest on Silverlight, WPF, WP7, and XNA.

Buck Woody

Buck Woody is well, Buck Woody. His blog is "Carpe Datum", which means “Seize the data”. He runs a blog, a podcast, and lots of other publications and works at Microsoft. He's called Microsoft's "Real World DBA",and in past lives he worked for the US Air Force and NASA, and the strange lady at the fair tells him he was also a warrior in Genghis Kahn’s army and a nobleman in the court of Edward III.