VSLive! Orlando 2007

Conference Speakers

	Bill D. Baldasti Bill is a Director & Practice Manager at Infusion Development. Bill is a Microsoft MVP, Solutions Architect, a Microsoft Certified Application Developer (MCAD) and a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT). In addition to architecture and development, Bill has been a member of Microsoft’s .NET Trainer tour across the USA, was the #1 ranked trainer on Microsoft’s Windows 2003 training tour in July 2003, and speaks at various conferences – most recently the Microsoft Financial Services Developer conference in New York, VSLive! Toronto, and Microsoft`s PDC05 in Los Angeles.
	Joanna Bichsel Joanna Bichsel works at Microsoft as a Program Manager on the Office Platform Strategy team. She focuses on Microsoft Office development, evangelizing the platform and helping provide architectural guidance and resources for developers and architects building enterprise solutions on Office. Joanna blogs at http://blogs.msdn.com/joanna_bichsel/.
	Robert Boedigheimer, Schwan Food Company Robert Boedigheimer works for The Schwan Food Company providing business solutions with web technologies. Robert has been designing and developing web sites for the past 10 years including the early days of ASP and ASP.NET. He was the lead architect, designer, and developer for the schwans.com rewrite with ASP.NET, and is currently implementing a large ASP.NET 2.0 project. He is a columnist for aspalliance.com, an "Early Achiever" MCSD for .NET with C#, and a 2nd degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do. Robert has spoken at several industry conferences including the Heartland Developers Conference, Microsoft's Visual DevCon 2005, and several VSLive! events.
	Kent Brown, twentysix New York Kent Brown is the manager of the Enterprise Integration practice at twentysix New York, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner. Kent has 17 years of experience in software development in the Pharmaceutical, Financial Services, Insurance, Legal and Manufacturing industries. He has authored numerous articles primarily on Enterprise Integration technologies: Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), BizTalk, SOAP. He has been involved with .NET since its early Beta. He often plays a mentoring role, providing training, design and team leadership to help teams establish correct architecture and best practices around new technologies, e.g. Object-Oriented programming in .NET, and Service-Oriented Architecture. He is the founder and leader of the NJ .NET Architecture and Development User Group, www.njevbug.org. He is also a leader of the NYC Connected Systems User Group, www.nyccsug.org.
	Andrew Brust, twentysix New York Andrew Brust is Chief, New Technology at twentysix New York, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner in New York City. Andrew is lead author of Programming Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (Microsoft Press), serves as Microsoft Regional Director for New York and New Jersey, is a Visual Basic MVP and a member of Microsoft’s Business Intelligence Partner Advisory Council. Andrew is a Vice-Chairman of the New York Software Industry Association (NYSIA), a member of INETA’s Speaker Bureau and is a highly rated speaker at conferences throughout the U.S. and internationally. Often quoted in the technology industry press, Andrew has over 18 years experience programming and consulting in the Financial, Public, Small Business and Not-For-Profit sectors. He can be reached at andrew.brust@26ny.com.
	Terry Clancy, Microsoft Corporation Terry Clancy is the Senior Product Marketing Manager for Enterprise Data Access, Business Intelligence and SQL Server. Terry is focused on developing Microsoft’s business in the Database and Business Intelligence markets and marketing Microsoft SQL Server. Terry joined Microsoft in 1992 and launched Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1 in Australia. He went on to manage Windows NT Server and all the other Microsoft Server Applications at different times until he took over SQL Server in 1998. Terry Clancy is a Business Development Manager in the Visual Studio Industry Partner (VSIP) team at Microsoft Corp. Terry is focused on growing the size and success of the ecosystem around Visual Studio. Terry joined Microsoft in 1992 and launched Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1 in Australia. He went on to manage Windows NT Server and all the other Microsoft Server Applications at different times until he took over as Australian SQL Server PM from 1998 till 2005 when he moved to the USA and into his current role in the VSIP team. Prior to Microsoft he worked for Network Solutions (Australia), IntraOptics (USA) and Honeywell (Australia).
	Robert Daigneau, SynXix Rob Daigneau has over eighteen years experience designing and implementing enterprise-class applications for a broad array of industries from manufacturing, to financial services, to retail and hospitality. Rob is currently the Chief Architect for SynXis, the leader in distribution and messaging software technologies for the hospitality industry. He also has served as the Director of Application Architecture for Monster.com. Rob is currently working on a book of SOA Design Patterns for Addison Wesley.
	Benjamin Day, Benjamin Day Consulting Benjamin Day is an independent consultant specializing in the design and development of web and Windows applications using Microsoft .NET technologies. Ben also provides consulting and training on Visual Studio Team System and Team Foundation Server via the Richard Hale Shaw Group (www.RichardHaleShawGroup.com). He is a Microsoft MVP for C#, speaker at VSLive! and other conferences, and the leader of the Beantown.NET INETA User Group in Boston. When not developing software, Ben plays piano with a Boston-based jazz trio and is an enthusiastic restaurant, food, beer and wine buff. He can be contacted via www.benday.com.
	Michael Dunn, Microsoft Corporation Michael Dunn is a Senior Consultant for Microsoft and former MVP for Office Communications Server. He is a frequent speaking at user groups and conferences across the nation and the author of the APress book, “Pro: Microsoft Speech Server 2007”. In his free time you can catch him blogging or answering questions on various MSDN forums & newsgroups. You can reach Michael via his blog at http://blogs.msdn.com/midunn.
	Lisa Feigenbaum , Microsoft Corporation Lisa Feigenbaum is the program manager for the Visual Basic Editor and Debugger. She has been a member of the Visual Basic team since 2004. Her team is responsible for features such as intelliSense, error correction, edit-and-continue, and code snippets. You can find Lisa at various US & international conferences and user groups, watch her Channel9 webcasts, or read her posts on the VB team blog. Before joining Microsoft, she earned an M.Sc. in Applied Mathematics from Harvard University.
	Ken Getz, MCW Technologies Ken Getz is a developer, writer and trainer, working as a senior consultant with MCW Technologies, LLC, a Microsoft Solution Provider. He is a lead courseware author and trainer for AppDev (http://www.appdev.com), and has written and presented video courses covering C# and Visual Basic 2005, ASP.NET 2.0, ADO.NET 2.0 and more. Ken has co-authored several technical books for developers, including the best-selling ASP.NET Developer’s Jumpstart, Access Developer’s Handbook series, and VBA Developer’s Handbook series. Ken is a technical editor for Advisor Publications’ VB.NET Technical Journal, and he's a columnist for both MSDN Magazine and CoDe magazine. Ken speaks regularly at a large number of industry events, including Advisor Media’s Advisor Live events, FTP’s VSLive, and Microsoft’s Tech-Ed.
	Jackie Goldstein, Renaissance Computer Systems Jackie is a Microsoft Regional Director, a Microsoft MVP, the founder and monthly host of the Israel VB User Group, and is a featured speaker at international developer events including VSLive!, TechEd, Microsoft Developer Days, and Microsoft Professional Developers Conference (PDC). Jackie works closely with Microsoft in the U.S., Israel, and throughout Europe. He was chosen by Microsoft as the Microsoft Regional Director of the Year for 1999 and also received the 2004 Outstanding Regional Director Award.
	Jonathan Goodyear, ASPSOFT, Inc Jonathan is the President of ASPSOFT, Inc. as well as being a Microsoft Regional Director and MVP. He has been working with .NET since before it was made available to the general public. Jonathan is a contributing editor for both Visual Studio Magazine and asp.netPRO Magazine, and frequently speaks at major technology conferences such as VSLive and .NET user groups through the International .NET Association (INETA).
	Robert Green, MCW Technologies Robert Green is a senior consultant with MCW Technologies, a Microsoft Certified Partner. Before joining MCW, Robert worked at Microsoft for 8 years, most recently as a Program Manager on the Visual Basic product team and previously as a Product Manager for Visual Studio, Visual Basic, Visual Studio Tools for Office and Visual FoxPro. Prior to joining Microsoft, Robert was a Vice President and co-founder of The Information Management Group, a consulting and education services firm in Chicago. Robert has been a frequent speaker at technology conferences, including TechEd, VSLive! Along with co-author Ken Getz, Robert co-authored AppDev’s Developing Applications with Visual Studio 2005 courseware, and appears in the video training for these courses, as well.
	Billy Hollis, DotNetMasters Billy Hollis is an author and software developer from Nashville, Tennessee. Billy is co-author of the first book ever published on Visual Basic .NET, VB .NET Programming on the Public Beta. He has written many articles, and is a frequent speaker at conferences. He is the Regional Director of Developer Relations in Nashville for Microsoft, and runs a consulting company focusing on Microsoft .NET.
	Deborah Kurata, InStep Technologies Deborah is a professional software architect, designer, and developer. She provides consulting services in the areas of project architecture and design, software development (Windows and smart-client applications), and mentoring services. She is frequently brought in to assist existing teams with establishing best practices and defining an appropriate architecture and application framework. Deborah has authored several books, including the Doing Objects in Visual Basic series (SAMS), Best Kept Secrets in .NET (Apress) and Doing Web Development: Client-Side Techniques (Apress), and is currently working on Doing Objects in VB 2005 (Addison-Wesley). She also writes for MSDN and CoDe magazine (www.code-magazine.com).
	Jeff Levinson, Northwest Cadence Jeff Levinson is the ALM Practice Lead for Northwest Cadence specializing in process, methodology and Team System. He is a Microsoft Team System MVP, MCAD, MCSD, MCDBA and MCT. Jeff is a former Solution Design & Integration Architect with The Boeing Company. He is the author of ³Building Client/Server Applications with VB.NET² (Apress 2003) and ³Pro Visual Studio Team System with Team Edition for Database Professionals² (Apress 2007). Jeff has a Masters in Software Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.
	Rockford Lhotka, Magenic Technologies Rockford Lhotka is the author of the Expert VB 2005 Business Objects and Expert C# 2005 Business Objects books from Apress. He is a contributing author for Visual Studio Magazine and he speaks at major conferences around the world. Rockford is the Principal Technology Evangelist for Magenic Technologies, one of the nation's premiere Microsoft Gold Certified Partners.
	Leonard Lobel, Sleek Technologies, Inc. Leonard Lobel is the CEO and co-founder of Sleek Technologies Inc., a development shop located in New York specializing in Microsoft-based solutions with an early adopter philosophy towards new technologies. Programming since 1979, his experience spans a variety of business domains, including publishing and retail store management. Lenni has served as chief architect and senior developer for various organizations, ranging from small shops to high-profile clients. He is also a consultant and trainer, and has been a contributing editor to Visual Studio Magazine. Contact him at llobel@sleektechnologies.com.
	Jeffrey McManus, Platform Associates Jeffrey is Principal Consultant at Platform Associates, dividing his time between consulting and developing and running the collaboration web site Approver.com. Jeffrey has been a speaker at VBITS/VSLIVE since 1998 and has authored six books on software development on the Microsoft platform, including the best-selling "Database Access with Visual Basic." He was eBay's first web services evangelist, forming and leading their platform evangelism team and managing developer.ebay.com and codebase.ebay.com. Jeffrey also co-founded and led Yahoo's developer program.
	Mark Minasi Mark Minasi, MCSEMCSE and Directory Services MVP, is the author of 26 technical books including the “Mastering Windows Server 2008” series, the latest in a series of books on Microsoft networking that have sold over a million copies. He has been a columnist for several industry magazines. Mark is a frequent conference keynote and breakout speaker and regularly garners those conferences' highest attendee evaluation scores. He recently won CertCities.Com's "Favorite Technical Author" reader poll for the third year running. (www.minasi.com)
	Ryan Perlman , Microsoft Corporation Ryan S. Perlman is Microsoft Software Development Engineer in MSIT Division where he is responsible for the design and development of the software Systems in the Microsoft Volume License Transactional Systems. Ryan likes to spend his time staying current with the latest technologies and helping his peers in his organization stay current with design and coding best practices. Ryan is a frequent visitor and occasional speaker to the Redmond .NET user group http://www.netda.net.
	Brian A. Randell, MCW Technologies Brian A. Randell is a senior consultant with MCW Technologies, LLC. Brian spends his time between teaching Microsoft .NET -based technologies to developers, working with new and emerging technologies like Visual Studio 2005 and Visual Studio Team System, and consulting worldwide for clients such as Microsoft, American Honda, DELL and others. Brian enjoys helping people get the most out of their software. He does this through training, consulting and speaking at events such as VSLive!, Tech•Ed and the PDC. In addition, Brian shares through the written word. He is the co-author of Effective Visual Basic and has written articles for MSDN Magazine and Microsoft. He is also a member of Pluralsight's technical staff and author of Pluralsight's Applied Team System course. Reach Brian via his blog at http://www.mcwtech.com/cs/blogs/brianr/.
	Vineet Rao, Microsoft Corporation Vineet Rao is a Program Manager in the SQL Server Relational Engine group at Microsoft. Vineet has over seven years of experience in the industry with the past three years in this group. During this time, he has worked on various aspects involved in the server-side programmability area especially the integration of .NET Common Language Runtime (CLR) in SQL Server and its support in Visual Studio 2005.
	Walt Ritscher, Scandiasoft Walt Ritscher has trained thousands of corporate developers during the last ten years. An active speaker, his teaching schedule has taken him throughout the world providing developer training at corporations, universities and software conferences .He has collaborated on several books and videos published for the developer market including 'early adopter' .Net courses at Microsoft Press. Walt¹s industry expertise has placed him on various national technology advisory boards. He is also deeply involved in the local developer community — founding the .NET Developers Association in Redmond, WA. Walt has accumulated plenty of experience as a developer — he is fluent in database, component, and win-forms technologies. As a web programmer he has worked on several prototype ASP.NET projects including the Microsoft Community Starter Kit. His company, Scandiasoft, produces developer tools.
	Mario Rodriguez, Microsoft Corporation Mario Rodriguez works at Microsoft as a Program Manager on the Team Foundation Server Team. He focuses on Version Control features and Platform investments across the product. His main passions are team collaboration and development and his team is working on a set of scenarios and features that look to transform Version Control role in the space. Outside of work my passions are wine, sports and education and I try to maintain active in all of them. He blogs at http://blogs.msdn.com/mrod/default.aspx
	Jay Roxe, Microsoft Corporation Jay Roxe is a Group Product Manager for Visual Studio and manages the team that works with professional developers. Prior to this, Jay was the Product Manager for Visual Basic. Jay was a founding member of the Common Language Runtime and .NET Framework teams where he was a developer and development lead on the Base Class Libraries. Jay holds a BSE in Computer Science from Princeton University and an MBA from the Amos Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.
	Richard Hale Shaw, Richard Hale Shaw Group VSLive! Dallas Conference Chair Richard Hale Shaw is the founder of the Richard Hale Shaw Group, which has consulted and trained software developers since 1993. He's created and chaired numerous technical conferences, including C# Live! and the Black Belt tracks of the VSLive! conference series. An articulate writer and speaker on topics dear to the hearts of software developers and an outspoken critic of broken devtools, Richard specializes in consulting and training on .NET programming in C# and Managed C++. Richard is a member of the INETA (http://www.ineta.org/) speakers bureau, and for his work supporting C#/.NET software developers, he's been recognized by Microsoft as a C# MVP since 2004. You can reach him at www.RichardHaleShawGroup.com.
	John Stallo, Microsoft Corporation John Stallo is a Program Manager on the Visual Studio Team at Microsoft working on RAD tools for building data-centric line-of-business applications. Born in Perth, Western Australia, he has been with Microsoft for over 6 years working on a variety of projects including WCF Tools, RAD data binding, Class Designer, and the BizTalk Orchestration Designer. He loves coding in Visual Basic and drinking fine wines, though not necessarily at the same time.
	Bayer White, Idea Integration Practice Lead, Application Development, Idea Integration Bayer is known within the Florida developer community by speaking at conferences and Florida Code Camps and blogging and writing articles focused on WF. He is also recognized as a contributor on the official Windows Workflow Foundation.
	Bill Wolff, Agility Systems Bill Wolff is an independent consultant, trainer and architect specializing in Microsoft development technologies. His company, Agility Systems, is based in the Philadelphia area. He ran the consulting firm Wolff Data Systems for 15 years and directed armies of consultants in the dot com world. Bill is founder and president of the philly.net user group, board member for INETA (Vice President, Speaker Bureau), and he is active in several other user communities. Bill was a contributing author to several books and articles. His certifications include trainer, systems engineer, developer and Microsoft MVP for VB.NET.