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Andres is a Sun Certified Programmer, Sun Certified Web Component Developer with more than 8 years of experience in software design and development, currently working for Oracle as a Principal Software Engineer. He has been involved in web and desktop application development since the early days of Java. He has also been teacher of computer science courses in the most prestigious education institute in Mexico. His current interests include software architecture, developer testing, Groovy, Spring and swing hacks. He is a true believer in open source and has participated in popular projects like Groovy, JMatter and DbUnit, as well as starting his own projects (Json-lib and EZMorph among others). Andres maintains a blog at http://jroller.com/aalmiray
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computer engineer focused on research on intellectual property.
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Have worked since 1995 creating Web-based interfaces.
Created frameworks for front-end deployment at the Federal Reserve Bank, Apple, and Microsoft.
Presently working at Vertigo (www.vertigo.com).
I create semantic markup, object oriented JavaScript and cross-browser CSS for an optimal user experience.
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Perry has been a trainer, presenter and code slinger for a number of years now and enjoys sharing his take on technology with others and socializing with other "techies".
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Software developer with experience in Ruby, Python, Java, Linux, networking, and user interfaces; and in many industries including videoconferencing, remote device control, finance, education, publishing, mechanical engineering, semiconductor manufacturing, defense, and telecommunications.
Programming teacher with experience teaching from third grade to adult professional.
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Dave is a Senior Engineer at Vertigo Software. When he was just 12 years old he got access to a Commodore PET and has been hooked on computers and programming ever since. Dave Graduated from the Leeds Metropolitan University(England) with a B.A. in Computer Studies w/Software Engineering in 1991 and has been doing consulting, almost exclusively using Microsoft technologies, ever since.
A very experienced Microsoft .Net developer, loves to stay ahead of the curve learning the newest technologies as soon as they are out of the gate. He has already implemented and deployed several production sites using Silverlight 1.0 and is currently working on a substantial enterprise system using Silverlight 2.0. WCF and Workflow Foundation technologies
A considerable amount of his career has been spent working with Document Management and Enterprise Workflow systems and he is passionate about solving not only technical problems, but business problems.
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Jeff Brown is a Lead Software Engineer at Ingenio, where he is currently focused on software testing, development tooling and infrastructure. He is also the lead of MbUnit and the creator of Gallio, an open, extensible and neutral test automation platform for .Net.
Jeff is passionate about software development. His secret mission is to engage the creativity and talent of everyone he encounters to make a smarter, more beautiful world.
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Dr. Doris Chen, a staff engineer and Java Technology Evangelist at Sun Microsystems with over 10 years industry experience, her expertise includes Web 2.0/Ajax, JavaServer Faces, Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE) technologies, web services/SOA, Java ME platform wireless programming, Java technology performance tuning, grid computing, and web-based distributed computing. She speaks at major industry international conferences: JavaOne, Sun Network Conference, SD West Software Development, etc.
Doris received her Ph.D. from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) in computer engineering, specializing in medical informatics. Before coming to Sun, Doris developed medical image compression applications and web-based network management products.
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WESLEY J. CHUN, MSCS, is the author of Prentice Hall's best-seller, "Core Python Programming" (http://corepython.com), its video training course, "Python Fundamentals" (LiveLessons DVD), co-author of "Python Web Development with Django" (http://withdjango.com), and has also written various technical articles for Linux Journal and cNet. He is currently a senior engineer at NearbyNow (http://nearbynow.com) and also runs CyberWeb (http://cyberwebconsulting.com), a consulting business specializing in Python software engineering and technical training. He has over 25 years of programming, teaching, and writing experience, including more than a decade of Python. While at Yahoo!, he helped create Yahoo! Mail and Yahoo! People Search using Python. He holds degrees in Computer Science, Mathematics, and Music from the University of California.
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Douglas Crockford is a product of our public education system. A registered voter, he owns his own car. He has developed office automation systems. He did research in games and music at Atari. He was Director of Technology at Lucasfilm. He was Director of New Media at Paramount. He was the founder and CEO of Electric Communities/Communities.com. He was founder and CTO of State Software, where he discovered JSON. He is developing a secure programming language. He is now an architect at Yahoo!. He is the author of JavaScript: The Good Parts.
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I am a lecturer and associate director of the Symbolic Systems Program at Stanford. For the last several years I have been working with students on a free/open web-based groupware tool called Deme. I do other projects too. See my website.
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Steve is the technical lead for the Windows Server Support Group at CSU CalPoly. His team is responsible for Active Directory, SharePoint, SQL, and File Services for 30,000+ users. Steve straddles the world of IT and Development. As the owner of Scevans Consulting Group (http://scevanscg.com) he helps a range of businesses with IT and Software Development needs.
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Marina Fisher is a Web Scale Architect at Sun, workin with startups and open source developers around building scalable architecture for the Web. She is a Sun Certified Enterprise Architect for Java EE and in the past worked with Sun customers on building scalable and reliable enterprise systems. Currently she focuses on technologies such as OpenSolaris, MySQL, AJAX, and PHP.
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Uday Gajendar is a UI designer based in Silicon Valley. His work has spanned enterprise software, creative tools, Web applications, and phone devices at a range of companies—Oracle, Adobe, Cisco, and Involution, a boutique design studio. Holding degrees in both interaction design (Carnegie Mellon) and industrial design (Michigan), Uday advances the field with frequent talks and papers about designing attractive, intuitive digital products. You can read his latest thoughts at www.ghostinthepixel.com.
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Arun Gupta is a Technology Evangelist for Web Services and Web 2.0 Apps at Sun. He was the spec lead for APIs in the Java platform, committer in multiple Open Source projects, participated in standard bodies and contributed to Java EE and SE releases.
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Karthik been doing Java related work for the last 8 years. He has authored a book on Apache Wicket.
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Slava Imeshev is a founder, president and CEO of Cacheonix Systems. Slava's main expertise lays in scalable distributed high-performance systems. Slava switched to developing software with Java more than 10 years ago and never looked back. You can reach Slava at simeshev@cacheonix.com
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Mr. Ivanov founded and providing technological direction and vision for GridGain open source project. Mr. Ivanov brings almost 20 years of experience in software development, a vision and pragmatic view of where development technology is going, and high quality standards in software engineering.
In 1996, Mr. Ivanov was one of the pioneers in using Java technology for server side middleware development while working at T-Systems GmbH, one of the largest European System Integrator.
Nikita has held various positions architecting and leading software product development for start-up companies and working with well-established companies such as Adaptec, Visa and BEA Systems. Mr. Ivanov is an active member of Java middleware community and is a contributor to Java specifications.
Mr. Ivanov holds a Master's degree in Electro Mechanics from Baltic State Technical University, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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Peter Kellner, a Microsoft ASP.NET MVP, is founder and president of 73rd Street Associates and a seasoned software professional specializing in high quality, scalable and extensible .Net web applications. His experience includes building and leading engineering teams both on and off shore. When not working, Peter spends most his free time biking. He has ridden his bike across the globe. Most recently he and his wife, Tammy, rode across the U.S., from California to Georgia, in just 27 days.
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Deborah Kurata is cofounder of InStep Technologies Inc., a professional consulting firm that focuses on turning your business vision into reality using Microsoft .NET technologies. She has over 15 years of experience in architecting, designing, and developing successful applications.
Deborah has authored several books, including the "Doing Objects in Visual Basic" series (Addison-Wesley), "Best Kept Secrets in .NET" (Apress) and "Doing Web Development: Client-Side Techniques" (Apress).
Deborah speaks at .NET user groups all over the country as a member of the INETA Speaker's Bureau (http://www.ineta.org/) and at conferences, such as VSLive, DevDays, and TechEd. For her work in support of software development and software developers, she has been recognized with the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award. After a hard day of coding and taking care of her family, Deborah enjoys blowing stuff up (on the XBox of course).
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Currently a Developer Evangelist for Microsoft, previously Lynn moved from a degree in linguistics to become a business executive, and then launched her own software development, training and consulting company. She’s done production work with all versions of .NET, BizTalk, K2.Net, SharePoint, SQL Server, Analysis Services, InfoPath, MOM, and Active Directory, and holds an array of certifications, including MCT, MCSD, MCITP, MCSE, MCDBA and MSF.
Lynn is also the author of 'Foundations of SQL Server 2005 Business Intelligence' from Apress. She is currently at work writing 'Building Smart Business Intelligence Solutions with SQL Server 2008' for MSPress.
In her spare time, Lynn gives back to the community by supporting children’s education. Her current projects include work with the Mona Foundation (Redmond, Washington) and SmartCare (Lusaka, Zambia).
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Orion Letizi is a co-founder and software engineer at Terracotta. He has worked in enterprise Java for nearly ten years. Before Terracotta, he was a software architect at Walmart.com.
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Beth is an Online Content and Community Program Manager on the Visual Studio Community Team at Microsoft responsible for producing and managing content for business application developers and driving community features onto MSDN Developer Centers. She also produces content on her blog, the VB Team blog, WindowsClient.net, and Channel 9. As a VB community champion and a long-time member of the Microsoft community she also helps with the San Francisco East Bay .NET user group and is a frequent speaker at various software development events. Before Microsoft, she was a Senior Architect at a health care software product company and a Microsoft Solutions Architect MVP. Over the last decade she has worked on distributed applications and frameworks, web and Windows-based applications using Microsoft development tools in a variety of businesses. She loves teaching, hiking, mountain biking, and driving really fast.
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I can present if you need me to.
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Jeff McWherter is the Director of Software Development at A.J. Boggs and Company in Okemos, MI. Jeff graduated from Michigan State University with a degree in Telecommunications, and has thirteen years of professional experience in software development.
He is a founding member and current Program Director for the Greater Lansing Users for .NET (GLUG.net). He enjoys profiling code, applying design patterns, finding obscure namespaces, and long walks in the park. His lifelong interest in programming began with a Home Computing Magazine in 1983, which included an article about writing a game called Boa Alley in BASIC.
Jeff currently lives in a farming community near Lansing, MI. When he is not in front of the computer he enjoys rock and ice climbing with his smart and beautiful wife; which leads to his favorite activity of all… road trips.
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TBA
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Sam Nasr has been a software developer since 1995, focusing mostly on Microsoft technologies. Having achieved multiple certifications from Microsoft (MCAD, MCTS(MOSS), and MCT), Sam develops, teaches, and tours the country to present various topics in .Net. He is also actively involved with the Cleveland C#/VB.Net User Group, where he has been the group leader since 2003. When not coding, Sam can be found driving his prized Mustang GT all over Cleveland or volunteering at his local church.
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Kevin Nilson is currently a Principal Software Architect for E*Trade Financial in Menlo Park, CA. He is the co-lead of the Silicon Valley Web Developer JUG ( https://sv-web-jug.dev.java.net/ ). He is also the co-lead of the Silicon Valley Google Technology User Group ( http://sv-gtug.org ).
Prior to E*Trade Financial, Kevin had extensive industry software engineering and consulting experience with companies such as: Pfizer, Northrop Grumman, AT&T Corporation, etc. He also worked part-time as an adjunct professor at the College of San Mateo.
Kevin received a Bachelor?s degree in Computer Science with a Minor in Mathematics from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale and a Master?s degree in Computer Science from Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville. He is a Sun Certified Java Programmer and Sun Certified Web Component Developer.
You can learn more about Kevin on his website JavaClimber.com (http://www.javaclimber.com ).
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Emil Ong is the Chief Evangelist and a lead developer of Caucho
Technology. He comes from an academic research background, having
studied security, systems, and peer-to-peer technology to gain
his M.S. in Computer Science at UC Berkeley. When Emil joined
Caucho in 2006, he began by working on Quercus, Caucho's 100% Java
implementation of PHP, and the SOA offerings in Resin, Caucho's
screamingly fast Java application server. In 2007, Emil became
the Chief Evangelist of Caucho, adding public speaking engagements,
community management, and press relations to his engineering duties.
Emil is based in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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I started with ASP.NET and .NET in general in 2001 while I was a consultant to bring fast and robust applications to my customers. I took .NET as the technology to follow as since the starting I have always bet my career with Microsoft and I have never been without a job.
ASP.NET was the answer to all programmers that have been looking for a way to deploy their applications easier and to a big range of users. I enjoyed since 2001 working in .NET and I learned from other users as they shared their knowledge I shared mine to help as much as I can. Software is a very challenging technology that finding other users that can help you or point you to the right direction can make a big difference.
Now I am working for ESRI as I find Geographic Information System a wonderful challenge.
You can find my random thoughtsin GIS, ASP.NET and AJAX at http://alpascual.com/blog/al
Involved in teaching and answering questions every day at http://forums.asp.net
Also working in Open Source project Geo Twitter
http://codeplex.com/geotwitter
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I run the http://liftweb.net project and consult on lift and Scala related projects.
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Sridhar has been with Sun for over 15 years in various roles of application development and now is a Java Technology Evangelist. His core competencies include: JavaFX, Java SE, Enterprise Java Beans (EJB) 3.0, Web Services, JavaServer Faces, and other Java EE technologies using Netbeans. He is a Java Certified programmer and has over 10 years of experience in Java, over 20 years of programming experience. He speaks and conducts developer workshops at technical conferences around the world including Sun TechDays and JavaOne. Sridhar loves to travel and meet the Java developers all over the world and share his experience and knowledge. Sridhar holds an MS in Computer Science from Florida Institute of Technology, and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Hyderabad, India.
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Michael Van Riper has a Bachelors in Computer Science from MIT. Van has more than 25 years of experience as a software engineer in Silicon Valley. He was a core member of the engineering team at Adobe that built the award winning Adobe PageMill web authoring program. Since 1999, he has focused on developing web applications in Java. He is currently a Principal Engineer at Krillion in Mountain View, California. He is the founder and co-leader of the Silicon Valley Web JUG. He is also one of the founders and co-leader of the Silicon Valley Google Technology User Group.
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Alex Ruiz is a Software Engineer in the development tools organization at Oracle. Alex enjoys reading anything related to Java, testing, OOP, AOP and concurrency and has programming as his first love. Before joining Oracle, Alex was a consultant for ThoughtWorks. Alex maintains a blog at http://www.jroller.com/page/alexRuiz
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A group manager in the Oracle JDeveloper and ADF product management team, Shay has been involved with the Oracle development tools for the past 18 years in various roles. He is a frequent speaker in industry events such as Oracle Open World and JavaOne. For more info check out http://blogs.oracle.com/shay
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Scott Stanfield is the CEO of Vertigo Software, Inc., a Microsoft Gold Partner specializing in designing and building unique software. Scott is a proud member of the Microsoft Regional Director community and participates in the Microsoft Partner Architect Council. He is a frequent public speaker, keynoting for Microsoft and other industry events. Before starting Vertigo in 1997, Scott worked at Pixar in Point Richmond, California, which happens to be the current home of Vertigo. Scott holds a BS in Computer Science for Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo.
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Co-founder of jboss, ex CTO of jboss, now VP of Architecture at the jboss division of redhat, Scott works on the JBossAS platform and related projects.
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Bill Venners is president of Artima, Inc., publisher of Artima Developer (www.artima.com). He is author of the book, Inside the Java Virtual Machine, a programmer-oriented survey of the Java platform's architecture and internals. His popular columns in JavaWorld magazine covered Java internals, object-oriented design, and Jini. Active in the Jini Community since its inception, Bill led the Jini Community's ServiceUI project, whose ServiceUI API became the de facto standard way to associate user interfaces to Jini services. Bill is also the lead developer and designer of ScalaTest, an open source testing tool for Scala and Java developers, and coauthor with Martin Odersky and Lex Spoon of the book, Programming in Scala.
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