Anthony {Tex} MoreignAnthony (since 1991) & Samantha (since 1994) have been evolving with the IT/IS industry across multiple business verticals (such as: Energy, Finance, Manufacturing, Academia/IT Education, Broadcasting and Media) – across multiple continents – all the while staying ahead of the curve by being hands-on with technologies – present & pre-release/future – such as: Microsoft Cloud – Azure since 2008, with SharePoint since before it was called SharePoint, with Parallel Computing, etc. Having risen through the ranks to lead and establish new business ventures, they have the unique ability to see both bottoms-up and top-down, from a Technology and Business/Financial perspective … thus being able to truly enable Business. Brian Culver Brian Culver is a SharePoint Solutions Architect for Expert Point Solutions in Houston, Texas. Brian is a Microsoft Certified Master (MCM) in SharePoint 2007 and a Microsoft Certified Professional Developer (MCPD). He has worked in the Information Technology industry since 1998 and he has been working with SharePoint since 2005. His deep expertise includes SharePoint, ASP.Net, SQL Server and Project Server. He has been involved in many large SharePoint implementations including Internet and Intranet sites, Partner Portals, Enterprise Content Management and Governance, and much custom application integration and development. Chris RileyProduct Manager and Evangelist at CloudShare, Chris Riley is a pure Technologist and recognized industry expert in document recognition, ECM, Cloud Computing, and analytics technologies. Chris lives and breathes technology and has been helping companies buy, use, and optimize advanced technologies given their business process and use case. Chris’s focus on market education has helped expose underlying problems in the acquisition and use of advanced technology and has helped both end-users and vendors mitigate the challenges to achieving ultimate success. Riley has 12 years experience in this arena, owned three software companies, and obtained several technology and business awards. He has degrees in Business Administration, Computer Science, and Mathematics, and holds certifications from the enterprise content management (ECM) trade organization AIIM as “Enterprise Content Management Practitioner (ECMp)”, “Information, Organization, and Access Practitioner (IOAp)” and “Capture Practitioner”. Mr. Riley is a sought after speaker, and educator throughout the content gathering and delivery space. Columbus Brown II, MBAColumbus Brown, has 10 years of combined experience in the areas of Aerospace Engineering, New Product Development, IT Infrastructure, Project Management, and Enterprise Collaboration. As a consultant Columbus serves as a trusted advisor known for developing leaders, creating environments that foster collaboration, and deploying enterprise software systems. Prior to consulting Columbus worked for Bell Helicopter, where he led their SharePoint implementation. Columbus holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering and a MBA in Finance from LeTourneau University. Columbus enjoys Jazz, Piano, Salsa Dancing, Autocross, and Gourmet Cooking. Corey Roth Corey Roth is an applications architect at Infusion Development specializing in SharePoint solutions in the Oil & Gas Industry. Corey is a two-time recipient of theMicrosoft MVP award in SharePoint Server. When it comes to SharePoint, he specializes in ECM, Enterprise Search, and Business Connectivity Services. As an active member of the SharePoint community, he often speaks at user groups, Tech Fests, and SharePoint Saturdays. Corey is a member of the .NET Mafia ( www.dotnetmafia.com) where he blogs about the latest technology and SharePoint. Corey is a member of the board for the Houston SharePoint Users Group. He loves contributing to the SharePoint community and currently has four active open source projects on CodePlex. Craig Wright Craig Wright has been a user interface and user experience designer in the Dallas Texas area for over fifteen years. With a passion for making web applications that are easy to use and beautiful to look at, he is also an advocate for the use of web standards. Currently working for Slalom Consulting's Dallas office, Craig has spent the last several years focused on user experience and custom design for Microsoft SharePoint. Denise Wilson Denise has been with United Airlines (formerly with Continental Airlines) for 14 years. As a Senior Manager of Microsoft Collaboration Services, her team is responsible for Engineering process improvement, architectural review and standards, and the Enterprise-wide deployment of SharePoint as a content management and collaboration platform for the new United Airlines. Ivan Sanders Ivan Sanders is an independent consultant with more than 15 years of broad-based hands-on experience with the design and development of mission-critical applications and innovative information management strategies in the enterprise deployment of Microsoft products, and delivering nothing but Microsoft SharePoint solutions since 2004. Ivan is active in the SharePoint Community through the MSDN and TechNet forums, TechEd and PDC Birds of a Feather, SharePoint Saturdays, SharePoint ShopTalk, SharePoint Intelligence Conference, SharePointConnections, INETA, GITCA, and Local Southern California User Groups. Ivan can be found bi-weekly on SharePoint ShopTalk or http://twitter.com/iasanders, http://www.linkedin.com/in/iasanders, https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Ivan.Sanders http://msmvps.com/blog/ivansanders. Jen Dodd Jennifer Dodd is a Senior SharePoint Consultant for Planet Technologies, specializing in architecture, roll-out and end-user solutions. She is a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) and has been providing SharePoint training for the past 7+ years. Jennifer has extensive SharePoint experience and has implemented several large intranet and extranet environments as well as custom SharePoint solutions for companies of all sizes and industries. Recently, she developed a custom, all-inclusive, enterprise-wide training program for SharePoint for end-users and site administrators at NREL. Jennifer has a Bachelor’s degree in Marketing from the University of Colorado, Boulder and a Master’s degree in Management of Information Systems from the University of Colorado, Denver. Jim Adcock While Jim Adcock has done a little of everything from the OS to the UI, his favorite part of SharePoint is working with business users to define business processes and create composite applications to automate them. He is active in the SP user groups in Austin and San Antonio. In his so-called "spare" time, he is Vice President of Launch Pad Job Club, a local Austin organization that helps people who have lost their jobs to get the skills they need to land their next job, and to cope with the interim between jobs.
Jim Bob HowardJim Bob is first a husband and a father. For fun, he gets to go to work and play with SharePoint.
Jim Bob has invested over 17 years in software development and website management for companies of all sizes, and is now a Senior Solutions Engineer for a dynamic consulting firm in the DC area. Meanwhile, he helps others work with SharePoint by writing technical "how-to" articles at NothingButSharePoint.com and offering guidance as a panel member on EUSP's Stump the Panel, he is a popular speaker at SharePoint Saturdays around the country, SPTechCon, and SharePoint Fest, and he contributed a chapter entitled “jQuery to the Rescue,” to the new O’Reilly book, SharePoint 2010 at Work, published in February.
Jim Bob and his lovely bride live in Austin, where they homeschool their four children. Juan Celaya Juan J. Celaya founded COMPU-DATA International, LLC in 1988 and has been successfully delivering “Content and Data Integration” solutions for ECM implementations through the use of capture, administration, collaboration, retrieval technologies and solutions. Juan has a broad Information Technology background covering 30 years of experience with successful system implementations with Energy, Healthcare, Pharmaceutical and Transportation companies, the U.S. Department of Defense and the National Nuclear Security Administration. Juan can be reached via e-mail at jcelaya@cdlac.com and can also be found on LinkedIn and Twitter. MoreKyle Kelin (reserve speaker) Kyle works closely with Infusion clients and account teams to define software requirements, analyze business practices, and serve as a technical liaison on a wide range of engagements. Responsible for overseeing Infusion’s Houston office, Kyle leads the development of new accounts and partnerships in the region, particularly within the oil and gas industry. Kyle oversees numerous established client relationships and the execution of major projects for those customers.
Kyle has a strong technical background rooted in over seven years of experience designing, developing, and implementing Microsoft technologies to provide enterprise-class solutions for many of the world’s largest organizations. Kyle has constructed applications across multiple industries including: consumer electronics, hospitality and tourism, oil and gas, retail, energy, healthcare and life sciences, investment banking, and the public sector. Kyle regularly speaks at user groups and conferences on a variety of technologies and business practices.
Prior to joining Infusion, Kyle served as a lead application engineer and senior developer for several software consultancies. During this time he delivered solutions for key clients including Thrifty Car Rental and Creative Labs. Kyle also owned and managed a successful independent web development consultancy for several years. Mark Freeman Mark Freeman is an independent consultant with over fifteen years experience in various technical roles, including Architecture design, application development, Data modeling, Network administration, Enterprise application integration, and Project management. During his career, he has been involved with several high-profile projects for various clients, including National Institutes of Health, Aramark Global Food Services, Pew Charitable Trusts, GMAC Financial, AIG Corporate Services, and Microsoft Consulting Services. He holds several technical certifications, has spoken at numerous developer conferences, and has spent countless hours in technical curriculum development as well as a trainer and mentor for colleagues and clients in Microsoft’s newest development technologies and servers. Mark can be reached on Twitter at @SPS2010. Miguel Wood Miguel is the Director, Central Region and Chief SharePoint Architect for Planet Technologies, a National Systems Integrator (NSI) partner of Microsoft. Previously, he served as President and CEO of TekFocus, a minority-owned and Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB). Miguel’s background includes consulting and mentoring organizations to better utilize technology to improve business processes. Miguel holds numerous Microsoft and industry certifications, including being one of the first to earn the prestigious Microsoft Certified Master (MCM) for SharePoint 2010, of which there are only a few in the world. He has had the opportunity to train Microsoft Consulting Services (MCS) and Product Support Specialist (PSS) roles within Microsoft around the world on various products and technologies in the Microsoft stack. His areas of focus include SQL Server, .NET programming, Security, Windows Server, and, of course, all released versions of SharePoint. He was also honored as the only non-Microsoft employee in North America authorized to teach both the IT Pro and Developer tracks of the SharePoint 2010 Ignite Tour, a pre-release, invitation-only training program held at regional Microsoft Technology Centers. Prior to his current positions, Miguel worked as a consultant for Sapient Corporation. He attended Louisiana State University (LSU), majoring in both Computer Engineering and Electrical Engineering and is also a member of the Phi Delta Theta International Fraternity. He has been stationed and travelled around the world while serving in the United States Army for over five years as an Airborne Infantryman. He resides in Dallas with his wife and two sons. Mike Huguet Mike Huguet is a Premier Field Engineer for Microsoft focusing on development technologies. He is an active member of the IT community as the President of the Baton Rouge .NET User Group, a founding member of the Baton Rouge SQL Saturday and Tech Day event, and an avid speaker at all day conferences and user groups. Mike was chosen as an INETA Community Champion in 2011 and was a member of the Microsoft SharePoint Patterns and Practices Advisory team for their most recent release for SharePoint 2010. He has a software development background and has been delivering solutions with .NET since Beta 1 and SharePoint since 2006. Naomi Moneypenny Naomi Moneypenny is CTO at Synxi (a ManyWorlds brand) where she leads the development team and has overall responsibility for the infrastructure that is used internally, for partners and enterprise clients.
Prior to her current position, Naomi was a business and IT strategist at Shell, where she was one of the youngest managers ever in the company, worked on technology forecasting and collaboration. She has a Masters degree in Astrophysics as well as graduating in executive programs in strategy and M&A from Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management. She holds 15 patents in the area of adaptive systems. Patrick CurranPatrick Curran is the Development Practice Manager for Planet Technologies' Federal Division. Patrick’s primary client is the Department of Energy, where he is Planet’s lead architect. His clients’ projects usually range from 1,000 to 10,000 end users. Patrick has been working with SharePoint since 2003 doing everything from Administration, Branding, and Development to Upgrading, and Troubleshooting. MCP, MCTS, MCITP, MCT
Peter Brunone Peter Brunone is a Principal Consultant with Improving Enterprises, an award-winning Dallas-based consulting and training firm. He is also a former seven-year ASP.NET MVP who has been working with SharePoint since version 2003. Peter’s professional journey has given him the opportunity to work with some of the largest companies in the telecom, hospitality, and retail industries. Outside the technical world he is a husband, father of three, and recreational runner. Ram GopinathanRam is a Sr. Architect based out of Chicago IL. Ram’s primary focus is on SharePoint Architecture, Web Content Management, Enterprise Content Management, SharePoint Security, BCS, and SharePoint Development. Ram has been working with SharePoint since version 2001 and is also a Microsoft Certified SharePoint Master for SharePoint 2007 Richard Calderon Richard Calderon is a SharePoint Solutions Architect with Catapult Systems and has developed web applications with SharePoint products and technologies since 2003. Richard currently specializes in designing and implementing solutions for secure intranet and extranet portals as well as large-scale public-facing internet sites using SharePoint’s web content management (WCM) capabilities.
Shannon BrayShannon Bray is a SharePoint evangelist and Microsoft Certified Trainer. He is currently employed with Planet Technologies as a Technical Architect and works exclusively with Microsoft SharePoint. Shannon specializes in architecture design and solution development using Microsoft technologies. He is the President of the Colorado SharePoint User's Group and has presented SharePoint topics at Microsoft's TechReady and TechED. Shannon has authored several SharePoint video training series and co-authored "Automating Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Administration with Windows PowerShell 2.0"
Suzanne George Suzanne George, MCTS has developed, administered, and architected online web site applications since 1995 and has worked with many Technology Top 100 companies such as Netscape, AOL, Sun Microsystems, and Verio. With a focus on custom applications and SharePoint integration with applications such as ESRI, Deltek Accounting Software, and SAP; she has often been asked to speak at conferences around the country. Currently, Suzanne sits on the MSL IT Manager Advisory Council, was a contributing author for SharePoint 2010 Administrators companion and the SharePoint Handbook, and is a Senior Technical Architect for Perficient and presents at SharePoint Saturday’s around the country. MoreThor M. Castillo Over 15 years in Internet specific technical leadership and consulting. Designer and developer for numerous major “.com” website for clients including Microsoft, Fidelity, Nationwide, United Airlines, Treasure Island, Pfizer and more. Recently served as SharePoint Technical Lead, Designer and Project Lead on Visio.Microsoft.com.
Tom Resing Tom is a Microsoft Certified Master in SharePoint. He is passionate about online collaboration technologies and loves being active in the SharePoint Community. Tom has been blogging about SharePoint for the last 4 years after certifying on the 2007 platform. Tom has enjoyed 15 years in the internet industry developing products and web site functionality in Perl, C++, Java, VB.Net and C#. With SharePoint, Tom prefers an Out of the Box approach to deployment. MoreTracey Nolte Tracey Nolte, User Experience Architect, has branded SharePoint sites for many large Fortune 500 companies. Tracey is an expert in User Experience and User Centered Design methodology. With a background in Business Intelligence, Process Design and Creative Design, the combination has afforded a unique perspective to SharePoint. Tracey practices her branding magic with Slalom Consulting, http://www.slalom.com/.
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