Todd Anglin is Chief Evangelist for Telerik, a leading provider of development tools and user interface components for .NET. Before joining Telerik, he worked for a large Fortune 200 financial services company where he learned the way of the “Enterprise” – big budgets, big projects, legacy systems, and incessant measurement. He now leverages this Enterprise experience to help Telerik make components that make the lives of all developers as easy as possible. Todd is an active author and speaker in the .NET community, focusing on web development technologies, a Microsoft MVP, ASP Insider, founder and President of the North Houston .NET Users Group, and an O'Reilly author.

Donald Belcham is a senior software developer, independent contractor, and agile development expert who is a strong supporter of fundamental OO patterns and practices. He is co-author of the book, “Brownfield Application Development in .NET” (Manning Press, 2009), and actively shares his expertise with other technical professionals at user groups, code camps and conferences held throughout the world. Past lectures have covered topics that encompass development practices, quality team leadership, and the intricacies of new and emerging technologies. Donald is a founding member and the current president of the Edmonton .NET User Group.You can access Donald Belcham’s thoughts on software development, .NET and C# through his various lectures, keynote presentations and at his outspoken technical blog www.igloocoder.com

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 recently implemented a large ASP.NET 2.0 project. He is a "Charter Member" MCPD: Web with C#, an "Early Achiever" MCSD for .NET with C#, and a 2nd degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do.

Andrew Brust is Chief, New Technology, at twenty-six New York, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner in NYC. He is co-author of “Programming Microsoft SQL Server 2008” (MS Press), serves as MS Regional Director for NY and NJ, is a VB MVP and a member of Microsoft's BI Partner Advisory Council. Often quoted in the technology industry press, and himself a columnist for Redmond Developer News, Andrew has 20 years' experience consulting in numerous industries.

Richard Campbell is one of the co-founders of Strangeloop Networks and today serves as product evangelist, introducing the company's unique story to advisors, investors, patent attorneys, beta-customer candidates, potential employees, etc. Richard has more than 30 years of high-tech experience and is both a Microsoft Regional Director and Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP). He has consulted with a number of leading North American organizations; Barnes&Noble.com, Dow Chemical, Johnson & Johnson Health Care Services, Reuters, Subaru/Isuzu and the U.S. Air Force. In addition to speaking at conferences around the world, Richard is co-host of the ".NET Rocks!, the Internet Audio Talk Show for .NET Developers" (www.dotnetrocks.com) podcast and the host of "RunAs Radio, the Internet Audio Talk Show for IT Professionals" (www.runasradio.com) podcast.

Tiberiu started his developer career in 1991, and since 1995 he works with different Microsoft technologies. He moved from Romania to Sweden 1996, to work as a programmer. Since 2004 he is working as an independent trainer teaching Microsoft Official Curriculum classes, on all levels for .NET programming, but what he loves most is teaching introductory courses because that can give him a chance to influence the future .NET programmers. Last year he was chosen Subject Matter Expert for the 70-565 Microsoft certification exam, and he is involved as a Technology Reviewer in some of the Microsoft courses that are under development right now. When he is not in the classroom he is doing research at KTH as a graduate student. He is a Group Leader for Sweden .NET User Group, and an INETA Country Leader for Sweden.

Miguel Castro is an architect with IDesign with over 22 years of experience in the software industry. He’s a Microsoft MVP, member of the INETA Speakers Bureau, and ASP Insider. With a Microsoft background that goes all the way back to VB 1.0 (and QuickBasic in fact), Miguel has spoken at numerous user groups, code camps, and conferences throughout the US and overseas. He has also been featured on the technology talk shows, .NET Rocks, .NET Rocks-TV, Microsoft’s ARCast (Architecture Podcast), and The Polymorphic Podcast on numerous occasions. He specializes in architecture and development consulting and training using Microsoft technologies. Miguel is also a regular author with CoDe Magazine.

Stephen Forte is the Chief Strategy Officer of Telerik, a leading vendor in .NET components. Prior he was the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and co-founder of Corzen, Inc, a New York based provider of online market research data for Wall Street Firms. Corzen was acquired by Wanted Technologies (TXV: WAN) in 2007. Stephen is also the Microsoft Regional Director for the NY Metro region and speaks regularly at industry conferences around the world. He has written several books on application and database development including Programming SQL Server 2008 (MS Press). Prior to Corzen, Stephen served as the CTO of Zagat Survey in New York City and also was co-founder and CTO of the New York based software consulting firm The Aurora Development Group. He currently an MVP, INETA speaker and is the co-moderator and founder of the NYC .NET Developer User Group. Stephen has an MBA from the City University of New York.

Martin Kulov is Microsoft department manager at ProPeople ApS. He has more than 10 years of experience through all the phases of software development process - from requirements gathering to application deployment and support. Martin is member of INETA Speakers Bureau and often speaks at international conferences and user groups. His favorite technologies are WCF, VSTS, ASP.NET, IIS, including techniques for debugging and diagnostics. In 2006, Martin has been awarded with the award Microsoft MVP (Most Valuable Professional). He is also MCT, MCPD, MCSD. Martin is coauthor of the first .NET Bulgarian book called "Programming for the .NET Framework" Part I and II. He is president of the Bulgarian branch of the International Association of Software Architects (IASA). Martin is also founder of DevReach (www.devreach.com) - the premier conference for developers in CEE. At his web site www.kulov.net, you can find various information about upcoming events and trainings, and tons of tips and tricks on his blog - http://www.kulov.net/blogs/martin

Sahil Malik, the founder and principal of Winsmarts, has been a Microsoft MVP and INETA Speaker for the past many years, author of many books and numerous articles, consultant and trainer who delivers training and talks at conferences internationally.

Beth Massi is a Senior Program Manager on the Visual Studio BizApps team at Microsoft and a community champion for business applications and Visual Basic developers. She has over 15 years of industry experience building business applications and is a frequent speaker at various software development events. You can find her on a variety of developer sites including MSDN Developer Centers, Channel 9, and her blog www.bethmassi.com. Follow her on twitter @BethMassi..

Ed Musters, MVP, SharePoint Architect, Infusion Development. Ed has instructed the exclusive Critical Path SharePoint Training courses extensively across North America over the last several years. Ed holds all certifications in SharePoint in Development and Administration. Ed has been a featured speaker at DevReach in Sofia Bulgaria, at the SharePoint Summit in Montreal, at SharePoint Saturdays in Toronto and Birmingham, at Microsoft Tech Days, at the Great Indian Developer Summit in Bangalore India, the Toronto SharePoint Camp, and the Toronto Code Camp. Ed also speaks to user groups across Canada, including Toronto, Winnipeg, Halifax, and Vancouver.

Walt Ritscher's enthusiasm for crafting software interfaces blossomed early, first surfacing while coding on a borrowed computer. Now he travels the world speaking at software conferences and teaching a diverse portfolio of programming topics. On the consulting side, he works with customers like Microsoft HP, Intel, and Intuit and enjoys being part of the Wintellect consultant group. He writes for several publications, including CODE Magazine, TechTarget and is featured as the Silverlight video author for Lynda.com. His current UI obsession includes Silverlight, Windows Phone 7 and WPF APIs. His blog can be found at blog.wpfwonderland.com. Walt is also a MVP and the author of the free Shazzam Shader Editor.

Roman Russev works as Next Web lead and Academic Developer Evangelist in Microsoft Slovakia. After his PhD study in the area of software engineering Roman has specialized on web development and web technologies. After working in the area of web portals and web applications development he is currently evangelizing web developers and students in Slovakia on the newest Microsoft web technologies like Silverlight, Azure, ASP.NET and development through Expression Studio. Special part of his engagement represents Internet Explorer and development of special application features for Internet Explorer where Roman led or participated in major Slovakian projects – top portals, TV or radio stations. Roman also wrote the administrator’s guide for deploying modified Internet Explorer for enterprises and also helps many startup companies through expanding Microsoft WebSiteSpark and BizSpark programmes.

Simon Sabin is a independent consultant specialising in database architecture. He has been working with SQL Server for almost 10 years, was awarded as a Microsoft MVP in April 2006 and is an active member of UK SQL Server Usergroup. You can read his ramblings on SQL Server on his blog, http://sqlblogcasts.com/blogs/simons.

Joel Semeniuk is a founder of Imaginet Resources Corp; a Canadian based Microsoft Gold Partner. Currently, Joel is also serving as an Executive VP at Telerik in charge of the Team Productivity Division. He is also a Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Microsoft ALM and has a degree in Computer Science. With over 18 years of experience, Joel specializes in helping organizations around the world realize their potential through maturing their software development and information technology practices. Joel is passionate about Application Lifecycle Management tooling, techniques, and mindsets and regularly speaks at conferences around the world on a wide range of ALM topics. Joel is also the co-author of "Managing Projects with Microsoft Visual Studio Team System" published by Microsoft Press as well as dozens of other articles for popular trade magazines.

Steve is a Senior Architect with The Code Project, a Microsoft Regional Director and MVP, and founder of NimblePros consulting and tools. He has been a regular conference speaker since 2001 and has written or contributed to several books on software development, including 97 Things Every Programmer Should Know. Steve founded and coordinates a software craftsmanship user group in northeast Ohio (HudsonSC.com). Steve is passionate about software craftsmanship and architecture and design best practices. He enjoys helping fellow programmers achieve their own "ah-ha" moments through speaking, his blog (http://SteveSmithBlog.com), videos, and other opportunities. Before joining The Code Project, Steve founded NimblePros, an agile consulting shop focused on software craftsmanship through their work, training, and tools designed to help developers deliver better software.

Steve lives in Kent, Ohio with his wife Michelle, daughter Ilyana, and son Nikita. He enjoys biking, swimming, karate, and all manner of games when he is not immersed in the latest developments in software.

Scott Stanfield is CEO of Vertigo, a San Francisco area-based design and application development firm focused on Internet and media experiences in Silverlight. The Vertigo portfolio includes the HD video experience for NBC Universal's coverage of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games, the launch of NBC Sports Sunday Night Football Extra, and live streaming coverage of the 2008 Democratic National Convention and 2009 Presidential Inauguration. In 2008, Vertigo received the "Microsoft Partner of the Year Award" for its groundbreaking Hard Rock Memorabilia experience, as well as two Webby nominations.
Scott is a recognized digital media evangelist and speaker. He is an active member of the Microsoft Regional Director community, covering Silicon Valley, and participates in the Microsoft .NET Partner Architect Council. Scott holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. Prior to Vertigo, Scott worked as a member of the technical staff at Pixar.

Michael Stiefel, principal of Reliable Software, Inc. is a consultant on software architecture and development, and the alignment of information technology with business goals. He is currently a member of the OASIS Identity in the Cloud Technical Committee. As a member of an OASIS Technical Committee he helped develop a core SOA Reference Model and related Reference Architectures. He was a Lecturer in the Aeronautics and Astronautics Department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where his research and teaching focus was understanding how people build mental models in order to solve problems. As Adjunct faculty, Stiefel has taught graduate and undergraduate software engineering courses at Northeastern University and Framingham State University. Michael Stiefel's education is from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, with a Interdisciplinary Ph.D degree in Nuclear Engineering, Political Science, and History of Technology; M.S. in Nuclear Engineering; and B.S. in Electrical Engineering. He is an active member of the IEEE Consultants Network.

Emil Stoychev is a Microsoft MVP (Silverlight), leader of Silverlight User Group Bulgaria and CTO at CompletIT, a company specializing in Silverlight development, consulting and technical writing. His professional experience is focused on .NET development, especially Silverlight, ASP.NET and WCF. Emil is co-founder of SilverlightShow (www.silverlightshow.net) – an independent Silverlight community.

Alain "Lino" Tadros is Chairman & CEO of Falafel Software, a Silicon Valley based company, with presence in Colorado, Texas, North Carolina and Michigan, dedicated to providing world-class consulting, training, and software development for small, medium, and enterprise level businesses. Prior to founding Falafel, Lino was a member of the development team at Borland for Delphi and C++Builder. Lino has been awarded Microsoft MVP status eight years in a row (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011) for his numerous contributions to the C# community and is an expert in .NET, LINQ, ASP.NET, Silverlight, Mobile, COM, and Web Services. Lino is an industry renowned speaker and has given numerous presentations on 5 different continents since 1994. He also currently sits on the Board of Directors of 4 Silicon Valley corporations.

John Waters is the lead architect and developer of a number of high profile financial software products and solutions, including Scandinavia’s leading Internet retail stock trading system, and a leading mortgage and credit risk assessment product now used by many of Sweden’s banks for housing loans. John has a strong background in C# and SQL, as well as many years of experience of successful project management. John has also spoken at conferences around the world. Recent projects include such diverse experiences as in-car navigation systems, GPS- and MapPoint-based solutions, capture and playback of video, a large .NET ERP system, and a Nortel telephone switch interface module. Currently, John is the full time project manager and chief architect for a large custom built WCF/Silverlight/SQL Enterprise Software Solution, and is also developing Windows Phone 7 software.

Daron Yondem is the founder of Deveload Software – a UX company based in Turkey. He is a Microsoft Regional Director with a Gold Global Impact Award in year 2009. Daron is an international speaker leading the INETA MEA Speaker Bureau, he is the Turkey Country Lead of INETA, a Silverlight MVP and author of two ASP.NET AJAX books. He is passionate about UX and can host sessions everywhere anytime. He has more than 220+ sessions hosted in year 2009 including a full night of free Silverlight community training called SilverNight! You can follow his thoughts at http://daron.yondem.com