Jeff Blankenburg is an ultra-passionate web developer who works for Microsoft. As a Developer Evangelist, he has the unique responsibility to consult and advise software developers about the new tools, technologies, and practices available to them.

Christopher Judd is the president and primary consultant for Judd Solutions (http://www.juddsolutions.com), an international speaker, an open source evangelist, the Central Ohio Java Users Group (http://www.cojug.org) and Columbus iPhone Developer User Group leader, and the co-author of Beginning Groovy and Grails (Apress, 2008),

Gaines Kergosien is a .NET Solutions Consultant for TEKsystems and is currently working with HCA Physician Services. Gaines founded the Nashville Web Developer Group and serves as a board member for the Nashville .NET User Group. With over 12 years in solutions development using Microsoft technologies, his work includes consulting for such companies as Lexis Nexis, Gibson Guitars, and Cardinal Healthcare.

Deven Phillips has worked in start-ups and Fortune 500 environments while performing work in the fields of networking, information security, and software development. He is now a Systems Programmer and Senior Systems Administrator for Comwired, Inc. and DNS.com.

Markus is an international speaker, having presented sessions at numerous conferences in North & South America and Europe. Markus has written many articles for publications including CoDe Magazine, Visual Studio Magazine, MSDN Brazil, asp.net Pro, FoxPro Advisor, Fuchs, FoxTalk and Microsoft Office and Database Journal. Markus is the publisher of CODE Magazine. Markus is also the President and Chief Software Architect of EPS Software Corp., a custom software development and consulting firm located Houston, Texas.

As a member of the HP Enterprise Services account at the United States Army Accessions Command, Richard Roda is the Principal Technical Lead for the Headquarters Support System. Richard has over 15 years of software development experience.

A Louisville area coder working in the DNS realm.

James is the Principal Technology Evangelist and Application Development Practice Manager for the The Sophic Group in Columbus, OH. James has been involved in software development and architecture for 16 years. He has worked as a developer and architect on everything from small, single-user applications to Enterprise-scale, multi-user systems. His specialties are .NET development and architecture, SOA, WCF, WF, cloud computing, and agile development methodologies. He is an experienced mentor and author. James is a Microsoft MVP.

Software architect in HP. Currently working on SOA technology space. Started my career as a Microsoft MFC coder and transitioned to JAVA and been in this space for past 11 years.

Wesley Reisz is an Architect with Hewlett Packard working with the US Army Accessions Command. Wes is currently implementing web-based applications and portal technologies using mostly Enterprise Java. Additionally, Wes works for the University of Louisville and Sullivan University teaching courses with a .NET, Java, and Architecture focus.

Susan has been designing, building and supporting large, enterprise scale distributed software services, primarily in the financial markets industry, for over twelve years.

More recently she has been delivering multi-tenant application architectures for SaaS (Software as a Service) shops and automating their deployment into virtualized environments, both in-house and commercial providers such as Amazon’s EC2, Slicehost, Linode and others.

Aaron King is an application architect specializing in enterprise web applications and very large databases.

Jim Lepianka has been in IT for over 15 years working as a Consultant and Developer. Jim has been with HP, in support of the US Army Accessions Command for just over five years serving as the Enterprise Solution Architect and Web Technologies Branch Development Manager. Jim has worked with Gartner, HP and others to define their Cloud offerings. He is also a member of the Object Management Group (omg.org) helping to define the standards we all live by.

Rich Dudley is a former scientist, but these days instead of studying organisms you’ll find him working with Microsoft Visual Studio. With over 10 years of enterprise development experience, Rich has written articles and given talks relating to ASP.NET, SQL, XML, and Azure.

Joe Kuemerle is a developer and speaker in the Cleveland, OH area specializing in .NET development, security, database and application lifecycle topics. He is currently a Lead Developer at PreEmptive Solutions, LLC . PreEmptive is the maker of Dotfuscator, the premier obfuscator for .NET; DashO, the top Java obfuscator; and Runtime Intelligence, a solution to inject application usage tracking into .NET and Java applications.

Chris Gardner is the Senior Software Engineer and Architect for T & W Operations, L.L.C. Tortured by years of contracts that valued buzzwords over results, Chris has developed a true passion for finding solutions that fit the problem, not the status quo. Chris received his B.S. in Mathematics and B.A. in Philosophy from the University of Alabama in Huntsville and is currently a Microsoft Certified Professional Developer, Information Technology Professional and Trainer.

Alex Papadimoulis is the founder and editor of The Daily WTF, a leading how-not to guide for developing software. Residing in Berea, Ohio, he is a software engineer at Inedo and uses his 10+ years of IT experience to help software development organizations utilize best practices in their products though BuildMaster, a next-generation ALM suite.

20+ years professional programmer Founded Intensive Systems Consulting, Inc. for Clojure consulting, embedded/industrial software consulting and developer mentoring. Has written several tutorials on Clojure programming.

Mark Daggett have worked for over a decade within the fields of experience and user interaction design, concept development and strategy, through a variety of start-up ventures, consulting and advisory roles. If information is the new oil his company Humansized inc. designs and builds refineries, taking crude data and distilling it into actionable insights that propel companies forward. Daggett was nominated for a Rockefeller New Media Grant, and his work has been profiled in The New York Times, Le Monde, WIRED Magazine and Surface Magazine among others.

Martin is a Technical Consultant with Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Services and Vice President of Operations with AFCEA (Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association) Fort Knox Gold Vault Chapter.

Prior to HP and AFCEA, Martin served as Chief Technology Officer, Vice President of Education and Training (for KIPMI) and Information Services Manager, Program and Project Manager.  His career responsibilities span 28 years and include the strategic management of Programs, Projects, Policies, Procedures, and Systems Development, specializing in traditional and agile project management to meet CMMI standards. Martin has served industries including high technology (I/T), fulfillment, health services, insurance and the Federal Government.

Martin is a veteran of the United States Navy and holds a degree in Advanced Electronics as well as certifications from the Project Management Institute (Project Management Professional), the Scrum Alliance (Certified Scrum Master) and the Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL).  Martin is also a recipient of the George S. Patton, Jr. AFCEAN Leadership Award.

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LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/martinlharboltpmp

Twitter: http://twitter.com/ProfMartyScrum

Blog: http://askthescrummaster.blogspot.com/

Eric Sink founded SourceGear, a vendor of version control tools, in 1997. His main project today is Veracity, an open source DVCS with many advanced features.

Mark Haskamp is a Principal Consultant with Pinnacle Solutions Group, Inc. located in Cincinnati. He's a curious geek with almost 30 years experience writing software. His current focus in the office is Asp.Net MVC but he's delivered solutions across the technology spectrum of C++, Perl, Java, .Net, Ruby, Rails, and Jquery. His current shiny pennies are jquery, sinatra, and clojure.

Kyle Cordes is a software development leader and entrepreneur with experience in a diverse set of technologies. His firm Oasis Digital keeps busy with challenging software projects to help customers build a competitive advantage in their markets. Kyle was also a principal in Mobile Workforce Management LLC, a vertical market “Software as a Service” business, which he sold in 2009.

I've writing about Ruby on Rails since 2005 for Softies on Rails, a resource for all newcomers to Rails and the Ruby programming language, and author of the book "Rails for .NET Developers" published by Pragmatic Press. I'm the founder of Purple Workshops, providing beginner-friendly workshops on computer programming topics. I have also appeared on podcasts like the official Ruby on Rails Podcast, the Alt.NET podcast, and HerdingCode.

Jamie Ridgway is currently employed by HP as a SOA architect and has over 16 years of software development experience. He holds BS and MS degrees in Computer Science from the University of Southern Mississippi. His computing interests cover a broad spectrum including SOA, cloud computing, highly concurrent systems, and mobile development.

Building a business by giving away your code - open source business models. While a seemingly absurd idea in traditional software companies, many companies have proven you can build a successful business by releasing your product as open source, and in some circumstances it's the best option for success.

Jamie Wright is president of Brilliant Fantastic, a software development consulting service provider and ISV for software management applications. He has over ten years software development experience in Microsoft technologies and has developing in .NET since the first beta release.

Phil Japikse has been working with .Net since the first betas, and developing software for over 20 years. Phil is a Microsoft MVP and also holds MCSD, MCDBA, CSM, and CSP certifications. Phil is an international speaker and a passionate member of the developer community, speaking at Code Camps and Days of .NET all across the country as well as serving as the Lead Director for the Cincinnati .Net User’s Group.

Joe Wirtley is an independent consultant with over twenty years software development experience. He currently works as a .NET architect and developer on both smart client (WPF, WCF) and web (ASP.NET, Silverlight) applications. He is an active member of the developer community in the Cincinnati-Dayton, OH area and is a member of the Dayton .NET Developer Group board. He has presented at user groups and many community events, including CodeMash, devLink and CodeStock. You can check out his site at http://WirtleyConsulting.com or follow him on Twitter: @JoeWirtley.

Don Demsak is the Chief Technical Officer at Tellago, Inc. and Tellago Studios. Don specializes in building enterprise service oriented applications with .Net. He has a popular blog at www.donxml.com, is a Microsoft MVP – Data Platform, and a member of the INETA Speakers Bureau.