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Our Keynote Speaker: Joe Brinkman

Joe Brinkman - Co-founder of the DotNetNuke CorporationWe are very happy to announce that our Keynote Speaker for the Day of DotNetNuke® 2009 is none other than Joe Brinkman!  If you do not know who Joe is, than let's get you up to speed...  Joe has been involved in DotNetNuke® since the beginning.  He is a Co-Founder and Technical Fellow of the DotNetNuke® Corporation, bringing over 25 years of technical expertise to the DNN project and company.  Among his many acheivements, he is also the co-author of 2 best-selling Wrox books, covering DotNetNuke®.  Visit Joe's blog at:  http://blog.theaccidentalgeek.com

Day of DotNetNuke® 2009 Speakers

We are very fortunate to have the following speakers doing presentations at the Day of DotNetNuke®.

N/A Brandon Haynes, Everysport.net Inc.

Brandon Haynes (brandonhaynes.org) is a member of the DotNetNuke core team, and serves primarily by providing security-related guidance.  He is the chief executive officer at Everysport.net Inc., which delivers enterprise resource planning, web-presence, e-commerce, and integration-related functionality to recreational facilities.

A graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign – consistently ranked among the top-five computer-science programs worldwide – Brandon has a long history of intellectual curiosity and accomplishment.  With more than twenty years of experience in software development, Brandon’s professional interests are currently focused on the nexus between intellectual property law, technology, and business.  He is currently pursuing a graduate degree at Harvard University.

N/A Brian Scarbeau

Brian Scarbeau is a Microsoft MVP and a seasoned computer science trainer. He has his MBA and Certifications as a WebMaster and Network Instructor. He has spoken at various Code Camps about DotNetNuke® and he has developed DotNetNuke® curriculum and a series of webcasts for Microsoft Corporation. He was also selected by Microsoft Corporation to be part of a Faculty Advisory Board. He has traveled the United States and Canada conducting training seminars on .NET products. Presently, he is on the Board of Directors for the Computer Science Teacher's Association and he started the Orlando DotNetNuke® User Group.   Most recently, Brian co-authored Professional DotNetNuke 5 from Wrox Publishing and has spoken at the South Florida Code Camp and the Orlando Code Camp.

N/A Chris Hammond, Engage Software

Chris Hammond (DotNetNuke Core Team Member)
VP - Training Services
Engage Software - St. Louis, MO

Chris Hammond is a Technical Evangelist with Engage Software (www.engagesoftware.com) in St. Louis, Missouri. Chris has worked with DotNetNuke (DNN) since its inception and been a DNN Core Team member for nearly five years. Solidifying his role within the DNN community as a leading expert and evangelist on the platform Chris has been a frequent presenter at conferences, user groups and companies around the world. Chris started the St. Louis DNN User Group (www.dnnug.com), and provides tips and tricks through his blogs at DotNetNuke.com and EngageSoftware.com. He is also an active DNN Community member, providing support in the DNN Forums. You can read more about Chris on his personal blog at www.chrishammond.com.

N/A Cuong Dang, Engage Software

Cuong Dang is the Marketing Creative Director overseeing the product UI and on-line marketing at Engage. Cuong currently works with clients of all sizes from small businesses to large corporations in enhancing user experience by bridging the gap between technology and the general audience.

Since Engage became an Official DotNetNuke Training Provider, Cuong has started providing instruction of DotNetNuke skinning and module UI for business professionals.

Cuong graduated from Maryville University of Saint Louis with a background in Marketing and Management focusing on international studies.

N/A Darrell Hardy, Hardy Consulting

 Darrell Hardy has been designing and building data driven applications for over 20 years.  Having spent several years working with a management consulting firm, he brings to the table not only technical expertise but also an understanding of the business side of the equation. His passion is for software that matches business processes and allows for improvements in the business process as well as the software. Currently Darrell is the Vice President of Hardy Consulting, Inc. (http://www.hardyconsulting.com/) and manages several domestic and international accounts.  He enjoys speaking, teaching, problem solving and helping people become problem solvers.

N/A David Pavlicko, Architech Software & Web Solutions

David Pavlicko is the internet marketing specialist at ArchiTech (http://www.architechsw.com) , a software development and web design company located in Tampa, Florida.  David provides professional Search Engine Optimization and Internet Marketing services that have proven to help his clients achieve a successful and comprehensive web presence.

David currently handles all aspects of SEO and internet marketing, from competitive market research, code and usability analysis, to on-page optimization and advanced web analytics tracking and reporting. He is currently contracted with more than a dozen clients, ranging from local businesses to multi-million dollar international corporations.

David has spoken at several conferences, including Tampa BarCamp, Chamber of Commerce, and actively blogs about SEO, social marketing, analytics, and web design in his spare time. He spends his remaining time with his family, composing music on his piano and arguing with his golden retriever.

N/A Gifford Watkins, Atlantic Webfitters

Gifford is the architect behind bringing the principals of Atlantic Webfitters together and brings a highly informed background in business flow technology, web services and human relations. Strengths include personal communication skills and the capacity to evaluate business processes in order to educate potential clients on the value of DotNetNuke.  Gifford is also the Founder of the DotNetNuke Nova Scotia User Group.

Gifford has configured DotNetNuke for Canadian and US governments, serves on the IntelR Advisory Committee and has case studies published and distributed by IntelR. 

Atlantic Webfitters was voted Top 25 Canadian IT Firms 'Up and Coming' by BranhamGroup.com in 2008.

N/A Henry Lee, New Age Solution LLC

Henry Lee, co-founder and president of New Age Solution, used his 14 years experience to create a fresh approach to web development.  Drawing on his expertise as a Software Architect, specializing in Microsoft technologies, Henry developed multiple innovative DNN tools for business clients.

After Henry began developing purely in DNN, he realized an increase in profit margin and a reduced development time.  Henry uses these experiences while educating the IT community and business owners on the many features and benefits of DNN development.

Henry continues to work with Jacksonville businesses at all levels of IT development.  Henry recently reported that his DNN clients have increased in SEO Google ranking since implementing in DNN.  These same clients also report a higher level of satisfaction and usability of the DNN products.

Since founding New Age Solution, Henry has been a community leader by speaking at Orlando Code Camp 2009 and IEEE, based in Jacksonville.  Henry’s fresh approach to DNN development includes his “We Care” campaign.  This program donates IT consulting, web sites and web applications to Jacksonville’s non-profit agencies.

N/A Jeff Cochran

Jeff Cochran is a Senior Network Specialist and the web master for the City of Naples, Florida.  Jeff is fully responsible for the web site direction and design, as well as choosing the platform framework, DotNetNuke.  DotNetNuke was chosen for the City of Naples web site after a comparison of available solutions, ranging from custom software through open source and commercial web portal applications to using an integrator for the complete design, staff training and hosting of the web site.

Jeff has 13 years with the City of Naples and the city's web site and more than two decades of IT experience, including web site design, development and maintenance since the early 1990's.  He started one of the first internet service providers in Southwest Florida and has worked with the IbuySpy and DotNetNuke frameworks since they were introduced.  He is also a current Microsoft MVP for IIS and has been recognized in this capacity for nine years, and is a co-author of the Wrox book Professional IIS 7.

N/A Jim Begley, Glide Computing

Jim Begley is president of Glide Computing, an IT services company in Tampa, FL. Glide focuses on providing network infrastructure, web development and collaboration solutions for small and medium-sized businesses.  Jim has been developing sites in DotNetNuke since 2005.

Prior to starting Glide, Jim held product management and marketing positions at Intuit, FrontRange Solutions and Triad systems. He has a deep understanding of the needs of small business and a reputation as a business advocate for affordable and usable technology. Jim is an MCP and Glide is a Microsoft Small Business partner.

N/A Joe Brinkman, DotNetNuke Corporation

Joe brings more than 25 years of experience in software development and network administration and broad expertise in a variety of software and hardware architectures to his role at DNN Corp. He blogs at The Accidental Geek and is co-author of two best-selling WROX books on DotNetNuke. Joe holds a degree in Computer Science from the United States Naval Academy.

N/A Joe Healy, Microsoft

Joe Healy (www.devfish.net) is the Developer Evangelist for Florida. Joe’s geographical responsibility is to provide ‘developer care’ for the Gulf States District for the East Region Developer team. As such, he has responsibilities to bring .NET development to the masses in his area.

Joe serves a multitude of clients, from corporate accounts to broad reach events and User Groups. He lectures on various development and architectural topics focused around the .Net Frameworks, Visual Studio.NET, and associated servers.

Joe worked previously for Microsoft Consulting Services in the custom Application Development arena, focusing on Internet, Web Services, Rich Client, B2B, and browser delivered systems for Microsoft Consulting Services.

Joe has also served time with eAngler.com, Cap Gemini, EDS, and IBM in various capacities…

On a personal level, Joe resides in Tampa Bay, Florida, and enjoys spending time trying to coax Redfish, Snook, and Trout from various nooks and crannies in Tampa Bay. He is married to wife Anne, with two little girls, Ryan and Morgan, who will also grow up to be great "fisher-ladies" one day.

N/A Mitchel Sellers, IowaComputerGurus Inc.

Mitchel Sellers (MCITP, MCPD), is the CEO and Director of Development for IowaComputerGurus Inc, a Des Moines, Iowa based .NET Consulting Company.  Mitchel is a very active member in the .NET and DotNetNuke communities and spends a great deal of time participating in discussions on community sites, maintaining a collection of free DotNetNuke modules, and writing articles for his blog and other online/print resources.  He is the author of Professional DotNetNuke Module Programming due to be released March 2009, and is also the Team Lead for the Documents Module project.  When not working on development activities he enjoys traveling and motorcycling.

N/A Paul Scarlett, TressleWorks

Paul Scarlett is an application developer with EDS Canada, located in Oshawa Ontario, Canada. He specializes in Supervisory Process Control application development and support using the Microsoft suite of technologies.  Paul developed an interest in web site development, specifically the .NET-based DotNetNuke framework. Having worked with the DotNetNuke framework since 2004, he has helped many developers get started working with the Framework. Paul is the developer of the SQLGridSelectedView and SQLChart modules available for DotNetNuke.

N/A Ralph Williams, Jr., ArchiTech Software & Web Solutions

Ralph is the lead web designer for Architech (http://www.architechsw.com), a software development and web design company located in Tampa, FL. With a long history of designing websites and several years of experience working with the DotNetNuke platform, he has overcome may of the inherit obstacles that DNN designers face on a daily basis. His attractive tableless designs using CSS best practices work in tandem with SEO efforts and help ensure success for his clients.

More than just a designer, Ralph also acts as instructor and has led training sessions for more than 30 companies using DotNetNuke over the last few years. He is sought after for his unique style, which strikes the perfect balance between attractive, modern design and site usability.

N/A Ryan Morgan, Arrow Consulting & Design

 Ryan Morgan is a senior .NET consultant with Arrow Consulting & Design, a software development and web design company based in West Palm Beach, Florida. Currently, Ryan is currently working on an Army Research Labs funded WPF project in partnership with Columbia College. Ryan has architected and delivered solutions for global companies including Microsoft, Starwood Hotels (Sheraton, Westin and W Hotels brands) and PricewaterhouseCoopers. In addition to the large-scale projects, the Ryan leads a team that has delivered hundreds of e-commerce and custom development projects for small to medium-enterprise clients including www.palmbeachnutrition.com, www.perfectweightamerica.com, www.recruitradar.com and www.friendssharing.com. Most recently, Ryan co-authored Professional DotNetNuke 5 from Wrox and spoke in the Open Force track at DevConnections in Las Vegas.

N/A Stan Schultes

Stan Schultes is an Architect and Software Developer at a mid-size, high tech manufacturing company, where he designs and builds engineering design automation systems. He has been building enterprise manufacturing software for more than 25 years, and building Microsoft solutions since 1994. He has led application development teams in companies as diverse as a small startup to the Fortune 200. Stan is a Microsoft MVP in Visual Basic, and is very active working and speaking within the Florida developer community and beyond, and he runs the SarasotaDev.net developer group. He is a former columnist and Contributing Editor with Visual Studio Magazine, has written in MSDN online, and has recently wrapped up work on the upcoming WROX Professional DotNetNuke 5 book. Stan is a prolific speaker at community events such as the MSDN DevCon, Visual Studio 2008 and 2005 launch events, Day of Patterns & Practices, Code Camps, user groups, and more. He has recorded more than 15 MSDN WebCasts, and is currently developing new episodes of the popular It's All About the Tools! developer seminar series with Russ "Toolshed" Fustino.

N/A Tony Valenti, PowerDNN

Tony Valenti is the original founder of PowerDNN. He loves every aspect of technology, from software development and CISCO networking, to marketing and business planning. As CTO, Tony focuses a lot of his time and energy on planning future releases of the PowerDNN infrastructure and tool set. In his free time, he loves writing code in C# and playing around in Photoshop.

N/A Tracy Wittenkeller, T-Worx

Tracy Wittenkeller is the president and founder of T-WORX, INC, a leading provider of professional DotNetNuke skins and website solutions. He has been working with DotNetNuke since its inception over five years ago and has successfully been offering skins commercially since November 2004 through his company's website (www.t-worx.com), snowcovered (www.snowcovered.com (and the DotNetNuke Marketplace (http://marketplace.dotnetnuke.com). As a result of his company's success in the commercial skin market, Tracy has developed custom DNN skin packages and website solutions for a large variety of companies all over the world. He works with many DotNetNuke core members and has also donated his time to different aspects of the DotNetNuke open source project. More recently he has done some work with Sharepoint themes and looks to build a niche in the Enterprise market. He has been a professional designer for web, print and electronic presentation media for over 17 years. He also does a lot of public speaking at important .NET conferences in person and online, including DotNetNuke OpenForce07 in November, 2007. Tracy is the author of DotNetNuke Websites—Problem Design Solution, published by Wrox in July, 2008.

N/A Will Morgenweck, Active Modules, Inc.

Will Morgenweck has been developing web applications since 1995.  He is the founder of Active Modules, Inc, a software company based in Charleston, SC, specializing in commercial and custom modules for the DotNetNuke application framework.  Active Modules, Inc. introduced their first commercial module in March of 2004.  Active Forums, an award-winning discussion and collaboration tool for DotNetNuke, has been one of the top commercial modules available since its release.  When not working, Will enjoys boating and fishing with his wife and four children.

N/A Will Strohl, RezHub.com

Will Strohl is an ASP.Net architect and developer based in the Orlando Area. Having been in the web development field for over 10 years, he began professionally in 2000.  Currently, Will is the Technology Director for an exciting new online travel company called RezHub.com.  He is also an active member and President of the Orlando DotNetNuke® Users Group, and a member of the reformed DotNetNuke® Media Module Project Team.  He regularly speaks at local events about DotNetNuke® and the various ways it can be used and managed.  He also won the INETA Community Champions award for 2008 Q3.  Most recently, Will has been publishing DNN videos on JumptStartTV, and is a contributing technical editor for Professional DotNetNuke 5 and DotNetNuke 5 User's Guide by Wrox.

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June 13, 2009 - Tampa, FL