SoCal Code Camp

Adnan Masood works as a Sr. Software Engineer / Tech. Lead in a Monrovia-based financial institution where he builds SOA-based enterprise applications using Microsoft .NET Framework. He is a regular speaker to technical conferences and code camps, is attributed and published in print media and on the web, and holds a Masters Degree in Computer Science. Adnan is actively pursuing his doctoral degree in Machine Learning and is highly involved in the .NET community as co-founder of the San Gabriel Valley .NET Developers group. He holds various technical certifications including MCPD.NET, MCSD.NET, and SCJP-II and is also a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT). His blog can be found at www.AdnanMasood.com and he can be reached via email at adnanmasood at gmail.com.

Carlton Nettleton is an independent software consultant specializing in Scrum, XP and agile software development practices. In addition to coaching teams in agile software development practices and techniques, he is capable of designing and developing applications using C#\ASP.Net. In 2002, he founded XP San Diego, a professional usergroup to discuss agile software development. He has over six years of experience with Extreme Programming and is a Certified ScrumMaster. You can read more about his thoughts at his blog "Crouch, Touch, Pause...Engage" (www.carltonnettleton.com/blog).

Chris Williams was abandoned at birth a raised by a pack of wild TVs. Fortunately he's been able to harness his ADD powers for good and divides his time between consulting while the sun is up and freelance game development at night. He's a Microsoft MVP, MCSD, XNA User Group Leader, Developers Guild Leader, blogger (www.blogusmaximus.net), interviewer (ninequestions.net), fundraiser (www.charityfragathon.com), writer, gamer and plays a mean guitar in Rock band.

David McCarter is a principle software engineer in San Diego. He is also a Microsoft MVP and a INETA Community Excellence Award winner. He is the editor-in-chief of dotNetTips.com... a web site dedicated to helping programmers in all aspects of programming. David has written for magazines like the Visual Basic Programmers Journal and has published three books (the latest is David McCarter's .NET Coding Standards available at: www.cafepress.com/geekmusicart.165478704). He is one of the founders and directors of the 14 year old San Diego .NET Developers Group (www.sddotnetdg.org, formerly the San Diego Visual Basic User Group). David gives talks on programming at colleges, high schools, conferences such as CodeCamp, VSLive, Microsoft DevDays and he teaches at the University of California San Diego. He also runs his own software/consulting company called NicheWare. David will have a limited number of his latest book to sell at the end of each session for only $11 (cheaper than buying them from the web). To download slide handouts before or after the conference, please go to http://dotnettips.com/CategoryView,category,Code%2BCamp.aspx

James Iry has been doing software for over 17 years. In that time he's been coder, tech lead, architect, project manager, product manager, director, and currently consultant. Most of his time has been spent with object oriented languages like C++ and Java, but his first love is functional languages like Scheme, Haskell and Scala.

Jon is most at home spelunking, trying to figure out exactly how things work. Jon wrote Essential ASP for Addison-Wesley, and co-authored Mastering Visual Studio.NET for O'Reilly, and is currently working on a book on REST and WCF for O'Reilly. Jon has also been involved with Windows Workflow Foundation and Windows Communication Foundation since early betas and currently is interested in helping Microsoft developers learn about REST.

I am an occasional security dude aged 0x1A. I got into "hacking" in my early teen years by messing around with video game cheats. I extended that interest into software cracking on Windows and network security. Things just seemed to balloon out from there. I started work in the Fortune 500 at seventeen years old, right out of high school. I have since worked for IBM, Cisco Systems, EMC, and others. Now I enjoy riding bicycles long distances, hiking, and playing music. However, I also need to fill my time outside of work with intellectual stimulation and I get that done by breaking systems. My day job involves playing defense. I am not as smart as most of the famous security guys you have heard about from Black Hat and other places, so just imagine what the people you don't hear about can do via the Internet :-) LINKS: * Professional Info http://www.linkedin.com/in/kristianhermansen

Michael Morozov is a Principal Consultant with Neudesic specializing in custom application development using Microsoft .NET, ASP.NET, Compact Framework, MS SQL Server. Michael is a MSCD.NET with 15 years of industry experience.

Mike Vincent is a solutions architect based in Orange County, California providing clients with software architecture, application lifecycle management and development services, primarily focusing on Microsoft .NET technology. He has been in the software business for over 20 years in addition to engineering and marketing management positions. He founded both the IASA SoCal Chapter and the Orange County C# Developers group and is Treasurer of INETA NorAm.

Denny Cherry has over a decade of experience managing SQL Server, including MySpace.com's more than 175-million-user installation, one of the largest in the world. Denny's areas of expertise include system architecture, performance tuning, replication and troubleshooting. He uses these skills in his role as a senior database administrator and architect at Awareness Technologies. Denny is a longtime member of PASS and Quest Software's Association of SQL Server Experts and has written numerous technical articles on SQL Server management. You can visit Denny's blog at http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/sql-server.

In his advisory role Mr. Ivanov provides technological direction and vision for GridGain open source project. Mr. Ivanov brings 16 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.

Amanda Laucher, Sophic Group Amanda Laucher is a software developer/architect focusing on Microsoft technologies. She is currently based in Columbus, OH and working with The Sophic Group. She has been speaking at conferences, code camps, and user groups spreading her love of some of the functional programming languages.

Paul D. Sheriff is the President of PDSA, Inc. (www.pdsa.com), a Microsoft Partner in Southern California. Paul acts as the Microsoft Regional Director for Southern California assisting the local Microsoft offices with Developer Days and several of their large events each year. Paul has authored several books, webcasts, and articles on .NET, SQL Server and SharePoint. Paul can be reached via email at PSheriff@pdsa.com or at Paul Sheriff's Inner Circle (www.PaulSheriffInnerCircle.com).

Based in Irvine, California, Robert Altland is a senior consultant with Neudesic, one of Microsoft’s leading .NET professional service firms and Gold Certified Partners. Robert’s career has spanned the spectrum from design to development. He has contributed his knowledge and experience with Microsoft technologies to several industries including the education, entertainment, manufacturing, retail, insurance and financial industries. With over ten years experience, he attributes his successes to a user-centric approach to developing solutions, and has a strong understanding of user interface design, modern software design patterns, service-oriented architectures and object-oriented design.

Ryan Olshan is an ASPInsider and Microsoft MVP in ASP.NET. He works as a software engineer for Clear Channel Communications. Ryan is a regular contributor to online communities such as the ASP.NET forums. You can read his blog at http://ryanolshan.com.

Scott Hodson is President of Ubero, Inc, a local software development consultancy, developing solutions for clients in Orange County on .NET, Java, PHP and Ruby on Rails. Prior to starting Ubero Scott has worked for Plaid Brothers software, Starbase (Borland), Buy.com, Commerce5 and helped several start-ups and entrepreneurs turn their ideas into reality with software solutions. He co-founded the OCPatterns design patterns study group in 2001 as well as the OC Ruby users group in 2005. He holds a MS and BS in Computer Science from UCI and BYU.

I am an experienced PHP Developer and have worked for a variety of companies in various industries.

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.

Steve Andrews has been working as a developer for more than 9 years. During this time, he has designed and developed applications in such widely varying areas as trust accounting, medical information management, supply chain management, and retail systems. He has firsthand developer experience with a variety of languages, including Java, ColdFusion, VB.OLD, and .NET in both C# and VB. Most recently, he has been immersed in Visual Studio Team System. He is currently employed at RDA Corporation in Philadelphia, PA, as a Software Engineer and a team member in their Architectural Guidance evangelism team. Steve is also an MCTS, ICSOO, Speaker Liaison for the Philly .NET User Group, and all around .NET fanatic.

Principal at Webscale Solutions , Focus on GWT , Hadoop , App Engine , EC2 , S3 and project caroline Blog: http://www.gandalf-lab.com Past experience with HP , Capgemini and IBM

Wood has been a developer and innovator since 1988. He has worked in Aerospace, Sales, Product Management and has served as a technology advisor for a number of corporate boards. He is currently working as a developer for IBM. His creative side leads his personal development time in developing games and educational software and he teaches game development classes at Chapman University.