.NET Programmers User Group

MEET OUR PRESENTERS On this page you can find information on presenter's who have had an event with us or would be presenting in the future. Are you interested in presenting on a .NET technology with us? If so click here or email presenters@netprogrammers.org
Allan Da Costa Pinto	Number of presentations: 2 Allan Da Costa Pinto Developer Evangelist Microsoft http://blogs.msdn.com/allandcp Allan truly believes that software is magic and he is inspired by his customers, colleagues and competitors. As an evangelist, Allan gets to use both sides of his brain and his heart in helping others become more successful. Allan focuses on educating people on the merits of Microsoft’s vision for connected systems. He has been with Microsoft for 8+ years working in various roles from consulting to support and lives the good life in Hartford, CT with his amazing wife and children.
Dan Wygant	Number of presentations: 1 upcoming Dan Wygant Founder of HUNTUG.org, VSdotNetUG.org, HowToVS.NET in Huntsville, Alabama – 2000+ members INeta Membership Manager for all VS.Net User Groups in Al, Ms, and La and Assistant VP of Membership Founding Board of Director member for Culminis.org Sr. S/W Consultant 22+ years. After writing for Window NT Magazine, Editor Mark Smith helped Daniel found the HUntsville windows NT Users Group (HUNTUG) in May 1998. In early 2002 Daniel was chosen to participate in the IT Pro Advisory Council (now known as Cuminis.com) to help Microsoft build a support channel for IT Pro Users Groups such as HUNTUG. Visual Studio & INeta were born on April 10 2002, and in June 2002 Daniel started the Huntsville VS.Net Users Group. Daniel soon became the INETA Membership Mentor for Alabama UGs as well as sitting on the Board of Directors for Cuminis. After years of volunteering, Daniel is now Mentoring UGs in Al, Ms, and La as well as being the INETA Assistant Vice President of Membership Managers. With the help of Culminis and INeta, HUNTUG has grown from 300 in 2002 to over 2000 members today. HUNTUG's goal has been to educate local techies on all the new MS technologies, without having to travel to a major city, without membership dues of any kind. Working with local User Groups, the IT Pro Advisory Council (now known as Culminis.com), and Microsoft’s Windows Server team lead to Daniel's MVP award for Windows Server Customer Experience".
David Isbitski	Number of presentations: 1 David Isbitski Developer Evangelist Microsoft http://blogs.msdn.com/davedev David is a Developer Evangelist for Microsoft working on the Industry Platform Team. He has over 12 years total IT experience and has been creating enterprise solutions with Microsoft Products since Visual Basic 5. He enjoys talking about technology and has taught full day courses on various Microsoft topics as well as being a presenter at both MSDN Events and Microsoft DevDays. Before coming to Microsoft he worked for a large New Jersey Pharmaceutical company where he was responsible for engineering solutions to IT problems that were used by all of their companies worldwide. David has also worked at a large Microsoft Solutions Provider, where he was involved in the creation of websites within the retail industry. In his spare time, he enjoys defending the world from space aliens on X-Box Live Arcade (gamertag DaveDev) or wandering the realm of Azeroth in World of Warcraft. When actually away from the computer, he can be found tweaking the world's greatest chemistry experiment, also known as the pH level of his pool.
Jesse Liberty	Number of presentations: 1 Upcoming Jesse Liberty is Microsoft’s Silverlight Community Program Manager and “Silverlight Geek”. Working for Scott Guthrie, he is responsible for creating tutorials, videos, WebCasts, Community Presentations and building a Silverlight developer community. Jesse is the international best-selling author of over two dozen books, including Programming Silverlight 2, Programming .NET 3.5, Programming C# 3.0 and Learning ASP.NET with AJAX. His two decades experience in programming, consulting and training include work as a Distinguished Software Engineer at AT&T; Software Architect for PBS/Learning Link; and Vice President in the Information Technology business at Citibank. He can be reached through his blog (http://silverlight.net/blogs/JesseLiberty/) or his personal portal (http://71.248.178.27/).
Lindsay Rutter	Number of presentations: 1 upcoming Lindsay Rutter Developer Evangelist - Greater PA and Mid-Atlantic States Developer and Platform Evangelism - Microsoft Corporation http://www.msdnevents.com/lindsay http://blogs.msdn.com/lindsay How many Microsoft presenters can claim they were “locked in” at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences with Mira Sorvino? Lindsay, for one. It’s a story you’ll have to get straight from the source. She has also produced content for a high traffic television network site and the internet division of one of America's largest banks, where she helped to choose and implement a deployment tool for multiple data centers. Lindsay enjoys coding in C++, but admits that C# is quickly vying for her affections. She’s also proficient in Unix, Visual Studio 2005, OOD concepts, HTML/CSS, XML, Java, JavaScript, Perl, .NET, relational database concepts, and computer security and forensics tools including Autopsy and Encase 5.0. Lindsay graduated with a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Southern California, where she was part of a team that researched how to implement an Internet-capable computer lab in a school in N’Djili in the Democratic Republic of the Congo – an area that has no telephone services and receives electricity only three days per week. As a developer, Lindsay loves solving technical problems and formulating solutions that are precisely tailored to her clients’ needs.
Zain Naboulsi	Number of presentations: 4 Zain Naboulsi Developer Evangelist Microsoft http://blogs.msdn.com/zainnab For over 14 years Zain has been teaching and consulting on the latest Microsoft technologies. He’s been a Microsoft Certified Trainer since 1995 and holds all major Microsoft certifications, plus credentials from Cisco, Checkpoint and CompTIA. Zain launched his development career with Visual Basic 3.0 and honed his implementation skills with Windows NT 3.51 and OS/2. He is the creator of Virtual World Evangelism (VWE) which is an effort to build communities in virtual places like Second Life and OpenSim. He is not only a proponent of the community aspect of virtual worlds but also is a supporter of the myriad business applications that these new mediums offer. Zain’s efforts have been featured by eWeek, Redmond Developer News, and many others. He has been interviewed by Forrester Research, ThinkBalm, UgoTrade, and Gartner for his work with virtual world communities. He is a frequent speaker at events in Second Life and other virtual worlds. and lectures world-wide to evangelize the future of this exciting new medium.