David Airapetyan is a Computer Science graduate from McGill University in Montreal, Canada. He is a Software Services Architect for Qdabra Software. 

       David has over six years of industry experience including almost five of them at Microsoft Corporation where he shipped several versions of Microsoft Office InfoPath and was Senior Developer on Office Forms Server. Originally from Russia, David is fluent in several languages, including Russian, English, French, C#, C++ and Perl. He currently resides in Montreal.

       Owen is a SharePoint Technology Specialist for Microsoft and has been with Microsoft for 5 years, focusing on Collaboration, Document Management, Web Content Management, and Business Process Improvement. He consults to MSFT Customers in the Northwestern US and has helped guide CMS and SharePoint implementations during that time.

Prior to Microsoft, Owen worked for BroadVision; for DocTec Inc. (a now expired start-up); as an SAP Consultant for Deloitte & Touche CG/ICS; and writing software for the banking industry. Owen is also on the board of the Puget Sound SharePoint Users Group.

       Tony is a Sr. Software Engineer and Instructor for SharePoint Solutions.  He has been in the IT industry for over 18 years.  Prior to joining SharePoint Solutions, Tony was a Project Manager, Ecommerce Team Leader and Enterprise Architect for HNI Corporation, makers of HON office products.

       Tony is responsible for leading the Software Division at SharePoint Solutions.  Through his leadership, SharePoint Solutions has provided the market with much-needed SharePoint add-ons such as WSS Alert Manager, SPS Alert Manager, Documents for You Web Part and Tasks for You Web Part.

       Rob is President of Thor Projects, LLC, a SharePoint consulting firm serving clients around the U.S.  He is also a Microsoft Office SharePoint Server MVP.

       He has contributed to more than 100 book projects and other publishing projects.  He is also a frequent speaker at various SharePoint conferences around the U.S.

       Jeff is the Founder and President of SharePoint Solutions. He is also a member of the editorial council of Advisor Guide to Microsoft SharePoint.

       Jeff has 25 years of IT consulting and education experience. Formerly a Senior Manager with Accenture, he has advised some of the largest organizations in the world including Philips, Sara Lee, McCann Erickson, Progressive Insurance and the U.S. Army.

       He has authored seven custom courses on SharePoint, conducted over 80 classes around the U.S. and trained over 1000 professionals.

       Shiraz worked for ten years at Microsoft in product design, usability, customer research, and online marketing. For the first three releases of Microsoft InfoPath, he led solutions design, Office application/server integration, product usability, and IT solutions architecture.

       Shiraz has started multiple for-profit and non-profit businesses and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from Tufts University.

       Dino Dato-on is a SharePoint Architect for Microsoft. He has been with the company for 8 years most of which has been spent on SharePoint since 2001.  He has architected and deployed SharePoint for many large enterprises such as Dell, Celanese, Philips-Conoco, EDS, Exxon-Mobil, and AMD.

Previous to working with Microsoft, Dino has worked in the computer industry for over 20 years developing and designing client-server applications using Microsoft Technologies.  He has written TechNet articles for Microsoft related to SharePoint Technologies. His most recent published article is on Social Networking for the Enterprise using Microsoft Office SharePoint Server(MOSS) 2007 is available on MSDN.   Dino and his family live in Dallas.

       A Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), Wendy has been an independent technical trainer, author, and consultant for the last 10 years specializing in Microsoft SQL Server since 1999 and SharePoint since 2005. Wendy is a contributing partner on SharePoint-eLearning.com and teaches for SharePoint Solutions at the Chicago, IL location.

The author of various proprietary courseware for leading technical education centers, Wendy has also been called on to edit technical material by national publishers such as McGraw-Hill and Microsoft Official Learning Products. Her technical certifications include Microsoft (MCITP, MCTS, MCSE, MCT); Novell (CNE, CNI) and Cisco (CUSE, CCNA). She also consults on Windows/ADS network architecture and SQL/SharePoint design to several Fortune 500 companies.

       Bryan is a solution specialist with Microsoft Corporation focusing on Information Worker solutions. Bryan was formally a product manager and marketing manager with Quest Software.

       He has a passion for using newer technologies to communicate with coworkers and associates. He is a member of the Nashville Technology Council and Young Leadership Council.

       Ben is a senior product manager with the LDS Church, has a Masters Degree in Information Management from Syracuse University and has over eight years of direct experience in the enterprise portal market.

Previously Ben worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers as an IT consultant and instructor/course developer and then at Hewlett-Packard where he designed and implemented the information architecture for HP's first enterprise corporate portal. When HP merged with Compaq in 2002, noted as the largest IT merger in history, Ben led the team responsible for migrating content from two distinct Intranets to one "@hp" enterprise portal.

Ben was hired by the LDS Church in 2006 to replace/upgrade their Intranet and they are now in the middle of a multi-phase rollout using SharePoint 2007.

       Steve has been with PricewaterhouseCoopers since 1998. Steve has a computer science background and specializes in the development of “go to market” software products and solutions for PwC. Steve is also a member of a group of seven senior PwC global technology architects who manage the future direction of the PwC technology Roadmap.

In 2001 Steve was a part of the IT management team which led a team of 40+ consultants/internal IT staff who architected and delivered the global PwC enterprise portal. After the implementation of the PwC global enterprise portal, he was responsible for the envisioning, design, development and implementation of the Canadian PwC enterprise portal based on SharePoint.

Steve has held various positions with other corporations in the IT field since 1986. He was the IT Manager at a large multinational consumer goods manufacturer and has also worked in the US as a software developer.

       Terry is the Chief Information Officer for the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. Prior to taking his current position, he was the CIO for the Illinois Secretary of State.

       Before joining state government he worked as a Solutions Architect for numerous state and national public organizations, specializing in the analysis of client needs, current systems, information requirements and the formulation of solutions. Over the course of his professional career, Terry has used his analytical skills to be an innovative change agent for information ecosystem transformation.

       Marc Milgrom is a Tax Partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers. He is the Canadian Knowledge Management leader, and a member of the firm’s Canadian Leadership Group that manages the overall Canadian firm.

       He is also a member of the PricewaterhouseCoopers Global IT Council, advising on strategy, software and e-business matters. His responsibilities include PwC Canada's enterprise portal initiative and customer relationship management (CRM) program.

       Kevin Pine is Vice-president of SharePoint Solutions. He is a consultant, trainer and author of articles, courseware and curriculum for SharePoint technologies.

       In 2003, with several years of  web development experience, he turned to SharePoint and worked to develop strategies for branding portals and collaboration sites, as well as creating custom templates and site definitions. He authored the popular SharePoint training course for web developers, Extreme Makeover: Portal Edition.

In addition to teaching SharePoint branding, Kevin has completed numerous branding projects for companies such as MB Financial, Central Michigan University, Sarah Cannon Research Institute and British Petroleum.

       Asif is an experienced Solution Architecture Consultant and Trainer from Chicago specializing in SharePoint Products and Technologies.  He is a SharePoint Server MVP and holds the Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) credential.  He has been delivering SharePoint public and private training for the past 3 years. Asif has extensive experience architecting and developing solutions using both Windows SharePoint Services and SharePoint Portal Server.

Over the course of several years, Asif has consulted for many companies in Financial, Insurance and Telecommunication sectors. His list of clients includes State Farm, CNA, Federal Home Loan Bank, NASA, Toshiba, Applied Systems, Allstate, SBC, Department of Defense, Griffith Laboratories and more.

       Peter is a Search and Analytics Specialist at Mondosoft/SurfRay based in Palo Alto, Calif. with 8 years of experience in what works and what just confuses search users. He specializes in helping MOSS Portal owners achieve and provide the search capabilities that their users expect (from global search experience) to alleviate the all-too common trend of frustration with search in SharePoint.

Great SharePoint search doesn't just come from the search engine. Peter's communications background allows for attention to the important aspect of search reporting (or analytics) to fully understand users' behavior and target Portal content based on facts and demand, rather than guesswork.

       Frank serves as the director of Internal Communication for the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). He joined SHRM in 2001 working in the Public Affairs Department and managing the Media Affairs program. He served as the Society’s spokesperson and was a team leader for the Society’s public relations efforts to “advance the profession.”

SHRM was a natural fit for Scanlan, who earned his M.A. in Organizational Communication and B.A. in Broadcast Journalism. His experience and education give him a comprehensive understanding of workplace issues, particularly the effective use of communication to develop strong working relations between employers and employees.

Scanlan served as Deputy Communications Director for South Dakota Senator Tim Johnson before working with SHRM. Prior to that, he was News Director of the South Dakota Public Radio Network while obtaining his degree at the University of South Dakota.

       Becky is Vice President, Marketing and Web Development at Sterne Agee, a Birmingham, AL investement and brokerage firm.

       She has 14 years experience in the marketing areas of financial services firms. She recently completed the design, development and implementation of Sterne Agee's new public web site (www.sterneagee.com) utilizing MOSS and SharePoint Designer.

       Peter is a Senior Engineer for CDW Berbee. He is a founding member of the Southeastern Michigan SharePoint Users Group and is certified in both SharePoint and .Net. Peter is actively writing for Technet and consults with enterprise organizations utilizing his five years working with SharePoint.

Peter has worked for EDS and ePartners, Inc. as a consultant in the Electronic Commerce group and Microsoft Dynamics group. At CDW Berbee his passion is in communicating with the customer, presenting the technology, and delivering real world solutions at an architect level. With a background as an English major, Peter brings an unconventional background to his 20 years in IT. It is about people, sharing, and communicating.

       Rachel is a Senior Associate in Project Performance Corporation’s internationally known Knowledge Management practice. She specializes in the development and configuration of knowledge management tools to serve users of all skill levels. Her areas of expertise include taxonomy design, metadata strategy, and user adoption strategy.

Rachel is also a web usability specialist with expertise in information architecture, knowledge gathering, and systems design. Her clients include the Department of Defense Finance and Account Service, Society for Human Resource Management, and the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Information Collection.

       Ricky is an instructor and curriculum author for SharePoint Solutions. Prior to joining SharePoint Solutions he worked as the Senior Webmaster for Allegacy Federal Credit Union where he designed and built the organization’s first intranet, and later migrated it to the SharePoint platform. Ricky’s focus in business has always been on process improvement and automation for both the employees of an organization as well as for their customers.

Ricky’s personal mission statement is, “Empower. Challenge. Advance.” He says, “The work we do every day is ultimately all about people. My goal is to use technology, and my God given talents, to challenge and empower people so that they can advance in every aspect of their life and business.”

       Jill is a senior member of the Knowledge Management Practice at Project Performance Corporation, which has  helped over 100 public and private organizations successfully implement portals, Web 2.0 products, and other knowledge management tools. She specializes in leading business analysis and system design efforts for clients in the government, media, and products industries.

Her background in web usability and expert skills in project strategy communication and design visualization has helped accelerate portal deployments and improved workforce performance at organizations such as Smart Systems for Health Agency, Government of Bermuda, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and Society for Human Resource Management. Jill has developed her own methodology in website to portal migration and is a frequent speaker and trainer on the subjects of portal strategy, website to portal migration, eGovernance, and taxonomy design.

       Paul is a Solutions Architect, Instructor, and Business Intelligence curriculum author for SharePoint Solutions. He has been in the IT industry for over 20 years. Prior to joining SharePoint Solutions, Paul worked for several Top IT companies such as Texas Instruments, Acer Computer, IBM and Nortel Networks. During this time he served in positions as varied as OLAP Developer, Executive Business Analyst, and Training Manager.

Paul is the course author and the primary instructor for BI Revolutions, the Business Intelligence course taught at SharePoint Solutions. During his time at SharePoint Solutions Paul has trained and worked with clients from all over the United States in industries as varied as gold mines, automobile manufacturing, and government agencies.

       Zach leads the Knowledge Management Practice at Project Performance Corporation, which has helped over 100 public and private organizations successfully implement portals and other knowledge management tools. He specializes in the development of business taxonomies and ontologies and the deployment of Enterprise Information Portals.

He has consulted with a variety of organizations including Pratt & Whitney; Columbia University; the Department of Defense (DoD); the International Monetary Fund; and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). He has developed his own taxonomy design methodology, has authored a series of courses on portal knowledge management and development, and is a frequent speaker and trainer on the subjects of eGovernance, portals, and taxonomy design.

       Russell introduced SharePoint to Texas Instruments in 2002 while heading a systems group in the Worldwide Procurement and Logistics area. His team assisted internal users with obtaining significant business value from Windows SharePoint Services and other Microsoft technologies for several years.

He and his wife, Laura, opened the Dallas affiliate office of SharePoint Solutions and held the inaugural SharePoint training class in April 2007. Russ continues to teach and inspire students with the capabilities of SharePoint both in the Dallas area and around the nation