Binaebi Akah / Session / Website / @siriomi / Flickr
Binaebi Akah is a user experience designer at the retail architecture and branding agency, WD Partners. She works in Columbus, Ohio, where she owns a micro-publishing company and is a member of the Swing Columbus swing dance performance team. She believes in the power of sketching, whiteboards, and slinkies.
Mike Amundsen / Session / Site / @mamund
An internationally known author and lecturer, Mike Amundsen travels throughout the United States and Europe consulting and speaking on a wide range of topics including distributed network architecture, Web application development, Cloud computing, and other subjects. His recent work focuses on the role hypermedia plays in creating and maintaining applications that can successsfully evolve over time. He has more than a dozen books to his credit. His most recent book is "Building Hypermedia APIs with HTML5 and Node" He also contributed to the book "RESTful Web Services Cookbook" (by Subbu Allamaraju). He is currently working on a new book on "cloud stack" programming. When he is not working, Mike enjoys spending time with his family in Kentucky, USA.
Samidip Basu / Session / Web / @samidip
Samidip Basu (@samidip) is a technologist & gadget-lover working as a Manager & Solutions Lead for Sogeti USA out of the Columbus Unit. With a strong developer background in Microsoft technology stack, he now spends much of his time in spreading the word to discover the full potential of the Windows Phone/Windows 8 platforms & cloud-backed mobile solutions in general. He passionately runs the Central Ohio Windows Phone User Group (http://cowpug.org), labors in M3 Conf (http://m3conf.com/) organization and can be found with at-least a couple of hobbyist projects at any time. His spare times call for travel and culinary adventures with the wife. Find out more at http://samidipbasu.com.
James Bender / Session / Blog / @jamesbender
James is the Vice President of Technology at Improving Enterprises 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, TDD, SOA, WCF, WF, cloud computing, and agile development methodologies. He is an experienced mentor and author. James is a Microsoft MVP. James book "Professional Test Driven Development with C#: Developing Real World Applications with TDD" was released in May of 2011.
Brad Colbow / Session / Website / @BradColbow
Brad Colbow is a designer at Designing Interactive, best known for his comics that are published monthly in .Net magazine and "The Brads" a weekly strip found on his personal website. His work has appeared on the New York Time's website, CNET, Smashing Magazine and elsewhere. You can find out more about him on his website colbowdesign.com
Michael S. Collier / Session / Blog / @MichaelCollier
Michael Collier is a Windows Azure MVP and serves as a National Architect for Neudesic, a Microsoft SI partner that specializes in Windows Azure. He has nearly 11 years of experience building Microsoft-based applications for a wide range of clients. Michael spends his days serving as a developer or architect – helping clients succeed with the Microsoft development platform. He also enjoys speaking about Windows Azure at local user groups, as well as regional and national conferences. Michael is also the founder of the Central Ohio Cloud Computing User Group in Columbus, OH. You can follow Michael on Twitter at www.twitter.com/MichaelCollier and on his blog at www.MichaelSCollier.com
Rich Dudley / Session / Blog / @rj_dudley
I lived in a cubicle for 10 years, building web based line-of-business applications and integrating enterprise systems. In 2010, the last company I worked for was #32 in Information Week's "250 Most Innovative". Now, I have a really cool job as a Technical Evangelist for ComponentOne. It's great working for the company Info-Tech named the "Leading Champion" of controls vendors, where I get to work with all sorts of technologies like jQuery, Silverlight, Windows Phone 7, LightSwitch and more. My blog is http://c1.ms/c1_richd, and my Twitter ID is @rj_dudley.
Michael Falanga / Session / Blog / @mfalanga
Mike is a software professional who has been developing applications since the late 90s. After a few years of experience, Mike found that the silver bullet to software development is people. He firmly believes that software is a means to an end; and that programmers simply act as "middle men" between the end users and their vision. Mike is always striving to bring the Whole Team together to build software in a sustainable and highly visible manner. He does this by promoting thinking and techniques that enhance clarity and realism; and by constantly challenging the current method of doing things. Mike co-founded the Cleveland F# User Group, spoke at the first Northeast Ohio Agile Leadership Conference, sometimes speaks at local user groups, and has a blog which he needs to contribute to on a regular basis.
Jeff Fansler / Session / Site / @Fanzoo
Jeff Fansler is the Founder and President of Fanzoo Technology, Inc. He is also a father, hockey player, home brewer, major geek, and enjoys long walks in his office with a picture of the beach on the monitor. Jeff’s career has been focused on bringing the benefits of software and the internet to a wide range of business needs. Jeff started Fanzoo Technology, Inc. in 2006 and has helped several clients design, develop, and support products and custom line of business applications. Throughout his career he has learned a lot about the business of software but more than anything, he has learned that there is always more to learn and that everyone has something to contribute.
Justin Ferrell / Session / Blog / @mobile_justin
Born and raised in West Virginia, Justin lives and breathes all things mobile. Beginning with iPhone web app tinkering in high school, Justin moved on to QR codes and native development, and is now a full-time mobile developer for a digital marketing agency in Fayetteville, WV. Justin is also attending Mountain State University, where he is majoring in Computer Science and Web Design.
Joe Fiorini / Session / Blog / @joefiorini
Joe is a user obsessed developer at LeanDog Software in Cleveland, Ohio. He codes in languages that enable beautiful products. He has contributed to a number of open source projects including RSpec, Ruby on Rails and GitX. His proudest contribution is his daughter, who can't be hosted on Github despite his best efforts. He is currently writing a screencast on refactoring custom Javascript into Backbone.js.
Leon Gersing / Session / Web / @rubybuddha
Leon Gersing (@rubybuddha) Leon has been bringing value to clients large and small for over ten years, and has a passion for technology, art and community. He has experience implementing solutions in C#, JavaScript (both server and client side), Ruby, Python, Objective-C, Ruby and Rails and more. Leon spends time presenting on a wide variety of development topics at events and user groups in the region. He loves nothing more than to be around other developers, working together to create something unique and fresh; something that has never been done before. He believes there is no challenge that can't be overcome with passion and creativity. He can be found tending binary zen gardens with fellow artisans at EdgeCase in Columbus and bringing great products to market with his own company, No Spoon Software.
David Giard / Session / Blog / @DavidGiard
David Giard has been developing solutions using Microsoft technologies since 1993. He is a Microsoft MVP; an INETA mentor; and a past President of the Great Lakes Area .Net User Group. David has presented at many of the conferences and user groups around the Midwest. He is a recovering certification addict and holds an MCTS, MCSD, MCSE, and MCDBA, as well as a BS and an MBA. He is the host and producer of the mildly popular online TV show Technology and Friends. He is the co-author of the Wrox book Real World .NET, C#, and Silverlight. You can read his latest thoughts at www.DavidGiard.com. David lives in Michigan with his two teenage sons.
J. Wolfgang Goerlich / Session / Website / @jwgoerlich
J Wolfgang Goerlich is the information systems and security manager for a Michigan-based financial institution. He is responsible for managing the software development and network operations teams. In his spare time, he focuses on architecting new systems, securing existing systems, and optimizing performance and recovery. With over a decade of experience, Mr. Goerlich has a solid understanding of both the IT infrastructure and the business it enables. You can find more about Wolfgang on his website (www.jwgoerlich.us) and follow him on Twitter (@jwgoerlich).
Phil Grimes / Session / Website / @grap3_ap3
Phil Grimes is a Security Analyst for MicroSolved, Inc- a leading provider of application security assessments and penetration testing. Since 1992, they have been providing security services to organizations ranging from small businesses, financial institutions, e-commerce, telecommunications, manufacturing, education and government agencies, as well as international corporations. Mr. Grimes started learning networking and Internet security as a hobby from AOL in 1996, developing his technical skill set independently until joining the MicroSolved Team in 2009. Phil’s experience in application security, penetration testing, mobile/SmartPhone security, and social engineering have proven successvul in assessments for high profile customers both domestically and around the globe. An accomplished speaker and presenter, catch Phil engage on various topics for MSI’s “State of the Threat” webinars, CUISPA conferences, and at the Central Ohio ISSA InfoSec Summit in addition to various other speaking appearances to a wide range of audiences.
Corey Haines / Session / Website / @coreyhaines
After being fired in 2008, Corey Haines set out on a year-long journey to learn and teach from as many other developers as he could. Along the way, he co-founded and developed the popular coderetreat training format. Nowadays, Corey continues to travel the world helping teams discover new ways to move ahead on the path to excellence. Along with his work with development teams, Corey does technical advising for non-technical founders in the Chicago startup scene.
Scott Hanselman / Session / Blog / @shanselman
My name is Scott Hanselman. I work out of my home office for Microsoft as a Principal Program Manager, aiming to spread good information about developing software, usually on the Microsoft stack. Before this I was the Chief Architect at Corillian Corporation, now a part of Checkfree, for 6+ years. I was also involved in a few Microsoft Developer things for many years like the MVP and RD programs and I'll speak about computers (and other passions) whenever someone will listen.
Matt Hidinger / Session / Blog / @matthidinger / Projects / Community / Apps
Matt lives in Chicago and works at Clarity Consulting, where he attempts to build beautiful software for Windows Phone, Windows 8, and various web technologies. He is a Microsoft MVP and can be found on twitter @MattHidinger, blogging at http://matthidinger.com, working on various open source projects, and participating in the local community. In his free time he has published a few popular apps to the Windows Phone marketplace: CTA Watch and Transit Directions.
Phil Japikse / Session / Blog / @skimedic
An international speaker, Microsoft MVP, MCSD, CSM, and CSP, and a passionate member of the developer community, Phil Japikse has been working with .Net since the first betas, developing software for over 20 years, and heavily involved in the agile community since 2005. Phil works as the Agile Practices Evangelist for Telerik's Agile Project Management Division (http://www.telerik.com/teampulse), serves as the Lead Director for the Cincinnati .Net User’s Group and the Cincinnati Software Architect Group, and is the host of the Zero To Agile podcast (www.telerik.com/zerotoagile). Phil also founded Agile Conferences, Inc., a non-profit dedicated to advancing agile in all aspects of software development. Phil also serves as Cub Master for his sons’ Cub Scout Pack, volunteers for the National Ski Patrol, and is a recently retired Firefighter/Paramedic. You can follow Phil on twitter via www.twitter.com/skimedic and read his blog at www.skimedic.com/blog.
Todd Kaufman / Session / Blog / @toddkaufman
Todd Kaufman has developed, coached, and managed software development teams in Java, Ruby and .NET. Regardless of platform, he is passionate about finding better ways to build systems with low ceremony and high quality. He has been known to occasionally run long distances and drink scotch, although not necessarily at the same time. Todd currently delivers outstanding software to his clients through Test Double, a software studio in central Ohio.
Adam Kinney / Session / Website / @adkinn
Beginning life as an art student, growing up in the military and then joining the world of software; Adam Kinney feels right at home in that sweet spot between visual design and user interface development. Always at least a part-time evangelist, Adam has traveled the trail of UI technologies. First HTML and CSS, then Flash, WPF, Silverlight, Processing, iOS and Canvas, he has enjoyed learning, teaching and experimenting with them all. Previously working as a Technical Evangelist for Microsoft covering technologies such as Silverlight and Expression Blend; Adam is now working as an independent consultant specializing in projects using HTML5, Windows Phone and Windows 8.
Jon Kruger / Session / Blog / @JonKruger
Jon Kruger is an independent consultant in Columbus, OH where he provides software solutions, project leadership, and agile coaching and training. Jon has over 10 years experience in various different programming languages (mostly Ruby and .NET) and is always looking for ways to create better quality software and streamline the software development process. You can follow Jon on his blog (jonkruger.com) or on Twitter (twitter.com/jonkruger).
Jennifer Marsman / Session / Blog / @jennifermarsman
Jennifer Marsman is a Developer Evangelist in Microsoft’s Developer and Platform Evangelism group, where she educates developers on Microsoft’s new technologies. In this role, Jennifer is a frequent speaker at software development conferences across the United States. In 2009, Jennifer was chosen as "Techie whose innovation will have the biggest impact" by X-OLOGY for her work with GiveCamps, a weekend-long event where developers code for charity. She has also received many honors from Microsoft, including the Central Region Top Contributor Award, Heartland District Top Contributor Award, DPE Community Evangelist Award, CPE Champion Award, MSUS Diversity & Inclusion Award, and Gold Club. Prior to becoming a Developer Evangelist, Jennifer was a software developer in Microsoft’s Natural Interactive Services division. In this role, she earned two patents for her work in search and data mining algorithms. Jennifer has also held positions with Ford Motor Company, National Instruments, and Soar Technology. Jennifer holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Engineering and Master’s Degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Her graduate work specialized in artificial intelligence and computational theory. Jennifer blogs at http://blogs.msdn.com/jennifer and tweets at http://twitter.com/jennifermarsman.
Adam McCrea / Session / Library / @adamlogic
Adam McCrea is not a patient man. As a developer at EdgeCase, his passion is building and shipping software as quickly and efficiently as possible. He chooses tools that serve this passion - currently Ruby on Rails, Vim, and a MacBook. At home his passions are dancing with his two daughters and serving as head of QA for his wife’s bakery.
Eric A. Meyer / Session / Website / @meyerweb / An Event Apart
Eric A. Meyer is an internationally recognized expert on CSS, HTML, and web standards who has been working on the web since late 1993. In that time, he was webmaster for CWRU, led the project to put "The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History" online, wrote several books on CSS, co-founded the microformats movement, has spoken at countless conferences, was a member of both the CSS Working Group and the CSS Samurai, co-founded An Event Apart, and was inducted into the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. He lives in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, with his family and considers almost every form of music to be worthwhile.
Dave Mosher / Session / Github / @dmosher
Dave Mosher is a Front-End Engineer who has been designing and building web applications since using HTML tables for layout started to go out of style. A background in classical design and computer systems technology has enabled him to roam between between the worlds of design and development. Dave hails from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada where he spends his free time running a Front-End focused user group called SaskJavaScript (http://www.saskjavascript.com).
Jen Myers / Session / Site / @antiheroine
Jen Myers is a web/interface designer at the software company Relevance. She works from Columbus, Ohio, where she also teaches HTML/CSS and organizes the coding education program Girl Develop It Columbus. Her particular areas of interest are user experience, teaching innovation and using design as a tool for communication. She also likes good movies, comic books and frequently changing her hair color.
Elizabeth Naramore / Session / Blog / @ElizabethN
Elizabeth is an author, speaker, and recovering PHP developer. Her paying gig is as the PHP Community Manager for Engine Yard and working with the fine fellows on the Orchestra PHP Platform. She digs writing, fantasy football, good beer, and sci-fi. She's an avid collector of old books and “that’s what she said” jokes.
Robert O’Malley / Session
Mr. O’Malley is the Practice Manager of Sogeti’s Mobile Services Practice in Columbus Ohio. He has 25 years experience in software development much of it focusing on architecture and development of customer facing web applications. He has been involved in SmartPhone Mobile technologies since their inception. This includes mobile development platforms especially iOS and HTML5 / Javascript. He is a Practicing consultant and Architect on Mobile, J2EE and SOA engagements. Mr. O’Malley led an effort at Abbott Nutrition to Prototype and develop a robust iPhone application released to the Apple App Store as the Similac Baby Journal iPhone Application. This App has had over 100000 downloads and has achieved nearly a 4 star rating on the App store. He has also been involved in Mobile Web App development for several clients in the Columbus area. Mr. O’Malley has also led the effort to bring 30+ Sogeti developers up to skill on using Mobile Technologies such as iOS development platform, the Android development SDK and HTML5 / Javascript.
Brian H. Prince / Session / Site / @BrianHPrince
Brian H. Prince is a Principal Cloud Evangelist for Microsoft, based in the US. He gets super excited whenever he talks about technology, especially cloud computing, patterns, and practices. His job is to help customers strategically leverage technology, and help them bring their architecture to a super level. In a past life Brian was a part of super startups, super marketing firms, and super consulting firms. Much of his super architecture background includes building super scalable applications, application integration, and award winning web applications. All of them were super. Further, he is a co-founder of the non-profit organization CodeMash (www.codemash.org). He speaks at various international technology conferences. He only wishes his job didn’t require him to say ‘super’ so much. Brian is the co-author of “Azure in Action”, published by Manning Press. Brian holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Computer Science and Physics from Capital University, Columbus, Ohio. He is also a zealous gamer. For example, he is a huge fan of Fallout 3, Portal, and pretty much every other game he plays.
Todd Ropog / Session / Blog / @ropog
Todd is a Lead Developer for NimblePros in Hudson, Ohio, where he has the pleasure of working with, and learning from, the very talented crew there. He is a big proponent of Agile methods and helped found the Northeast Ohio Agile Leadership Conference. As a member of the Hudson Software Craftsmanship user group, he strives to improve his craft and help others do the same. Todd is very active in the developer community, speaks at user groups and regional conferences, and has authored a course on the fundamentals of Mercurial for Pluralsight.
Justin Searls / Session / Blog / @searls / Github / Company
Justin Searls has two professional passions: writing great software and sharing what he’s learned in order to help others write even greater software. He recently co-founded a new software studio called Test Double, where he’s currently helping clients build well-crafted user experiences for the web.
Clark Sell / Session / Site / @csell5
Clark is a web evangelist for Microsoft based in Illinois. A Chicago native who can’t spell, Clark as a kid actually made his money building cars, getting grease under his nails. That art of building would later lead him to software development where he drinks the Web Development Kool-Aid. Writing code is what keeps Clark awake at night, while continually working on his craft and rapping with others over a few cold CORS. You can hear Clark muse about software on his podcast Developer Smackdown, or find his family cruising around in a 1968 Camaro SS.
Bill Sempf / Session / Blog / @sempf
Husband. Father. Author. Software composer. Brewer. Lockpicker. Ninja. Insurrectionist. Honorary blue teamer. Lumberjack. Working on a Win8 book.
John Simone / Session / @j_simone
John Simone is an engineer at Heroku. He helped implement and currently leads the maintenance of Heroku's Java language support. John has been creating software for over 12 years and has had the opportunity to act as either an engineer, architect, or consultant for a number of top innovators.
Carol Smith / Session / Blog / @carologic
Carol Smith has been focused on dispelling the myth of "user error" and moving organizations to embrace the people who use their products and services for the past ten years. Her work improves the user's experience of mobile apps, Web sites, software, consumer goods and services. She has worked in a wide range of industries including: education, finance, government, healthcare, insurance and retail. Carol is a Lead UX Business Consultant in the PerficientXD Agency and has a Master's degree in Human-Computer Interaction. Carol is also the Vice President of UPA International, an organization that promotes UX/usability concepts and techniques worldwide. When she's not working Carol can be found spending time with her husband and two kids; volunteering; and running.
Steve Smith / Session / Blog / @ardalis
Steve is a software developer with a passion for building quality software as effectively as possible. He's also EVP, Enterprise Services for Telerik. He's a Microsoft Regional Director and MVP, a frequent speaker at developer conferences, an author, and a trainer. In the past he's co-founded and sold Lake Quincy Media and NimblePros (recently acquired by Telerik). Steve's an ex-Army Engineer officer and Iraq veteran who enjoys playing games and spending time outdoors.
Mark Stanislav / Session / Blog / @MarkStanislav
Mark Stanislav is a Senior Consultant at NetWorks Group, focused on operational automation and information security. With a career spanning a decade, Mark has worked within small business, academia, start-up, and corporate environments primarily focused on Linux architecture, information security, and web application development. Through the recent years of his career, Mark has had an opportunity to architect and deploy cloud infrastructure within many different industries and for various business needs. Mark holds a Bachelor's degree in Networking & IT Administration and a Master's in Technology Studies focused on Information Assurance, both from Eastern Michigan University. Mark also holds his CISSP, Security+, Linux+, and CCSK certifications.
Jim Weirich / Session / Blog / @JimWeirich
Jim Weirich first learned about computers when his college adviser suggested he take a computer science course: "It will be useful, and you might enjoy it." With those prophetic words, Jim has been developing now for over 25 years, working with everything from crunching rocket launch data on supercomputers to wiring up servos and LEDs on micro-controllers. Currently he loves working in Ruby and Rails as the Chief Scientist at EdgeCase, but you can also find him strumming on his ukulele as time permits.
Greg Zimmer / Session / @gzimmer
Greg Zimmer is a Practice Manager at Cardinal Solutions Group, focusing on bringing value to the enterprise through the application of best practices across a variety of technologies. He has over a decade of experience as a developer in environments ranging from start ups to large enterprises.
