 Thanks to all who attended NxtGenUG Fest07 |
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Thanks to everybody who attended NxtGenUG Fest07 - "Into the future". We had a great time and we hope you did too. We do have an XBOX 360 (courtesy of Redgate) and some other prizes, which will be drawn from the feedback. Feedback can be left
here (login required) Only attendees of Fest07 will be able to leave feedback. If you have any problems get in touch
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| Fest07 Speakers |
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| Rafal Lukawiecki
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In his role as Strategic Consultant and Director at Project Boticelli Ltd, Rafal is responsible for analyzing, planning and forecasting the changes in the field of Information Technology. Rafal works closely with teams of up to 150 software developers, as well as with investors and their boards of directors, to practice the best principles of the Microsoft Solutions Framework and the Microsoft Operations Framework. Rafal specializes in three fields: study of programming models, security and cryptography, and project and operational management of IT.
Rafal is a frequent and popular speaker at Microsoft conferences. In his spare time, Rafal has been writing a new book on ‘Microsoft Solutions Framework’ aimed at its practitioners. Recently, Rafal has presented at prestigious Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer conferences across Europe, Middle East and Africa. |
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| Daniel Moth
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| Daniel Moth has been working in the UK for Microsoft in the Development & Platform group since May 2006. Daniel gets to "play" with the latest and greatest Microsoft software and then explains and demonstrates it via his blog, articles, webcasts, screencasts, online chats and in person at developer events! Before joining Microsoft, he worked for a large consultancy and before that in an R&D department. In addition to significant industry experience, he holds a BSc in Computing for Business, an MSc with distinction in Object Oriented Software Technology, Microsoft certifications and he has been working with .NET since the first public beta in 2000. Daniel gained the Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award for his community contributions in 2004 and 2005.In his spare time he loves to travel around the world, be it on city breaks, lazing on the beach or SCUBA diving the oceans. |
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| Lorna Brown
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| Lorna Brown is a Researcher in the Socio Digital Systems Group at Microsoft Research Cambridge, UK. Lorna's main research interest is in multimodal interaction, and particularly in how non-visual modalities, such as sound and touch, can be used in computer interfaces. Before joining Microsoft Research in October 2006, Lorna did a PhD in the Computing Science at the University of Glasgow, where she investigated how the sense of touch might be used in human computer interaction. She has also conducted research into the use of sound and touch to design interfaces for people with visual impairments. In addition to working at Microsoft Research, Lorna is a Research Fellow in Computer Science at Corpus Christi College Cambridge and in her spare time she plays jazz saxophone. |
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| Oliver Sturm
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| Oliver Sturm is an internationally well-known expert on programming languages, .NET and products from DevExpress, where he worked as Director of Quality until recently. He is a Microsoft C# MVP, author of many training classes and articles and an Associate Consultant at thinktecture. Consulting and Training Services for .NET, as well as specialized DevExpress topics, are available through thinktecture.com, oliversturm.com and dxtraining.com. |
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| Richard Costall
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Richard Costall (MVP, MCSD.NET) has over 22 years development experience and works for 1st Software, a Microsoft Gold Partner, and the UK's leading software solution for Financial Adviser and Intermediaries, designing and implementing IFA applications in the financial services sector. Previously specializing in VB, XML/XSLT, COM, ASP and MSMQ, Richard now lives and breathes the awesome world of .Net and in particular ASP.NET and Silverlight 2.0. Richard spent 5 1/2 years as the Midlands regional coordinator for VBUG (Visual Basic User Group) before co-founding NxtGenUG, the innovative UK user group for Microsoft Technologies.
Richard has written articles for publications such as ASP.NET Pro and International Developer Magazines and also co-authered the Apress title Professional MSMQ. He speaks a local user groups, Microsoft Conferences/Product launches, TechED Europe and the hugely successful DeveloperDeveloperDeveloper Events.
When not in .Net land, Richard enjoys relaxing at home with his wife and two sons, playing on the XBOX 360 or ultimately jetting off to Walt Disney World, Florida, for a trip on the Tower of Terror.
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| Kevin McDaniel
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Kevin spends his time making sure that individual developers, IT professionals, designers, academics and students are able to get relevant and effective information from the team of experienced evangelists in the UK. Driven mad by a desire to understand how everything works, he recovers his sanity through photography. If you have any suggestions on ways that Microsoft UK can improve its service to individuals using or thinking about using our platform, Kevin would like to hear from you.
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| Dave McMahon
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Dave works as Chief Architect for .NET Development at Ridgian Limited, a privately owned software house based in Central Birmingham. Ridgian are a Microsoft Certified Partner and specialise in Business Intelligence Solutions and Custom Software Solutions. He is very active in the Microsoft community speaking at DeveloperDeveloperDeveloper conferences, and at numerous User Group meetings around the country on such topics as SQL XML, SQL 2005 Security, Regular Expressions and his favouritte technology XSLT and XPATH. He has recently published articles on SQL Server 2005 Security in International Developer Magazine and on Vista and Office 2007 in the Microsoft Beta Newsletters.
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| Mike Taulty
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Mike Taulty is a member of the Developer and Platform Group at Microsoft in the UK, but began work as a professional developer in 1991. He spent the following 9 years working on a number of different operating systems (Unices, VMS, Windows NT) with various database technologies (Oracle, Informix, SQL Server) and distribution technologies (RPC, DCE, COM).
Mike joined Microsoft in 2000 working as a developer consultant with a sideline in ownership of the Microsoft UK scalability lab.
Today, Mike maintains a keen interest in a wide spectrum of technologies including Client, Database, Web Services and the core Microsoft .NET technologies - anything that looks to be in need of a little code. |
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