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The following speakers have committed to Augusta Code Camp
Visit the Sessions Page for descriptions of their presentations and the Content Page for an agenda.
 

Bill Jones


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BioBlurb:
As a Solutions Architect for Coca-Cola Bottling Company Consolidated, Bill specializes in software development using Visual Studio 2008, .NET Framework, VB.Net, ASP.NET, C#, Windows Mobile, SQL CE and SQL Server 2008.  He is well versed in all phases of the development life cycle – process, work flow, class abstraction, data structures, reporting and user interfaces.  In his spare time, Bill founded and continues to lead the Enterprise Developers Guild, the .Net User Group in Charlotte NC with more than 2,200 members.  He is also the INETA Membership Mentor for the two Carolinas.  Bill is currently finishing the deployment phase of a major mobility application using the new Microsoft Sync Framework.
EMail: Bill.Jones@ccbcc.com

Brian Hitney


WebURL: http://www.structuretoobig.com/home/default.aspx
BioBlurb:
Brian Hitney is a Microsoft Developer Evangelist in the Carolinas region.
EMail: bhitney@microsoft.com

Chris Eargle


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BioBlurb: Chris Eargle is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional - Visual C# (C# MVP) and INETA Community Champion from Columbia, SC. Besides designing and developing software at South Carolina Farm Bureau, he runs the local .NET User Group: the Columbia Enterprise Developers Guild. In his spare time he travels to conferences and user groups to promote best practices and new technologies in the development community.
EMail: kodefuguru@live.com

Chris Harrison


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BioBlurb:
I dream in (X)HTML/CSS. I’m a geek, a husband, a father, a son, and a brother. I love my wife, my son, my family and my friends. I’m a fan of comics, movies, anything Apple, graphic design, and web development. I’m a member of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP). I’m an Adobe Influencer. I’m the founder of RefreshAugusta. I love Wordpress
 
EMail: chris@cdharrison.com

Chris Love


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BioBlurb:
I am currently developing all new web sites in ASP.NET 2.0/3.0, but still have a few in ASP.NET 1.1. I am also heavily involved with the online marketing invovled in promoting successful web sites, this includes PPC management and SEO strategies. I have been developing ASP.NET applications since ASP.NET was in Beta 1. So I have a wealth of experience with close to 300 custom built sites in that time frame.
EMail: clove@extremewebworks.com

David Wendelken


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BioBlurb: David Wendelken is a consultant for L3 Communications. He is the co-author of The Oracle Designer Handbook and has published and/or presented dozens of articles and papers at a variety of International Software Conferences. He has served on the Board of Directors for the Oracle Development Tools User Group and the CODA-IAS User Group for North America. He was the editor of BriefCASE and Just in CASE, and a contributing editor for Select and Exploring Oracle Developer & Designer. He is currently a moderator for the www.asp.net site. He lives in Fayetteville, NC, USA.
EMail: david_wendelken@nc.rr.com

Eddie Writer


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Eddie Writer born in India and schooled in London, England is currently a Business Broker working for Sunbelt Business Network.  Eddie has been working in the IT industry since 1984, starting on Commodore 64’s and Atari’s and moving through the realms of the first IBM PC’s, System 3’s, 34’s, 36’s, 38’s and most recently AS/400’s.  Eddie has a Master’s in Business and is a certified Project Management Professional and has designed many business solutions in several vertical markets. Working in England, Europe, Canada and now settled in the USA.  Eddie is now spending his time advising businesses on how to handle large projects, growth, downsizing and other management issues.
EMail: writereddie@aol.com

Glen Gordon


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BioBlurb:
Glen Gordon is a Microsoft Developer Evangelist in the Atlanta area.
EMail: Glen.Gordon@microsoft.com

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Jason Rainwater


WebURL: http://www.attachedwpf.com
BioBlurb: Jason is a Consultant for Magenic in Atlanta. His specialties include in-depth knowledge of WPF, Silverlight and XAML. He has spoken at multiple events including user group participations and multiple sessions at Atlanta Code Camp 09. He has experience in building modular WPF smart-clients utilizing the MVVM design pattern, demo code for speaking events utilizing Prism and Silverlight.
EMail: jasonr@magenic.com

Jeff Ammons


WebURL: http://ammonsonline.com/jeffablog
BioBlurb: Jeff works as a Developer/DBA for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He has worked with lots of technologies over the years including Java and Oracle PL/SQL in addition to the .Net stack (ranging from Windows Mobile to MVC). He is President of the Gwinnett, Georgia, Microsoft User Group (GGMUG.com).
EMail: jeffa00@gmail.com

Jim Wooley


WebURL: http://www.thinqlinq.com
BioBlurb: Jim Wooley is a frequent speaker, member of the INETA Speaker Bureau, MVP, and author of "LINQ in Action". He is always striving to stay at the forefront of technology and enjoys the thrill of a new challenge. He has been active evangelizing LINQ since it's announcement in 2005. In addition, he attempts to pass on the insights he has gained by being active in the community, including organizing the Atlanta Code Camp, leading the Microsoft MS Pros and Atlanta VB Study Group and serving as INETA Membership Manager for the Georgia region. Jim has actively helped to guide Microsoft through Software Design Reviews with product teams and is an active Microsoft Data Programmer Insider and Visual Basic Insider. In addition to speaking at numerous user groups and code camps in 7 states, Jim has presented at product launch events, MSDN conferences, and TechEd.
EMail: jimwooley@hotmail.com

Leighton Johnson


WebURL: http://www.isfmt.com/
BioBlurb:
Leighton R. Johnson, III is the COO and senior security instructor/consultant with Information Security and Forensics Management Team (ISFMT) of Bath , South Carolina . He has over 34 years experience in Computer Security, Software Development and Communications Equipment Operations & Maintenance. Primary focus areas have included computer security operations, management & information assurance auditing and testing, software system architecture development verified through modeling & simulation activities and experiments, Radio Frequency (RF) spectrum certification process modeling and evaluations & systems integration activities.
His career has spanned military, federal civilian & contractor arenas as well as commercial auditing and retail sectors. With his thirty plus years of experience, Leighton has established the trends for many security certifications. He has served as the Security Manager for various commercial and governmental organizations. He has formed and directed multiple computer incident response teams. He has contributed to tests for numerous certification tests provided by various organizations. He has presented seminars, lectures, and conference presentations on multiple topics in Security and Modeling over the years.
He currently holds CISSP, CISM, CIFI, CSSLP, DHS-CVI, MBCI, CHS-III, CAS, CMAS and CISA credentials, as well as memberships in ISC2, ISACA, IISFA, ACFEI, IATAC, IEEE, Infragard, ISSA, ICFP, BCI, ASIS, AFCEA, and SCRA.
EMail: leighton.johnson@isfmt.com

Les Smith


WebURL: http://www.knowdotnet.com
BioBlurb: Les Smith is an Independent Contract Software Developer. He has been Director of Software Development at a major medical data processing company. He has also had extensive contracts at such major companies as Duke Enegery, Transamerica Reinsurance, and Wachovia. His experience ranges from developing operating systems for mainframes to developing client-server and web applications and .NET Developer Tools. He has worked for several mainframe manufacturers and has made technical presentations to top information technology management in many of the largest corporations in America. He has had project lead responsibilities in numerous commercial and goverment entities, including several NASA installations. Les is the author of Writing Add-ins for Visual Studio .NET, published by Apress. One of his hobbies is writing .NET Developer Productivity Tools and he is the developer of such products as VBCommander and VBXRef2000, NetCommander, NET Refactor, CSharpCompleter, and Visual Class Organizer.
EMail: Les@KnowDotNet.com

Lucas Vogel


WebURL: http://endpointsystems.com
BioBlurb: Lucas Vogel is a principal consultant and managing partner at Endpoint Systems, a Microsoft Partner dedicated to building software products and service-oriented business solutions for customers worldwide. Lucas is also the product manager for Figaro, an embedded, native XML database for the .NET Framework, and works extensively with the Oracle Berkeley DB product team, developing .NET products and solutions using the Oracle Berkeley DB product family.
EMail: lucas.vogel@endpointsystems.com

Mark Baggett


WebURL: http://www.indepthdefense.com
BioBlurb: Mark Baggett has been in the computer industry for 18 years. During his career Mark has held leadership positions with software development teams, network and systems engineering teams and information security for large multinational companies such as Monsanto, NutraSweet, Morris Communications and others. Today as the CISO for Morris Communications, Mark is responsible for setting policy, compliance, strategy and all aspects of information security operations. Mark holds several certificatons including the GSE, CISSP, GPEN, GCIA, GCIH and others. In his spare time Mark teaches security, hacking techinqies and incident handling for SANS.
EMail: mark.baggett@morris.com

Michael Wales


WebURL: http://www.michaelwales.com/
BioBlurb: Michael is a Senior Developer with General Dynamics Information Technology out of Fort Gordon in addition to being the sole Community Chieftain for the open source PHP framework, CodeIgniter, community. Although Michael enjoys various development topics, his primary focus over the past 10 years has been PHP- and Python-based web development.
EMail: webmaster@michaelwales.com

Mike Powell


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BioBlurb:
With fifteen years experience in information systems, Mike is currently the Director of Information Technology for Lexington County School District Three in Batesburg-Leesville, SC where he provides leadership to develop and manage the information technology strategy, vision, organization, processes, infrastructure and services in the military, industry, and public education.
EMail: mgpowell@lex3.k12.sc.us

Nancy Robb


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BioBlurb: Nancy has 20 years experience in the Information Technology field and has held numerous senior leadership positions in business applications and project management. She is employed by Arrow Electronics, Inc. and currently leads a global team in the process modeling and deployment of a company wide ERP solution. Arrow, is a worldwide distributor of electronic components and computer products. Headquartered in NY, Arrow serves as a supply chain partner through a global network of over 12,000 people operating in 53 countries. During her 12 tenure at Arrow, she has also been an innovator and teacher in developing key strategic initiatives including software development methodologies, enterprise architecture, service & value metrics, business collaboration techniques and outsourcing. Nancy also has expertise in Lean Sigma (process improvement methodology) and holds a black belt status in this area.
EMail: nrobb@arrow.com

Nick Harrison


WebURL: http://geekswithblogs.net/nharrison/Default.aspx
BioBlurb:
Nick Harrison is a Software Architect and .NET advocate in Columbia, SC. Nick has over 14 years experience in software developing, starting with Unix system programming and then progressing to the DotNet platform. You can read his blog as www.geekswithblogs.net/nharrison
EMail: neh123us@yahoo.com

Page Brooks


WebURL: http://www.pagebrooks.com
BioBlurb: Page Brooks is a Senior Software Developer for ACS Technologies, the leading provider of information management solutions for churches, schools, and other faith-based organizations. With over 10 years experience in web development, Page enjoys delivering successful web products that make a difference. Page holds a Bachelors Degree in Computer Science and Mathematics from Francis Marion University and is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (Silverlight MVP) and a Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD). As an active member of the .NET community, Page is a co-founder of the Pee Dee Area .NET User Group in Florence, SC and can also be found at many of the regional developer events throughout the Carolinas.
EMail: pagebrooks@gmail.com

Paul York


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BioBlurb:
Paul York is an Assistant Professor in Management Information Systems at Augusta State University. He is a seasoned veteran of information systems development, having been a IS consultant and development manager for over 10 years prior to moving into academia. His most recent professional experience is in architecting and constructing enterprise-grade web-based applications in both J2EE and .Net.
EMail: pyork@aug.edu

Peter Mourfield


WebURL: http://www.mourfield.com
BioBlurb:
Pete has been developing software for nearly 20 years and currently work for TaxSlayer.com, an online income tax preparation web site. He leads the Augusta Developers Guild and holds a number of certifications including; Microsoft Certified Professional Developer
(MCPD) in Web Development and a Certified SCRUM Master. Pete blogs at www.mourfield.com
EMail: pete@mourfield.com

Roger Ward


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BioBlurb:
Speaker profile forthcoming
EMail: rogerw@gmail.com

Scott Johnson


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BioBlurb:
Scott Johnson is the Vice President of Development for ESi, Acquisition Inc.  He has 11 years of software development experience with three years of managing the development of commercial-off-the-shelf software products for the Emergency Management industry.  Scott is a Computer Science graduate of Augusta State University and has worked his way from a junior developer position to Vice President of one of Augusta’s fastest growing technology companies.
EMail: SJohnson@ESI911.com

Steven Romej


WebURL: http://slidetorock.com/
BioBlurb:
I've been developing iPhone applications for over a year and my apps have spent time in the Top 100 in their respective categories.
I develop custom iPhone apps, whether it's an app highly tailored to your own business or a more simple branded experience.
EMail: steven.romej@gmail.com

Todd Schultz


WebURL: http://www.aug.edu/~sbatas
BioBlurb:
Todd is a professor of MIS at Augusta State University. His academic background is operations research -- or analytics in today's vernacular -- but his practical experience is in business software, database, and business intelligence.
EMail: tschultz@aug.edu