 | Name :
Aaron Tan Dani
Designation :
Senior Architecture Advisor
Company :
Microsoft Malaysia
Biodata :
Aaron is a Senior Architecture Advisor with Microsoft Malaysia and was elected as an elite member of the Microsoft Field Architect Council. He is responsible for engaging with enterprise IT Architects and Senior Technical Decision Makers in cultivating the importance of Software Architecture Practices and the Architect Profession for the IT industry. He is also the Chairman of the International Association of Software Architect (IASA) for the APAC Region that spans over 15 countries, as well as the co-founder of the Independent Software Architect Council of Malaysia (ISAC Malaysia). As an entrepreneurial leader with diversified experiences, he has more than 13 years of experience in various software development projects. Aaron holds a Master of Technology from the National University of Singapore and a Bachelor of Computer and Mathematical Sciences from the University of Western Australia.
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 | Name :
Adam Cogan
Designation :
SSW Chief Architect and Microsoft Regional Director
Company :
www.ssw.com.au
Biodata :
Adam Cogan is the Chief Architect at SSW, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner specializing in Office and .NET Solutions. Adam is one of only three Microsoft Regional Directors in Australia. In this role, he regularly presents in conferences such as TechEd (USA, Australia, New Zealand and Malaysia).
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 | Name :
Adrian Ku
Designation :
Group Manager
Company :
ISA Technologies Sdn Bhd
Biodata :
Adrian is the Group Manager for the Consulting Services Group in ISA Technologies. He’s been working in the IT industry for over 9 years and has been involved in numerous Microsoft Enterprise infrastructure projects in Malaysia.
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 | Name :
Alan Andrew Dias
Designation :
Director of Training and Technology
Company :
COMAT Training Services Pte Ltd (Singapore)
Biodata :
Alan Andrew Dias is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for Device Application Development, and also a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) specializing in enabling developers in building real world applications using the latest Microsoft technologies. His key interest is in the area of extending and interoperating Microsoft Applications namely MSCRM and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server with .NET Applications. He enjoys training developers on .NET using VSTO 2005 SE, Windows Mobile 5 and 6.0. He works closely with Microsoft in training and evangelizing Office Business Applications and Web application development with .NET
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 | Name :
Alecia Heng
Designation :
Principal Consultant
Company :
JC Creative Maximus Sdn Bhd
Biodata :
As an entrepreneurial leader with diversified experiences, Alecia has more than 12 years of experience in various strategic initiatives and engagements to help businesses in leveraging Information Technology. Her experiences include Strategic Enterprise Management, Business Values of IT, BPR, Knowledge Management, e-Business Initiatives & Strategic Consultancy for the industry sector of Education, manufacturing, Logistics & FSI. She is a frequent public speaker at IT & Business conferences across the region. She holds a Master of Technology from the National University of Singapore, Postgraduate in Information System from Curtin University, Australia and a Bachelor of Computer and Mathematical Sciences from the University of Western Australia. In addition, she also holds professional certification for CNA, CNE, MCSE, MCP & MCT.
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| Name :
Alex Lim
Designation :
Chief Technology Officer
Company :
Clarify Consulting
Biodata :
Alex Lim, SQL Server MVP, is the CTO of Clarify Consulting. His experience includes designing and developing Business Intelligence solutions for enterprise customers, web based front-end analytics that tightly integrate to the SQL Server 2005 BI Platform and delivering BI presentation to the technical and business community.
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 | Name :
Andre Ngo
Designation :
Mobile Solutions Manager - Technology Specialist
Company :
Microsoft Singapore
Biodata :
Andre is the Mobile Solutions Manager Technology Specialist. He has been working for Microsoft for almost 5 years now. First for Microsoft Philippines where he was a Product Manager for Developer Tools. Then as a Technology Specialist for E-Business Solutions handling SQL Server, BizTalk Server, Commerce Server, Content Management Server and Host Integration Server.
Afterwards, he joined Microsoft Operations in Singapore as a Product Specialist for Windows Mobile. Where he spent almost two years training, supporting and managing all Windows Mobile related technical inquiries. Before finally becoming the Mobile Solutions Manager Technology Specialist. He now focuses in providing pre-sales technical and architectural support for large-scale solutions at strategic Mobile Operators (MO) accounts, focusing on Windows Mobile commercialization and GTM mobile solutions.
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 | Name :
Bikesh Lakhmichand aka Mike
Designation :
Senior Manager
Company :
iTrain
Biodata :
Bikesh (MCT, MCTS, ITIL, MSF Practitioner) is co-founder of iTrain a Microsoft Gold Certified Learning Solutions Partner. He has the technical expertise in a vast variety of programming languages, development tools and software process models. With over 10 years of training and development experience in the IT industry, and being an early adopter of .NET, he is now conducting projects to promote best practices in .NET development among government agencies in Malaysia with collaborative efforts of Microsoft and INTAN.
Bikesh holds a Bachelors degree in Computer Science from University Science Malaysia and is currently working on his master research on Collaborative Team Development with University of Malaya and University of Kyoto, Japan.
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 | Name :
Chewy Chong
Designation :
Developer Evangelist
Company :
Microsoft Singapore
Biodata :
Chewy Chong is the Developer Evangelist for Microsoft Singapore. He has been in the technology industry for over 12 years and has been afforded the pleasure of exploring the industry in a wide variety of roles from trainer, Infrastructure Consultant, working a cash register to Software Developer. His numerous adventures have brought him throughout North America, Australia and now Singapore. Chewy loves the thrill of solving problems, strives to know how everything works and is proud of being a geek. Chewy holds a Bachelors of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Georgia Tech. He is a CCNA, MCSE, MCSD and MCDBA.
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 | Name :
Chiu Kiang Phua
Designation :
Management Consultant
Company :
PCK CONSULTING
Biodata :
Chiu Kiang is the principal of PCK Consulting, a niche provider for Microsoft .NET consulting and training services . He works with customers on implementing best practice strategies in developing enterprise and integration solutions.
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 | Name :
Chor How Beh
Designation :
Consultant
Company :
ISA Technologies Sdn Bhd
Biodata :
Beh is a consultant at ISA Technologies and has been involved in the planning, design and implementation of Active Directory and MS Exchange in the enterprise space in Malaysia. As a system administrator before and solutions consultant for Active Directory and MS Exchange, he gained experience and his passion grew in IT management solutions. He has since been focusing on Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) and System Center products.
Beh holds an Honors degree in Information Technology (Information System Engineering) from Multimedia University, Malaysia and is a Microsoft Certified Professional.
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| Name :
Chris Chin
Designation :
Customer Advocate
Company :
Microsoft Singapore
Biodata :
Chris Chin has more than 17 years of working experience in the IT and software development field. He started his career as a project manager with the Information Technology Institute of the National Computer Board of Singapore (now IDA) and subsequently worked as a consulting manager and a marketing manager with Hewlett Packard. He then spent 1.5 years as the Director of Knowledge Management Practice with Lotus Development/IBM before setting up his own company SurfGold Pte Ltd which specialized in data mining and warehousing technologies for the distribution industry. He joined Microsoft in late 2004 as a Customer Advocate for the Database workload.
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| Name :
Chun Fai Ng
Designation :
Senior Technical Account Manager
Company :
Microsoft Malaysia
Biodata :
10 years in the IT industry with the past 5 years in Microsoft Services providing support to one of the largest customer
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 | Name :
Daniel van Soest
Designation :
IT Pro Evangelist
Company :
Microsoft Netherlands
Biodata :
Daniel van Soest is working for Microsoft Netherlands as an IT Pro Evangelist. In his role he delivers technical sessions and demonstrations for large audiences on technical infrastructure related issues. Daniel mainly focuses on migration, deployment, security and operational strategies of Windows based infrastructures. Besides local events he also presented on DevDays Belgium, Tech•Ed Israel, Tech•Ed ITforum Barcelona and other international events
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 | Name :
Darien Nagle
Designation :
Technology Specialist Director
Company :
Microsoft Malaysia
Biodata :
Darien has been involved with IT for nearly 20 years. Before joining Microsoft, Darien worked with one of Malaysia's largest web sites, The Star Online, providing consultancy specifically in the areas of security, network architecture and optimization. Darien is currently the Technology Specialist Director with Microsoft Malaysia and holds an MCSE (Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer) and an MCDBA (Microsoft Certified Database Administrator) in SQL Server. His current areas of expertise are the Windows Server Application Platform, Enterprise Application Integration (EAI), Mainframe Integration, High Performance Computing and eternally, Security. He also holds an MSc in Software Engineering from Staffordshire University in the UK. Darien has been with Microsoft Malaysia since 2001.
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 | Name :
Darren Sim
Designation :
Developer Evangelist
Company :
Microsoft Singapore
Biodata :
Darren has spoken in over 30 premium conferences internationally (VSLIVE! San Francisco, MSDN Technical Briefing, ReMix, and more) and has won many awards, including the Golden Web Awards and the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Award. He is currently working as a Developer Evangelist in the Developer and Platform Group in Microsoft Singapore.
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 | Name :
David Chan
Designation :
Solutions Specialist
Company :
Microsoft Singapore
Biodata :
David Chan is a Solutions Specialist for Unified Communications Services with Microsoft Operations, responsible for sales development and marketing strategies to grow the Unified Communications Services business in Asia Pacific.
David has more than 10 years of sales and marketing experience in the IT industry with responsibilities ranging from account management to business development. Prior to joining Microsoft, David held appointments with IBM, Computer Associates and Check Point Software Technologies.
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| Name :
David Foo
Designation :
Storage TSP
Company :
Microsoft S.E.A
Biodata :
David Foo, have been working in the computer Industry for the last 18 years spending the last 12 years in Microsoft. He has undertaken various roles and portfolios ranging from Sales, presales, security lead, Business Development and his latest as the technical evangelist for Storage in the Incubation team that champions the newer range of products that Microsoft carries. He brings with him a wealth of knowledge and experience that he can share the benefit of the attendees
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 | Name :
David Roundtree
Designation :
Sr. Security Solution Specialist
Company :
Microsoft Corporation
Biodata :
David works within the Security Solutions Group for Microsoft. He is responsible for working with enterprise customers to develop a security strategy using Microsoft Security technologies. He joined Microsoft 10 years ago. His experience with customers includes infrastructure architectural design and perimeter security in the financial, public, and commercial sectors.
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 | Name :
Dele Akinsade
Designation :
Senior Unified Communications Technology Specialist
Company :
Microsoft Corporation
Biodata :
Dele Akinsade is a 6 year Microsoft veteran and has over 15 years of IT experience primarily in Messaging and Collaboration products, directories and security. Dele has had several roles at Microsoft from working as an infrastructure consultant with Microsoft Services to his current role as a Unified Communications Technology Specialist. Dele has been a technical presenter at Tech Ed in Japan, Australia, New Zealand and all over the United States. He has a very deep passion for technology and his hobbies include Golf, Travelling, Reading and Current Affairs.
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 | Name :
Dirk Primbs
Designation :
Developer Evangelist
Company :
Microsoft Germany
Biodata :
Dirk Primbs works as a Developer Evangelist based in Microsoft Germany. While he’s interested in .NET based development technologies in general, he has developed a sincere passion for secure coding on one hand and game development on the other. He regularly speaks at technology events and is an author in various technology magazines focusing on Microsoft technologies.
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| Name :
Doug Mahugh
Designation :
Open XML Specialist
Company :
Microsoft Corporation
Biodata :
Doug Mahugh is an Open XML specialist who travels the world teaching developers how to work with the Open XML file formats. His 29-year career in software development includes 16 years as an entrepreneur; he has been with Microsoft since 2005.
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 | Name :
Doug Seven
Designation :
Senior Product Manager
Company :
Microsoft Corporation
Biodata :
Doug Seven is a Senior Product Manager for Visual Studio Team System, focusing on ensuring development teams are able to collaborate and communicate throughout the entire application lifecycle. Prior to this role, Doug was a Senior Development Lead in Microsoft.com where he transitioned a “traditional”; cross-functional development team to Agile methodologies using VSTS with Team Foundation Server. This transition included the implementation of test-driven development, paired programming, and Scrum. Doug has co-authored several books on Microsoft technologies, and spends a great deal of time engaging with, and supporting the community.
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 | Name :
Doug Turnure
Designation :
Developer Evangelist
Company :
Microsoft Corporation
Biodata :
Doug Turnure is a Developer Evangelist with Microsoft Corporation, focusing on .NET technologies. He spends his days as a developer, author, trainer, and occasional conference speaker. Prior to joining Microsoft, he spent five years as an instructor and course author with DevelopMentor and Aggelos. Doug is based in Atlanta, GA.,U.S.A..
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 | Name :
Edwin Sarmiento
Designation :
Systems Engineer/DBA
Company :
Fujitsu Asia Pte Ltd
Biodata :
Edwin Sarmiento works as a senior systems engineer/DBA for Fujitsu Asia Pte. Ltd in Singapore and is responsible for maintaining 200+ servers and databases for a global client in 10 countries. He is very passionate about technology and works on mobility and business intelligence during his spare time aside from Windows SBS. He lives up to his primary mission statement - "To help people grow and develop their full potential as God has planned for them"
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 | Name :
Eric Ku
Designation :
Senior Manager
Company :
iTrain
Biodata :
Eric Ku (MCT, MCTS, ITIL), has been in the IT industry for the past 13 years. He has extensive experience in the IT consulting and training arena. He is the co-founder of iTrain, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner for Learning Solutions.
Eric has conducted a wide range of professional IT training which cover topics such as database management, project management and networking. His passion is in creating training programmes that suit the customer’s need.
Eric holds a Bachelor degree of Computer Science from the University Science Malaysia. He is currently working on his master research on Strategic IT Outsourcing with the University of Malaya (UM).
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 | Name :
Fun Jin Lim
Designation :
Technical Director
Company :
ISA Technologies Sdn. Bhd.
Biodata :
Fun Jin is the Technical Director at ISA Technologies. He leads the team in technology direction and implementation of solutions and strategic service offerings for enterprise clients in the market place. He has extensive experience in the FSI, Government, Telco and Oil and Gas Sector and is the Microsoft Regional Director for Malaysia.
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 | Name :
Foo Shen Wu
Designation :
Technical Specialist Professional, SharePoint Platform
Company :
Microsoft Malaysia
Biodata :
FooShen has worked on SharePoint technologies since its first release and MS Content Management Server in various customer engagements in the region (Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand). A developer at heart, FooShen has spent 6 years with solution partners prior to joining Microsoft as the Technical Specialist for SharePoint platform.
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 | Name :
Gerald Hoong
Designation :
Training Manager
Company :
Info Trek Sdn Bhd
Biodata :
Gerald Hoong is the Training Manager as well as the principal consultant trainer for Info Trek Sdn. Bhd., a Microsoft Gold CPLS. He has been in the industry for 11 year, majoring in development areas using Microsoft .NET technologies in both Visual Basic .NET and Visual C#. He has extensive experience in Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft SharePoint technologies and has conducted numerous workshops on Windows Vista, Office 2007, Windows Server 2008 and Visual Studio Team System for Microsoft Malaysia. He was recently awarded with MVP status for SQL Server.
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 | Name :
Hoong Fai Lai
Designation :
Sr ISV Tech Advisor
Company :
Microsoft Malaysia
Biodata :
Fai is a Senior ISV Technology Advisor with Microsoft Malaysia. He engages the community of ISV (Independent Software Vendors) developers in Malaysia. He reviews ISV partners’ existing architectures and provide guidance on emerging technologies to help ISV partners to strategically align with Microsoft’s product roadmap and plan for the future.
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 | Name :
Hyeon Seok Shin
Designation :
Asia Pacific Web Platform Architect Evangelist
Company :
Microsoft Asia Pacific
Biodata :
Hyeon Seok Shin is a Web Platform Architect Evangelist in Microsoft Asia Pacific. He has been with Microsoft since February 2006 working with hosting companies in diverse countries including Korea, Australia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, etc. Prior to joining Microsoft, he worked as a software developer, database administrator and system engineer in Korea’s global company Samsung SDS for 9 years, specializing as an IT Outsourcing business manager in Samsung Networks for 3 years. He holds a BSc. in Computer Science from the University of Seoul.
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 | Name :
Ian Hameroff
Designation :
Senior Product Manager
Company :
Microsoft Corporation
Biodata :
As senior product manager in the Security and Access Product Marketing group at Microsoft, Ian Hameroff is responsible for the product management and marketing of the networking and network security features of Microsoft Windows Server. In this role, Hameroff drives the go-to-market strategy for key initiatives, such as Server and Domain Isolation, Scalable Networking, and IPv6 adoption. Hameroff holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Plattsburgh State University of New York and is a CISSP.
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| Name :
Jabez Gan Ming Teik
Designation :
IT Consultant
Company :
Omazzaff Resources
Biodata :
Jabez Gan is a Microsoft MVP since 2006 and an author on MSBlog (http://www.msblog.org) which focuses on Microsoft related technologies and news. He is currently the senior technical officer of Omazzaff Resources and a student in University of Nottingham. He develops technical contents and provides managed IT services to SMEs.
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 | Name :
James Whittred
Designation :
Solution Architect
Company :
Microsoft
Biodata :
James’ focus is to assist Asia Pacific governments and agencies to drive their technology and architecture strategy. With over 7 years in Microsoft and 18 years in the IT industry, James provides a wealth of solution experience, gained from both direct project engagement and strategic consultancy.
He has worked on a number of significant projects in the region including the Australian Business Names Registry and the Indonesian Election System and is a regular speaker at regional industry events.
James is currently assisting several Governments in the Asia Pacific region with developing their e-Government strategies.
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 | Name :
Jeff Alexander
Designation :
IT Pro Evangelist
Company :
Microsoft Australia
Biodata :
Jeff Alexander started at Microsoft in August 1987 as a Support Professional focusing on operating systems and desktop applications for Enterprise Customers. Since then he spent 6 years in Microsoft’s internal IT team as a datacenter manager, one of his biggest projects being a server consolidation of the Sydney site to Singapore. Jeff now focuses his passion for Infrastructure and management technologies as an IT Pro Evangelist promoting and enabling the community of IT Professionals through vehicles as TechNet events, blogging, the TechNet Web Site , User Groups, MVPs and online webcasts.
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 | Name :
Jeff Low
Designation :
Solutions Specialist
Company :
Microsoft Malaysia
Biodata :
Jeff Low is a Solutions Specialist with Microsoft Malaysia specializing in Windows Client technologies and is a regular technical speaker at technology events. In his 6+ years in Microsoft, he has worked with a variety of technologies and currently assists customers to leverage the latest desktop optimization technologies in their organizations. With over 15 years of IT industry experience, Jeff has a diverse background as a former Microsoft Certified Trainer, CIO of a dotcom ISV and former AS/400 Developer.
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 | Name :
Jeremy Boyd
Designation :
Director
Company :
Mindscape
Biodata :
Jeremy (JB) is an entrepreneur and experienced solutions developer and consultant with over 7 years experience in the Australasian market. With Mindscape, Jeremy is focused on building high quality software products and tools. As a New Zealand Microsoft Regional Director and MVP for SQL Server, Jeremy has been actively involved in growing the New Zealand .NET Community.
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| Name :
Joel Oleson
Designation :
Sr. Product Manager
Company :
Microsoft Corporation
Biodata :
As Sr. Technical Product Manager for SharePoint Products and Technologies, Joel Oleson owns the technical messaging and product positioning for the IT Professional audience for the SharePoint Team. With more than 10 years of experience in the Internet industry, Joel has a vast background in web technologies. First, starting out with Internet and intranet application web design including enterprise backend data storage. Later he moved into design and infrastructure architecture, engineering. Previous to his nearly 7 years at Microsoft, Joel spent a few years at a large telecommunications company designing extranets and deploying intranet business applications including a DSL provisioning web app. In 2000, he was brought in to lead the initial deployment and service offering of an early version of both SharePoint Team Services and SharePoint Portal Server which would become the largest and most influential deployment of SharePoint Products and Technologies. Over the next 5 years he would play the role of lead architect in deployment of Microsoft’s global intranet portal and collaboration service offering. Joel rarely misses an opportunity to present at large technical events. From Kuala Lumpur to Amsterdam and Barcelona.
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 | Name :
John Eldridge
Designation :
Web 2.0 Evangelist
Company :
Microsoft Corporation
Biodata :
John is an Evangelist for Microsoft specializing in SOA, Web 2.0, and Digital Media, working with Top Websites and Enterprise Accounts. Prior to joining Microsoft, John was a senior consultant for a large Canadian Management Consulting company in the areas of enterprise solution delivery and project planning. He was responsible for architecting and delivering Enterprise SOA projects within a government program that involved more than $100,000,000 US in funding and a 7 year implementation period. John holds an MBA from a leading Canadian Business School and numerous technical certifications. |
 | Name :
John Phillips
Designation :
Enterprise Technology Strategist
Company :
Microsoft Asia Pacific
Biodata :
John joined Microsoft in January 2006 in Asia Pacific as the Enterprise Technology Strategist for ‘Identity & Access Management’ within the EPG Compete Global team. Originally from Auckland, now in Asia since 1999. He has a wide range of competitive experience during his 20+ years in IT solutions. Including Identity, Directory, Security and Management tools. |
 | Name :
Justin Francis
Designation :
Technology Specialist
Company :
Microsoft Malaysia
Biodata :
Justin has been involved with IT for nearly 10 years. Prior to joining Microsoft, he worked as a System Architect responsible for design and deploying Microsoft based technology for enterprise customers. Currently he works for Microsoft Malaysia as a Technology Specialist taking care of the Windows Server Platform. His areas of expertise are Identity, Security and Networking.
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 | Name :
Kathy Kam
Designation :
Program Manager
Company :
Microsoft Corporation
Biodata :
Kathy Kam is a program manager on the UI Frameworks team. She has been with Microsoft since 2001, starting her career with Microsoft as a developer in Microsoft Office Outlook. She shipped Microsoft Office Outlook 2003, and worked on Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 until code complete. She joined the .NET Framework team in October 2005, and worked on several features in the Base Class Library team for the upcoming release of Visual Studio Codename "Orcas".
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 | Name :
Ken Schaefer
Designation :
Consultant
Company :
Avanade
Biodata :
Ken is a consultant with global systems integrator Avanade in their Infrastructure and Security practice. Avanade is a joint partnership between Microsoft and Accenture. Ken is a Microsoft MVP for Windows Server (IIS), and has written books, technical articles and presented at a number of Tech.Ed events on Internet Information Services.
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| Name :
Leon Booth
Designation :
Solution Sales Professional
Company :
Microsoft
Biodata :
Leon Booth is a Solution Sales Professional focused on SoftGrid and the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack who has over 10 years experience of Microsoft's enterprise products. He holds a degree in Computing and Business Analysis and has spent the last 7 years at Microsoft working in various roles. His previous role involved working very closely with key Enterprise customers in the Financial Services Industry as an Account Technology Specialist. Prior to that Leon was a Technical Account Manager and Windows Platform Engineer. Before joining Microsoft Leon was involved in architecting, deploying and managing large scale IT infrastructures for CitiGroup, NSW Department of Education and Training and Intel (UK).
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 | Name :
Li Chuan Tan
Designation :
Consultant
Company :
ISA Technologies Sdn Bhd
Biodata :
In her earlier years in ISA Technologies, LC was involved in the planning, design and implementation of Active Directory and MS Exchange in the enterprise space in Malaysia. As solutions for Active Directory and MS Exchange in the enterprise typically involve the implementation of the management layer as well, she gained experience and her passion grew in the space for management solutions. She has been since focusing on Systems Management Server (SMS) and Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) whereby she has implemented projects both locally and internationally. LC holds an Honours degree in Computer Science from Coventry University, United Kingdom and is a Microsoft Certified Professional.
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 | Name :
Li Hung Lee
Designation :
Consultant
Company :
ISA Technologies Sdn Bhd
Biodata :
Li hung is a Consultant for the Consulting Services Group in ISA Technologies. She has experience working in and with enterprise clients on Enterprise Infrastructure Deployments. A Bachelor of Science, she has employed her keen inquisitive mind into exploring the technologies that is Microsoft.
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| Name :
Loke Uei Tan
Designation :
Technical Product Manager
Company :
Microsoft Corporation
Biodata :
Well into his fourteenth year in software development, Tan has been working for Microsoft for five years. He has been voted Top Developer Evangelist for Asia Pacific in 2004. His current role, he is responsible for creating and deploying technical resource and content to over 800 field evangelists within Microsoft on all Windows Mobile topics and technologies. He was the Content Lead for the Microsoft Mobile and Embedded Devices Conference in 2006.
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 | Name :
Maria Green
Designation :
IT Pro Evangelist
Company :
Microsoft Asia Pacific
Biodata :
Maria Green is working as an IT Pro Evangelist at Microsoft Asia Pacific. She is focusing on Windows Server and Client and client security is an important part of that. She has been presenting at numerous Forefront launch events in the region.
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 | Name :
Mark Dunn
Designation :
Regional Director
Company :
DUNN Training
Biodata :
Mark Dunn is the president of DUNN Training and Consulting, a Gold Certified Microsoft Partner based in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A. Mark is the Microsoft Regional Director covering the Southeast and a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) in the area of Visual Basic .NET. He is also co-founder of the .Net Rocks! Podcast with Carl Franklin. Mark is a Microsoft Certified Trainer, Application Developer, Solution Developer and Database Administrator.
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 | Name :
Maung Maung Phyo
Designation :
Senior Consultant
Company :
NCS Pte Ltd
Biodata :
Maung Maung is a senior consultant at NCS Pte Ltd, the largest Singapore IT firm. Assuming the role of team lead, he designs and implements numerous solutions using .NET platform and technologies. Before joining NCS, he was a technical instructor who conducts training locally and regionally on various Microsoft technologies. He was awarded Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) in Visual Developer - Security category. Maung Maung, being passionate about technologies, loves getting his hands dirty with latest Microsoft servers and technologies, and enjoys sharing his knowledge with others.
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 | Name :
Michael J. Nappi
Designation :
Product Unit Manager
Company :
Microsoft Corp
Biodata :
Since joining Microsoft in 1995, Mike has worked in or led engineering teams responsible for various Windows Server System products - including Site Server, Commerce Server, and BizTalk Server. Recently, Mike joined the Management & Solutions Division (MSD) to lead a new product unit focused on delivering asset & license management technologies into future versions of System Center.
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 | Name :
Milan Gross
Designation :
Principal
Company :
Synergy Corporate Technologies
Biodata :
Milan Gross is a consultant and trainer with over 10 years experience. He is the President of Synergy Corporate Technologies, Asia Pacific and is the co-author of two books from Microsoft press: The Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Administrator’s Companion and The Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Pocket Consultant.
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| Name :
Neil Roodyn (Dr)
Designation :
Company :
Via Windows Live
Biodata :
English born, Dr. Neil travels the world working with software companies. He loves Australia, where he spends the summer enjoying the Sydney lifestyle and helping software development teams get more productive. Dr. Neil spends his other summer each year flying between northern Europe and the USA working with software teams and writing about his experiences.
Dr. Neil has been closely associated with leading edge technologies for the last fifteen years. Neil studied Software Architectures for Real Time Systems at University College London, for which he received a PhD.
In 2005 Dr. Neil created the ViaVirtualEarth.com developer community and is considered a thought leader in the realm of Live Services.
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 | Name :
Nicholas Dritsas
Designation :
Principal Program Manager
Company :
Microsoft Corp
Biodata :
Nicholas Dritsas has been working with SQL Server and Business Intelligence for the past 10+ years as part of Microsoft Consulting Services and SQL Server Product Group. In his time at MCS, he acted as a Lead Architect to a number of Fortune 500 SQL Server and BI implementations, including Hilton Hotels, Nestle USA and Walt Disney. Since last year, he joined the SQL Server’s Customer Advisory Team working with the largest and most complex SQL Server and BI projects in Asia. Nicholas has presented numerous times in internal and external events and conferences around BI subjects and best practices.
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| Name :
Nicole Loh
Designation :
Technology Solution Professional – Data Platform
Company :
Microsoft Malaysia
Biodata :
Nicole is a Technology Solution Professional with Microsoft Malaysia focusing on data platform solutions. She has over 11 years of working experience in the Information Technology industry. Her areas of competency include enterprise Data Warehousing and Data Mining for BI implementations
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.jpg) | Name :
Nitin S Paranjape (Dr)
Designation :
Chairman and Managing Director
Company :
Maestros Mediline Systems Limited
Biodata :
Dr Paranjape is a prolific trainer and orator. He is a MVP for Microsoft Office systems. His passion is to generate guaranteed benefits for customers by appropriate utilization of technology. He is currently working across APAC with Microsoft to demonstrate Business Value of Office, EPM, UC and the MS platform.
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 | Name :
Oliver Scheer
Designation :
Developer Evangelist
Company :
Microsoft Germany
Biodata :
Oliver Scheer is a Developer Evangelist from Germany. His focus is on general topics of UX, current and up-and-coming web technologies, and especially Silverlight. He has worked for several years as a developer for different media and consulting companies, and joined Microsoft two years ago.
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| Name :
Oliver Yao
Designation :
Developer Lead
Company :
Microsoft China
Biodata :
As Developer Lead for SQL Server, Oliver Yao leads one SQL Server R&D team in China. His team is currently responsible for Upgrade Advisor, SQLDUTT, SQL Profiler and other utilities of SQL Server product.
He joined SQL Server and Microsoft in 1999. He started with Microsoft Product Support Services group as the SQL Server Support Professional, served the role as senior SQL Server Escalation Engineer before moving to SQL Server Product Group. Over the years , he has contributed to the experience of SQL Server 6.5, 7.0, 2000, 2005 and the development of next SQL Server version.
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 | Name :
Patrick Yong
Designation :
Office Business Application Specialist
Company :
Microsoft Malaysia
Biodata :
Patrick is helping ISV partners in Malaysia to adopt Office Business Applications in their software architecture. OBA is all about adding value to software products by leveraging the 2007 Microsoft Office System and Patrick is very excited to share with you about this new breed of software architecture.
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| Name :
Paul Cannon
Designation :
Company :
Biodata :
Paul joined Groove Networks in 2002 as a Field Technology Specialist helping present and implement Groove Virtual Office. During the past 5 years, Paul has helped hundreds of customers understand and embrace the value of Groove in a wide variety of customer environments including defence, public Sector, and well as commercial. With the acquisition Of Groove Networks by Microsoft in 2005, Paul has been based in regional Microsoft headquarters in Singapore to help evangelize the value of Office Enterprise and Groove in today’s new “flat world of communications”.
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| Name :
Peter Green
Designation :
The Big Woo Hoo
Company :
Woo Hoo
Biodata :
Formerly part of the regional evangelism team at Microsoft, now Peter is a Microsoft MVP and a frequent speaker at developer conferences. Peter is a Canadian expatriate who now lives in Europe with his family. When not programming, Peter is outdoors doing something, or traveling.
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 | Name :
Pekka Niikkonen
Designation :
Program Manager
Company :
Microsoft Corporation
Biodata :
Pekka Niikkonen is a program manager in the Windows Networking Ecosystem Technologies group in the Core Operating Systems Division at Microsoft. Current responsibilities include network diagnostics and health monitoring functionality in Windows.
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| Name :
Phil Goldie
Designation :
Nortel Microsoft Alliance Leader, Asia
Company :
Nortel
Biodata :
After gaining extensive experience managing mission critical networks for several large financial institutions in London, Philip joined Nortel in 2000 and held a number of engineering and product management positions in Europe before moving to the Asia region in late 2002.
In his current role, Philip is responsible for the overall strategy and successful go-to-market execution of the Nortel and Microsoft Innovative Communications Alliance in Asia.
Philip is the co-author of a book entitled “Optimizing Network Performance with Content Switching” published through Prentice Hall in August 2003. Philip is also in-demand as a speaker at industry events and conferences.
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 | Name :
Poh Sze Lim
Designation :
Technology Advisor
Company :
Microsoft Malaysia
Biodata :
Poh Sze works as a Technology Advisor with Microsoft Malaysia and works closely with the ISV community in adopting Microsoft technology especially on .NET-related development. Besides providing technical support to the local ISVs, she is also involved in driving excitement about new Microsoft technologies and platforms in the local developer communities such as MIND and various universities and colleges.
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 | Name :
Prakash Sundaresan
Designation :
Product Unit Manager, SQL Server
Company :
Microsoft Corp
Biodata :
As Product Unit Manager for SQL Server, Prakash Sundaresan leads the SQL Server R&D team in China. Prior to taking on this role, Prakash served as Director for Strategy for SQL Server responsible for long-term product and business strategy including planning for future releases. Prakash joined Microsoft in 1998 and has contributed to the development of SQL Server 7.0, SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server 2005 in various leadership roles. Prior to joining Microsoft, Prakash worked in the database teams at Informix Corp. and DEC. Prakash holds a Masters in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin and an MBA from the University of Washington.
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| Name :
Praveen Srivatsa
Designation :
Director
Company :
AsthraSoft
Biodata :
Praveen has over twelve years of experience in delivering solutions on Microsoft platforms. The CEO of AsthraSoft, he has built a technology consulting company that specializes in working on beta products and providing guidance to enterprise customers on Microsoft technologies. He has recently guided AsthraSoft to launch an online e-Mentoring service – InfoDesk.
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 | Name :
Raymond Chou
Designation :
Director of Technology
Company :
Redynamics Asia Sdn Bhd
Biodata :
Raymond is the Director of Technology for Redynamics Asia Sdn Bhd, a dynamic future-driven company that focuses on delivering purposeful IT Training and providing systems management solutions. He has been in the IT field for 10 years, is a Microsoft Certified Trainer and is focused on Microsoft’s System Center range of products.
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 | Name :
Rohan Thomas
Designation :
Developer Technology Advisor
Company :
Microsoft Malaysia
Biodata :
Rohan, a Developer Technology Advisor with Microsoft Malaysia, is currently focused on UX, Live, and the Next Web. He works with partners, universities and other companies to promote innovation in the User Experience and Designer/ Developer space, helping them fill the gap between Developers and Designers. Talk to him and find out how!
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 | Name :
Ron Jacobs
Designation :
Host of ARCast.TV
Company :
Microsoft Corporation
Biodata :
Ron Jacobs is an Architect Evangelist in Microsoft's Architecture Strategy Team based in Redmond, Washington. After a long career as a developer, program manager for various Microsoft products and product manager for patterns & practices, Ron became host of the Channel9 show ARCast. A popular conference speaker Ron brings together solid architectural content and a sense of humor to help you succeed in building architecturally sound and secure applications.
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 | Name :
Ronald Beekelaar
Designation :
Consultant
Company :
Beekelaar Consultancy
Biodata :
Ronald Beekelaar is an independent consultant with extensive experience in Windows Server security, network infrastructure design, and virtual machine technology. He is a frequent presenter in international industry events including Microsoft TechEd covering topics such as IPSec, ISA Server, Forefront and Windows Server Virtualization. Ronald is MCSE, MCT, and MVP in both Windows Security and Virtual Machine technology. This year is the fifth time Ronald present at TechEd in Malaysia.
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 | Name :
Sarah Wong
Designation :
Solutions Specialist
Company :
Mesiniaga Bhd
Biodata :
Sarah Wong is currently a Solution Specialist in Mesiniaga Bhd., Microsoft Gold Partner. Sarah has both technical and presales experience in system management solutions.
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 | Name :
Sarbjit Singh Gill
Designation :
Principal Consultant
Company :
Gill Technologies
Biodata :
Mr. Sarbjit Singh Gill has 18 years worth of experience in the IT world. He is currently an Independent Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) and Principal Consultant for Gill Technologies, a solutions consulting company he started. Gill Technologies provides consulting services to SI, ISV and customers who seek specialist advice and consulting on Microsoft Technologies. He has presented at Technical Workshops and Microsoft events like TechEd USA, TechEd Asia/South East Asia, TechNet, MSDN Connection, Product Launches, Microsoft Partner and Customer Briefing, Community/User Group event and even pre-sales technical presentations for Microsoft directly for their customers. He is currently also a Microsoft MVP for Windows Management (MOM). His core expertise includes SQL Server 2005, Windows Management, Connected Systems, SharePoint Technologies, InfoPath and Dot Net Framework 3.0 WF, Windows 2003 Server Systems. In his professional life in the IT industry, he has progressed from HP 3000 MPE/XL minicomputers to VMS, NetWare, IBM Systems to Microsoft Technologies. He is currently also a Microsoft MVP for Windows Management (MOM). His core expertise includes SQL Server 2005, Windows Management, Connected Systems, SharePoint Technologies, InfoPath and Dot Net Framework 3.0 WF, Windows 2003 Server Systems.
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 | Name :
Say Leong Lim
Designation :
Technology Specialist – Messaging
Company :
Microsoft Malaysia
Biodata :
As a technical sales professional, Say Leong works closely with account managers and solution specialists to engage enterprise customers in the area of the Information Worker category of Microsoft products and technologies. Specifically, his focus area is on the unified messaging space which comprises of Microsoft server applications such as Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007, Microsoft Exchange server 2007, and Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Server 2007. During his 16 year IT career, he has worked as a programmer analyst, system analyst, project manager, consultant, helpdesk, support engineer, and now technical sales to evangelize Microsoft products and technologies.
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 | Name :
Scott Golightly
Designation :
Senior Principal Consultant
Company :
Keane Federal Systems, Inc.
Biodata :
Scott Golightly has been a software consultant and developer for over 14 years. He has worked with many clients to help them develop solutions to their business problems. He has developed programs using many different languages including C/C++, PowerBuilder, Java, VB, VB .NET and C#. Scott has experience with Oracle, Sybase, and Microsoft SQL Server databases. He has also used a wide range of products and technologies from Microsoft and other vendors – experience he draws upon when presenting information to small and large groups. Scott has been a Microsoft Regional Director in Utah since 2001 and has presented at Developer Days, product launches, and Microsoft Tech• Ed.
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 | Name :
Shane Morris
Designation :
User Experience Evangelist
Company :
Microsoft Australia
Biodata :
Shane Morris is one of Australia’s most experienced user interface designers. He has designed traditional graphical user interfaces, web sites, kiosks, multimedia products, mobile applications and physical devices and has taught user-centred design techniques around the world.
Shane joined Microsoft Australia as a User Experience Evangelist in 2006.
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 | Name :
Sheng Sin Chia
Designation :
Technology Solution Professional
Company :
Microsoft Malaysia
Biodata :
Sheng Sin works as a Technology Solution Professional in Microsoft Malaysia, in which capacity he focuses on Data Platform products and technology. He also works on proof of concept solutions and provides technical guidance to customers. Prior to joining Microsoft, Sheng Sin worked as a consultant and developer. He is actively involved in a number of local IT communities such as MIND, SPAN, etc.
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 | Name :
Siew Hoon Koh
Designation :
Consultant
Company :
ISA Technologies Sdn. Bhd.
Biodata :
As a consultant, Siew Hoon has been involved in architecting solutions for enterprise customers. She has successfully architected and implemented rich Internet applications leveraging on .NET Framework 3.0, AJAX and Web 2.0 technologies. She holds a Master of IT from Swinburne University of Technology, Australia and is a MCSD.
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 | Name :
Sin Min Lee
Designation :
Application Developer
Company :
Intel Technology Sdn. Bhd.
Biodata :
Sin Min is a Team System MVP and MCTS in Microsoft Team Foundation Server. He works as Application Developer with Intel Technology Sdn. Bhd. and has over 5 years of industry experience in software development. He is active in local IT communities and is the VP of the Speaker Committee of INETA APAC.
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 | Name :
Steffen Krause
Designation :
IT Pro Evangelist
Company :
Microsoft Deutschland GmbH
Biodata :
Steffen Krause is an IT Pro Evangelist in Microsoft Germany, specializing in Application platform servers such as SharePoint, SQL Server and Compute cluster. He has more than ten years of experience implementing Business Intelligence and portal solutions of all sizes.
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 | Name :
Steve Riley
Designation :
Senior Program Manager
Company :
Microsoft Corporation
Biodata :
Specializes in network and host security, communication protocols, network design, and information security policies and process. His customers include various ISPs and ASPs around the United States, as well as traditional enterprise IT customers, for whom he has conducted security assessments and risk analyses, deployed technologies for prevention and detection, and designed highly-available network architectures. Steve is a frequent and popular speaker at conferences worldwide, often appearing in Asia one week and Europe the next. When not evangelizing the benefits of Microsoft security technology, he spends time with customers to better understand the security pain they face and show how some of that pain can be eliminated. Having been born with an Ethernet cable attached to his belly button, Steve grew up in networking and telecommunications; the simple telephone still provides endless hours of exploratory joy. Besides lurking in the Internet's dark alleys and secret passages, he enjoys mountain biking, clubbing and the occasional rave, freely sharing his opinions about the intersection of technology and culture, and hanging with his family and friends in the center of the universe otherwise known as Seattle, Washington.
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 | Name :
Syed Abbas
Designation :
Senior Solution Architect
Company :
EMC Corporation Microsoft Practice
Biodata :
Syed Abbas has been working as a Senior Solution Architect with EMC Corporation Microsoft Practice, architecting and implementing directory, messaging, identity management and application integration projects in the United States. Prior to joining EMC he was part of Microsoft Consulting Services and IBM Global Services consulting to various large scale US and Canadian customers. He is certified in Microsoft, Lotus, IBM, Cisco, and Novell technologies.
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 | Name :
Tim Huckaby
Designation :
Chief Executive Officer
Company :
InterKnowlogy
Biodata :
Consistently rated in the top 10% of all Microsoft event speakers, and currently focused on Smart Client Technologies, Tim Huckaby has been called a “Pioneer of the Smart Client Revolution”;. Tim has been awarded multiple times for the highest rated Keynote and technical presentations for Microsoft and numerous other technology conferences around the world.
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 | Name :
Timothy Nam (Dr)
Designation :
Sales Director
Company :
DKSH E2E Technologies Sdn Bhd
Biodata :
Dr. Timothy Nam has more than a decade of professional exposure in Information Technology (IT) industry. He has wide exposure in IT Infrastructure Design & Planning, Software Architecture Design and Development Software Solutions that facilitates the transformation and convergence of IT alignment with business processes. Thus, inject ideas into reality in the aspect of IT entrepreneurship for large organizations.
Presently, Dr. Timothy is General Manager & Sales Director for DKSH E2E Technologies Sdn. Bhd. Prior joining DKSH, Dr. Timothy Nam was holding numerous managerial positions for sales, marketing, consulting, technical and support delivery portfolios in IBM, Hewlett Packard, Sun Microsystems and Sime Darby Berhad.
Dr. Timothy Nam is also currently is the Vice President of Integration & Solution Architecture – Special Interest Group for IASA Malaysia. Dr. Timothy Nam is an Assistant Professor for Akamai University, USA since 2004 for his contribution towards the betterment of the human condition and sustainability of the planet with greater peace, balance, cooperation, and the promise of an evolved human fellowship focusing in Vietnam and Malaysia.
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 | Name :
Todd Fine
Designation :
Vice President & General Manager
Company :
Wintellect
Biodata :
Todd Fine is Vice President and General Manager of Wintellect's Commercial Consulting division, a nationally recognized consulting, training and debugging firm dedicated to helping companies build better software faster, through a concentration on .NET and Windows development. Prior to Wintellect, Todd worked in several positions at RDA Corporation for over 11 years, starting first as a Consultant and senior Project Manager, and later working as Managing Director of the company's Atlanta office. Todd is also the Microsoft Regional Director for Atlanta, and works extensively with Microsoft in various forums and capacities, speaking regularly at Microsoft architect, security, and developer events such as Developer Days, Security Summits, and architect workshops. Todd has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering, a Master's Degree in Electrophysics, and an M.B.A with specialization in Strategic Planning and Entrepeneurship. He has over 20 Microsoft technical certifications.
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 | Name :
Tony Krijnen
Designation :
IT Pro Technology Advisor
Company :
Microsoft Netherlands
Biodata :
Tony Krijnen is a Technology Advisor in the Microsoft Platform Group. In this job he is delivering technical presentations and high energy demonstrations. Tony is 12 years with Microsoft now and has spoken previously at Microsoft TechEd, Microsoft IT Forum and at a variety of other conferences.
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 | Name :
Walter Benjamin
Designation :
Regional Technology Manager, Microsoft Global Accounts
Company :
Microsoft South East Asia
Biodata :
Walter Benjamin is currently responsible for architecting complex solutions and providing prescriptive guidance for large multinational customers in Asia. Mr. Benjamin frequently participates in Global Accounts Deployment Councils, TechEd, and Microsoft Management Summits, and presents at customer briefings worldwide. He has earned several achievements including the Customer & Partner Experience Award and the Microsoft Gold Star. In addition, he actively participates in the Microsoft Insiders program providing feedback for product enhancements and competitive analysis to key stakeholders within the business groups in Redmond, WA.
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 | Name :
Walter Wong
Designation :
Developer Evangelist
Company :
Microsoft Malaysia
Biodata :
Walter is a developer who focuses on Web 2.0 technologies to implement better user experience for web users. In his current role, he is helping high traffic websites in Malaysia and web designer agencies to adopt these technologies. He also presents at local community events and universities on Microsoft platform and technologies. Prior to his current job, he worked as a tools developer. Walter is a regular speaker at technical events such as TechEd, MEDC and the Microsoft Security Conference.
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 | Name :
Wei King Teh
Designation :
Solutions Consultant
Company :
Mesiniaga Berhad
Biodata :
Wei King has many years of experience in the IT industry specifically with Microsoft Technology. Currently he is a Solutions Consultant focusing on Microsoft management technologies specifically System Center Configuration Manager (SMS) and System Center Operations Manager. |
 | Name :
Wei Min Chan
Designation :
Team Lead
Company :
Frequensys Sdn. Bhd.
Biodata :
Programmer and gamer, Wei Min Chan has been tinkering around with various Microsoft platforms and technologies for 7 years already and has written code for Windows, ASP.Net and Windows Mobile devices. He’s biased towards Visual Basic, but can be case sensitive and end all lines with a semicolon when the need arises. |
 | Name :
William Tay
Designation :
Solutions Architect
Company :
Microsoft Singapore
Biodata :
William Tay is with Microsoft Singapore, performing the role of a Solutions Manager taking care of the Microsoft application development platform. He spends most of his time bridging the technical and business paradigms within the Public Sector. His interests include all things distributed and he loves paying the <angleBrackets /> tax for it. He has done a fair amount of work in the implementation of XML Web Services. He loves engaging the business level and helping them find technical solutions to their business problems, bearing constraints in mind. By night, he turns house-husband and still scrubs everything with SOAP. |
