Speaker Bios
Neville Attkins
MCT, MCSE, MCDBA, MCSD
Learning Tree instructor Neville Attkins has been SharePoint technical strategist and evangelist on the largest SharePoint telecommunication industry implementation in the U.K., Germany and Ireland.

Jeremy Beaumier
A senior consultant for Robbins-Gioia in Ottawa, Jeremy Beaumier is focused on the use of SharePoint, SQL Server, Project Server and Portfolio Server as the premier solution suite to enhance collaboration, document and record management, and business intelligence.

Darrin Bishop
MVP (MOSS)
Darrin Bishop is a Midwest-based Microsoft partner focusing on SharePoint portals and collaboration. He is the author of "The Rational Guide to Building SharePoint Web Parts," published by Rational Press. Darrin is also a founding board member for the International SharePoint Professionals Association. Follow his SharePoint blog at www.darrinbishop.com/blog.

Guy Cox
MVP (MOSS)
A consultant with Robbins-Gioia, Guy Cox has more than 30 years of information management experience in areas ranging from heuristics-based production scheduling and rule-based telecommunications billing systems to command, control, communications, computer, intelligence and surveillance systems. Guy specializes in the business process management aspects of SharePoint.

Randy De Meno
Randy De Meno joined CommVault in 1994 and led the company into heterogeneous data management.  Randy holds patents on a number of CommVault's technologies, including the Granular Application Integrated Backup and Recovery capabilities.  He also spearheaded the partnership with Microsoft in 1999 and still manages the strategic relationship.  Randy heads CommVault's application efforts for their Exchange, Active Directory, SQL, SharePoint, Notes/Domino and other Windows-based solutions.

Mark Ferraz
Mark Ferraz is a senior information architect specializing in information management and collaboration. He is the president of consulting firm SolutionsMark and has more than 10 years of experience designing, managing and implementing complex technology projects. Mark has been working as the technical development lead on one of the largest SharePoint deployments to date, at Chevron.

Bjørn Furuknap
Bjørn Furuknap of Norway holds more than 10 MCP titles, including every SharePoint certification from Microsoft. He has worked on SharePoint projects for all the largest companies in Norway as well as having been hired by Microsoft to develop SharePoint solutions. He also writes regularly for SharePoint Magazine and in his SharePoint blog at furuknap.blogspot.com.

Michael Goodloe
Michael Goodloe is the director of consulting services for Houston-based EPC Group, where he directs architects, developers and subject-matter experts for enterprise SharePoint implementations. Previously, Michael served in the U.S. Army as logistician and asset visibility warrant officer.
 
Andreas Grabner
Andreas Grabner has 10 years’ experience as an architect and developer, and currently works as a senior performance architect for dynaTrace Software, where he influences the product strategy and works closely with customers in implementing performance management solutions across the application life cycle.

Joshua Haebets
Joshua Haebets is the principal consultant at nSynergy International, a global SharePoint implementation company. He currently manages implementation projects in Australia and China.

Becky Isserman
Becky Isserman has been a SharePoint Developer since 2005 when she attended the Portal University with Levi, Ray, and Shoup in Springfield, IL. She is a Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) and a Microsoft Certified Application Developer (MCAD). She has been a Web designer/developer since she was 15, hand-coding HTML 3.0 websites in NotePad.

Todd Klindt
MVP (WSS)
Todd Klindt is a consultant specializing in SharePoint technologies for IT administrators. He contributed to the book "Real World SharePoint 2007: Indispensable Experiences From 16 MOSS and WSS MVPs." Read his blog at www.toddklindt.com/blog.

Michael Lotter
MCTS
Michael Lotter, a SharePoint solutions architect for B&R Business Solutions, travels throughout the United States implementing SharePoint and InfoPath-based solutions. He is a co-author of O’Reilly Media’s "SharePoint 2007: The Definitive Guide." You can follow Michael’s work through his blog at blog.michaellotter.com.

Jennifer Mason
Jennifer Mason has spent the past several years providing consulting services around SharePoint Technologies and is currently working with the team at SharePoint 911. Her focus has been on strategy, planning, governance and best practices for implementing business solutions using SharePoint technologies. Jennifer is also a founding member of the Columbus, Ohio, SharePoint Users Group.

Jason Medero
MCP, MCT, MCTS, MVP (WSS)
Jason Medero is a systems architect and managing partner of B&R Business Solutions, a central New Jersey-based firm specializing in SharePoint and surrounding technologies, infrastructure, real-time communications (OCS) and application development. He is an active member of the SharePoint User Group in New Jersey and New York City, where he sits on the speaker selection committee. Visit his blog at www.sharepointblogs.com/JasonMedero.

John Milan
MVP (MOSS)
John Milan founded TeamDirection in 2002 and has been focused on collaborative solutions for workgroups ever since. John and his team wrote the first GUI project management tool for Groove Networks, purchased by Microsoft in March 2005. Since then, he has focused on SharePoint technologies. His current efforts are to provide richer integration between rich clients and Windows SharePoint Services.

Bob Mixon
MVP (MOSS)
Bob Mixon, principal of Mixon Consulting Inc., has been involved in the software technology industry for more than 25 years and has expertise in business process automation, knowledge management, enterprise information architecture and development. Bob has considerable experience in the planning, design and implementation of intranets and extranets using SharePoint products and technologies. Read his blog at masteringsharepoint.com/blogs/BobMixon.

Derek Neiding
Derek Neiding is a principal consultant with Razorleaf Corp., managing the company's SharePoint services business unit. He has extensive experience in the product design and manufacturing industry including consulting with clients regarding process and regulatory compliance as well as quality systems design and implementation.

Alex Obraztsov
Alex Obraztsov is a senior SharePoint architect for EPC Group, designing its best-practices SharePoint implementations. Alex served in the role of system architect and project manager for the expansion of a Port of Houston project in which he was responsible for the design of the network platform for the enterprise.

Errin O’Connor
Errin O’Connor is the founder and chief executive officer of EPC Group and the author of "Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Inside Out," by published Microsoft Press. He has completed more than 93 individual SharePoint implementations and has worked with some of the largest organizations in the United States.

Bud Porter-Roth
Bud is principal consultant at Porter-Roth Associates, with more than 20 years of experience in the electronic document management industry. He started working with one of the first document imaging companies and has experience with document imaging, electronic document management, and workflow systems. Bud is a frequent speaker at AIIM and ARMA conferences and writes articles about information management for industry publications.

Rafael Perez
Rafael Perez is a Sr. Consultant with over with over 10 years of experience in enterprise architecture, custom application development, and infrastructure services. He specializes in the design and development of custom solutions leveraging Microsoft Technologies, primarily involving the .NET Framework and SharePoint Products & Services. He is a dedicated contributor to the Global SharePoint community via online forums, the Houston SharePoint Users Group, and his blog at http://blog.rafelo.com

Christopher Regan
MCT, MCP, MCTS
Christopher Regan leads all SharePoint engagements for New Jersey-based consulting firm B&R Business Solutions. He is a co-author of O’Reilly Media’s "SharePoint 2007: The Definitive Guide." Chris also serves as the business director and a board member for the International SharePoint Professionals Association. Find his blog at cregan.wordpress.com.

Tom Rizzo
Tom Rizzo is director of SharePoint product management at Microsoft. In this role, he leads a team that helps customers and partners understand, develop on and deploy Microsoft SharePoint, which is one of Microsoft’s fastest-growing products. Before working in SharePoint, Tom worked on the SQL Server and Exchange Server teams at Microsoft. Tom is also the author of six books on topics ranging from developing collaborative solutions on the Microsoft platform to deep-dive technical references for SQL Server. You can reach Tom at thomriz@microsoft.com.

John Ross
Senior SharePoint Consultant
John has over seven years of experience implementing solutions for clients ranging from small businesses to Fortune 500 companies as well as government organizations.  He’s been involved with a wide range of SharePoint implementations that include public-facing Internet sites, corporate intranets and extranets.  John is co-author of the upcoming book, “MOSS Explained: An Information Workers Deep Dive into Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007” and was a contributing author to “Professional SharePoint 2007 Design.”  Read his blog at www.sharepoint911.com/blogs/john.

Jeff Singleton
Jeff Singleton is an enterprise consultant focusing on delivering ROI from investments made in quality systems, process improvement, supply chain and technology. As CTO of Kaz Inc. (a US$600 million-plus global marketer of health-care and home environment products under the Vicks and Honeywell brands), he successfully implemented SharePoint; one key was avoiding customization of the Oracle ERP system, while introducing the functionality of SharePoint as a foundation for building a bridge between Oracle and evolving end-user requirements.

Tiffany Songvilay
MCTS
Tiffany Songvilay is the co-author of "So That’s How! 2007 Microsoft Office System: Timesavers, Breakthroughs, & Everyday Genius." Tiffany recently engaged with Energizer during its deployment to SharePoint Server and Office 2007, she designed and implemented its communications plan to transition its workforce smoothly into the new technology. Read her blog at officeovereasy.com.

Ben Stegink
MCP, MCTS
Ben Stegink is a Senior SharePoint Architect for EPC Group. Ben designs EPC Group’s proven SharePoint solutions to help ensure that its clients receive proven best-practices information and system architectures. Ben is a seasoned SharePoint consultant who has dealt in all aspects of an enterprise SharePoint 2007 implementation. Access his blog at www.benstegink.com.

Dux Raymond Sy
PMP
Dux Raymond Sy is a certified Project Management Professional and a managing partner and the chief evangelist of Innovative-e, a Microsoft-certified business technology consulting and services company. He is the author of “SharePoint for Project Management,” published by O’Reilly Media. A sought-after trainer, he has developed and facilitated management and technology training to government organizations; Fortune 500 companies; and nonprofit institutions in the United States, Bahamas, Barbados, China, the United Kingdom and the Philippines. He regularly writes about project management, SharePoint and globalization at meetdux.com.

Mike Watson
MCSE, MCSA
Mike Watson is a senior product manager at Quest specializing in SharePoint manageability, scalability, and availability. Before moving to Quest Software, Mike was instrumental in planning and deploying Microsoft Managed Services and Microsoft Online as well as Microsoft Services efforts such as MOSSRAP (MOSS Risk Assessment Program) and SLM. (Service Level Manager) Mike is a top-rated speaker at technical conferences, an instructor for Microsoft's Certified Master program, and a frequent contributor to whitepapers, articles, and books.

Andrew Yeung
Andrew Yeung, director of product management at AvePoint, performs in-depth research and analysis of SharePoint's landscape and develops strategies for new-product design and deployment methodologies. He has extensive experience in enterprise-level administration and management of software deployments.

Nicola Young
Nicola Young is a SharePoint trainer and consultant specializing in information organization and usability for the SharePoint 911 consultancy, with a primary focus on the business applications of SharePoint. She has authored several courses for SharePoint training company Ted Pattison Group. Read her blog at www.sharepoint911.com/blogs/Nicola.

Shane Young
Microsoft MVP (MOSS)
Shane Young is president and principal consultant at SharePoint 911, with more than 12 years’ experience architecting and administering large-scale server farms using Microsoft enterprise technologies. Shane has been recognized by Microsoft as an authority on SharePoint and is among an elite group of SharePoint MVPs. Shane has written three SharePoint 2007 books and maintains the popular SharePoint Farmer’s Almanac blog at msmvps.com/blogs/shane.