Speaking Engagements
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Future Speaking Engagements
| Event: | .Net Users of Ft. Wayne Monthly Meeting |
| Date: | Tuesday September 8, 2009 6:00 PM EST |
| Location: | Northeast Indiana Innovation Center 3201 Stellhorn Rd Fort Wayne, IN 46815 |
| Title: | Duplexing WCF in the Enterprise (Don’t call us, we’ll call you!) |
| Description: | Duplexing in Wcf is the act of having the service call back to its clients. This topic rarely gets touched on, but is crucial for complex enterprise applications. This session explains duplexing and introduces the Publish/Subscribe server model as an example of how this can be used in an enterprise level application. |
| Links: | Materials: DuplexingWcfInTheEnterprise.zip |
| Event: | Kentucky .Net User’s Group |
| Date: | Thursday September 24, 2009 6:00 PM EST |
| Location: | University of Louisville Campus (South of Downtown Louisville) J.B. Speed Hall, Room 100 (Auditorium) Louisville, KY |
| Title: | Introduction to Windows Communication Foundation |
| Description: | Windows Communication Foundation is Microsoft’s "next-generation" programming platform and runtime system for building, configuring and deploying network-distributed services. It was initially released with .Net 3.0, but there are many people who have yet to dive into this technology. This is an introduction session that will guide you through the basics of Wcf, why you should move to Wcf, and how you can move your existing applications to Wcf. |
| Links: | Materials: IntroductionToWcf.zip |
Previous Speaking Engagements
| Event: | St. Louis Day of .Net |
| Date: | Saturday August 29, 2009 1:15 PM CST |
| Location: | Ameristar Casino and Conference Center St. Charles, MO |
| Title: | Introduction to Windows Communication Foundation |
| Description: | Windows Communication Foundation is Microsoft’s "next-generation" programming platform and runtime system for building, configuring and deploying network-distributed services. It was initially released with .Net 3.0, but there are many people who have yet to dive into this technology. This is an introduction session that will guide you through the basics of Wcf, why you should move to Wcf, and how you can move your existing applications to Wcf. |
| Links: | Materials: IntroductionToWcf.zip |
| Event: | St. Louis Day of .Net |
| Date: | Friday August 29, 2009 9:00 AM CST |
| Location: | Ameristar Casino and Conference Center St. Charles, MO |
| Title: | RESTing on the Web with Windows Communication Foundation |
| Description: | .Net 3.5 ushered in a new Web Programming Model for Wcf which extended the library to support REST, Json, and Syndication. This session will dive into what this new model has to offer and how you can use it to extend the reach and scalability of your applications. |
| Links: | Materials: RestingOnTheWeb.zip |
| Event: | St. Louis Day of .Net |
| Date: | Friday August 28, 2009 1:15 PM CST |
| Location: | Ameristar Casino and Conference Center St. Charles, MO |
| Title: | Data Access Applications with DataServices & Entity Framework |
| Description: | Ado.Net DataServices and Entity Framework bring rich database access to your applications. This session will look at how you can use Entity Framework to easily build data driven applications and look at how you can use DataServices to make your applications more accessible both on the web and beyond. |
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| Event: | DevLink |
| Date: | August 13-15, 2009 8:00 AM CST |
| Location: | Nashville, TN |
| Title: | Duplexing WCF in the Enterprise (Don’t call us, we’ll call you!) |
| Description: | Duplexing in Wcf is the act of having the service call back to its clients. This topic rarely gets touched on, but is crucial for complex enterprise applications. This session explains duplexing and introduces the Publish/Subscribe server model as an example of how this can be used in an enterprise level application. |
| Links: | Materials: DuplexingWcfInTheEnterprise.zip |
| Event: | DevLink |
| Date: | August 13-15, 2009 8:00 AM CST |
| Location: | Nashville, TN |
| Title: | Agile Project Management with Scrum |
| Description: | An introduction to Agile Project Management with Scrum. We will go over the Agile Manifesto and dive into the core principles that make up Scrum and how it can be used to help your development processes. |
| Links: | Materials: AgileMgmtWithScrum.zip |
| Event: | IndyNDA Monthly Meeting |
| Date: | Thursday, July 9, 2009 6:00 PM EST |
| Location: | The Gene B. Glick Junior Achievement Education Center 7435 North Keystone Ave Indianapolis, IN 46240 |
| Title: | RESTing on the Web with Windows Communication Foundation |
| Description: | .Net 3.5 ushered in a new Web Programming Model for Wcf which extended the library to support REST, Json, and Syndication. This session will dive into what this new model has to offer and how you can use it to extend the reach and scalability of your applications. |
| Links: | Materials: RestingOnTheWeb.zip |
| Event: | Indy Code Camp |
| Date: | Saturday May 16, 2009 8:00 AM EST |
| Location: | The Gene B. Glick Junior Achievement Education Center 7435 North Keystone Ave Indianapolis, IN 46240 |
| Title: | A Lap Around "Oslo" |
| Description: | "Oslo" is the family of new technologies that enable data-driven development and execution of services and applications. Learn how to capture all aspects of an application schematized in the "Oslo" repository and use "Oslo" directly to drive the execution of deployed applications. |
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| Event: | Indy Code Camp |
| Date: | Saturday May 16, 2009 8:00 AM EST |
| Location: | The Gene B. Glick Junior Achievement Education Center 7435 North Keystone Ave Indianapolis, IN 46240 |
| Title: | Data Access Applications with DataServices & Entity Framework |
| Description: | Ado.Net DataServices and Entity Framework bring rich database access to your applications. This session will look at how you can use Entity Framework to easily build data driven applications and look at how you can use DataServices to make your applications more accessible both on the web and beyond. |
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| Event: | Dayton .NET Developers Group Monthly Meeting |
| Date: | Wednesday April 22, 2009 6:00 PM EST |
| Location: | Wright State University 3640 Colonel Glenn Highway Dayton, Ohio 45435 |
| Title: | Introduction to Windows Communication Foundation |
| Description: | Windows Communication Foundation is Microsoft’s "next-generation" programming platform and runtime system for building, configuring and deploying network-distributed services. It was initially released with .Net 3.0, but there are many people who have yet to dive into this technology. This is an introduction session that will guide you through the basics of Wcf, why you should move to Wcf, and how you can move your existing applications to Wcf. |
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| Event: | Michiana Area .Net Users Group Monthly Meeting |
| Date: | Tuesday March 17, 2009 5:30 PM EST |
| Location: | Signal Learning 3840 Edison Lakes Parkway Mishawaka, IN 46545 |
| Title: | RESTing on the Web with Windows Communication Foundation |
| Description: | .Net 3.5 ushered in a new Web Programming Model for Wcf which extended the library to support REST, Json, and Syndication. This session will dive into what this new model has to offer and how you can use it to extend the reach and scalability of your applications. |
| Links: | Materials: RestingOnTheWeb.zip |
| Event: | CinArc Monthly Meeting |
| Date: | Thursday February 19th, 2009 6:00 PM EST |
| Location: | MAX Technical Training – Mason Facility 4900 Parkway Dr Suite 160 Mason OH 45040-8429 |
| Title: | A Lap Around “Oslo” |
| Description: | "Oslo" is the family of new technologies that enable data-driven development and execution of services and applications. Learn how to capture all aspects of an application schematized in the "Oslo" repository and use "Oslo" directly to drive the execution of deployed applications. |
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| Event: | MSDN Developer Conference |
| Date: | Tuesday January 13, 2009 12:30 PM EST |
| Location: | Hyatt Regency Chicago 151 East Wacker Drive Chicago, IL, 60601 |
| Title: | A Lap Around “Oslo” |
| Description: | "Oslo" is the family of new technologies that enable data-driven development and execution of services and applications. Learn how to capture all aspects of an application schematized in the "Oslo" repository and use "Oslo" directly to drive the execution of deployed applications. |
| Links: | Materials: HeroesCommunityLaunch-Indianapolis2.zip |
| Event: | IndyNDA Monthly Meeting |
| Date: | Thursday December 11, 2008 6:00 PM EST |
| Location: | The Gene B. Glick Junior Achievement Education Center 7435 North Keystone Ave Indianapolis, IN 46240 |
| Title: | PDC 2008 Distilled |
| Description: | The technology previews at Professional Developers Conference have been written up and blogged on rather heavily. Here is our chance to see Windows 7, Visual Studio 2010, and discuss the impact of Azure, Oslo, and more. Seldom do so many new issues debut in one setting. Brad, Dan, and others who attended PDC will give us their take on the announcements through demonstration of some very cool coding constructs to expect in the next 12 or 18 months. |
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| Event: | Cincinnati .Net Users Group Monthly Meeting |
| Date: | Tuesday November 25, 2008 6:00 PM EST |
| Location: | MAX Technical Training – Mason Facility 4900 Parkway Dr Suite 160 Mason OH 45040-8429 |
| Title: | RESTing on the Web with Windows Communication Foundation |
| Description: | .Net 3.5 ushered in a new Web Programming Model for Wcf which extended the library to support REST, Json, and Syndication. This session will dive into what this new model has to offer and how you can use it to extend the reach and scalability of your applications. |
| Links: | Materials: RestingOnTheWeb.zip |
| Event: | .Net Users of Ft. Wayne Monthly Meeting |
| Date: | Tuesday November 11, 2008 6:00 PM EST |
| Location: | General Dynamics 1700 Magnavox Way, Suite 200 Fort Wayne, IN 46801 |
| Title: | RESTing on the Web with Windows Communication Foundation |
| Description: | .Net 3.5 ushered in a new Web Programming Model for Wcf which extended the library to support REST, Json, and Syndication. This session will dive into what this new model has to offer and how you can use it to extend the reach and scalability of your applications. |
| Links: | Materials: RestingOnTheWeb.zip |
| Event: | Central Ohio ALM Group |
| Date: | Thursday November 6, 2008 6:00 PM EST |
| Location: | Microsoft Offices Polaris Center 8800 Lyra Dr. Suite 400 Columbus, OH 43240 |
| Title: | Agile Project Management with Scrum |
| Description: | An introduction to Agile Project Management with Scrum. We will go over the Agile Manifesto and dive into the core principles that make up Scrum and how it can be used to help your development processes. |
| Links: | Materials: AgileMgmtWithScrum.zip |
| Event: | SoCalCodeCamp |
| Date: | Sunday October 26, 2008 9:00 AM PST |
| Location: | University of Southern California Los Angeles , CA 90089 |
| Title: | Duplexing WCF in the Enterprise (Don’t call us, we’ll call you!) |
| Description: | Duplexing in Wcf is the act of having the service call back to its clients. This topic rarely gets touched on, but is crucial for complex enterprise applications. This session explains duplexing and introduces the Publish/Subscribe server model as an example of how this can be used in an enterprise level application. |
| Links: | Materials: DuplexingWcfInTheEnterprise.zip |
| Event: | Ann Arbor Day of .Net |
| Date: | Saturday October 18, 2008 8:00 AM EST |
| Location: | Washtenaw Community College 4800 E. Huron River Dr. Ann Arbor, MI 48106-1610 |
| Title: | RESTing on the Web with Windows Communication Foundation |
| Description: | .Net 3.5 ushered in a new Web Programming Model for Wcf which extended the library to support REST, Json, and Syndication. This session will dive into what this new model has to offer and how you can use it to extend the reach and scalability of your applications. |
| Links: | Materials: RestingOnTheWeb.zip |
| Event: | IUPUI – Indianapolis Chapter of IEEE |
| Date: | Monday October 6, 2008 12:00 PM EST |
| Location: | IUPUI Campus: SL 165 420 University Blvd. Indianapolis, IN 46202 |
| Title: | Agile Project Management with Scrum |
| Description: | An introduction to Agile Project Management with Scrum. We will go over the Agile Manifesto and dive into the core principles that make up Scrum and how it can be used to help your development processes. |
| Links: | Materials: AgileMgmtWithScrum.zip |
| Event: | IndyTechFest |
| Date: | Saturday October 4, 2008 1:15 PM EST |
| Location: | The Gene B. Glick Junior Achievement Education Center 7435 North Keystone Ave Indianapolis, IN 46240 |
| Title: | Duplexing WCF in the Enterprise (Don’t call us, we’ll call you!) |
| Description: | Duplexing in Wcf is the act of having the service call back to its clients. This topic rarely gets touched on, but is crucial for complex enterprise applications. This session explains duplexing and introduces the Publish/Subscribe server model as an example of how this can be used in an enterprise level application. |
| Links: | Materials: DuplexingWcfInTheEnterprise.zip |
| Event: | Evansville .Net Users Group Monthly Meeting |
| Date: | Tuesday September 16, 2008 5:30 PM EST |
| Location: | Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library 200 SE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Evansville, Indiana 47713 |
| Title: | RESTing on the Web with WCF |
| Description: | .Net 3.5 ushered in a new Web Programming Model for Wcf which extended the library to support REST, Json, and Syndication. This session will dive into what this new model has to offer and how you can use it to extend the reach and scalability of your applications. |
| Links: | Materials: RestingOnTheWeb.zip |
| Event: | Kentucky Day of Dot Net |
| Date: | Saturday September 6, 2008 3:30 PM EST |
| Location: | Sullivan University (Louisville Campus) 3101 Bardstown Rd. Louisville, KY 40205 |
| Title: | Agile Project Management with Scrum |
| Description: | An introduction to Agile Project Management with Scrum. We will go over the Agile Manifesto and dive into the core principles that make up Scrum and how it can be used to help your development processes. |
| Links: | Materials: AgileMgmtWithScrum.zip |
| Event: | Kentucky Day of Dot Net |
| Date: | Saturday September 6, 2008 2:15 PM EST |
| Location: | Sullivan University (Louisville Campus) 3101 Bardstown Rd. Louisville, KY 40205 |
| Title: | RESTing on the Web with WCF |
| Description: | .Net 3.5 ushered in a new Web Programming Model for Wcf which extended the library to support REST, Json, and Syndication. This session will dive into what this new model has to offer and how you can use it to extend the reach and scalability of your applications. |
| Links: | Materials: RestingOnTheWeb.zip |
| Event: | Lansing Day of Dot Net |
| Date: | Saturday June 21, 2008 8:00 AM EST |
| Location: | Lansing Community College West Campus 5708 Cornerstone Drive Lansing, Michigan 48917 |
| Title: | Agile Project Management with Scrum |
| Description: | An introduction to Agile Project Management with Scrum. We will go over the Agile Manifesto and dive into the core principles that make up Scrum and how it can be used to help your development processes. |
| Links: | Blog: Lansing Day of Dot Net Materials: AgileMgmtWithScrum.zip |
| Event: | .Net Users of Ft. Wayne Monthly Meeting |
| Date: | Tuesday May 13, 2008 6:00 PM EST |
| Location: | General Dynamics 1700 Magnavox Way, Suite 200 Fort Wayne, IN 46801 |
| Title: | Visual Studio 2008 (Community Launch) |
| Description: | Join us for our Community Launch where Dan Rigsby highlights some of the Visual Studio enhancements: Linq (and things around it), WCF enhancements, System.Addin and EntityFramework. |
| Links: | Materials: HeroesCommunityLaunch-FtWayne.zip |
| Event: | West Michigan Day of .Net 2008 |
| Date: | Saturday May 10, 2008 2:15 PM EST |
| Location: | Davenport University 6191 Kraft Avenue Grand Rapids, MI 49512 |
| Title: | Introduction to Windows Communication Foundation |
| Description: | Windows Communication Foundation is Microsoft’s "next-generation" programming platform and runtime system for building, configuring and deploying network-distributed services. It was initially released with .Net 3.0, but there are many people who have yet to dive into this technology. This is an introduction session that will guide you through the basics of Wcf, why you should move to Wcf, and how you can move your existing applications to Wcf. |
| Links: | Blog: West Michigan Day of Dot Net Materials: IntroductionToWcf.zip |
| Event: | Team Foundation Server SIG |
| Date: | Thursday May 8, 2008 8:00 PM EST |
| Location: | The Gene B. Glick Junior Achievement Education Center 7435 North Keystone Ave Indianapolis, IN 46240 |
| Title: | Scrum and Team Foundation Server |
| Description: | A brief introduction to Scrum followed by a discussion of how it can be used with Team Foundation Server. |
| Links: | Materials: AgileMgmtWithScrum.zip |
| Event: | IndyNDA Monthly Meeting |
| Date: | Thursday May 8, 2008 6:00 PM EST |
| Location: | The Gene B. Glick Junior Achievement Education Center 7435 North Keystone Ave Indianapolis, IN 46240 |
| Title: | Heroes {Community} Launch: Part 2 |
| Description: | Excitement as been building with the release of Windows Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008, and the soon to be released SQL Server 2008. IndyNDA is extending this launch with two community launch sessions. Join Paul Hacker and Dan Rigsby as they dive into an overview of what is new in these products from a Developer’s perspective. Part 1 of this event featured Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008, and Visual Studio 2008. Part 2 focuses on .Net 3.5: what is new, and how it can help you develop better applications. |
| Links: | Materials: HeroesCommunityLaunch-Indianapolis2.zip |
| Event: | Indy Code Camp |
| Date: | Saturday April 26, 2008 4:20 PM EST |
| Location: | The Gene B. Glick Junior Achievement Education Center 7435 North Keystone Ave Indianapolis, IN 46240 |
| Title: | Intermediate Windows Communication Foundation |
| Description: | Whether you attended the “Introduction to Windows Communication Foundation” session or not, anyone with a basic understanding of Wcf will get a lot out of this session. We will be covering the .Net 3.5 Wcf Web Programming Model, Duplexing, and potentially other more intermediate level Wcf topics. |
| Links: | Blog: IndyCodeCamp Materials: IntermediateWcf.zip |
| Event: | Indy Code Camp |
| Date: | Saturday April 26, 2008 2:55 PM EST |
| Location: | The Gene B. Glick Junior Achievement Education Center 7435 North Keystone Ave Indianapolis, IN 46240 |
| Title: | Introduction to Windows Communication Foundation |
| Description: | Windows Communication Foundation is Microsoft’s "next-generation" programming platform and runtime system for building, configuring and deploying network-distributed services. It was initially released with .Net 3.0, but there are many people who have yet to dive into this technology. This is an introduction session that will guide you through the basics of Wcf, why you should move to Wcf, and how you can move your existing applications to Wcf. |
| Links: | Blog: IndyCodeCamp Materials: IntroductionToWcf.zip |
| Event: | Indy Code Camp |
| Date: | Saturday April 26, 2008 1:30 PM EST |
| Location: | The Gene B. Glick Junior Achievement Education Center 7435 North Keystone Ave Indianapolis, IN 46240 |
| Title: | Agile Project Management with Scrum |
| Description: | An introduction to Agile Project Management with Scrum. We will go over the Agile Manifesto and dive into the core principles that make up Scrum and how it can be used to help your development processes. |
| Links: | Blog: IndyCodeCamp Materials: AgileMgmtWithScrum.zip |
| Event: | Central Ohio Day of .Net 2008 |
| Date: | Saturday April 19, 2008 1:30 AM EST |
| Location: | Roberts Centre 123 Gano Road Wilmington, Ohio |
| Title: | Introduction to Windows Communication Foundation |
| Description: | Windows Communication Foundation is Microsoft’s "next-generation" programming platform and runtime system for building, configuring and deploying network-distributed services. It was initially released with .Net 3.0, but there are many people who have yet to dive into this technology. This is an introduction session that will guide you through the basics of Wcf, why you should move to Wcf, and how you can move your existing applications to Wcf. |
| Links: | Blog: Central Ohio Day of Dot Net Materials: IntroductionToWcf.zip |
| Event: | IndyNDA Monthly Meeting |
| Date: | Thursday April 10, 2008 6:00 PM EST |
| Location: | The Gene B. Glick Junior Achievement Education Center 7435 North Keystone Ave Indianapolis, IN 46240 |
| Title: | Heroes {Community} Launch: Part 1 |
| Description: | Excitement as been building with the release of Windows Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008, and the soon to be released SQL Server 2008. IndyNDA is extending this launch with two community launch sessions. Join Paul Hacker and Dan Rigsby as they dive into an overview of what is new in these products from a Developer’s perspective. Part 1 of this event features Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008, and Visual Studio 2008. Part 2 will focus on .Net 3.5: what is new, and how it can help you develop better applications. |
| Links: | Blog: Heroes {Community} Launch – Indianapolis, IN (Part 1) Materials: HeroesCommunityLaunch-Indianapolis1.zip |
| Event: | Bloomington User Group Launch |
| Date: | Tuesday April 8, 2008 6:00 PM CST |
| Location: | Levi, Ray & Shoup, Inc. 404 North Hershey Road Bloomington Illinois 61704 |
| Title: | Heroes Happen {here} 2008 Launch Wave |
| Description: | The Bloomington .NET Users Group is very excited to be hosting a local Microsoft Launch Event during our April meeting. We will have esteemed speakers sharing what’s new in Visual Studio 2008, SQL Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008. We will be giving away lots of great prizes, including 5 copies each of Visual Studio 2008, SQL Server 2008, and Windows Server 2008. |
| Links: | Blog: Heroes {Community} Launch – Bloomington, IL Materials: HeroesCommunityLaunch-Bloomington.zip |
| Event: | IndyNDA Monthly Meeting |
| Date: | Thursday February 14, 2008 6:00 PM EST |
| Location: | The Gene B. Glick Junior Achievement Education Center 7435 North Keystone Ave Indianapolis, IN 46240 |
| Title: | Diving Into Windows Communication Foundation |
| Description: | Windows Communication Foundation is Microsoft’s "next-generation" programming platform and runtime system for building, configuring and deploying network-distributed services. It was initially released with .Net 3.0, but there are many people who have yet to dive into this technology. We will start with a introduction of Wcf, run through some samples, begin looking into more complex issues such duplexing and security, see what is new in Wcf for .Net 3.5, and hopefully discuss "lessons learned" by those in the audience. |
| Links: | Blog: Diving into Wcf Materials: DivingIntoWcf.zip |
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Hi,
Agile Project Management with Scrum session was awesome. I would like to talk to you more about that. I would appreciate if you could respond.
Thanks
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