Zain
Naboulsi
Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas
http://blogs.msdn.com/zainnab
For over 15 years Zain has been working with the latest Microsoft technologies. He’s been a consultant and trainer since 1995. He currently creates the Visual Studio Tips and Tricks series. Also he created Online Community Evangelism; which is an effort to build communities in virtual places like LinkedIn, Facebook, and elsewhere. He is not only a proponent of the community aspect of online environments but also is a supporter of the myriad business applications that these new mediums offer.
Zain’s efforts have been featured by eWeek, Redmond Developer News, and many others. He has been interviewed by Forrester Research, Gartner, and the Science Channel for his work. He is a frequent speaker at events in LinkedIn, Facebook, and other online venues. Zain also lectures world-wide on a variety of developer topics.
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Chris
Koenig
Central Region
http://blogs.msdn.com/chkoenig
After serving as the drum major for his high school marching band (Go Brahmas!), Chris quickly turned his attention to technology. He worked as a senior architect for The Capital Group in San Antonio and as an architect for the global solution provider, Avanade. As a consultant, Chris has worked on enterprise-class Windows and web-based applications for a variety of clients in numerous vertical markets, ISVs, and other solution providers. In March 2007, Chris joined Microsoft and now keeps his plate more than full with a focus on building, growing and enhancing the developer communities in North Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas. Although he retired the band uniform some time ago, Chris is still an avid music fan and amateur composer who’s accomplished in both clarinet and guitar. He’s also a former Cookie Dad for his daughter’s Girl Scout troop and Committee Chair for his children’s Cub Scout pack. Oh, and if you’re looking for a little bribe material, Chris is seriously hooked on the iced tea from Bill Miller’s BBQ in San Antonio and Austin, Texas.
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Phil
Wheat
Central Region
http://blog.austinwheats.net/
Philip Wheat started out in development back when you learned from Compute Magazine (by typing in the code) and had to know something about soldering to expand your memory with most computers. When he entered college he had his eyes set on Aerospace Engineering, but between the call of the code, and the job market at the time, he quickly realized that there was pay in knowing about his passion, and he completed his studies in Computer Science.
After his graduation, he worked in the field for a number of years, and seeing the state of the industry decided to go back into the Master's Program in Computer Science – which was one of his better ideas as it brought him to the attention of Texas Instruments, which enabled him to work in the early stages of some of the groundbreaking technologies that are in use today.
Some of his personal projects include Embedded Systems, Knowledge Management, Augmented Reality, and Autonomous Systems. You'll find him supporting groups of both geek social, and developer focus, and connecting with as many interesting people as he can. He's always interested in hearing what people are doing, and learning from the innovative people he knows, passionate developers, designers, and architects! If you want to keep up with where he is and what he's doing, you can find out some of his current activities at his blog.
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