| THE TEAM |
| HOST: Greg Brill |
| JUDGE: Sahil Malik |
| TRAINERS: Kurt Guenther, Sheldon Fernandez, Nadeem Mitha |
| HOST |
Greg Brill, Founder and CEO, Infusion Development , Co-Chief Master Mind, 'Sleepless in NY' In just seven years, Greg Brill has built Infusion Development from a ten person company into a world-class technology firm with almost 200 employees and offices around the globe. Today Infusion boasts a client list that reads like a who's who of Fortune 50 corporations and Government agencies. Greg also created and authored 'CodeNotes®' a book series published by Random House. Through Greg, many Infusion employees have been given the opportunity to expand their skill-sets as 'CodeNotes®' authors and be read and recognized as top experts to developers throughout Canada and the US. Greg is also partner and founder of Infusion Angels, an "angel" investment firm committed to identify, fund and grow promising business concepts as well as provide investment and mentoring opportunities for current Infusion employees. Greg is a highly sought after speaker, regularly giving talks on business and innovation at student and professional conferences around the world. A true code hero, Greg can switch from laptop to boardroom in the blink of an eye. Armed with unique leadership techniques like companywide improvisation classes and "Bootcamp" training sessions, he inspires legions of Infusionites to do the same. Greg lives in New Jersey.
|
| JUDGE |
Sahil Malik
Sahil Malik (www.winsmarts.com, http://blah.winsmarts.com) is a Microsoft MVP [C#], INETA speaker and the author of a bestselling ADO.NET 2.0 book. He is a consultant, trainer and mentor in various Microsoft technologies. His talks are high energy, highly charged and highly rated. Sahil is hands and feet down in SharePoint 2007 and has lead various teams at numerous clients in delivering sophisticated installations. Recently he led a team of developers to deliver a major MOSS installation. The project started with 'You want me to do what?!'
|
|
TRAINERS |
Kurt Guenther, Practice Manager, Emerging Technologies, Infusion Development Kurt Guenther is an award winning technologist at Infusion Development. He has architected and implemented several of the firms’ flagship demos: "Elite Model Management System," showcased by Steve Ballmer at the Office 2007 / Vista New York launch as well "Federal Disaster Manager," which took first place in the United States and second place world-wide at the annual "Microsoft MGX Demo Shoot Out." Federal Disaster Manager was eventually showcased by Bill Gates at "MGX 2007." Kurt is also a part of a top-secret research document format currently being developed jointly by Harvard, MIT and Infusion. Kurt eats, sleeps, and breathes SharePoint – making him a critical part of the Virtual Technology Specialist program at Microsoft for SharePoint (as well as BizTalk). Kurt enjoys sailing, running, and eating sushi. He despises writing test scripts, raking leaves, and writing bios.
|
Sheldon Fernandez, Director, Technology and Architecture, Infusion Development Sheldon Fernandez is a highly accomplished and respected developer, teacher and author. Sheldon originally began with Infusion as a developer and consultant, providing solutions for top end clients in the financial and medical industries. In his current role, Sheldon is responsible for designing and implementing Infusion’s numerous training programs. Among the most notable is "Bootcamp," a rigorous, annual four-week program that combines deep and thorough technical training along with the soft skills needed to create strong consultants out of knowledgeable developers. Sheldon also works closely with a number of Infusion’s key clients, leading architecture design sessions and providing recommendations regarding implementation of emerging technologies in enterprise environments. Sheldon is the primary author of four books in the “CodeNotes®,” series published by Random House. They include:
He has also authored numerous Microsoft technical whitepapers including the definitive resource on VS.NET Enterprise Template Technology. Sheldon is also Chief Technical Officer of Infusion Angels, and a National Trainer for Microsoft’s .NET technology, Enterprise Servers and Security. He is also an Adjunct Lecturer for the School of Optometry at the University of Waterloo.
|
Nadeem Mitha is a Microsoft certified technology specialist in SharePoint 2007 products and technologies. He is currently leading the design and development of a MOSS 2007-based web content management system that will deliver over 60,000 web pages and documents migrated from legacy systems to a worldwide audience of over 30,000 employees of a prominent Canadian financial institution. Nadeem's colleagues at Infusion constantly consult him with a barrage of SharePoint issues and design dilemmas but, no matter how cryptic the error messages, Nadeem has a solution for them all. When he's not building out cutting edge SharePoint solutions for clients and mentoring Infusion's army of SharePoint developers, Nadeem spends much of his time involved with the SharePoint community - whether it's speaking at numerous events or contributing to the open source SharePoint Community Kit. In short, Nadeem eats, breathes and lives SharePoint. And when he's done with you at Sleepless, he'll make sure you do, too.
|