My last post, essentially thanking Readify for their involvement in TechEd08 caused a little bit of a stir :-) to the point of being reported in the press, not once, but twice.
I wanted to take the opportunity to highlight all of the influencers whom committed time and effort at TechEd. So I caught up with various other members of the TechEd08 Core Team, asked for the names of all of those non-Microsoft personnel they worked with in a non-paying capacity during the conference and related activities (Deep Dive training, pre-conference summits etc).
Here’s what they came back with.
First, those that delivered a Breakout session Instructor Led Lab, and/or Chalk Talk:
Name
Surname
Organisation
Session/s
James
Crisp
ThoughtWorks
ARC306
Kevin
Francis
Object Consulting
ARC204
Richard
Banks
Readify
ARC304; MCT215
Tatham
Oddie
Fuel Advance
TOT352; ARC402
Jason
Clarke
Dimension Data Learning Solutions
CLM319
Ray
Cockshell
CalibreONE
CLMILL01
Lees
EasternMining
BIN308
Scott
Hartley
E*Trade Australia
DAT286
Elvin
Slavik
MapTel
DAT285
Michael
Coyle
Decision Resources
BIN282
Glyn
LLewellyn
Angry Koala
DAT282a
Nick
Barclay
B(iQ)
BIN311
Dean
Corcoran
DBIILL01
Peter
Randle
Intellimax Solutions
BIN402
Myers
SolidQ Australia Pty Ltd
BIN285
Geoff
Orr
BIN284
Victor
Isakov
SQL Server Solutions
DAT355
Rob
Farley
SQLskills
DAT283
Grant
Paisley
BIN252; CT205
McCutcheon
nSquared Solutions
DEV215; SEC310; BIN281
Black
IT Training Solutions
DEVILL01; DEVILL02
Martin
Millar
CT220
Leon
Bambrick
Paradigm Logic
CT200
Guy
Riddle
Praxa Limited
DEV380; DEV385
Joel
Pobar
DEV415; CT300
Joseph
Cooney
DEV345
William
Bartholomew
Technology One Limited
CT232; DEV360
Mahesh
Krishnan
Readify Pty Ltd
DEV210
Paul
Stovell
DEV210; DEV375
Craig
Bailey
Elcom
DEV320
Anthony
Borton
AB Training Pty Ltd
DEV365; DEV360; DEVILL03
Turner
SDM
OFC399; DEVILL04
Mitch
Denny
SVR307; DEV210; SOACT301
Adrian
Floate
OFCCT202
Carr
Allette
OFC404
Rick
Jelliffe
David
Wells
Pcubed Australia
OFC342
Ishai
Sagi
Unique World
OFC405
Brian
Cook
OBS/Nintex
OFC375
Marc
Soester
OFC310
Steve
Smith
Combined Knowledge
OFC380
Ben
Walters
OFC310; OFC301
Ivan
Wilson
SharePoint Gurus
OFC315; OFC301
Harrowfield
Nintex
OFC303
Jonathan
Ruckert
Oconics Pty Ltd
OFC203
Mark
Griffith
Commonwealth Bank of Australia
OFC250
Kathy
Hughes
Combined Knowledge Asia Pacific
Gil
Kirkpatrick
NetPro
SEC314
Aleks
Lubiejewski
stratsec
SEC309
Pete
Calvert
KAZ Group
SECILL01; SVRILL01
Brad
Engstrom
SVR259
Erdal
Ozkaya
CEO IT Training & Solutions
CT210
Jeff
Headley
Acclaim Communications
SVRILL05
Trattles
Renardisa
CT255; SVRILL02
Wayne
Small
SBSfaq.com Pty Ltd
SVR306; SVRCT201; SVR303
Ken
Schaefer
Avanade
SVR315
Freddie
Louwrens
StratBits
SVRILL03
Kyle
Rosenthal
SVR402; TOT360; SVRILL04
Gordon
Ryan
Longneck Consulting Pty. Ltd.
SVR317; UNCILL01
Stephen
Russell
SOAILL01
Bill
Chesnut
Stargate Global Consulting
SOA303; SOA307
Glavich
readify
SOA315
Mick
Badran
Breeze
TOT344; SOA305
Fatih
Colgar
Microsoft
TOT332
Wilde
Hewlett Packard Australia
Spider Consulting Pty Ltd
SVR402; TOT360
Derrick
Buckley
Gen-i Australasia
UNC316
Pringle
Gen-i
Susan
Wolfe
Optimal Experience
WEB312; WEB304
Greg
Low
SolidQ Australia
DAT321; DAT364; DAT355
Ward
WARDY IT Solutions
DAT352; DAT352; DAT361
Amanda
Jackson
Fronde Systems Group Ltd
GEN101; ARC206; ARC206
Cate
myKB.com, Inc.
WEB315; WEB316; WEB315
Randolph
nsquared solutions
DEV370; DEV215; DEV335; DEV215; DEV335; DAT284
Todd
Bleeker, PhD.
Mindsharp
OFC405; OFC405
Neil
Roodyn
nsquared
DEV215; ARC202; DEV250; DEV215; GEN001; UNC219; ARC202; DEV250
Corneliu I.
Tusnea
DEV314; DEV410; MCT235; SEC314; SEC307; CT225
Jonas
Follesø
Capgemini
WEB309; WEB304; DEV210; WEB309; WEB304
Orin
Thomas
Orin Thomas
SEC304; SEC303
Noel
Convergent Computing
OFC305; OFC305
Curry
OFC373; OFC373; OFC315; OFC315
Adam
Cogan
SSW
DEV420; BIN352; DEV210; DEV325; DEV420
Oleson
OFC375; OFC373; OFC373; OFC375
Then, Roseanne Stamell, who runs our Microsoft Valued Professional program provided the following list of MVP’s who participated:
NAME
COMPANY
INVOLVEMENT
Ed Richard
Software Objectives Consulting
- HOLS - Sharepoint session in MVP Theatre
George Doubinski
Alexanders
3 sessions in MVP theatre
Nick Barclay
Session in MVP Theatre
Mick Badran
Breeze Training and Consulting
RFID Experience for TechEd Session in MVP Thetare on RFID
Anthony Borton
AB Training
2 sessions on Rosario
2 sessions in MVP Theatre on VSTS
Judy Gleeson
Desk Doctor
4 sessions in MVP Theatre
Kasim Wirama
Astra International
1 session in MVP Theatre
Marc Soester
1 session in MVP theatre
Ed Ferrero
Ferrero Consulting
3 sessions in MVP Theatre
Peter Myers
Solid Q
1 MVP Theatre session Speaker session
Angel Hernandez
Uniqueworld
2 speaker session in MVP theatre
Ivan Wilson
Sharepoint Gurus
2 speaker sessions 1 MVP Theatre session
Alan Cuthbertson
Syspro
1 MVP Theatre session
12 hours in HOL
Kieran Block
Block Networks
12 hours in the HOLS
Kathy Hughes
INdependant Sharepoint consultant
Tony Murray
activedir.org
1 session in MVP theatre (which he came from NZ for)
1 Session at Tech Ed NZ
Darren Gosbell
James & Monroe
1 session at MVP Theatre
I then expanded my query a little to the Product Managers to ensure that I hadn’t missed anyone. I’m only including two here, as everyone else was included in the Session list above. However, the SQL Server Group ran a two day SQL Architecture event prior to TechEd, and there were many Mobility partners who didn’t take part in the sessions.
From Christine Bishop for SQL Server and BI:
Hi Rog The following MVP’s helped on my APO /BI Stand Nick Barclay – B(iq) Peter Ward – Wardy IT Darren Gosbell – James & Monroe Grant Paisley – Angry Koala Geoff Orr – Angry Koala Rob Farley – works with Greg Linwood at SQL Servants Hope this helps CB
Hi Rog
The following MVP’s helped on my APO /BI Stand
Hope this helps
CB
From Don Kerr for Mobility:
Rog, The Mobility stream had participation from the following partners; Presenters Apart from those mentioned above, we hosted a session called: “Office on the Beach,” a Mobility panel session included: Robin Simpson (Gartner), Aleks Lubiejeweski (stratsec), Hugo Ortega (tegatech), Dr Neil Roodyn (nSquared), Scott Taylor (Telstra), Brian Walshe (Dimension Data), Rajeev Govinnage (Samsung – who had to pull out at last minute due to family emergency, but was full prepped to participate). No payment made to the participants. On the Showcase we had; Mobilise IT & Brightpoint on the Windows Mobile stand, showing how Windows Mobile integrates with our Business Productivity applications & showing off some cool devices. Thanks to Roman Surkis, Deepak Dhankhar & George Deligiannoudis from MobiliseIT, Mil Kotigama & Adam Faludi from Brightpoint. (no payment made to these resources, but MS did fund the stand) nSquared provided Luis Catarino, Andrew Stone and Pierce Bizzaca, mobile developers to assist on the Dev & BI stands in the App Plat area (no payment made to nSquared) Airloom provided the full demo infrastructure to showcase System Center Mobile Device Manager. There was no payment made to Airloom, MS provided the stand. Airloom manned this area for the full duration of TechEd including the delivery of two 10min chalk talk demos– a special mention to Wayne Phillips from Airloom. Along with Wayne, Glenn Patrakis, Chris Haggios & David Creedy assisted. Intermec (Dr Nick Nicoloudis) who spent all TechEd on the showcase floor at the SCMDM stand, and provided a ruggedized device to give away @ Smackdown. No payment was made to Intermec. We also had Motorola, Samsung, Palm, HTC, Jabra and Intermec provide prizes for Smackdown (hooohahhh). Mobility is a broad area, and we had a broad range of partners assisting us. My personal thanks to the individuals cannot be overstated for their energy and passion. Don
Rog,
The Mobility stream had participation from the following partners;
Presenters
Apart from those mentioned above, we hosted a session called: “Office on the Beach,” a Mobility panel session included:
On the Showcase we had;
We also had Motorola, Samsung, Palm, HTC, Jabra and Intermec provide prizes for Smackdown (hooohahhh).
Mobility is a broad area, and we had a broad range of partners assisting us. My personal thanks to the individuals cannot be overstated for their energy and passion.
Don
Then some other favourable mentions from Nigel Watson, our Architecture Track owner:
Wow!
And finally to all of those (mostly unnamed developers) whom worked on the UNICEF Community Project, ably project managed by Mitch Denny, and those whom delivered ad hoc Chalk Talk sessions, coordinated by Damian Edwards. Both Mitch and Damian, of course, do work for Readify. However, they simply coordinated various work streams which any delegate could provide input to, and every delegate was invited to.
I do also need to highlight that the UNICEF Community Project was inspired by a Sunday evening IM conversation between myself and Rob Farley, SQL Solutions; and directed by Dave Glover, one of the MS Evangelists.
So, a personal thank-you to everyone in our community of Partners and Customers, who worked hard to make this such a great event.
Of course TechEd is but one event in our calendar, and we work with over 14,000 partners in Australia on a very wide range of projects and opportunities. I, and my team, put a lot of effort into building and maintaining strong relationships with influencers in our community, whether from Partners, our Customers, Academia, or just passionate hobbyists, as you can see from all of those who took part above.
As I mentioned to Nick in my initial response, I’d love to talk to him about his experience. I'm passionate about and committed to improving our engagement with the community, and we can only do that by listening to feedback and engaging in meaningful conversation.
Feel free to contact me at the MS office in North Ryde, by email or by Twitter.
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