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Calendar of Events
This section lists out the various events at which I have spoken in the past or will be in the future.
 
May 22, 2010

IndyTechFest

 

Indianapolis, IN

 

 

C# Tips and Tricks

 

This C# presentation focuses on tips and tricks for the C# developer. It contains a mixture of C# specific features along with other handy how-to items such as shortcuts for working with the C# IDE that will make you more productive

June 24, 2009

Microsoft Event

 

Indianapolis, IN

 

 

 

Source Control and Build: Easing Into Team Foundation Server

A team portal, task tracking, source control, build management, and business intelligence all help to deliver better-quality software on time and under budget.  Microsoft's Team Foundation Server (TFS) provides these capabilities and more, but it may be difficult to get started.  That's the reason for the session.

February 12, 2009

Indianapolis .NET Developers Association

 

Indianapolis, IN

Future of Managed Languages: C# and VB
In this session we will outline the future of C# and Visual Basic. Learn about the new capabilities of the next versions of these languages, including additional LINQ features, syntax simplifications, and a host of other improvements.

January 13, 2009

MSDN Developer Conference

 

Chicago, IL

Future of Managed Languages: C# and VB
In this session we will outline the future of C# and Visual Basic. Learn about the new capabilities of the next versions of these languages, including additional LINQ features, syntax simplifications, and a host of other improvements. Also gain insight into possible future features, including meta-programming and scripting

October 4, 2008

IndyTechFest

 

Indianapolis, IN

 

Tips and Tricks for C# 3.0

This C# exclusive session will focus on tips and tricks for the C# developer. It will contain a mixture of C# specific features along with other handy how-to items such as shortcuts for working with the C# IDE that will make you more productive.

September 17, 2008

Association of Financial Professionals of Indiana

 

Indianapolis, IN 

 

 

Vista...What's Different and What to Expect

Windows Vista represents a significant change in desktop computing as Microsoft looks to sunset the familiar Windows XP. Changes that range from what to expect from the user interface, to what will run and what won’t, to licensing costs, and deployment. Come and learn about Vista...What’s Different and What to Expect.

June 18, 2008

ITEC

 

Indianapolis, IN

 

 

 

Mashups: Delivering Enterprise Applications in Web 2.0 World

Mashups, the loading of data from different sources (these sources can be web services through the use of API's, RSS feeds or even just other websites) into front-end Ajax-enabled applications, is a term that has been freely used in the consumer and Web 2.0 space. If you're wondering if mashups belong on your to-do list, this session should be your starting point

March 11, 2008

Microsoft Visual Studio, SQL Server, and Windows Server Launch Event

 

Chicago, IL

Keynote Demonstration

Show a demonstration of the Chicago Bears Desktop News Alert tool that was built with Visual Studio 2008, Expression Blend, and Windows Presentation Foundation.

 

 

 

February 26, 2008

Microsoft DevCares

 

Indianapolis, IN

 

Building Office Applications with Visual Studio 2008

Take your end users’ productivity to a whole new level without locking yourself in your cubicle for weeks at a time. Visual Studio 2008 makes it easier than ever to leverage the power of the Microsoft Office platform within your application.

February 26, 2008

Microsoft DevCares

 

Indianapolis, IN

 

 

 

 

How Hackers Hack...And How to Stop Them

Your website is under attack. Constantly. But do you know how it is being attacked? More and more attackers today are attacking applications ... code issues in your web site ... rather than infrastructure issues. They are coming after you and your code. Come learn about some of the most common methods hackers use today to attack your web applications and the exploits these attacks target.

October 23, 2007 

Microsoft DevCares

 

Indianapolis, IN

Visual Studio 2008 & LINQ

LINQ is a powerful unified data access technique.  See an overview of LINQ, LINQ to SQL, and LINQ to XML. 

 

October 13, 2007

IndyTechFest

 

Indianapolis, IN

Web 2.0 in a Microsoft World

This session will focus on building Web 2.0 concepts in a Microsoft based toolset. It will cover examples of building an online community utilizing ASP.NET and AJAX.

October 13, 2007 

IndyTechFest

 

Indianapolis, IN

Tips and Tricks for the C# Developer

This C# exclusive session will focus on tips and tricks for the C# developer. It will contain a mixture of C# specific features along with other handy how-to items such as shortcuts for working with the C# IDE that will make you more productive.

October 10, 2007

Lilly TechFest

 

Indianapolis, IN

Best Practices for Designing Reusable SOA Services

Delivering TechEd presentation ARC308 at Eli Lilly in conjuction with Microsoft.

 

October 10, 2007

Lilly TechFest

 

Indianapolis, IN

Writing Maintainable and Robust Applications with VSTS

Delivering TechEd presentation DEV320 at Eli Lilly in conjuction with Microsoft.

 

October 10, 2007

Lilly TechFest

 

Indianapolis, IN

.NET Framework 3.0 End-to-End: Putting the Pieces Together

Delivering TechEd presentation DEV311 at Eli Lilly in conjuction with Microsoft.

February 7, 2007

Microsoft Office Launch Tour

 

Chicago, IL

Ready for a New Day: Launch Tour 2007 

Presenting the session on Secure Mobile Productivity for IT Pros.

 

 

 

September 14, 2007

Indianapolis .NET Developers Association

 

Indianapolis, IN

Windows Forms Tips & Tricks 

Windows Forms Tips & Tricks - learn techniques and best practices for improving your Windows Forms Development.

 

 

February 9, 2006

Indianapolis .NET Developers Association

 

Indianapolis, IN

 

Its all about Generics 

Introduced into the .NET Framework 2.0, generics is destined to be one of its most important features. Not only does it change the way you do arrays, lists, and collections, but it also could change the way you create your own types. Come join the discussion of generics and learn why they are a great thing within .NET 2.0.

June 8, 2005

ITEC

 

Indianapolis, IN

 

 

Visual Studio Team System 

New this year will be Visual Studio 2005 Team System. These versions of Visual Studio .NET will bring complete project functionality to the enterprise. Learn what Team System is as well as what features are coming to these versions of Visual Studio .NET.

July 29, 2004

Society of Information Managers

 

Indianapolis, IN

Web Services

Talking to Society of Information Managers (SIM) about using Web services within their orgainzations. Discuss the theory and the real world applicability.

 

May 18, 2004

TechPoint

 

Indianapolis, IN

 

 

Web Services - How are They Really Being Used? 

One of the latest pushes for the IT industry is to be more connected with our partners, both vendors and customers. However, what is really happening in the market? Is it possible to connect a completely IBM-based platform with a Microsoft platform?

October 9, 2003

Indianapolis .NET Developers Association

 

Indianapolis, IN 

Web Services Interoperability

Speaking to Indianapolis .NET Developers Association (IndyNDA) about building web services with .NET that can interact w/ RPC encoded based web services.

 

May 8, 2003 

Indianapolis .NET Developers Association

 

Indianapolis, IN

Cryptography

Speaking to Indianapolis .NET Developers Association (IndyNDA) about cryptography in .NET. Covered basic cryptography concepts, algorithms in the .NET Framework, and provided examples.

September 12, 2002 

Indianapolis .NET Developers Association

 

Indianapolis, IN

Accessing a Database

Speaking to Indianapolis .NET Developers Association (IndyNDA) about using ADO.NET to access a database. Compares to ADO. Outlines basic architecture and objects involved.