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Erik van Ballegoij, Apollo Software

OpenForce Europe Speaker Erik van Ballegoij

Erik van Ballegoij is a self employed software developer since 1997. In recent years he has concentrated on creating web applications. After having created a CMS from ground up, he switched leagues to the DotNetNuke framework. Since 2004 he is working fulltime on DNN Solutions. In 2007 he became core team member, where his current responsibilities include the projects Announcements and Articles Manager. Also in 2007 he was awarded as MVP by Microsoft.

Cathal Connolly, Liberty IT

OpenForce Europe Speaker Cathal Connolly

Cathal is as a Principal Software Engineer for Liberty Information Technology based in Belfast, Northern Ireland developing Enterprise Web applications for a Fortune 100 company. He's a Microsoft MVP in ASP.NET and is also a Core-team member and trustee of the popular opensource asp.net portal product, Dotnetnuke (www.dotnetnuke.com)

Stefan Cullmann, DGZfP

OpenForce Europe Speaker Stefan Cullmann

Stefan Cullmann is CIO of DGZfP, a technical society, and DotNetNuke is his favourite tool for developing and maintaining the web sites of his employer. Instead of complaining about missing tools and features, Stefan joined the User Defined Table project three years ago and started to bring in his own ideas. He is meanwhile team project lead for the XML module project and also for the User Defined Table module project (shared with Sebastian Leupold). Stefan is also member of the DotNetNuke Core Team.

Chris Hammond, Engage Software

Chris Hammond is the Product Manager for Internet Solutions with Engage Software in St. Louis, Missouri. Having worked with DNN since its inception Chris has solidified his role within the community as a leading expert on the platform, presenting at conferences and user groups across the United States over the past 5 years. As a DotNetNuke Core Team member Chris has been able to provide community support and development to users all across the globe. He started and runs one of the most active DotNetNuke user groups, the St. Louis DNN User Group found at www.dnnug.com. In the little free time he has, Chris participates in various activities with the Sports Car Club of America, including autocross and club racing. He manages multiple community portals relating to those efforts, www.solo2.org and www.sccaforums.com. You can read more about Chris on his blog at www.chrishammond.com.

Nik Kalyani, DotNetNuke Corporation

Nik Kalyani (MVP) is a co-founder and the Chief Visionary Officer of DotNetNuke Corp. Nik is a technology entrepreneur with over 14 years of experience having previously created a technology services company, a venture-funded Internet company and a DotNetNuke products company. Nik is proficient in many areas of software development, but has a focus on rich client applications that emphasize usability. He is also well-versed with marketing and brand development and developed the current DotNetNuke brand identity. His areas of focus on the DotNetNuke team include business strategy, marketing, user experience, and product concept/development. Nik is the co-founder of the Washington, D.C. DotNetNuke User’s Group ( www.capitaldug.org ) and the Silicon Valley DotNetNuke User’s Group ( www.valleydug.org ).

Stefan Kamphuis, Giraffe IT

OpenForce Europe Speaker Stefan Kamphuis

Stefan Kamphuis is a Microsoft MVP and works as a Microsoft Solution Developer for Giraffe IT in the Netherlands. He has a main focus on web development, but also works on other areas of development. Stefan has been following the DotNetNuke project ever since the IBS Workshop-days and has been implementing, extending and using it since late 2004. Currently Stefan is the project team lead for the DotNetNuke Chat module and the president of the DotNetNuke group within the largest Dutch developer community, SDN (Software Development Network). Stefan has has attended quite a few conferences as a speaker in the Netherlands over the past few years, which include Microsoft DevDays, Code-camp, Software Developer Events and Openforce Europe 2007.

Sebastian Leupold, Gamma concept mbH

OpenForce Europe Speaker Sebastian Leupold

Sebastian Leupold (MVP) is CEO of gamma concept, a solutions company specialized in developing database driven software for PC and web, which is part of dnnWerk, a compound of leading DotNetNuke experts in Germany. After studiing Economics and Business Engineering at Karlsruhe University he acquired professional experience in software applications for about 18 years now. Sebastian is team lead for module User Defined Table and develops commercial modules as well. Besides, he creates and maintains German language packs for DotNetNuke framework and modules. Sebastian is member of the DotNetNuke Core Team and co-founder of the German DotNetNuke User Group.

Charles Nurse, DotNetNuke Corporation

Charles Nurse (MVP) is a Lead Developer on the DotNetNuke project. He has worked with DotNetNuke for over four years – the last 2.5 years as a Trustee of the project. In particular he was Lead Developer for the ASP.NET 2.0 version (DotNetNuke v4.0), the Membership changes and Property Editor Control (v4.3), and the latest performance enhancements (DotNetNuke v4.4).

Ernst Peter Tamminga, XCESS expertise center b.v.

OpenForce Europe Speaker Ernst Peter Tamminga

Ernst Peter has more than 20 years experience in IT. He is CEO of XCESS expertise center example, Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, IT service provider for custom solutions for medium-sized organizations. He has formed the basis of the current SDN and has been a speaker at various developer conferences. He combines the experience as a Developer with the primary role as head of a medium-sized commercial IT service provider.

Shaun Walker, DotNetNuke Corporation

Shaun Walker (ASPInsider, MVP) is a co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of DotNetNuke Corp. Shaun is also the original creator of DotNetNuke. He has 15 years professional experience in architecting and implementing large scale software solutions for private and public organizations. He is the original creator and maintainer of DotNetNuke. He is a frequent speaker at user group meetings, trade conferences, and is a contributing author to the WROX Press book Professional DotNetNuke - ASP.NET Portals.