Brad Abrams

Brad Abrams was a founding member of both the Common Language Runtime, and .NET Framework teams at Microsoft Corporation where he is currently the Product Unit Manager of the Application Framework team which is responsible for delivering the developer platform that powers Rich Internet Applications and core innovations in the .NET Framework. 

Tim Heuer

Hi, I’m Tim and I’m a geek.  (Say it with me: Hi Tim!)  I currently work for Microsoft as a program manager for Microsoft Silverlight, a web technology aimed at delivering rich internet experiences to users. 

Before this current role, I was a developer evangelist for Microsoft serving the Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Colorado, Montana and Utah areas aiming to strengthen and support communities and software developers in these geographies. 

Claudio Perrone, InnerWorkings, Ireland

Claudio Perrone is Chief Technology Officer at InnerWorkings, a company providing advanced learning and analysis tools for software developers. Claudio guides the company’s technical strategy and he is directly responsible for InnerWorkings’ tools, infrastructure, and technology assets.

Sara Ford

Sara Ford is the program manager for CodePlex, Microsoft’s open source project hosting site.

Prior to CodePlex, she worked on the Visual Studio team for six years, where she ran the Visual Studio Tip of the Day on her blog.

Her life-long goal is to become a 97 year-old weightlifter, so she can be featured on the local news.

Sara Ford has presented on:

• Embrace Open Source on CodePlex
• Visual Studio Tips and Tricks

Philip Wheat

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.

Scott Guthrie

Scott Guthrie is probably known most for his trademark red polo and his tag line "I live in Seattle and develop a few software products for Microsoft..."

Scott Guthrie is corporate vice president of Microsoft's .NET Developer Platform, where he runs the development teams responsible for delivering Microsoft Visual Studio developer tools and Microsoft .NET Framework technologies for building client and Web applications.

Scott Guthrie has presented on:

• The Gu talks shop with developers - April 2009
• The Gu talks shop with developers II - August 2009