Speakers
Marco Cantù Wintech Italia Srl
Marco is the author of the best-selling Mastering Delphi series and of the recent self-published Delphi 2007 Handbook and Delphi 2009 Handbook. Beside writing books on Delphi, he is a trainer and consultant on Delphi, but also on Web 2.0 development technologies, from Web Services to JavaScript, from REST to AJAX. Marco has spoken at developers conferences in 4 continents and has a blog at http://blog.marcocantu.com.
Cary Jensen Jensen Data Systems, Inc.
Cary Jensen is President of Jensen Data Systems, Inc., a company that provides computer software training, consulting, mentoring, and development services. He is an award-winning, best-selling co-author of nineteen books and he is a popular speaker at conferences, workshops, and training seminars throughout North America and Europe. Cary has a Ph.D. in Human Factors Psychology from Rice University, specializing in human-computer interaction.
Ray Konopka Raize Software
Ray Konopka founded Raize Software, Inc. in 1995. Today, he serves as Raize Software’s President as well as Chief Architect for the company’s award winning CodeSite and Raize Components products. Ray is also the author of the highly acclaimed “Developing Custom Delphi Components” books and has published numerous magazine articles on software development. Ray specializes in user interface design and custom VCL and .NET component development, and is a frequent speaker at developer conferences in North America, Europe, and Australia.
Jim McKeeth WideOrbit Inc. & Podcast@Delphi.org
From a very young age Jim has enjoyed programming and known that it was the career for him. He is the host of the Podcast @ Delphi.org, a weekly podcast that focuses on Delphi development and other news in the Delphi community. He is a senior software engineer with WideOrbit Inc., the fastest growing traffic software company in America. Jim and his wife and four wonderful children (occasional guests announcers on the podcast) live just north of Seattle in Mukilteo, Washington. You can find him online in a number of different places, including his website http://www.DavinciUnltd.com and podcast at http://www.Delphi.org. You can follow him on Twitter as JimMcKeeth.
Jeroen Pluimers better office benelux
Jeroen W. Pluimers is trainer, coach and consultant at better office benelux. They deliver top training and coaching for Microsoft .NET and Embarcadero. Their goal is to breed some great software developers. Jeroen has a wide experience with C#, Delphi,.NET, XML and much much more. His passion is to assist people in getting up to speed. To keep his high level of experience, he also participates in some real software development projects. Right now, he is involved in creating systems that reliably communicate with XSD validated XML over various communication channels, and a system for the optometrist branche. You can reach Jeroen by e-mail at jpluimers@better-office.com or on the internet at http://www.better-office.com
