With experience in commercial software development dating back to the late nineties, Marius Constantinescu currently works as the Lead Architect on Microsoft Solutions, for a professional IT services company based in Geneva, Switzerland.
Having worked with .NET from its very early beta stages, as well as with the SharePoint platform since 2003, Marius has played a major part in developing useful tools for large international organizations and private companies, providing consulting expertise on architectures based on .NET, SharePoint, and other related technologies.
His passion for technology has made him recipient of various prestigious awards such as "Technology Scout for 2005" and "Siemens Certified Architect" while working as the Microsoft Solution architect for Siemens. Currently his focus has shifted again to latest .NET technologies such as Silverlight, SharePoint Server, and Cloud Computing.
Marius has been working as a Technical Reviewer of .NET technologies for almost a decade, with multiple publishing houses and prestigious authors around. He has quite a few credits added to his name, including the two best sellers on ASP.NET 2.0, written by the popular author Dino Esposito, back in 2005.
Marius is also a frequent speaker in management briefings and technology conferences, and maintains a blog, available at http://nettitude.spaces.live.com.
Michael Nemtsev is a Microsoft Most Valued Professional (MVP) in SharePoint Server and has held this status since year 2009. Previously, he had held the same award in .NET/C# area since year 2005. Michael has expertise in the Enterprise Integration Platform and Collaborations areas, and is currently working as a Senior Information Management Consultant at Gen-I in Sydney, Australia.
Ivan Wilson has been working as a consultant on Microsoft technologies for the last 15 years and has been focusing on the SharePoint platform for the last seven years. He has five Microsoft Most Valued Professional (MVP) awards to his credit—winning continuously since 2006 until 2010. Originally from Ireland, he moved to Sydney, Australia in 1999. He now co-runs SharePoint Gurus, a consultancy business focused on helping organizations collaborate in a better way.