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Dan Hurwitz, .NET Architect
Dan is a developer, mentor, author, instructor, and consultant working with clients for over 20 years. He got his start working with early CAD systems and other graphics software, then moved on to database development in the Paradox world. He has been involved with Microsoft .NET development since its inception, co-authoring two O'Reilly books with Jesse Liberty: Programming ASP.NET (3rd edition) and Programming .NET Windows Applications. Along the way, he has designed and developed many applications for both web and desktop, all database-intensive. When not working or doing something with his family, he can often be found on one of his bikes. Dan has a B.S. in (of all things) Ceramic Science from Penn State University.
Jesse Liberty, .NET Architect
Jesse is a contract programmer, author, instructor, architect, analyst, and consultant. Over 20 years experience delivering successful commercial applications on-time and under-budget. Best-selling author, Microsoft MVP; listed in Wikipedia as a .Net expert. Taught software development to over 10,000 students (on-line and on-site, as well as at Brandeis and Harvard Universities, numerous industry events and other public presentations). He is very well known and respected in the .Net lecture
circuit.
Robert Hurlbut, .NET Security Architect
Robert has over 18 years of experience in the industry as software architect, developer,
speaker, author, and security and database consultant. He is a Microsoft MVP for
Security Development. Robert specializes in Microsoft .NET, application security,
distributed architectures, and database architecture and development. He has spoken
at industry conferences, including WIN-DEV, New England Code Camp, Heartland Developers
Conference, DevTeach, and VSLive!. He also writes articles about security and database
development and wrote the Security chapter for the book Programming Microsoft SQL
Server 2005. Robert has served as a consultant to such companies as Bain, Fidelity
Investments, and Staples.
Sunil Chavan, Project Manager
A PostGraduate in Statistics from University of Pune, Sunil joined Tata Burroughs Limited (known as Tata Infotech Limited today) in 1979. Sunil spent eight years working on several technical projects spanning complete software development life cycle, including pre-sales, bid preparation, project management. For next three years Sunil was involved in setting up an offshore development center within Tata Burroughs for a large multinational company. Subsequently Sunil moved from technical work to take a Business Development role at Mahindra British Telecom. MBT was in its formative stages in 1990, when Sunil took over the reins of its UK operations. Sunil set up the UK office and grew business from Rs. 12 million to Rs. 350 million in 6 years. While registering a near 100% growth in business per year, Sunil acquired a degree in Marketing Management from University of Westminster in London.
Gary Southard, Business Analyst
Gary is a senior business and technology manager with many years of experience in planning, developing, and implementing web-based software, platforms and eCommerce systems. As Director of Engineering at Providus Software Solutions he managed the creation of multiple releases of Risk Resolve, an operational risk and compliance management product for large financial institutions. As Vice President of Application Engineering Services at Deutsche Asset Management / Scudder Investments Gary was responsible for building an eCommerce infrastructure and launching over 19 personalized public, investor, and business to business web sites. Gary launched CMGi owned Planet Direct, a high-volume consumer portal site that quickly grew to over 500,000 registered users and was later renamed MyWay.com. Gary received his MBA from the University of Massachusetts at Lowell.
Bako Sreeram, Senior Developer / Team Lead
Bako has over 25 years of experience in the computer science industry. Starting his career as a programmer, he handled various responsibilities of the entire Software Development Life Cycle. Bako worked in Silicon Valley for 12 years (1986 – 1998)
developing and managing software projects with companies such as Tandem, Santa Clara
Valley Health Dept, Lockheed Martin, NASD(AQ), Safeway etc.. The experience of working with international firms helped him understand the strict quality adherence expected by international clients. QA and Processes has been his main forte. Bako brings the CMM level 5 processes to Keene Systems. Bako has undergone Visual Studio 2005
training from Microsoft and has developed / managed development of applications
using .Net 2.0 framework.
Caroline Bogart, Senior Software Engineer
Caroline has over 17 years experience in software development. She specializes in C#, VB.NET, Microsoft SQL Server, ADO.NET, ASP.NET web development, IIS, Visual Studio.NET, JavaScript, VBScript, ASP and Visual Basic. Caroline's career spans back to writing Assembly Language programs for IBM 3090 and PDP-11 machines. Caroline has created or enhanced eCommerce products, shopping cart web sites, newspaper classified advertising system components, data translation libraries, content management systems and Ektron’s web-based editor eWebEditPro. Caroline is a Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) in ASP.NET web development. She created and ran the Greater Nashua Software Entrepreneur Group’s Schoolhouse, dedicated to teaching unemployed software engineers .NET programming by building a web site for the non-profit group The Way Home. Caroline has taught ADO.NET and ASP.NET for two New Hampshire training companies. Caroline created the curriculum for and taught a four-month C#, ASP.NET, ADO.NET, Visual Studio.NET boot camp for the software engineers at the Concord Insurance Group. She has written software for Crosfield Systems, Camex, ImagiTex, Du Pont, Summa Four, Publishing Partners International, Unisys, Digital Equipment Corporation, NHB Internet Services, BEA Systems, The National Association for the Self-Employed, Cigna Insurance, BlindsFromtheFactory.com, Transit Music Group, Marlin Art, Radius Engineering, Scribe Software and Ektron, Inc. Caroline has a BA from Goucher College where she graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 1984. She graduated from The Chubb Institute's Software Engineering program in 1988.
Jayesh Panchal, Programmer, DBA
Jayesh has over 12 years of IT development experience, including significant experience in managing on-site/ off-shore projects. He has handled large applications with responsibilities in all phases of SDLC, GAP/CRUD/Requirement Analysis and Planning to Testing/Implementation and troubleshooting on web-based commerce, client-server and cross-platform systems. He has elite expertise in Oracle and Java technologies. He brings to Keene Systems the business knowledge on various domains such as Service, Equity Management and Stock Trading, Finance, Law Enforcement Management, Pharmaceutical & Chemical, Insurance, Telecommunications and Manufacturing Industry and experience in EDI Interface.
Purvi Thacker, Programmer
Purvi has over 9 years of IT development experience. Purvi has extensive experience
of Shipping & Real Estate industry. She has managed multiple applications simultaneously
and has a flawless track record of on-time on budget delivery. Purvi’s technical
skills span the entire range of Microsoft tools i.e. VB, VC++, VB.Net, ASP.Net,
SQL Server. Purvi has attended a training programm on SQL Server 2005 conducted
by Microsoft.
Vrushali Ghatpande, Team Lead
With more than 10 years in the IT industry, Vrushali brings to the table an in depth
know how of SDLC, methodical approach, high level of attention to details & thorough
documentation. Vrushali’s forte is web application development using ASP, ASP.NET
and C#. A post graduate in Computer Applications, she has also worked on different
languages including Visual Basic, C, Java and Oracle. Her database expertise includes
SQL Server 2005 and MS Access.
Chris Zarza, Graphic Design
Chris has 23 years of design and marketing experience. He has designed everything from consumer packaging for major software companies, to web sites and newspaper ads for small businesses. He spent 6 years designing in house at Lotus (now IBM) and has worked for many studios and agencies in the Boston area. He founded Studio Z Design, Inc. in 1993. Studio Z is a print and web shop with a flair for design, driven by strategic branding. His skills include: design, illustration, GUI design, strategic branding and information architecture. Chris is an expert in Photoshop and works closely with Keene Systems programmers to deliver polished user interfaces.
Jeremiah Baker, Web Marketing, Graphic Design
Jeremiah is an Internet Marketing Specialist with many years of experience in planning, developing, and implementing Internet marketing strategies and eCommerce systems. He is also an accomplished user interface designer who has written a Web design course that is being taught in over 50 cities throughout the U.S. He specializes in driving traffic to websites and writing effective sales copy to convert these leads into paying customers. He also specializes in designing user-friendly websites that are fast loading and easy to navigate. His most recent achievement was helping a small eCommerce company generate over $270,000 in their first 7 weeks of being online. Jeremiah has consulted with such firms as: Hewlett-Packard, Nokia, Honeywell, Equifax, Nervewire and many smaller firms. He spent many years designing and developing software systems and Web interfaces before transitioning into Internet Marketing. He graduated with a B.A. in Economics and a concentration in Graphic Arts.
Amanda Brauman King, Copywriter
Amanda Brauman King brings over eighteen years of experience in promotional writing for print and the web. She has created advertising campaigns, corporate taglines and capability brochures, product literature, websites, and case studies for more than 60 corporations and charitable organizations. Amanda’s clients are innovators in a broad range of industries, including technology hardware and software, health care, financial services, construction, travel, and consulting. She regularly joins forces with Boston-area graphic designers, marketing consultants, and producers to bring clients a range of marketing services. Amanda periodically leads workshops on effective writing and communications. Amanda launched her career at Cipriani Design in Boston. Clients include American Science & Engineering, Bike Riders Tours, IBM (Lotus Software), Knowledge Management Associates, The Massachusetts Coalition of School-based Health Centers (MCSBHC), The Medical Foundation, The Northeastern Society for Group Psychotherapy Foundation, Onyx Software, Schneider Associates, SeaChange, Voice Automation and Zmed. Amanda is a graduate of the Creative Writing Program at Boston University. She earned her B.A. degree in English and French from Tufts University.
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