Wyatt Preul works as a software test engineer for
Telligent Systems. At age 23 he holds a bachelor's degree in
Computer Science and is completing his certification as a Microsoft
Certified Technology Specialist. Wyatt has been working with and
admiring Community Server since shortly after version 1.1 was
released. Since that time he has become a respected member of the
community and active participant in the product itself. Wyatt now
spends his days happily testing Community Server and trying to
locate bugs in the product, about which he reports there aren't
many. His thoughts on development, testing, and Community Server
can all be found at www.wyattpreul.com. Wyatt currently lives in
Philadelphia with his beautiful fiancé Dusti Lyon.
Keyvan Nayyeri is a software architect and
developer and an active .NET community member with a bachelor of
science degree in Applied Mathematics. He began his programming
life with over eight years of system programming and much
experience with practices. In the development world, Keyvan is a
middle-tier developer and an expert in markup languages and their
related technologies. Recently he has switched to Service Oriented
design and building distributed systems. He is a young community
member who has written several articles for .NET communities.
Beside this, he's running some open source projects. Keyvan has
been a Community Server MVP since April 2006 and primarily focuses
on codes and APIs and has written several modules and custom
controls for Community Server. He joined the Community Server folks
in the early days and actively has helped many Community Server
users to find their way in this world. His thoughts on .NET,
Community Server, and Technology can be found on
www.nayyeri.net.
José Lema, the product unit manager for
Community Server, has been developing browser-based applications
for the past 10 years. Previous to joining Telligent Systems, he
was the lead developer for Microsoft's Hive.net online community.
His unique experience with ASP.NET, SQL Server, and Community
Server ultimately led him to join Telligent as a senior engineer
focused on the forums system. Since that time, his responsibilities
have grown to include the entire Community Server product and team.
In his free time, José enjoys reading, juggling, playing, and
watching/quoting movies with his wife and four boys.
Jim Martin is a software engineer for
Telligent. Telligent is a software and solutions company with
unique expertise and knowledge of the Microsoft .NET platform. Jim
focuses primarily on the services side at Telligent but has also
contributed in the development of Community Server, as well as
customizing Community Server to fit specific client needs. Jim
joined Telligent shortly after the company's birth and has now been
there two years. Jim has over eight years of software development
experience. He began his career as an information analyst, focusing
on custom applications to support company initiatives for Fujitsu
Network Communications in Richardson, Texas. After almost five
years at Fujitsu he moved to Brink's Inc. where he worked for
almost two years as a programmer analyst on a custom solution used
to manage the Brink's armored fleet and cash movement.
Jim likes to spend his off time playing in the .NET community. Jim
is the treasurer for the North Dallas .NET Users Group in Dallas,
Texas. Jim is also a musician and enjoys playing the piano whenever
he can find the time. Jim also enjoys the little things in life,
such as spending nights reading, drinking coffee, going to the gym,
and listening to music.