Holly Anderson is the product marketing manager
for K2. Holly began working with K2 software in 2004 as a technical
consultant building complex workflow applications for clients and
joined K2 as a technical specialist in 2006. With her technical and
marketing background, Holly is able to provide a unique perspective
on K2 products for both business and technical audiences. You can
reach her at holly@k2.com.
Jason Apergis is a software consultant who has
lived in the Washington, DC, area his entire life. Jason currently
works for a Microsoft Gold Partner named RDA Corporation as a
technical project manager and has worked for various other
consulting firms like BearingPoint and AMS. One of Jason's
solutions, which integrated K2, BizTalk, SharePoint, and InfoPath,
was nominated as a finalist for a Microsoft solution of the year
award in 2006. Jason completed both his undergraduate and graduate
degrees in Information Technology from Virginia Tech. Jason plays
ice hockey on a weekly basis and is both an avid fan of the
Washington Capitals and a Virginia Tech Football fan. Jason
dedicates this book to his wife, Catherine, and both his children,
Ethan and Caroline.
Sergio Del Piccolo is an experienced business
process consultant and a partner at Avantage Partners in Vancouver,
Canada. He has led business process integration engagements of all
sizes and brings over 10 years of hands-on experience as a
technical and business solutions architect. Sergio has acted as a
trusted advisor for multiple clients, providing guidance and
leadership on successful process-driven and integration solutions.
As a well respected consultant within the community, Sergio has
achieved a number of accreditations that have further established
his expertise, including being a K2 Insider and a Microsoft Virtual
Technical Specialist for BizTalk Server. He is an expert on the
Microsoft Connected System and K2 platforms. Sergio leads the
Partner Integrated Workflow program, focusing on getting
organizations to streamline their business processes and helping
them gain a competitive edge in today's global market. You can
reach him at sergio.delpiccolo@avantagepartners.com, and you can
take a look at his blogs at http://delpiccolo.com and http://avantagepartners.com/team-profiles/
sergio-del-piccolo.
Chris Geier evangelizes K2, helps build and
nourish the broader K2 community, and coordinates global readiness
efforts internally. He's worked in the technology industry for 14
years - for several companies, including Microsoft - and has
focused primarily on infrastructure and security. Chris lives in
the suburbs of Chicago with his ever-so-patient wife, Sara, and
their three children: Leah-Rose, Carter, and Ella Claire. Chris is
a history buff, ashamed to admit he loves reality television, and
loves the soon to be world champion Chicago Cubs.
Codi Kaji is a technical writer for K2, where
her main responsibility is translating the features and
functionality of the K2 platform into things business people can
understand, in other words, translating geek to human. With a
background of consulting and training on various Microsoft based
technologies, she enjoys the challenge of installing and testing
the latest products and writing information that helps people get
the most out of their K2 experience. Codi and her husband have
three cats and enjoy fishing. When she's not testing the latest
build, writing words, or landing a trout, Codi enjoys the soothing
craft of knitting. Watch out for the pointy sticks.
Shaun Leisegang is the presales manager for K2
and is responsible for technical presales across Europe. Shaun is
responsible for product evangelism, solution design, and
specifications as well as for solution consulting. Shaun has vast
experience within the Microsoft ecosystem; designing and building
NET-based enterprise and system architectures that include workflow
or business process automation as well as consulting and working
with the full Microsoft stack of technologies. Shaun is a true
stage performer of the IT world: immensely capable, adaptable,
confident, an excellent communicator, who is equally comfortable in
front of large crowds and intimate groups. Shaun has a passion for
both people and technology, which allows him to convey dynamic new
products in an infectious way, while at the same time knowing the
IT business as a whole in order to speak authoritatively across
multiple products and platforms. He began his career as a software
developer, moved on to lead a team of application developers, and
now runs a presales team where he has found a perfect mix between
two of his passions: people and technology.
Igor Macori lives in Bologna, Italy, with his
three girls (his partner and his two cats). He is cofounder and
Training and Consulting Manager for GreenTeam (www.greenteam.it),
an Italian Microsoft Gold Certified Partner founded in 1991. He has
managed various IW Solutions projects (SharePoint, LCS/ OCS,
Project Server, WWF, and others) and completed various solutions
implemented for enterprise companies and public sector
organizations. He is a regular trainer and speaker for Italian
Microsoft courses and events dedicated to partners and customers
and has achieved various technical certifications since 1996 (MCP,
MCSA, MCSE, MCTS SharePoint, MCAS, MCT, and MOS Master Instructor).
In 2008, he received the Microsoft MVP (Most Valuable Professional)
Award for Microsoft SharePoint Server - Architecture. He is the
owner of one of most visited Italian SharePoint and Collaboration
Internet Blogs (www.macori.it). He is co-organizer of the Italian
SharePoint Technical Conference (www.sharepointconference.it). He
has written 14 books about the Microsoft Office System and
Microsoft Windows Vista, and since 2007 has been a K2 Insider.
Gabriel Malherbe is a .NET solutions architect
in the Thames Valley, UK. He currently works with the amazing team
of K2 professionals at Dynamyx, where they service some
multinational clients across Europe in the manufacturing and
financial sector. He built his process management experience by
codesigning system integration components that are used by airports
worldwide. Broadening his horizons, he and his wife, Sharm, moved
to the UK where Gabriel has delivered K2 training and seminars
since 2004. He is one of the founding members of the K2 Insiders
program. He can be contacted at gabriel.malherbe@dynamyx.com, and
you can follow his K2 dedicated blog at
http://nakedprogrammer.blogspot.com.
Jason Montgomery is a principal of Active
Technologies Group, Inc. (ATGi - www.atgi.com), an international
technology consulting firm based in Columbus, Ohio, working with
clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies to government agencies,
including the U.S. Department of Defense. His skills cover a broad
range of technologies with specializations in information security,
Microsoft technologies, Microsoft .NET, and K2 Workflow solutions,
as well as Linux and FreeBSD system administration. Currently,
Jason serves on the Global Information Assurance Certification
(GIAC) Advisory Board as well as on the Global Information
Assurance Professional (GSSP) Steering Committee for the .NET
Security Certifications for SANS Institute. He additionally holds
the CISSP Certification and the GIAC .NET Security (GNET) and GIAC
Security Essentials (GSEC) Certifications.
Colin Murphy is a principal architect with RDA
Corporation, is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, and has been
working in the industry for about 12 years. Colin's areas of
specialization are Microsoft Office SharePoint 2007, Smart Clients,
and Workflow. Colin has been working with K2.net 2003 since early
2006 on projects for a variety of clients.
Chris O'Connor began programming on a Commodore
64 as an avid 12 year old, entering listings from computer
magazines. He has spent the last 15 years or so developing Web
sites, Windows applications, and other solutions using Visual
Basic, C#, SQL Server, and other products within the Microsoft
arena. He is currently employed as a SharePoint solution architect
and has implemented many SharePoint Content Management and Document
Management Solutions, as well as K2.net 2003 and K2 blackpearl.
He is also a Microsoft Certified Professional and Microsoft
Certified Application Developer, and K2 Insider. With so many new
products and technologies from Microsoft, it's hard to keep up;
Chris follows with great interest to the happenings of Microsoft
and the Web 2.0 community, especially with regard to SharePoint,
Silverlight, and "Software+Services." He updates a blog of
SharePoint related articles, other technical bits and pieces, and
fun and family at www.grumpywookie.com. To keep up with the K2
community, Chris hosts a K2-related blog, located at www.devk2.net.
He is a keen photographer, with his favorite subjects being his
wife and two young sons. Spending weekends with family is his
favorite pastime, with house renovations, gardening, kids'
activities, and such. He can be contacted at
chris@grumpywookie.com.
Anthony Petro resides in Silverthorne,
Colorado, and is the Technical Product Manager for K2. He started
his professional career in the consulting world 14 years ago and
has always remained focused on Microsoft technologies and
solutions. He joined Microsoft in 2001 and spent the next 5 years
heavily immersed in SharePoint Joint Development Programs bridging
the gap between the product development teams in Redmond and the
enterprise customers around the world. He was a strong contributor
to the SharePoint community in its infancy and focused on teaching
the masses about the complexities of search and enterprise scale
issues and about using products such as K2 to fill the enterprise
workflow gaps of SharePoint. He joined K2 in 2006 to help bring K2
blackpearl to market through early adopter programs that spanned
the alpha and beta cycles through to RTM. Anthony remains actively
involved in early adopter programs for K2 blackpoint and K2
connect, and in planning the future releases of all product
lines.
Eric Schaffer has been working with K2 since
early 2005 when he helped formalize the K2 North America technical
support team. He now spends his time working on new ways to
showcase the power of the K2 platform as a presales technical
specialist with K2. Eric holds a bachelor's degree in Computer
Science from Washington State University. Prior to joining the K2
family Eric contracted with Microsoft in both the Xbox
certification testing department and developer technical support
department. Eric lives in Seattle with his wife, Dara, and
daughter, Kayla.
Mike Talley joined K2 as a technical writer in
February 2007, working on whitepapers, training content, wizard
text, and a variety of other things in his time with K2. Prior to
K2 he spent 8 years at Microsoft, where at various points he was a
programming writer, beta lead, and support professional. While at
Microsoft he worked with product teams on supportability issues and
wrote about InfoPath, InfoPath Forms Services, SharePoint, and
Excel. He currently resides in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, with his
wife and two sons. You can reach him at miket@k2.com.