David Mann David Mann is a SharePoint MVP and an independent consultant, focusing on Microsoft’s Information Worker and Collaboration stack. He has been working with portal, collaboration, and content management technologies for over 13 years; designing and delivering solutions for Fortune 500 companies, small family-run businesses, and everything in between. Dave is the author of Workflow in the 2007 Microsoft Office System and founder of the Philadelphia Office Geeks User Group, focused on developer and administrator topics covering SharePoint and the entire Office System. You can find out more at his blog.

John Holliday is a SharePoint MVP and an independent consultant with over 25 years of professional software development and consulting experience. John has been involved in a broad spectrum of commercial software development projects ranging from retail products to enterprise information systems for the Fortune 100. After receiving his bachelor’s degree in applied mathematics from Harvard College and a J.D. from the University of Michigan, John developed a specialized computing language for constructing legal expert systems. His expertise includes all aspects of distributed systems development, with a special emphasis on document automation, collaboration and enterprise content management.

Nicola Young is Nicola is a technology specialist working exclusively with the SharePoint technologies and the course author of SSE301: Building Enterpise Solutions with Server Server 2007. Nicola currently works as both a SharePoint trainer and consultant, and focuses on the business applications of the product. She is the cofounder of SharePoint 911. And in between all of that manages to maintain her SharePoint blog.

Andrew Connell is a SharePoint MVP and an independent consultant specializing in Web Content Management (WCM) solutions and Web development. He has consistently focused on the challenge facing businesses today to maintain a current and dynamic online presence without having to rely on web developers or proficiency in HTML. As a writer, Andrew has already co-authored several WCM books and has started writing a new book on building Web Content Management (WCM) solutions with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS). Andrew maintains a popular MOSS-focused blog that has lots of good technical information about WCM.

Shane Young is a SharePoint MVP, independent consultant, and experienced trainer specializing in the administrative and architectural aspects of deploying SharePoint. With his focus on exposing power of SharePoint through proper configuration and a deep understanding of the built in capabilities, Shane helps his customers and students build the strongest possible foundation for their SharePoint based systems. Shane has also distinguished himself as a leading voice in developing effective upgrade strategies by contributing to Real World SharePoint 2007: Indispensable Experiences From 16 MOSS and WSS MVPs. His popular blog The SharePoint Farmer's Almanac contains lots of tips for solving everyday administrative problems.

Scot Hillier is a SharePoint MVP and an independent consultant focusing on creating solutions with SharePoint 2007, Office, and related .NET technologies. He is the author of 10 books on Microsoft technologies including Microsoft SharePoint: Building Office 2007 Solutions in C# 2005. Scot is a regular speaker at industry conferences such as Microsoft Tech Ed and SharePoint Connections. Scot is a former Naval submarine officer and graduate of the Virginia Military Institute. You can read Scot's blog and find out more about his services on his Web site.

Chris Predeek is is an independent consultant and trainer for Ted Pattison Group who has been working with Office Open XML since 2005. His software development career started in the late 90s as a C++ developer for the windows platform. He's used Microsoft technologies through COM, COM+, and finally to the .NET platform. Recently he's been specializing in Office 2007, SharePoint 2007, and BizTalk 2006.

Peter DeBetta is a SQL Server MVP and an independent consultant specializing in design, development, implementation, and deployment of Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft SharePoint Server, and .NET solutions. Peter blogs at SQLblog.com (cofounder), and writes courseware, articles, and books – most notably the title Introducing SQL Server 2005 for Developers from Microsoft Press. Peter speaks at conferences around the world, including TechEd, SQL PASS Community Summit, DevTeach, SQL Connections, DevWeek, and VSLive!

Ted Pattison is a SharePoint MVP, author, trainer and the founder of this company. In the fall of 2005, Ted was hired by Microsoft’s Developer Platform Evangelism group to author the Ascend developer training curriculum for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. Since that time, Ted has been entirely focused on educating professional developers on SharePoint 2007 technologies. Ted has just finished writing a book for Microsoft Press titled Inside Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 that focuses on how to use SharePoint as a development platform for building business solutions. Ted also writes a developer-focused column for MSDN Magazine titled Office Space.