DotNetNuke Has Many Microsoft MVP’s
Nov
13
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11/13/2009
With Antonio Chagoury visiting recently, and the last code camp in Florida wrapping up for the year, I’ve been talking to many Microsoft MVP’s. As a result of these recent conversations I’ve been having, I was curious… How many Microsoft MVP’s are there in the DotNetNuke® community? As it turns out, the answer might surprise you. I know it did me!
There are a couple of obvious people in the community that immediately pop into my head when I thought about this, and that’s Shaun Walker and Nik Kalyani. But can you believe that there’s actually 18 MVP’s active in the DNN community?! That should allow you to rest easy, knowing that when you have a problem, there’s several MVP’s out there helping to create and contribute to DNN.
At least that’s my count. The number might be higher, as I might have forgotten some names.
I came up with the list below. Not all of them began in DNN, but they are definitely known to support DNN, speak about DNN, and use it regularly in their development. This list was created using the Microsoft MVP website. (And these are just quick blurbs about what they do, so information is obviously missing.)
- Antonio Chagoury: Visual Basic: Architecture
Antonio is a DNN Core Team member. His skills span across many areas, but he is also the DNN Blog Module team lead, and helps with the DNN Installer utility. - Brian G. Scarbeau: ASP/ASP.NET: Training
Brian primarily does training in the DotNetNuke® topic. He also speaks about DNN, and have co-authored Professional DotNetNuke 5 by Wrox. - Cathal Connolly: ASP/ASP.NET: Development
You should definitely be familiar with Cathal. He leads the effort to maintain the integrity of DNN’s security. - Charles Nurse: ASP/ASP.NET
Charles is the Senior Engineer for the DNN Corporation. He has been the primary force behind code development for the core DNN Library. - Chris Paterra: ASP/ASP.NET: Architecture
Chris is my hero! Not just a Core Team member… He took the fading DNN Forums Module and successfully led his project team to develop a tremendous module. He also has had his part in 2 DNN books: DotNetNuke for Dummies, and Professional DotNetNuke 4. - Erik van Ballegoij: ASP/ASP.NET: Development
Erik is on the DNN Core Team and leads the Announcements Module. His duties with DNN also span across the Events and Chat modules as a team sponsor. - Jeff Cochran: Internet Information Services: Systems Administration
While Jeff’s talents may reside mostly in the IIS side of the house, he is an avid user of DNN and has many live DNN sites out there. He also spoke about DNN at the first annual Day of DotNetNuke®. - Jon Henning: ASP/ASP.NET
We all know Jon from his development efforts on the client-side portions of the DNN core code. He is also a Core Team Member, and was the Technical Editor for Professional DotNetNuke Module Programming, Professional DotNetNuke 4, and Professional DotNetNuke 5. - Michael Washington: Silverlight: Development
Michael is best known for his online module programming tutorials which have gotten most people started with module development in DNN. He is also a Core Team Member, and a co-author of Building Websites with VB.Net and DotNetNuke. - Mitchel Wyndham Sellers: Visual C#: Architecture
Mitchel doesn’t need an introduction, does he? Hehehe… He has been a formidable force in the Microsoft community in terms of free support on various forums and websites. He is also the author of Professional DotNetNuke Module Programming, which has become thee book to have to learn module development. - Nik Kalyani: ASP/ASP.NET: Development
Nik is a co-founder of the DNN Corporation. He is the creator of the widget framework in DNN. - Nina Meiers: ASP/ASP.NET: Design
Nina is one of the best known DNN skinners in the DNN eco-system – especially since she has the single largest repository of free skins. - Sebastian Leupold: ASP/ASP.NET: Architecture
Sebastian is a guy who only requires 5 minutes of sleep each day. You’d think that was true if you seen how much he contributes to the DNN Forums and support system. He also is a former lead of the Forms and List Module. - Shaun Walker: ASP/ASP.NET
Shaun = DNN Godfather ;) Kiss his ring the next time you see him. Wait for me to get my camera first though… - Stan Schultes: Visual Basic: Development
Stan speaks about DNN all of the time. His personal website runs on DNN and has a ton of DNN information as well. He is a contributing author of Professional DotNetNuke 5, where he wrote the module development chapters. Those chapters happen to be my favorite module development tutorial, ever. - Stefan Kamphuis: ASP/ASP.NET: Development
Stefan runs a company that focuses on DNN solutions and is the Chat Module Team lead. - Steve Fabian: ASP/ASP.NET: Development
Steve is the team lead for the Repository Module, and is also a DNN Core Team Member. - Vicenc Masanas: ASP/ASP.NET: Development
Vicenc is a DNN Core Team Member, where he has focused on the localization and globalization efforts. He also runs DNNJungle, providing free resources to the DNN Community.
Are you impressed? I know I am… Congratulations to all of these folks!