diff --git a/Adam-Cogan/Adam-Cogan.md b/Adam-Cogan/Adam-Cogan.md index fec922207..8d400a466 100644 --- a/Adam-Cogan/Adam-Cogan.md +++ b/Adam-Cogan/Adam-Cogan.md @@ -28,60 +28,60 @@ quote: "Talent can fix tricky bugs, but teamwork and brains build great software | ![](../badges/Business-microsoft-azure-devops.png) [[imgBadge]] -| ![](../badges/Certification-poty-finalist-inclusion.svg) +| ![](../badges/Certification-poty-finalist-inclusion.png) [[imgBadge]] -| ![](../badges/Certification-poty-finalist-education.svg) +| ![](../badges/Certification-poty-finalist-education.png) -Adam Cogan blogs at [adamcogan.com](https://adamcogan.com) and interviews for [SSW TV](https://tv.ssw.com/) frequently. He is the Chief Architect at SSW, a Microsoft Solutions Partner specializing in custom enterprise .NET and Azure solutions mostly using Blazor, Angular, and React. His solutions also involve AI, Office 365, SharePoint, Dynamics 365, and the Power Platform. +Adam Cogan blogs at [adamcogan.com](https://adamcogan.com) and interviews for [SSW TV](https://tv.ssw.com/) frequently. He is the Chief Architect at SSW, a Microsoft Solutions Partner specializing in custom enterprise .NET and Azure solutions mostly using Blazor, Angular, and React. His solutions also involve AI, Office 365, SharePoint, Dynamics 365, and the Power Platform. Adam is currently working on [TinaCMS](https://tina.io) - the world's best Markdown GitHub editor. -**Clients** - At SSW, Adam has been developing custom solutions for businesses across a range of industries such as Government, engineering, banking, insurance, and manufacturing since 1990 for clients such as Microsoft, CBA, and Aurecon. +**Clients** - At SSW, Adam has been developing custom solutions for businesses across a range of industries such as Government, engineering, banking, insurance, and manufacturing since 1990 for clients such as Microsoft, CBA, and Aurecon. -**Scrum** - Adam is a Certified Scrum Trainer with Scrum.org, trains developers in Australia, the US, UK and Europe, and contributes to Scrum.org thinking. He consults with development teams on improving their Scrum process through mentoring and being an SSW Solution Architect and Scrum Master. He has written many [rules around Scrum best practices](https://www.ssw.com.au/rules/rules-to-better-scrum). +**Scrum** - Adam is a Certified Scrum Trainer with Scrum.org, trains developers in Australia, the US, UK and Europe, and contributes to Scrum.org thinking. He consults with development teams on improving their Scrum process through mentoring and being an SSW Solution Architect and Scrum Master. He has written many [rules around Scrum best practices](https://www.ssw.com.au/rules/rules-to-better-scrum). -**China** - Adam has also run multiple consulting firms in China for the last 12 years. Adam has seen the whole Chinese software ecosystem develop and understands the differences that the Chinese market requires in order to be successful. Adam helps western companies modernize their software, so they are not only servicing the USA and European markets, but also grabbing a slice of the Chinese market of 1.4 billion consumers. +**China** - Adam has also run multiple consulting firms in China for the last 12 years. Adam has seen the whole Chinese software ecosystem develop and understands the differences that the Chinese market requires in order to be successful. Adam helps western companies modernize their software, so they are not only servicing the USA and European markets, but also grabbing a slice of the Chinese market of 1.4 billion consumers. -**Speaking** - In addition to being a Microsoft MVP in Azure DevOps, Adam is one of only a few Microsoft Regional Directors in Australia. In this role, he regularly presents in conferences such as TechEd (USA, Australia, New Zealand, Europe and Malaysia). A couple of times a year, he visits Microsoft headquarters in Seattle to learn the latest on Microsoft strategic directions and to undertake training in development technologies. His favourite Microsoft teams that he loves to work with are Nat Friedman’s GitHub and Azure DevOps team, James Phillips’ Power BI team, and Jeff Teper’s SharePoint team. +**Speaking** - In addition to being a Microsoft MVP in Azure DevOps, Adam is one of only a few Microsoft Regional Directors in Australia. In this role, he regularly presents in conferences such as TechEd (USA, Australia, New Zealand, Europe and Malaysia). A couple of times a year, he visits Microsoft headquarters in Seattle to learn the latest on Microsoft strategic directions and to undertake training in development technologies. His favourite Microsoft teams that he loves to work with are Nat Friedman’s GitHub and Azure DevOps team, James Phillips’ Power BI team, and Jeff Teper’s SharePoint team. [[imgMd]] | ![Adam has spoken at user groups/conferences in these countries](./Images/Bio/figureMap.jpg) -**Software Architecture** - Adam enjoys working with teams, improving their usage of Scrum and DevOps, reviewing the architecture of large .NET and Azure projects, while also taking an active interest in the overall User Experience (UX). He is also the founder and a mentor of SSW’s [FireBootCamp](https://firebootcamp.com/), an intensive 12-week .NET training course where developers are retrained, learning development and architecture best practices. +**Software Architecture** - Adam enjoys working with teams, improving their usage of Scrum and DevOps, reviewing the architecture of large .NET and Azure projects, while also taking an active interest in the overall User Experience (UX). He is also the founder and a mentor of SSW’s [FireBootCamp](https://firebootcamp.com/), an intensive 12-week .NET training course where developers are retrained, learning development and architecture best practices. -Some of Adam's career highlights have been: +Some of Adam's career highlights have been: -- Training thousands of developers around the world -- Growing the career of hundreds of SSW employees over 3 decades -- Seeing many of Adam Cogan’s former employees go on to do great things - - Tatham Oddie – CEO of Telstra Purple - was readify.net +- Training thousands of developers around the world +- Growing the career of hundreds of SSW employees over 3 decades +- Seeing many of Adam Cogan’s former employees go on to do great things + - Tatham Oddie – CEO of Telstra Purple - was readify.net - Paul Stovell – CEO of [octopus.com](https://octopus.com/) - Damian Brady – Mr. Devops at [GitHub](https://github.com/) - was Microsoft Worldwide - Adam Stephensen – Mr. Azure at Microsoft Australia -- Being the Product Owner of many SSW products, such as [SugarLearning](https://sugarlearning.com/) and [TimePro](https://sswtimepro.com/) -- Being the Azure DevOps (was TFS) MVP of the year, proving his leadership in demonstrating the value of the ALM tools -- Leading the SSW-Telerik Event Cinema website redesign using Scrum -- Being lead developer on Australia's first live ASP.NET site - using a version that was pre-Beta -- Developing the Office integration for Quicken Australia -- Developing the Reporting samples for Microsoft that turned into a hugely popular Email Reporting Tool -- Developing the SharePoint site for Worley Parsons which was the largest public-facing site at the time (it used the built-in Web Content Management features, proving the SharePoint Platform for all companies) -- His dual role as mentor and "Bob the Product Owner" at the first-ever FireBootCamp -- Writing thousands of best practices on rules.ssw.com.au +- Being the Product Owner of many SSW products, such as [SugarLearning](https://sugarlearning.com/) and [TimePro](https://sswtimepro.com/) +- Being the Azure DevOps (was TFS) MVP of the year, proving his leadership in demonstrating the value of the ALM tools +- Leading the SSW-Telerik Event Cinema website redesign using Scrum +- Being lead developer on Australia's first live ASP.NET site - using a version that was pre-Beta +- Developing the Office integration for Quicken Australia +- Developing the Reporting samples for Microsoft that turned into a hugely popular Email Reporting Tool +- Developing the SharePoint site for Worley Parsons which was the largest public-facing site at the time (it used the built-in Web Content Management features, proving the SharePoint Platform for all companies) +- His dual role as mentor and "Bob the Product Owner" at the first-ever FireBootCamp +- Writing thousands of best practices on rules.ssw.com.au [[imgMd]] | ![There’s always free cheese in a mousetrap, and all rules are meant to be broken :-)](./Images/Bio/figureMouse.jpg) -In addition, Adam is a regular speaker at the SSW User Group and other conferences, including: +In addition, Adam is a regular speaker at the SSW User Group and other conferences, including: -- NDC Olso, NDC Porto, and NDC Sydney where he was the #2 speaker of the conference (after Troy Hunt) -- Microsoft TechEd in USA (including a highly rated joint session with Billy Hollis), Malaysia, New Zealand, and Australia (recently ranked in top 4 of 90 speakers in NZ) -- Dev Days Australia wide -- VS Live Australia and Chicago -- IDC Conferences South Africa and SGW Forum's DevCons -- Code Camp Australia, New Zealand, Los Angeles, and San Diego -- SQL Code Camp Australia and New Zealand -- Lecturer at University of Technology, Sydney +- NDC Olso, NDC Porto, and NDC Sydney where he was the #2 speaker of the conference (after Troy Hunt) +- Microsoft TechEd in USA (including a highly rated joint session with Billy Hollis), Malaysia, New Zealand, and Australia (recently ranked in top 4 of 90 speakers in NZ) +- Dev Days Australia wide +- VS Live Australia and Chicago +- IDC Conferences South Africa and SGW Forum's DevCons +- Code Camp Australia, New Zealand, Los Angeles, and San Diego +- SQL Code Camp Australia and New Zealand +- Lecturer at University of Technology, Sydney #### What have others said about Adam's speaking? @@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ In addition, Adam is a regular speaker at the SSW User Group and other conferenc > "I've attended many Roadshows etc over the years - Adam Cogan is probably the best and most realistic speaker I've heard" -Adam does many videos for tv.ssw.com.au and has recorded many interviews with technology experts around the world – his most popular videos are: +Adam does many videos for tv.ssw.com.au and has recorded many interviews with technology experts around the world – his most popular videos are: - [Azure Superpowers](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpiOR7CBNvlp0L_t5Mq7kqeSgvlpl4mQh) - [9 Knights of Azure](https://youtu.be/-Ac7z3YEkNI) diff --git a/Calum-Simpson/Calum-Simpson.md b/Calum-Simpson/Calum-Simpson.md index 8d44cf466..246e31c9c 100644 --- a/Calum-Simpson/Calum-Simpson.md +++ b/Calum-Simpson/Calum-Simpson.md @@ -1,18 +1,17 @@ --- id: "6e4242c5-6414-e911-81cd-00155d012c51" -qualifications: "BBA, BIT" +qualifications: "BBA, BIT" -quote: "Developers developers developers!" +quote: "Developers developers developers!" quoteAuthor: Steve Ballmer --- [[imgBadge]] -| ![](../badges/Certification-poty-finalist-inclusion.svg) +| ![](../badges/Certification-poty-finalist-inclusion.png) [[imgBadge]] -| ![](../badges/Certification-poty-finalist-education.svg) - +| ![](../badges/Certification-poty-finalist-education.png) Calum is a distinguished enterprise software consultant specialising in Microsoft technologies, including Azure, SharePoint, Dynamics 365/Power Platform, and C# .NET. He also brings a strong proficiency in both Angular and React to his diverse skill set. diff --git a/Jernej-Kavka/Jernej-Kavka.md b/Jernej-Kavka/Jernej-Kavka.md index fbe83b177..02ccb7785 100644 --- a/Jernej-Kavka/Jernej-Kavka.md +++ b/Jernej-Kavka/Jernej-Kavka.md @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ quoteAuthor: "Anonymous" | ![Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP)](../badges/Certification-microsoft-mvp.png) [[imgBadge]] -| ![Sessionize Most Active Speaker 2023](../badges/Awards_Sessionize_Most_Active_Speaker2023.svg) +| ![Sessionize Most Active Speaker 2023](../badges/Awards_Sessionize_Most_Active_Speaker2023.png) [[imgBadge]] | ![](../badges/Certification-microsoft-professional.jpg) diff --git a/Mehmet-Ozdemir/Mehmet-Ozdemir.md b/Mehmet-Ozdemir/Mehmet-Ozdemir.md index 9004f19f1..7a694b5c5 100644 --- a/Mehmet-Ozdemir/Mehmet-Ozdemir.md +++ b/Mehmet-Ozdemir/Mehmet-Ozdemir.md @@ -1,13 +1,13 @@ --- id: "977b53a0-0285-e011-8227-00155d012144" -qualifications: "Dip Computer Technology, MCSD: Application Lifecycle Management" +qualifications: "Dip Computer Technology, MCSD: Application Lifecycle Management" -quote: "I like the simplicity of the satellites 'Beep, beep, beep' - Sputnik" +quote: "I like the simplicity of the satellites 'Beep, beep, beep' - Sputnik" --- [[imgBadge]] -| ![](../badges/Certification-microsoft-developer-alm.png) +| ![](../badges/Certification-microsoft-developer-alm.png) [[imgBadge]] | ![azure-logo.png](../badges/Business-microsoft-azure.png) @@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ quote: "I like the simplicity of the satellites 'Beep, beep, beep' - Sputnik" | ![azure-function-logo.png](../badges/Developer-azure-function.png) [[imgBadge]] -| ![](../badges/Certification-poty-finalist-inclusion.svg) +| ![](../badges/Certification-poty-finalist-inclusion.png) [[imgBadge]] -| ![](../badges/Certification-poty-finalist-education.svg) +| ![](../badges/Certification-poty-finalist-education.png) Mehmet is a Solution Architect at SSW, a Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer specialising in Dynamics 365, Power Platform, PowerBI, and SSRS solutions. Mehmet has extensive experience in Microsoft products both pre and post .NET and loves working with C#, Power Automate, Power Query, DAX, and SQL. In previous roles before SSW, Mehmet has worked with BI tools such as Teradata Data Warehouse, Oracle DRM (Master Data Management), Essbase and Cognos ReportNet. @@ -27,34 +27,34 @@ Mehmet also helps many clients and SSW with infrastructure-related tasks. #### Some recent clients -* **[Screen Producers](https://www.screenproducers.org.au/)** -Mehmet worked with fellow SSW developer Greg to implement Dynamics 365 as the membership and event management system for Screen Producers Australia. Dynamics 365 was customised with additional entities to support SPA's membership levels and event management. Kentico Cloud was used as the public front end to display Event data to the public, with SPA members receiving discounted pricing. - *Related Technologies: Dynamics 365, Kentico Cloud* +- **[Screen Producers](https://www.screenproducers.org.au/)** + Mehmet worked with fellow SSW developer Greg to implement Dynamics 365 as the membership and event management system for Screen Producers Australia. Dynamics 365 was customised with additional entities to support SPA's membership levels and event management. Kentico Cloud was used as the public front end to display Event data to the public, with SPA members receiving discounted pricing. + _Related Technologies: Dynamics 365, Kentico Cloud_ -* **[Multigate Medical](https://multigate.com.au/)** -Multigate approached SSW to implement a Dynamics 365  rollout. On this project, Mehmet worked with Multigate to develop all the CRM customizations. Custom entities and processes were created to fit Multigate's sales process. - *Related Technology: Dynamics 365* +- **[Multigate Medical](https://multigate.com.au/)** + Multigate approached SSW to implement a Dynamics 365  rollout. On this project, Mehmet worked with Multigate to develop all the CRM customizations. Custom entities and processes were created to fit Multigate's sales process. + _Related Technology: Dynamics 365_ -* **[SDN Childcare](https://sdn.org.au/)** -Mehmet upgraded SDN to Dynamics 365 from CRM 2013 with an Internet-facing deployment and previously from CRM 2011 to CRM 2013. This new platform will be used as a foundation of ongoing CRM development at SDN. - *Related Technologies: Dynamics 365, ADFS 3.0, Windows Web Application Proxy* +- **[SDN Childcare](https://sdn.org.au/)** + Mehmet upgraded SDN to Dynamics 365 from CRM 2013 with an Internet-facing deployment and previously from CRM 2011 to CRM 2013. This new platform will be used as a foundation of ongoing CRM development at SDN. + _Related Technologies: Dynamics 365, ADFS 3.0, Windows Web Application Proxy_ -* **[Productivity Development Solutions](https://pdsglobal.com)** -Mehmet converted slow running SQL Server Stored procedures that were running in overnight batch jobs, to near real-time SQL. Optimizing slow running cursor-based code to more efficient SQL. SQL Server Reporting Services improvements to better use optimized SQL stored procedures. - *Related Technologies: SQL Server, Reporting Services* +- **[Productivity Development Solutions](https://pdsglobal.com)** + Mehmet converted slow running SQL Server Stored procedures that were running in overnight batch jobs, to near real-time SQL. Optimizing slow running cursor-based code to more efficient SQL. SQL Server Reporting Services improvements to better use optimized SQL stored procedures. + _Related Technologies: SQL Server, Reporting Services_ -* **[Carnival](https://www.carnival.com.au/)** -Mehmet worked with the carnival team to implement new data warehouse loads. This on-going work also includes the maintenance and design of SQL Server Analysis Services cubes. The cubes are used by in the business to analyze occupancy rates and verifying the effectiveness of marketing campaigns. - *Related Technologies: SQL Server, Reporting Services, Analysis Services, SQL Server Integration Services* +- **[Carnival](https://www.carnival.com.au/)** + Mehmet worked with the carnival team to implement new data warehouse loads. This on-going work also includes the maintenance and design of SQL Server Analysis Services cubes. The cubes are used by in the business to analyze occupancy rates and verifying the effectiveness of marketing campaigns. + _Related Technologies: SQL Server, Reporting Services, Analysis Services, SQL Server Integration Services_ -* **[Agrifoods Global](https://www.agrifoodsglobal.com/)** -Feature enhancements and maintenance on internal logistics database. Syncing SQL database from remote systems, adding new database feeds. Recently Mehmet has migrated Mac from SQL Server 2005 to current version of SQL Server. The upgrade also includes upgrading connections to all remote systems. - *Related Technologies: SQL Server, Great Plains, SQL Server Integration Services* +- **[Agrifoods Global](https://www.agrifoodsglobal.com/)** + Feature enhancements and maintenance on internal logistics database. Syncing SQL database from remote systems, adding new database feeds. Recently Mehmet has migrated Mac from SQL Server 2005 to current version of SQL Server. The upgrade also includes upgrading connections to all remote systems. + _Related Technologies: SQL Server, Great Plains, SQL Server Integration Services_ -* **[Hong Kong Aviation](https://www.hongkongaviation.com/)** - Migration of MS Access based asset tracking system to SQL Server 2008 R2 - *Related Technologies: SQL Server 2008 R2, SQL Server Integration Services 2014, Web Services* +- **[Hong Kong Aviation](https://www.hongkongaviation.com/)** + Migration of MS Access based asset tracking system to SQL Server 2008 R2 + _Related Technologies: SQL Server 2008 R2, SQL Server Integration Services 2014, Web Services_ -* **[Turbomeca](https://www.safran-helicopter-engines.com/)** -Migration of SharePoint 2007 intranet and Document workflow system to SharePoint 2010. Migrate from single server to full farm deployment; with separate development, testing and production servers, all virtualised using HyperV R2. - *Related Technologies: Windows 2008 R2, HyperV, SharePoint 2010, SQL Server 2008* +- **[Turbomeca](https://www.safran-helicopter-engines.com/)** + Migration of SharePoint 2007 intranet and Document workflow system to SharePoint 2010. 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