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Tom Bascom - White Star Software   Tom Bascom - White Star Software
Tom is well-known in the Progress Community for his consulting expertise and experience with OpenEdge. He is a frequent speaker at Progress Exchange and Progress User Groups. His widely acclaimed and freely downloadable Progress tool set is used by Progress DBA's around the world.

Tom is also known for his vertical market success as a founder and chief architect for Lakewood Corporation. After selling Lakewood to EDS in 1995, Tom worked for EDS as an Enterprise Architect until 2000. He then joined printChannel.com, where he was responsible for Software Development and IT Operations. In 2002 Tom founded Greenfield Technologies to serve the needs of Progress users worldwide. He joined DBAppraise's sister company, White Star Software, in 2007.
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Gus Bjorklund - Progress Software   Gus Bjorklund - Progress Software
Gus Bjorklund is a geek who has been at Progress Software since 1989. Currently Vice President of Technology in the Corporate Strategy and Business Development group, over the years Gus has worked on many different
parts of the OpenEdge product, starting with version 4.2N.

His main focus has been on the database. He believes that the OpenEdge RDBMS is "the best RDBMS on the third planet from the sun" and likes to use Linux and Mac OS X. While he has heard that there are other programming languages, he has strong affinity for the 4GL but still refuses to call it by its current name, the ABL.
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Dan Foreman - BravePoint   Dan Foreman - BravePoint
Dan Foreman, instructor and consultant, has used Progress since 1984. He is recognized worldwide as an expert in Progress Performance Tuning and Database Administration. Dan has been a guest speaker at the USA Progress Users Conference from 1990-1998 and 2002-2007, 2010 as well as many other Progress conferences around the world. He is the author of several publications:
  • Progress Performance Tuning Guide
  • Progress Database Administration Guide
  • Progress Virtual System Tables
  • V10 Database Administration JumpStart
  • V9 Database Administration JumpStart

He has also developed various tools and utilities for the Progress database:

  • ProMonitor - a database monitoring tool
  • Pro Dump/Load – Dump and Load any size database with just a few hours down time
  • Progress Database Resource Kit - a set of utilities and white papers to make a DBA's life easier
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Dustin Grau - BravePoint   Dustin Grau - BravePoint
Dustin has been working with Progress since 1999. He began his professional career at BravePoint by creating dynamic web sites before e-commerce became a mainstream business model. While working on projects for variety of clients, he has developed a deep understanding of Progress technology, specifically WebSpeed, and is now one of BravePoint's most skilled web developers. Dustin has developed web applications utilizing various technologies, such as PHP, AJAX, Progress V9 and OpenEdge V10. Dustin has also been a contributing speaker at BravePoint's own Virtual Interchange conferences, the 2009 Progress Exchange Online, and the 2009 PUG Challenge Netherlands.
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John Harlow- BravePoint   John Harlow - BravePoint
John Harlow, President of BravePoint, is recognized both nationally and internationally as an expert in all areas of the OpenEdge development environment.

Having been immersed in the Progress Community since 1984, he has authored development products, training curricula and various utilities as well as spoken at many Progress Events.
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  Frank Hilhorst - President of Progressive Consulting Inc.
Frank started working with PROGRESS in 1992. As the principal software architect of SDD Inc., he managed the design and development of the JAZZ hospitality billing system. JAZZ has been implemented in over 1000 hotels in more than 10 countries. The JAZZ system owed its success to its ability to integrate with other systems in terms of sharing data and UI components. This project allowed Frank to gain a broad knowledge and deep appreciation for Progress' capabilities related to integration and support for non native UI's. Building upon this experience, Frank started his own consulting firm, Progressive Consulting Inc (PCI), in 2006. PCI focuses on helping its clients gain a competitive advantage through integration and adaptability. The key to achieving this adaptability is to use layering as a way to isolate the business logic. This allows for easy integration and makes investments in UI's that can easily be ported to other platforms.
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John Harlow- BravePoint   Paul Guggenheim - Paul Guggenheim Associates

Paul founded Paul Guggenheim & Associates (PGA) in 1984. He has been training Progress students since 1986. He has developed several comprehensive high-quality OpenEdge training courses and provides both public training classes in the Chicago area and private training classes on-site. In addition, Paul provides clients with OpenEdge consulting services that include database design, database migration and conversion, performance tuning, and application development. PGA's clients are from industries such as manufacturing, distribution, gaming, banking, health care, insurance, government and non-profit. Paul has created the S.M.A.R.T.S. (Sales Management and Record Tracking System) sales force automation application and the Sharp Menu System, a GUI database-driven menu and security application for developers.

Paul has spoken at several regional, national and international conferences and has published articles in Progressions. Paul is also the chairperson of the Chicago Area Progress Users Group.

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  Christopher E. Longo - BravePoint
Chris Longo is a Senior Software Consultant at Bravepoint located in Atlanta, GA. Chris has been developing OpenEdge Applications since 1985. Chris has also been developing and delivery OpenEdge training since 1996 and has previously spoken at several Exchanges Conferences and PUG Events.
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  Mike McMillan - Progress
Mike McMillan is a software developer who has been working with Progress/OE technologies since 1996. In that time he spent 9 years with Progress Software Corporation. Initially Mike worked in Professional Services and specialized in Open Client and all N-tier architectures since their inception. Later Mike would spend 2 years in the ADM2 development group 3 years in the Progress IT department until finally becoming an independent contractor.
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Ken Wilner - Progress Software   Ken Wilner - Progress Software
Ken Wilner is Vice President of Technology at Progress Software Corporation. In this role, Wilner is responsible for defining the technical strategy for the Progress OpenEdge application development platform, and for ensuring that products are technically sound, meet business requirements, and are architecturally consistent with customer and partner's needs.

Wilner joined Progress in 1995, and since that time has played a key role in defining, evolving, and implementing the strategies associated with almost all aspects of the OpenEdge platform. With over 29 years of experience in the software industry, Wilner has experience in a wide range of areas including distributed databases, distributed object systems, SQL, sales force automation, and aircraft engine simulation.
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