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Join us live online February 4th & 5th |
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Adam Backman - White Star Software |
Adam has over 20 years of experience in the software field. Since 1995, Adam has run White Star Software, LLC. where he provides training, consulting, and writing services centered on OpenEdge databases and infrastructure. He has been a presenter at Progress Software conferences and other events since 1992. Adam is also a partner at DBAppraise LLC, a premier provider of managed database services for Progress/OpenEdge systems.
Adam has extensive experience in Database Administration Training, Performance Tuning, UNIX/Linux Administration Training, Hardware Configuration, Disaster Recovery Planning, Database and System Administration, Administrator Mentoring, and System Migration. |
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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 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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Peter van Dam - Future Proof Software |
Peter van Dam has been making Progress since 1985 and runs Future Proof Software, a Dutch Progress shop specializing in modernizing OpenEdge applications. His experience ranges from CHUI to .NET and from SOA to Ajax.
Innovation is his middle name. Peter is well known in the Progress community as a publisher of technical articles and speaker at Progress conferences and user group meetings. He is the author of ‘Making Progress With Ajax’.
Peter has been working with OpenEdge GUI for .NET for a number of years now and is currently involved in three different OpenEdge GUI for .NET projects. Read More |
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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. Accomplishments of note: Guest speaker at the USA Progress Users Conference 1990-1998 and 2002-2007, Guest speaker at European Progress User Conferences, 1989-1993, 1996, 2003-2006, Team Leader of the 4GL Grand Prix Competition, 1989, Contributor to the Progress Profiles magazine and Progressions technical journal, Guest speaker at Symix User Conferences, 1994-2002, 2004, Guest Speak at QAD User Conferences, 1997, 1999-2002, Author of several books and utilities for the Progress database that are the result of years of administering Progress databases on many systems around the world. |
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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. |
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Paul Guggenheim - Paul Guggenheim Associates |
Paul founded Paul Guggenheim & Associates 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.
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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Sunil Belgaonkar - Progress Software |
Sunil Belgaonkar is a lead Architect at Progress Software Corporation. Sunil is responsible for strategy, architecture and development of OpenEdge Architect, the new generation OpenEdge development tools based on Eclipse platform.
Sunil has been with Progress since 2002 and has strong background in architecture and design of tools and business application in ABL, Java and Web technologies. Prior to joining Progress, Sunil has worked for various companies in a wide range of areas including CRM, MRP, Salesforce automation and expertise in application infrastructures like ABL, EJBs and different web technologies. |
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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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Cameron Wright - BravePoint |
Cameron is currently a Senior Application Technology Specialist in the advanced technology group at BravePoint. In this group, Cameron is focused on the cutting edge of application development not only in OpenEdge but Java, PHP, and C++. Currently, Cameron’s is working with OpenEdge message integration on an IBM WebSphere message bus.
With over 13 years of experience in the Progress community, Cameron has worked with several software packages including QAD’s MFG/PRO and CSS, in a wide spectrum of industries. Cameron has also traveled extensively as an instructor for BravePoint, delivering training in several areas of OpenEdge development.
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Mike Fechner - White Star Software |
Mike has over 15 year of international IT, business and consulting experience, and is equally effective in management and technical roles. Mike works as a self-employed IT consultant, and as the director of his founded company, Consultingwerk Ltd.
Mike is known for his attention to both detail and 'big picture' elements; excellent communication, analysis, and problem solving skills. He communicates in fluent spoken and written German and English and speaks a little bit of French. |
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