ABOUT THE AUTHORS

CHRIS GEIER is a 15-year veteran of the technology industry and specializes in all things Microsoft. He was introduced to SharePoint 2001 while working for Microsoft services. Chris is a participant in, and advocate for, the SharePoint community, as well as a regular participant/speaker at SharePoint Saturday and other grass-roots events. When not twiddling with the latest gadgets, software, and technology, you’ll find Chris cheering his budding baseball and gymnastic stars. Chris and his wife, Sara, have four kids and live in suburban Chicago.

BECKY BERTRAM is an independent consultant living in the St. Louis area. She has more than a decade of experience building web content management solutions for clients, using the Microsoft platform. She and her husband, Ryan, are looking forward to the birth of their first child. Becky posts frequently to her blog, www.beckybertram.com. You can also follow Becky on Twitter, at @beckybertram.

ANDREW CLARK is a senior SharePoint consultant based in the Chicago area. A graduate in finance from North Central College, his background is mainly ASP.NET web application development, with an emphasis on security. His focus for the last three years has been entirely on SharePoint. He is an MCTS with WSS 3.0 Configuration, WSS 3.0 Application Development, MOSS 2007 Configuration, and MOSS 2007 Application Development. When not behind a computer screen, he can be found at the nearest basketball court.

CATHY DEW (MCTS) is a senior consultant and graphic designer for Summit 7 Systems in Huntsville, Ala. With an advertising agency and graphic design background, her focus is on user interface design and user experience with sites. She has worked primarily with SharePoint installations to brand SharePoint and make it look “not like SharePoint.” She helped found the Birmingham SharePoint User Group and is the communications VP for the Women in SharePoint Group. She has presented at user groups and conferences.

RAYMOND MITCHELL is a senior consultant in Minneapolis, and has worked with SharePoint since 2001. He is a frequent speaker at the Minnesota SharePoint User Group, and has also spoken before the Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebraska, and St. Louis user groups, as well at several SharePoint Camps/Saturdays. He blogs at www.iwkid.com on information worker technologies, including SharePoint and Office development.

WES PRESTON is a SharePoint consultant and Microsoft MVP, and works primarily as a SharePoint product specialist, solution designer, and IT pro, helping align business needs with the SharePoint platform and guiding organizations through the use of best practices. A technology evangelist for 15 years, he has been an organizer and frequent speaker at the Minnesota SharePoint User Group and Twin City SharePoint Saturdays. He blogs at www.idubbs.com/blog. Outside the office, he spends time with his wife and two boys.

KEN SCHAEFER, MBA, is a senior consultant in the Chicago area, and has worked in technology for 20 years, focusing for the past five on SharePoint-based solutions. He was a contributing author for Professional SharePoint 2010 Development (Wrox) where he wrote on web content management. Ken has presented at user groups and conferences on a variety of technical and business topics, and he blogs at www.sharepointy.net. He can be reached at [email protected].