Archive for the ‘ASP.NET MVP’ tag
Meet Ugo Lattanzi – ASP.NET MVP from Italy
Tell us who you are?
My name is Ugo Lattanzi and I’m MVP on ASP.NET. I’m living in Milan but I’m from Grottammare, a little city located in the middle of Italy east coast near the sea. I started working with web application since 1993 when internet was really slow and the connections were rare. Obviously I’m started to work with the principal web technologies like HTML, Javascript, ASP, ASP.NET, MVC, WCF, Azure, etc.
Currently I’m working as Senior Software Architect in Gaia Srl and I’m working for a web application based on Microsoft Technologies for important customers. Moreover I’m writer, teacher and speaker for important conferences.
Tell us about your MVP history, when were you first awarded?
My MVP history is really short, I was awarded for the first time in the October 2009 and for me it’s a huge honor to be an MVP.
What do you do in order to keep up with latest tools and technologies?
For my job it’s really important to stay up to date with the latest technologies; fortunately my it match with my passion and my company support me in this “Mission”.
Meet Kostas Pantos – ASP.NET MVP from Greece
Tell us who you are?
My name is Kostas Pantos and I’m a software Architect currently starting my own software company in Greece www.techaholics.gr. Over the past years I’ve worked for a number of large companies in Greece and was involved in developing cutting-edge software always using the latest technology (ASP.NET, AJAX, Silverlight, WPF, Linq, EF and so on) in order to build wow experiences. I really enjoy speaking about technology and have talked in a number of Microsoft and community related events. Finally I’m an active member of the Greek developers’ community and enjoy helping fellow developers solve their technical issues.
Tell us about your MVP history, when were you first awarded?
I was first awarded on April of 2007 and have managed to keep the award since then till today and hope that I’ll be able to keep it for the next couple of year as well 
What do you do in order to keep up with latest tools and technologies?
I take advantage of all available resources, webcasts, tutorials, blog posts, books, magazines, conversations, technical samples and hands-on offered from various developer communities as well as interact and participate at various software development events and conferences.
Meet Daron Yöndem – Silverlight MVP and Microsoft Regional Director from Turkey
Tell us who you are?
My name is Daron Yöndem. I’m a Microsoft Regional Director, currently a Silverlight MVP leading INETA Turkey. I’m the founder of Deveload Software, an ISV based in Istanbul. For the last five years we are focused on UX as a .NET house. We are building Silverlight and WPF apps including rich multitouch implementations. I have two books about ASP.NET AJAX and one about Internet Explorer 8 development.
Tell us about your MVP history, when were you first awarded?
I got awarded on 2008 as an ASP.NET MVP and had the chance to be one of the first five Silverlight MVPs in the world. It was a great luck to have the new competency declared at the same moment as my renewal period
I’m an MVP who likes capturing screencast, writing articles on local User Groups and physical interaction which is (for a computer geek) seminars and conferences about technical beauties. I feel very lucky leading INETA Turkey and our 30+ User Groups. We have annual events with different concepts where we get 10+ INETA Speakers and lots of MVPs contributing to the community.
