Archive for the ‘INETA’ tag
Meet Artemakis Artemiou – SQL Server MVP from Cyprus
Tell us who you are?
I was born in Cyprus in April 16th, 1981. I graduated from the department of Computer Science at the University of Cyprus. Furthermore, I have received my M.Sc. on Advanced Information Technologies from the same department.
I started my professional career in 2005 where I worked as an ERP developer and consultant. During that time I started working with SQL Server as it was used by the ERP as its data platform. I was really impressed by SQL Server and as a natural result I decided to deepen my knowledge on it! 
Since then I received several certifications on SQL Server. Some of them are MCP, MCTS on SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server 2008 (charter member).
Currently I work as an analyst, programmer and consultant, working again with SQL Server! Within the context of my professional duties I design databases, develop database applications, perform SQL Server performance tuning and clustering.
In parallel with my professional career I am the president of the Cyprus .NET User Group (CDNUG) and the INETA Country Lead for Cyprus. Within the context of my duties, I organize regular events (mostly offline) where me, other fellow user group members and guest speakers present and discuss about SQL Server and various .NET Technologies.
Tell us about your MVP history, when were you first awarded?
I have been an MVP since April 2009. My MVP expertise is SQL Server. During my MVP history I delivered several webcasts, offline event sessions and I also published a lot of technical articles on my blog. One of my articles is what I called “The PowerPivot Experiment” where I imported more than 100 million records into Excel within just 8 minutes.
“Windows 7 for Geeks” event by Emerging .NET Devs
Emerging .NET Devs recently organized a house full event on “Windows 7 for Geeks” at Microsoft Innovation Center, Karachi, Pakistan. The event primarily focused on user experience and why it is important for your application to utilize capabilities of Windows 7 using API etc. Some cool multi-touch capabilities of Windows 7 including letter recognition, zoom in and out was also demonstrated at the event. The overall agenda of the event was:
- Windows 7 Intro and The New Efficiency
- Windows 7 Features
- Windows 7 Touch Demo
- Programming Windows 7
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.
List of Microsoft technical communities in Saudi Arabia
RSUG
http://www.sharepointgroups.org/rsug/default.aspx
RSUG is the primary SharePoint user group in Saudi Arabia. It consists of a set of great technical consultants from different well known partners in the industry.
- International Associations: ISPA, INETA, CULMINIS
- Community lead: Jerry Yasir
VirManSec
IT Professional community that consists of strong potential IT Pros and technical experts who are working for top Microsoft partners in the areas of virtualization, security and system management (Windows Server technologies).
- International Associations: CULMINIS
- Community Lead: Asem Hourani (https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=A7574DBE-B82B-48C4-A51D-3E52B5B521C7)
DevLifeStyle
Devlifestyle community is the second oldest community in Saudi that is lead by a number of great technical experts in the areas of .NET development, SQL Server BI, and BizTalk technologies.
- International Associations: INETA , CULMINIS
- Community Lead: Mohamad Halabi
Meet Faizan Baloch – MSP from Institute of Business Management, Pakistan
Tell us who you are?
My name is Faizan Baloch. I’m an MBA (final year) student, having a background of Computer Sciences. I’m from Karachi – Pakistan. I have a passion to play with technology and marketing. I’m an MSP of Institute of Business Management (IoBM) and under this designation I work like a communication channel between Microsoft Pakistan and IoBM (CBM). I have also worked on a couple of IT and Marketing projects. I’m also founder of an INETA chartered user group – CBM.net; which is an online meeting place for sharing technology related news with IoBM students. My main focus is to bridge the gap between ‘Business’ domain and ‘IT’ domain because both the entities can not survive if left alone.
Tell us about your University?
I’m student of Institute of Business Management (IoBM) Karachi – Pakistan which is also known as College of Business Management (CBM). It offers bachelor and master level graduate degree programs with majors in Accounting, Finance, HRM, Marketing, MIS, Supply Chain Management, Health Management, Industrial Engineering, Advertising etc. IoBM started its operations in 1995 as a small institution with a big hope and zeal. Over the years it has grown into a powerhouse amongst the reputed and best business schools in Pakistan. The driving force behind this was the leadership of the most experienced academic staff, dedicated professors and the continued support of the business community. The standards at IoBM are such that in 2005 the Higher Education Commission awarded her a 4-Star University status, which tells tales about the milestones achieved by this prestigious institution. IoBM is also Microsoft strategic alliance partner.
Tell us about your MSP history, when were you awarded?
I came across to work with team Microsoft at various Microsoft events in 2007 and at that time I served as an usher and I was actually the second in command (after MSP of my institute at that time) in conducting activities in coordination with team Microsoft. This way I got to know what MSP does ? and this way Microsoft came to know about my potential and when the MSP of that time (prior to me) got done with her tenure – she then recommended my name to our HOD who knew me as I was already running a society called Club-IT at my campus under his guidance, and it was March 2008 when my name was recommended for the MSP’ship to Microsoft by my HOD.
What do you do in order to keep up with latest tools and technologies while focusing on your education?
In order to get abreast of the latest tools and technologies – I regularly browse and read technology and business related blogs which provide me with a handful of information as what’s IN and what’s OUT. Plus, I also remain very keen to attend technology related talks, seminars, meetings, sessions which are being conducted by Microsoft at Microsoft Innovation Center Pakistan.
Adil Ahmed Mughal : I’m a PC and Windows 7 was my idea
Adil Ahmed Mughal, Visual C# MVP from Karachi, Pakistan recently had a fantastic Windows 7 house party on Sunday, October 25th. Friends and community contributors were invited to join the fun. If you have hosted any similar kind of event then ping me at editor [at] microsoftfeed [dot] com.
