Archive for the ‘Wilson Kutegeka’ tag
Meet Wilson Kutegeka – Visual Basic MVP from Uganda
Tell us who you are?
Well, despite the fact that I was already a physics graduate, I didn’t know how to switch on a computer until 2000; the same year I wrote my first program in C. C-language made me learn DOS before windows. However, I could not produce a window in C and that’s when I jumped onto VB 6/MS Access and did lots of work out of self-drive and self-training. I didn’t know about VB .NET/C# until I got my first IT related job late 2002, and when our supply of Visual Studio brought us Visual Studio .NET (we had ordered for Visual Studio 6.0 though). I went for VB .NET/MS SQL Server, and learned it all ranging from being a functions writer in VB 6 to an OOP applications developer. In 2008 I became the first Microsoft MVP from Uganda.
Tell us about your MVP history, when were you first awarded?
I received the MVP awarded in 2008, 2009 and 2010
What do you do in order to keep up with latest tools and technologies?
I do work for a Healthcare provider, where I have mainly developed applications that facilitate research in HIV/AIDs vaccine and treatment with ClinicMaster Software being my major application in this regard. However, I also work with a variety of industries when I am contracted to develop software outside my current employment and mostly I develop re-usable components notably, data access layer or data access in general, automatic code generation and custom controls.
What does being an MVP mean to you?
It greatly encourages and tells me that it’s important to pick a particular technology, master it well to deliver high quality business solutions. It also means getting an opportunity to interact with development team and other technically gifted people so that you can have an opportunity to share with them on what’s next?
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.
