TechEd Middle East set to break MVP / Community engagement record

Early march 2011 TechEd Middle East will be held in Dubai, last year was their 1st ever TechEd and they set it off to go big.

There are 3 TechEd’s run in MEA, TechEd Africa which has always boasted the highest level of Community / MVP engagement with their famed Community Lounge and quality and quantity of Speaker sessions offered by MVPs, TechEd Israel who this this year came close to pushing Africa off it’s community engagement pedestal , and the new kid on the block TechEd ME held in Dubai.

If they carry on like they have been then it looks like TechEd ME will become the sought after TechEd to be seen at, this year they are already boasting over 16 MVPs delivering content in some 40 Breakout sessions, have offered user groups discounts and will be hosting a community lounge (chill area so delegates can engage with community leaders and MVPs.

So juts to wet you appetite here are the MVPs featured this year as Speakers at TechEd ME!!

SEE YOU THERE!!!!!

 

Ahmed Bahaa

Dr. Ahmed Bahaa, is holding Doctorate (Ph.D.) in Computer Sciences, he is a Microsoft Regional Director, and MVP -ALM(Team System). He Works as a Principal Technical Consultant in an award winning Egyptian Microsoft Gold Partner named Compu Pharaohs, in addition to that he is an associate professor at Faculty of Computers & Information- Helwan University; in Cairo, Egypt. Ahmed is a frequent speaker/expert in TechEd EMEA/Europe, and Middle East versions since 2007. Last year, he has been awarded the Microsoft Regional Director’s Golden Global Impact Award. Through 16 years of IT professional experience, Ahmed has served more than 350 customers across USA, Europe, and Middle East. He used to speek into Microsoft Public events since 2002 when he spoke at the very first .NET 1.0 Launch event. Ahmed is a father for two kids; Bahaa, and Omar.

 

Andy Malone

Andy Malone is the CEO of Quality Training Ltd and founder of both the Dive Deeper Technology and Cybercrime Security events. Based in Scotland, Andy is a popular international event speaker and technology evangelist with over 15 years experience. Andy was also the 2006 winner of the Microsoft TechEd Speaker Idol contest. Andy has delivered technical and security content to thousands of delegates worldwide at various technical conferences, such as Microsoft TechEd, IT Pro-Connections and Tech-days. His passionate style of delivery, combined with a sense of fun has become his trademark. Although his primary focus is for security. Andy loves to talk about the Windows platform, Exchange and Office technologies. And with knowledge dating back to the MS-DOS 2 and Windows 2.0 era there is often an interesting story to be told. But technology never sleeps and Andy continues to work with the Microsoft product teams to create and deliver ground breaking material on Windows 7, Server 2008 R2 and beyond. For 2011 Andy is scheduled to deliver content in Europe, the Middle East, Russia and the US to name but a few. Andy’s blog: http://blogs.quality-training.co.uk/blog

 

Asem Alhourani

Mohammad Asem Alhourani is focusing on System Management Server 2003 since its first release. Successfully he has designed & implemented various SMS & ConfigMgr projects. He has been in the IT field for more than 9 years now. He is an MCSA 2003, MCSE 2000, 2003, MCTS in Configuring ConfigMgr 2007, OpsMgr 2007, SCVMM 2007, Hyper-V & MCT. He has founded the first IT Pros Community in the country (VirManSec IT Pro Community) -www.virmansec.com. VirManSec is not only an On-line community but it throws Off-line events that he usually participates in as a Speaker. Asem was also a speaker in Microsoft Open door event held in Riyadh and Jeddah.

 

 

Ayman El-Hattab

Ayman El-Hattab is a Regional Technology Solution Professional at Microsoft MEA Center of Expertise, SharePoint MVP, Author & Speaker. He is the co-founder of MS3arab community and SharePoint4Arabs.com, User Group Lead of Egypt SharePoint User group and he is always an active participant in Microsoft online and offline communities. Ayman is also a contributor author of "SharePoint 2010 Unleashed". Blog: http://www.aymanelhattab.com – Twitter: @aymanelhattab MVP Profile: https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Ayman

 

 

Daron Yondem

Daron Yondem is the founder of Deveload Software – a UX company based in Turkey. He is a Microsoft Regional Director with a Gold Global Impact Award in year 2009 and 2010. Daron is an international speaker leading the INETA MEA, he is a Silverlight MVP and author of two ASP.NET AJAX books and an HTML5 book. He is passionate about UX and can host sessions everywhere anytime. He has more than 180+ sessions hosted in year 2010 including a full night of free Silverlight community training called SilverNight! You can follow his thoughts at http://daron.yondem.com

 

 

Hammad Rajjoub

Hammad Rajjoub is a Connected System Developer MVP for last 6 years as well as a privileged member of Microsoft’s Business Platform Technology Advisors (previously Connected System Advisory board). His areas of interest include Enterprise Architecture, Highly Scalable Computing, SOA, .NET, Design Patterns and Quantum Computation. He has presented at various international conferences on Architecture, Design and Software Development. He is a published author, a geek, father of beautiful twin girls and a husband. For more details visit his blog at: http://hammadrajjoub.net

 

 

Marwan Tarek

SharePoint Technology Specialist at Microsoft. SharePoint MVP since 2008, and working with SharePoint technologies since 2005, experienced developer and SharePoint consultant working with SharePoint 2003, 2007 and 2010. Participated in Office and SharePoint 2010 beta testers program with Microsoft Product team and Windows 7. Also Microsoft certified professional since 2001, (MCAD, MCSD, MCPD and MCTS in SharePoint development and configuration.) He is the founder of the Egypt SharePoint User Group and leading all SharePoint events in Egypt and co-founder of SharePoint4Arabs.com first website publishes Arabic screencasts for SharePoint. MVP Profile: https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/profile/marwan Blog: http://www.marwantarek.com

 

Matt Milner

Matt is a member of the technical staff at Pluralsight, where he focuses on connected systems technologies (WCF, Windows WF, BizTalk, AppFabric, and Windows Azure). Matt is also an independent consultant specializing in Microsoft .NET application design and development. As a writer Matt has contributed to several journals and magazines including MSDN Magazine where he authored the workflow content for the Foundations column. Matt regularly shares his love of technology by speaking at local, regional and international conferences such as Tech Ed. Microsoft has recognized Matt as an MVP for his community contributions around connected systems technology.

 

Michael Noel

Michael Noel is an internationally recognized technology expert, bestselling author, and well known public speaker on a broad range of IT topics. He has authored several major industry books that have been translated into over a dozen languages worldwide. Significant titles include SharePoint 2010 Unleashed, Exchange Server 2010 Unleashed, Windows Server 2008 R2 Unleashed, ISA Server 2006 Unleashed, and many more. Currently a partner at Convergent Computing (www.cco.com) in the San Francisco Bay Area, Michael’s writings and extensive public speaking experience across six continents leverage his real-world expertise helping organizations realize business value from Information Technology infrastructure.

 

Mohamed Yehia

As a Technology Specialist at Microsoft and SharePoint MVP, Mohamed is working on Enterprise solutions using Microsoft SharePoint technologies for the past 7 years. As a co-founder for SharePoint4Arabs.com and Egypt SharePoint User Group lead he dedicates his time to share his expertise with the community. Stay tuned to his blog (www.mohamedyehia.net) and on Twitter @mohdyehia

 

 

 

Muhanad Omar

Muhanad Omar (MVP) is a consultant, trainer, international speaker and community advocate who helps organizations in the Middle East successfully develop, deploy and derive value from solutions built on SharePoint. Muhanad is the Managing Director and Principal Consultant for Devosis and specializes in architecture, deployment, administration and business adaption of SharePoint. Muhanad is a three-time recipient of the prestigious Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award for SharePoint Server, Evangelist for the International SharePoint Professionals Association (ISPA), and the Founder and Leader of the Jordan SharePoint User Group.

 

 

Paula Januszkiewicz

Paula Januszkiewicz is the IT Security Auditor, Enterprise Security MVP, trainer (MCT), Microsoft Security Trusted Advisor and MCT Europe Polish Lead. She is also a speaker on many international conferences (incl. Tech Ed worldwide) and writes articles on Windows Security. The trainings and workshops she conducts usually cover Security, Virtualization and Windows system topics. Paula is passionate about sharing her knowledge with others. She conducted many IT security audits and penetration tests and drives her own company CQURE. Paula is the leader of Women in Technology community group in Poland, she organizes also Warsaw Girl Geek Dinners. In private, she enjoys researching new technologies which she usually publishes on her blog http://blogs.technet.com/plwit.  Paula’s last community project: http://digigirlz.pl

 

Rhonda Layfield

For almost 30 years, Rhonda has helped people securely deploy, protect, and streamline their IT resources. She began her career in the US Navy where she spent 7 years as communications specialist with a top secret clearance. Later as Sr. Security Analyst for an electrical utility company operating nuclear power plants she discovered serious security flaws in software about to be acquired. She also consults for large customers showing how to quickly and cheaply roll out 50,000 Windows 7 desktops, But there’s one thing that she loves even more than solving IT problems: sharing what she has learned with other people. Rhonda has a passion for learning products at the packet level and sharing that knowledge in her classes with clients large and small. She is an NT, 2000 & 2003 MCSE, Setup and Deployment MVP and Desktop Deployment Product Specialist (DDPS). Along with teaching she presents at International conferences such as Tech Ed US, Tech Ed EMEA, Australia, New Zealand, MMS, Techdays Belgium, Ireland and Slovenia and contributes articles to Windows IT Pro magazine. She is the only person to have won Speaker Idol on two continents (US and Europe). She is often in the top ten speakers as recently as Tech Ed Belgium (out of 91 sessions). She’s also co-authored two books, one on Windows Server 2003 and another on Windows Server 2008 and is currently working on her first “Microsoft’s Free Deployment Tools” book.

 

Shy Cohen

Shy is a software architect and a consultant focusing on cloud computing, distributed systems, and software architecture. Shy is the Principal of Shy Cohen Consulting, a technology-consulting company based in Bellevue, WA, and also the CEO of CloudValue, a startup focused on cost-management of cloud apps. Before starting his independent career, Shy was a Senior Program Manager at Microsoft, where he worked for 13 years on projects such as WCF, MSN, MSMQ, and Windows. Today Shy is a Microsoft MVP (Connected Systems) and a frequent presenter at technology conferences around the world. In addition to his consulting work for clients like Microsoft, HP and the US Government, Shy is closely involved with various product groups at Microsoft, and is often invited to participate in advisory boards and design reviews, helping Microsoft shape their future products.

 

ZEDDY ISKANDAR

Zeddy Iskandar used to work in Microsoft Indonesia as Developer Evangelist. He then founded a startup and made the first Silverlight ePaper product for Kompas (#1 newspaper in Indonesia) that can be seen at http://epaper.kompas.com. He also helped RCTI (#1 private TV company) to setup Silverlight Smooth Streaming that was used for President Obama’s University of Indonesia Speech in November 2010. Later he handed his company’s helm to a partner, but remained on technical advisory role. Currently he works in Dubai as a Sharepoint/Silverlight Consultant by day, and a Mobile Developer by night. Zeddy is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) in Client App Dev, Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) and Microsoft Certified Professional Developer (MCPD) in Windows & Web Development.

 

Zlatan Dzinic

Zlatan’s primary roles are Enterprise Content Management (ECM) Lead, System Architect/Lead Developer and Enterprise Content Management/Enterprise Architecture Consultant. Zlatan also comes from an extensive ECM product background (including Business Intelligence) providing solutions and managing projects for both the Public (Local, Provincial and National Government) and also Corporate Sector (Mining, Retail, Telecommunications, Oil, Manufacturing, Banking and Tourism Industries). With a strong Business and Technical background, he also serves as a Best Practices consultant on large ECM projects and Enterprise Strategy initiatives. Zlatan is a regular speaker at both national and international Microsoft conferences as well as local community events on the topics of KM, ECM, SharePoint Server and Technologies, Business Intelligence and Office Business Applications. Zlatan’s SharePoint work has been recognized by Microsoft in his position as a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional.