David Braverman is the chief technology officer of Holden LLC, a pioneer in sales performance development. Braverman is also an accomplished software developer and consultant with nearly 25 years of experience of working in the U.S. and Europe. Before joining Holden LLC, Braverman performed due diligence technology investigations of potential acquisition targets for West Monroe Partners, created and developed a healthcare scheduling application for medical interpreter businesses, wrote security analysis and reporting software, assisted a Portuguese mobile telecom provider with location-based service offerings, and led a large team that developed an inventory prediction application for an international food manufacturer. Braverman earned his MBA from Duke University, a JD from Loyola University Chicago with special recognition in intellectual property law, and a BA from Hofstra University. You can follow him on his blog, http://www.thedailyparker.com/.
Sebastian Durandeu is a senior software engineer with a primary focus on building applications and services for the cloud using Microsoft technologies. He works at Southworks, a high-end software development company that helps businesses leverage the latest technologies. Here, he has worked closely with several Microsoft divisions, helping the developer community adopt emerging technologies by using recommended practices. Sebastian currently lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he is an active contributor to the developer community. He shares his knowledge via his Twitter (@sebadurandeu) and GitHub accounts (sdurandeu).
Florian Klaffenbach started his IT career in 2004 as a first- and second-level IT support technician and an IT salesman trainee for a B2B online shop. After this, he worked for a small company as an IT project manager, where he was involved in planning, implementing, and integrating industrial plants and laundries into IT enterprises. After spending some years there, he changed his path and worked with Dell Germany. There, he started from scratch as an enterprise technical support analyst and later worked on a project to start Dell technical communities and support over social media in Europe and outside the U.S. Currently, he is working as a solutions architect and consultant for Microsoft infrastructure and cloud, specializing in Microsoft Hyper-V, file services, System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM), and Microsoft Azure IaaS.
In addition to his employment, he is active as a Microsoft blogger and lecturer. He blogs on his own page, Flo's Datacenter Report, which can be viewed by visiting http://datacenter-flo.de/, and for the Brocade Germany Community. Along with a very good friend, he founded the Windows Server User Group Berlin in order to create a network of Microsoft IT professionals in Berlin. Florian currently maintains a very tight network that comprises many vendors, such as Cisco, Dell, and Microsoft, and communities. This helps him expand his experience and get the best out of a solution for his customers.
Florian has worked for several companies, such as Dell Germany, CGI Germany, and his first employer, TACK GmbH.
He has also worked on the book Taking Control with System Center App Controller.
Laxmikant P. Patil is a senior technical architect on various Microsoft technologies. He has 13 years of experience building complex software systems, from devices that are run by Linux and Berkeley DB to cloud-based highly scalable systems and SharePoint-based portal and content systems. He has written many papers on cloud adoption, technology migrations, ERP integrations, knowledge management, and cost-effective designing areas. He's passionate about applying technology to business problems that will fit into customers' budgets. His dream project is to develop a platform for kids that will help them develop analytical and logical thinking abilities. In his spare time, he enjoys watching cartoons. He writes on his blog at http://laxmikantpatil.com/.