Joe Homnick is a principal owner of Homnick Systems (HSI)., a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner located in Boca Raton, Florida http://homnick.com. HSI is one of the most established Microsoft Certified Partners in the world, dating back to the beginning of the program in 1993.
HSI delivers Microsoft services in the areas of system development and implementation through the practices of software consulting, development, training and mentoring. They hold Competencies in Business Intelligence, Software Development, Application Lifecycle Management and Portals and Collaboration.
He enjoys speaking and can be found presenting at conferences like Microsoft Tech Ed, the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference (PDC), all Microsoft DevDays events and the SQL PASS Summit. Joe has been selected by Microsoft as a Metro trainer for Azure, SharePoint, Visual Studio and SQL Server. He has delivered training for Microsoft on their Early Adopters program for these technologies throughout the world touching four of the five continents. In 2012 he has been selected to lead 4 SQL Server 2012 Train the Trainer (TTT) sessions to take place in Redmond, Las Vegas (SQL Connections), Prague and Singapore.
He founded the Gold Coast Users Group http://GCUsersGroup.org which serves the South Florida area delivering Microsoft SQL Server, O/S and Developer knowledge to the community for 20 years.
His previous professional experience includes being an adjunct professor at Florida Atlantic University and a Computer Audit Specialist for KPMG.
Check out his blog at http://JoeBlog.Homnick.com and network with him on FaceBook, Twitter and LinkedIn.
Shervin Shakibi is a Microsoft Regional Director and the lead Developer Technoloies Instructor. In addition to being an author and Technical editor on many .NET books he has been a popular speaker at events such as Microsoft Tech Ed, PDC and Developer Days. Shervin has been developing Enterprise applications since 1987 and a Microsoft Certified Trainer since 1994. Experienced in the delivery of scalable, stable and open enterprise-level built on .NET and Microsoft SQL Server, Shervin is an industry recognized Consultant, trainer, speaker and writer on Business Intelligence and Microsoft .NET vision.
Paul George is a MCT, MCSE+I and Lead Infrastructure Instructor at Homnick Systems. Paul is a Microsoft Certified Trainer in Windows as well as the full suite of Back Office products. Paul is Homnick Systems most frequently requested Microsoft Certified Trainers and his experience and knowledge uniquely qualifies him to train in a wide variety of Microsoft products. Paul has been a featured speaker at Microsoft Developer Days VI, VII and Tech Ed 2000 and 2003 in America and Europe and many Gold Coast User Group meetings. He is ranked in the top three Windows trainers by Microsoft and was selected to create the Windows 2003 trainer videos distributed by Microsoft.
Corey O’Mara is a Microsoft Certified Trainer and Microsoft Certified Professional Developer: Enterprise (MCPD), with multifaceted experience designing and developing information systems utilizing distributed application architecture. Corey has in-depth experience as a trainer, developer, consultant and analyst utilizing cutting-edge technologies, including .NET tools and technologies. His background encompasses client training, internet and intranet web development, E-commerce solutions, database design and development and desktop application development. Corey was selected by Microsoft to be a featured speaker at Tech Ed 2003 delivering the instructor led hands on lab pre-conference event.