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Rob Windsor

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Rob Windsor is a Senior Consultant and the Director of Training with ObjectSharp. Rob focuses on the architecture, design and development of custom business applications using leading edge Microsoft technologies. As a top rated instructor, Rob authors and teaches courses on .NET development, architecture, SharePoint and related technologies.

Rob is President of the Toronto Visual Basic User Group and is a member of the MSDN Canada Speakers Bureau. Rob is a regular speaker at user group meetings and conferences across North America and has been recognized as a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for his involvement in the developer community.

Current Projects

  • Upgrade ObjectSharp’s ASP.NET course from .NET 2.0 to .NET 3.5.
  • Manage course curriculum and supervise construction of new courseware
  • Teach two to five day courses on .NET development, SharePoint and related technologies.

Recent Projects

  • Heroes Happen {Here} Vancouver: Presented Architecting Next Generation Business Solutions with Visual Studio 2008.
  • DevTeach Vancouver 2007: Presented Creating an N-Tier Data Layer with the Dataset Designer in Visual Studio 2008 and Introduction to Windows Communication Foundation.
  • Mentor/Technical Advisor: Reviewed specifications and implementation of a public facing SharePoint Web Content Management project.
  • dnrTV Guest: Interviewed on VB 6.0 Interoperability with .NET.
  • Article: Using Custom Business Objects with Windows Communication Foundation written for the Visual Basic Developer Center on MSDN.
  • QCon San Francisco 2007: Presented REST, JSON and RSS with Windows Communication Foundation 3.5.
  • DevLink 2007: Presented Performing a Phased Migration from VB 6.0 to .NET with COM Interop and What's New in Visual Basic 9.
  • Article: Getting Started with Windows Communication Foundation written for the Visual Basic Developer Center on MSDN.
  • TechEd Orlando 2007: Finalist in the Speaker Idol contest.