Rob Windsor is a developer, trainer, writer and Senior Consultant with ObjectSharp Consulting - a Microsoft Gold Partner based in Toronto, Canada. He has over fifteen years experience developing rich-client and web applications with Delphi, VB, C# and VB.NET and is currently spending a majority of his time working with SharePoint.
Rob is a member of both the INETA Speakers Bureau and the MSDN Canada Speakers Bureau and is a regular speaker at conferences, code camps, and user groups across North America and Europe. He regularly contributes articles and "How Do I" videos to MSDN and TechNet and is the co-author of Professional Visual Basic 2010 and .NET for Wrox. He is President of the Toronto Visual Basic User Group and has been recognized as a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional for his involvement in the developer community.
Current Projects
- Key developer on project to build the backend service layer for Logitech Harmony Remotes
- Teaching courses on .NET development, SharePoint and related technologies.
Recent Projects
- Microsoft/DevTeach SharePoint 2010 Tour: Content author and presenter
- Co-author of Professional Visual Basic 2010 and .NET 4.0 for Wrox
- Lead developer on project to build SharePoint web sites for Woodbine Entertainment
- Architect and lead developer on a project to add a newsletter subsystem to an existing SharePoint 2007 site
- Architectural and system review for a set of internal SharePoint 2007 and ASP.NET sites
- TechEd 2009: Presented Strategies to Upgrade Your Visual Basic 6.0 Applications to .NET
- TechEd EMEA 2008: Presented Integrating ASP.NET AJAX with SharePoint 2007
- TechEd 2008: Presented Strategies to Upgrade Your Visual Basic 6.0 Applications to .NET
- Heroes Happen {Here} Vancouver: Presented Architecting Next Generation Business Solutions with Visual Studio 2008.
- 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.