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April 15-18, 2012

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By day Brent “iBrent” Arnold impersonates a full-time employee at Pearson, the world’s largest educational technology company. There he struts his stuff as a Senior Member of Technical Staff (i.e. a computer nerd), coding native and not-so native mobile applications. By night Brent enjoys being a husband and father, stealing away at times to impersonate a know-it-all tech geek by creating video tutorials and spreading misinformation on his favorite technologies. He even has an entire YouTube channel dedicated to his debauchery http://www.youtube.com/iBrent. In addition to technology, wait a minute, there isn’t anything in addition to technology that Brent does.
Bryce Barrand serves as the Creative Digital Strategist for Rain’s New York office. He has produced and managed projects for some of Rain’s largest clients including Adobe, Skullcandy, Icon Fitness, Ancestry.com and Hewlett-Packard. He is certified by Adobe as a Flash/Flex developer and also has a passion for Android and Python development. Bryce received his Bachelors degree in film from BYU and has a Masters of Business Administration from Neumont University with an emphasis in Information Technology. When Bryce isn’t writing bios, he loves a good game of foosball and screaming down mountains on his bike.
Sim Bateman is a purveyor of Technical Wisdom and Principal Instigator @ Simb & Company. Mentoring development teams and creating amazing applications.
Based in Redmond, Washington… Nate Beck has been playing around and working with Flash since 2001 and has consulted for an extensive list of clients including Adobe, Boeing and T-Mobile USA. When Nate isn’t schmoozing corporate clients, he is passionate about developing games. His company, ZaaLabs, builds a variety of 2D and 3D games for the Flash Platform, including unique hardware integration solutions for installation (most of which he is not at liberty to talk about).
Drew Bourne crafts code and mentors teams on testing, API design, and being more awesome. Previous roles as Designer, Animator, and Instructor has given him the perspective to keep solutions user focussed, flowing and understandable. As an open source proponent, Drew is keen on building and sharing tools to improve developer productivity and software quality. To aid with testing Flash/Flex he ported Hamcrest to AS3 and authored Mockolate.
Garth Braithwaite is Senior Experience Designer at Adobe working on Flex.Additionally Garth hosts Nerd Radio, a weekly podcast; co-authored The Flex 4 Cookbook; speaks at conferences like 360|Flex, and MAX; and teaches.Garth is an Adobe Certified Instructor (ACI) and an Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) for: Flex, Flash, Illustrator, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, and InDesign.
Jonathan Campos develops applications in Dallas, Texas for various enterprise clients, primarily in Adobe Flash, Flex, and AIR technologies as a Lead Architect for Miller & Associates/Dedo, Inc. Within the community, Jonathan is the Dallas Flex UGM (D-Flex), an Adobe Community Professional, while also a frequent presenter at multiple national conferences and blogger.Jonathan Campos is also the creator of Queue Manager, a Netflix Queue Management application, that is highly rated on the BlackBerry, Android, Nook, and iOS devices. With the little free time he has, Jonathan is now in progress toward completing his book, Flex Hero in Action.
Hailing from the DC-Metro area, Huyen Tue Daois a long-obsessed developer and geek who has worked with Adobe Flex since 2006. Currently, she works as a consultant for Universal Mind on both Flex and AIR. Coming from a background of computer engineering at the University of Maryland, she has experience as well in C/C++, Java, and .NET.While not obsessing over code, Huyen likes to obsess over gaming, whether it be PC, console, phone, board, or cards, with equal opportunity fervor for all genres.
Chris Griffithis a Staff Engineer in the User Experience group at Qualcomm. He has over 15 years experience in developing a wide range of prototypes for a variety of clients. He currently works with the full spectrum of the Flash Platform from mobile devices to web/desktop, as well as HTML/CSS/JS solutions. He is also an Adobe Community Professional and is presently the manager of the San Diego Flash User Group. He also has regularly been invited to speak at conferences such as Adobe MAX, 360Flex, D2WC, and various user groups. He also has been involved with the National Science Foundation’s National Science Digital Library project.[Opinions and thoughts that are his own and are not necessarily shared by the company that he works for.]
Aaron Hardy – I code. I’ve architected apps at start-ups, gigantic companies, mid-size companies, digital agencies, and most recently Adobe. I’ve had fancy titles at said companies and earned my 1337 status in Information Systems Management. I’m most heavily involved with Flex/ActionScript and JavaScript.
David Hassoun is the founder of RealEyes. He has always had a passion for interactive motion media, the power of video, and the challenges of usability and interactivity. He is an Adobe Certified Master Instructor, Adobe Community Professional, a member of the Flash Media Server Technologies Community Advisory Board for Adobe, teaches advanced RIA classes at the University of Denver, serves as the Rocky Mountain Adobe User Group Manager and the Flash Media Server User Group Manager, and has taught and developed many advanced Flash and Flex application courses. He is a recognized industry leader when it comes to Flash and video and has spoken at many national and international events, and has been published many times on Adobe’s Devnet website on a large range of video related topics and new technologies as they are being released.
Jun Heider is an Adobe Flex/AIR ACE and has been an Adobe Certified Instructor since 2005. Jun works as Sr. Architect and Development Manager with RealEyes Media, an Adobe partner company based in Denver, Colorado. Jun has also taught Adobe Flex development at the University of Denver, University College. Jun is very active in the community and is an officer of the Open Spoon Project and a member of the Adobe Flex PPMC. Jun loves to write and speak at conferences: 360|Flex, Adobe MAX, CFUnited, Adobe Devnet, O’Reilly Inside RIA, and co-author of Professional Adobe Flex 3 by Wrox. In his spare time, Jun love to hit the slopes or get down with some guitar or iPad EDM dabbling.
Christophe Herreman (Be) has mainly worked on enterprise Internet projects including e-learning and test/evaluation platforms and content management systems. He has implemented business critical examination software at Selor, KULeuven and the Belgian Post, traffic control center software for Traficon (the worldwide leader in traffic video detection), … He is a certified Adobe Expert for Flex and AIR, holds a bachelors degree with honors in Multimedia & Communication Technology.
Antonio Holguin is a Designer in the Mobile and Devices Group at Smashing Ideas with 9 years of design experience and an active interest in development.  He enjoys many technologies including Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, Flex and AIR – to name a few.As an Adobe Community Professional, Antonio has contributed to InsideRIA.com, and runs his popular blog at swfhead.com. Antonio has also spoken at360|Flex DC, 360|Flex 2011, and D2WC. While always striving to learn new skills and technologies, he also has a passion for teaching and cultivating growth and relationships within the interactive community.In addition to design and development, Antonio also loves to write, help improve processes and set standards for smarter workflow. Having worked on the team that created popular mobile apps like Robot Unicorn Attack and Buck and the Coin of Destiny, Antonio is an expert at Flash Professional for Mobile and can help make your ideas into reality.
Joel Hooks is a Flash Platform developer with experience in Actionscript 3, Flex, and Python. Joel spent the first 13 years of his professional career as a 3d animator and graphic designer working on computer based training applications from that perspective. His interest in programming goes as far back as “”TELL TURTLE”" and he has always been interested in the technological challenges related to developing software making work a little bit easier. With the introduction of Actionscript 3, Joel finally found a platform that allows him to architect useful tools while fully leveraging his experience as a visual artist. Joel is passionate about technology and enjoys exploring the landscape of frameworks, libraries, and tools that make his work constantly fun and challenging.Joel currently resides in Fort Worth and works as a Flex consultant for Universal Mind providing clients with oodles of clean code and a focus on test driven development solutions. Joel can be found blogging on various Flex development topics at http://joelhooks.comOutside of developing software tools Joel owns a photography studio http://visualempathy.com with his wife who also collaborates on the raising and nurturing of his four children.
Jeffry Houser is a technical entrepreneur that likes to share cool stuff with other people.Jeffry is the Brains behind Flextras, a set of user interface Flex Components that save you time and help you create better Flex applications. He has a Computer Science degree from the days before business met the Internet and has solved a problem or two in his programming career. In 1999, Jeffry started DotComIt, a company specializing in Rich Internet Applications with Flex and ColdFusion.Jeffry is an Adobe Community Professional and produces The Flex Show, a podcast with expert interviews and screencast tutorials. He hosts the Flextras Friday Lunch Podcast, a weekly live Q&A session where you can get your programming questions answered and also runs AskTheFlexpert.com where you can get your questions answered privately. Jeffry has spoken at user groups and conferences all over the US, is the manager of the Online Flex Meetup Group, co-manager of the Hartford CT Adobe User Group, author of three technical books, over 30 articles, and hundreds of podcasts.In his spare time Jeffry is a musician, old school adventure game aficionado, recording engineer, and he owns a Wii. Find more about Flextras at http://www.flextras.com, ask Jeffry Questions at www.asktheflexpert.com, or check out his podcast at http://www.theflexshow.com, or you can read his personal blog at http://www.jeffryhouser.com
Kevin Korngut develops applications for various enterprise clients as a Developer with Miller & Associates in Dallas, Texas. As a member of the Flash Community he is the Dallas Flex UGM, D-Flex, and an officer for the Spoon Project.
Nick Kwiatkowski is a Telecom Engineer at Michigan State University. He is also an instructor in the Telecommunications, Information Studies and Media department within the University. Nick started and is the manager of the Michigan Flex Users Group and is active within the Flex and ActionScript communities.
Joseph Labrecque is primarily employed by the University of Denver as senior interactive software engineer specializing in the Adobe Flash Platform, where he produces innovative academic toolsets for both traditional desktop environments and emerging mobile spaces. Alongside this principal role; he often serves as adjunct faculty, communicating upon a variety of Flash Platform solutions and general web design and development subjects.In addition to his accomplishments in higher education, Joseph is the proprietor of Fractured Vision Media, LLC; a digital media production company, technical consultancy, and distribution vehicle for his creative works. He is founder and sole abiding member of the dark ambient recording project “”An Early Morning Letter, Displaced”" whose releases have received international award nominations and underground acclaim.Joseph has contributed to a number of respected community publications as an article writer and video tutorialist and is author of the Flash Development for Android Cookbook (2011 Packt Publishing – ISBN: 1849691428), What’s New in Adobe AIR 3 (2011 O’Reilly Media – ISBN: 9781449311070), What’s New in Flash Player 11 (2011 O’Reilly Media – ISBN: 9781449311094), and co-author of Mobile Development with Flash Professional CS5.5 and Flash Builder 4.5: Learn by Video (2011 Adobe Press – ISBN: 0321788109).He regularly speaks at user group meetings and industry conferences such as Adobe MAX, and a variety of other educational and technical conferences. In 2010, he received an Adobe Impact Award in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the education community. He has served as an Adobe Education Leader since 2008 and is also an Adobe Community Professional.
Michael Labriolais a Senior Consultant at Digital Primates and the Lead Developer for FlexUnit 4. He has been developing Internet applications since 1995 and working with Flex since its 1.0 beta. Michael is an Adobe Certified Instructor, Community Professional, and co-author of the Flex 2, 3, 4 and 4.5 Training from the Source books and Breaking out of the Browser with Adobe AIR.As an international speaker and team mentor on Flex and AIR projects, he has consulted for many of the world’s most recognized brands. His free time is spent escaping from technology through wine and food.
Sidney Maestre is a Developer Evangelist with PayPal. His work at PayPal involves exploring innovative ways to use PayPal APIs. Sidney has previously presented at Adobe MAX, 360|Flex, NCDevCon, HTML5DevCon, SenchaCon and Silicon Valley CodeCamp. His topics have included Flex, ColdFusion, jQuery Mobile and Sencha. He also organizes BAM!, Bay Area Mobile, a meetup focused on jQuery Mobile, AIR, and other multi-platform mobile technologies
Andy Matthews is currently UI/UX architect at Goba.mobi, a social networking startup helping friends connect in person. Andy has worked as a web and application developer for nearly 16 years, with experience in a wide range of industries, and a skillset including UI/UX, graphic design, and web and mobile development. Andy has spoken at Adobe MAX, cf.Objective, CF United, and at user groups across the country.
Justin Mcleanhas more than 15 years experience in developing web based applications and over that time has worked on hundreds of web applications, database driven web sites, multimedia applications and semiconnected desktop applications.Justin has managed his own consulting company Class Software for almost 15 years and has a long history with Adobe/Macromedia/Allaire products in particular ColdFusion (still has the 3 floppies it originally came on) and Flex (what’s a floppy drive?). Justin is also a Adobe Community Champion, a certified Adobe trainer for ColdFusion and Flex, runs regular training courses and is an international conference speaker.
justin j. moses is a software developer and entrepreneur from sydney. he lives in new york and works as a front-end specialist for lab49, a financial services consultancy firm. over the last decade, he has moved through c, java, coldfusion, asp.net, php, js, flex, wpf/silverlight, ruby and node. he’s currently tinkering on a rails-based startup in his spare time and an express.js webapp for his newest endeavour, tilt. justin is also a classically trained guitarist, composer, stage performer, and once rode a bicycle across australia. http://about.me/justinj
Ted Patrickcurrently holds the position of Director of Developer Relations at Sencha. He works with developers to create applications using web technologies including HTML5, JavaScript, and CSS. Prior toSencha, Ted worked at Barnes and Noble on NOOK Apps and on Flash & Flex at Adobe Systems.Along the way, he founded 4 companies as an entrepreneur, raised vc funding, and sold 1. Ted loves to write software. No, He really, really, loves to write software. So much he can hardly think of it as work. Ted especially loves to help solve the hard strategy problems in combining business and software.The past 2 years have been filled with learning the ins and outs of the Android Operating System and how best to write software for phone-tablet form factor devices (IOS/Android). Lately, Ted dove head first into building apps using HTML5. When he is not writing code, you will find me either spending time with his family or scuba diving.
As a desktop and web-based applications developer, Andrew Powell helps clients maximize the value of Adobe’s tool suite.Initially a Java developer, Andy branched out to specialize in AJAX, Flex, and Java, and is a globally recognized authority on Adobe’s AJAX framework, Spry. He is currently exploring how tools like Hibernate and Spring can enhance ColdFusion and Flex powered RIAs.Earning his B.B.A. in Computer Information Systems, Finance, and Management from Mercer University, Andy spent ten years helping clients assess the full impact of Rich Enterprise Applications (REA) to meet their specific needs. With Universal Mind, he provides training, development, performance analysis and tuning, and incident resolution services across a wide array of technologies.Andy is a frequent speaker at various public and private ColdFusion, Flex, and Flash conferences and user groups.
Jeff Roberts has been writing code professionally for over 25 years. He began his career way back in 1986 writing RPG code on IBM minicomputers. Since then he has lost all of his hair, gained a bunch of weight, is on his second marriage, has six children, has worked on projects with as few as 1 developer and as many as 125 and has earned money writing in nearly 15 different programming languages.
Paul Robertson is a Senior User Experience Developer for Dedo Interactive, Inc., designing and developing interactive touch-based experiences. Previously he worked for Adobe with the AIR and ActionScript/Flash Player teams, and before that as a web applications developer. He is an Adobe certified developer and has been an author and technical editor/reviewer of ActionScript-related books for Peachpit Press, and O’Reilly. Apart from his work, Paul spends his time taking pictures, collecting kitchen gadgets, and attempting to match his three children’s knowledge of Lego, Star Wars trivia, and other important subjects.
Drew Shefman has been an independent multimedia developer for 15 years. He is a Flex/Flash Adobe Certified Instructor (ACI), an Adobe Certified Expert (ACE), a Multimedia professor at University of Houston, and is the Houston Adobe User Group Manager. His clients have spanded nearly all market segments and industries, from the airlines, oil & gas, food retail, telecommunications to everything in between. Drew has just finished serving as senior technical Flex architect / mentor to a team of 24 diverse Flex developers, working on an massive order management system. Outside of programming, you can find him ballroom dancing, waterskiing and playing with his kids.
Leonard Souza loves instigating epic battles between the left and right hemispheres of his brain. Upon studying both Computer Science and Fine Art, he has worked hard at mashing the two disciplines into fun and exciting solutions to complicated problems. Today, he happily works for EffectiveUI as a Lead Experience Architect, where he is given many opportunities to play with art and technology. Over the years, Leonard has been fortunate enough to work with several outstanding companies such as Panasonic, DirectTV, Intel, MGM and Boeing, as well as many startups. Leonard lives in Las Vegas, Nevada with his wife and two young boys.
Ben Stucki is a Software Engineer, Interaction Designer and Founder of DAIO. He has more than 10 years of experience building complex, client-side software and believes that good developers and great design are what make viable business models viable businesses.
Andrew Trice is a Technical Evangelist with Adobe Systems. Andrew brings to the table over a decade of experience delivering solutions for the web, desktop and mobile with Flex, the Flash Platform, HTML5+, and native development.
David Woods is a Creative Technologist at Modea, in Blacksburg, VA. He helps shape the technology Modea delivers to clients like Mizuno, Verizon, HTC, Chiquita, and Rackspace. David has 14 years of experience as a web developer, most of which as a freelancer, and has specialized in Flash since 1999. He is a co-manager of the Adobe User Group in the Roanoke / Blacksburg area.
Michelle Yaiser
Roland Zwaga (NL) has been fiddling with computers since he was six and through a long and winding career path that took him across quite a wide spectrum of programming languages and technologies he ended up on the Flash platform where he’s been enjoying himself for the past 4 years. Before Flex he mainly worked on projects in the fields of e-learning, digital document management, web-to-print solutions, webshops and community sites.
Doug Winnie