Code Countdown

Jacksonville Developers User Group

The Code Countdown

The 2006 Jacksonville Code Camp introduces many innovating ideas. The Code Countdown is such a ground breaking idea that most instantly love or hate.

So why does The Code Countdown create such polar reactions? The Code Countdown is an attempt to essentially do the impossible. The goal is to code a beta version of an application from scratch during the 2006 Jacksonville Code Camp using the .NET 2.0 Framework. The application will be for a non-profit charity.

JaxDug.com President, Dennis J. Bottjer, realized that Code Camps such as the 2^nd Annual Jacksonville Code Camp, bring together some of the best .NET programmers in the region for a day and wondered how these resources be leveraged. Two answers came almost instantly. The first was to ask our MVP Speakers to participate in an Ask the Experts Session with the goal of promoting more interaction between speakers and attendees. The second answer is what we have named The Code Countdown and leverages the skills of several talented members of the developer community to build an application for a needy charity. Vinay Ahuja, JaxDug.com Secretary and SIG Coordinator, has been instrumental in supporting and planning both Ask the Experts and The Code Countdown. David Silverlight and Shawn Weisfeld have helped make The Code Countdown a reality by helping us choose a project, gather requirements, and architect the solution.

On Saturday August 26th, a brief overview of the project will be given during the Key Note. During Code Camp attendees can visit The Code Countdown Room to monitor the progress. Finally, during the closing ceremony a Beta Version of the application will be demonstrated.

Core Team

	Member	BIO
		Dennis Bottjer is a senior developer on the Credit Systems Technology team with Bank of America. He has 9 years of development experience especially developing and managing Web Applications. He is a Microsoft Certified Professional. Dennis has a BA in MIS from the University of Oklahoma. He is the Co-Founder of the www.JaxDug.com ASP.NET SIG. Dennis is the current president of the Jacksonville Developers User Group (http://www.jaxdug.com). He is very involved in the Florida Development Community and has presented at most of the Florida Code Camps. Dennis lives in Jacksonville, FL with his wife and three cats. Blog: http://cs.jaxdug.com/blogs/dennisbottjer/
		Vinay Ahuja is a Senior Consultant with Idea Integration. He has more than 6 years of experience in designing, developing, and architecting enterprise scale applications using Microsoft Technologies. He is a passionate software engineer who loves to venture into cutting edge technologies. He is also a Microsoft Certified Solution Developer in .NET. Vinay is a strong proponent of knowledge sharing and community development. He has spoken extensively in Code Camps in Florida, Georgia, and Alabama. Currently, he serves as Secretary for Jacksonville Developers User Group and also coordinates the ASP.NET SIG. Blog: http://www.thegenericguy.com/blog
		David Silverlight is an independent software developer with deep knowledge of XML and Microsoft’s .NET. An avid teacher and evangelist, he created and maintains 3 developer communities, each one tying into different facets of the development community. David created www.Community-Credit.com, www.NonProfitWays.com, and www.XMLPitstop.com. In addition to his communities, David is well-respected presenter who speaks at numerous conferences from local to international. His favorite approach is to spend time going through the code for his demo applications, giving developers the opportunity to learn firsthand the principles behind their creation.
		Shawn Weisfeld, http://www.shawnweisfeld.com, is an Orlando, FL based developer. Currently he is doing intranet & smart client development at a local fortune 500 company and teaches at the Florida Institute of Technology. Shawn started his career at his family business in Port St. Lucie Florida while working on his undergraduate degree in Business Administration at the University of Central Florida and after a year off Shawn moved to Orlando to pursue a Masters degree in Management Information Systems at UCF. Before graduating Shawn worked as an intern at the company he currently works full time for. Currently Shawn is working on a second Masters degree in Computer Science at FIT. Besides his work, Shawn enjoys volunteering with local organizations

Developers

	Developer	Bio
		Scott Klueppel is a web application developer at a Fortune 10 corporation located in Jacksonville, FL. Scott designs and develops global enterprise applications using .NET and other related Microsoft technologies. After serving in the US Navy, Scott earned his BS in Computer Science from the University of Illinois. Computing is just one of his countless hobbies.

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