Asif is an independent SharePoint Trainer and Consultant. He is a SharePoint Server MVP and a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT).He is the co-author of the Wrox publication “Professional SharePoint Designer 2007.“ Over the years, Asif has provided SharePoint consulting and training to many large clients including: Department of Defense, NASA, Hersheys, Toshiba, State Farm, Federal Home Loan Bank, US Army and many more.

Asif has been a speaker at several conferences including:

Microsoft’s SharePoint Conference
Microsoft’s TechEd Conference
SharePoint Connections
Best Practices Conference

Asif has contributed videos to Microsoft TechNet and article to Microsoft MSDN. He is also very active in the Chicago SharePoint community and is the co-founder and an active leader of the Chicago SharePoint User Group.

Wendy has worked in the Information Technology industry for over 17 years. A Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) since 1998, Wendy has been an independent technical trainer, author, and consultant for the last 10 years. Since 2005, she has specialized in Microsoft’s SharePoint and SQL Server products. Wendy has consulted on large enterprise projects for many networks including Lucent Technologies, Carolinas Medical Center, Cabarrus County, Mecklenburg County Schools, and the NYS Gaming Board and Seneca Gaming Commission in Western, NY among others.

Technical Certifications for Wendy include (Microsoft) MCP, MCDST, MCSA, MCSE, MCDBA, MCTS, MCITP, MCT; (Novell) CNE, CNI; (Cisco) CUSE, CCNA; (CompTIA) A+, Net+, Server+

Technical Editor:

• Microsoft Official Learning Products – E-Learning Series 3376: Implementing Enterprise Search
• SharePoint Technologies McGraw-Hill Publishing – “MCSE: All-in-One” exam prep book for Windows Server 2003
• Contributing Editor for HP internal technical documentation and technical newsletter

Author of the following publications:

• Microsoft: Internal Windows Server 2003 protocol documentation for EU regulatory compliance.
• The Training Camp: Proprietary SQL Server 2005 bootcamp course.
• New Horizons: Custom SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services course ; Custom MOSS course
• Contributing ghostwriter on various QUE Publishing and Sybex Publishing technical books.

Russell Wright has worked with SharePoint since the STS 1.0 days and has been focused exclusively on SharePoint since 2007. Since then, he has trained over 1500 students on all aspects of SharePoint infrastructure and business use.

At Texas Instruments, he and his systems team introduced SharePoint in the Procurement and Logistics area, where it quickly became viral throughout TI. Russell excels at business process reengineering and enjoys “SharePoint-tizing” business processes. The scope of his experience spans from his beginnings in Electrical Engineering within the defense industry to virtually all aspects of Information Technology. Russell has over 25 years of experience at companies like Texas Instruments, Raytheon and Frito-Lay. His real strength lies in the broad based IT technical knowledge and the ability to solve real business problems. Check out Russell’s blog here.

Russell holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas (where he specialized in biomedical engineering).  In his spare time, he likes to cook and is best known for his homemade English muffins and makes a KILLER Paradise Pie!  He’s also a fairly decent bowler.