Scott Dorman

Scott is a C# MVP and author who has been involved with computers in one way or another for as long as he can remember, but started professionally in 1993. He has worked at Fortune 500 companies and privately held start-ups focused on IT consulting where he gained experience in embedded systems design and software development to systems administration and database programming, and everything in between.

After spending 6 years as a systems administrator, Scott started developing eCommerce store fronts. Since 2001, he has worked on many different projects using .NET and C#. Although his primary focus right now is commercial software applications, he prefers building infrastructure components, reusable shared libraries and helping companies define, develop and automate process standards and guidelines.

Scott runs a software architecture-focused user group, speaks extensively, blogs, and contributes regularly to online communities such as The Code Project and StackOverflow, and is the Community Manager and Senior Editor for DotNetKicks.

n  Microsoft Certified Professional Developer (MCPD): Windows Development (2007)

n  Microsoft MVP – Visual C# (2008 – 2010)

n  CodeProject MVP (2008)

n  Community Credit Hall of Fame (2008)

12/1997                            University of Central Florida                                                                    Orlando, FL

Bachelor of Science – Computer Science

n  General programming/software engineering

n  Database theory/design

Bachelor of Arts – Interpersonal Communication

n  Organizational/Business Communication

n  Small Group Theory and Dynamics

Speaking engagements are listed on SpeakerRate.

Blog

http://www.geekswithblogs.net/sdorman

Articles

The Code Project

http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/sdorman

n  SafeHandle and Constrained Execution Regions

n  Using managed code to detect what .NET Framework versions and service packs are installed

n  Using managed code to detect if IIS is installed and ASP/ASP.NET is registered

n  Data Binding an Enum with Descriptions

n  Implementing IDisposable and the Dispose Pattern

n  An easy to use URL file downloader class for .NET

n  CodeProject Forum Guidelines

InformIT

http://www.informit.com/authors/bio.aspx?a=b863285e-a956-470e-b174-e50da14a06db

n  Understanding Classes and Objects the C# Way

n  Code Contracts in .NET 4, available September 2010

Books

Sams Publishing

n  Sams Teach Yourself Visual C# 2010 in 24 Hours (978-0-672-33101-5)

Published Software

n  Windows Live Writer Plugin: XFN Link Editor

Online Community Sites

n  StackOverflow       

n  SuperUser       

n  Meta Stack Overflow       

n  The Code Project       

n  Facebook       

n  LinkedIn       

n  Community Credit

n  CodePlex

n  SourceForge        

n  Developer Fusion       

n  CodeZone

User Group Involvement

n  Tampa Bay Chapter, International Association of Software Architects (IASA) – President

n  Florida .NET Users Group

n  Orlando .NET Users Group

Open Source Projects

n  CCzoomr       

n  MSBuild Contrib       

n  Subtext       

n  CI Factory       

n  CruiseControl.NET Monitor Gadget for Vista Sidebar       

Other Community Projects

n  INETA North America website redesign

n  The Code Project 2.1 private beta test (redesign of the website using ASP.NET)

n  StackOverflow private beta

n  SuperUser private beta