Speakers

Matthew is the Technical Marketing Manager for FileMaker based out of Santa Clara, CA. Matt has been an avid FileMaker user for over 10 years now. He started as an IT manager for a small student based travel company in DeKalb, IL before moving to Soliant Consulting in Chicago. While with Soliant, Matt worked as a developer, trainer, and IT staff member. He joined FileMaker, Inc. in 2008 as the Systems Engineer for the Mid-Atlantic United States and Canada territories. He is a FileMaker Certified Developer, a FileMaker Authorized Trainer, and MySQL 5.0 Developer Certified.

Having used FileMaker Pro since the early 90's, Matt brings a variety of useful knowledge to using the powerful FileMaker Platform. He has produced and delivered many of the industries most well-respected products for learning FileMaker Pro. He continues his work with FileMaker through his online publication ISO FileMaker Magazine and the Scriptology brand. He enjoys the challenge of creating unique and visually appealing solutions which help businesses worldwide.

Susan Prosser is a reformed journalist who's stopped trying to bring information to the people and now focuses on helping them corral and tame the data they already have. She's the co-author of six O'Reilly Media titles on FileMaker Pro. Her most recent book is FileMaker Pro 12: The Missing Manual. Susan wrote two tech briefs for FileMaker, Inc. and is co-author of a third. Susan is the president and owner of DBHQ, a FileMaker Pro consulting firm. Clients include Wells Fargo, Banner Health, USFWS, and NIH.

Mark, Founder and Chief Operating Officer of Skeleton Key, is a FileMaker Business Alliance Platinum level member based in St. Louis, Missouri. Mark leads a team of FileMaker certified developers and authorized trainers, plus an IT Managed Services division, in providing multi-platform rapid application development, general technology consulting, and implementation services for customers in a broad array of markets and locations. He is a FileMaker 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Certified Developer and a FileMaker Authorized Trainer.

Kieran, FileMaker Senior Systems Engineer for United Kingdom, graduated from Bournemouth University in 2001 with a Bachelor of Science in Business Information and Technology. He has a wide range of technical, business, and engineering skills from a variety of sectors including academic, manufacturing and publishing. He holds Microsoft, Apple and Prince II certifications and is currently a FileMaker 11 Certified Developer and an FileMaker Authorized Trainer.

Yousaf Shah, founder of DataTherapy, has amassed a wealth of knowledge and experience during 21 years of business. Yousaf, an experienced speaker on both business and technical topics, has been a long time advocate of the power of mobile business systems and their place in the future of all kinds of enterprises. DataTherapy, FileMaker consulting firm in Europe, has pioneered the use of cloud and virtual technologies and has a history of providing successful solutions year after year to many leading UK and European businesses.

Dan started FileMaker consulting in the mid-1990s while at Drexel University. He later joined MacEasy Computing and served a wide variety of clients, from chinchilla breeders to large pharmaceutical companies. He is a non-practicing attorney in New York and New Jersey. He is the senior developer at his current in-house position in a NYC union, where most of the operation is run on FileMaker Pro. He has expertise in many aspects of automation, including integration of FileMaker with external applications and workflow processes.

Phil Smith has been in technology sales for more than 20 years, most of it spent at FileMaker, Inc. and Adobe Systems Inc.. He has held the position of business account manager for FileMaker in the Northwest for the past 10 years. He had been instrumental in growing FileMaker Inc.'s business during that time as well as playing a key role in nurturing and growing the FileMaker developer community.

Rosemary is a FileMaker Senior Systems Engineer, a FileMaker 12 Certified Developer, and a FileMaker Authorized Trainer. She works with the sales team in the Southeast, New England and Mid-South regions communicating the virtues of FileMaker and providing technical guidance to customers. She joined the FileMaker team in January 2006 after eight years as publishing technology manager at Harvard University Press.

Adam, a software engineer with FileMaker, Inc. for over five years, has experience working on FileMaker Server, the FileMaker R&D team, and most recently joined the FileMaker Pro team. Adam has strong background in user interface development and web technologies. Adam graduated from the University of Michigan in 2006 with a BSE in Computer Science.

Todd Weller has been using and developing FileMaker Pro databases for over 11 years for both in-house and outside client solutions. He is a FileMaker 12 Certified Developer as well as a co-founder of FMburgh, the Pittsburgh FileMaker Developer Group. Todd has assisted in the organization of each meeting and the facilitation of discussion at FMburgh since its inception and also gave the keynote presentation at one of FMburgh's monthly meetings. Prior to his FileMaker Pro experience, he worked in industry for an electrical engineering firm that specialized in systems integration as a PLC and Drive System programmer and troubleshooter.

Steve is based in the UK as an independent contractor developing software utilizing the power of FileMaker in many solutions. Steve has been a FileMaker developer since FileMaker Pro 3. Over recent years he's specialized in FileMaker web applications, often working with either legacy systems, adding a web interface, or other developers undertaking the web component of projects with them. Steve is a FileMaker 12 Certified Developer.

Oleg is a lead software engineer on the FileMaker Pro team. He has over 20 years of experience in the software industry and joined FileMaker, Inc. 10 years ago. Oleg has worked on every release of FileMaker Pro starting with FileMaker Pro 7. Oleg is a FileMaker 11 Certified Developer.