Don Demsak

Current

• Sr. Solutions Architect at Tellago
• Conference Speaker at DonXml.com (Self-employed)

Past

• .Net Solutions Mentor & Consultant at DonXml.com
• .Net Solutions Architect at GalaxE.Solutions
• .Net Solutions Mentor & Consultant at DonXml.com (Self-employed)

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Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

• My Website
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Don Demsak’s Summary

A Microsoft Most Valuable Professional, for XML, with over seven years of experience architecting multi-tiered and service oriented .Net and SQL Server applications. Experienced with designing and coding highly scalable Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) applications and reusable application block frameworks utilizing Test Driven Development and Domain Driven Design. As a recognized Microsoft influencer, I have worked work with, and provide feedback to, the following teams within Microsoft: XML, SQL Server, Patterns & Practices, Windows Presentation Framework, Windows Communication Framework, LINQ (Language Integrated Query), C# 3.0, and VB 9.0.

Don Demsak’s Specialties:

XML, Microsoft .Net, Web Services, SQL Server, Biztalk, LINQ, Sharepoint

Don Demsak’s Experience

• Sr. Solutions Architect

  Tellago

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  May 2009 — Present (3 months)

  Helping enterprise customers to build Service Oriented & RESTful applications with .Net 3.5, Biztalk, & Azure.

• Conference Speaker

  DonXml.com (Self-employed)

  (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Computer Software industry)

  July 2003 — Present (6 years 1 month)

  Speaker for user groups and Software Developer Conferences

• .Net Solutions Mentor & Consultant

  DonXml.com

  (Computer Software industry)

  December 2006 — May 2009 (2 years 6 months)

  A Microsoft Most Valuable Professional, for XML, with over seven years of experience architecting multi-tiered and service oriented .Net and SQL Server applications. Experienced with designing and coding highly scalable Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) applications and reusable application block frameworks utilizing Test Driven Development and Domain Driven Design. As a recognized Microsoft influencer, I have worked work with, and provide feedback to, the following teams within Microsoft: XML, SQL Server, Patterns & Practices, Windows Presentation Framework, Windows Communication Framework, LINQ (Language Integrated Query), C# 3.0, and VB 9.0.

• .Net Solutions Architect

  GalaxE.Solutions

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  March 2006 — December 2006 (10 months)

  .Net Solutions architect hired to help create a new Microsoft consulting area within GalaxeSolutions. Responsibilities included mentoring internal staff and customers on the latest Microsoft technologies, SQL Server 2005, Sharepoint 2007, Biztalk 2006, Visual Studio Team System, LINQ (Language Integrated Query), Windows Communication Foundation, Windows Presentation Foundation, building proof of concept applications, and assisting with on going development projects. The majority of the work was around building proof of concept projects utilizing Sharepoint 2007 and web services interop with IBM Websphere portals, for a major pharmaceutical company.

• .Net Solutions Mentor & Consultant

  DonXml.com (Self-employed)

  (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 1993 — March 2006 (13 years 3 months)

  See my About Me page on my website: http://www.donxml.com/aboutme.aspx

Additional Information

Don Demsak’s Websites:

• My Website
• My RSS feed

Don Demsak’s Honors:

Microsoft MVP for XML

Don Demsak’s Contact Settings

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