Caleb Baker

Caleb Baker has been at Microsoft for the past seven years and is part of the Federated Identity Team. As well as building CardSpace, the team is working on the other pieces needed to build the Identity Metasystem. Caleb has been on the CardSpace product team since 2004 (infocard at the time). Since the first release of CardSpace, he continues to work on future CardSpace products, as well as various Identity Metasystem interoperability projects.

Before working on CardSpace, Caleb gained experience in the identity and security space by working on Active Directory and the Active Directory Migration Tool (ADMT). Caleb is a Seattle area native, having graduated from the University of Washington with a degree in Physics and Political Science, and has also earned a Masters degree in Computer Science.

Vittorio Bertocci

Vittorio Bertocci is an Architect Evangelist in the Windows Server Evangelism of Microsoft Corporation; he is based in Redmond, USA. He works with Fortune 100 and major G100 enterprises worldwide, helping them to stay ahead of the curve and take advantage of the latest unreleased technologies. In the last 2 years he helped many customers all around the world design and develop solutions based on technologies such as Identity and Access Management, Windows CardSpace, Windows Communication Foundation, and Windows Workflow Foundation. He frequently serves as speaker for international conferences such as IDWorld, Gartner Summit, TechEd and the like. His blog, located at the address http://blogs.msdn.com/vbertocci, focuses on identity and distributed systems architecture; it is periodically translated into Chinese at http://www.china-ac.net.cn/zmjgsbkzxnew4.aspx.

Vittorio has over 13 years of experience in the software industry. He worked in the fields of computational geometry, scientific visualization, usability, business data, and industrial applications, publishing both for the international academic scene and for the industry world. Vittorio joined Microsoft Italy in 2001 in the Consulting Services. Before falling hopelessly in love with Identity, he worked with Web Services and Services Orientation from its very inception, becoming a reference and a trusted advisor for key industry players nationwide and at the European level. In October 2005 he answered the call of the Microsoft headquarters and moved to Redmond, where he lives with his wife Iwona.

Vittorio holds a master’s degree in Computer Science from the Universita’ di Genova, Italy.

Garrett Serack

Garrett Serack worked as an independent software development consultant in Calgary, Canada, for 15 years, with clients in fields such as government, telecom, petroleum, and railways. Joining Microsoft in the fall of 2005 as the Community Program Manager of the Federated Identity team, Garrett has worked with the companies and the Open Source community to build digital identity frameworks, tools, and standards that are shaping the future of Internet commerce and strengthening the fight against fraud. In the summer of 2007, he transitioned to be the Community Lead in the Open Source Software Labs at Microsoft.

Garrett lives in Bothell, Washington, with his fantastic wife, Brandie, and their two amazing daughters Tea and Indyanna. Catch up on CardSpace and begin to learn more about Microsoft Open Source efforts on his blog at http://fearthecowboy.com.