Dan Balter is the Chief Technology Officer for InfoTechnology Partners, Inc., a Microsoft Certified Partner company located in Camarillo, California. Dan works as an independent consultant and trainer for both corporate and government clients specializing in LANs, WANs, VPNs, firewalls, and remote access solutions. A graduate of University of Southern California's School of Business in 1983, Dan has authored more than 300 computer training courses on video and CD-ROM. Throughout his 18-year career, Dan has worked with numerous network operating systems, and achieved a long list of credentials and certifications. He regularly speaks at computer conferences throughout North America on Windows XP, Windows 2000, and other Microsoft BackOffice solutions. He is a contributing author for three books on the Windows NT 4.0 network operating system, in addition to coauthoring the Exam Cram 2 series books on Windows 2000 Professional and Windows XP Professional. Dan Balter can be reached at dan@InfoTechnologyPartners.com.
Dan Holme is President and CEO of trainAbility, a global, integrated IT training company based in Scottsdale, Arizona. The company's independent, solutions-focused curricula and proprietary technologies allow it to deliver extremely customized solutions that bridge the gap between consulting and training. Dan spearheads the company's efforts to provide advanced, intensive ConsulTraining that meets twenty-first century clients' needs for cost- and time-efficient knowledge transfer.
Dan comes armed with a Bachelor's degree from Yale, a Master of International Management from Thunderbird, and 12 years of international training, public speaking, and management experience. If he's not buried in work or catching some big air on his snowboard, Dan can be reached at dan.holme@trainability.com.
Todd Logan has been training people how to actually use computers instead of throwing them out the window in frustration since 1992, back when the new thing was called email. Todd's wife took him away from his consulting business and the constant rain of Vancouver, British Columbia to sunny Phoenix, Arizona where he has been a technical trainer for ExecuTrain, Mastering Computers, and now works as a ConsulTrainer at trainAbility, where he is known for his penchant for ferreting out extraordinary solutions for clients the likes of Compaq, Hewlett-Packard, Sprint, and Microsoft. In between his neverending quest for the truth of Windows and the pursuit of the ultimate tofu cookbook, you can reach Todd at todd.logan@trainability.com.
Laurie Salmon is a full-time technical consultant with trainAbility, in Scottsdale, Arizona. Laurie has built a stellar eight-year track record in the computer business providing technical training and consulting services on Windows NT, Microsoft BackOffice, Internet Information Server, and Windows 2000. Microsoft asked Laurie to be a keynote speaker for the Windows 95 Launch series touring Texas in April of 1995. Courseware for Windows 95/98, NT, and Windows 2000 that Laurie has written or coauthored is in use at many companies around the world. Laurie has been an MCT and MCSE since 1994, and has taught fast-paced, entertaining technical workshops all over the United States. Laurie can be reached at laurie.salmon@trainability.com.