The Region at MicrosoftRegionalDirectors.com

Welcome to The Region, global hub for the 140 software architects, developers, trainers and other professionals selected by Microsoft as Regional Directors. The first thing to know is that, while we’re officially recognized by Microsoft and often receive inside information about forthcoming technologies, we are completely independent. We are not Microsoft employees. As to The Region, it’s designed to help us circulate insights, information, inspiration and inquiries among RD’s and among the broader developer community. And it's an experiment. We hope you find it useful. We hope we find it useful, too.


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Consultant, Author, and Coach John Alexander is a recognized Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD), and has served as the Microsoft Regional Director for the Kansas City Region for the last ten years. Experienced in the delivery of scalable, stable, and open enterprise-level .NET applications, John is an industry recognized trainer, consultant, speaker and writer on the Microsoft .NET vision and implementation at both the technical and business decision maker level. He has also coached several teams of developers, including one that was directly responsible for placing that organization on CIO Magazine's Agile 100 List.
TechTalk 04 Jan 2010

Why Social Computing Is a Shoe-in 2010 Prediction

John Alexander writes "......that social aspects of the web will explode in 2010...This is just one example..." Read post »
TechTalk 01 Dec 2009

MIT Course Content Available Through OCW

John Alexander writes "...OpenCourseWare, which is a collection of free lecture notes, exams, and videos. No registration required. “MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) is a web-based publication of virtually all MIT course content...open and available..." Read post »
TechTalk 23 Nov 2009

Surface Development Resources and sdk Now Publicly Available

John Alexander writes "...If you’ve ever wanted to play around with a Microsoft Surface app...Until recently, even the SDK was very hard to obtain without access to the device. Microsoft has expanded access and created several new resources..." Read post »
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John Alexander

Principal Alexander & Julian, Inc. Blue Springs, MO, US Send email to John John's blog  »
Technical Expertise .NET Development, Architecture, BizTalk Server, C#, Enterprise Architect, Public Speaking, Requirements Determination, SharePoint Products and Technologies, Smart Client, SQL Server, SQLXML & XML Mapping Technologies, Team Foundation Server, Technical Writer, Visual Basic .NET, Visual Studio .NET, XML, XML Web Services
Years of Experience 18
Certifications MCAD, MCP, MCSD, MCT, METRO-C, METRO-T
Awards MVP - Visual Studio Team System
Vertical Industries Served Accounting and Financial, Analytics and Reporting, E-Business, Distribution, Sales and Inventory, Manufacturing, Retail Sales, Supply Chain Management, Education, Finance, Healthcare, Insurance, Non-Profit, Other, Software Industry