Mission

Often times user groups are focused on specific technologies and rarely have the opportunity to discuss the deeper issues surrounding the development, maintenance and management of complex solutions.  The purpose of this group is to provide individuals with a venue for discussing such issues by focusing heavily on software design and architecture.

Leaders

Steve Lane

Steve is a Senior Consultant with I.S. Consulting a leading Consultant Services Provider and Geospatial Solution Developer based in Tallahassee Florida.  He is an active leader in the local area’s .NET UG (www.tlhdotnet.net) and the founding leader of Tallahassee Architectural Group. He has more than 12 years continuous and progressive experience as a Development Team Leader, Object Oriented Software Architect, Business System and Data Analyst, Principal Consultant, Technical Instructor, Lead Programmer, and Environmental Quality Control Specialist. Multi-disciplined and cross-industry versatility, and a balanced understanding of general systems analysis and design.

Rob Eisenberg

Rob Eisenberg is a .NET architect and developer working out of Tallahassee, FL. He has an MCAD, MCSD and six Brainbench .NET certifications.  He is also the developer of Brainbench's .NET 2.0 certification exam. Rob publishes technical articles regularly at devlicio.us and has spoken at regional events and to companies concerning .NET technologies and Agile software practices. He is the primary developer and architect behind the Caliburn open source framework for WPF.  Rob is a partner with Christopher Bennage at Blue Spire Consulting, Inc. and coauthor of Sam's Teach Yourself WPF in 24 Hours. He is happily married to Anna Eisenberg and in his spare time enjoys swing dancing, making artisan cheese and playing/teaching drum set.

Kelvin McDaniel

Kelvin McDaniel is an Applications Architect with Cornerstone Software Services, Inc. He graduated with an MBA from Florida A&M University in 2000 and has worked in a range of fields including insurance and finance. Kelvin has over eight years in the industry using various IDEs, and more than six years experience with various database management systems. He has been involved with .NET since the early Beta days.

History

This group was founded by Steve Lane in March of 2008.