Wally has been with Microsoft for over 20 years, working with Systems Management Server and Configuration Manager for 17 of those years, starting with SMS 1.0. He has helped in the development of Microsoft Official Curriculum on SMS and Configuration Manager since SMS 1.0. He currently works as a senior program manager in the Configuration Manager product group, working with TAP customers, presenting at conferences, creating hands-on labs and virtual images, and helping manage the Configuration Manager community for the product group.

Johan Arwidmark is the Chief Technical Architect with Knowledge Factory. He is a consultant, author and all-around geek specializing in Systems Management and Enterprise Windows Deployment Solutions.

In addition to his consulting role, Johan present trainings and speaks at several conferences each year, including MMS and TechEd around the world. He is also actively involved in communities like deploymentresearch.com and myitforum.com, and he has been awarded Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for eight years.

Johan is known for an energetic and humorous style, tackling complex concepts using simple "Real World" scenarios and lots of live demos. His areas of expertise include: Enterprise Windows Deployment Tools and Solutions, ConfigMgr, MDT, WinPE, USMT, and WDS.

Kent Agerlund works as a consultant; author, trainer and event speaker specializing in System Center Solutions at Coretech. Kent frequently speaks at conferences like TechEd, MMS and is the main author of Mastering Configuration Manager 2012 training and the books Mastering Configuration Manager 2012 and System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Mastering the Fundamentals. He is also actively involved in communities like TechNet forums, local user groups, and is awarded Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for his work with Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager. On stage Kent is known for mixing “Real World” scenarios into his presentation with lots of demos.

Cameron Fuller, System Center MVP for Cloud and Datacenter Management, is a Principal Consultant for Catapult Systems and serves as their Corporate Practice Lead for System Center. He focuses on management solutions, with 20 years of infrastructure experience. Cameron coauthored Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 Unleashed (Sams, 2006), System Center Operations Manager 2007 Unleashed (Sams, 2008), and System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Unleashed (Sams, 2010), and a contributor to System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Unleashed (Sams, 2009). Cameron has written for Windows IT Professional and TechNet magazines and blogs on System Center related topics. Cameron has presented at numerous Microsoft conferences, including TechEd and MMS.

Maarten Goet has been a System Center Cloud and Datacenter MVP for six years and is a well-known speaker at leading industry events such as the Microsoft Management Summit, Microsoft Teched in the US and Europe, and Microsoft Techdays in Europe and Asia. In his day job, Maarten assists enterprise customers envision and build their Private Clouds based on Microsoft Hyper-V and System Center. In the last 12 months, Maarten has been specializing in Windows Azure and helping out customers deploying Hybrid clouds. He contributed to various System Center books and was co-founder of systemcentercentral.com He runs the dutch System Center User Group and founded authoringfriday.com to help build a community around authoring System Center packs.

Jason Sandys, ConfigMgr MVP, is currently a Technology Evangelist and Principal Consultant for Catapult Systems Inc, and has nearly 20 years of experience in a wide range of technologies, environments, and industries with extensive knowledge in implementing and supporting all things SMS and Configuration Manager beginning with SMS 2.0. Jason is also active in the online support community, is a co-author of System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Unleashed (Sams 2012), was a contributing author to System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Unleashed (Sams, 2009), and is a frequent presenter at Microsoft TechEd, MMS, and various nation-wide user-groups.

Travis Wright is a Principal Program Manager on the Windows Server & System Center engineering team. His current focus is on enabling strategic customers and partners inside and outside of Microsoft to take full advantage of Windows Server and the System Center suite. As the Lead PM for community and MVPs for Windows Server and System Center, he and his team are actively sharing knowledge, driving adoption, and jumpstarting community efforts on TechNet forums, CodePlex projects, the engineering team blogs and presenting regularly at industry events.

Pete is a consultant, author, speaker and Microsoft MVP focusing on System Center management, private cloud and data center automation solutions. He is a frequent speaker at Microsoft conferences and has written articles for a variety technical magazines including Microsoft TechNet.

He was a contributing author on several books, including Opalis 6.3 Unleashed and the upcoming System Center Orchestrator 2012 Unleashed. He also contributed to Operations Manager 2012 Unleashed and the PowerShell 2.0 Bible.

Pete is also the co-founder of SystemCenterCentral.com, a popular web community providing information, news and support for System Center Technologies. In 2008, Pete founded the System Center Virtual User Group, a group dedicated to sharing System Center knowledge with users around the world.

CEO of myITforum.com, Inc., Rod Trent is a leading expert on Microsoft System Center technologies. He has over 25 years of IT experience, and over 20 of have been dedicated to System Center. Rod has written many books, thousands of articles, and speaks at various conferences and User Groups during the year, but his main, professional focus is evangelizing technical community on the web and in “real life”. myITforum.com, Inc. is the central location for 3rd party System Center support, as well as, the online gathering place for IT professionals and the IT community. Rod speaks at least 3 times a year at various conferences, and is a charter member of the Dell TechCenter Rockstar program.

He is the father or four children, ranging from 3 years old to 21 years old and he and his wife will be celebrating 23 years of wonderful marriage in 2013. He is a faithful, church-going Christian, an avid gadget fan, a die-hard old television show and cartoon buff, a health and exercise freak, a long-time evangelist of System Center products, and a part-time missionary to the Chinese people.