Keith Pleas and Harry Pierson on Architecture
This show is all about architecture from Why to How. Keith and Harry bring the developer's and architect's perspective to the discussion, respectively. The discussion starts with the importance of good design and architecture, to techniques, tools, standards, and the like.
Guests:
Keith Pleas
Keith Pleas is one of the founders of Guided Design and has worked for more than two years on the team developing the .NET Framework and Visual Studio .NET, and has worked with the patterns & practices team for 3 years. Keith is an internationally known writer and speaker and served as the Editorial Chair for VSLive. He is also a Contributing Editor to "Visual Studio Magazine", has developed Microsoft Professional Certification Exams. Keith was a founding board member of INETA where he also created the INETA Speakers Bureau.
Harry Pierson
As an architect as part of Microsoft's D&PE Architecture Strategy Team, Harry is in charge of interfacing with the architect community. In this role, Harry focuses both on overall architecture strategy as well as on broad reach targeting of architects in companies of all sizes.
Previously, Harry was an Architect and Developer Evangelist for Microsoft's Industry Solutions Group, focusing on vertical markets such as public sector and financial services. Harry also worked for Microsoft Consulting Services in Southern California.
Prior to joining Microsoft, Harry worked at a variety of system integrators and software development companies where he focused on data-driven systems.
Links:
- Patterns and Practices Summit 2004 http://www.pnpsummit.com
- MSDN .NET Architecture Center http://msdn.microsoft.com/architecture/
- Microsoft Patterns and Practices Group (PAG) http://www.microsoft.com/resources/practices/
- Keith Pleas' Blog http://weblogs.asp.net/kpleas/
- Harry Pierson's Blog http://devhawk.net
- Roger Sessions http://objectwatch.com
- Pat Helland's Blog http://blogs.msdn.com/pathelland