Rob Chartier ~ Contemplation... : Vancouver

Shifting Gears : DotNetNuke

Rob Chartier — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 23:40:31 GMT

Today I’m very happy to announce that I have officially started my new position as a Director of Engineering at DotNetNuke (DNN) Corp. For those that have followed my career, you could have probably predicated that it was just a matter of time.

I have unofficially been an “Evangelist” for DNN for years; I would jump at any chance for open and honest discussion on the merits, advantages and disadvantages of using it for any given situation. I have personally developed a countless number modules, skins, tools, etc.. for a variety of large and small scale solutions. I also use it for the Annual Vancouver TechFest and for a variety of small family and friend sites.

I look forward to personally engaging with the DNN User Community and adding my 2cents to this project.

Microsoft IT Pro and Developer Community in Vancouver

Rob Chartier — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 00:24:00 GMT

Recently, I have been receiving more and more emails asking about the local Microsoft community scene. I noticed more people emailing me directly so I just decided to post up an item to quickly cover it.

Essentially, there are a few key groups that you need to know about:

1. .NET
Name: .netBC Users Group
URL: http://netbc.ca/
Contact: Medhat Elmasry

2. Sql Server
Name:VanPASS (Vancouver PASS Chapter) (PASS == Professional Association for Sql Server)
URL: http://www.vanpass.com/
Contact: Scott Stauffer or Richard Baumet

3. IT Pro (General)
Name: VanTug (which is now free!)
URL: http://www.vantug.com/
Contact: Graham Jones

4. Small Business Server
Name: Vancouver Small Business Server User Group
URL: http://www.vansbs.com/
Contact: Jasminder Rai

Aside from User Groups there are of course two major events which are typically planned either once a year or every 18 months. The first is the big event which I personally put on:

5. Vancouver Technology Festival
URL: http://www.vancouvertechfest.ca
Contact: Rob Chartier
Schedule: About once a year

And finally JR from DevTeach has decided to bring his event to Vancouver as well:

URL: http://www.devteach.com
Contact: Jean-Rene Roy
Schedule: About every 18 months

If you feel your group or event should be on this list, let me know!

Microsoft Expanding Canadian Operations in Greater Vancouver Area

Rob Chartier — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 17:05:00 GMT

New software development center to be opened in fall 2007. Read the press release here..

A Microsoft software development shop in Vancouver? So close to the mothership...This will be interesting.

As most of you know Vancouver is hosting the 2010 Winter Olympics. There are rumours that the Olympic Committee has sucked all of the local talent dry. Of course that is great news for all those looking for work. You can put your resume on the market and get a flood of new prospects daily. For those of us on the other side of the coin who are looking for the few that are really top notch the job is just getting harder and harder and much more expensive!

Vancouver is really becoming the place to be for technology.