Philip Japikse
Developer, Coach, Author, Teacher
Microsoft MVP, MCSD, CSM, and CSP
An international speaker, Microsoft MVP, ASPInsider, MCSD, CSM, and CSP, and a passionate member of the developer community, Phil Japikse has been working with .NET since the first betas. He has been developing software for more than 30 years and has been heavily involved in the agile community since 2005. Phil is co-author of the best-selling "C# and the .NET 4.6 Framework" (http://bit.ly/pro_csharp), the lead director for the Cincinnati .NET User’s Group (http://www.cinnug.org) and Cincinnati Software Architect Group, co-hosts the Hallway Conversations podcast (http://www.hallwayconversations.com), founded the Cincinnati Day of Agile (http://www.dayofagile.org), and volunteers for the National Ski Patrol. Phil is also a published author with LinkedIn Learning. During the day, Phil works as an enterprise consultant and agile coach for large to medium firms throughout the U.S. Phil enjoys to learn new technology and is always striving to improve his craft. Follow Phil on twitter via http://www.twitter.com/skimedic and read his blog at http://www.skimedic.com/blog.