Charles Stacy Harris III - Is a Senior Software Architect with Microsoft Services. Stacy has been part of Microsoft's field services organization since 1992. In that time he has developed a wide range of software including device drivers for custom hardware, customer service applications, e-commerce web sites, prototypes for advanced aircraft instrumentation and was even on loan to the Microsoft Cluster Server development team for a short time.

Stacy has a degree in theoretical mathematics and is entirely self-taught in software development. His first programming was at the age of 12 when his father bought him a book on 8080 and Z-80 assembly language, but because his family couldn't afford a computer, he wrote all of his code on paper and ran it in his imagination. Shortly after that he moved to a 6502 CPU on a KIM-1 microcomputer kit that belonged to his best friend's dad. Here he learned to key in hex opcodes directly into memory and had his first true introduction to debugging.

To wind down from long days of software design and development, Stacy enjoys spending as much time as possible with his family, photography, bicycling, studying French and Italian, and of course writing more code!

John Mulinax is Platform Strategy Advisor with Microsoft’s Platform Evangelism team. He works primarily with business and technology leaders at Microsoft’s customer accounts to help identify ways customers can dramatically improve their business with Microsoft’s emerging technologies, and then marshal’s resources to get those solutions built as showcase examples that will inspire others get the most of Microsoft technologies.

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Prior to joining Microsoft, John worked at Ford Motor Company on a range of projects, including in-vehicle computing strategy, enterprise architecture, project management, and IT strategy.

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Before Ford, John worked in Elections Administration for the Secretary of State in the State of Washington, and also served as the Director of Elections for Douglas County, Washington.