Douglas Soltys (dsoltys)
In only its second year, the BlackBerry Developer Conference has been supersized into a four-day event – making room for twice as much unbeatable developer content, presentations, and community networking! Register now, or become a sponsor, at the only event dedicated to worldwide developers who design mobile applications for the BlackBerry platform.
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- The Early Bird rate* saves you $200! Register before September 18th to save.
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Additional Registration Options
We are also offering additional registration options for developers including:
- Group Discounts – If you buy two registrations you get the third registration for free!
- Alumni Discounts – If you attended WES2009 or DevCon 2008 you are entitled to $100 off the registration costs.
- Student Discounts – We are offering valid students the amazing rate of $199.
You can find all of the details on our website at:
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Adam is a product manager at RIM in the platform product management team. Adam’s focus and responsibi
lity is on setting the strategy and direction of the BlackBerry web platform, including the web developer tooling products. He is also responsibl e for RIM’s involvemen t with the Eclipse Foundation and the Pulsar project. Adam hopes this blog will allow him to share his knowledge, viewpoint and passion for BlackBerry , but is really interested in what capabiliti es the community feels should be added to the web platform and tooling to create even more compelling web applicatio ns and content. -
Application Development Consultant
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Adam is an Applicatio
n Developmen t Consultant with the Developer Relations Team at RIM. As a member of the Developer Relations Team, Adam manages the technical relationsh ip with ISVs who specialize in producing applicatio ns based on web technologi es. Adam's developmen t background consists of a degree in Computer Science and work in web developmen t for both the insurance and technical support industries . -
I joined Research In Motion in 2005 working with Independen
t Software Vendors (ISVs) who specialize in Bluetooth, GPS, multimedia , and gaming. As a senior member of the Developer Relations Team it's my mandate to not only support the applicatio n developmen t efforts for a number of ISVs, but it's also to act as a voice at RIM for third party applicatio n developers . Like RIM, my roots are in the enterprise world, but over the past couple of years I've quickly adapted to the consumer space, and that's where I spend most of my time today. -
Chris has been at RIM since 2001 and runs R&D for the BlackBerry Developmen
t Platform. Practicall y speaking, this means day-to-day he is busy harnassing the innovative power of a talented group of RIM engineers to serve the needs of the BlackBerry Developer community. -
Denver is a software developer at RIM, working on the BlackBerry Java APIs. Denver has been working at RIM for 4 years and started in automated testing of the APIs, making the switch to developmen
t in 2008. He enjoys programmin g, and finds developing for BlackBerry especially interestin g. Denver also enjoys writing and sharing his developmen t experience s, and hopes his posts will be useful and informativ e to other developers out there. -
Word Czar
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With more than a half-decad
e of experience in the wireless industry, Douglas “tr0n” Soltys has chronicled the evolution of mobile culture in both the consumer and enterprise space. Prior to joining RIM, Douglas manned the helm of wireless weblogs QuicklyBor ed and BlackBerry Cool. When not blogging about all things BlackBerry ®, Douglas can be found extolling the virtues of Strunk and White. He uses a BlackBerry ® Bold™. -
As Manager, Developer Programs at Research In Motion (RIM), Ian and his team are responsibl
e for the design and delivery of programs and services for BlackBerry developers – including support tools and resources, recognitio n, advocacy, go-to-mark et, and regional programs. Ian is passionate about making sure that BlackBerry developers have everything they need in order to be successful from the inception of an idea to app deployment or commercial ization. Prior to joining Developer Relations, Ian was a Product Manager for various BlackBerry solutions including the BlackBerry Java Developmen t Environmen t, BlackBerry Maps, and BlackBerry Mobile Voice System. -
Kamen is a Senior Architect, Strategic Initiative
s, and started at RIM in 2001 with already establishe d expertise in developmen t for the BlackBerry platform and other mobile devices. Since then Kamen has been part of both device and server-sid e design and developmen t activities - helping to evolve the BlackBerry developmen t environmen t. As part of the Strategic Initiative s group he is now involved in looking for new ways to bring additional value to third party developers . -
Mike Kirkup is the Director for the Developer Relations program at Research In Motion (RIM), which is responsibl
e for managing the technical relationsh ips and programs for RIM’s developer community worldwide. Mike and his team work with RIM’s developer community to provide support and guidance as developers work to integrate their applicatio ns to the BlackBerry platform. Mike joined RIM in 2001 as a Security Software Developer in RIM’s Wireless Security Group. As part of the Wireless Securty group, Mike contribute d to the developmen t of the BlackBerry Cryptograp hy API, S/MIME and PGP implementa tions. Mike holds a Masters of Management Science and a Bachelor of Mathematic s from the University of Waterloo. -
When he’s not out riding the waves off the sunny eastern coast of Australia, you’re likely to find Neil at his desk answering emails, taking calls, or cutting code in his role of Applicatio
n Developer Consultant for RIM. As a member of the Developer Relations team Neil spends a great deal of time working with Independen t Software Vendors (ISVs) in Australia and New Zealand helping them get the most out of the BlackBerry platform, and also working behind the scenes to ensure everything is “most excellent” for all developers . Neil’s been developing for the BlackBerry for five years and prior to joining RIM ran a successful BlackBerry software company. He also likes hats. -
Prosanta is a member of the BlackBerry Developer Relations team specializi
ng in Web Developmen t. Prosanta’s focus is on developing out the web platform and tools associated with web developmen t while supporting the developmen t efforts of a number of Independen t Software Vendors. Prior to joining RIM, Prosanta had worked on numerous web portals for major multinatio nal firms writing both front and backend code. -
Tim is the Developmen
t Manager for BlackBerry developmen t tooling. This includes Java, Web and also Theme creation tools. He is always hanging out in the developmen t forums trying to help out where he can and to bring your feedback into the next releases of BlackBerry tooling. You’ll also see Tim presenting various topics at the BlackBerry Developer Conference and Wireless Enterprise Symposium so be sure to stop by and say hi. Just don’t start talking about cars or Batman or you won’t be able to get rid of him. -
Application Development Consultant
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I work on the Developer Relations team at RIM, with a focus on enterprise applicatio
ns for Sales Force Automation , Health Care, Public Safety and Real Estate. I started on the team at the beginning of 2007.
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