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Admin
The guys running this place
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Chris Maunder
Founder
The Code Project
 Canada
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Chris is the Co-founder, Administrator, Architect, Chief Editor and Shameless Hack who wrote and runs The Code Project. He's been programming since 1988 while pretending to be, in various guises, an astrophysicist, mathematician, physicist, hydrologist, geomorphologist, defence intelligence researcher and then, when all that got a bit rough on the nerves, a web developer. He is a Microsoft Visual C++ MVP both globally and for Canada locally.
His programming experience includes C/C++, C#, SQL, MFC, ASP, ASP.NET, and far, far too much FORTRAN. He has worked on PocketPCs, AIX mainframes, Sun workstations, and a CRAY YMP C90 behemoth but finds notebooks take up less desk space.
He dodges, he weaves, and he never gets enough sleep. He is kind to small animals.
Chris was born and bred in Australia but splits his time between Toronto and Melbourne, depending on the weather. For relaxation he is into road cycling, snowboarding, rock climbing, and storm chasing.
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David Cunningham
Founder
The Code Project
Canada
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I direct The Code Project's business activities, such as strategic direction, partnerships, and vendor relations. I started photo-etching circuit boards when I was 8, and at 11 was haunting the halls and computer science labs at the local college so much that I was invited by Professor Wayne Ayott to audit his software and hardware design courses.
Over my career I have used C# , C++, Win32, MFC, Assembler, Basic, and Clipper, on applications for the military, commercial ventures, medical research and the labour movement. Through my medical informatics work I came to know what real-time and mission-critical really mean… just try being part of the critical path when a woman goes into labor.
I have been honoured to receive many business, industry and leadership awards including being named an Exceptional Young Entrepreneur (Profit Magazine) and to the list of Who's Who in Canadian Business. The companies I started have been recognized as the Fastest Growing companies in Canada (Profit Magazine), as the Fastest Growing North American Technology Companies (Deloitte & Touché) and named as a Top 100 Innovator and Leader by SDTimes in every year from 2003 to 2008.
Here's my professional profile on LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidcunningham
In 2007 Microsoft acquired technology from one of my companies, Dundas Data Visualization, for inclusion in SQL Server 2008.
I live in Toronto and enjoy photography, scuba, food, riding my Honda Nighthawk motorcycle, and am trying to learn enough about wine to not be completely lost with a wine list in my hands. I find myself spending a lot of time these days thinking about the world our children will inherit, and so have been paying a lot of attention to alternative energy (wind, solar), robotics, education and (for the first time in my life) politics.
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Elina Blank
Software Developer (Senior)
The Code Project
Canada
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Elina joined the Code Project team as a software developer in order to make the site run even smoother than it is now. She will also take care of making wishes and promises on the site improvements come to the light sooner than later.
When not at work, she enjoys being with her family and wishes there will be at least 30 hours in a day 
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Eric Andrae
Canada
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I'm the Chief Operating Officer at The Code Project and I'm responsible for managing day-to-day activities as well as guiding new projects.
I'm a University of Waterloo Electrical Engineering graduate and I've been in the technology field forever. The first software I ever wrote was a charting application in BASIC running on the CP/M-80 operating system on a Sanyo MBC-1200 (4MHz Z-80 CPU). My programming experiences includes assembler, Turbo Pascal, dBASE III, Clipper, VB/VB.NET, C#, C/C++, Java, ASP.NET, Windows Forms, WPF, and Silverlight. I also spent 7 years at Microsoft's headquarters in Redmond as lead evangelist and group manager engaged with the ISV and development tools communities.
I now live in Burlington and in my spare time I play Rugby and hang out with my two boys.
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Jeff Hadfield
President
The Code Project
 United States
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Jeff has worked with personal computers since the late seventies, when he learned to program BASIC on an Apple II (not an Apple II Plus, mind you). Since then, he’s learned Pascal, Fortran and VB/VB.NET – all of which have been enough to show him that he’s not a born developer, but he can play one on TV, so to speak. He's working to make The Code Project even more valuable to community members and help bring new services online to make The Code Project even better.
Jeff has worked with developers and developer communities for over a decade.
All things considered, he'd rather be cycling.
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Staff
Our full time staff
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Aimee Douglas
Canada
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I have been working for The Code Project for the last 3 years and am happy to be part of such a great team. Currently working as an Advertising Sales Coordinator and Virtual Tech Summit Project Manager, I have had the chance to work in a variety of departments here from Accounting to Adops to Inside Sales. Prior to The Code Project I worked in the fashion industry and can still be found lingering around malls every now and again.
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Christina Green
Other
The Code Project
Canada
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I'm not a developer but I'm extremely proud to say that I work with the best of the best. What I do and how I contribute to this fantastic team is via my advertising and marketing skills, a media maven if you will. I have many years experience in both online & print technology media. Previously in business development, my focus is now on building relationships with our Lake Quincy Media partners and more recently with The Lounge Network. Another key component of my role involves the execution and success of our large scale advertising campaigns & helping our advertisers achieve their marketing goals.
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Deeksha Shenoy
The Code Project
Canada
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Deeksha got her Master's degree in Information Systems and learnt how to program in HTML, C++, SQL, Java and JavaScript. She has worked in the capacity of Systems Operator, Systems Administrator, and Project Manager during which she interacted a lot with professional programmers.
Editing articles written by smart and experienced programmers on The Code Project is a job she loves and it keeps her updated on the latest technologies.
She has lived in four countries in the last 10 years and has a flair for learning new languages (not the programming ones).
She enjoys playing with her 3-year old son, travelling and listening to music.
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Jackie Davis
Sales
The Code Project
United States
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I joined The Code Project because I'm in total awe of The Code Project site, community, staff and exec team. They are some of the smartest people the industry has to offer (IMHO).
I come to The Code Project with years of software and advertising sales experience. When I'm not working, I'm hiking or running with my dog, Rocco!
I’m dedicated to serving The Code Project developer community for a very, very, very long time. 
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Jamie Galindo
Canada
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Brand new to the web and software development community, I’m extremely excited to be working with The Code Project team!
Having worked as Sales Coordinator in the Long Term Care industry and a graduate from Seneca@York’s Creative Advertising program, I’m ready to combine my experience and education to fulfill my role as Advertising Sales Coordinator here at The Code Project.
When I’m not at work I’m pampering my two calico cats, reading, exercising, and enjoying city life!
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Katie Williams
Canada
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I have recently joined the Code Project team and enjoy working with such great people who are truly amazing at what they do. In my role as Advertising Operations Manager I have the opportunity to work closely with our campaigns and help our advertisers meet their goals.
Prior to joining the Code Project I worked in the media/print industry before making the switch to online advertising in 2009.
When I’m not at work I enjoy spending time with my family and sailing on Lake Ontario when the weather permits!
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Lisa Sidlow
Team Leader
The Code Project
United States
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I am an eccentric genius, at least I tell everyone I am a genius to justify my eccentricity. I have been working with the developer community since 1997, when I started at FTP selling advertising space in Visual Basic Programmer’s Journal which is now Visual Studio Magazine (I know, I know…but somebody has to do the dirty work so we can deliver all this great content to you).
After nine years of service at my former company I took a year off and started my own business www.novatopilates.com (a Pilates studio) and realized that I absolutely never want to run my own business again….ever. Happily, I landed at The Code Project™ and hope to continue selling enough ads so that we can buy shiny new toys for the site (see server farm at the bottom of the page).
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Mark Romasco
Marketing
The Code Project
United States
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I have worked in advertising in the Software Development Market since 1999 in both print and Online. Prior to that I worked for a Friends & Family Website in the Consumer Market.
I am based in the Boston, Massachusetts area.
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Matthew Dennis
Software Developer (Senior)
The Code Project
Canada
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Matthew works on improving the performance and experience of the Code Project site for users, clients, and administrators.
Matthew has more years of software develeopment, QA and architecture experience under his belt than he likes to admit. He gradutated for the University of Waterloo with a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering. He started out developing microprocessor based hardware and software including compilers and operating systems.
His current focus is on .NET web development including jQuery, Webforms, MVC, AJAX, and patterns and practices for creating better websites.
He is the author of the Munq IOC, the fastest ASP.NET focused IOC Container.
His non-programming passions include golf, pool, curling, reading and building stuff for the house.
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Meagon Marshall
Sales
Lake Quincy Network & The Code Project
United States
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I’m thrilled to be a part of The Code Project & Lake Quincy Media team where I connect technical marketers to our massive community network of developers with intriguing ads and disruptive technology.
I've had the honor of working on technical magazine titles such as MSDN Magazine and TechNet Magazine. I dabbled working independently, building and creating custom marketing and public relations strategies for software development companies globally. Having been in the developer niche for 5+ years, my focus and my passion is creating custom marketing solutions for small, mid-market, and enterprise customers worldwide. I enjoy watching my clients grow over the years and when lucky, become a small part of their professional family.
In my spare time I love working out, reading, drinking wine and finding new ways to amuse my children and my new love and dog Reese (Rott/Shepherd mix). I am based out of Kansas and love traveling to meet clients and attend technical events around the world.
I'd love to connect with you professionally and learn about ways I can help your company grow: http://www.linkedin.com/in/81megs
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Ramneet Mann
Other
The Code Project
United States
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I have recently joined The Code Project family as a Senior Accountant. I graduated from British Columbia Institute of Technology with bachelors of technology degree in professional accounting and currently finishing off my CGA designation.
Prior to joining The Code Project I was working in investment/real estate, construction, and government organizations.
I’m really excited to work with a great team at The Code Project!
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Sarah Powell
Other
The Code Project
Canada
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I joined The Code Project team as the Finance Manager in July 2007 and absolutely love working here. Prior to coming to The Code Project I spent 4 years in the mutual fund industry and 2 years in the golf industry.
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Sean Ewington
Canada
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Sean Ewington is the Content Manager for the Code Project.
His background in programming is primarily C++ and HTML, but has experience in other, "unsavoury" languages.
He loves movies, and likes to say "inconceivable" often, even if it does not mean what he thinks it means.
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Smitha Vijayan
The Code Project
United States
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Smitha is a software developer, and has been in the industry since January 2000. She has experience in ASP.NET, C#, Windows Forms, Visual Basic, ASP, JavaScript, VBScript, and HTML. She has been with The Code Project since 2003 and currently works as Senior Technical Editor.
In her free time, she tries out new dishes, reads a little, and puts together jigsaw puzzles. Originally from Trivandrum, Smitha currently lives with her husband and fellow CP'ian Nish [^] and her son Rohan in Columbus, Ohio.
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Steve Smith
Architect
The Code Project
United States
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Steve Smith is a Senior Architect with The Code Project and CTO of Lake Quincy Media. He's mainly responsible for development of AdSignia, a custom-built online advertising platform used by The Code Project and hundreds of other developer sites whose ads are managed by Lake Quincy Media.
Steve is very active in the Microsoft developer community, and is a Microsoft Regional Director and MVP. He has been a regular conference speaker since 2001 and has written or contributed to several books on software development, including 97 Things Every Programmer Should Know. Steve founded and coordinates a software craftsmanship user group in northeast Ohio (HudsonSC.com).
Steve is passionate about software craftsmanship and architecture and design best practices. He enjoys helping fellow programmers achieve their own "ah-ha" moments through speaking, his blog (http://SteveSmithBlog.com), videos, and other opportunities. Before joining The Code Project, Steve founded NimblePros, an agile consulting shop focused on software craftsmanship through their work, training, and tools designed to help developers deliver better software.
Steve lives in Kent, Ohio with his wife Michelle, daughter Ilyana, and son Nikita. He enjoys biking, swimming, karate, and all manner of games when he is not immersed in the latest developments in software.
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Vince Yonemitsu
Systems / Hardware Administrator
The Code Project
Canada
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I did my schooling at Humber College in the late 90's when everyone was trying to learn how to fix Y2K bugs in COBOL. It was then that I decided that I wanted nothing to do with programming. When all was said and done I have spent the last 12 years in various Networking, Support, and Server Management positions for various private and public sector employers. It’s funny how I have now come full circle and I am again surrounded by programmers.
I look forward to being the go to guy for all things non programming related at The Code Project. I am hoping to be able to use my past experiences to help everyone enjoy this great community to its fullest.
When I manage to get away from the office I am usually fishing, off-roading, golfing, canoeing or camping. Pretty much anything that keeps me outside.
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The Servers
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The Code Project is hosted on 7 web servers
running Windows 2008 R2 and Windows 2003 R2. Each box has between 2 and 4 Gb RAM and
runs standard hyperthreaded desktop-level intel chips. The web servers connect to
heavy duty multi-CPU, mutli-core SQL servers running SQL 2008 R2. Networking is via
gigabit NICs. We have 5 email servers, a couple of Active Directory servers, a big
backup monstrosity, a handful of switches and about 10km of cabling. The server rack
is warm to the touch.
Hosting is with:
Managed Service Operations
155 Commerce Valley Drive, E.
Thornhill, Ontario L3T 7T2
Tel (905) 881-4414
The Code Project is located at:
503-250 Ferrand Drive
Toronto Ontario, M3C 3G8 Canada
Tel +1 416-849-8900 x 100
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