Pittsburgh .NET Users Group

David Hoerster, who has been working with the Microsoft .NET Framework since the early 1.0 betas, is Resources Global Professional's Director of Technology for the policyIQ product group in Pittsburgh.  Prior to that, he worked for CIBER as their Microsoft Practice Director since 2003. Prior to that, David has worked for several software product development companies in the role of software engineer and architect and has over 15 years of industry experience. David is also owner of AgileWays, a technology services firm specializing in providing software architecture, design and development solutions based upon Microsoft technologies. David is the Pennsylvania INETA Membership Mentor, the co-chair of the Pittsburgh .NET User's Group (PGHDOTNET) and is also a frequent speaker at Pittsburgh's user group and code camp events. As co-chair of PGHDOTNET, David's responsibilities include recruiting new members to the group, helping with the logistics of the events, and also encouraging community participation by recruiting members to speak at the regular meetings. For Pittsburgh's Code Camp events, David has been a track coordinator where he was responsible for recruiting speakers, determining appropriate track topics, helping with planning and logistics and assisting with the overall planning of the event. He has also been a speaker at several Philadelphia's Code Camps, where his presentations have included topics on Microsoft BizTalk Server and Windows Communication Foundation (WCF).