Show #6 with guest Stephen Bohlen posted on Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Currently a Senior Software Engineer for Skiff, LLC, a start-up in the world of digital media/publishing and eReaders, Stephen brings his varied 15-year-plus experience as a former practicing Architect, CAD Manager, IT Technologist, Software Engineer, CTO, and consultant to the design and delivery of Software Engineering Solutions.

Stephen is an active contributor to several Open-Source Software projects including NHibernate, NDbUnit, and others as well having developed a number of Visual Studio productivity add-ins.

Active in the local NYC software development community, Stephen speaks publicly, blogs regularly, and is the author of several popular screencast series focused on Agile and ALT.NET concepts and technologies including the widely-praised 15-part Summer of NHibernate video series introducing viewers to the popular open-source O/RM tool and the Autumn of Agile series that takes viewers through the design, planning, and construction of an entire .NET project in an Agile context. He is also a contributor of a number of shorter screencasts available on Dimecasts.NET and elsewhere.

Stephen is also a founding/organizing member of the NYC ALT.NET user group which meets monthly to discuss Agile-focused techniques and technologies in the world of Microsoft software development and beyond.

Before joining Skiff, Stephen was Senior Solutions Architect and Project Manager for Microdesk’s software consulting practice where he oversaw the development and delivery of numerous software solutions for Architecture, Engineering, Construction, and Real Estate firms. Before becoming completely immersed in software development, Stephen spent years as a both a practicing architect and CAD Manager for architecture and engineering companies developing custom CAD software extensions, implementing CAD Standards, and supervising network design and implementations.

Stephen holds a BS in Architecture from The Ohio State University and is a proudly uncertified SCRUMMaster.

Blog post on OSS Personas

Blog post on the NYC CodeCamp (general, includes lots of photos)

Blog post on the NYC CodeCamp (speaker eval form summary and analysis)

NYC ALT.NET User Group

NYC ALT.NET Vimeo 'Channel' (all video recorded past NYC ALT.NET User Group Meetings)

Agile Firestarter Site (also home-base for info on the upcoming Agile CampFire event info once its finalized)

Last year's NYC 2009 Agile Firestarter videos on Vimeo (complete session presentations)