About David Burela

Technical Evangelist at Infragistics for APAC.
Microsoft MVP for Windows Azure.
Previously a Senior .Net consultant. In my spare time I focus on Windows 8, Windows Azure and Windows Phone.

I released my 1st book on Windows Azure & Silverlight integration for enterprise applications http://davidburela.wordpress.com/2012/04/13/my-first-book-has-been-published-azure-silverlight-integration/

Have completed a Bachelor of Computer Science, a Masters of Computer Science and a MBA (Masters of Business Administration). I use this unique mixture technology and business degrees to look at software in a different way.

Twitter: http://twitter.com/DavidBurela
Email: David.Burela(AT)gmail.com

Here is a list of recent things i’ve done in the community http://davidburela.wordpress.com/2010/11/04/my-community-involvement-in-the-last-2-years/

Presentations

Hobart .Net usergroup – Web services introduction
Hobart .Net usergroup - SQL integration services
Australian computer society – Young IT careers forum speaker.
Hobart .Net usergroup – Vista & office 2007 (Feb 2007)
Hobart .Net usergroup - .Net Micro framework (September 2007)
Hobart .Net usergroup - SOAK (May 2008)
Vic.Net usergroup – SOAK (May 2008)
Readify Developer Network – Windows Azure (Nov 2008)
Vic.Net usergroup – Intro to .Net 3.5: WPF & Workflow (Dec 2008)
Schools of the Future summit – How schools helped prepare me for innovation (Feb 2009)
Codecamp Australia – Artificial life in the cloud, with Windows Azure (April 2009)
Bushfire fundraising training day – Volunteered as a WPF trainer for the day, created content (May 2009)
Remix Australia – Intro to Windows Azure (June 2009)
Vic.Net usergroup – Databinding with the Bing Maps silverlight control (October 2009)
MOSSIG – By 2020 will all software be running in the cloud? (December 2009)
Silverlight code camp – Using Windows Azure to scale your Silverlight Applications (January 2010)
Melbourne xRM usergroup – Using Microsoft Dynamics CRM and Azure (June 2010)
Hobart .Net usergroup – Introduction to Windows Azure and cloud computing (July 2010)
Victoria.Net usergroup – Windows Phone 7 UI Guidelines (August 2010)
Alt.Net Melbourne – Introduction to Windows Phone 7 (August 2010)
SDDN Melbourne – Using Azure to dynamically generate Silverlight Pivot collections (September 2010)
Mobile SIG Melbourne – Introduction to Windows Phone 7 (October 2010)
Dev Evenings Melbourne – Distributed Version Control Systems & NuGet (April 2011)
DDD Melbourne – New development workflow (May 2011)
DDD Sydney – New development workflow (July 2011)
XDDN Melbourne – Windows 8 Developer preview (Sep 2011)
XDDN Melbourne – Windows 8 Consumer preview (March 2012)
XDDN Melbourne – WinRT programming (March 2012)
Windows 8 developer camp Melbourne – Listboxes & Databinding (March 2012)
Windows 8 developer camp Melbourne – Contracts: Search & Share (March 2012)
Windows 8 developer camp Hobart – Listboxes & Databinding (May 2012)
Windows 8 developer camp Hobart – Contracts: Search & Share (May 2012)
XDDN Melbourne – Developing with Windows 8 live tiles (May 2012)
Windows 8 developer camp Canberra – Listboxes & Databinding (May 2012)
Windows 8 developer camp Canberra – Contracts: Search & Share (May 2012)
DDD Sydney – Windows 8 101: XAML + ViewModels (June 2012)
Windows 8 App finishing camp (June 2012)
Mobile Mondays Melbourne – My experience with Windows Phone platform (July 2012)
DDD Melbourne – Using GitHub for opensource projects
DDD Melbourne – Windows 8 101: XAML + ViewModels (July 2012)
XDDN Melbourne - Windows 8 development 101: XAML, Binding & ViewModels (September 2012)
TechEd Australia - DEV214: What’s new for Windows 8 Devs Part 2
+ many more i’ve forgotten