About Christian Nagel

Christian Nagel offers trainings, coaching, development in the areas of Microsoft .NET software development and application design.

Having worked with PDP 11, VMS, and Unix platforms, Christian looks back to more than 20 years of experience in the field of software development.

With his profound knowledge of Microsoft technologies - he is certified as Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), Professional Developer (MCPD), and Technology Specialist (MCTS) - he enjoys teaching others programming and architecting distributed solutions.

As founder of the now called .NET User Group Austria and as a Microsoft Regional Director he is speaker at European Developer conferences, and more and more addressed by many developers.

Resume

2008: start of CN innovation GmbH mit Trainings, Coaching, Consulting zu .NET Technologien
2004 - now: associate von thinktecture
2003 - now: Self-employed offering trainings, coaching, software development with WPF, WCF, WF, Silverlight, ASP.NET, Windows Forms, Enterprise Services...
1996 - now: book author (Wrox Press, Addison Wesley, APress)
1997 - now: running the .NET User Group Austria
1996 - 2003: Global Knowledge Network
- Curriculum Management Software Development
- Training, Consulting, Coaching for C++, COM, ActiveX, OLE, DCOM, COM+, MTS, MSMQ, Windows DNA, .NET, C#
- Application Development
- Founder of the COM User Group Austria
- Microsoft Regional Director for Austria
- Gründer von INETA Europe
1991 - 1995: Digital Equipment, Education Center
- Trainings - DECForms, Motif, C, C++, Win32, OLE, VAX/VMS, Ultrix, DEC-OSF/1
- Consulting, Application Development
1985 - 1990: Digital Equipment, Distributed Repair Center
- Software Development zum Testen von Hardware
- System Administration VAX/VMS, Ultrix
- Aufbau eines Test-Netzwerks (DECnet)
- Applikations-Entwicklung für Digital Equipment (VAX/VMS, DECforms)
- Entwicklung der Firmenfahrzeugsverwaltung-Applikation CARMEN (CAR Monthly Expenses)

Areas of Expertise

Windows Azure
HTML5, JavaScript, JQuery
Microsoft .NET, C#, C++
Designing Distributed Solutions
LINQ, ADO.NET Entity Framework
Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) und Silverlight
ASP.NET MVC und ASP.NET Web Forms, HTML 5, JavaScript
Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
Windows Workflow Foundation (WF)
COM / DCOM / COM+ Services
Message Queuing
OOAD, UML

Books

Professional C# 4 and .NET 4
Beginning Visual C# 2010
Professional C# 2008
Enterprise Services with the .NET Framework
Beginning Visual C# 2008
Professional .NET Network Programming
ASP to ASP.NET Migration Handbook
Professional C# 2nd Edition
Beginning Visual C#
Data-Centric .NET Programming
C# Web Services - Building .NET Web Services with ASP.NET and .NET Remoting
Professional C#
Beginning C#

Speaker at Conferences

Basta! Mainz, 2011
- Storage mit Windows Azure
- Umstieg von ASP.NET Web Forms auf ASP.NET MVC
- The Secrets of Delegates
- C# und Dynamic
Basta! Darmstadt, 2011
- Advanced WPF Data Binding
- C# Phase 4
TechEd 2003, Barcelona
- Building International Applications with the Microsoft .NET Framework
DevDays 2002, Zürich
- .NET Enterprise Services
- .NET Remoting
.NET Conference Austria, Vienna
- .NET Remoting
- Fast Track to Microsoft .NET
- Advanced ADO.NET - Tips & Tricks
- .NET Security for Developers
- ASP.NET Tutorial
MSDN Switzerland, Zürich
- Web Services Anywhere with .NET Remoting
Visual Studo .NET Launch Event, Vienna
- ASP.NET Workshop
Microsoft DevDays 2001, Vienna
- Introduction to Microsoft .NET
- Windows Forms and GDI+
- Advanced C#
TechEd 2001, Barcelona
- Sharing and Localization with .NET Assemblies
European Visual C++ Developers Conference, Bonn, Germany
COM 99, Vienna
OTG 99, Vienna
Globex Conference 98, Vienna

Certifications

Microsoft Certified Professional Developer
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist
Microsoft Certified Application Developer
Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer
Microsoft Certified Trainer
Global Knowledge - Excellence in Action, Q2 2002
MSDN Regional Director of the Month - June 2000
Global Knowledge - Best Instructor Q1 1999