Training Speakers
Training Speaker Bios
All speakers of the popular Training Day sessions are from our Qt Training Partner companies. Check them out below.
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David Johnson Senior Qt Software Engineer at Integrated Computer Solutions (ICS), Qt Certified Partner. David provides user interface and object oriented design expertise and has taught multiple Qt training courses. He has been using Qt since 1999. David was previously employed in the field of medical technology. He currently lives in Mountain View, California, where he dabbles in Open Source development and homebrewing.
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Gordon Thornton Publisher Support Manager, Nokia Gordon is a Publisher Support Manager who focuses on helping Key Partners and Publishers prepare and submit their content to Nokia Store. He has extensive experience in Product Management, focusing on designing, planning and managing the software development cycle. He currently utilizes this experience to help our Key Partners and Publishers to plan and prepare their application submissions to NokiaStore. Gordon has successfully released products to a variety of mobile platforms that exhibit unique convergence of entertainment and mobility features.
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Janne Pietäinen Senior Software Engineer at Digia, Qt Certified Partner. Janne works as a Senior Software Engineer at Digia, a Finnish software company. His roles have ranged from software developer to trainer and consultant. Janne was first introduced to Qt in early 2008 and since then it has been on the focus of much of his work. His other recent areas of interest have been mobile software development, parallel computing, web browsers and browser technologies.
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Justin Noel Senior consulting engineer at Integrated Computer Solutions, Inc. (ICS), Qt Certified Partner Justin is a senior consulting engineer and Qt certified instructor at Integrated Computer Solutions, Inc. (ICS). He has taught Qt and Qt Quick material for both public and on-site courses and has written and conducted seminars on Object-Oriented GUI Design techniques. Justin has also become the star of ICS's podcast series, This Week in Qt, where he regularly comments on current Qt news and events. Justin has a degree in Computer Engineering Technology from Northeastern University and enjoys gadget tinkering, fixing cars, and playing hockey in his spare time. |
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Nuno Pinheiro Senior UX Designer at KDAB, Qt Certified Partner |
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Oliver Gutbrod Master of Electronical Engineering, Computer Technology at e-Gits, Qt Certified Partner. Accomplished Information Services professional having extensive experience in bringing cutting-edge technology to corporate clients.Proven ability to conduct accurate needs analysis, solve problems, assess technical capabilities, conduct strategic planning, build and motivate teams, and manage projects. Professional Experience (16+ years of experience in Object Oriented development). Vertical Experience - cross platform applications - 7+ years |
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Romain Pokrzywka Senior Software Engineer at KDAB, Qt Certified Partner Romain has actively developed with Qt since 2004. He works in San Francisco's KDAB office as a consultant and a trainer. His experience with Qt spans the desktop, mobile and embedded platforms, with a focus on advanced user interfaces using the full potential of the hardware. He has taught many 'Qt for Desktop' and 'Qt for Embedded' trainings in the United States and the rest of the world, including big players like Nokia and Intel. He's also an early adopter of Qt Quick 2 and Lighthouse.
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Till Adam Services Director at KDAB, Qt Certified Partner At KDAB, Till Adam has helped make Qt projects a success at both start-up and fortune 500 companies across the globe, taught all aspects of Qt and Qt Quick to people with a wide range of backgrounds and architected and implemented solutions in many different problem domains using Qt. He is a long-term contributor to Free Software, particularly KDE, a frequent speaker at conferences and an occasional author. Till is based in Berlin, Germany.
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Torsten Rahn Qt Software Architect at basysKom, Qt Certified Partner Torsten has been an active KDE core developer since more than 10 years. Torsten is also the founder and lead developer of Marble the popular Qt virtual globe and geographical mapping framework. His focus is on engineering robust, durable and maintainable solutions and on the creation of easy to use applications with attractive user interfaces.
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Tuukka Ahoniemi Senior Technical Trainer for Qt Commercial, Digia Plc., Qt Alliance Partner Tuukka is from Tampere (Finland) but is currently based in Santa Clara, under the California Sun where he works with Digia and the Qt Commercial organization. For the past few years he has been eagerly spreading the message of pure Qt supremacy to the masses all around the world. His background is in mobile platforms and after getting lost in the Symbian/C++ eternity for a while he regained his trust for the fun of programming in Qt and especially QML. "A man this ugly needs to have something Qt in his life.", says Tuukka about his deep feelings towards the product.
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Volker Krause Senior Software Engineer at KDAB, Qt Certified Partner Senior Software Engineer at KDAB, Volker has been developing with Qt for ten years now. He works in Berlin's KDAB office as a consultant and a trainer. His experience with Qt spans desktop and mobile platforms, with a focus on software architecture and tooling. He has taught many 'Programming with Qt' training throughout Europe and is a longterm contributor to the KDE project. |
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