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Anthony Dudek
Anthony has 18 years of experience working with
AutoCAD ® and all Autodesk ® MCAD products. He
has been affiliated with the ATC ® network and the
dealer channel as an engineering consultant and
instructor in the Chicago area, where his main
focus has been Moraine Valley ATC. He is currently
working on permanent contract as project
manager at BP Amoco. In addition, he has
co-authored a popular college textbook on
Autodesk ® Mechanical Desktop ® and Autodesk
Inventor ® with Tom Short—also a veteran AU
Speaker. Anthony is pleased to be presenting for
a ninth year at Autodesk University ® .
Brian Ekins
Brian is a software engineer at Autodesk serving,
for the past 4 years, as the API product designer
for Autodesk Inventor ® .Brian has worked exclusively
in the CAD industry for the past 20 years.
He has designed the APIs for other CAD applications.
He has also consulted with customers and
provided training and custom programming
services to help resolve their problems.
Chris Erpelding
Chris is director of operations of the
Implementation Services team at KEMA
Consulting. His experience spans more than 17
years in the AM/FM/GIS industry. He has
developed software solutions for numerous
telecommunications companies, electric and gas
utilities, and municipalities. At KEMA Consulting,
Chris and his team specialize in implementing
and integrating enterprise Geographic
Information Systems (GIS), Outage Management
Systems (OMS), Work Management Systems
(WMS), Mobile Dispatch, Enterprise Resource
Planning (ERP), Enterprise Application Integration
(EAI), and other technologies.
dave espinoza-aguilar
As a consultant in CAD and multimedia for 17
years, dave trains professionals in architectural
and engineering firms on the general use,
customization, and advanced programming of
Autodesk ® design and visualization software. He
has authored facilities management applications
for several companies using ObjectARX ® ,VBA,
AutoLISP ® , and MAXScript technologies. dave also
creates graphics applications and animations for
Toxic Frog Multimedia and has co-authored several
books including NRP’s Inside 3D Studio MAX ®
series. dave is a past president of AUGI ® (1996)
and continues to serve as manager of the online
training program (ATP).
Bill Fane, P.E.
An AutoCAD ® software user since 1986, Bill
currently teaches AutoCAD and mechanical
design at the British Columbia Institute of
Technology and Autodesk ® Mechanical Desktop ®
and Autodesk Inventor ® at the Institute’s Training
Center. He has written “The Learning Curve”
column for CADalyst magazine since 1986, and
writes about Mechanical Desktop and Autodesk
Inventor for Autodesk’s Point A Toplines newsletter.
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Jim Farley
Jim leads Oracle’s location-based initiatives in
mobile computing and Telematics, Internet-hosted
services, and platform integration across Oracle’s
eBusiness suite of applications. Prior to joining
Oracle, Farley served as technical director of the
Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies and
chief technology officer of the Fulbright College
of Arts and Sciences at the University of
Arkansas. Farley is a founder of the OpenGIS
Consortium and he received a Smithsonian
Laureate in 1999 for his work in distributed spatial
data warehousing for state and local government.
Richard Feineis
Rick has 16 years of CAD experience and has
worked as a senior consultant and instructor in
the Autodesk ® VAR channel for more than 13
years. His expertise in CAD and Electronic
Document Management (EDM) enables him to
help clients with needs analysis, custom implementation,
and training on numerous AutoCAD ® -
based applications. As an Autodesk ® Authorized
Instructor, Rick has trained several thousand
students on how to use CAD systems. He has also
been a vice president and president of his local
AutoCAD user group.
Adam Ferris
Adam is an Autodesk ® Certified Instructor with 10
years of experience at Wentworth Institute of
Technology in Boston. He teaches all professional
level AutoCAD ® classes as well as Autodesk ® VIZ,
Autodesk Inventor ® , and Autodesk ® Revit ® . In
addition to being an educator, Adam also owns
and operates an AutoCAD consulting firm to aid
local area businesses in efficient AutoCAD
configurations and management. He has a
bachelor’s degree from Syracuse University.
Ellen Finkelstein
Ellen is the author of AutoCAD ® 2004 Bible (4th
edition), AutoCAD ® 2000 for Dummies Quick
Reference, and other books on AutoCAD. She
writes a monthly article on AutoCAD for Point A
Toplines.She has been using AutoCAD since 1986
and teaching it since 1989.
David Firman
David received an M.A. in Applied Sciences from
Simon Fraser University and won the prestigious
Commonwealth Scholarship for entry into the
Ph.D. program in Artificial Intelligence at
Westminster University in London, U.K. He has
been conducting usability studies for Pacific
Alliance Technologies in Vancouver, British
Columbia, for several years and participates in
the company’s development and management
teams. His primary interest is in applying design
theories to the development of technical and
socio-technical environments for web-based
delivery of spatial data.
Lay Christopher Fox
Chris works as an architectural drafter, rendering
specialist, and educator in western New York
state. He is president of ArchImage CAD Services
Inc., and provides drafting, rendering, design, and
consulting services to homeowners, designers,
architectural firms, and institutions across the
United States. He is also adjunct professor at RIT,
where he teaches AutoCAD ® in the Civil
Engineering Department. Chris is the current
president and longtime officer of the Rochester
Area AutoCAD Users Group.
Peter Funk
Peter has taught customization of Autodesk ®
Architectural Desktop to developer partners
around the world. He has also worked as a
programmer for both Autodesk and Softdesk.
He currently works to provide implementation
and customization support to customers in the
building industry.
Byron Funnell
Byron earned a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering at
Purdue University and worked as a mechanical
engineer and CAD manager for several years. He
began using AutoCAD ® in 1985, and Autodesk ®
Mechanical Desktop ® since its inception. He has
been a trainer and consultant of Autodesk ®
products since 1986. In 1993, Byron opened The
CADMaker in Fort Wayne, Indiana, to provide
training, customization, consulting, and design
services to local companies. For the past several
years, Byron has served as president and
webmaster of D.R.A.W., the local user group in
northeast Indiana.
Michael Geyer
Michael is an application engineer at Autodesk.
He was a member of the Autodesk Inventor ®
development team from 1998 to 2001. Prior to
joining Autodesk, Michael worked for several
well-known companies including Caterpillar,
Kaiser Aluminum, and Applied Cognitive
Sciences. He holds a B.S. degree in Mechanical
Engineering.
John W. Gibb
A senior applications designer, consultant, and
technical advisor, John owns and operates
Paladin. He is an Autodesk ® Registered
Author/Publisher and Developer, the author of
many books including Teach Yourself AutoCAD ® for
Windows, AutoCAD ® 3D, the AutoLISP ®
Programmer’s Toolbox, Visual Basic Applications in
AutoCAD ® 2000, and a contributor to AutoCAD ®
2002: Professional. He is a former vice-president of
the Greater Chicago AutoCAD Users’ Group and
former president and board member of AUGI ® .
John is also an instructor for Moraine Valley ATC
and CAD Cruise.