Scott Swanson, Editor of The Hotspotter

Scott has a varied background ranging from real estate and construction to management consulting. However, his true passion is enabling the mobile worker with better technology. After having spent a year travelling between jobs in San Francisco and Seattle, he developed a plan to roll out a suite of hyper user-friendly business tools that would completely eliminate the need for anything but a mobile phone and netbook. That plan starts with his most recent startup technology company, http://namet.ag.

Scott holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration. He presently is engaged with Microsoft’s Windows Azure marketing team, consulting on their early adoption program as well as providing editorial services on the marketing website http://windowsazure.com, Scott served in the United States Naval Submarine Service aboard the USS Helena as the ship’s Assistant Intelligence Officer.

Christian Kastner, Risk Management consultant

Christian may be working towards his law degree right now, but he has always been a tech geek. When he first took a programming course at his school at the age of 15, he instantly got hooked, and has been a passionate software developer and IT nerd since.

Christian has been working at an Austrian private bank for almost 10 years now. He was initially in software development, but after his enrollment in the law faculty of the university of Vienna, he progressed towards a career in risk management, focusing on the regulatory aspects of risk management at financial institutions, including the design of custom risk managment systems.

Kerolic, communication consultant

Working in the public relation industry with major technology players as clients, he plays with social media and community management since he discovered that his boss reads his blog. 100% pure geek, almost a real nerd, he is an open source guy enjoying travelling by trains and commuting by bike.

http://leleannec.free.fr
http://www.kerolic.net

http://www.skepse.com

Christian Kastner

Christian may be working towards his law degree right now, but he has always
been a tech geek. When he first took a programming course at his school at the
age of 15, he instantly got hooked, and has been a passionate software developer
and IT nerd since.

Christian has been working at an Austrian private bank for almost 10 years now.
He was initially in software development, but after his enrollment in the law
faculty of the university of Vienna, he progressed towards a career in risk
management, focusing on the regulatory aspects of risk management at financial
institutions, including the design of custom risk managment systems.