Prior to joining Microsoft I worked for a number of consultancies specialising in the Microsoft technology stack to help large enterprise customers deliver business benefits through the use of technology. Before that I worked for an ISV for many years developing various software products using technologies such as; C++, C, COBOL 85 and Object Oriented COBOL. I worked with Micro Focus for a while while they were rolling out their Micro Focus Net Express product for .NET which allows COBOL developers to write managed code to run on the .NET CLR.
I have been active within the developer community for a number of years where I was awarded Microsoft MVP 4 years running in mobility. I enjoy speaking at popular conferences including; Tech Ed, Microsoft Architect Insight and local user groups.
I enjoy writing and I've written articles for MSDN, case studies and white papers for other software companies on subjects not limited to: best practise, developer tools, ALM, SDLC delivery processes, software design patterns and cloud computing.
I have 2 lovely children; Oscar and Esme and a wonderful wife Polly. When time permits, I enjoy jumping out of planes in the form of Skydiving and shooting.
I am a regular blogger and can be reached at: blog <at> simonrhart.com or sihart <at> microsoft.com.
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Speaking profile:
2013
- Jan 31: TechReady 16 Pre-Conference Seminar, Redmond, WA - Building Dev and Test Farms on Windows Azure
- Nov 08: Migrating and Managing Workloads in Windows Azure Virtual Machine, Tokyo, Japan
- Nov 08: Deploying a Secure Cloud VPN: On-Prem to Cloud Connections in Windows Azure, Tokyo, Japan
- Nov 06: Migrating and Managing Workloads in Windows Azure Virtual Machine, Seoul, Korea
- Nov 06: Deploying a Secure Cloud VPN: On-Prem to Cloud Connections in Windows Azure, Seoul, Korea
- Oct 29: Deploying a Secure Cloud VPN: On-Prem to Cloud Connections in Windows Azure, Zurich, Switzerland
- Oct 29: Managing and Securing your Windows Azure Solutions, Zurich, Switzerland
- Oct 29: Migrating Database and BI Workloads To Windows Azure Virtual Machine, Zurich, Switzerland
- Oct 17: Deploying a Secure Cloud VPN: On-Prem to Cloud Connections in Windows Azure, Munich, Germany
- Oct 17: Managing and Securing your Windows Azure Solutions, Munich, Germany
- Oct 17: Migrating Database and BI Workloads To Windows Azure Virtual Machine, Munich, Germany
- Oct 16: Deploying a Secure Cloud VPN: On-Prem to Cloud Connections in Windows Azure, Reading, UK
- Oct 16: Managing and Securing your Windows Azure Solutions, Reading, UK
- Oct 16: Migrating Database and BI Workloads To Windows Azure Virtual Machine, Reading, UK
- Oct 11: Deploying a Secure Cloud VPN: On-Prem to Cloud Connections in Windows Azure, Paris, France
- Oct 11: Managing and Securing your Windows Azure Solutions, Paris, France
- Oct 11: Migrating Database and BI Workloads To Windows Azure Virtual Machine, Paris, France
- Oct 08: Deploying a Secure Cloud VPN: On-Prem to Cloud Connections in Windows Azure, Milan, Italy
- Oct 08: Managing and Securing your Windows Azure Solutions, Milan, Italy
- Oct 08: Migrating Database and BI Workloads To Windows Azure Virtual Machine, Milan, Italy
- Oct 05: Deploying a Secure Cloud VPN: On-Prem to Cloud Connections in Windows Azure, Madrid, Spain
- Oct 05: Managing and Securing your Windows Azure Solutions, Madrid, Spain
- Oct 05: Migrating Database and BI Workloads To Windows Azure Virtual Machine, Madrid, Spain
- Sep 24: Windows Azure UK User Group, London: Q/A on anything Azure
- Sep 19: Windows Azure Sales Summit, Seattle - Deploying a Secure Cloud VPN: On-Prem to Cloud Connections in Windows Azure (TSP and Partner track)
- July 24: TechReady 15, Seattle - Digital Enablement in The Home With Windows Azure
- July 21: TechReady 15 Pre-Conference, Redmond - Enabling CI for Windows Azure Web Sites
- Jun 25: Tech Ed EMEA - Pre-Conference Seminar - Real-World Cloud Computing on Windows Azure
- May 08: Microsoft Architect Insight Conference 2009, London, UK, Extending the Enterprise through Mobile
