Andre Della Monica

Andre Della Monica is a Premier Field Engineer for Microsoft and has been working with System Center Configuration Manager since it was known as SMS. Before becoming a Premier Field Engineer, he was recognized as a top Support Engineer on Consumer Technical Support for Microsoft Platform products. Andre attended college at Sao Paulo, Brazil, and earned his technology degree in Computer Network Management. He resides in Houston, Texas, with Rose his wife and his daughter Sarah. In his free time, he enjoys producing and recording music, as well as being an Xbox gamer.

Chris Shilt is a Premier Field Engineer with Microsoft and has been working with System Center Configuration Manager, in one iteration or another, for over 12 years. Prior to working at Microsoft, he managed software updates for a major command with the U.S. Air Force. A lifelong resident of Ohio, he lives in a small town north of Dayton with Annie, his wife of 21 years. He is the proud father of Zach and Jessie, both of whom will graduate from college this spring.

Russ Rimmerman is a Microsoft Premier Field Engineer with a primary focus on System Center Configuration Manager. During his 12-year tenure working with Configuration Manager, he has engaged with customers with moderately simple to ultra-complex Configuration Manager hierarchies of all sizes in nearly every industry. Before joining Microsoft, Russ spent five years in the U.S. Air Force and also spent time as both a consultant and as a senior IT administrator. He currently resides in Houston, Texas, and in his free time he enjoys swimming, anything involving computers, and, most importantly, spending time with his wife and new twin boys, Owyn and Jaxen.

Rushi Faldu, a Senior Premier Field Engineer supporting System Center Configuration Manager and Microsoft Intune, has been with Microsoft for over nine years. He has worked with the product since it was known as SMS 2.0. He is a Technology Manager for Configuration Manager and Microsoft Intune products. He is also a lead for the System Center Concepts and  Administration and Enterprise Mobility Suite: Managing Devices with InTune and Configuration Manager workshops. He was lead author for the ebooks Microsoft System Center: Troubleshooting Configuration Manager and Microsoft System Center: Configuration Manager Field Experience from Microsoft Press. Rushi resides in New Jersey and enjoys P90X workouts and running outside in his free time. He loves hiking, camping, and playing tennis with his daughters.

(Contributing Author) Sameer Patil, a consultant for Microsoft Global Delivery, has been working with System Center Configuration Manager since 2007. He has been working, globally, on various deployment projects that use Configuration Manager as a key infrastructure product in the solutions. Sameer attended college at Navi Mumbai, India, earning an engineering degree. He resides in Mumbai, India, and travels for work most of the time.

Mitch Tulloch is a well-known expert on Windows Server administration and cloud computing technologies. He has published hundreds of articles on a wide variety of technology sites and has written, contributed to or been series editor for over 50 books. Mitch is one of the most popular authors at Microsoft Press--the almost two dozen ebooks on Windows Server and System Center he either wrote or was Series Editor on have been downloaded more than 2.5 million times! For a complete list of free ebooks from Microsoft Press, visit the Microsoft Virtual Academy at http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/ebooks.

Mitch has repeatedly received Microsoft's Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award for his outstanding contributions to supporting the global IT community. He is a ten-time MVP in the technology area of Windows Server Software Packaging, Deployment & Servicing. You can find his MVP Profile page at http://mvp.microsoft.com/en-us/mvp/Mitch%20Tulloch-21182.

Mitch is also Senior Editor of WServerNews, a weekly newsletter focused on system admin and security issues for the Windows Server platform. With almost 100,000 IT pro subscribers worldwide, WServerNews is the most popular Windows Server-focused newsletter in the world. Visit http://www.wservernews.com and subscribe to WServerNews today!

Mitch also runs an IT content development business based in Winnipeg, Canada, that produces white papers and other collateral for the business decision maker (BDM) and technical decision maker (TDM) audiences. His published content ranges from white papers about Microsoft cloud technologies to reviews of third-party products designed for the Windows Server platform. Before starting his own business in 1998, Mitch worked as a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) for Productivity Point.

For more information about Mitch, visit his website at http://www.mtit.com. You can also follow Mitch on Twitter @mitchtulloch.