My name is Chris Pietschmann. I am a Microsoft MVP on the Windows Live Platform, and a Co-Founder of Carto LLC. I am the Owner of Simplovation LLC. Simplovation is a software development consulting company that specializes in Mapping/GIS related application development. I am on the Executive Committee of the Wisconsin .NET User Group. Also, I am a husband, father and pursuing a degree in Neuroscience.

The pietschsoft.com domain name has been my internet home since 2003, and the home of my Blog and internet presence hub since 2004.

My Open Source Projects

• Virtual Router - Wifi Hot Spot for Windows 7 and 2008 R2 - Coordinator/Developer
• MvcXaml - ASP.NET MVC ViewEngine that generates Images from XAML markup - Coordinator/Developer
• Bing Maps Extensions - a set of helpers that extend Bing Maps for Enterprise with functionality not implemented directly by the Bing Maps API. - Coordinator/Developer
• jHtmlEditor - simple, light weight, extensible WYSIWYG HTML Editor built on top of jQuery - Coordinator/Developer
• jHash - jHash allows you to work with the 'location.hash' value in a similar fashion to a server-side query string.
• geomap - A extension to HTML that adds support for declaratively adding maps to web applications. Initially there will only be support for Bing Maps, but a plugin API will be available to add other providers.
• Bing Maps Showcase - A "Go To" place for articles/sample/tutorials on using the Bing Maps for Enterprise services.
• SilverSpatial - Geo Spatial library for Silverlight
• MvcMaps - Unified Bing/Google Maps API for ASP.NET MVC - Coordinator/Developer
• Virtual Earth JavaScript Intellisense Helper - Coordinator/Developer
• LINQ to JavaScript - Coordinator/Developer
• dotNetExt - Coordinator/Developer
• PietschSoft.VE - Coordinator/Developer
• IronJSMVC - Allows you to script ASP.NET MVC (models, views and controllers) using JavaScript, via IronJS - Coordinator/Developer

Community Involvement

• Wisconsin .NET Users Group - Executive Committee Member since 2007
• Community Coding Contest - Content Founder and Coordinator - 2008 and 2010

Social Networks

• Twitter - http://twitter.com/crpietschmann
• Google+ - https://plus.google.com/103546128931012535845
• StackOverflow - http://stackoverflow.com/users/7831/chris-pietschmann
• DotNetKicks - http://www.dotnetkicks.com/users/crpietschmann
• FriendFeed - http://friendfeed.com/crpietschmann
• Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=539908792
• Digg - http://digg.com/users/crpietschmann
• Linked .NET Users Group - http://www.lidnug.org/Members/crpietschmann.aspx (LIDNUG blog: http://www.lidnug.org/Blogs/crpietschmann-on-LIDNUG.aspx)
• GitHub - https://github.com/crpietschmann
• Pinterest - http://pinterest.com/pietschmann/

Forum / Message Board Participation

• MSDN Social / Forums - http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Profile/en-US/?user=Chris Pietschmann
• CodePlex - http://codeplex.com/site/users/view/crpietschmann
• ASP.NET Forums - http://forums.asp.net/members/crpietschmann.aspx
• Silverlight Forums - http://silverlight.net/members/crpietschmann.aspx
• Channel 9 - http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/crpietschmann
• MSDN Community Content - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/community/user/28858.aspx

Other

• "Earthquakes in Last 7 Days" Bing Maps App

Awards

• 2011 - Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Platform
• 2010 - Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Platform
• 2009 - Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Platform
• 2008 - Microsoft MVP - Virtual Earth

Chris Pietschmann
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Platform
Co-Founder, Carto LLC
Owner, Simplovation LLC