My name is Chris Pietschmann. I am a Microsoft MVP for Bing Maps, a Co-Founder of Carto LLC, and the Owner of Simplovation LLC. I am also a husband, father and pursuing an education 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
• SQLinq - Use LINQ to generate ad-hoc SQL queries using strongly typed code and compile time checking - Coordinator/Developer
• dotNetExt - 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
• 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 - Member Since 2004 - Executive Committee Member 2007 - 2011
• Wisconsin .NET Users Group LinkedIn Group - Group Manager and Owner 
• 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
• Nuget Packages - http://nuget.org/profiles/crpietschmann

Certifications

• Microsoft Certified Solution Developer
• Microsoft Certified Application Developer

Awards

• 2012 - Microsoft MVP - Bing Maps
• 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 - Bing Maps
Co-Founder, Carto LLC
Owner, Simplovation LLC