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Nickolas Landry
Software Architect, Independent
Consultant
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| This website is a snapshot
of my professional background. Feel free to browse around. I
am currently working as an independent consultant, doing work
in software architecture and design, publishing, speaking at
events and giving training on .NET. I am on the constant lookout for great
opportunities, so feel free to contact
me if you think you have something of interest, whether it's in the short, medium or long-term. |
| This site is a work in progress. More
content will come soon. Some sections are still incomplete and I apologize
in advance. |
| I am based in Montreal,
Canada. I am willing to travel internationally for
events and projects, but I favor projects in North America,
especially New York, Toronto, San Francisco and Seattle.
Please note the following regarding my consulting services as
a freelancer: |
- Please
contact me directly regarding
consulting opportunities. Make sure you read through my
resume (see links left) before to see if I can bring the
right expertise to your project.
- I can offer personalized or private training on .NET.
This can be done using a coaching approach with a
development team, or I can design custom material based on
client needs. If you are interested in private classes using
the training material already presented as part of the
Technologia curriculum in Montreal and Quebec, these opportunities should be addressed through
Technologia Formation directly.
- I also
continue my activities as a
conference speaker. If
you want to include me as a session or keynote speaker for a
future event, please contact me directly.
- I am also looking for new
opportunities in
publishing new technical articles. If you work for a
technical magazine, more specifically a publication that
targets Microsoft .NET developers, and would like to have me
author articles, make sure you contact
me and let me know what topics you would like me to
write on.
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Latest News
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I
recently started writing
a new regular column for CoDe Magazine, titled "Mobile
CoDe.NET". In this recurring feature, I explore the world
of mobile business solutions development using Microsoft .NET
technologies. Component Developer Magazine (CoDe) is on an
aggressive growth path to become the number one Microsoft
technology information resource, as reflected in our slogan,
"Microsoft Technologies In-Depth for IT Managers and
Developers."
The first article - Microsoft Mobility 101 - is already
available online and you can read it, plus many more great
.NET articles, by
visiting the CoDe Magazine website. |
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Continuing my regular appearances speaking at the
VS.NET Connections
conference, the next stop is in beautiful Palm Springs, CA at
the
La Quinta Resort & Club.
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The following is a list of
events and conferences where I was
speaking recently:
- WebServices
XML ONE 2003 - a SIGS DATACOM event - in Munich, Germany,
last May 2003.
- DevTeach 2003 in
Montreal, Canada, last May 2003.
- VS.NET Connections
Spring 2003 - a Tech Conferences Inc. event - in New
Orleans, LA, last May 2003.
- .NET ONE 2002 - a
SIGS DATACOM event - in Frankfurt, Germany, last November
2002.
If you are looking for slide
material and demos, please check back soon to visit my newly
redesigned events section. |
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| Since the Spring 2002
semester, I have been teaching a new
two-day class titled "Developing
Web Services with Microsoft .NET". It is given in
French
here in Montreal through Technologia
Formation and is targeted at corporate .NET developers. Note that
all the exercises in this class, which amount to nearly 50% of
the time, are done using the Visual Basic .NET language. |
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| Since Fall 2001, I have been teaching a
one-day class
titled "A Technological Introduction to Microsoft .NET
Technologies". The class is offered in
French
here in Montreal through Technologia
Formation and is targeted at decision makers, MIS managers, IT strategists, CTO's,
CIO's, software project managers, analysts and other IT
professionals who are not primarily technically-oriented but
want to get a solid overview of the whole .NET picture and how
it applies to the real-world of business. |
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Curious about software
architecture? In November 2000, I joined the Worldwide
Institute of Software Architects -
- and in 2001 I became a Founding Member of
WWISA. To learn more, click
here. Also, read
a great article titled "Are You a Software
Architect?" by Marc Sewell, the President of WWISA,
as originally published in Enterprise Development magazine. |
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| In May 2001, I have become an IBM
Certified Developer after successfully completing the certification
exam 140 on XML
and Related technologies. |
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