I should have taken time to write this post a while ago, but life’s been a bit hectic.

Microsoft has hired three new Evangelists over the last few months for the Texas,

Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana area. I’ve had a chance to meet all three

of them and I’m looking forward to seeing them flourish in their roles.

  • Chris Koenig is the new Developer Evangelist

    for the region. His is moving to the Dallas/Fort Worth area right now from San

    Antonio and will be focused on evangelizing the “How” of Microsoft’s development tools.

  • Phil Wheat joins as the new

    Architect Evangelist for the region. He has a strong background with Sharepoint

    and is a very engaging guy. If you attended Dallas Code Camp 2 you might have

    had a chance to meet him. He is based out of Austin but I’m sure he’ll be seen

    in Dallas more than a little.

  • Zain Naboulsi join as the new MSDN Developer Evangelist and is focused on the MSDN

    events through the region. I had a very nice chat with Zain, who also attended

    Dallas Code Camp 2, and I think the community will see more of him than you might

    have traditionally expected to from someone with his focus.

Welcome to these gentlemen and I wish them nothing but the best in their positions.

I also remind the community to go easy on these guys for a while, they are all brand

new to Microsoft, and Chris is brand new to the D/FW area, so it will take them a

while to get completely hooked in.