Cities I have spoken in:
Amman -=- Amsterdam -=- Antalya -=- Arnhem -=- Barcelona -=- Beirut -=- Boston -=- Brussels -=- Budapest -=- Buenos Aires -=- Cairo -=- Cambridge (UK) -=- Colombo -=- Copenhagen -=- Dammam -=- Denver -=- Doha -=- Dubai -=- Eindhoven -=- Frankfurt -=- Halifax -=- Helsinki -=- Houston -=- Istanbul -=- Islamabad -=- Jeddah -=- Karachi -=- Khobar -=- Knoxville -=- Kuala Lumpur -=- Kuwait City -=- Lahore -=- Limassol -=- Lisbon -=- London -=- Long Beach -=- Los Angeles -=- Manama -=- Melbourne -=- Milan -=- Moscow -=- Muscat -=- Nairobi -=- Nashville -=- Nicosia -=- Oslo -=- Philadelphia -=- Phoenix -=- Port Louis (Mauritius) -=- Portland -=- Riyadh -=- San Jose -=- Seattle -=- St. Petersburg (Russia) -=- Singapore -=- Sofia -=- Stockholm -=- Toronto -=- Valetta (Malta) -=- Vancouver -=- Warsaw -=- Washington DC -=- Zurich

See what attendees
and organizers say:

"What a show! Good speaker, good session, totally enjoyable."
Attendee Feedback Form
TechEd Asia


"If you are looking for a brilliant speaker for a conference, consider Kudzu. As you might know, I make very few endorsements of that sort. .... The good news is that he'll be an independent speaker and if you run a conference or a user group anywhere in EMEA, you should really consider have him come over and talk."
Clemens Vasters
WCF Program Manager
Microsoft


"Wow-Very very professional."

"We could not have delivered the First Dev.Conference (Geek Event) in Gulf without his input to planning and excellent delivery which has had very positive effects on our perception and engagement with the developer community in the region.
Many many thanks."
Vimal Sethi
DPE Lead
Microsoft Gulf


"An excellent presentation and a good overview of the technology. I'm not 100% convinced of it's application but really impressed with the presenter. Well Done and thanks :-)"
TechEd Europe Feedback Form

"The presenter was really funny and it was very entertaining."

"Good session. Great speaker.... good look into the future as well as pragmatic review of current stuff."
Attendee Feedback Form
TechEd US


"Kudzu was really amazing and made almost every one in the room to fall off his/her chair, he knows his stuff, but he also does it with passion and laughter. Thank you, thank you and thank you Kudzu for your support to MS Kuwait, and hope to have you back in the near future."
Omar Draghmeh
EPG Manager
Microsoft Kuwait


"Inspiring"
TechEd Europe Feedback Form

"This is for me the best session I have attended; technically accurate, hot topic and the presenter knows and uses the power of humor to educate on the subject."

"This guy is great and the contents is incredible."

"Kudzu was presenting at our WebDevCon conference in Moscow, also I saw him presenting at various events before and I always was delighted by his style of presenting and being in contact with the audience. I can say for sure – Kudzu is one of those speakers whom you can learn from."
Alexander Lozhechkin
Architect Evangelist
Microsoft Russia


"Very good speaker! Was overtime but we didn't care!"

"The best session in the event till now."
TechEd Developers Europe
Hossam AlFraih (SaudiGeek.NET)
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

"Kudzu excelled in presentation, educational and technical skills while 'performing' during Developer & IT Pro Days 2006 in Belgium."
Tom Mertens
Audience Marketing Manager
Microsoft Belgium


"Very good entertaining speaker. Great topic about user-friendly interfaces and user-experience."

"Kudzu has a laid-back and comfortable way of presenting topics, he has the ability to lure knowledge into us, in a both entertaining and efficient way. He also has the ability to make the audience participants, not only spectators. By looking at things from new viewpoints - Kudzu is a master here, you start to think in a new way. His sessions become a trip in Aha!-land, an exciting trip."
Ingvar Nilsen
Oslo Delphi Day


"Wish he had more time for another session, excellent!"

"Best speaker of the 2 days for me. This man can fill a whole day without falling asleep or losing the public's attention."
Attendee Feedback Form
Belgium Developer Days


"If you look beyond the jokes you will find a deeply knowledgeable individual who is always willing to help the community. Kudzu manages to excide the crowds not only by jokes but by deep knowledge and hands-on experience on the topics he delivers!"
Evangelos Hadjichristodoulou
BizTalk MVP

"Chad is a very very funny and brilliant guy; he has amazing presentation skills with a cool sense of humor."
Ahmed Mahdy
Microsoft TechNet Forums - Global Moderator
Egyptian Developers Conference

Changes for 2008

Expansion?

I considered expanding the team, but maintaining the "Woo Hoo" proved difficult. In the future I may expand with other speakers, but for now I am going to work on "focus".

Appearances

I will continue to speak at high profile events, but I will be reducing the number of overall events. Instead of my previous schedule of 6+ events per month, I will reduce my speaking schedule down to 1-2 per month in an effort to be away from home for a maximum of 5-7 days per month.

Topics

In the past I have maintained dozens of topics to choose from. I will continue to maintain a wide variety of topics. However maintaining such a wide array of topics lowers the overall quality. Moving forward, I will focus on a few specific topics per year in order to increase the quality. As I update my abstracts list I will mark the ones I am highlighting currently.

Academics

This will enable me to spend more time with my family and deal with some family issues. In addition, I am working on some other volunteer projects involving K-12 and other academic institutions in economically challenged countries. I will also be working to produce more online content.

Contact

Please feel free to contact me about your event, and thank you for your understanding!