Chad Hower

Kudzu World

bio

The Big Woo Hoo

Formerly the Regional Developer Adviser (DPE) for Microsoft MEA (Middle East and Africa), he was responsible for 85 countries spanning 4 continents and crossing 10 time zones. Now he is a Microsoft MVP and a Microsoft Regional Director covering Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Asia.

Chad is a professional speaker at popular developer conferences worldwide. Once he was introduced as having "mastered more languages than a United Nations translator." He is also the author of the book Indy in Depth and has contributed to several other books on network communications and general programming. Chad writes regularly for the Software Developer Network Magazine (Dutch), and occasionally for other magazines.

Chad is an expatriate who travels extensively year round and is currently based at 40,000 feet. He has also lived in Canada, Cyprus, Jordan, Russia, Turkey, and the United States. In total more than 50 countries were visited, visiting most of them many times.