Together they have trained a team that utilizes the latest Microsoft Technologies, Architectural guidelines and Practices & Patterns.   They want to extend their knowledge and success to the local Amarillo community; particularly those that have a vision to have a state-of-the-art .NET development team.

As a Microsoft Certified Application Developer, Bill Kratochvil brings experience with both Patterns & Practices and the latest Microsoft Technologies, including technologies that will be released in the next version of the .NET Framework, to the group.

Jim Kinter is the Manager, Information Systems – Application Development for Zachry in Amarillo, TX.  Zachry is an Engineering/Procure/ Construct [EPC] firm based in San Antonio, TX that provides full-service, turn-key power generation and process solutions throughout the world. Jim manages the Application Development activities for the engineering enterprise including custom software solutions, business process consulting, and agile process training/coaching. He blogs about managing software teams and practices that make software delivery reliable, predictable and maintainable.  Jim moved to Amarillo from Dallas in 2005 where he was the CTO for an interactive media firm and managed the development, implementation, and hosting of interactive web applications for a number of Global 1000 firms. After joining Zachry, Jim has focused on implementing best practices, patterns, and software development practices throughout the organization. Initiatives implemented include:

1.        Automated Lifecycle Management

2.        Continuous Integration

3.        Test Driven Design

4.        Automated Unit Tests

5.        Dependency Injection/Inversion of Control

6.        Agile/Scrum

7.        SharePoint

8.        SQL Server 2005

9.        Windows WorkFlow/WPF/WCF/Silverlight

10.     Team Foundation Server and Visual Studio 2008

Jim is a Certified ScrumMaster and former CISSP.