July 2010 Silverlight MVP Awards

Each quarter, new MVP (Microsoft Most Valuable Professional) candidates are awarded.  January 2010 is the first awards of the year and so I present the new/moved/re-awarded Silverlight specific MVPs:

• Alex Knight (@agkdesign) – started SilverZine and is a XAML designer extraordinaire
• Cigdem Patlak  (@crocusgirl) – doing some really fun stuff with Silverlight Show and a talented developer/designer
• Rodrigo Diaz Concha (@rdiazconcha) – doing some really great things in our Latin America countries!  Gracias!
• Jeremy Likness (@jeremylikness) – seriously, go subscribe now.  Jeremy is too smart for us all.
• Roger Peters (@smartyp) – cranking out a bunch of Windows Phone 7 stuff in Silverlight lately and also is a great contributor to the community.

The following have been renewed this year – congratulations and keep up the good work!

• Andrea Boschin (@aboschin)
• Dave Campbell (@wynapse)
• Vikram Pendse
• Eric Ambrosi (@eric_ambrosi)
• Joel Neubeck (@jneubeck)
• András Velvárt (@vbandi)
• David Kelley (@davidjkelley)
• John Stockton (@johnnystock)
• Jonas Follesø (@follesoe)
• Emil Stoychev (@estoychev)
• Alex Golesh (@devcorner)
• Braulio Diez Botella (@braulio_sl)

Congratulations to everyone above and keep up the great work of showing us what Silverlight is all about!