For over 14 years Zain has been teaching and consulting on the latest Microsoft technologies.  He's been a Microsoft Certified Trainer since 1995 and holds all major Microsoft certifications, plus credentials from Cisco, Checkpoint and CompTIA. Zain launched his development career with Visual Basic 3.0 and honed his implementation skills with Windows NT 3.51 and OS/2.  He is the creator of Virtual World Evangelism (VWE) which is an effort to build communities in virtual places like Second Life and OpenSim.  He is not only a proponent of the community aspect of virtual worlds but also is a supporter of the myriad business applications that these new mediums offer.  Zain's efforts have been featured by eWeek, Redmond Developer News, Reuters and many others.  He has also been interviewed by Forrester Research, ThinkBalm, UgoTrade, and Gartner for his work with virtual world communities.  He is a frequent speaker at events in Second Life and other virtual worlds. and lectures world-wide to evangelize the future of this exciting new medium.. Blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/zainnab.