Chris Hammond and Tom Kraak have known each other for a while in the DotNetNuke world. They've both attended DNN conferences in the United States as well as Europe.

Chris Hammond

Chris Hammond is a Technical Evangelist with Engage Software (www.engagesoftware.com) in St. Louis, Missouri. Chris has worked with DotNetNuke (DNN) since its inception and been a DNN Core Team member for nearly five years. Solidifying his role within the DNN community as a leading expert and evangelist on the platform Chris has been a frequent presenter at conferences, user groups and companies around the world. Chris is honored to be part of the INETA Speaker's Bureau. Chris started the St. Louis DNN User Group (www.dnnug.com), and provides tips and tricks through his blogs at DotNetNuke.com and EngageSoftware.com. He is also an active DNN Community member, providing support in the DNN Forums. You can read more about Chris on his personal blog at www.chrishammond.com.

Tom Kraak

Tom Kraak founded Seablick Consulting LLC in 2005, but has been developing websites since the release of the IBuySpy portal framework in 2001. He quickly moved on to IBuySpy Workshop and ultimately DotNetNuke as it’s known today.
 
Since then he has been growing Seablick Consulting into a “one-stop shop” for DotNetNuke based web development including DNN support, training, consulting, and hosting. More recently, Tom has moved into the search marketing arena with a focus on DNN search engine optimization, which he blogs about on http://seablick.com and talks about at DotNetNuke events nationwide. He lives in Branford, CT with his wife and 4 year old son.