My name is Chris Klug. I'm originally from Sweden, but currently living in Wellington, New Zealand. At the moment I am working as a senior developer for a company called Intergen.

I started working as a web developer in the beginning of 2000. Over the years, I have worked as a developer and a designer, as well as a Microsoft trainer. I have been involved in a multitude of different projects in different areas, including areas as wide apart as on-line sports betting systems and professional sail racing.

A couple of years ago I changed direction and started working as a technical trainer. I initiated my career as a trainer  working as a Microsoft Certified Trainer for a CPLS in Stockholm. After about a year, I switched employer and started working as a technical trainer for a Swedish company called EPiServer. Working for EPiServer, I taught developers in Sweden, as well as around the world, how to develop for EPiServer, which is a CMS system built on the .NET framework.

I also had the great joy of being part of Microsoft Extended Experts Team. MEET is a group of talented, Swedish developers and IT technicians who speak about different Microsoft technologies at developer conferences around Sweden, Europe and the world (mostly Sweden).
 
After a couple of years of teaching, I thought it was time to get back to work as a developer. That is why I’m in Wellington at the moment. Intergen has a great team of developers involved in wide variety of really cool projects, using leading edge technologies. So when I asked if they had a position for me in Wellington, and they said yes, it was not a hard a decision to make to move to the other side of the world. The fact that Wellington has an average wind speed of 16 knots, which is perfect for kite surfing, did of course not make the decision harder.

At Intergen I get to work with a lot of different Microsoft technologies, but personally I prefer working with Silverlight, as it offers me a structured way to work as well as a lot of freedom when it comes to layout. This is the reason that my blog is and will be focused on Silverlight.