Wallace B. McClure graduated from the Georgia
Institute of Technology in 1990 with a bachelor of science degree
in electrical engineering. He continued his education there,
receiving a master's degree in the same field in 1991. Since that
time, he has done consulting and development for such companies as
Coca-Cola, Bechtel National, Magnatron, and Lucent Technologies,
among others. Products and services have included work with ASP,
ADO, XML, and SQL Server, as well as numerous applications in the
Microsoft .NET Framework. Wally McClure specializes in building
applications that have large numbers of users and large amounts of
data. He is a Microsoft MVP and an ASPInsider, and a partner in
Scalable Development, Inc. You can read Wally's blog at
http://weblogs.asp.net/wallym/.
Gregory A. Beamer is a solutions architect
specializing in Microsoft Internet technologies. Greg got involved
in programming in the early 1990s with Visual Basic 3 and has
stayed on the leading edge of Microsoft Internet technologies since
the Denali beta (ASP 1.0). Greg first worked with .NET with the PDC
2000 beta and has been on both the SQL Server 2005 and .NET 2.0
betas since spring 2003. When Greg is not working, he spends his
time with his wife, Tiffany, and their four daughters, Rebecca,
Emily, Annabelle, and Miranda.
John J. Croft IV graduated from the Georgia
Institute of Technology in 1991, receiving a bachelor's degree in
mechanical engineering. He then spent five years consulting for
large companies, including Coca-Cola, BellSouth, and MCI. Work at
these companies primarily involved C and C++ programming and
object-oriented systems analysis. His various clients have included
both Fortune 100s and small startup companies. Their problems have
ranged drastically, from large databases and executive information
systems to lithotripter control and satellite telemetry. Croft has
completed projects with Java, XML, and, recently, C# and .NET
applications. He is a partner in Scalable Development, Inc.
J. Ambrose Little is the editor-in-chief of the
ASPAlliance, an ASPInsider, and a Microsoft ASP.NET MVP who
currently works as a Web architect for a large credit union in
Tampa, Florida. Previously, he worked as a consultant at Verizon,
creating XMLWeb Services and middle-tier components, and for BOK
Financial's Web Services department creating ASP.NET applications
for their intranet. His pre-.NET programming experience consists
mostly of developing Web applications using ASP and VB COM/DCOM for
several years. He has a bachelor's degree in medieval European
history, which remains an interest. Apart from developing software,
he enjoys movies, reading, writing, foosball, chess, tennis,
badminton, and spending time with his wonderful family.
Bill Ryan currently works as a senior software
developer for TiBA Solutions in Greenville, SC. He is also a
Windows Embedded MVP, has served on Macromedia's Flash Advisory
Board, and helps run two popular .NET Focused Web sites
(www.devbuzz.com and www.knowdotnet.com) and his blog
www.msmvps.com/WilliamRyan. After earning his master's degree in
business administration, Bill began work as a statistical analyst,
but quickly realized that his true love was programming. He has
worked in multiple industries, including financial
services/securities, manufacturing, health care, pharmaceuticals,
and, currently, consulting. Bill is a frequent speaker at user's
group meetings, has spoken at multiple Microsoft Code Camps, and
has hosted multiple MSDN Webcasts. Although technologically related
things consume most of his time, Bill's other interests include
cult films, economics, Freemasonry, cuckoo clocks, and, most
important, his girlfriend, Kim, and her daughter, Sarah.
Phil Winstanley is a Web applications developer
working for Portfolio Europe, located in Manchester, England. He
has been involved with ASP.NET since its inception, and has
developed a deep understanding of the platform. As a Microsoft MVP
(Most Valuable Professional), member of the ASPInsiders, co-owner
of Microsoft Web Developers UK, and the North West England Regional
Director for the .NET Exchange, Phil is deeply embedded in the
development community and works closely with the Web Platforms team
at Microsoft, regularly visiting the developers in Redmond,
Washington.
David Yack is the president of Colorado
Technology Consultants, Inc. He is a hands-on technology consultant
with solid management experience in privately held and Fortune 500
companies and has over 15 years of experience in the IT industry.
David is currently responsible for leading Colorado Technology
Consultants' focus on Microsoft .NET technologies. David is an
active participant in the Microsoft development community, ranging
from the Denver .NET user group to Microsoft's Public Communities,
such as www.asp.net and http://aspalliance.com. David is the leader
of the South Colorado .NET user group. David is recognized by
Microsoft as a .NET MVP (Most Valuable Professional).
Jeremy Zongker is a software development
manager who works primarily on data-driven ASP.NET applications
with Microsoft SQL Server databases. He is a Microsoft Certified
Solutions Developer for .NET and a 2004 MVP for ASP.NET. Jeremy is
the founder and senior developer for Trilitech, LLC, a Broken
Arrow, Oklahoma, software development company.