Ken Schaefer is a systems engineer consultant for
global systems integrator Avanade. Avanade is a joint partnership
between Microsoft and Accenture and focuses on enterprise projects
across the Microsoft product stack. Ken has worked with IIS for
around 10 years and has been a Microsoft MVP for IIS since 2003. He
has presented at numerous Microsoft Tech.Ed events across the
United States, Australia, and Asia; written articles for Microsoft
TechNet; and spent countless hours talking about IIS at other
events, user group meetings, and road shows. He is currently an
MCSE, MCDBA, MCTS, and holds a Masters in Business and Technology
from UNSW. When he isn't thinking about IIS, Ken can usually be
found tinkering with Active Directory, Operations Manager, SQL
Server, Windows Media Center, Virtual PC…
Jeff Cochran is a Senior Network Specialist for
the City of Naples, Florida, and has been employed in the computer
networking industry for nearly two decades. Beginning with computer
bulletin boards on a Commodore 64 in the early 1980s, he has worked
with nearly every method of communication via computer since. In
the early 1990s, he started the first commercial ISP in Southwest
Florida, using Windows NT 3.51 systems for mail, web, and FTP
servers.
Jeff is married to Zina, a self-employed graphic designer, and
spends his free time remodeling a 1950s home in Naples. Although
most of his personal hobbies revolve around computers, he enjoys
Geocaching and collecting pinball machines, and is still addicted
to Age of Empires.
Scott Forsyth works for ORCS Web, Inc. as the
Director of IT. ORCS Web is a Microsoft Certified Partner offering
web hosting services utilizing the IIS platform for hosting of
ASP.NET, SharePoint, SQL Server, Exchange and other technologies.
He is a Microsoft MVP for ASP.NET, an ASP Insider and has multiple
MCP certifications.
Scott is married and has two kids, Joel and Alisha, who don't work
with IIS yet but do spend countless hours on the computer. When
he''s not in front of a computer, Scott leads a youth group at his
local church, plays the drums and enjoys playing table tennis.
Rob Baugh is the VP of IT for Anres
Technologies. He has been in the IT field since 1999 and has worked
with IIS the entire time. He has multiple Microsoft Certified
Professional certifications.
Rob is married to Stacy and they have one daughter, Emily. His
passion (when away from computers) is scuba diving, so he recently
relocated to Merida, Mexico to be closer to the blue waters of the
Caribbean.
Mike Everest has had an interest in computing
from the time he first laid eyes on a PC at high school in 1978. He
operated a series of Bulletin Board Systems throughout the 1980s
while completing his undergraduate studies and experimenting with
early Internet technologies.
Mike began working with web servers in the early 1990s and
established the first commercial web hosting platform in his
regional hometown of Geelong, Australia. Since then, specializing
in Internet infrastructure, hosting services, and ISP systems, he
has participated in establishing and developing no fewer than seven
technology companies, sold two, and maintains an ongoing interest
in three.
Mike is delighted to have had the opportunity to contribute to this
book and is more than happy to receive comments, questions, and
criticisms from readers.
Dennis Glendenning (MA, MBA, MCSA+Msg, MCSE,
PMP) is a Principal Systems Engineer with Avanade, where he
provides design and delivery leadership for large-scale technology
integration projects. Dennis's background includes graduate
training, professional certifications, and a blend of technical and
project management experience that spans more than 15 years. In
addition to delivering technology architectures for Fortune 500
companies, Dennis has led several eCommerce infrastructure teams to
leverage IIS in the public safety, insurance, and financial
industries. Although he travels the United States for work, Dennis
lives in Cleveland, Ohio with his wife and two children, and he
revels in hiking, history, great speeches, and epic FPS PC games.
Dennis can be reached at dglendenni@hotmail.com.