Bill Evjen is an active proponent of .NET
technologies and community-based learning initiatives for .NET. He
has been actively involved with .NET since the first bits were
released in 2000. In the same year, Bill founded the St. Louis .NET
User Group (www.stlnet.org), one of the world's first such groups.
Bill is also the founder and former executive director of the
International .NET Association (www.ineta.org), which represents
more than 500,000 members worldwide.
Based in St. Louis, Missouri, Bill is an acclaimed author and
speaker on ASP.NET and XML Web Services. He has authored or
co-authored more than 15 books, including
Professional ASP.NET
3.5,
Professional C# 2008,
ASP.NET Professional
Secrets,
XML Web Services for ASP.NET, and
Web
Services Enhancements: Understanding the WSE for Enterprise
Applications (all published by Wiley). In addition to writing,
Bill is a speaker at numerous conferences, including
DevConnections, VSLive, and TechEd. He also works closely with
Microsoft as a Microsoft Regional Director and an MVP.
Bill is the technical architect for Lipper (www.lipperweb.com), a
wholly owned subsidiary of Reuters, the international news and
financial services company. He graduated from Western Washington
University in Bellingham,Washington, with a Russian language
degree. When he isn't tinkering on the computer, he can usually be
found at his summer house in Toivakka, Finland. You can reach Bill
at evjen@yahoo.com.
Billy Hollis is an author and software
consultant based in Nashville, Tennessee. Billy was co-author of
the first book ever published on Visual Basic .NET, as well as many
other books on software development. He is a member of the
Microsoft Regional Director program and a Microsoft MVP. In 2002,
Billy was selected as one of the original .NET ''Software
Legends.'' He is heavily involved with consulting, training, and
development on the .NET platform, focusing on architecture,
smart-client development, commercial packages, and user-interface
technologies. He regularly speaks on software development at major
conferences all over the world, including Microsoft's PDC and
TechEd events, DevConnections, VSLive, and architecture events such
as the Patterns and Practices Architect Summit.
IBill Sheldon is a software architect
and engineer, originally from Baltimore, Maryland. Holding a degree
in computer science from the Illinois Institute of Technology
(IIT), Bill has been actively employed as a software engineer since
resigning his commission with the United States Navy. He is a
Microsoft MVP for Visual Basic employed as a principal engineer
with InterKnowlogy in Carlsbad, California, and works as an
instructor for Visual Basic-related courses at the University of
California San Diego Extension.
In addition to writing books, Bill has published dozens of
articles, including the Developer Update Newsletter, SQL Server
Magazine feature articles, and other Penton publications. He
is an established online presenter for MSDN and speaks at live
events such as VSLive, DevConnections, Office Developers
Conference, and community events such as user groups and code camp.
Bill is an avid cyclist and is active in the fight against
diabetes.
Kent Sharkey is an independent consultant who
lives and codes in Comox, British Columbia. Before going solo, Kent
worked at Microsoft as a technical evangelist and content
strategist, promoting the use of .NET technologies. He lives with
his wife, Margaret, and three ''children'' - Squirrel,
Cica, and Toffee.