John Green lives and works in Sydney, Australia,
as an independent computer consultant, specializing in Excel and
Access. He has 35 years of computing experience, a Chemical
Engineering degree, and an MBA.
He wrote his first programs in FORTRAN, took a part in the
evolution of specialized planning languages on mainframes and, in
the early '80s, became interested in spreadsheet systems, including
1-2-3 and Excel.
John established his company, Execuplan Consulting, in 1980,
specializing in developing computerbased planning applications and
in training. He has led training seminars for software applications
and operating systems both in Australia and overseas.
John has had regular columns in a number of Australian magazines
and has contributed chapters to a number of books including
Excel Expert Solutions and
Using Visual Basic for
Applications 5. He also co-authored
Professional Excel
Development with Stephen Bullen and Rob Bovey.
From 1995 to 2005 he was accorded the status of MVP (Most Valuable
Professional) by Microsoft for his contributions to the CompuServe
Excel forum and MS Internet newsgroups.
John Green contributed the Introduction, Chapters 1-11,
13, 15-17, and 19 to this book.
Stephen Bullen lives in Woodford Green, London,
England, with his partner Clare, daughter Becky, and their dogs,
Fluffy and Charlie. He has two other daughters, Jane and Katie,
from his first marriage.
A graduate of Oxford University, Stephen has an MA in Engineering,
Economics, and Management, providing a unique blend of both
business and technical skills. He has been providing Excel
consulting and application development services since 1994,
originally as an employee of Price Waterhouse Management
Consultants and later as an independent consultant trading under
the names of Business Modelling Solutions Limited and Office
Automation Limited. Stephen now works for Barclays Capital in
London, developing trading systems for complex exotic derivative
products.
The Office Automation web site, www.oaltd.co.uk, provides a number
of helpful and interesting utilities, examples, tips and techniques
to help in your use of Excel and development of Excel
applications.
As well as co-authoring previous editions of the Excel VBA
Programmer's Reference, Stephen co-authored Professional
Excel Development.
In addition to his consulting and writing assignments, Stephen
actively supports the Excel user community in Microsoft's
peer-to-peer support newsgroups and the Daily Dose of Excel blog.
In recognition of his knowledge, skills and contributions,
Microsoft has awarded him the title of Most Valuable Professional
each year since 1996.
Stephen Bullen contributed Chapters 14, 18, 24-27, and
Appendix B to this book.
Rob Bovey is president of Application
Professionals, a software development company specializing in
Microsoft Office, Visual Basic, and SQL Server applications. He
brings many years' experience creating financial, accounting, and
executive information systems for corporate users to Application
Professionals. You can visit the Application Professionals web site
at www.appspro.com.
Rob developed several add-ins shipped by Microsoft for Microsoft
Excel and co-authored the Microsoft Excel 97 Developers
Kit and Professional Excel Development. He earned his
Bachelor of Science degree from The Rochester Institute of
Technology and his MBA from the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill. He is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)
and a Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD). Microsoft has
awarded him the title of Most Valuable Professional each year since
1995.
Rob Bovey contributed Chapters 20-22 to this
book.
Michael Alexander is a Microsoft Certified
Application Developer (MCAD) with more than 14 years' experience
consulting and developing office solutions. He parlayed his
experience with VBA and VB into a successful consulting practice in
the private sector, developing middleware and reporting solutions
for a wide variety of industries. He currently lives in Frisco,
Texas, where he serves as a Senior Program Manager for a top
technology firm. Michael is the author of several books on
Microsoft Access and Excel, and is the principle behind DataPig
Technologies, where he shares Access and Excel knowledge with the
Office community.
Michael Alexander contributed Chapters 12 and 23 and
Appendices A and C to this book.