Simon Robinson lives in Lancaster in the UK, where
he shares a house with some students. He first encountered serious
programming when he was doing his PhD in physics, modeling all
sorts of weird things to do with superconductors and quantum
mechanics. The experience of programming was nearly enough to put
him off computers for life (though, oddly, he seems to have
survived all the quantum mechanics), and he tried for a while being
a sports massage therapist instead. He then realized how much money
was in computers compared to sports massage, and therefore, rapidly
got a job as a C++ programmer/researcher instead. Simon is clearly
the charitable, deep, spiritual type, who understands the true
meaning of life.
K. Scott Allen Over the last 10 years Scott
Allen has designed software for Windows, embedded hardware, web
applications, and massive multiplayer online games. Scott holds an
MS degree in Computer Science and an MCSD certification. He lives
in Hagerstown, Maryland, with his wife Vicky, and sons Alex and
Christopher.
Ollie Cornes has been working with the Internet
and the Microsoft platform since the early 90''s. In 1999 he
co-founded a business-to-business Internet company and until
recently, was their Chief Technical Officer. Prior to that, his
various roles involved programming, technical authoring, network
management, writing, leading development projects, and consulting.
He has worked with Demon Internet, Microsoft, Saab, Tesco,
Travelstore, and Vodafone. Ollie has a degree in computer science
and is Microsoft certified.
Jay Glynn started developing software in the
late 1980''s, writing applications for the Pick operating system in
Pick BASIC. Since then he has created applications using Paradox
PAL and Object PAL, Delphi, Pascal, C/C++, Java, VBA, and Visual
Basic. Currently, Jay is a Project Coordinator and Architect for a
large insurance company based in Nashville TN. For the past five
years he has been developing software for pen-based computers and,
more recently, for ASP and server-based systems. When not sitting
in front of a keyboard, Jay is busy restoring a house in Franklin
TN, playing a round of golf whenever possible, and watching Disney
movies with his wife and three year old son. Jay can be reached at
jlsglynn@hotmail.com.
Zach Greenvoss is a Senior Consultant with
Magenic Technologies, a Microsoft Gold Certified Solution Provider
and industry leader in providing custom business solutions
utilizing the latest Microsoft technologies. He specializes in
middle-tier architecture and implementation, utilizing various
technologies including COM+, MSMQ, BizTalk, XML, and the .NET
Framework. Zach''s hobbies include traveling, caving, and playing
his new XBox. He can be reached at zachg@magenic.com.
Burton Harvey builds software that elegantly
fulfils users'' needs. An MCSD with fifteen years'' experience
using Microsoft development tools, Burt is adept at a multitude of
technologies including VB, COM, ASP, SQL, C#, C++, x86 assembler,
UML, WML, and the Palm OS. In 1998, Burt served as the founding
editor of an online journal of scientific research, Scientia . His
Master''s thesis, The Outlaw Method for Solving Multimodal
Functions with Parallel Genetic Algorithms , was presented at the
International Conference on Evolutionary Computation, and Burt has
spoken on C# at Wrox conferences in Las Vegas and Amsterdam.
Christian Nagel works as a trainer and
consultant for Global Knowledge, the largest independent
information technology training provider. Christian started his
computing career with PDP 11 and VAX/VMS platforms. Since then he
has used a variety of languages and platforms, including Pascal, C,
X-Windows, Motif, C++, Java, COM/ATL, COM+, and currently C# and
.NET. With his profound knowledge of Microsoft technologies - he''s
certified as Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), Solution Developer
(MCSD), and Systems Engineer (MCSE) - he enjoys teaching others
programming and architecting distributed solutions. As founder of
the .NET User Group Austria and as MSDN Regional Director he is
speaker at European conferences (TechEd, VCDC), and is contacted by
many developers for coaching, consulting, and teaching customized
courses and boot camps. You will find Christian''s web site at
http://christian.nagel.net/.
Morgan Skinner Started his computing at a
tender age on a ZX80 at school, where he was underwhelmed by some
code his teacher had put together and decided he could do better in
assembly language. After getting hooked on Z80 (much better than
those paltry three registers in 6502 land!) he graduated through
the school ZX81s to ZX Spectrum. He has used all sorts of languages
and platforms, including VAX Macro Assembler (way cool!), Pascal,
Modula2, Smalltalk, x86 assembly language, PowerBuilder, C/C++,
Visual Basic, and currently C#. He has managed to stay in the same
company for nearly 12 years, largely down to the diversity of the
job and a good working environment.
Karli Watson is an in-house author for Wrox
Press with a penchant for multicolored clothing. He started out
with the intention of becoming a world famous nanotechnologist, so
perhaps one day you might recognize his name as he receives a Nobel
Prize. For now, though, Karli''s computing interests include all
things mobile, and upcoming technologies such as C#. He can often
be found preaching about these technologies at conferences, as well
as after hours in drinking establishments. Karli is also a
snowboarding enthusiast, and wishes he had a cat.
Steve Danielson has been involved with
programming since being introduced to the TRS-80 Model I computer
in 1980 during the 6th grade, and began programming for Microsoft
Windows with the release of Visual Basic 3.0. He is currently the
Director of Architecture and Technology for Zeris Interactive,
where he develops distributed applications for Zeris'' clients
using the gamut of Microsoft DNA tools and technologies.
Steve is also a private pilot and flies his Zenair CH-701 kitplane
whenever he gets a chance. He lives with his family in Wake Forest,
NC, and can be reached at steve_danielson@hotmail.com.