Sessions and Speakers are subject to change without notice
Kashif Alam, Microsoft Kashif Alam joined Microsoft in 2001 and started as a Software engineer working on the Mobile Internet Toolkit, extending ASP.NET 1.0 to build a framework that could be used to build applications for PDAs and mobile phones. Recently he moved on to a Program Manager role on the UI Frameworks team and am currently responsible for the data stack in ASP.Net and “Atlas”. Kashif also works on supportability of previously shipped versions of ASP.NET.
Itzik Ben-Gan, Solid Quality Mentors Itzik Ben-Gan is a Mentor and Founder of Solid Quality Learning. A SQL Server Microsoft MVP (Most Valuable Professional) since 1999, Itzik has delivered numerous training events around the world focused on T-SQL Querying, Query Tuning and Programming. Itzik is the author of Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2005: T-SQL Querying (MSPress), Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2005: T-SQL Programming (MSPress), and a co-author of Advanced Transact-SQL for SQL Server 2000 (APress). He has written many articles for SQL Server Magazine as well as articles and whitepapers for MSDN.
Markus Egger, EPS Software Corporation Markus is the President and Chief Software Architect of EPS Software Corp., a custom software development and consulting firm located in Houston, Texas. He specializes in consulting for object-oriented development, Internet development, B2B, and Web services. Markus has written numerous articles for publications including CODE Magazine, asp.netPro Magazine, FoxPro Advisor, Fuchs, FoxTalk, and Microsoft Office & Database Journal. Markus is the publisher of Component Developer Magazine (CODE). He is the author of a book on advanced object-oriented programming. You can contact Markus via e-mail megger@eps-software.com or visit him online (http://www.epssoftware.com).
Dino Esposito, IDesign, Inc. An IDesign software architect and prolific author, Dino Esposito writes the Cutting Edge column for MSDN Magazine. Dino is also the author of two popular architecture books for Microsoft Press. They are "Microsoft .NET: Architecting Applications for the Enterprise" (2008) and "ASP.NET and AJAX: Architecting Web Applications" (2009). Get in touch at http://weblogs.asp.net/despos.
Bill Evjen, Reuters Bill Evjen is an active proponent of the .NET technologies and community-based learning initiatives for .NET. Bill is the founder and executive director of INETA (www.ineta.org), which represents almost 350,000 members worldwide. Based in St. Louis, Bill is a Technical Director for Reuters, the international news and financial services company and has written ten .NET books including ASP.NET 2.0 Beta Preview, ASP.NET Professional Secrets, XML Web Services for ASP.NET, and more.
Scott Guthrie, Microsoft Scott Guthrie is corporate vice president of Microsoft’s .NET Developer Division, where he runs the development teams responsible for delivering Microsoft Visual Studio developer tools and Microsoft .NET Framework technologies for building client and Web applications. A founding member of the .NET project, Guthrie has played a key role in the design and development of Visual Studio and the .NET Framework since 1999. Guthrie is also responsible for Microsoft’s web server platform and development tools teams. He has also more recently driven the development of Silverlight – a cross browser, cross platform plug-in for delivering next generation media experiences and rich internet applications for the web.
Today, Guthrie directly manages the development teams that build the Common Language Runtime (CLR), ASP.NET, Silverlight, Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), IIS, Commerce Server and the Visual Studio Tools for Web, Client and Silverlight development.
Guthrie graduated with a degree in computer science from Duke University.
Billy Hollis, Author Billy Hollis is co-author of the first book ever published on Visual Basic. NET, VB.NET Programming on the Public Beta, from Wrox Press, as well as numerous other books and articles on .NET. His most recent book is Fast Track Visual Basic .NET. He writes a monthly column for MSDN Online, and is heavily involved in training, consultation, and software development on the Microsoft .NET platform, focusing on smart-client development and commercial packages. He frequently speaks at industry conferences such as Microsoft’s Professional Developer Conference (PDC), TechEd, and Comdex. Billy is also a member of the INETA (International .NET Association of user groups) speaker’s bureau and speaks at user group meetings all over the country.
Alex Homer, Stonebroom Ltd. Alex began his love-hate relationship with computers in 1980 with the Altair and Sinclair Z80, while employed as a technical salesman with several manufacturing companies in the building industry. Since 1994, he has been working with and writing about various programming technologies–from databases to building Help systems. However with the growth of the Web, and particularly as ASP rapidly become a viable application platform, he has concentrated almost entirely on this topic. Alex has written or contributed to more than 30 books for Wrox Press, as well as producing articles for ASPToday. He has also spoken at several Wrox conferences on a range of topics, plus ASPDevCon and the Microsoft Professional Developer Conferences (PDC) and the VS.NET Europe conference. In what spare time is left, he runs his own software and consultancy company, Stonebroom Ltd. (www.stonebroom.com)
Rob Howard, Telligent Systems Rob Howard is a founder of Telligent Systems, Inc. Prior to founding »telligentsystems Rob was employed by the Microsoft Corporation where he was a member of the Microsoft .NET Framework 1.0, 1.1, and 2.0 team - specifically contributing to ASP.NET. Rob’s new company, »telligentsystems, is a solutions company specializing in building high-availability and high-scale software solutions. In addition, it also is building out a Knowledge Management product line whose first release is Community Server (see www.communityserver.org) which brings together and integrates some of the most powerful .NET solutions such as the Forums (used on forums.xbox.com) and .Text (used on blogs.msdn.com).
Omar Khan, Microsoft Bio not available.
Nickolas Landry, Infusion Development Corporation Nickolas Landry is a Principal Architect and Practice Manager in New York for Infusion Development, a Microsoft Gold Partner which offers quality software development services, developer training and consulting services for large corporations and agencies in the North America, the UK and Dubai (www.infusion.com). Known for his dynamic and engaging style, he is a frequent speaker at major software development conferences worldwide, a member of both the INETA and the MSDN Canada Speakers Bureaus, a Microsoft MVP on Device Application Development, and a former Microsoft Regional Director in Montreal. He is the Vice-President of IASA New York (www.iasahome.org), and is a Founding Member of WWISA (www.wwisa.org). His primary goal is to help businesses connect their information, systems, and people together in a seamless integration to achieve complete enterprise agility. Aside from his work in designing business solution architectures using .NET technologies, Nick provides mentoring services in architecture, design and .NET development, authors and teaches .NET classes, performs system audits, and profiles technologies for various enterprise scenarios. With over 17 years of professional experience – starting with Visual Basic 1.0 – and a career almost entirely dedicated to Microsoft technologies, Nick specializes in .NET mobility, Bing Maps, SOA, architecture & design patterns, High-Performance Computing (HPC), game development with XNA, and smart clients. He wrote multiple articles for CODE Magazine and several .NET mobility courses for Microsoft, has been a technical editor for many books, and holds several professional certifications from Microsoft and IBM. Contact and blog: http://home.infusionblogs.com/nlandry.
Julie Lerman, The Data Farm Julie Lerman is a Microsoft MVP, .NET mentor and consultant who lives in the hills of Vermont. You can find Julie presenting on data access and other Microsoft .NET topics at user groups and conferences around the world. Julie blogs at thedatafarm.com/blog, is the author of the highly acclaimed "Programming Entity Framework (with a second edition coming soon) and authors the MSDN Magazine "Data Points" column. Follow Julie on twitter at julielerman.
Michele Leroux Bustamante, IDesign, Inc. Michèle Leroux Bustamante is Chief Architect of IDesign Inc., Microsoft Regional Director for San Diego, and a Microsoft MVP for Connected Systems. At IDesign Michele provides training, mentoring and high-end architecture consulting services focusing on scalable and secure architecture design for .NET, web services, interoperability, federated security scenarios, CardSpace, and globalization architecture. Michele participates in Software Design Reviews for products in the Microsoft roadmap, including WCF, CardSpace and other security-focused products. During the Beta 1 phase Michele participated in prototyping elements of the CardSpace technology for the product team. She is a member of the International .NET Speakers Association (INETA), a frequent conference presenter, conference chair for SD West, and is frequently published in several major technology journals. Michele is also on the board of directors for IASA (International Association of Software Architects), and a Program Advisor and instructor for UCSD Extension. Her latest book is Learning WCF (O’Reilly 2007) – see her book blog here: http://thatindigogirl.com. Reach her at mlb@idesign.net, or visit www.idesign.net and her main blog at www.dasblonde.net.
Paul Litwin, Deep Training Paul Litwin is a developer specializing in ASP.NET, C#, SQL Server, SQL Server Reporting Services, and related technologies. Paul is a Programmer Manager with Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle. He is also the owner of Deep Training, a developer owned training company specializing in .NET developer training (www.deeptraining.com). Paul has authored a number of books and training courses on ASP.NET, SQL Server Reporting Services, and Micrsoft Access. Paul is the conference chair of Microsoft ASP.NET Connections, a Microsoft MVP, and a member of the INETA Speakers Bureau. He has spoken at a number of conferences and code camps, including Microsoft ASP.NET Connections, TechEd, and Seattle Code Camp.
Juval Lowy, IDesign, Inc. Juval Lowy is a software architect and the principal of IDesign (www.idesign.net), specializing in .NET 3.0 architecture consulting and advanced .NET 3.0 training. Juval is Microsoft’s Regional Director for the Silicon Valley, working with Microsoft on helping the industry adopt .NET 3.5. His latest book is Programming WCF Services 2nd Edition (O’Reilly 2008). Juval participates in the Microsoft internal design reviews for future versions of .NET and related technologies. Juval published numerous articles regarding almost every aspect of .NET development, and is a frequent presenter at development conferences. Microsoft recognized Juval as a Software Legend as one of the world’s top .NET experts and industry leaders.
Brian Noyes, IDesign, Inc. Brian is Chief Architect of IDesign, a Microsoft Regional Director, and Connected System MVP. He is a frequent top-rated speaker at conferences worldwide including Microsoft TechEd, DevConnections, DevTeach, and others. He is the author of Developing Applications with Windows Workflow Foundation, Smart Client Deployment with ClickOnce, and Data Binding in Windows Forms 2.0. Brian got started programming as a hobby while flying F-14 Tomcats in the U.S. Navy, later turning his passion for code into his current career. You can contact Brian through his blog at http://briannoyes.net.
Stefan Schackow, Microsoft Stefan is a Program Manager on the Web Platform and Tools Team at Microsoft working on the new application services stack in Whidbey. He owns the Membership, Role Manager, Profile, Personalization and Site Navigation features. He also works on features for the Microsoft ASP.NET hosting solution. Prior to joining the ASP.NET team, Stefan worked as application development consultant in MCS.
Keith Smith, Microsoft Keith joined Microsoft in 1998 as a software engineer on Visual J++ where he was responsible for the Windows Foundation Classes Dynamic HTML controls. Today he is a product manager for ASP.NET “Atlas” and Visual Web Developer. Keith’s ASP.NET involvement dates back to the first version where he was a member of the product development team responsible for the core Web & HTML controls, performance and stress. More recently, Keith led the team of engineers responsible for Visual Web Developer quality assurance. Following the release of Visual Studio 2005 and ASP.NET 2.0, Keith moved into his current product management role where he owns overall marketing strategy and execution of creative programs that drive adoption of Microsoft’s Web platform and development tools.
Steven Smith, ASP Smith Steven A. Smith runs developer communities ASPAlliance.com and DevAdvice.com, which provide Internet developers with resources they need to learn new techniques and solve problems quickly. Steve also founded a military community site, ArmyAdvice.org, in 2004 while serving in Iraq. Steve’s credentials include Microsoft ASP.NET MVP, ASPInsiders board member, and INETA Speaker Bureau member. Steve has authored two books on ASP.NET, the latest being the ASP.NET Developer’s Cookbook. He has spoken at DevConnections since fall of 2001. Steve lives in Ohio with his wife Michelle and daughter Ilyana.
Joe Stagner, Microsoft Joe Stagner is a senior program manager in Microsoft Corporation’s Developer Tools and Platform Group and has been with Microsoft since 2001 focusing on highly scalable and performant Web application architectures, multiplatform interoperability and software security. Stagner brings 30 years of technical and business strategy experience to Microsoft which affords him a unique experiential perspective.
Rick Strahl, West Wind Technologies Rick Strahl is the big Kahuna and janitor at West Wind Technologies on Maui, Hawaii. The company specializes in Web and distributed application development, develops several commercial and free tools, provides training and mentoring with focus on .NET, IIS and Visual Studio. Rick’s a C# Microsoft MVP, a frequent contributor to magazines and books, and a frequent speaker at developer conferences and user groups. He is also co-publisher of CoDe Magazine. For more information please visit his Weblog at http://www.west-wind.com/weblog/ or contact rick@west-wind.com.
Dave Sussman, Consultant, Ipona Ltd. Dave Sussman is an independent consultant, trainer and writer, who spends most of his time testing and writing about beta software, especially versions of ASP.NET. He has written or contributed to over 40 books for Wrox Press, APress, SAMS Publishing and Addison-Wesley, mostly on Internet and database topics. Dave has spoken at many conferences, including ASP Connections, ASPDevCon, Microsoft''s PDC, Tech-Ed, and VS-Live, and speaks regularly at local .NET user groups and meetings. Dave is a Microsoft MVP for ASP.NET, a member of the INETA Speakers Bureau, and a member of the ASP Insiders, a group of industry experts who advise the Microsoft ASP.NET development team.
Kimberly L. Tripp, SQLskills.com Kimberly Tripp and Paul Randal are a husband-and-wife team who own and run SQLskills.com, a world-renowned SQL Server consulting and training company. They are both SQL Server MVPs and Microsoft Regional Directors, with over 30 years of combined experience on SQL Server.
Kimberly worked on the SQL Server team in the early 1990s as a tester and writer before leaving to found SQLskills and embrace her passion for teaching and consulting. Kimberly has been a staple at worldwide conferences since she first presented at TechEd in 1996, and she blogs at SQLskills.com/blogs/Kimberly.
Kimberly and Paul have written Microsoft whitepapers and books for SQL Server 2000, 2005 and 2008, and are regular, top-rated presenters worldwide on database maintenance, high availability, disaster recovery, performance tuning, and SQL Server internals. Together they teach the SQL MCM certification and throughout Microsoft.
In their spare time they like to find frogfish in remote corners of the world.
Peter Vogel, PH V Information Services Peter Vogel (MBA, MCSD) is a principal in PH&V Information Services. PH&V provides consulting services in application development using .NET, specializing in ASP.NET, XML, object development, and relational database design. PH&V clients include Volvo, Christie Digital, the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, and Microsoft. Peter’s white papers appeared in the Visual Studio .NET and Office 2003 release package. He also did extensive work on XML in Office 2003. Peter is the ASP.NET columnist for Visual Studio Magazine and is author of Professional Web Parts and Custom Controls for ASP.NET 2.0 for Wrox. He also wrote The Visual Basic Object and Component Handbook (Prentice Hall), which has been called “The definitive guide to ‘thinking with objects’”. Peter is the editor of the leading newsletter for building database-driven applications and was the founding editor of the XML Developer newsletter. In addition to teaching for Learning Tree International, Peter wrote their ASP.NET and technical writing courses. His articles have appeared in every major magazine devoted to VB-based development and can be found in the Microsoft Developer Network libraries. Peter lives in Goderich, Ontario, Canada and presents at conferences all over the world, most recently at the Access National User Group Seminar in England where he was the keynote speaker.
Dan Wahlin, Wahlin Consulting Dan Wahlin (Microsoft Most Valuable Professional for ASP.NET and XML Web Services) is the president of Wahlin Consulting which specializes in .NET and SharePoint consulting and training solutions. Dan founded the XML for ASP.NET Developers Web site (http://www.xmlforasp.net), which focuses on using ASP.NET, XML, AJAX, Silverlight and Web Services in Microsoft’s .NET platform. He’s also on the INETA Speaker’s Bureau, speaks at conferences and user groups around the world and is recognized as a leading authority on .NET technologies. Dan has written several books on .NET including Professional Silverlight 2 Development, Professional ASP.NET 3.5 AJAX, ASP.NET 2.0 MVP Hacks and Tips, and XML for ASP.NET Developers. Dan’s blog is located at http://weblogs.asp.net/dwahlin.
Kashif Alam joined Microsoft in 2001 and started as a Software engineer working on the Mobile Internet Toolkit, extending ASP.NET 1.0 to build a framework that could be used to build applications for PDAs and mobile phones. Recently he moved on to a Program Manager role on the UI Frameworks team and am currently responsible for the data stack in ASP.Net and “Atlas”. Kashif also works on supportability of previously shipped versions of ASP.NET.
Itzik Ben-Gan is a Mentor and Founder of Solid Quality Learning. A SQL Server Microsoft MVP (Most Valuable Professional) since 1999, Itzik has delivered numerous training events around the world focused on T-SQL Querying, Query Tuning and Programming. Itzik is the author of Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2005: T-SQL Querying (MSPress), Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2005: T-SQL Programming (MSPress), and a co-author of Advanced Transact-SQL for SQL Server 2000 (APress). He has written many articles for SQL Server Magazine as well as articles and whitepapers for MSDN.
Markus is the President and Chief Software Architect of EPS Software Corp., a custom software development and consulting firm located in Houston, Texas. He specializes in consulting for object-oriented development, Internet development, B2B, and Web services. Markus has written numerous articles for publications including CODE Magazine, asp.netPro Magazine, FoxPro Advisor, Fuchs, FoxTalk, and Microsoft Office & Database Journal. Markus is the publisher of Component Developer Magazine (CODE). He is the author of a book on advanced object-oriented programming. You can contact Markus via e-mail 
An IDesign software architect and prolific author, Dino Esposito writes the Cutting Edge column for MSDN Magazine. Dino is also the author of two popular architecture books for Microsoft Press. They are "Microsoft .NET: Architecting Applications for the Enterprise" (2008) and "ASP.NET and AJAX: Architecting Web Applications" (2009). Get in touch at 
Bill Evjen is an active proponent of the .NET technologies and community-based learning initiatives for .NET. Bill is the founder and executive director of INETA (www.ineta.org), which represents almost 350,000 members worldwide. Based in St. Louis, Bill is a Technical Director for Reuters, the international news and financial services company and has written ten .NET books including ASP.NET 2.0 Beta Preview, ASP.NET Professional Secrets, XML Web Services for ASP.NET, and more.
Scott Guthrie is corporate vice president of Microsoft’s .NET Developer Division, where he runs the development teams responsible for delivering Microsoft Visual Studio developer tools and Microsoft .NET Framework technologies for building client and Web applications. A founding member of the .NET project, Guthrie has played a key role in the design and development of Visual Studio and the .NET Framework since 1999. Guthrie is also responsible for Microsoft’s web server platform and development tools teams. He has also more recently driven the development of Silverlight – a cross browser, cross platform plug-in for delivering next generation media experiences and rich internet applications for the web. 
Billy Hollis is co-author of the first book ever published on Visual Basic. NET, VB.NET Programming on the Public Beta, from Wrox Press, as well as numerous other books and articles on .NET. His most recent book is Fast Track Visual Basic .NET. He writes a monthly column for MSDN Online, and is heavily involved in training, consultation, and software development on the Microsoft .NET platform, focusing on smart-client development and commercial packages. He frequently speaks at industry conferences such as Microsoft’s Professional Developer Conference (PDC), TechEd, and Comdex. Billy is also a member of the INETA (International .NET Association of user groups) speaker’s bureau and speaks at user group meetings all over the country.
Alex began his love-hate relationship with computers in 1980 with the Altair and Sinclair Z80, while employed as a technical salesman with several manufacturing companies in the building industry. Since 1994, he has been working with and writing about various programming technologies–from databases to building Help systems. However with the growth of the Web, and particularly as ASP rapidly become a viable application platform, he has concentrated almost entirely on this topic. Alex has written or contributed to more than 30 books for Wrox Press, as well as producing articles for ASPToday. He has also spoken at several Wrox conferences on a range of topics, plus ASPDevCon and the Microsoft Professional Developer Conferences (PDC) and the VS.NET Europe conference. In what spare time is left, he runs his own software and consultancy company, Stonebroom Ltd. (www.stonebroom.com)
Rob Howard is a founder of Telligent Systems, Inc. Prior to founding »telligentsystems Rob was employed by the Microsoft Corporation where he was a member of the Microsoft .NET Framework 1.0, 1.1, and 2.0 team - specifically contributing to ASP.NET. Rob’s new company, »telligentsystems, is a solutions company specializing in building high-availability and high-scale software solutions. In addition, it also is building out a Knowledge Management product line whose first release is Community Server (see www.communityserver.org) which brings together and integrates some of the most powerful .NET solutions such as the Forums (used on forums.xbox.com) and .Text (used on blogs.msdn.com).
Bio not available.
Nickolas Landry is a Principal Architect and Practice Manager in New York for Infusion Development, a Microsoft Gold Partner which offers quality software development services, developer training and consulting services for large corporations and agencies in the North America, the UK and Dubai (
Julie Lerman is a Microsoft MVP, .NET mentor and consultant who lives in the hills of Vermont. You can find Julie presenting on data access and other Microsoft .NET topics at user groups and conferences around the world. Julie blogs at 
Michèle Leroux Bustamante is Chief Architect of IDesign Inc., Microsoft Regional Director for San Diego, and a Microsoft MVP for Connected Systems. At IDesign Michele provides training, mentoring and high-end architecture consulting services focusing on scalable and secure architecture design for .NET, web services, interoperability, federated security scenarios, CardSpace, and globalization architecture. Michele participates in Software Design Reviews for products in the Microsoft roadmap, including WCF, CardSpace and other security-focused products. During the Beta 1 phase Michele participated in prototyping elements of the CardSpace technology for the product team. She is a member of the International .NET Speakers Association (INETA), a frequent conference presenter, conference chair for SD West, and is frequently published in several major technology journals. Michele is also on the board of directors for IASA (International Association of Software Architects), and a Program Advisor and instructor for UCSD Extension. Her latest book is Learning WCF (O’Reilly 2007) – see her book blog here: 
Paul Litwin is a developer specializing in ASP.NET, C#, SQL Server, SQL Server Reporting Services, and related technologies. Paul is a Programmer Manager with Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle. He is also the owner of Deep Training, a developer owned training company specializing in .NET developer training (
Juval Lowy is a software architect and the principal of IDesign (
Brian is Chief Architect of IDesign, a Microsoft Regional Director, and Connected System MVP. He is a frequent top-rated speaker at conferences worldwide including Microsoft TechEd, DevConnections, DevTeach, and others. He is the author of Developing Applications with Windows Workflow Foundation, Smart Client Deployment with ClickOnce, and Data Binding in Windows Forms 2.0. Brian got started programming as a hobby while flying F-14 Tomcats in the U.S. Navy, later turning his passion for code into his current career. You can contact Brian through his blog at 
Stefan is a Program Manager on the Web Platform and Tools Team at Microsoft working on the new application services stack in Whidbey. He owns the Membership, Role Manager, Profile, Personalization and Site Navigation features. He also works on features for the Microsoft ASP.NET hosting solution. Prior to joining the ASP.NET team, Stefan worked as application development consultant in MCS.
Keith joined Microsoft in 1998 as a software engineer on Visual J++ where he was responsible for the Windows Foundation Classes Dynamic HTML controls. Today he is a product manager for ASP.NET “Atlas” and Visual Web Developer. Keith’s ASP.NET involvement dates back to the first version where he was a member of the product development team responsible for the core Web & HTML controls, performance and stress. More recently, Keith led the team of engineers responsible for Visual Web Developer quality assurance. Following the release of Visual Studio 2005 and ASP.NET 2.0, Keith moved into his current product management role where he owns overall marketing strategy and execution of creative programs that drive adoption of Microsoft’s Web platform and development tools.
Steven A. Smith runs developer communities ASPAlliance.com and DevAdvice.com, which provide Internet developers with resources they need to learn new techniques and solve problems quickly. Steve also founded a military community site, ArmyAdvice.org, in 2004 while serving in Iraq. Steve’s credentials include Microsoft ASP.NET MVP, ASPInsiders board member, and INETA Speaker Bureau member. Steve has authored two books on ASP.NET, the latest being the ASP.NET Developer’s Cookbook. He has spoken at DevConnections since fall of 2001. Steve lives in Ohio with his wife Michelle and daughter Ilyana.
Joe Stagner is a senior program manager in Microsoft Corporation’s Developer Tools and Platform Group and has been with Microsoft since 2001 focusing on highly scalable and performant Web application architectures, multiplatform interoperability and software security. Stagner brings 30 years of technical and business strategy experience to Microsoft which affords him a unique experiential perspective.
Rick Strahl is the big Kahuna and janitor at West Wind Technologies on Maui, Hawaii. The company specializes in Web and distributed application development, develops several commercial and free tools, provides training and mentoring with focus on .NET, IIS and Visual Studio. Rick’s a C# Microsoft MVP, a frequent contributor to magazines and books, and a frequent speaker at developer conferences and user groups. He is also co-publisher of CoDe Magazine. For more information please visit his Weblog at 
Dave Sussman is an independent consultant, trainer and writer, who spends most of his time testing and writing about beta software, especially versions of ASP.NET. He has written or contributed to over 40 books for Wrox Press, APress, SAMS Publishing and Addison-Wesley, mostly on Internet and database topics. Dave has spoken at many conferences, including ASP Connections, ASPDevCon, Microsoft''s PDC, Tech-Ed, and VS-Live, and speaks regularly at local .NET user groups and meetings. Dave is a Microsoft MVP for ASP.NET, a member of the INETA Speakers Bureau, and a member of the ASP Insiders, a group of industry experts who advise the Microsoft ASP.NET development team.
Kimberly Tripp and Paul Randal are a husband-and-wife team who own and run SQLskills.com, a world-renowned SQL Server consulting and training company. They are both SQL Server MVPs and Microsoft Regional Directors, with over 30 years of combined experience on SQL Server. 
Peter Vogel (MBA, MCSD) is a principal in PH&V Information Services. PH&V provides consulting services in application development using .NET, specializing in ASP.NET, XML, object development, and relational database design. PH&V clients include Volvo, Christie Digital, the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, and Microsoft. Peter’s white papers appeared in the Visual Studio .NET and Office 2003 release package. He also did extensive work on XML in Office 2003. Peter is the ASP.NET columnist for Visual Studio Magazine and is author of Professional Web Parts and Custom Controls for ASP.NET 2.0 for Wrox. He also wrote The Visual Basic Object and Component Handbook (Prentice Hall), which has been called “The definitive guide to ‘thinking with objects’”. Peter is the editor of the leading newsletter for building database-driven applications and was the founding editor of the XML Developer newsletter. In addition to teaching for Learning Tree International, Peter wrote their ASP.NET and technical writing courses. His articles have appeared in every major magazine devoted to VB-based development and can be found in the Microsoft Developer Network libraries. Peter lives in Goderich, Ontario, Canada and presents at conferences all over the world, most recently at the Access National User Group Seminar in England where he was the keynote speaker.
Dan Wahlin (Microsoft Most Valuable Professional for ASP.NET and XML Web Services) is the president of Wahlin Consulting which specializes in .NET and SharePoint consulting and training solutions. Dan founded the XML for ASP.NET Developers Web site (