Tom Barnaby
Tom Barnaby is an instructor and architect at Intertech, an enterprise developer training firm. He is the author of several Apress books including Distributed .NET Programming in C#, Distributed .NET Programming in VB .NET, and a co-author of a forthcoming book titled .NET Attributes. With Intertech, Tom has developed courses on Visual Basic .NET, C#, and distributed .NET programming and delivered training for organizations such as Lockheed Martin, 3M, and Microsoft.

Andrew Brust
Andrew Brust is the President of Progressive Systems Consulting, New York. Progressive specializes in developing and training developers for client/server and other custom database applications. Andrew's industry experience includes banking, government agencies, small business, and non-profit organizations.

Andy Catlin
Andy Catlin is Chief Software Architect at Citigate Hudson, a Manhattan-based software development firm. He has worked with his global customers to help them tackle their thorniest OLAP challenges. Andy helped Microsoft to develop its OLAP curriculum and has taught OLAP to over one thousand developers from all over the world.

Michiel de Bruijn
Michiel is the principal of X42 Development and Consultancy, which has offices in Rotterdam, The Netherlands as well as in San Diego, California. He has worked with Visual Basic, Active Server Pages, Java and related technologies since their very first incarnations, and is a frequent contributor to various industry magazines. Since the release of the first preview version of Microsoft’s .NET, Michiel has spent a lot of time getting up to speed with this exciting new platform, and is currently involved in several projects deploying robust .NET web services.

Gert Drapers
Currently, Gert working as a Software Architect developing a new transactional programming model for the .NET Frameworks; when he is not working he is helping the SQL Server community and publishing tools and articles on http://SQLDev.Net

G. Andrew Duthie
G. Andrew Duthie is the founder and Principal of Graymad Enterprises, Inc., providing consulting and training in Web and eCommerce development. In addition to his work as a consultant and architect, Andrew has spoken at numerous industry conferences since 1998. He is the author of ASP.NET Step By Step, (Microsoft Press), and ASP.NET in a Nutshell(O'Reilly and Associates). Andrew has also written for magazines including MSDN Magazine, SQL Server Magazine, and aspnetPRO. You can reach Andrew by email at andrew@graymad.com.

Bill Evjen
Bill Evjen, a Technical Director for Reuters, is not only the President of the St. Louis .NET User Group (www.stlnet.org) but is also the Founder and Executive Director of the International .NET Association, also known as INETA (www.ineta.org), which represents more than 95,000 members worldwide. He is an acclaimed author and speaker on ASP.NET and XML Web services. Bill has written such books as the Visual Basic .NET Bible, XML Web Services for ASP.NET, Web Services Enhancements: Understanding the WSE for .NET Enterprise Applications, and ASP.NET Professional Secrets.

Bryon Fevens
Bryon Fevens has extensive experience in architecting winning software systems for the Telecom and systems networking world, spending the last 17 years in developing software solutions for global customers.  Bryon is currently a senior corporate technologist providing engineering liaison management for the software development organizations of NetManage, a provider of host access and integration products for enterprise environments.

Josef Finsel
Josef Finsel is a software developer specializing in .NET and SQL Serve with Avanade, the premier global technology integrator for Microsoft solutions in the enterprise. He is the Q&A columnist for the biweekly aspnetNOW newsletter and has published a number of VB, .NET and SQL Server-related articles. When he isn’t hanging around computer forums he can be found working on his own take on Shakespeare’s classics. He’s also author of The Handbook for Reluctant Database Administrators (ISBN 1893115909).

Ken Getz
Ken Getz is a senior consultant with MCW Technologies and splits his time between programming, writing, and training. Ken has written many technical books, including ASP.NET Developer's Jumpstart with Paul D. Sheriff, and is co-author of several best selling books, including the Access 2002 Developer's Handbooks and VBA Developer's Handbook. He co-wrote and recorded for video training several courses for Application Developer's Training Company (AppDev), including ADO.NET, VB .NET, ASP.NET, Access 2000 and 97, and VB6 seminars. You can reach Ken at keng@mcwtech.com, www.mcwtech.com, or at www.developershandbook.com.

Jackie Goldstein
Jackie Goldstein has achieved national and international recognition for expertise in Windows development in general and Visual Basic and distributed applications in particular. He has 20 years of experience developing and managing software projects - half of that time in the US. Over the years Jackie has been involved in a wide variety of projects, including commercial software products database applications, assisting companies to transition to client/server architectures, multi-media applications, and consulting.

Richard Grimes
Richard Grimes is a consultant and author specializing in hardcore Microsoft technologies. He is a frequent contributor to industry magazines. Richard speaks at many conferences worldwide and is a .NET MVP.

David Gugick
David Gugick, the president of Intrinsic Design, Inc., a software company dedicated to writing database analysis software for Microsoft SQL Server, designed applications and databases for both the Sybase and Microsoft flavors of SQL Server 4.2. David authored Developing SQL Windows Applications, teaching how to master the development techniques used by SQLWindows experts.

Richard Hale Shaw
Richard Hale Shaw is the founder of the Richard Hale Shaw Group, which has consulted and trained software developers since 1993. He's created and chaired numerous technical conferences, including C# Live!, part of the VSLive! conference series. An articulate writer and speaker on topics dear to the hearts of software developers and an outspoken critic of broken devtools, Richard specializes in consulting and training on .NET programming in C# and COM/+ programming in C++. You can reach him at www.RichardHaleShawGroup.com.

Scott Hanselman
Scott Hanselman, the Chief Architect at the Corillian Corporation, is an eFinance enabler with over a decade of experience developing software in C, C++, VB, COM, and recently in VB.NET and C#. Scott has been appointed the MSDN Regional Director for Portland, OR for the last three years, developing content for, and speaking at Developer Days and the Visual Studio.NET Launch in both Portland and Seattle. Scott has spoken in numerous conferences and was in the top 5% of audience-rated speakers at TechEd 2003 in Dallas. Scott co-authored two books from Wrox Press and participates in a number of Working Groups with the Web Service Interoperability Organization (WS-I).

Jeffrey Hasan
Jeffrey Hasan is a technical architect and software developer specializing in Microsoft technologies at InfoQuest Systems (http://www.infoquest.tv), a leading provider of business intelligence applications and services for the telecommunications and broadband industries. Jeff’s primary expertise is in .NET enterprise application development, with a special focus on developing enterprise Web applications using ASP.NET. At InfoQuest he has developed an ASP.NET application that provides data management and reporting capability for the cable television industry. This production application includes secured XML Web Services and Web-based OLAP reporting on an Analysis Services data warehouse. Jeff’s past experience includes developing Web front-end applications that integrate with mainframe hosts. He has developed integrated applications for Verizon Communications, Sony, and PNC Bank.

Rod Hoffman
Rod Hoffman has over 25 years experience in the technology industry, serving in network design, systems engineering, and leading edge software product design positions.  With a history of delivering several different software solution products to customers needing to leverage host-based business critical data, Rod now manages the long-standing business and technology partnerships between NetManage and Microsoft. 

Billy Hollis
Billy Hollis is an author and software developer from Nashville, Tennessee. Billy is co-author of the first book ever published on Visual Basic .NET, VB .NET Programming on the Public Beta. He has written many articles, and is a frequent speaker at conferences. He is the Regional Director of Developer Relations in Nashville for Microsoft, and runs a consulting company focusing on Microsoft .NET.

Josh Holmes
Josh Holmes has been a software developer and trainer for 8 years, and provides training and mentoring services to software developers in the areas of XML, C++, VB, Enterprise Application Design and Windows DNA. He's done extensive work with XML in both Internet and Client-Server applications. Among his recent development projects, he wrote an XML/COM-based client architecture for a user-driven and configurable UI: each of the components available to client was read in from an XML stream and used to generate a UI and menus based on the client’s requests and login ID. He also wrote an XML-based reporting system that delivered reports to hybrid clients.

Ron Jacobs
Ron Jacobs is a Product Manager for Microsoft’s Patterns & Practices group http://msdn.microsoft.com/practices Ron’s primary area of focus is Enterprise scale distributed application development. He brings over 15 years of development experience to his new role of capturing, proving and documenting the best practices of enterprise scale development.

Don Kiely
Don Kiely is Senior Information Architect for Third Sector Technologies in Fairbanks, Alaska, which develops desktop and Web applications integrating databases, XML, and related technologies. Don has authored and co-authored several programming books, has written articles for VBPJ, XML Magazine, and others. Don is a VB, XML, and SQL Server instructor for AppDev, and speaks regularly at industry conferences.

Rockford Lhotka
Rockford Lhotka is the author of 'Expert One-on-One Visual Basic .NET Business Objects' from Apress. He is a regular columnist for MSDN Online and contributing author for Visual Studio Magazine and he speaks at major conferences around the world. Rockford is the Principal Technology Evangelist for Magenic Technologies, one of the nation's premiere Microsoft Gold Certified Partners.

Juval Lowy
Juval Lowy is a software architect and the principal of IDesign (www.idesign.net). He is a Microsoft Regional Director for the Silicon Valley, working with Microsoft on helping the industry adopt .NET. His latest book, Programming .NET Components by O'Reilly, is dedicated to component-oriented programming and design. Juval participates in the Microsoft internal design reviews for future versions of .NET, publishes numerous articles regarding almost every aspect of .NET development, and is a frequent presenter at development conferences. Microsoft recognized Juval as a Software Legend.

Jimmy Nilsson
Jimmy Nilsson is the owner of the Swedish consulting company JNSK AB. He has been working with system development for more than thirteen years. He has written numerous technical articles and is the author of .NET Enterprise Design with Visual Basic .NET and SQL Server 2000.

Johnny Papa
Johnny Papa is the VP of IT at MJM Investigations, a leading private investigation firm in Raleigh, NC. Johnny can regularly be found speaking at high-tech events such as VSLive! He has also published several technical books, including Professional ADO RDS 2.5 with ASP 3.0, on how to implement leading-edge technologies. You can reach him at john@lancelotweb.com.

Robert Patton
Robert A. Patton (MCDBA, MCSD, MCSE+I, MCP+I) is a Senior Consultant for Optimum Technology, the leading public sector technology services company in Ohio, specializing in Microsoft Windows DNA and .NET development. He is a frequent speaker at SQLive! and SQLtotheMax and has authored and edited several books, including SQL Server 2000.Net. You may reach Robert at Robert.Patton@Excelleration.com.

Keith Pleas
Keith is one of the founders of Guided Design and has worked for more than two years on the team developing the .NET Framework and Visual Studio .NET. Keith is an internationally known writer and speaker and is the Editorial Chair for VSLive! He is also a contributing editor to Visual Studio Magazine, has developed Microsoft Professional Certification Exams. Keith also serves as an advisor to the INETA board and is the liaison for the INETA Speakers Bureau.

Brian Randell
Brian A. Randell teaches Microsoft .NET curriculum using Visual Basic .NET and C# for DevelopMentor. When not teaching, Brian works as a Senior Consultant with MCW Technologies , a Microsoft Certified Partner, specializing in custom application development with Microsoft .NET, SQL Server, and the Microsoft Office family of products. Contact him at brianr@develop.com.

Jon Rauschenberger
Jon Rauschenberger is a partner and the Director of Technology at Clarity, a Chicago-based information technology consulting firm and Microsoft Solution Provider. Jon is a frequent conference speaker and author, and as a member of Microsoft's Strategic Design Review committee, helps the Microsoft Visual Studio and platform groups formulate their products' future.

Kimberly Tripp
Since 1995, Kimberly has worked as a Speaker, Writer, Trainer and Consultant for her own company SYSolutions, Inc. and in 2002 joined 6 other SQL Server specialists to form Solid Quality Learning, a high-end training and consulting firm with more than 100 years of combined database expertise. Kimberly was a technical contributor for the SQL Server 2000 Resource Kit and recently co-authored the MSPress title SQL Server 2000 High Availability. Additionally, Kimberly works closely with Microsoft to provide new and interesting technical resources including the SQL Server 2000 High Availability Overview DVD – featuring more than 9 hours of in-depth technical content, demos and peer chats with MVPs. Currently, Kimberly is working to help create Yukon content including labs and whitepapers.

Andrew Troelson
Andrew Troelsen is an Intertech partner and Vice President of Training and Technology. With Intertech, Andrew teaches and mentors leading organizations in America on .NET including NASA, Microsoft, Honeywell, and The Mayo Clinic. Prior to joining Intertech, Andrew was a senior programmer working on cross-platform game and multimedia titles for Mattel (then Minnesota Educational Computing Corporation--MECC) and Thomson Learning (West Group). Andrew is the international best-selling author of C# and the .NET Platform.

Andy Wigley
Andy Wigley is a Principal Technologist at U.K. technical authoring company Content Master, focusing on mobile technologies. He is an expert in the use of the Microsoft .NET Framework in mobile solutions. He is the co-author of Building .NET Applications for Mobile Devices (Microsoft Press - published February 2002), and is lead author of the .NET Compact Framework Developer’s Reference (Microsoft Press - published November 2002).

Shawn Wildermuth
Shawn Wildermuth is the editor of ONDotnet.com. He is also the founder of ADOGuy.com and has been building data-driven software for more than sixteen years. Shawn has spent most of those years developing database applications in the varied fields of accounting, real estate, Internet, and medicine. He is the author of "Pragmatic ADO.NET" for Addison-Wesley. His articles can be found in several journals, including MSDN and Windows 2000 Magazines.