Daniel Read is Senior Developer at Compass, Inc. in Atlanta, GA, where he and fellow team members build IIS/ASP/VB/MTS e-commerce web sites, as well as client/server and distributed systems. Daniel sometimes longs for his simpler, statically linked days as an X-Base developer and DOS command line junkie, but today enjoys the power afforded by the arsenal of Microsoft's Windows DNA tools and technologies. His other interests include camping, crime fiction, listening to music of all sorts, and going to as many concerts as he can. He's not: sure if co-authoring a programming book will help him meet the woman of his dreams, but it sure would be nice.
Carsten Thomsen is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer, who started programming in Visual Basic back in 1993, when it was version 3.0. Presently he is pursuing Microsoft Certified Systems Developer certification and was recently awarded the MVP title for his contributions to the Microsoft Visual Basic newgroups. For the last 4 years he has been developing 2-tier and 3-tier client/server solutions based on MS SQL Server, MTS and MSMQ but has more recently been moving towards browser-based development, based on MS IIS, using ASP/VBScript, COM/ActiveX components and Visual Basic WebClasses.
In whatever spare time he has, he enjoys traveling and spending time with his two daughters, Nicole and Caroline, and his girlfriend Mia. He works out at a local gym and (at spectator-level) enjoys ice hockey and soccer. He is generally considered a computer freak, and spends too much time at the computer.
Piotr Prussak works for ACEN in Buffalo, NY as a developer (although he is originally from Poland). He creates ASP, VBandjava Applications for the company and its clients. He also spends some time working with the SQL server and ColdFusion, probably more than he should. When he's not programming and mentoring, he either writes stuff, or edits stuff written by others. Sometimes he sleeps, eats and relaxes like any other human being. In a past life he used to be a photographer, but that was just too relaxing.
Piotr (or Peter, as some might call him) is married to lovelyJoanne, who is an MIS student at a local University. Sometimes they travel all over the world and are disconnected from the world of computers and 24 hour Nws.
Brian Matsik is the President and Senior Consultant at OOCS in Charlotte, NC. He is MCSD certified and has been working with Visual Basic, VBScript, and VBA for over six years. He currently specializes in ASP, SQL Server, and VB COM. Brian can be reached at brianmat@oocs. com.
Brian would like to thank Tracy for her support, Mike Dunner for keeping him on his toes when it comes to ADO and MTS, and Mark Harris for taking care of the books while he stays glued to the PC.
After an initial start as a Visual Basic applications programmer, Paul Wilton found himself pulled into the net and has spent the last 18 months helping create internet and intranet solutions. Currently he is developing web-based systems, primarily using Visual Basic 6 and SQL Server 7, along with numerous other technologies.
Paul would like to wish lots of love to his fianc6e Catherine, who ensures his sanity chip remains plugged in.
Antonio De Donatis (adedona t is @yahoo. com) began programming in 1984, using a mixture of Basic and assembler on a Commodore 64. Since then, he has designed software the object-oriented way, employing more programming languages and technologies than he can count. He finds programming to be one of the best activities to exercise creativity and to be intellectually active. He has worked for many of the major firms in IT either as employee or as freelance. His current interests include all the technologies involved in the design and implementation of ecommerce solutions. Antonio holds a BS degree in Computer Science from Pisa University (Italy) and he is a Microsoft Certified Professional.
Susanne Clark has worked with the latest internet technologies, including DHTML, XML, XSL, IE5 programming and scripting, and has contributed chapters on these subjects to the recently published Professional Visual InterDev 6 Programming from Wrox Press. She is currently working as a user interfaces developer in Seattle, USA. When not dealing with computers, she enjoys spending time with her cats, and reading mystery books. Susanne would like to thank Luca for all of his patience and help. Ti amo.
