Joe Mayo started his software development career in 1986, working on an RCA Spectrum 70 mainframe computer, programming in assembly language where input was via Hollerith card, output was a line printer, and the debugging experience was a light panel where you had to push buttons to load registers and step through commands. Since then, Joe has worked with various mini-computers, workstations, and PCs. The operating systems he’s worked on include proprietary, UNIX-based, MS-DOS, and Windows. Besides assembly and dozens of scripting languages, Joe has worked professionally with C, C++, VBA, Visual C++, Forte Tool, Java, VB.NET, and C#. In addition to software engineering, he has worked in many positions, including team lead, supervisor, manager (even running a 24×7 computer operations center with over 50 people). Today, Joe runs his own company, Mayo Software, providing custom software development services and specializing in Microsoft .NET technology. He is the author of LINQ Programming (McGraw-Hill Professional, 2008) and other books. Joe is also the recipient of multiple Microsoft MVP awards. You can follow Joe on Twitter: @JoeMayo.
About the Technical Editor
Roy Ogborn has worn almost every hat one time or another during his interesting and continuing career in the Information Technology field. He was systems manager and developer for Texaco Europe Research, Inc., in Moscow, USSR, during the attempted coup. Back in the United States, he has designed and implemented a GIS system for managing oil and gas wells and leases, and has architected and implemented an enterprise workflow system that managed the business process of taking wells from conception to completion. He architected a system for Forest Oil in Denver that linked disparate accounting, lease management, and production tracking systems for business intelligence for senior executives’ daily and strategic decisions. Recently he architected and designed a SharePoint-, Silverlight-, and CSLA-based greenhouse gas emissions evaluation, prediction, and decision tool for a multinational environmental engineering firm using the new Visual Studio 2010 Architecture Edition tools. Roy is an independent software architect consultant in the Denver Metro Area specializing in custom solutions that leverage SharePoint. In January 2010 he presented SharePoint 2010 for Developers at the Denver Visual Studio .NET User Group.