About the Technical Reviewers

Charles Cruz is a mobile application developer for the Android, iOS, and Windows Phone platforms. He graduated from Stanford University with B.S. and M.S. degrees in Engineering. He lives in Southern California and, when not doing technical things, plays lead guitar in an original metal band (www.taintedsociety.com) and a classic rock tribute band. Charles can be reached at [email protected] and @CodingNPicking on Twitter.

Shane Kirk earned his B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Kentucky in 2000. He's currently a software engineer for DeLorme, a mapping and GPS technology company based in Yarmouth, Maine, where he spends his days writing C++ and Java code for mobile and desktop applications. When Shane isn't coding, you'll usually find him making lots of noise with his guitar or lost in the pages of a good book.

Eric Neff is an experienced technical architect withmore than 14 years of overall experience in as a technical architect and senior software developer. He is an expert in full life-cycle application development, middle-ware, and n-tier application development, with specific expertise in Microsoft .NET application development. He specializes in object-oriented analysis and design in systems development with a focus on the scheduling of service personal or manufactured items and was instrumental in the design and implementation of data relation schemas for the lexicography industry. Eric was recently promoted to Director of Mobile Innovations at Kiefer Consulting,Inc, putting into practice several years of hobbyist development in the mobile space on iPhone, Android, and Windows Mobile. Eric is active in the local development community through his participation in the Sacramento Google Technology Group and as a board member of the Sacramento Dot Net User Group. He has given presentations on mobile web technologies, mobile development, and ASP.NET techniques.