About the Authors

Nick Randolph is currently the Chief Development Officer for N Squared Solutions, having recently left his role as lead developer at Intilecta Corporation where he was integrally involved in designing and building that firm's application framework.

After graduating with a combined Engineering (Information Technology)/Commerce degree, Nick went on to be nominated as a Microsoft MVP in recognition of his work with the Perth .NET user group and his focus on mobile devices. He is still an active contributor in the device application development space via his blog at http://community.softteq.com/blogs/nick/ and via the Professional Visual Studio web site, http://www.professionalvisualstudio.com/.

Over the past two years, Nick has been invited to present at a variety of events including Tech Ed Australia, MEDC, and Code Camp. He has also authored articles for MSDN Magazine (ANZ edition) and a book entitled Professional Visual Studio 2005, and has helped judge the 2004, 2005, and 2007 world finals for the Imagine Cup.

David Gardner is a seasoned.NET developer and the Chief Software Architect at Intilecta Corporation. David has an ongoing passion to produce well-designed, high-quality software products that engage and delight users. For the past decade and a bit, David has worked as a solutions architect, consultant, and developer, and has provided expertise to organizations in Australia, New Zealand, and Malaysia.

David is a regular speaker at the Perth .NET user group, and has presented at events including the .NET Framework Launch, TechEd Malaysia, and the Microsoft Executive Summit. He holds a Bachelor of Science (Computer Science) and is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer.

David regularly blogs about Visual Studio and .NET at http://www.professionalvisualstudio.com/, and maintains a personal web site at http://peaksite.com/.

Guest Authors

Miguel Madero

Miguel Madero is a Senior Developer with Readify Consulting in Australia. Miguel has architected different frameworks and solutions for disconnected mobile applications, ASP.NET, and Distributed Systems, worked with Software Factories, and trained other developers in the latest Microsoft technologies. Miguel was also the founder of DotNetLaguna, the .NET User Group in Torreón, Coahuila, México. In his spare time Miguel enjoys being with his beautiful fiancée, Carina, practicing rollerblading, and trying to surf at Sydney's beaches. You can find Miguel's blog at http://www.miguelmadero.com/.

Miguel wrote Chapters 54 through 58 of this book, covering Visual Studio Team Suite and Team Foundation Server.

Keyvan Nayyeri

Keyvan Nayyeri is a software architect and developer with a Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Mathematics. Keyvan's main focus is Microsoft development and related technologies. He has published articles on many well-known .NET online communities and is an active team leader and developer for several .NET open-source projects.

Keyvan is the author of Professional Visual Studio Extensibility and co-authored Professional Community Server, also published by Wrox Press. You can find his thoughts on .NET, Community Server and Technology at http://www.nayyeri.net/.

Keyvan was a guest author on this book, writing Chapters 51 through 53 on Visual Studio Automation.

Joel Pobar

Joel Pobar is a habituated software tinkerer originally from sunny Brisbane, Australia. Joel was a Program Manager on the .NET Common Language Runtime team, sharing his time between late-bound dynamic CLR features (Reflection, Code Generation), compiler teams, and the Shared Source CLI program (Rotor). These days, Joel is on sabbatical, exploring the machine learning and natural language processing worlds while consulting part-time for Microsoft Consulting Services. You can find Joel's recent writings at http://callvirt.net/blog/.

Joel lent his expertise to this book by authoring Chapter 15 on the Languages Ecosystem.