About the Author

Harold Davis is a strategic technology consultant, hands-on programmer, and the author of many well-known books, including Google Advertising Tools (http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/buildinggoogle/index.html), from O’Reilly Media. He is a popular speaker at trade shows and conventions, giving presentations on topics ranging from digital photography, wireless networking, web services, and programming methodologies.

Harold has served as a technology consultant for many important businesses, including investment funds, technology companies, and Fortune 500 corporations. In recent years, he has been Vice President of Strategic Development at YellowGiant Corporation, a company providing infrastructure for Internet marketing, Chief Technology Officer at a CRM analytics startup, a Technical Director at Vignette Corporation, a leader in customer-centric content management, and a Principal in the enterprise consulting practice at Informix Software.

He has earned a Bachelors Degree in Computer Science and Mathematics from New York University and a Juris Doctorate from Rutgers Law School, where he was a member of the law review.