Panel Bios
Kathleen Dollard has been developing business applications for over 20 years, programming in Visual Basic for almost ten years, and working with .NET since the early betas. As an independent consultant, she has had the opportunity to work in a variety of domains, including the finance and justice sectors. Kathleen has worked extensively with application code generation and is the author of Code Generation in Microsoft .NET (Apress). Kathleen is also a long time Microsoft MVP, president of the Northern Colorado .NET SIG, and is an active member of the Denver Visual Studio User Group.
Billy Hollis is the author or co-author of a number of books on .NET, including the first book ever published on Visual Basic. NET. Billy is a Microsoft Regional Director and MVP, and was selected as a .NET Software Legend in 2002. Billy has his own consulting practice for training, consultation, and software development on the Microsoft .NET platform, focusing on .NET architecture and design, advanced smart-client systems, Tablet PC, and commercial packages.
Rockford Lhotka is the author of several books, including Expert VB and C# 2005 Business Objects and related CSLA .NET framework. He is a Microsoft Regional Director, MVP and INETA speaker. Rockford is the Principal Technology Evangelist for Magenic (www.magenic.com), a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner.
William (Bill) Vaughn is an industry-recognized author, mentor and subject-matter expert on Visual Studio, SQL Server, Reporting Services and data access interfaces. He's written six editions of the Hitchhiker's Guide to Visual Basic and SQL Server. He and Peter Blackburn also wrote the best-selling and critically acclaimed Hitchhiker's Guide to SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services.
Scott Swigart spends his time consulting, authoring, and speaking about converging and emerging technologies. With development experience, going back over 15 years, and by staying in constant contact with future software development technologies, Scott is able to helps organizations get the most out of today's technology, while preparing to leverage the technology of tomorrow. Scott is also the author of several .NET books, a certified Microsoft trainer (MCT) and developer (MCSD), and a Microsoft MVP. Feel free to contact the Scott at [email protected].
