In his dual role as Editorial Director of CMP's Software Development Media Group and Editor-in-chief of Dr. Dobb's Journal, Jonathan Erickson has been at the forefront in tracking trends and innovation in the software development industry. In addition to solidifying Dr. Dobb's Journal's position as the publication of record for software development worldwide, Erickson pioneered Dr. Dobb's Journal's move into digital publishing, including CDs, DVDs, and the Internet. Thanks to Erickson's vision and efforts, Dr. Dobb's Journal is the world's leading voice of online technical content for software development. Prior to joining Dr. Dobb's Journal, Erickson was a senior technical editor for BYTE magazine. He is also the author of 10 books, ranging in topics from database management systems to portable computing.

Andrew Koenig's career in computing spans more than 35 years. He taught a programming course at Lowell Observatory in 1968, worked on a chess program in 1971, wrote a student-registration system in 1975, ported the Adventure game to C in 1977, wrote the first portable implementation of printf around 1980, designed and implemented a networked software-distribution system in 1983, wrote the first C++ associative-array library in 1986, and was a founding member of the C++ standards committee in 1989. He was project editor of the 1998 and 2003 C++ standards, and is author or coauthor of three books, three book chapters, and more than 160 magazine articles. He was a keynote speaker at the 10th international Python conference in 2002, along with Tim Berners-Lee. He has also written and directed a play, orchestrated a musical, written software to help remodel his kitchen, and learned to fly. He is a member of ACM (acm.org) the Folk Project, (folkproject.org), and the Early Music Players of New Jersey (earlymusicplayers.org).

Eric Bruno is a highly motivated, success-oriented computer scientist. He is highly skilled, educated, and experienced in the art and science of full life cycle, large-scale software architecture, design, and development. His accomplishments span client/server development, highly distributed development, multi-tiered web development, real-time development, and transactional software development. Mr. Bruno is highly proficient developing with C++, Java (J2SE and J2EE), XML, C#, and VB. All of the software he has worked on has had real-time, mission critical requirements. To meet these requirements, Mr. Bruno has studied and used object-oriented software design techniques using UML, and software architecture. Also, to meet these requirements, he has designed, built, and deployed software that uses enterprise messaging (JMS, TIBCO RV), COM, COM+, MTS, SQL, Web Services (WSDL, UDDI, SOAP), XML, Solaris, Windows, multi-threaded parallel processing, .Net, Tomcat, WebLogic, Sun ONE, and the Rational Unified Process.

Arnon Rotem-Gal-Oz is VP R&D of PaperLnx, a startup delivering solutions in the physical world connection realm. Arnon has more than 18 years of experience developing, managing and architecting very large and complex system using varied platforms and technologies.

John is Executive Editor/Special Projects for Dr. Dobb's Portal. Prior to joining Dr. Dobb's, John worked for several SDMG publications, including a stint as Editor in Chief of CMP's Windows Developer magazine. He has two tattoos.

Mark M. Baker is the Chief of Research & Development at BNA Software located in Washington, D.C. He can be reached at dotnetcast@sunburstsoftware.com.

Nik designs secure and efficient Enterprise and COTS data solutions in Washington, DC. His career includes database development/administration and data warehousing using vendor products from Sybase, Oracle, IBM, and Microsoft on a variety of platforms. You can reach him at niklas@hemdal.com.

Michael "The Braidy Tester" Hunter is a Test Technical Lead for Microsoft Expression. Despite having developed for twenty years and tested for ten he is still amazed that he gets paid to play all day. Michael publishes his other blog and other good stuff at http://www.thebraidytester.com

Udi Dahan is a Microsoft Solutions Architect MVP, a recognized .Net development expert, as well as the Chief IT Architect and C4ISR Product Line Manager at KorenTec. Udi is known as a primary authority on Service Oriented Architectures in Israel and consults on the architecture and design of large-scale, mission critical systems developed all over the country. His experience spans technologies related to Command & Control systems, Real Time applications, and high-availability Internet services.

Avo Reid has been managing and building commercial software companies for over 25 years, including small startups, IPO's and large organizations. He has been responsible for developing many market leading applications and directing their evolution in response to changes in technology. He is currently the Chief Technology Officer for a large media company in the Washington D.C. area.

Kevin is an executive editor for Dr. Dobb's Portal, and since 1994 has been editing copy for various high-tech magazines, including Dr. Dobb's Journal, The Perl Journal, and C/C++ Users' Journal. You can reach him at kcarlson@cmp.com.

Michael Swaine, Dr. Dobb's Journal's editor-at-large, is the coauthor with Paul Freiberger of Fire In the Valley, the definitive history of the making of the personal computer. He's written countless articles for publications ranging from MacUser magazine and InfoWorld to Dr. Dobb's Journal and Southern Exposure Magazine. His

In his dual role as Editorial Director of CMP's Software Development Media Group and Editor-in-chief of Dr. Dobb's Journal, Jonathan Erickson has been at the forefront in tracking trends and innovation in the software development industry. In addition to solidifying Dr. Dobb's Journal's position as the publication of record for software development worldwide, Erickson pioneered Dr. Dobb's Journal's move into digital publishing, including CDs, DVDs, and the Internet. Thanks to Erickson's vision and efforts, Dr. Dobb's Journal is the world's leading voice of online technical content for software development. Prior to joining Dr. Dobb's Journal, Erickson was a senior technical editor for BYTE magazine. He is also the author of 10 books, ranging in topics from database management systems to portable computing.