Hans B. Sparbel

Hans Sparbel is a Licensed Vocational Networking Trainer by the State of California. He has been in this position since 1999. He is also a computer science educator, adjunct college professor, and guest speaker. Hans is certified in multiple computer programs, including MCSE in Windows 2000 and NT 4.0, MCT, MCP + Internet, Microsoft Office applications, Linux and Novell Administration, Hubbell Wiring, and A+ Hardware Technician. Hans also has one year of experience as a technical school director overseas. Lastly, Hans is an experienced supervisor, planner, analytical evaluator, and published technical writer.

Hans has a variety of educational backgrounds: music composition in Germany, vocational nursing with the military, educational degrees in vocational education and sociology at the master's level and many computer certifications. In his spare time, Hans plays piano, writes music, and is continuing his education in the medical field.

What's fascinating about this author is his uniquely positive and helpful attitude about nearly every aspect of life. I have heard him say on more than one occasion to students and friends alike, "The more you do, the more you can do." His belief that "With God all things are possible" is a proven testimony throughout his life.

It's hard to imagine that someone who escaped from East Germany without a cent could have accomplished so many things.

Comments from Esther, his loving wife.

Hans B. Sparbel

Hans Sparbel is a Licensed Vocational Networking Trainer by the State of California. He has been in this position since 1999. He is also a computer science educator, adjunct college professor, and guest speaker. Hans is certified in multiple computer programs, including MCSE in Windows 2000 and NT 4.0, MCT, MCP + Internet, Microsoft Office applications, Linux and Novell Administration, Hubbell Wiring, and A+ Hardware Technician. Hans also has one year of experience as a technical school director overseas. Lastly, Hans is an experienced supervisor, planner, analytical evaluator, and published technical writer.

Hans has a variety of educational backgrounds: music composition in Germany, vocational nursing with the military, educational degrees in vocational education and sociology at the master's level and many computer certifications. In his spare time, Hans plays piano, writes music, and is continuing his education in the medical field.

What's fascinating about this author is his uniquely positive and helpful attitude about nearly every aspect of life. I have heard him say on more than one occasion to students and friends alike, "The more you do, the more you can do." His belief that "With God all things are possible" is a proven testimony throughout his life.

It's hard to imagine that someone who escaped from East Germany without a cent could have accomplished so many things.

Comments from Esther, his loving wife.

Ed Tittel

Dan Balter is the Chief Technology Officer for InfoTechnology Partners, Inc., a Microsoft Certified Partner company. He works as an IT consultant and trainer for both corporate and government clients and has worked with several different network operating systems throughout his 20-year career. Dan takes pride in turning complex, technical topics into easy-to-understand concepts. Dan is a Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician (MCDST), a Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA) on Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003, and a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) on Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, and Windows Server 2003. He specializes in Microsoft networking technologies, firewalls, virtual private networks (VPNs), and other security solutions in addition to designing and implementing messaging and business solutions for large and small organizations.

Dan is the author of Exam Cram 2: Managing and Maintaining a Windows Server 2003 Environment and a co-author for the best-selling books Exam Cram 2: Windows XP Professional and Exam Cram 2: Windows 2000 Professional, all published by Que Publishing. Dan frequently speaks at conferences across North America, including Advisor DevCon conferences and Windows & .NET Magazine Connections conferences. A graduate of USC's School of Business in 1983, Dan has authored more than 300 video-based and CD-ROMߢased computer training courses, including instructional titles on installing, configuring, and administering Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003. He is also a featured video trainer for courses on Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft Outlook, and Intuit's QuickBooks small business accounting software. Dan is the video trainer for ExamBlastߗindows XP Professional and for the QuickBooks Pro training series on video and CD-ROM from BlastThroughLearning.com.

Dan and his family live in the Santa Rosa Valley area in Southern California, near the city of Camarillo. Dan lives with his lovely wife, Alison; their 8-year-old daughter, Alexis; their 5-year-old son, Brendan; and their golden retriever, Brandy. When he's not writing, researching, or consulting, Dan enjoys traveling with his family, swimming, playing racquetball and basketball, rooting for the Los Angeles Galaxy soccer team and the L.A. Lakers, going for long walks, listening to music, and exploring new age spirituality. Dan can be contacted via email at Dan@TechPartners.info.

Philip Wiest is a nationally known professional technical trainer who has presented more than 1,200 Cisco and Microsoft seminars to more than 37,000 students throughout the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia since 1989 for Skillpath Seminars, CompuMaster Seminars, Prime Learning International, and Dun & Bradstreet. He has earned several prominent certifications, including the MCSE; CCNP; CCDA; Network+; Server+; Security+; A+; and, most recently, the new MCDST designation.

He delights audiences by crashing (often with little effort) and then resurrecting (often with much effort) unsuspecting software programs and network applications. His unique, irreverent, solutions-oriented style is at once humorous and insightful.

Philip's clients include The Walt Disney Company, the FBI, American Express, the National Association of Recording Merchandisers, ARCO, Bank of America, KPMG, Sony, EMI Records Group N.A., the National Association of Realtors, Warner Bros., and on and on.

Since graduating from the University of Pennsylvania, he has published more than 200 newspaper and magazine articles, received dozens of national training awards, and completed 15 marathons. He resides in Santa Monica, California, never more than a stone's throw from a keyboard or a microphone.

Ed Tittel

Ed Tittel is a 30-year-plus veteran of the computing industry who has worked as a programmer, a technical manager, a classroom instructor, a network consultant, and a technical evangelist for companies that include Burroughs, Schlumberger, Novell, IBM/Tivoli, and NetQoS. He has written and blogged for numerous publications, including Tom's IT Pro, PearsonITCertification, and GoCertify; and is an author on more than 100 computing books with a special emphasis on information security, Web markup languages and development tools, and Windows operating systems.