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Jonathan Goodyear

Jonathan Goodyear began his career as a software developer at Arthur Andersen after receiving a degree in accounting and information technology from Stetson University. He has also worked as a consultant for PricewaterhouseCoopers and as the Internet architect for the Home Shopping Network's e-commerce presence (http://www.hsn.com). Presently, he works as an independent consultant through his consulting practice, ASPSoft, focusing on developing web applications with ASP.NET.

Jonathan is a contributing editor for Visual Studio Magazine (http://www.vbpj.com) and is a charter member of the Visual Studio 6 MCSD certification. He is also the founder and editor of angryCoder (http://www.angrycoder.com), the first eZine written completely in ASP.NET. When not hunched over a keyboard, Jonathan likes to spend time going to theme parks with his family near his home in Orlando, Florida.

Brian Peek is a senior software developer with Rapid Application Developers, Inc. (http://www.rapiddevelopers.com/) located in Troy, New York. He specializes in developing n-tiered applications, web-based applications, wireless applications, and any other projects that happen to come along. Additionally, he is the owner and lead programmer of Ganksoft Entertainment (http://www.ganksoft.com/), a small video gameߤevelopment company dedicated to producing high-quality games for video game consoles using only freely available tools and documentation. He holds a bachelor's degree in computer science from Union College in Schenectady, New York, his hometown. When not coding for work or coding games that he wishes would be published commercially, he can often be found practicing magic, learning to play piano, or playing his latest favorite video game. He can be reached at brian@ganksoft.com or brian@rapiddevelopers.com.

Brad Fox started programming in BASIC at the age of 12. Since then, computers and technology have played an integral part in his life. Brad joined the Army right out of high school and served in the 82nd Airborne Division. Since then he has gone on to become a Microsoft Certified Solution Developer. Currently, Brad is CEO of Digital Intelligence, Inc., where he spends most of his time developing cutting-edge technology for the financial industry.