Jeffrey P. McManus is a developer specializing in online application development and a popular speaker at conferences such as VBITS, VSLive, and VBConnections. He is a frequent contributor to journals and is the author of four books on database and component technologies and two books on .NET technologies, including Visual Basic® .NET Developer's Guide to ASP.NET, XML, and ADO.NET (Addison-Wesley, 2002).
Jackie Goldstein is the president of Renaissance Computer Systems, a development and consulting company specializing in Microsoft tools and technologies. He also serves as the MSDN Regional Director for Israel and as a Subject Matter Expert for Microsoft Developer Days events. Jackie has many years of experience helping companies evaluate and integrate new technologies, and is a frequent speaker at conferences such as VSLive, TechEd, and VBITS.