FileMaker® Pro 9 Bible

About the Authors

Ray Cologon began using FileMaker in 1990, after having taught and worked with a number of other database tools. He subsequently used FileMaker to compile and analyze data for his doctoral thesis, as well as to design databases for a wide range of other purposes.

Ray has had a diverse career in the creative arts, education, and consulting. Over the past decade, he has developed his own business, NightWing Enterprises, which specializes in the design and development of bespoke FileMaker Pro solutions and provides consulting services to developers and clients in various parts of the world. In 2005, Ray was recipient of the FileMaker Excellence Award for Leadership and Technical Excellence in FileMaker Pro, and he has been a presenter at recent FileMaker Developer Conferences in the United States. He has also been a significant contributor to and moderator of a number of public forums on FileMaker and is a FileMaker Certified Developer.

Ray lives in Melbourne, Australia, where he is known for his sculpture and music, as well as his innovative work with FileMaker Pro.

Dennis R. Cohen has been developing and writing about software since the late 1970s, when he wrote and maintained the database software used at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to schedule which Deep Space Network tracking stations tracked which spacecraft and when. Following his time at JPL, Dennis developed and managed the development of software products and technologies at Ashton-Tate, Claris (now ...