James Avery is an accomplished author and .NET architect. In addition to having coauthored this book, James is the author of Visual Studio Hacks (O’Reilly) as well as books for Microsoft Press and Wrox. He has also contributed articles to MSDN Magazine, Dr. Dobb’s Journal, and ASP Today.
After working for a number of large corporations and consulting companies, James left his last job to go out on his own and formed his own company, Infozerk, Inc. (http://www.infozerk.com). James also started and is the current president of the Cincinnati .NET User Group, and he cofounded the Cincinnati-Dayton Code Camp (whose name is still in dispute).
James lives in Cincinnati, OH with his wonderful wife Tammy and their four cats. When he is not working on his laptop, you can find him fiddling with his digital cameras, reading, or playing Xbox 360.
James is a frequent blogger, and you can find his blog at http://www.dotavery.com/blog/. James can also be contacted by email at javery@infozerk.com.
Jim Holmes, a Microsoft MVP for C#, spent 11 years running radar systems in flight on E-3 AWACS aircraft and has nearly 25 years of experience in the IT industry, including network management, systems analysis, and software development in Perl, Java, C++, and .NET. Jim has also worked as a retail wine sales clerk, so he can help you decide what wine you should drink with the pizza you’re eating as you’re working overtime to meet your software delivery deadline. Currently, Jim is a principal consultant for NuSoft Solutions (http://www.NuSoftSolutions.com).
Jim is the founder of the Dayton .NET Developers Group and cofounder of the Dayton-Cincinnati Code Camp, the proper name for the conference he created with James Avery. He writes regular columns for VisualStudioHacks.com, including the Ask the Pros series, where industry leaders talk about how they get the most out of Visual Studio. Jim is a frequent poster at his blog, FrazzledDad (http://frazzleddad.com), where he talks about trying to work from home while taking care of two small children, rose gardening, cooking, and doing software development.
Jim can be reached by email at Jim@IterativeRose.com.
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