About the Authors

Scott Seely works for Microsoft. He is a member of the MSDN Architectural Samples team bringing you content in the form of the Favorites Web Service and Web Service How-To (if the content was on interop with other toolkits, Scott probably wrote it) and as coauthor of the “At Your Service” Voices column on msdn.microsoft.com. He has authored two other books for Prentice Hall-PTR: Windows Shell Programming and SOAP: Cross Platform Web Service Development Using XML. When not thinking about Web Services, Scott likes to go hiking or on bike rides with his family.

Eric A. Smith works as an independent consultant, author, and trainer in the Indianapolis area. He is also the owner of Northstar Computer Systems (www.northcomp.com), a value-added reseller and Web hosting company. His company was one of the first to offer commercial .NET hosting services to its clients. Eric has written or contributed to 12 books covering Microsoft technologies, including ASP.NET at Work: 10 Enterprise Projects (Wiley). He can be reached at [email protected].

Deon Schaffer has been developing with Visual Basic and other Microsoft technologies for more than seven years. For several years now, Deon's focus has been on designing and developing Windows DNA applications. Recently, he has concentrated specifically on Microsoft's .NET initiative.

Deon has a Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering with a major in Information Systems Engineering from the Ben-Gurion University in Be'er Sheva, Israel. He is also a Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer(MCSD). Deon is a senior consultant at Information Strategies in Washington, DC. He can be reached at [email protected].