Joydip Kanjilal is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional in ASP.NET. He is also a speaker and author of several books and articles. He has over 14 years of industry experience in IT with more than 8 years in Microsoft .NET and its related technologies. He was selected as MSDN Featured Developer of the Fortnight (India) a number of times and also as Community Credit Winner at www.community-credit.com several times. Joydip has authored the following books:
- Visual Studio 2010 Six in One, Wrox Publishing
- ASP.NET 4.0 Programming, McGraw-Hill Publishing
- Entity Framework Tutorial, Packt Publishing
- Pro Sync Framework, APRESS
- Sams Teach Yourself ASP.NET Ajax in 24 Hours, Sams Publishing
- ASP.NET Data Presentation Controls Essentials, Packt Publishing
He has authored more than 200 articles for some of the most reputable sites such as www.msdn.microsoft.com, www.asptoday.com, www.devx.com, www.ddj.com, www.aspalliance.com, www.aspnetpro.com, www.sql-server-performance.com, and www.sswug.com. A number of these articles have been selected at www.asp.net—Microsoft's official site on ASP.NET.
He is currently working as an independent software consultant and author. He has years of experience in designing and architecting solutions for various domains. His technical strengths include C, C++, VC++, Java, C#, Microsoft .NET, Ajax, WCF, REST, SOA, Design Patterns, SQL Server, Operating Systems, and Computer Architecture.
He blogs at http://aspadvice.com/blogs/joydip and spends most of this time writing books and articles. When not at work, he spends his time with his family, playing chess, and watching cricket and soccer.
You can see his MVP profile at https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/profile/joydip.
Asher De Vuyst is an American Software Engineer, Entrepreneur, proud father, and husband. He has designed software for the DOD, DOJ, investment banks, Disney, and several startups. Asher holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in computer engineering from the University of Central Florida and an M.B.A. from Rollins College. He is a member of the IEEE, ACM, and Tau Beta Pi.